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for many; YORIS mistakes for or misrepresented an an obstinate and relfish disinclination to shape a course in consonance with the palicy which, for batter or for wore, bas been adopted by both parties in the Bate and which may there fore be represented as commending itself in the national consciencs.

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mirable that I had hoped that we were going to be allowed to fall in with it lo ibat case there would have been no need for violent legislative enactment. Under that agreement, the Oplum Trade would die out, automatically, in Hongkong,in lan years, if China kept to her part of the bargain,

All we had to do was to close down upon it ten per cent per annum, concurrently with the Indian reduction.

However deeply anyone may doubt the accuracy of the political estimate on which that policy is founded; however sceptical anyone may feel as to the results of the efforts at present boing made by certain high Chinese efficials to eradicate the opium habit; however aure anyone may feel that the poppy fields of Szechund will outlast the doom assigned, noWe could, I think, with reason have sat up a One can withhold respect for the sentiment claim to ground she local reduction of ourit which has prompted England to come to censed houses upon the principle which justified China's assistance in discouraging a form of cautious treatment of the Indian revenue, and self-indulgence, over-indulgence, in which is which applies with equalforce to our revenue. It degrading A

seems to me that a great Crown Colony should not be treated with lest consideration than even our greatest Dependency in maiters affecting internal economy,

Respect for this sentiment does not Imply admission that any sense of respon sibility for the spreal of thst vice should weich upon the national conscience, The These, however, are all highly controversial shallow view that associates the name

matters upon which opinion differs at so many of the thing with our first war 10 be easily points that for any one man to speak for even controverted. Nevertheless, that view basa ameli number of others is manifestly le prevailed so completely over the fruth that it possible. may now be regarded as one of the classic lics of history which England seems self-condemned | to wear like a cangue. “

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ar lodifferent, none of them ought to have been made to apply to this Colony without reference to ibis Council. (Applause.)

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In this clear contention I lay claim to speak for the whole mercantile community. I speak with the voice of a community united la pro- testing against the inconsiderate exercise of arbitrary power.

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Home: Govern- sort of act thought it," was

similar manner to that in which of lodia had been dealt instead of closing down this Colony--which after a about a thousandib part the Chinese Empire-the meat bad rushed into of righteousness, and be vory deplorable they shou'd have taken this extreme and arbiltary measure, without plusing to consider and without oven asking what would be the result on the reveque of this Colony. As the seconder said, Hongkong was, in somewhat low water financially; at present. Many public works required to be carried out, pre-eminent among them, the Typhoon Reloge, aslo which there was a very great difficulty in finding ways and means, and he associated himself with the hop, mover and seconder of this resolution.

His Excellency, the Governors Gentlemen, the telegram which I received from the Secre tary of State on the subject of the closing of the divans, not, I may remark, the whole of the opium' establishments as has beed stated; but, the divans alone, and which I read to the Council at the last meeting, stated that stepe should be taken to close the opium dens, as they are iermed. It did not say that opium dens were to by closed to-day or to-morrow and I may say that in my reply to the Fecretary of State diver fully with the point raised by my hop, friend on my left (Mr. Follock) and other speakers, namely, the financial condition of the Colony and how the closing of the divans would affect the revenues Wo receive from the Opium Farm, the Secretary of State's reply - which was confidential and which I could not, there fore, read verbatim but gave you the main parpart, he agreed to wait the arrival of my despatch, conditional on steps being taken to had enunciated. "In his origina! telegram Also ha inya a despzich follows. I think, it erefore, that although I perionally agree with a'y eat deal of what has been said by different speakers

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I can only claim to utter the united opinion of those whom i represent by keeping to the clear conteniton that whether soy new devatop If wrongs of any sort were done in early ments of the opium policy adopted towards days by Englishmen in China the dragging China by His Majesty's Ministers are in them. waight of that lie has amply avenged themselves right or wrong, wise or unwise, good, bad, upon their successors. Those of their succes- sors who revere the prophets most often hava groaned in spirit over Ruskin's vision of the Baglish merchant sailing up nad down the China Sea with a pistol in one hand and a packet of opium in the other, demanding of the unfortunate Inhabitants, not in the good old manner of the gentleman of the road, "Your money or your life;" but

