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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. 1908.

ZEPRESENTATION TO MASTER OF. SIM

PKAMÜSHUNAJ

The presentation, which, it was proposed, should be made to the corswain of the stehi launch om Såns, of Moasa Tak Kes and

THE SENT

ON MR.

BATABLI

TEXT, OF THE JUDGMENT,

MR. JUSTICE BOURNE'S ADMONITION,

given by judge Bourne, of the British Supreme The following is the full text of the judgment Court for China and Cores, in the trial at Seoul of Mr. Bethell:-

there is no existing body that can be called K govaramant but the Emperor unterzube. protection Japan By Treaty, and in fact, that is the only political body that can be called the Goverment of Coren; so farène appears here, the insurgents have, no organisa tion and no responsible leaders. I have no protection of Japan, constitates the Govern doubt that, the reigning Emperor, under the

ment of Cores and that matter exciting enmity between the Cornans, and the Japacero

Article 5 of the Orden ge Protectorate, as those writings do, falta within

absolute control of the Government of the7778 GALLANT COXSWAIN. United States. We recognize the fact that during the ten years this relation has com tinued, much has been accomplished for the advancement and uplifting of this race and the development of industry in these Islands, We are not lasensible to the benefits of the Co, who was responsible for the saving of great public school system; uor of the fiscal numerous lives, both European and China, system; nor of the system of railroads and from the wreck of the 1.8. 'won, near Caps public improvements that have been inaugu-myn, on the night of the Bih June, will shortly rated by and with the energy, fidelity and take place. A sufficient sum of money has of the effance complained of. "Your Counsel Ernest Thomas Betball Id you, guilly genius of the American people. Yet, while | been subscribed by the Chinese admirers

urged that you ought not to be tried sommarily, the United States has done so much for us of the gallant act of Lan Tai and his but on a charge with a jury. Article 5 of the ought to inflict, your Counsel has been In regard to the punishment that I

so much that will make for the security and

to enable a set of gold medals Order in Council, 1907, is silent as to the mode able to urge on your behalf some very strong stability of prosperity in the future, there is to be struck for presentation to the veteran of trial: Articles 45 and 48 of the Principal arguments to mitigation, the waightiest being one thing that could have been done which, coxswain. His Excellency the Governor was Order therefore apply, which provide that an that your intentions were fair and honest, that if done, would have prevented much suffer approached for his consent to make the pre-offence such as this may be tried summarily you cannot read Corean and could not judge his official duties His Excellency will be awarded then imprisonment for three months ware dependent on your Corean editor. On seniation. Owing, however, to the pressure of provided that no greater punishment shall be with your own mind of what you published but unable to preside at the function in person or a fine of 10 or both, Article 5 makes sedi- the other hand, Mr. Wilkinson poisted out that Sir Frederick Lugard has delegated the pleas tion agrave offence against the Order punishable the effect of you, as Englishman, espousing iog duty to Mr. E.. A. Irving, the Registrar by a maximum imprisonment of two months the cause of Coroas indipendence is that under General. We are informed that the ceremony and a fee of £o. The offence complained of the absher of our ex-territorial rights" your will be of a public character and will take can therefore ise tried summarily. In regard to

newspaper escapes Japanero consorship and place, at the Tung Wa hospital as soon as the deportation it appears that Articla 81 (2)(3) of your staff the arm of the Japaness law; and medals are ready.

the Principal Order applies to a caso tried that your paper has become a recognised summarily, but I think that if the Crown in mouthpiece of Corean disaffection. This was 'tended to press for!" deportation on a further proved by the number of treasonable arti - conviction for a liko pílence" ¡Article 5 (1)) the cles sont you by Corsanı" for: insertion, of case would have to be tried with a jury, as this ; which the one put in called "Explosiva Thung further penalty not authorised by Article 83 | der" is an example: you rightly refused, to insert these, but ibair. being sent shows the state of the Coreza mied in regard to your paper, Now I think it would be a monstrous neglect of duty if His Majesty's Government allowed such a state of things to continue: it

this country and owing a duty of quiet and orderly conduct to its Government in return for the protection they extend to you, set yourself up as a paper leader of insurrection, with this Court as a Sanctuary to flee to in case of dan

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“A-GÜLD BRICK.”

