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Local Forecast:-N. winds, fresh, eloudy, drizzle or miɛt.

- BIRTH. CowLet.-On December 11, at a

Wilbraham Place, S.W.1. to MARIA NICOLAEVNA, wife of R. La COWLEY, H.M. Consular Service (Japan), a son,

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cruelty, though the favourite instru- į I.E. the Governor has re-appċiat- ment of torture scema to have beened Dr, E. W. Kirk to be a member a firebrand or some heated imple- of the Midwives Board for a term ment. There were exceptionally re- of three years from January 9. volting features in two other cases last year,

A ten-year-old girl was A marriage has been arranged tied to a pillar, mercilessly caned, between William arkness Browne, and then shut in a room for three | B.A, eldest son of the Rev. and days without food. Another young Mrs. W. Browne, of Hangchow, Che. girl was burnt with a heated spoon, kiang, and Florence Mary' Fox, had her feet tied together, and was B.A., eldest daughter of Mr. and suspended from a rafter. The Mrs. F. Fox, of Wirksworth, Derby tragedy in that for every caso de abire. tected there must be dozens which do not come to light. Constant house-to-house inspection would seem to be the only safeguard: proper control and supervision should be effected in cases where children of tender years are handed over to strangers. The system as it now operates is a reproach which darkens the whole social system "of Ceylon.

treated

Thursday, January 23, has been fixed as the date of the dinner which the Lord Mayor and the Coe poration of the City of London will give to the delegates to the Naval Conference then assembled in Lon don. The dinner will be held in

Guildhall.

The postponement of the depar ture of H.M.S. Medway, Captain Culin Cuntlie, D.S.G., for the China Station enabled her ship's company to take their Christmas leave in England. The Medway, in com many with the four submarines of the "Odin type, is to be ready to leave for China vid Suez Canal about mid-February,

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The Admiralty stated on Decen- ber 11 that no orders for cruisers or destroyers to sail from blalta to: China, or even to be ready to sail, had been issued. "Inquiry, bow- ever, had been made of the Com- mander-in-Chief of the Mediter- ranean Fleet, regarding what vessels. he would suggest should be sent in the possible event of the situation in China, calling for reinforcement of the China Fleet.

The appointment became opera- tive on December 12 of Captain J U. P. Fitgerald to command the Caledon, of the Third Cruiser Squadron. Mediterranean Fleet. Captain Fitzgerald, as senior officor of the guntants on the West River, China, in 1923-27, proceeded to Wu- chow in June, 1026. to investigate the murder of an official of the Asiatic Patroleum Co. by Chinese. pirates. The local authorities on various pretexts refused to furnish the British gunboats, pilots to

Captain whereupon

Fitzgerald blockaded Wuchow.

Pilots were supplied next day, and the gunboats proceeded upstream.

Singapore Base,

dressing the 1919 Club on December Rear-Admiral E. A. Taylor, ad-

Naval Conference, referring to the 37 on the subject of the forthcoming Singapore Base, said:" There are. people who think that our ships in the Far East can operate with Malta, as their nearest base. That is like, expecting the London Gen- eral Omnibus Co. to run an efficient We Have received a calendar of service with their nearest depot at John Groats.". In connection the Imperial Typewriter Company from Mesars. T. E. Grinth, Ltd., with the forthcoming Naval Con. three artistic reproductions of aldference Lord Sydenham points out style Chinese paintings from the that a lesson which should prevent Asiatic Petroleuin Company, and us from maintaining the cruiser half a dozen attractive modern strength which the security of our Chinese calendars from the China trade routes imperatively demands Siam Line, of which Messrs. Thore as the Battle of the Falklands. sen & Co. are the loen] agents.

The vast scope of naval operations was shown by the fact that a squad. ron from the Chinn scas found its dcom in the South Atlantic. If Von Spee, instead of running into danger, bad dispersed his squadron, the consequences must have been

The marriage will shortly take A Cingales undergraduate at place between Captain Jack Walter Cambridge wrote strongly prótest Hallowes, M.C, the King Shrop SMITH-DANDY-On December 12, nting that these bestial cruelties were shire Light Infantry, and Katherine St. George's, Hanover Square, at general, and declaring that "as. Grace, only daughter of the Inte

A rule" such children were treated Mr. Hobert Keith Douglas, of Tien- | EDMUND SMITH, Inte of Singa- with generosity, justice, and sym-tain, and of Mrs. Hugh Fraser, pore, to FLORENCE EMILY, only

"Girls pathy?

Myall House, Farnham Common, daughter of the late WILLIAM

meth bers of the family, and Bucks. DANAY; of Luton.

given handsome dowries by their employers when they settle ecm- DEATHS.

How familiar. fortably in life." ALLAN. On January 13, at the this all sounds here" in Heng Isolation Hospital, Shanghai, Kong, where we meet with pre MARY ALLAN.Matron Supereisely the same stories about the intendent, Thomas Hanbury good fortune of being a mui teni!| School for Boys.