The inconsiderate exercise of arbitrary power "Your money and your life. The fantastic is not to be tolerated without.challenge even absurdity of this kind of misrepresentation only when exercised in the same of the Sovereign makes it all the more difficult to destroy, and people. English men are very ready ID repose imitated by the idea, one is at times dispored their frust in despotic formulas, but it is always to agree with those who contend that on the understanding that they shall not be this part of the legacy of the Great Mogul used in a high-landed manner. Whenever give as far as possibla effect to the policy heUndersigned have received instructions ING ROOM SUITE (French-make) DOU bas been a curse. In desire in be rid of it i sympathise with the zealot. I envy kim bis clear view. I cannot adopt it because of the complicated osture of human affairs. I cannot -blind myself to the problems arising'in connec

tion with it. The question is complicated by the fact that our Indian fellow-subjects have vast interests which we have allowed to grow up and for whose projection we are responsible, and as a member of this Council I deem it my duty to oppose zealotry in this matter, inasmuch as it threatens to invade those praciples of consistent justice upon which repotes that con- fidence hitherto existing under British rule and supplying the opên-secret-of-its-success, j------

1. admit sealimental objection to raising re venue fram such B-source, but unfortunately in this imperfect world it is not always possible to order our affairs 10 as lo satisfy the claims of so ideal polity. An ideal polity would preclude many of the ways and means that even the most civilized States and respect. -able institutions.adopt to supportbemselves,

In the present aspect of the time-honoured predicameni created by the never-ceasing con- Alict between ideal and real conditions,wo-find- ourselves in a difficulty. In a difficult situation, Mr. Asquith has recently said, you ought to try and found yourself if you can upon some prin- ciple that appeals to common sense and com- mon Justice,

Is the hope of discovering some principle which would enable me to approve of the action of His Majesty's Government 1 referred again to the Times report of the recent great dabate on the Licensing Bill. For the second time I read the speech made by the present Prime Minister in introducing it. I found ita rich mine of reasons against the course which be has presumably sanctioned with regard to our opium establishments. I found no single reason in favour of the justice of doing away with them by any instantaneous process. I did not find what 1 was looking for, but I found this is Mr. Balfour's criticism of the principle of the Bill: "The resa't is going to be that you are not going to diminish the amount of liquor consumed; you are going to transfer the consumption of that leor from promises over which the Magistrater and the Police have con- trol to prem's over which they have no con irol. That is a deplorable result which certainly will not conduce to temperance."

By the simple expedient of altering the word liquor" to opium" these words, applied in our case, seem like words of wisdom. The Government will lose. a source of revenus is addition to losing control. By giving up con trol of the consumption you will not make people give it up. As long as the vics is popular its votaries' will find a place to practise it.'

there is even a show of the abuse of office there

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Every English statesman ought to know this" No English statesman ought to forget it. We in this Colony humbly aspire to remind one of

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The voice of Hongkong sounds dimly in

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Bongkong, alth May, 1908. Secroaty of State asking him to withhold his decision until communications, arrived from his side, that he had fully put before the Recretary of State the re sour which, in the opinion of all the members of the Council ex

"That the members of this Council view well an Liberals-join in the general policy as regards the suppression of opium, and the with concern the action of His Majesty's mover of this resolution rend a very sulking Secretary of State for the Colonies in aspassage from Mr. Baifqui's speech showing jog on order affecting the sevenue of Heng" how strongly he feels that any stops should be kong without having previously given taken to reconstruct the liquor traffic in Eggested by the bon member representing the sufficient notice to the Colonial Govern and should be taken gradually and after come camber of Commerce were against the

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- ment to admit of the matter being referred sideration. 1 trust we may hope that both immediate enforcing of anything like the A large crowd, including many Europeans,

to this Council; and desire to record a of the great parties in England will recognise closing of all the houses of opium-smoking assembled in the Supreme Court, this forenoot, protest against any steps being taken to that in dealing with this question also it in the Colony. If his Excellency look the to await the jury's verdict in the case of the carry out the order anounced in Parlia should be dealt with in a gradual manner steps that, he indicated then all that was three men, who were charged with the murder, ment on the 6.b instant, until His Ma- and not by hasty and arbitrary legislation, desired would be achieved. He yielded to of two men and a boy on the Kun Yam „jesty's Gover-ment' shall have been fully. The mover of the resolution a ked what the | none in bis insistence on the indepen. mouetals, in the sw Territory, on the 2nd informed of the prospective financial effect precise terms of the statement which was dence of the Council, but he reiterated that it December, 1905: A verdict, however, was not and before this Council shall have been given were. The telegram, I think, was in it was not right from mapy points of view to reached till long after the uffia haar, at which called upon to consider the methods by slf sufficiently explanatory. We karw prac insist on the maintenance of rights until those time only standing room could be secured in which it is proposed to re-adjust the burdentically the words, to be used is the House of rights had been infringed and suggested, that of taxation."-Cloud Applause.)

When the piaceedings resumed at to o'clock, Cominans, and is the long telegram, I sent in the hon. gentleman representing the Chamber reply i give every particular to the Secretary of of Commerce be content with the debate, the Dr. Ho Kai, for the defence, continued his State if he wished to add anything further to the shape it had taken, so that it would not be na-address to the jury, dwelling on the same strain statement he made in his first telegram. 1 supcessary to press this resolution to a division. as he did yesterday afternoon, that is, finding

i M. Pollock: I suggest to the hon. member that a division be tekan.

The Coloni 1 Secretary said the hon. mem: her was out of order,

Me. Foliock argued that he was not. He was how spe, king to the point raised by Sir Henry

the cant room.

fault and picking holes with the evidence ad daced for the pros:cation, and stamping it as "impossible evidence"

At a quarter past eleven o'clock Mr. W. Rean Davies (the Attorney-General) began his ad- dress, which lasted somewhat over an hour, lo

he address he confessed that during his career.

Mr. Murray Stewart said he intended to ho had never seen a trial which had command- press for a division of the Council on this ed so much interest and was so difficult to question.

ferret our, as this trial He then referred

Sir Henry Berkeley repeated his argaments against the wisdom of calling for a division,

The Attorney-General, on a point of order, said the mover must ask leave to withdraw the resolution before he had power.

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Mr. Pollock held a different opinion entirely, The Allorney-General proceeded to argue the poin

Dr. Ho Kai, in secooding the resolution, said he would not follow the mover in his fight of eloquence, for he had neither the

posa hit y cw was that it would be sufficient to ability nor the desire, but he wished to asso- ciate himself in maintaining the dignity and await the receipt of his despatch, which he had the rights and privileges of that Council promised, and the receipt of the despatch (Applause) to maintain the claim that that which he had agreed to await from myself." 1 Council should be consulted on all matters have already also replied to one funher, affecting the finances and the welfare of the only other question, by the mover this fair Colony of ours-(applause)--and to of this resolation whether there was any-Bakeley. maintain also the right of the public in Bong thing, so to day, secret in the despitch, on kong to have some say or some voice in mal account of which I had refrained from submit ters which might iff:ct its-prosperity and its ting it. I can assure the 'G`uncil there was revenue, and, further, to save the Celony from nothing of the sort. In fact, the purport of the serious losses especially at the present moment telegram was practically as 1 gave it, he when our revenue was on the decline and resolution which has been moved in very money was required for important public excellent terms, and which has been second- works, and in order to give time to re-adjusted and spoken to by hon. members on the fauces and the burden of taxation, my right and left in scarcely less eloquent For these reasons, he joined most beartily terms, is one which practically conveys a with his unofficial colleagues to the pro censure to the Secretary of State and the lest contained in the resolution, but be Home Government. For that reason I am wanted it to be distinctly understood that he unable to accept it, but I will promise the did not suppost this resolution because he Council, not only that the resolution shall be thought the closing of the opium dont was a submitted to liii. Majesty's Government, but mistake or an undesirable thing. If he sup will forward also the Hassard copy of the parted this resolution he did not mean to debate which has taken place on that revolu. maintain that the 'Opium Farm was a benefition this afternoon. to the Colony and a mitter of necessity in the Sir Henry Berkeley said it seemed to him Colony-(bear, hear). There was a large after the explanatory" address which bis Excel majority of the Chiasse community who lency bad just given to the Council, that it was There is a strong opioion that if you try to objected to the great inconveniences and not necessity for the Council to proceed to divi- prevent the people from smoking opium they oftentimes indignities placed upon them sion on the resolution, eloquently put by Mr. will eat it, and if you stop them from getting it In fact, the existing Oplom Farm might be Murray Stewart. No one could but sympathise to eat that they will take to alcohol instead. fairly described as a blot on the fair name of with the object of the hon. member, that object"| "I'do not propose to discuss the relative merits this Colony and dragged this beautiful and being to sounciate, and to make clear the un of populer prisons: I say nothing as to the splendid Colony ist the mise and therefore doubted right of the Council to be consulted comparative value of the opium vice and the bo siid root-out the oplum den and Opium before any measure was taken and adopted drink babit to reli: vo'the monotony of hard and ↑ Farm root and branch. What he supported which would in any way affect the revenues of cbaseless toil, nor yet as to the probable in

this Colony, With that principis, of course) crease in crime and insanity in our midst if

he was entirely in accord; and, every member the latter replaces the former.PL

I do not even propose to discuss the merits

of the opium policy of His Majesty's Govern- ment in relation to China,

The issues do not arise out of the resolution any case they have already-been de But in passing, I may perhaps be allow pression of a wish that more pro

boɛn given not, 10. ibe' question

was the protest against the commands of Caesar who when he said that a thing should be done

it had to be done. It was not right that we in of that Council, whether he were official Hongkong should not be allowed some con, or unofficial, must, if he held siderable time to consider our position and view of his duties as devise means to meet whatever deficiency there the dignity. might be through the closing of these oplum it was not dens or in dolog away with the Farm allogether until that.

Mr. Pollock felt,

the y Co

Sir Henry Berkeley said the question didn't matter. The mover did not intend to withdraw

resolution,

The Attorney-General: Oh I understood he was going to withdraw,

A division was thep taken, and resulted as

Follows ——

the question of al(B), which he said was 1 dangerous mode of defence, and, preceeding, he urged that the alibi, the defence attempted to establish was unfortunate, as each wliness's story corresponded in every detail, which was obvious that they had been cossed.

Shortly before one o'clock the Chief Justice (Sir Francis Piggots) started to sum up. He commented on the evidence, at length and firected the jury on the question of law.

Tho Jary retired at 1.16 o'clock to consider their verdict. After an hour and five minutes'

|deliberation, bey returned and the Foreman announced that they had found all the three prisoners guilty unanimously.

For: Mesirs, Slade, Stewart, Pollock, Wei As the Chief Justice was about to pase sen-

Yak and Do Ho Kai-{FiveX

tence of death, Dr. Ho Kal moved for the arrest Agan: Sir Henry Berkeley, the Harbour of judgment on the ground that a plece

master,the Registrar-General, Directorof important evidence regarding the fading o Public Works, the Colonial Treasurer the docessed man's (Luk Saug's) watch in the the Attorney General, ~~ the Colonial possession of one of the accused had been Secretary, and the Officer Commanding emitted during the trial. Counsel then quoted the Forces (Eight), _NA

authorities to substantiate his mojfon, The resolution was accordingly declared lost

OPIUM EXPORTATION. Alfom

of the

the

The

The Attomey-General stated that the motios for the arrest of Judgment only affected the first accused..

Dr. Ho Kal-No, all of the accusedinte nora]· moved the second

The Chief Justice stated that the polet taken tation of Prepared Opium by Dr. Ho Kai would be considered, Sentence would be postponed unti the question bad. been argued,)

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