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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY APRIL 24, 198 which they sall, and the fact but they are The Japanese Boycott. Florida Water Trade

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ol checking outward demonstration ber, and to reading Mr. Dickie's amusing partially removed or beginning to die out, account of his till with the U.S. naval construc The fervour, with which the campaign in being tion board one cannot but wonder that with his peacefully but determinedly carried on was long experience he should have ever imagined demonstrated in the Colony quite recently. Mr. Lee Siu, Young, master of the Wa Ung

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ASIR HENRY'S STIRRING ADDRESS.:

A PERVERSION OF JUSTICE" hou

Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., opened his address to the jury, at the Supreme Court, this morn Chau, Fong Fok Tin and Lam Shan Ting, ing, to the case of the three men-Loung Chak merchants, carrying on business in Des Voeux Road, Coniral, under the style of the Kwobg Shag firm, who were charged, at the jostance of Messrs. Laimad and Kemp, of New York;

(1) selling Florida water with a false trade with infringing their Florida water trade-masks,

mark, and (3) with applying a false trade description in the bottles,

Sir Henry,

"" who was retained by the, de fenco, held the floor for just over as our during which time the gaze of his audience was

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they wanted was to gel the exclusive right: to You were bot compelled wall their goods and to drive out such people-Ka

as the defendants, Watson's and Humphrey's. You might hava "We have the money," proteaded Sir Henry, lábel ?—Yes. £? pasting back his chair," we have the infance, and we will take the matter as far as the Privy Council. They know this and that is why

criminal proceedings were taken. Here, be paused for a while and continued: "I will

The Chief Justice called him to order for using stake my professional reputation those words.

Then will not stake my professional re-

putation. It is too good," Sir Henry returned He went on to explain that he could not take his criminal jurisdiction. He charged the prosecu casstothe Privy Council if a decision was given in tion with intimidation. His clients were not to

be intimidated, he said. They would stand up and trust to the Jury for the vindication of their, rights, His Inarned friend had stated yester.

ignorant men, not as a sot of sensible inen they in alter, the jury must regard themselves as

were, Sir Henry commented. He reiterated that the jury could not convict to this case, unless it could be proved that in atempting to purchase a bottle of "Fountain" brand Florida water, the defendant gave their brand instead. Fur thermore, il a mas called at the defendants firm and called for "a bottle of Florida water, not mentioning any particular brand, but having Mears, Liaman and Kemp's make in his mind, and he was handed bottle of Two Gith brand, was that mas deceived; when the Two Giris" label was so prominent. How was it possible. He would apologise to the jury for taking up their time

Then why did you foll not follow it. When printing our the artist to understandi fags must appear on the bordsting to him

man and Kemp's label to draw framt But you said before that you gave him

The label was given for the size

·Tabeli)

The Chief Justice-When you gave the iwos

girls to the anist to design why did you want a border?-Af] Florida water bottles have borders Why do you think it is necessary? Because think it is necessary, t it in flower water."

Is it because all Florida water bottles bava flat designs?—Yes.

Did you specially give instructions to have

for a fancy label, State

Mr. W. G. Humphreys said he bad been doing busionis in the Colony for 17 years. He knew a petlume called Florida water, the same of which did not belong tonby one persab. There were many kind of Florids water sold," Ho imported Florida water from line to time since bis business career. He imported several brands of Florida water, American, German and French, but not that of Lasman and Kemp, and there had been no question. The "get up

that the board would ever even consider say Tai Nam Pak Hogg, is one of the promoters of rivaited en bim. Every word he uttered was: dag in outlining his case, that in deciding the the label bordered?-No. I gave instructions:

the Self-Government League in Chow-chow (u.eard throughout the length and breadth of He has been active in pursuing the pray the room. He strove to show that there was paganda; he has used his best endeavours to only one point at issue, and that was whether get the tradesmen residing in his hong ant to there was any "intention" on the part of the purebate Japanese goods. He has evicted defendanta to defraud, what he called the "New these tenants who refused to fall in withhis York squeezers" ile ridiculed the idea that there suggestions, notwithstanding the fact that the way a similarity between the labels of the de eviction must mean to him a matter of a few fendant firm and that of Messrs. Lanman and thousand dollars a year. He has also directed Kemp. He described in a calm way that this the members of his staff not to wear clothes prosecution was merely an act of intimidation made of Japanese spun material. To those This shaft stirred Mr. Slade, the prosecu who could ill afford the cost of replacing the ing Counsel, to smiles. Sir Henry contended discorded Japanese article, Mr. Lee has that the prosecution were not justified in taking gone to the length of giving money to enable criminal proceedings against his clients; that them to repay for the pow clothes.

