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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY AUGUST 26 1909

MORE LIGHT ON MANILA METHODS:

ankappy Japan, ill able as it isto bave additional bardens thrown on

berhaulders at the present time. There is only one thing which``ro-

When we referred on Tuesday to abp inex lieves the picture and that is the fact that the total loss of life no far as can be. Recertained la plicable action of the secret service authorities relatively small. But the destruction of proof Manila in departing a score of Chinese mer A. S. WATSON & CO. perty, the toss caused by the unemp.opment of chants without triat or warning-having secar hundreds of working men and women, the dined them in custody by what certainly seemed turbance of trade and the dislocation of all and still seems a despicable ruse we were forms of government are beyond computation, careful to emphasise the fact that our inform The fact that a vast quantity of official docu-ano necessarily complete enough to ments preserved at the High Court in Osaka show whether the slightest justification exlated were irretrievably lost in the conflagration may sical measure. We feal certain that such for the adoption of such a despotic and tyras,

although feli all over Japan, seems to have

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DEFENDANTS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

The trial of the three boatmen for theft of, and the woman for racelving, 54,000 worth of raw opium, part of the cargo of the steamer Kr Sang at the end of last month, was concluded at the Police Court, to-day, batore Mr. J. R.

be had no idea what right the Paking Govern- | ALLEGED LARCENY OF OPIUM. ment had to request the deportation of these registered residants of the Philippines; all ke could say was the matter had been handled in a "diplomatic” way," We ratter fancy that medical sost of diplomacy; it smacks of an thony Hope and Stanley Weyman to any nothing of that other gentlemen whose only remark was " Off with his head." The Consul

Mr. W. L. Shenton, of Messi, Deacon, Loo. admitted that he knew the man had been put ker and Deacon, appeared for the prosecution, aboard the Tuensang and the hour when they while Messrs. F. C. Barlow and F. X. d'Almada sailed. "I repeat, the celestial diplomat cone Castro were for the defence, cluded the interview, that the disreputable

Wood.

CANTON DAY BY DAY,

THE NEW VICEROY, '[From Our Own Correißendent]

Canton, a5th August, 2 The Canton officia's hayo baan advised in a

telegram from Shanghai that the Canton Vice roy-danigante, EE. Yoan Shu-Hsuan, will leave Shanghai on the 29th instant by the China- Merchants Staum Navigation" Company's tomar Hain Ming to proceed South. H.E. Yang is expected to arrive at Canion about zat or and ofSeptember. His Excellency will probably. make a brief stay at Hongkong on arrival there. A delegation of officials will be sent by the Canton officials to Hongkong on the goth iöst (the4th of September) has been fixed as the day on which H.E. Yoan will assume charge of the Viceroyalty of the Linng Kwang provinces.

Evidence was heard at length is the morn tong members cast discredit on their race here, and in the afternoon the second ongineer of the ship, Mr. J. 'C. Dallas, was called and of all concerned. What we want in the Philip when he went aboard he noticed a sampan, pines are Chinese who by their ability, in moored about thirty or forty yards aft. The fegrity and character enhance the prestige of witness noticed four men on board. When he

ALLEGED EMDFZZLEMENTA their native land." These are fine sentiments get on board the ship he met the quartermaster"

at the top of the gangway. The second de- Chu Yeung Yio,an accountant of the Canton- and will be appreciated by the tong which

fendant was the quartermaster. He was holding Hankow Railway Company, who is alleged to won the day, but where are we? No good lamp, and witness, having paused him, want have emberaled a sum of over 51,400 from the

o'clock when he heard the quartermaster was arrested yesterday as the result of the re- wards offered by the Railway Company for the calling the second officer.