And how untrue it is to pretend Biach. On December 17, at Bexhill- these wretched children are, in the on-Sen, Sir ERNEST WOODFORD main, kindly treated! The fact is BIRCH, K.C.M.G., Inte Malayan precisely contrary, and the problem Civil Service.

of rendering effective aid to the helpless pieces of humanity who are suddenly transplanted to a strange home, and put on a slavery basis, is singularly intricate. The pro- posed formation in Hong Kong of local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children" is extreme ly opportune, and it is to be hoped that all sections of the community will give this movement both moral and monetary support. We believe the project will appeal strongly to the Chinese themselves, whose natural kindness to children is proverbial. The Society in England for the "prevention "of cruelty to children is well-named, for it seeks less to punish cruelty than to pre vent it. Persuasion, argument, and education are the chief weapons of its devoted workers. Prosecution is our last resort," is one of the Eng Tish Society's slogans, and may be well adopted by the Hong Kong organisation-but this must not be construed as indicating that there will be any hesitation in appealing for rigorous enforcement of the law

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THE CRY OF THE. CHILDREN,

sibilities.

A highway robbery on Saturday morning was reported by a shroff employed by the Kung Yik firm of contractors. He was on his way with a sum of 2006.30 to pay the workmen engaged in making dam for the reservuir near Shek Li Poi, in the vicinity of the gaol. Two men, said to have been armed with re- volvers, took his money in a hold up at Laichikok.

serious.

Masked Ball in March.

The anouncement elsewhere that the second annual Masked Ball, organised by the Society for Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals, will take place at the Peninsula Hotel" on Friday, March 7, recalls the great success of last year's function. Although a record tumber of gaily- garbed folk attended on that oe-

Two Chinese, Dang Chee and Loo Sew, alias Chay Tai, were commit- Tue facts disclosed during the prose

ted for trial at Thames Police tion last week of a woman who tied

Court, last month, charged with por- A. S. WATSON tai and gave her a good

session of raw opium morphine. It whipping, came as a salutary an when circumstances call for drastic was alleged that when police officers casion, there were some who com swer to defenders of the "little action. Prompt prosecution of per-visited a Chinese café in West In-plained of insufficient notice in view sisters" system. The girl was found sons who ill-treat children will be dia Dock-road, they found one of the necessity of securing fancy on a staircase, her body covered the most effective way of bringing pound twelve ounces of raw opium, costumes.

There will be no cage with bruises and

the murks revealed that punish a proper sense of their responguilty and reserved their defence.

examination home to the ignorant and wicked Counsel on their behalf pleaded not | for complaint on that score this year, for ample notice is given. ment had been administered at

The jolly time spent at the last ball fairly régular intervals. The case

The Rugby football match between Assures the success of the next event, was described as a bad one, and

the Chartered Bank of India and for all those who then attended are there can be no doubt that the girl's

the National Bank of India took certain not to miss such a night of life was wretchedly unhappy On

place on the ground of the former revelry. The Committee confident- the other hand, it is impossible not

at Northfields, London, on Decem-ly anticipate a very large gathering to fcel some degree of sympathy with

her 14. A good game resulted in this year, and quite apart from the the harnased mother of ten" who

the National winning by '8 points (1 pleasure which will be derived, figured as defendant, and was fined

goal and 1 try) to 6 points (2 tries). there is the satisfaction of know. a larger sum than she was probably

The feature of the game was the ing that those attending will be able to pay. However, if she is in

excellent work of the N.B.I. formaterially assisting a most deserv prison she no doubt is finding it

wards, who practically ruled the ing cause. pleasant rest care, though one

game. wonders what the ten tiny Chinese children are doing in the meantime. The woman, after admitting that she chastised her multani, said the girl was dishonest and troublesome -a by no means unlikely circum stance. The woman declared the would have treated one of her own children similarly, but a mother,

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The effective operation of the pro- posed Society, however, is only one phase of the problem. What is to be done with children especially girls-who are found under control of people who persistently ill-use these helpless little ones! The So- city can educate. ignorant parents and (mis called) guardians: it can institute proceedings against those committing persistent cruelty; what can it do with the victims of such treatment 7 There seems to be need for something more than the pro- Commander 1. W. Wilkinson, posed Society-an institution to who relinquished on December 13, which children rescued by its officers his duties in charge of the Press

So much has been written about can be sent to be properly clothed Section of the Intelligence Division the American concession for the and cared for, and. trained to be at the Admiralty, and is the son of railway between Canton and Han- come self-supporting and self-res Sir William Wilkinson, late Con- kow, about its partial capture by pecting members of the community. sul-General at Haniloy has been in the Belgians, and about the political In the north the Salvation Army the Navy since 1306, and much of aspects of this rearrangement of when angry, always know does excellent work on these lines his career was served in command the proprietary, that it is almost how to temper the wind to the for girls-why not here in the of destroyers. In the Ribble he impossible to refer to it again shorn lamb, and the wrak or sensi- south? We understand that an was present at the landing in Galli- without risk of tedious repetitions. was mentioned in des- The recent developments, however, officer is now in the Colony making poli, and the imp of mischief." No one inquiries as to the need for social patches. In the Verulam he served and the importance of the matter really believes that the average mui work of this nature, Surely it with the Grand Fleet. Commander both commercially and politically, sai is treated like a daughter: in would be well worth while approach Wilkinson is to act as liaison officer seem to demand at least some short most cases she is a slave, and is ing this representative of

