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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1930.

THE PASSING OF WEIHAIWEL.

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HAS NO QUORUM.

It is safe to predict commercial dis- MEETING DEFERRED. aster for the port with correspond- ing depreciation in the market value of all property, both foreign and Chinea, (2) the change of flag, the passing from a decent adminis- tration to the "protection" of officials whose reputation is too A FORM OF CONFISCATION | notorious to require emphasis.

ON A SMALL SCALE."

HOW PRIVATE INTERESTS ARE AFFECTED.

follows:-

Questions and Answers.

FIXED FOR FRIDAY NEXT.

The extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the Hong Kong

Society, Limited, called for yester- Development Building and Savings

day afternoon at the City Hall, had to be deferred for one week duo to the fact that there were not enough members present to form a quorum.

According to the articles of asso- ciation of the Company, 10 share- holders are required before an extraordinary meeting can be held. There were only four present yes- terday. The meeting accordingly was ́deferred until Friday next, May 30, at 9.30 p.m. Those desiring to attend are requested to note that this meeting is to take place at the offices of Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming and not at the City Hall.

At the meeting at Government We have received from a Wei- Offices, the Commissioner, support haiwer correspondent the following ed on the platform by Sir Peter communication, which is reproduc Grain and by Mr. Allan. Archer ed here, textually just as it was whom we regard as our "Consul received. Our correspondent's com- Designate," gave us a lucid ex- ments on the rendition of the island position of the various clauses em- are conceived in merdant style and bodied in the Convention for the are published as a matter of public Rendition of Weihaiwei," and the and topical interest.

supplementary agreement regarding The communication in question the continued use of the naval an-| chorage by our warships in the. On the 6th instanti HE the Com-summer months with the lease missioner of Weihaiwei summoned of certain premises and recrea a meeting of foreign residents fortion grounds on, the island for the the purpose of reading out and ex- benent of officers and men of the pounding to them the recently sign. British Fleet in these, waters. ed treaty-the third of its kind- Lingering doubts were removed referring to the retrocession of by a series of questions and answers Weihniwei and the fulfilment of referring more particularly to

1-That having in view the the promis-the generous ges Crown leases on the island. And opinion of two counsel dated the ture "made by the late Lord. Bal. people engaged in religious work-31st March, 1930, no netion be taken four at the Washington Conference Church of England, Roman Catho- by the liquidators against the late (1993). The receipt a few days lie and Nonconformist-were in. Directors of the Company for an in-

definite period, later of Shanghai newspapers has formed that their proprietary enabled us to study the terms in rihts, as lease-holders, remain in cold print and British subjects tact. A similar reply was given to with interests here now know exact

a question regarding the Island ly where they stand-on paper Hotel property.

That sanction be given for the liquidators to accept compromise offered by Soo Pei Shao & Co. of $8,000 in full settlement of their debt to the Company of $86,372.

DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS Though throughout the intermittent According to Article XVII, pend-liquidators to accept ruch coin-

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3.That sanction be given for the promises from any of the debtors on such terms as the liquidators con. sider advantageous

COXSWAIN DISCHARGED.

EVIDENCE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO CONVICT.

Holding

that there W19 sufficient evidence against the de- fendunt, the Marine Magistrate dismissed the summons against Ha Kwai Tsun, the coxswain of the steam launch Wing Woo, who was alleged to have used his steami whistle for purposes other than that: of navigation

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in such municipal matters as may directly ofret their welfare and in- terests (of course!). In passing, it might be asked, why put the cart Representations notwithstanding, before the horse? Why should re- when that treaty was published it trocession, or any other concession, was discovered that there was a

be granted before China has set her" wide divergence between what was house in order Further, from originally proposed for the protec Article XI, we learn that the tion of vested interests and what existing regulations, including land was actually accomplished. The and house tax will, as far second treaty (1924) was negotiated as possible, be maintained." As Lin the profoundest secrecy at

far as possible "an excellent loop- Peking, but it is generally supposed hole! One resident, in hopeful that so far as private interests mood; asked if it might be assumed are affected, there was little differ that taxation would not be increas- In the witness-box, Sergt. Hill ence between it and its predecessor. ed. He had heard of a hotel at said that he was on duty on May The day and the hour for formalTaingtao where, following resump-17 in a police launch when he saw signature being settled, like the tion of control by Chinese officials, the defendant's launch ahead of Good Samaritan the "Christian the tax had been increased to ten him.