Delactive-sergeant Wilden, of the Water man's apprehension. Chu Yeung Yin has been Police, spoke to arresting the men and recover-handed to the Nambol Magistrate "to be tried ing the apiom at different places. The theft and punished. It is not known what form the when discovered was reported to the police, punishment (if any) will take, panding Instruc and he was deputed to trace the opium and tions from H.E. Chang Chih Tung, whols deeply Interested in the Canton Hankow Railway," find the thieves

especially at the present moment, when trou bles are brawing owing to the differences among factions parties of shareholders.

in Manila for 30 years and owned their private or sufficient reason has been shown why to bid. Nothing happened until about three Company and who subsequently absconded,

All the defendants reserved their defence, and after they had been cautioned, they were committed for trial to take place on Monday, when a special sessions will be called to dispose of the case, so as not to delay the departure of the Kui Sang,

LOSI CARGU.

ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TAKEN. Additional evidence was taken by the Chief

SQUALL AT WUCHOW,

Shortly after 6 pim, on the afternoon of the 21st inst., a violent squall visited" Wachow without any warning. Heary showers were pouring down at this time and the wind con. tinued blowing with great force for fully three- quarters of an hour Extensive damaga wan done to several buildings and a large number of treas were uprooted.. The Tin Bou Temple was partly destroyed. The rafts in the bar-

the, fesult that flower-hosts and sampant, etc, were either sunk or damaged to the number of over fifty, and several lives were lost. The small South Gate was also partly destroyed. The viver has since risen to at abnormal extent and is still rising.

lead to endless complications. The earthquake methods." Moscovite methods" they are call and that they were spirited away for the good said that about 12.30 am, on the 30th July, to meet H.E. Yuan, The soth day of this moon been confined to an area which is not thickly ed by the Cableness-are utterly foreign to populated, otherwise there would be a different the law of the United States, and are indeed story to tell, but when we find that in one precalculated to bring American law and justice into disrepute, and in that opinion we are sup killed and 168 injured; 20 temples collapsed ported in the most spirited terms by our con- and 59 were badly damaged 47 houses crum-temporary. If there were anything against these men, some of whom had been in business ple. up like matchword and 1,367 were par- tially destinyed: 636 other buildings are a

these men good or bad as they may be should heap hi ruins and 991 in little better condi-equipages, then it was clearly the duty of the be" spirited away" at a moment's notice from tion, when we read such details reported in police authorities to see that they received plain their homes, families and businesses. Like rospect of one district out of many that suffered and substantial justice. They war antled to ourselves the Catimnice believes that the real CHAM- we begin to appreciate the character and a hearing in the Coasts and if the battle for story has yet to be told. As we said before, force of the cataclysm A Huropean writing liberty to remain in Manilla went against them there is morain this than concern for the reputa- from the vicisity of Lake Biwa says that the they had the right to appeal fostead of that, tion of the Chinese community in the Philip shocks were sharper than he remembered dur- these Chiosto merchants were caught by pines, there is far more in it than meets the lag bis eight years' residence in Japan and bear and mendacious statements and promal eye. Pertinently, the editorial writer of the described one of then as unique in his ex-ly bundled neck and crop aboard the Yuentang paper quoted asks: "Does the responsible perience. "It seemed like the passing of and deported to Chine without a change of person know that the men deported were high shelf from a big gun, the vibration being more clothing or it may be a dollar in their pockets. binders and guilty of the crimes enumerated in the air than on the ground." Io so far as The question was What bad these deportees in connection with their names? if so, why human life was involved, the catastrophe will dope to deserve such high-handed treatment?has be not given his testimony in court. Do got compare with hose of San Francisco By whose orders were they ejected from Manila the police officers and secret service men who Messing or those cities in South America which like a lot of tepern? Who were the parties were made party to this violation of the Con- came under the spell of seismic eruption, who, constituted themselves autocrats big stitution of the United States know that thaie There is corting of the spectacular in the re enough to override the law and flout public Chinese were guilty of the crimes enumerated

are all grim and sordid detail, families camping

and despotic act of the authorties? If so, why in the open, or trudging with al that remains