. The property is the between the Admiralty and British comment, treated like a slave. From the em- Salvation Army and ascertaining Instructional Films in connection again in American hands, or at ployer's point of view she is often whether; and to what extent and on with the preparation of the forth-east, so we are informed. It may CHINA. JAPAN, COREA, INDO- sullen, dishonest, and insolent, be what lines, that organisation could coming Gallipoli film, where his be remembered that Mr. Mali, one CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS cause her heart is not in the home, co-operate with the proposed Society special experience at the Dardanel of the Belgians on the Board, has.. SETTLEMENTS,

she inhabits. MALAY

Slavery the world for the Prevention of Cruelty toes, compled with his tact and cheery become naturalised as an American

citizen. over is bad and the mui tai system Children. The Army has men and manner, should prove valuable.

Whather the others have STATES, NETHERLANDS having all the inherent abomina wooen specially trained for such

followed suit, and so justified the INDIA, BORNEO, THE tions of slavery, will have to go work as will be necessary if the

Shipping managers in London, claim that the concessions is again PHILIPPINES, Etc.

from this Colony.

Society is to be a really live institu- discussing the pessimistic. comments in American hands, we do not The problem bristles, with difficultion. It has machinery and methods of Lord Inchcape at the P. & O. now. It cannot matter, however, ties because the name can be chang-for handling such problems as are meeting on the conditions in the This Large Volume of approximate ed while the institution remains. far beyond the powers of the keenest freight market, agree that there is lay is tantamount to an American Government guarantee that there ly 2,000 Pages gives, in addition | " Abolish' mai tai and they will re-and best-intentioned of amateur only too much justifiention for them.

are to be no further political en- appear as adopted daughters," is social workers. A.home for girls Numerous vessels have recently Jaire school. There is, something tion Ariny in Peping, where un a favourite argument of the fairez has been established, by the Salva- been laid up. The laying-up of tanglements. The Franco-Russian tanange costs moncy, and it is only dream of a junction between north in the point, and an article in the fortunate waifs are taken care of adopted when the cost of keeping and south, shutting us out of the Ceylon Times shows that other and taught useful trades and oc-

the vessel idle would be less than Yangtze aphere, over. The places have experienced the same cupations. Such an institution is that of attempting to maintain them American decision must reconcile 20,000 FOREIGNERS.

difficulty. We read that the deplor-needed in Hong Kong, and we hope in service. The laying-up of ships the Chinese, and satisfy the British, Arranged, with the initials as well able traffic in children has long that the presence in the Colony of obviously means that there is a loss and we may hope to see a resump-

as Surnames in strict alphabe been tolerated by the social system a representative of the Salvation of earning capacity, which, in the tion of the actual work of construc tical order.

in Ceylon, but for all that it is Army will be taken advantage of

caac of British vessels trading with tion of this line which to bridge none the lees vicious and liable to to ascertain whether that organisa. countries other than Great Britain, the 650 miles of territory separating CLASSIFIED LIST

gross abusea. The custom of emtion is willing to undertake here always representa a form of invisible the important trade-door of Canton ploying children in households as the work it has done so successfully exports, and it also means a loss with the rapidly rising mart of. unpaid drudges is of long stand in the north.

to the trades involved which supplyankow-Hong Kong Daily Press, fuel and stores, and it affects the January 20, 1903. revenue of the ports. In addition, Looking Back 50 Years. there is the loss of employment to the crews.

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Children ing.

are taken from interior villages, a small considera- tion in money being handed to the parents, or a small sum of money being paid monthly to the parents in lieu of wages. The child is put

News and Views.

It is notified in the Government

to work as a household drudge, and Gazette that Commander J. B.

On

H.E. the Governor has been

Wireless Relay From London. all goes well, rádio enthusiasts To-morrow (Tuesday) evening, if

within reach of Hong Kong will have an interesting experience. An attempt will be made by ZBW to pick up and relay the speech to be

as the announcement of Secretary

A new style of architecture seems springing up in this Colony which, for tawdriness, far surpasses any. thing Chinese. Gage Street. for instance, gives an example of that therein erected are struck all over of which we speak. The new houses

receives nothing in return but food Newill, D.S.O., R.N., resumed duty and clothing, which are not often a Deputy Harbour Master provided too lavishly: the pracJanuary 3.

with ginger-bread plaster work, tice unoants to nothing less than

somewhat in appearance like the slavery, from which the child only

outside of & highly ornamental escapes when old enough to abscond. pleased to recognise Senor Don G.

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