their channel was through the civil counts, and he proceeded to say, with no little emphasis, that what Messrs. Lasman and Kemp required the market. To these very trenchant remarks wasto squeeze outali albertraders and to corner the attention of the jury, the officials of the Court, and the merchants-heio were many is the body of the court-room-never fattered for a single moment.

designs but their own. It is, of course, a fact that continued service in gay corps has a deadening effect on originality of any kind and that, prima facit, the design of any civilian naval architect of long experience in building ships of war is almost certainly better than any design which emanates from naval constructors constrained by precedent. There is also in all military services an habitual deference to seniors in teak which would tend to prevent a junior officer, no matter how talented, from ́even hinting at anything not siready sanctified by the approval of these higher up. There is but one way to get the best designs for caval „vessels, and that is to admit everybody to the competition and submit the designs unmarked by the name of their authors to a board of which ng member has offered any desigo of his own or is connected in any such way as to make it probable that he can detect the authorship of any design.. But nothing but an act of Con gress will over cause the U.S. Navy Depart ment to adopt that course

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have received from Chief-Inspector H, G. Baker a donation of Sto towa ds the "Hobbs Maintenance Fund." The money, has been for- of the Fuad. warded to Mr W. H. William.hop.secretary.

JAPANESE GINSENG UNDER THE BAN.

At a rent meeting of the Japanese drug stores in Canton a resolution was adopted to boycott all stuffs required by the trade originating from Japan. The resolution is to become effective from the 1st day of the 4th maun (30th inst.) I be most serious import of the druggista resolution is the proclaiming of Korean ginseng under the ban, Korean being under Japanese tutelage the Cantonese

not, dis. criminated in favour of that country. As is well-known, ginseng 'is "a most valuable' root used in the Chinese pharmacopoeia it bulkt largely in the export trade of Kares!! he only market for the root is China, and by placing it under ban the Colonese may be dealing a brious blow to the trade of the im poverished Hermit Kingdom,

have

TOKIO ALLEGATIONS,

~Shangbai, April zo,

The spread of the Chinese boycott is causing are now beginning to be felt. The merchants

Sir Henry began his address by saying that what the jury had to decide was whether there was any "intention" to defraud; If they de cided that there was no intention, then they must acquit the defendants,

The Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, said secution. He thought that is all cases of this that "intention" did not enter the present pro- led the public had a voice in the matter av well as the individual. Criminal proceedings. be stated, were not for the benefit of any one individual but for the protection of the public Light

not be convicted if it was proved that they had Sir Henry argged that the defendants could

convict unless the jury found that the intention

in a matter, the difference, of which was so

obvious. What was the moral position of the like the defendants into a criminal court? defendants? What was there to bring men They have a right to sell what they liked, and them. It was pointed out that two days after the American squeezers" could not stop

trade-mark, the New York firm got theirs the Kwang Sang firm had registered" their

the Colonial Secretary. Florida water was not on the register after a six year' struggle with only sold by the defendants in the Colony Maitis. A. S. Watson and Company sold it, alio Mesars. Humphrey's——

Mr. Slade-Are-you going to prove all you have said?

Sir Henry--Yes, all I'have said, and a little

mote,

of those were the same as Lanman'w. He never

imported Florida water in other than the famillar boules.

The examination was still proceeding when our representative left the Court.

The jury men empanelled were :-Meina. W. C. Logan (foreman), F. G. Chunnult, H.). Lemm and K. Pestorji«, ? Stephens, Geo Hunter, E. B. Raymond Joha

B4D TRADE WITH THE ORient.

AMERICA BLAMES HERSELF, NOT THE JAPANESE,

With reference to the complaints which have regarding the falling off in American trade been made to the Washington' Government in the Far East, it is officially confirmed that

Orient. the United States is losing its foothold is the

Japan, and is declared to be rather the effect The loss in trade, however, is not charged to

interference at home with rates, th of the growing tendency towards Government

Orient from the North West States and baled

A EUROPEAN gentleman, resident of Pedder's serious apprehension in Japan, where its effects no intention to defraud. They could not have the opportunity of bolding out their | from Pittsburg. These shipments were passi

Hill, was ordered to give Postman, 84, 53 com pensation in the Police Court this morning. The defendant was charged with allowing a ferocious dog to be at large uamuzzled. It was further stated that while the postman was on duty on the roth instant, the "chow" spring upon him inflicting certain wounds......