was steaming in the General came to the rescue, im- or twelve times the original figure.same direction, and when approach prisoned the President and com- A cold douche becomes necessary; ing the as. Tai Po Sek, gave two pelled certain Peking officials to

no assurance on such a point could blasts altered her course to star seck safety in Bight, Dr. Welling-possibly be giver that blessed board, and then back to port again, toa Koo, China's Foreign Minister, thing, "sovereign rights"-so dear blowing another two blasts as she who was deputed to sign the treaty, to the heart of the diplomat-for-was passing under the stern of the anding an asylum at Weihaiwei of bids, other rights," obviously, Tai Poo Sek. all places under the sun! (It is to are of secondary importance.

The proceedings caded with a be hoped that this particular states-

vote of thanks propond and second- man has a

of kamour!)ed by two of the older residents Owing to the disturbed state of the The proposer, claiming to be the country and the absence of a settled uldest resident inaccurate, unless we exculde those who, 30 odd years government, further negotiations remained in abeyance for some ve

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Concluding, witness said there were no small craft in the vicinity and he saw no reason why defen dant used his whistle so often.

The Magistrate remarked that an ago, might have arrived in peram- offence of such nature, if proved, bulatora said he felt sure that pro-deserved heavy punishment, and in perty owners, whether they were this case in particular, as the pleased with the treaty, or not, To-day, as the most casual of would agree that the Commissioner launches were near the Government observers must have noticed, China had done bia utmost in working for Civil Hospital. However, there was

settled government the protection of private interests. (Heaven preserve us; Nanking's Had he the choice, he would no evidence to prove that she was writ runs from one end of the finitely prefer ten more years of not signalling to some other craft country to the other; the process British rule under the present Com- in the harbour. of unification is complete or near-missioner, followed by entire loss

possesses a

ly so; chaos and anarchy have given of his property, to passing to an way to law and order; and con- administration by Chinese officials. stitutional government is about to This expression of opinion, be he established. In these circum- gotten of the profoundest pes- stances, no reasonable person, it simism, seems to have astonished will be agreed, can possibly object our local optimist, who considers it to the fulfilment of the eight-year as unwarrantable as it certainly is old promise.

reprehensible. It is not people of this type who have helped to build the British Empire...

The How Treaty.

Under Two F′′ 1gs,

The summons was, therefore, dis miased.

HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.

The health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ending May 17, 1920, is as follow: ---.

Alexandria -Port Said-

Baghdad Bombay Rangoon

Plague.

Colombo

Bangkok

Cholera.

Bassein Calcutta Rangoon Haiphong

So far as private interests are affected, the new agreement is a decided improvement on the old. If there is a British subject t "We hold our land in perpetuity, in Weihaiwel who, for some personal, place of a lease for 30 years, or or other reason, imagides and has. longer a form of confiscation on a the hardihood to assert that Chinese small sedie! The uncertainty, and | jurisdiction is as good as, or even suspense of the past eight years in preferable to British, our focal: not quite ended, but we have the pessimist would like to tender him assurance that, if China decides to a little friendly advice. Let him close the port at a fature date to read with an open mind the series "foreign residence and trade," for- of articles in recent issues of the, eign property owners will be fought. Worth China Daily News by: Mr. out. The presence of British war Alfred Batson on conditions in thei ships in the summer months for ten Yangtare Valley. Better still, let years, or longer, should be very him take a journey up" that river helpful. Further, for 30 years, or to study conditions on the spot. longer, certain premises are to be Let him pitch his tent at, say, et aside for the occupation and use Ichang, or Chunking, and stay of a British consul, and we may there long enough to forgat his per hope, with reason, that consular sonai grievance, or pique, if that protection as Weihaiwei will. Le is his trouble. Unless he is afflicted Small- more effective than in other parts with an abuiormal mentality, it is of China. (Foreign vested interestą | highly probable that he will return here, however, are so small, that it in a chastened mood; that ha will would not be surprising if, to save have discovered that there is a exponiewa discovered that the great sulit. gasd between laittamaan maintenance of a consulate waa an- and. Chinese ideas as to what con- unnecessary extravagance L (Time-stitutes just, honest and efficient will show.) On the other side of administration; and that there is our balance sheet we have, (1) the conversion of a free port, where in port and export duties are negli gible, to a treaty port, where trade

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