have they not testified in there facts in the of their worldly possessions' on their back.; as well to say, in order not to keep impatient courts of justice of which they railways torn up and buildings fallen in. But readers in suspense, that the American authori made a mock by their act on Friday night?" Messina is the other ride of the sarth; Santies seem to have certain grounds for departing But there is much more serious matter to Francisco, with all its ties, is far away. Japan,

come-it is suggested that these Chinese were on the other hand, is next door neighbour and

deported by the police on the representation of we in Hongkong are just as much interested in

a rival tong-for a consideration. That is far the affairs of Japan as we are in those of Can

too grave a ques ion for us at this distance from ton. More especially can we sympathise

be scene of the episode. to deal with and we with the people of Dai Nippon, is

leave it, at that. The Cableneuve also asks if the misfortunes which have befallen them

anyone knows to what Chinese society the local Chinese Contul belongs, but we should in our usual innocence ask that question of the Consul himself. Proceeding to quote "Will the Government resort to the same means to rid the islands of Englishmen and Frenchmen and Germans and persons of other nationalities who may be Rou' grate to another faction at their nationals? How long will it be before an American cliqué will be able to go secretly to the police department or those on whose orders the police act and arrange for the fascible expulsion from the islands and the

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poris which have come to band from Japan; they opinion which is the law? Well, further light when it is sought to justify the high-banded Justice (Sir Francis Piggon) in the Supreme bour wero dashed about in all directions, with

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when we consider the heroic efforts that are being made to recover lost ground. These disasters will be a set back, although it need not be'a'discouragement, to that spirit of en- terprise and advancement which has brought A. S. WATSON & CO., Japan to the position which she holds a day in

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is shed on the subject by the insus of the Cablemos which arrived to-day. It may be

these Chinese merchants, but not alter the fashion they adopted. On the day following the departure of the Yintang, a lawyer applied for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of these Chippmen, but seeing that the men had gone the proceedings naturally fell to the ground. The assistant executive secretary, Mr. Welch, who appeared for the Government to stay the issue, was interviewed by a newspaper man and in the course of conversation he agreed that a very high-handed proceeding had been carried out and remarked that is, was not American custom mad usage and that if he had anything to do in the matter would not occur again. He farther explained that these men were for the most part bad characters. Some of them have been in Bill bid, I understand,' he said. 'If I were you 1 would not shed tears over the lot of such men

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Court, to-day, in the action brought by the Tang Bang. Wo firm, of 2, Niogpo Road, Shanghai, against the Po On Marine Intur. sace and Godown Company, Limited, who are claiming the sum of Til 7,0:0, equal to insurance on a number of packages of ground 59,722.21 alleged to be due under a policy of

aut oil, which were shipped on board the

steamer Shashing from Shanghal bound for Canton, and which were lost in Canton during the typhona of July 28th, 1958. *N

The plaintiffs were represented by Mr. M. w, Slade, instructed by Mr. R. A. Harding. Sir Henry Berkeley, K., and Mr. Duncan Mc.. Neill, instructed by Mr. A. Holborow, of Messrs. Deacon, Looket and Deacon, appeared for the defendant.

A plan of the T-shaped wharf at Cantor, where the oil was landed, was produced and examined, after which Fong Lim Po, a Canton merchant, in the employ of the plaintiffs, was called. He explained at length how cargo was taken delivery of es Canton, and how the stuff was lauded at the godowns,

the estimation of the world. It is the distress which inevitably follows such convulsions of nature and falls heaviest on those least able to bear it that will appeal to those who are sol wholly absorbed in money.jer bbing. It is believed by the Kohner that the misery occasioned by the earth quake will only be on who are not by any means, the representative | spoliation of the homes and properly, of otherWas the oil in lighters when it was delivered