manje SWINDLERS AT LARGE IN HONGKONG,

No less then two persons were victimised in

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BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE ing and disaster that has overtaken a large body of our agricultural population: We refer to the removal of the tariff barriers of the United States from products of the Philippine Islands." It might have been added in this con. nection that while the United States refuses to admit on fair and equitable terms the prin cipal products of her greatest Colony, she nevertheless proposes to extrange that Colony from her neighbours by imposing protective. duties which will have the effect of turning away foreign trade. The petition goes on

pelago that yield hemp, copra and rice have continued during recent years under a fair measure of prosperity, the country has lacked The first report to be made to the police was the stimulus of capital, and the producers of by a Chinese woman last evening. She sp"published in your newspaper en 17th April comes to this, that you, being a foreign guestinia many articles, notably sugar, have laboured phared very annoyed over the affair and at- under conditions that precluded success; tempted to hide her own folly by telling a 29th April, and 16th May seditious mater con and during the present year, the low prices tissue of falsehoods. The story she related trary to Articles of the Order in Council, 1907, that have prevailed for hemp and copra, was to the effect that soms time yesterday which provides that any person who priais sedi- together with a partial failure of the rice afternoon she left her home at or, Prayas matter shall be guilty of a grave. offence East, with Sas to make some purchases, against the Order and defines seditious matter

It has been proved by repeated experiments to say that: "While sections of the arch the Colony yesterday by meaus of the well, would bring the case under the provisa to Ar

that "WATSON'S HYGIENOL "is the most potent agent for the destruction of fleas,

especially rat fleas.

It is a well known fact that Plague is con yayed to human beings by means of fleas from rats which have died of this disease,

known "banknote" trick. In each case the guilty party managed to escape arrest,

ficle 48. The Crown elected to proceed sum marily, and I saw no special reason myself to order a jury, under Article 45.(1).

Now the offence complained of it that you

Telegrams.

HONGKONGTELEGRAPH

SERVICE

WESTERIVAR FLUOD,

PROVINCES TO CONTRIBUTE TO

RELIEF FU

By courtesy of the Showng Po.").

Peking, 30th June.

As the result of a communication des

patched by His Excellency Chang Jen-chun, Viceroy of Canton, reporting the disastrous.

Kwang, the Central Government has taken effects of the recent floods in the two

prompt measures to provide relief for the sufferers.

Telegrams have been sent to the various Provincial Governments requesting them to raise funds immediately in order that the victims of the catastrophe may be relieved.

CHINA'S-GOVERNMENT.

PROPOSED PARLIAMENT IN. FIVE YEARS.

[By courtesy of the “Shaung Po"]

Feking, 30th June.

All risk of infection can be avoided, by crop, have prostrated industry and preci. She was met outside the Hongkong and to be "matter calculated to excite tumultor ger. In what respect câu you bu a real leader tutional government by China. ». washing the floors, etc., or sprinkling where pitated an acute economic crisis. We earn-hanghai Bank by two men, who asked her to disorder, er to excite camity between the Gov Ber

the Beas are likely to be with a dilute solution

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_HONGKONG-DISPENSARY:

A. S WATSON & CO., pressed-they should turn to making iron and steel, or to raising sugar beets. We do not LIMITED,

charge that the Government of the United States is responsible for the unhappy condi: tion of industry in these islands, but we do maintain that as territory belonging to, con- trolled by and dependent upon it, a moral obligation is imposed that may not be justly disregarded, to assist in every possible way the material interests of the people here" The fact is, in our opinion, that the people of the United States seem to consider their

Hongkong, 27th May, 1908,

NOTICE,

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The Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1908;

TRADE DEPRESSION IN THE

PH(LIPPINKS.

continued the woman. "On the way the man as my right said to the min on my left that he wanted to change those two $100 notes. The mad on my left said, he would do so, but the other said he could not trust him without a

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A detective was sent out with the wom 10 to search for the swindlers, without any result. West Point was the scene of the next swindle and it is believed that the two mon who victimised the woman were also the chief actors in this casa.

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A lad, aged ten, was playing on the foot path along Dos Vaux Road West late in the after noon, when two mes called him bad atsed for a favour. One of them produced a ring, handed it to the lad and told him to go and paws it, meanwhile requesting bins to have something to guarantee his return. The youth handed over his jacket, and his shoes, and in his joy to earn a few cents, darted for the nearest pawnshop. The pawnbroker pro- pounced the ring to be brass and chased out the fad, who is still trying to find the two men who had so cleverly does him out of his jacket and shoes.

the forefront of the battle with your life and family and property at stake? Suppose they that deficition in mind, I will turn to the papers follow the advice of your'editor and takeup the complained of. The anicle the 17th April sword, where will you be when their blood is on the subject of the murder of Mr. Stevens re-flowing? Without at all questioning your fers to his assassins as patriots and as loyal courage or disinterested motives, I say you are and righteous gentlemen because they murder.

in a false position"and likely to do the most grievous harm to the people you wish to be- friend. It is my duty, to warn you that if you continue to preach rebellion you must be de ported.

