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"THREE TWOS"

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, 1928.

PROVISIONAL COURT AND

NANKING.

PROTEST AGAINST INTER- FERENCE

ASTONISHING REDUCTION OF

SENTENCE.

SHANORAL, Oct. 27th.

JAPANESE EMPEROR'S

CORONATION.

FESTIVITIES COMMENCE ON

SATURDAY.

LOCAL OBSERVANCES.

MONEY LOAN, ASSOCIA- TIONS.

RIGHT OF A MEMBER TO

"TRANSFER INTEREST.

CASE TO BE ARGUED IN SUMMARY COURT,

The enthronement of the Emperor of Japan on November 10th will

At the Summary Court yesterday An extraordinary decision wasbe observed by the local Japanese before Mr. Justice Jacks, eight sued the Asia Café programme of plaintiffs delivered by Judge Hsiung in the community by a

formerly known as the Seck Yuen Shanghai Provisional Court yeter-simple but solemn ceremonies. day when he reduced the sentence An official reception will be held Café, and Kwan Yun Fong, manag of ten years imposed on a Chinese at the Hong Kong Hotel on Satur- ing partner, No. 951 and 933, Des for attempted extortion. to six day from 11 o'clock till noon to Veux Road Central; also the Tung months. This brought forth a which H.E. the Governor, Govern Yuen Chi Tini Cafe, No. 308, most emphatic protest from Mr. ment officials, Naval and Military Queen's Road Central, in connec S. L. Burdett, the Senior Consal's officers, members of the Consular tion with a Monty Loan Associa Deputy.

Body, and members of the various tien. communities will be invited by the Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Y. Murakami.

Accused was originally charged with attempting to extort the sum of $10,000 from a compatriot by means of threatening letters. Hay ing been sentenced to ten years. he lodged an appeal, but this was withdrawn and the matter was re ferred to the Kiangsu Provincial Government for approval, the Government in question ordering a re-trial.

This eventually took place before Judge, Hsiung and Mr. Burdett and, at the conclusion, Judge Hsiung reduced the sentence.

At 12.30 p.m. the Japanese com- munity will be present at the re sidents of the Consul-General in Condoit Road when homage will be paid before the portrait of His Imperial Majesty. School children

will sho attend this ceremony.

The writ stated that Fan Ngoi Nam was the head of the Associa tion: The Tung Yuen Chi Tim Café had been added as defendants as being members of the Associa- tion, but no monetary or other claim was made against them and they were purely nominal defen. dants.

In April 15th, last year, the Asso- ciation was formed and $1,350 was

paid to Fan Ngci Nam by the other members, each of whom schscribed $150. An agreement was made by members of the Association that $1,350. should be repaid to the other members at the rate of 8130 on the 17th day of each succeeding moon. Consul-Each drawn member agreed to pay $100 on the 17th day of each sub- sequent moon after the third moon up to, and including, the 19th moon,

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, corresponding to 3 p.ra, in Japan, Prevalence Of The Offence. at which hour the enthronement Mr. Burdett's protest follows:-proceedings are due to take place, Though the evidence in this case

the gathering at the is somewhat conflicting, it raises a strong presumption against the ac General's residence will give cheers cused. Extortion is one of the for the Emperor in their national most prevalent offences in this Set- tlement, and the evidence is in-way with Banzais. A deputation variably meagre unless the money from the Japanese Residents' Asso has actually been delivered.

ciation will also offer their con- gratulations

Nanking's Intervention, Article 2 of the Rendition Agree ment does not provide any time limit within which the Provincial Government shall either approve the sentence of this Court or give reasons for ordering a retrial. In this case, nine months have elapsed date of the original judgment and the date when the rebearing took place by order of the Provincial Government. The

between the

*** reasons

at

be held for school children

On Sunday a sports meeting will Sockumpoo commencing at about 10 o'clock and continuing during the

afternoon.

A

It is alleged that on the 17th day of the 4th moon the defendants by auccessful tender became the drawn members and were repaid $50 by Fan Ngoi Nam and were paid the sum of $80 by each of the other members. This came to $370. Or the 17th day of the 5th moon, and each subsequent moon, up to and induding the 11th moon of last Chinese year, the members of the Association other than the defen dante bad duly fulfilled their obliga

tions.

--

An official dinner will be given by the Consul General and his party at the Hong Kong Hotel on Friday, November 18th, in celebration of the enthronement. Among the guests will Government officiale, repre-With the exception of $150 paid Bet forth by the Prosentatives of the various Consulates, on the 17th day of the 3rd moon, business men, and members of the the defendants had made no pay vincial Government for this retrial are of a nature which has frequent foreign community,

ments in respect of their obliga- ly and unavailingly been protested

tions to the Association. Con. against by the Senior Consul's De- puties on various occasions. The

sequently the plaintiffs, all of whom are members, claim that the defen. presumption that something rea

dants owe to Fan Ngoi Nam, as sonable was meant by the provi.

head of the Association, the sum of sions of the Rendition Agreement has been completely ignored and

$300 in., respect of eight subscrip tions or instalments due on the the proceedings in this case have been turned into a farce.

17th day of each of the cone from the 5th to the 19th inclusive.

to

"Needless to say, no witnesses other than the Shanghai Municipal Police were available after this Jong delay, The evidence, there- fore, remains exactly the same as at the original trial. Despite this fact, the learned Judge has decided reduce the sentence passed against the accused. from ten years to six months. The reason for this extraordinary decision can doubt- less be explained at considerable length, but it can scarcely have Buch bearing upon the law or the facts in this case. If innocent, the accused should have been acquitted. If guilty as the learned Judge apparently finds him to be-then a sentence of six months is totally inadequate for a crime so serious

as extortion.

CORRESPONDENCE.

the

As a lasting memorial of the ne casios the local Japanese Residents' Association have contributed to a fund for the rebuilding of the. Japanese, Primary School on present site. A dédientian ceremony will be held in connection with this scheme during the celebrations.

His Imperial Majesty Hirohito is the 124th Emperor of Japan and the eldest living on of the late Emperor Taisho. Born on April 29th, 1901, he became Crown Prince in September, 1902. A visit to Europe was made in 1921 and in the same year he was appointed Prince Regent. He ascended the throne on December 25th, 1996. In January. 1924, he married Princess Nagako.

ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTT IN SHANGHAI,

IMPUDENT SEIZURE OF

CARGO.

COMMUNISTS ALSO BUSY.

Amendment Of Writ: Important Buling.

Mr. C. A. S. Russ appeared for plaintiffs and Mr. F. X. d'Almada, Sen., for defendants.

Before the case opened, Mr. d'Almada pointed out that the writ had been amended by adding the names of additional plaintiffs. The written consent of those plain- tiffs should have been obtained by Mr. C. A. S. Russ before, the. amended, writ was filed.

Mr. Russ in reply said that what he had done was in accordance with local practice. If it had not been the Registry would have re- quired the couent when they filed the amended writ.

"I can't set myself up as know- ing better than the Registry. I take it that the Registry is per- SHANGHAI, Oct. 27th.

fect; I always rely on all Govern- There has been an intensificationment officials being perfect," said of the Japanese boycott and anti Mr. Rusa. He then produced writ Japanese agitation, further large ten copies of consent which, he hauls of Japanese goods having said, had been in his possession for been seized, and posters and hand- the last ten minutes. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE ** HONG KONG | bills discovered" advocating the

DAILY PRESS."]

overthrow of Japanese im perialism"

THE ROSS INSTITUTE..

Sm-On behalf of the Organising

Committee it affords me much pleasure to inform you that the net result of the social meeting held at the Helen May Institute on the 17th October yielded the gratifying sum of $1,364.86.

Mr. Ho Leung, whose detailed statement of account is appended, has forwarded to Mrs Southern a Demand Draft on 'London for £140, the equivalent of the above sum.

It remains for the Organising

Mr. d'Almada: If I had not called Mr. Rusa's attention to the matter just before his Lordship Japanese Boycott Committee was

A haul by searchers of the entered. the Court, he would not have had the written consent. reported in the Japanese press When I mentioned ft to him, he yesterday, when the story, was told immediately got his clients to write of how a band of them in a boat | their consent.

Mr. d'Almada added that the stole a lighter full of 50 bales, of

piece goods, the property of the consent was written in pencil "and Ito Yoko, a Japanese firm, from he suggested that the Court ad Foochow Road jetty on Wednesday journ for half an hour in order to afternoon. The men came along- enable Mr. Russ to rectify the 'side in their boat, and throwing matter.

a rope on to the lighter, made fast and towed the lighter over to Poo-

by the International Transporta-

...

Judge's Ruling.

Mr. d'Almada asked for a ruling

"to add new plaintiffs should be ob

Commiti e to thank all the ladies tung, where it was later located from the Court' and Mr. Justice and gentlemen who so generously tion Co., who were handling the Jacks decided that written consent. assisted to produce such a gratify shipment. ing result. To Mme. Berg and the Mies Benson, Mary Ho and Luard the Committee owe their acknowledgments for the successful sale of cigarettes during the enter tainment. Yours faithfully.

J. P. BRAGA. Receipts,

Sir Robert and Lady Ho

Tung Mr. and Mrs Ho Kom

Tong Commodore Pearson ........

fra R. H. Kotewall Mr. Tang Shiu Kin and other Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital Donations and entrance fees for Bridge and Mah Jong Drive.....

8.210.00

910.00 30.00 30.00

350.00

Sale of cigarettes

532.51 36.60

Payments. Helena May Institute's ex

penses... Demand Draft on London

for £140 @ 2/0

In addition to stealing the tained before the names were added lighter, the searchers took one of and the amended writ filed. the Japanese connected with the

£ Test Casa. cargo, named Hayasheds, and he Opening the case, Mr. Russ said saw the Japanese Consular Certifi- that the action affected a common cate concerning the cargo ignored. form of investment among Chinese, and the Japanese flag torn to namely the Money Loan Associa shreds. In the course of the even- tion, and the decision might affect ing, however, he was able to out- some thousands of associations. wit his captors and eventually re-

There was nothing against such a turned to this side of the river form of investment, but owing to with the cargo intact, about 8 p.m. recent decisions they had done Other haule of Japanese goods their utmost to get advice from have been stored in the City Cham- every source possible. The writ ber of Commerce, Nantao, and the consisted of a large number of Japanese Boycott Inspector's Office alternative claims because of a re- in Froshan Road. These include cent decision given by Mr. Justice bales of piecegoods, lampshades, electric wire, imitation venetian Wood, and provided for every pos cloth, velveteen, and several pack-sible action he could think of. ages of miscellaneous goods.

The Foint At Time

The defence, Mr. d'Almada in- Communists are taking advant-timated, was that the defendant's age of the anti-Japanese agitation share had beta transferred to an- other firm which had since gone $1,439.11 to do a little propaganda work on

their own, it is learned from bankrupt posters and pamphlets seized by polies in a raid of a Communist It was eventually decided that. 8.74.25 cell at 3449, Robison Boad, when the point at issue shig be con

one person, believed to be a Comfined to the right of de member of 1,384.88 munist agitator was arrested. Loan Association to transfer his Communist posters baye also been share without the consent of the $1,439.11 displayed in the Footoo Road die- other members.

trict

The case was then adjourned

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