a slightly smaller scale than that caused by and respectable merchants they are said to the fire at Osaka. "On this occasion there is have been. He further explained that these at least the consolation that no human agency men were arrested by the police on the request could have prevented or lessened the disaster; of their own. Consul and that they had been indeed the fact that no fires are r ported speaks sent to China by the Consul and not by the well for the precautions taken by the public Government. Their own Government want and authorities. As much canent be said iped them, and they have'gone.' 'But have not rógard to the Diska co: fi igration, as has been

even the Chinese a right to be heard in the abundantly shown in these columns and else courts of justice before being deported?" he where, and kill·less can it be held that the

was asked. 'Had a writ of habeas cor- anasally occurring disasters to fishing fleets ave

pus been issued, ho replied, 'it would incapable of being prevented or reduced to

have been heard, but on writ was asked for.""

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Under cross-examisation by Mr. McNeill, the wildest vaid that the oil in question had been sold, but he could not give the name of the purchaser, as it was'n cash transaction.

Mr MuNeill-What i want to know "is,this.

EXTRADITED, PRISONERS.". The three robbare Lu Ah Kwai, Lu Mah Yan and Wong Ab Wo, who bave lately been want ed by the Kwangtung Commsoder-in-Chief at %, Weichow and whó were arrested in Hongkong, a short time ago, were yesterday extradited to Caston. They are at present in the custody of the Provincial Judge.

CHINESE STUDENTS IN GERMANY. The German Consul at Canton bas informed the-local officials that arrangements have been meda by his Government for the establishment ofspecial quarters in Berlin for Chinese students who may wish to pursue a course of studies-in the German Capital, On receipt of the above communication, the Provincial Educational Commissioner (Chaog Bik Fun) issued a pros clamation for the information of the people.

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BOY BURNT TO DEATH.'' A fire broke out in Ngar Ho Fodg on the 22nd instant when a boy eight years old was burnt to death..

ROBBER SHOT TO DEATH,.

On the zoth instant, a notorious robber.nam-

ed Leung Yiu, who had taken part in the Kweichow village' robbery, when one of the houses was destroyed by fire and eight lives were lost, was captured by the 'local officials, When under arrest the culprit offered vigorous. resistance add was shot dead by his captors.

Americans against whom they have some parto the purchaser -It was in lighters and then

transferred to the purchaser's boat, < sonal or social grudge? Had the men der So the oil was quite safe, and was not dei: livered up to the Chinese Government to troyed?-It was quite safe. be probably beheaded been the harden- ed criminals they are represented it is doubtful whether the sum total of their cri. met would have been as reprehensible as the violence that has been done to the fundamental principles of the American Government. by it not a fact that a considerable quantity. their, kidnapping," Evidently the Cableness of oil is sold from lighters without entering kadws much more that it disclosan. It tanial-godowas 7-11 is never sold ex lighter,...

Before the fiffia interval the evidenes for the isea by suggestion. But he who raps Can read

were called upon to argue os a question of -Wong Ho, which was her nume, was born at law. Mr. McNeill dealt with the points raised Steung-bui, where she was engaged on a at length, and added that there was no spice farm, and for some yea's was known to be de zoseived for this oil, "The plaintiffs, he said, meated. Deserted by her friends and acquaint

„How was it saved There was no typhoon on the 27th Why should it be injured? After delivered the zoo bat keta on that day I don't know what happened to the in.

At that time, before the typhoon, was the DEMENTED WOMAN A SUICIDE: market for oil good?-Fairly good,

DIES IN THE SI UNO-SHUI RIVER.'