$,000-otherwise you must remain in the charge of the Marshal of the Court,

11E PO LÂUNG, KUK.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF SINGING GIRLS.

At a meeting of the Pa Leung Kuk "Com- milice held on the 22nd April, tgeð, at Singa® pore, the following sciolution was unanimous-

((^) That the practice, of employing girls un- der 16 years of age as singing-girls commonly

known as pi pachni is the cause of much im morality and the ruin of very many of the girls. (7) That the Chairman request the Govern ment to pass a tale forbidding these young girls to appear in public eating boures.

T. E. Chang Chih-tung, Yuan Shib kai and other members of the Grand Council at Peking held another conference on the subject of the proposed adoption of consti-

The majority of the Grand Councillors expressed themselves in favour of the pro- 20sal to inaugurate a parliament in five years' time.

CHINËSE LEGATIONS ABROAD,

COST OF MAINTENANCE INCREASED.

[By couriery of the "Sheung Po

Peking, 30th June.

The Waiwupu recently memorialised the Throne on the subject of the cost of main- tenance of Chiness Legations in foreign countries, and proposed that additional expenditure should be authorised in accord- ance with the dignity befitting the repre- sentatives of the Empire abroad.

In response, the Board of Revenue has sanctioned an increase in the expenditure to the extent of 30 per cent.

STRIKE AT:NINGPO.

TRADERS PROTEST AGAINST CURRENCY.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po,"

Shanghai, goth June, The trades people of Ningpo bave gone on strike, it is reported, as a protest against the continued loss sustained by them owlog to the diminution in the purchasing power of the copper cash,.

estly direct your attention to these facts: direct them to Wyndham Street.. "I did so,"èrement of Corea and is subjects " Bearing That while it is true that labour in our fields is poorly paid, there is good reason why it cannot be better paid. The same law that applies to and controls other industries applies also to the agricultural industry here. If the cotton trade lan-uarantee," After more conversation the man ed a man who supported the Japanese pro- ps her left asked if she would guarantee him.tectorals of Corea, and continues to talk guishes, the wages of your mill operatives are

She consented, and handed over her rings and about the freedom and independance of reduced; as business improves wages are the $45 to the other mao. Both of them then Gores. One cannot read it as a whole with advanced; and it would be just as reason disappeared.

out being convinced that it was intended I think I ought to be much more concerned able to tell our hemp, sugar. and tobacco

that you should take these words to heart and Inspector Ritchie, to whom this yarn was to be a rallying, cry to the Coreans to planters that if their business is not paying related, had his doubts as to the correctness of throw off the pretectorate of Japas. fo the regulate your conduct accordingly, than that them, they must turn to wheat growing or the story. The very fact that the woman had article of the 29th of April on the subject of you should be severely punished. You will go the raising of cotton,-as-il-would-be-tu-tella bundle of old papers in her band aroused Metternich, Corea is palpably being compared to prison for three weeks as a misdemeanat of your cotion mill owners or your cotton plan-suspicion. she was questioned at length, and to Italy in the middle of last century the the first division, and you will be brought up ters that when the cotton business is de-after much fencing admitted that, abe herself article ende" But at last patriotic soos of after your imprisonment and required to give the cash the "banknotes" for the men, as, Italy relying meat bate afte, with banners security to be of goo's behaviour for six manibs they said, she would be well compensated for of right flying and with bells of freedom ringing or be deported. Where you are to suffer im her trouble. She handej her valuables over to opposed him. That Metternich, who was like prisonment is not yet-settled; maintime I am them, took the bandkerchief, which was supa devil, fox and badger had to put up the white-prepared to release you on bail to come up on posed to contain the money, and departed...She flag and flee from his native country, to spend summons-yourself in $1,000 and one surely in discovered on arrival at the moneychanger's the rest of his life in a foreign land. This that the handkerchief contained only old should serve as a warning to such as may have and all out the jame, barbarous mind as Metternich and paper!

like him plot against another country? The article of the 16th May about "the finger blood- of the seventeen students" says "We will cer tainly recover our Dorea. What heroes have left "glorious monumens, in- history- except through blood?" I cannot doubt that these articles incite the Coreans "torite despatch of a shipload of missionaries who

against the Japanese, looking to the present live on the, fat of the land and some hun-

condition of the country. And i am bound toy passed take judicial notice not only of the three.Trea dreds of fledgling schoolma'ams who teach the

ties by which the Coreia Government has sub- minds of the untutored Filipinos that it is

imited itself to the protectorate of the Japan far better to work with their brains than

exe Government, but also of the actual political their hands, Education is all very fine in

condition of Coren, because I am sitting in the its way but when it is introduced by a highly

place of a Coreno judge and exercising powera civilised country to a parcel of people who

which have been delegated by the Emperor. of not so very long ago were running wild in