Steam lunch Curlew, was charged is the Police Court, this moralog, with having absented himself from duty without proper permission. Mr. J. W. Robertson, chiel engineer of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., prosecuted. It was stated that, on the at ultimo, the defendant asked permission for fourteen days leave of absence to visit the interior to worship at his ancestral tombs. He failed to, return at the stipulated time. When he put a appearance yesterday he failed to Rixe satisfactory explanation and was turned over to the police. He was requested to pay a

fine at $10,

By kind permission of Major, R. Le H. Burton

By these criminal proceeding the defendable were put in a false position, Sir Henry went on. If the verdict was against them they

It is painted out, for instance, that five year

like criminals the prosecution would then cotton rom Texas, while steelrails were sent were concluded. If they were condemned age four in barrels was being shipped to the

threat. "Remember the Kwang Sang," they ble because of the exceedingly low ocean are beseeching the government to adopt stin-in defraud was there, even if there was some would say. They would then go to Watson's freight rate and through railroad combination. gent measures with a view to suppressing the similarity in the trade-marki,

and say "Are you going discrimination against Japanese goods. The Chief Justice-Intention to defraud need Florida water? Waison's would reply: No by the United States counts as a conspiracy

stop selling

Now, however, this rafe has been condepined The press of Tokyo continues its agitation not necessarily be to defraud the owner of certainly apt." Thereupon, the prosecution against trade development, and the trade has againsts the foreign firms in China on to the trade-mark, but the public,

would say with their fingers pointing: "Re been abandoned. ground that they are doing all they can to pro- ~Here Sir Houry-quoted_authorities to sub-member the Kwong Sang." "And soon with. mote the boycottyipsa

Landi

"Tulil hedges with east of them. What the

EFFECT OF RATE REGULATIONS, Mr. Slade, at this stage, citadecase which defence wanted was a verdict to show those characterised as the domestic was he said was similar to the one at issue in that "gentlemen of New York" that they were to

ngainst the Standard Oll Company, which is case; he said, a man named Burgers was found recognise the rights of other people olber than of any American enterprite, is asserted to have credited with having the largest eastern trade, to have acted innocently when it was discover Colgate's.. 4. - ed that he was selling his herated waters ia

had a disastrous effect in the Orient while the beatles belonging to a rival named Wood.

tabacco and colton goods trades have also been Although there was no definite attempt to de

dept heavy blows through railroad regu‘aljon fand he was 'misleading customers.

here,

CANTON DAY BY DAY.

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THE ACTING VICEROYSHIP. [From Our Own Correspondent.] ·

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Sir Henry Berkeley was then allowed to Canton, 23rd April, 1908

proceed. He observed that his defence was During the temporary absence of the Viceroy abyiods to the' jury; The defence as- Provincial Treasurer, Wu Hajang Lin, will per- hold that assertion, that nothing had been ook tour of inspection if the West River, these led, and he hoped the jury would up. form the duties of the Viceroyship, Mr. Sit done by his client to warrant thede proceed. Wing Nin will also accompany H. E on the ings, What the prosecution wanted to do was to squeers the defendants out of the trade for their own pecuniary benefit. It could not escape attention that when Mr. Lamperskis

Lour.

HOUSE COLLAPSE.

At 9 o'clock last evening a house suddenly

This concluded the address, and witnesses for the defence were examined. The first wis pess was Fung Fuk Tip, the second defendant, and the managing partner of the Kwong Sany. firm. He spoke to the "Two Girls" trade mark being his property and gave the daio of ita registration.: 1.

brought the Court to the tiffin adjournment.

Further statements made by this witness

amine the witness. In answer to questions he Resuming, Mr. Slade started to cross-ex» said that the trade-mark he used for olive oil had the "Two Girls" on the label, but was void of ascroll work. Ogly his Florida water and

difficulty in Justifying everything she has doon It is believed that Japan can have no great in Manchoria, although she has obtained many of the railway and telegraphic facilities has valuable concussions, through which her control

trol is known to be used primarily in the in been rendered practically complete. This con

terets of Japanese traders, and to be employed to the detriment of foreign competitam.

NO PRESSURE ON JAPAN

• Théso disadvantagei are, of course, felt by

and Officers Commanding, the Band of the collapsed in the Chi Chin street, inside the City sulesman of Messrs. Melchair and Company, hair oil labels had the fringing and scroll work American traders as well as by those of other Third Battalion "The Duke of Cambridge's and it is reported that several persons were agents for Messrs. Lanmin and Kemp-was Theamount of hair oil he sold, la comparison to nations, as the trade of Great Britafo, Gamany

Own" (Middlesex Regiment) will play the

The rates por quaîter and per memem; proportions!., following programme of music, during djoner The daily inde in delivered free when the addrem in

at the Hongkong Hotel, to-morrow, the 28th acobmible lo merenger. În cupima ant by post an

Liostani additional $1,80 per quarter is charged for postage. The pusinge on the weekly imos to any part of the

world is 80 gents per quarter.

Bingle Copies Daily, ten cena) Weakly, twenty-

five cents.

The Hongkong Telegraph

Hongkong, Friday, April 24, 1968.

O.S BATTLESHIPS,

March...' The Commandant."........... Home Valte..................Gouttende Rosée"........ Waldteufel Selecion..............." Patience.. Song...................... Violets"

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Weight

Three Dances from Hery VIII....................Carman'

(a) "Morris Danes."

Tolka

(b) "Shephard's Dance."

(c) Torch Davet."

Danse Gracieuse..." Le Palais Royalo" Selection.The Evil from Kays "..

." Post Horn'" (Soloi-Bandsman Orrell)'

„Regimania! Maroles.- God Blean the Prince of Wales. God Save the King.

Banhei Caryll Alcore

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE. Indian (Kufsang) 26th inst." Indian (Ontang) 29th inst.- Indian (Kumsang) 1st prox.

American (Nippon Maru) ist prox. German (Prins Sigismund) and prox Canadian (Empress of China) 6th prox.

more or less injured, but no lives were lost.

LIKIN COLLECTIÓN, THI

The collection of Lilin dues during the se- cond ten days of this month, as reported by the Likin official mounts 10 taels 56,353.8.9.3.

PLÁCUR.

Plagu has been prevailing in, the Ke Ying district since last year, and it becomes more serious during the spring season. It is report ed that over 600 cases of plague have been rev corded there since the beginning of this year,

THR BOYCOTT.

examined, yesterday he had a most colourable his sales of Florida #ater, was very small. He

imagination, when he was called upon to knew that Lanman and Kemp were the origi. and other countries is more extensive ibantbat Lanman and Kemp saw no colourable imita-Chintre label at the back of bis 'bottle there what is termed highly commercially organis...... speak as to the similarity of the trade-marks. nal manufacturers of Florida water. On the of the United States. As these nations are tion in 'their trade-mark and that of Messrs. appeared a statement to the effect that his ed, it would not surprise American diplomacy Colgate's of New York, notwithstanding that Florida water was the best made by himself to bear of protests in those quarters against the "getup" was the same.

to his mind that his Florida water was made for a number of years. That did not convey Japanese aggression. from Lauman and Kemp's recipe.

Here Sir Henry picked up two bottles of Florida water-ons of the defendaut firm's manufacture and the other of Larman' nod Kemp's-and stood them up on the table, with the labels facing the jury,

Mr. Slede, with Sir Henry's Just remark ringing in his ears, remarked that the to the jury, wanted to make them believe that falter gentleman, by exhibiting the two bottles he defendant's battle way Colgate's.

"Is not that nonsense?" queried. Sir Hoary.

บ

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Lagman and Kemp's recipe when it is

Sir Henry-How could it be made from

secrèt?

It is pointed out that there is nothing in Mr Hay's promulgation of the open door policy. with any eation looking towards its malotes. which partakes of the nature of an agreement

ance, and it is, therefore, predicted that should. any combination arise, any protests be made; of any movement be initiated by foreign this country would not be more ban of a moral nations, the support which would be given by

Mr. Slada-Your firm his only been started for two years. And what do you mean when to a severe last for many years? Dost-that you say that the Florida water had. been put

Kemp's recipe! not suggest to you that you had. Lunman and character,

Witness-No. We have only started busi -ness two years, but we meant to convey by the label that we have been doing business many years, and henceforth,'

A few days agy the people of Chu Tsun market held a National Disgrace meeting, and passed a resolution to fall in line with the Can ton Felf-Government Saclely in boycotting Japanese good. The people also agreed to open an office there for the collection of sub. Then to Mr. Slade: 1 that what we have scriptions for the Canton Shipping Company.goto geol for?

The Canton Self-Goverment Society hay: Mr. Slade-Yes, certainly.

Sir Henry-I hope not." received a telegram from Wat Lom, in which

Continuing, Counsel for the defence said: the Society has been informed of a reso

resolu

The Chief Justice-Looking into the future, mphatically that it was impossible to decalve tion adopted to boycott Japanese trade.

Mr. Slade-Intwenty years' timoft would still any man outside a lunatic asylum with there be" many years ?" Society is also requested to, at an early date,wo brands of Florida water. How was it posThe reply was.inandible. send-to Wat Lum-copies of the prospects of sible, he asked, lo deceive any man, any ordi- How many bottles of Florida water does your the proposed Canton Shipping Company,

MAP OF KWANOCHOW. [

The

nary man-the man in the street-into pur- firm sell a year?—I cannot say straight off. chasing the "Two Gils" braad Florida water

Well, within a thousand. 10,00 dozen per

year

500 dozen bottles,

What was your sale the first year?-400 to

Do you know how Florida water is made

Yes.

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US. NAVAL PROGRAMME,

PAESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PROPOSAL REJECTED

Washington, April 18. In a stirring message to Congress President Roosevelt urged the immediato.construction after the Dreadnought type bat oven mort of four battleships of the largest class, modelled

powerful. He argued "ihat arbitration isoun. reliable in the maintenance of peace and that until some international tribunal with com pulsory power should be estabilshad "ibare would be no assurance in arbitration: un-mi- preventive of wardr

The partial rejection of President Roosevelt's proposal to Congress for the construction of four battleships for the United States Navy, revires attention to Mr. Geo, W. Dickie's. opinion on the efficiency of the American bat- -tleships.—Mr. Dickie," as the builder of many ships of war, has an unconcealed contempt of the opinions of such man as Reuterdahl who la merely a painter of marine pictures,

A master, together with a number of students for that of the Fountain brand, belonging to and seems to have no technical knowledga

of the Canton Survey and Drawing School, haq Messrs, Lanman and Kemp. What were cri- hear instructed to prapare a correct map of the minal proceedings brought for? For a thing whatever of naval vessels except such as

province of Kwangchow, an

they had been doing for years? An Injunction' he has picked up in conversation' with

The La. Kaloma lef: Singapore on 23rd inst.,

was thestep thatahould have been taken, to that naval officerz. As for the criticisms which and in due here on 29th inste

the defendants could take the mattertata Privy The H. A. L. xx. Liöbria ́lest Shanghai on The Manila Timia says:-The recent trip of Council "But, no," he remarked loudly, Mr. Dickie states that they all refer to moor / 33rd inst., and may be expected here on 26th | Dr. Heiser to Amoy in hearing fruit in thi "They know that if we are convicted here we Mr. Slade-We are not chemists,” -

ahapo'plaremarkableinflux of returning Chines hare nei remedy: Are we criminali?" he re- The 1. C. S. N. Co's 1.3. Oxs1g from Cal passenger--The Talias brought 680 on Apt med at the top-of-his-voice-In this matter marias for the lam twenty years and upon which catta and the trails left Singapore for this port arrived, yesterday (17th- inst.) with 459 mo Th's defendants were accused of defrauding the 5; the Hubi 764 on April 141, and the Taing there were large pécuniary interesta involved, there is some difference of opinion. The mayesterday afternoon. rine artist merely took up with those opinions The . Si sailed from haoghal this who had been detained at Amor in iba haft got shower: They had not brought one men to on board. These are in almost every case mi public, charge which the prosecution bad yet

to be too weak to resent it he could make the most slashing morning, and may be expected to arrive here that they had trachoma but were propound show that he had been defrauded by being

Merely # figure of speech, was it not?—You. | the President cited the at daylight, hath ipat

If you had used another kind of label for found in its recent ble magazine article. In'

by Dr. Helter not to by

handed the defendants Florida water when he your Florida water, do you expect you would over the ef The Java-China Japan Lija Timal left trachoma or any other dangerous con

asked for that of Lauman and Kemp, It haye had such sales?—I think so, 1port on 20th inst., and may disease. The immi

an example. pervision, Tositation Jastice to Why did you select such a label-1 did not as a resell through the holidays and

defendants into Court in criminal do it..

pleaded with the jury to helde

to protect him is such an

, wote" made-in's recent magasine article;

Epaints which bays been under discussion._ja.all

inst, p.

Macassar for

men may be so be axpected hars on s&th

Is it made from flowers? No, Sir.cary-Fram chemicals,

Reference was also made to the futility of the scheme based upon the limitation ments as submitted by Eugland to the

The President further declared unwiss the two battleships programese yearly, altogether inadeqoalo to meet (hp'

Witness in answer to the question stated the Florida water was made with chemicala

the water was made, from the choicester.co And why in your advertisement you state situation. The United Statan flowers? Yo answer.

that

Why did you choose that particular label: your own, when there were others to selecti

did not choose it