"A sad casa of /clo de ac'is to hand from the New Territory, the victim being a native wo-

much less terrible dimensions. The fict that of course no writ was asked for, for the simpla between the lines. Criminals or no criminal.. Pisiatiffs was discontinued, and the defendante man who' way about forty-five years of age.

as surely as August and September come round

we hear of hundreds of fishing craft beicg mer cilessly swept nut to sea, with the sequel usually

reagon that the Chinese merchants were caught in a trap and accepting the bons-fider of who ever invited them to attend at the secret service

these Chinese merchants have b'san mad's scape goats at the behest of the Peking Government and the American police have acted as cats.

of the lost of several hundred industrious lives, office never dreamt of preparing for avil conie-pawa. A pretty role for the glorious reptesen. took the risk of selling the oil before it was put aces, who 'became alarmed at the woman's

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to a godown. When the plaintiffs diz-strange behaviour, Wong Ho led a wandering covered that their oil could not be received life, roaming about the hillside, and getting in the godowa.owing to the presence of other her food wherever it was obtainable, janks, why did they not land it? Because there was no space for their oil. There was no reasonable chance of their oil entering the godown. A great quantity of oil was sold from lighters and not placed in godowns, Counsel then argued that Popam was Canton, and that the oil was safely landed there,

Proceeding..

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Yesterday morning, the poor creature was ses to pass through the village and make in the direction of the river, Arriving at the banks she was alleged to hare divested herself of her clothing and jump into the water. She sank immediately,

Some bours later her body was regavarad and, so it is reported, was buried by the villageri,

Now we come to the Chinese tatives of law and order in "God's country is made to guard against the dangers which Consul at Manila, His Excellency S. C. are known to exist at this time of the year." Chang, who was also subjected to an interview That may be the case, of course, and we do not by our enterprising, contemporary, and this doubt the truth of our contemporary's remark, is what he had to say on the subject; but in fact remains that thousands of people "A number of bad characters, members of in lapso are in extreme want and in the various tongs, bad for years been casting dis- depths of despair. Those accustomed to labour credit upon the Chinese community of Manila, HONGKONG, Thursday, August 26, 1909. ia factories cannot get employment for months which, as a whole, is composed of honourable, An extensive said his been made in Chicago

to come and meanwhile they and their families | law-abiding people. Their overt acts of law.

upon gambling and disreputable houses, and BLACK AUGUST ÎN JAPAN,

have to exist by some manner of means. It lessness became so noxious of late that the 131 persons were arrested. These include so is little use looking at the sparrows who neither Chinese Chamber of Commerce, always solici- | Chinese-gambling-house keepers:—- Nons will proffer more sincere expressions reep nor spin and yet ay life; and it is a tous for the good name of the local Chinese, of sympathy and commiseration to the people lang time since manns fell from heaven. There ↑ and thoroughly aroused by the possibilities of Civaiti and Capt. J. M. R. Norton were the, six weeks' imprisonment at the Police Count. Road Central went to Centon to transecť'sump

H.E. General Sir Joachim Machado, Mr. D.

caled with the chambers of commerce of Amoy, Gomes, one of the oldest and much respected guests at a privalot uncheon to-day of Mr. F.A

Canton and other cities, with a view of bringing | Portuguese residents in Hongkong. the matter to the attention of the Government

the great manufacturing centre which has prac

quike whose range and violence placa sit on

n new Osaka has risen tiam the ashes of the fire, and means of subsistence must be 1 and for the sufferers through the havoc aud des la

Fox going on board the steamer Lang Mun "Taat night and annexing a:bandbag containing 580 in cash and $13-worth of clothing, the pro- party of the tallymac, a coolie, Wong Tak, got

to-day. His two accomplices escapad.

·SHOP, LOOTED;">

What a surprise this was to him. A few days go the master of a small shop in Queen's

business. He was away for a few days, and on ble return to the Colony be returned to hir "placa of business, only to find the place empty, his four fois having decamped with his stock

Th

A Doy named Trang Mun Sang (17) was charg

in trade which was valued at £789. The

It was stated that defendant had base discharge

‚od' from” s. firm who bad dealings with the

matter was reported to the police, who are investigating.