Corea to the King of England: I am not the King's Judge in virtue of his territorial Sover the mountains it is apt to have the most disastrous results. Having, however, per-

eignty, as a Judge in England's, but in virtue of the limited powers which Carea bas granted formed what they conceived to be the full

to Great Britain; Nam to apply the law. a. extent of their duty, the United States elec-

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

laid down by the King in Council, but I am to take notice of Corgan law and of Corean tors, or at least a considerable proportion of them, are not disposed to take much further MR: A: Sheffield, of the Bengkong and China fesworth 1901, A. C. 371) In Regina v

political conditions (Secretary of Brate v. Char.munity in this matter, interest in the Islanders. If they did, they Gas Company, Limited, prosecuted a coolie in Sullivan (Cox Criminal Cases volume X1 P. would see that the agricultural and industrial the Police Court, to-day, for stealing a mantle 45) tried in Dublin in 1868, Fitzgerald J in products of the Philippines had the right of burner, valued at $3, the property of the com-charging the Grand Jury said." In dealing with preferential entry into the United States, in pany. A hawker was also arraigned on a charge the question whether the articles were publish in pursuance of the resolution a meeting order that the lessons taught on the subject of receiving the buraer, well knowing it to have ed with the seditious intention charged in the

was held yesterday afternoon (13rd)' at the of labour might be proved by the increased been stolen. The coolie was convicted and indictment you will fairly consider the surround. Chinese Protectorate to which the Presi prosperity of the colonials. What makes the sentenced to six weeks! hard labour. The ing circumstances coupled with the state of the Chiotso Clubs in Singapore were invited to dents and Secretaries of nearly all the country and of the public mind when the attend. About 40 Chinese gentlemen attended, publication took place, for these may be most including several members of the Po Leang ample, if the country was free from political material in considering the offence. For ex

Kuk Committee,

A collision which took place in the harbour excitement and disaffection and was engageds Chairman of the Committed, after explaining litigation in the Supreme Court, this

The Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Mr. Barnes) some time in April last was the subject of la the peaceful pursuit of commerce and in the object of the meeting informed the gentle. The case was that in which Chan Kwok Yau, of dustry the publication of such articles as have

men present that His Excellency the Govenor | Cheuog-sha-wan, the owner of coolto boat No. heen extracted from the American papers might had already made a rule prohibiting these, 1784 sought to recover the cum of $75160 be free from danger and comparatively inno young girls from appearing in the singing halls from Chan Man Shab, residing at 23-ymple cent; but in a time of political trouble and in Krsta Ayer and in public eating houser and Street, Yau-ma-li, the charterer of the itesin commotion when the country has just emerged other licensed premises, bus to make the pro launch Ping 10 for dauinges caused to plaintiffs from an attempt at armed insurrection and bibition effective the co-operation and assist. boat id the collision, which was alleged to havb whilst it is still suffering from the machina-ance of the clubs must be obtained,

boạn caused by the negligence of the conswaln ouable conspiracy.......the systematic pub the meeting unanimously undertook to assist MS. W. T'so appeared for the tions, and overṛuo by the emissaries of a treas Somo discusssion then ensued, and in the end of the Ping Po tication of articles advocating the views and the Po Leung Kuk in the good work it is doing Mr. P. Sydenham Dixon represented the stiff; object of that conspiracy stems to admit but of by refusing to admit any such young girl" to one interpretation. Now what is the actual sbair club. political condition of Corea? About-half the against the Japanese, the object being to get rid THE Kobe Herald underland Bar the four country is in a condition of armed disturbance of them and of their Protectorate. That being torpedo destroyers and torpedo boats that have the condition of the country, how can one bean built by the Kawasaki Dockyard, Ld, for doubt that the articles in question are calculs the Siamese Navy were to leave, Kobe for „Mr. Dixon said that he wanted thu Corea and its subjects, Mr. Crosse on yous beats will be commanded by the Navy Officers de so, ed to excils anmity between the Government of Bangkok on Thursday next, 25th ult. The proved, and Inquired of Mr. T beball urged upon the that the Japanese whose services have been kindly lent to the Government was not, the Goverment of Dockyard for the voyage South. The boats

say

people and the merchants in particular of the Philippines angry is that the Porto Ricans have secured without the slightest difficulty that the Oriental Colony desires, and they "We believe that we can pledge to you for the Philippines "an equal return in commerce, in proportion to population, if you will give to us the same legislation that was enacted in the case of Porto Rico, and where the million Porto Ricans purchase twenty-five million. dollars worth of goods

hawker was discharged.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals bega to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals ---

Building Contractor's Guild ....3201 Insurance Co.'s Guild 200 Fruit and Vegetable Guild,....................... 100. Leung Fai Nam

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A Patient.