of Japan in the terriblo sories of adversillesi no question about it that these destitute, a continuance of that state of affairs, communi. which have followed one after the other with homeless waifu will have 1) be supported until #ppalling renuity than `the Colony of Hong- kong, which itself has known sad days of iri bulation and disaster. Scarcely had opr oeigh

at Pekin. The authorities there acted promptly. THE local agent of the Chinese Engineering ed in the Police Court, 10-day, with obtaining bours and friends in the North recovered framtion wrought by the earibquake. Already, wo by requesting the Philippinas Government to output of the Company's three.mines for the Road West the other day by means of a trick. and Mining Co., Ltd., informs us that the total $37 worth of goods from a shop at ro, Des Vœux: the shock induced by the holocaust at Osaka-

are glad to see, the larger cities of Japan have remove the principal trouble breeders." It week ending 14th August, 1909, amounted to risen nobly to the occasion and the Government reads like an official communique and was 29,574-44 tons and the sales during the period grocer shop. Before he took his discharge it is THREE coolies were banded over to the Water tically been wiped out of existence than they has gone to the rescue. If we thought that evidently prepared for public consumption, 10.19,144.10 1001.

believed Be obtained his firm's pass book and Police yesterday afternoon, when the steamer – received a visitation in the shape of an earth-Hongkong could afford to respond in man. He added, that there was quite a number A MAN named Chan Kam Wo, who called him by this means obtained the goods. The cain Mantang strived in port, Tha meg mérg but a slightly lower level than those which generosity shown by Japanese firms dar deportees and hold that the community as hard labour and six hours' stocks for returning made, the arrest.

per indicative of our appreciation of the of man with police records among the self a hawker, was sentenced to six months was remanded. Detective-sergeant J. J. Watt stowaways, having boarded the abip at Sanda

kas. Second Officer L. M. Goddard prouented. were recorded in the closing decade of lasting the dark days following the 18th of a whole, and not only the Chinese, should from banishment before the expiration of five

them in the Police Coun to-day, and they wate century. Following closely on the heels of that calamity, almost before the unfortunate September, 1906, we should be the first to give congratulate bemselves on getting rid of years. The man was banished on 16th Novom WE have been favoured by M, Star Fuller, each mulcted in the sum of $11, the alternativa

utterance to the idea, bat Hongkong itself is of there bad men. It is all beating about the

ber, 1906,

American Vice Cassal-General in Hongkong, being a month's hard labour. people had time to breathe, came the news

with copies of the map showing, the, exact that one of the fishing Beats which are out & she can meet all the calls that will be made on

in the Slough of Despood. It is doubtful if busby runcing off at a tangent, anything to $100, or three months' hard labour, was the designations used by the Manila Observatory An obstreperous sampan man, who wanted avade the main peint.." Who' were these bad fine Mr. J. R. Wood imposed upon a shoe-in Isaning typhoon wamings. The maps should more than his legal fare from a European on had been ruthlessly swept to destruction, We have seldom read of such a trinity of disaster neighbour and we fear all that Hongkong can.

was the Colony in a worse position to assist a secret service. In answer to further questions revolver ammasition, The Rocussed, where are sold or given away, at the American Con Edropean had the sampan for about half an day, for being in possession of igi'rounds of mariners. We do not know whether these maps offence in the Police Coont, to-day The happening within so brief a space of time. It do is to give that hald expression of sympathy: His Excellency appear to have sat on the sided at 1, Yas Bay Lane, was arrested on solate, but those whose business it is to keep hour and paid the man twenty costs. There would almost seem as if nature for the mo- which if it cannot be translated into something fance with, great saccess. He did not know board the West Rivar steamer Eol Ming, on an eye on the track of typhoons should certainly was a row, a policeman was called, the boat

ses about gelling ong.

may arrested, and dued Sa for his impuderen: ment had determined to desport herself with Į unico tangible is at leert sincere and profound, whethat-there would be any further arrents; his way to Kongo

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misamble living scound the shores of Japan her resources during the naxt your, Never || characters-who had besu protected by the maker, Kwok Sui, in, tha ́ Police Court, to prove exceedingly handy especially to master | Blake Pior yesterday afternoon, paid: for the

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