A Patient vasuurety (5)

(1) That the Committee invite the officers of all Chinese clubs to attend a meeting in the Chinese Protectorate and request them to supist in this matter by refusing to admit any such young girls to their clubs.

(4) That the Committee appeal through the press for the assistance of the Chinese com-

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(1) That a sub-committee consisting of Messrs Cheng Yong Khay and Liong Man Sau be appointed to assist the Chairman in carry ing out these resolutions.

On the occasion of Independence Day, which will be celebrated on Saturday, the merchants of Manila intend to hold a de. monstration in favour of free trade between the Philippine Islands and the United States, Despite all that is said to the contrary, it is evident from the terms of the petition which it is proposed to transmit to the American Government that industrial.conditions in the Philippinesare far from being in a satisfactory condition. Much has been done by the energy of the American administrators in the is the United States, eight million Fillpinos ARMS and ammunitions are frequently being islands to uplift the people and induce them will, within ten years from the enactment of smuggled na Wachang and Hunkow, by the to turn their attention to the agricultural a free trade law, be purchasing two hundred revolutionials, and as these two cities are very possibilities of the dependency, but their million dollars wonh. We, therefore, important, from a commercial and stragetical efforts in this respect have been greatly earnestly petition the people of the United standpoint, the Viceroy of the Hukwang PIO handicapped by the trust magnates in States to influence the United States Convince has issued orders that a river police America. While Congress appears to be gress to enact legislation that will give to the forces of fliese two rities will have to be strong

system is to be established, and that the police willing to make a breach in the tariff wall in Philippine Islands equal trade advantage thened. He also lestructed. the Police Super- favour of those products of the Philippine with Porto Rico, that the cconomic troubles intendent to select good men for the purpose, Islands which do not come into commercial with which we are afflicted may be removed, and that their salaries be increased. conflict with similar products in the States, and these islands once more be brought to a there in a distinct and well-organised party condition of prosperity and happiness," D. Robert Koch will shortly by received in opposed to the free entry of such articles as Candidly, we have not much faith in the audience by the Emperor of Japan. It is ag sugar and tobacco, the manufacture of which idea that the wishes of the Manila merchants derstood that His Majesty will confer on bim la in the hands of a few millionaires who do will be furthered by the petition, but if it a high-class Order in recogaition of his great Corek. Bui the Government of the existing will make the voyage under the flag of the not hesitate to employ their wealth in order does no good it can do no harm. It scientific achievements. At a luncheon party Emper protected by the Government of Siamese mercantile marine and will be taken to prevent the introduction of competitive will no doubt be scanned by a few worthy, given by Mr. and Mrs. K. Okura at Tokio on Japan

The petition framed by the mer well-meaning people, pigeon-holed for future the 17th ult, Dr., Koch alluded warmly to the who ints la Manila is of a somewhat apologetic reference, and eventually forgotten. Still hospitality with which he had been received in som and pleading character, The signatories if the merchants and manufacturers of the Japan, and said that he had never expected ip: have a forstaste of paradise during his life, but Philippines-keep pegging away at the sub

ke bad arrived in this delightful cos

ay that Since the 13th day of August,

he felt that some of the joy of Edyslam had CALL BRA vouchsafed to him.

1898, the affaire, economic and political, of Ject they may achieve some measure of the Philippi oplo, havo Boen under saccess one of these fine dayi;

Government of Corea, over at

cauotry?

by tho .ba mi

Arhaimilla will be convoyed The voyage will South China.

[For sometime there has been a plethora of subsidiary copper coins in Ningpo as the result. of the enormous output of the Provincial Mints and much dissatisfaction has been expressed by the traders owing to the lose they sustalu înc the discounting of these coins.. The strike referred to in the telegram is therefore, in all likelihood, the outcome of that festing.-Ed,,

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DAMAGES 70 A JUNK.

AFTERMATH OF A COLLISION.

défendant,

Torning?

Pisiliffs solicitor, stated that the collinö took place at West l'oigt, near Originally, the action was brouk!

Yat Yu, but the writ had since making the charierar of the launch, the defen- dant,

Mr. Tso observed that he had a copy charter party, but not the original. Thereupon Mr. Dixon asked for mont, god miter, more argu judgment being maiter of

to be faft: