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THE LAW AND THE

PIRATE.

TDE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915.

were goods of persons in amity with the King, and the ship was not navigated under French Lames, it is very plain it was a WHAT TO DO WITH SUBMAR-Piratical taking of them."

INE PRISONERS.

By His Honour Judge Parry.

The bigwigs and pundits' who write learned letters to the new papers about things in general and how to deal with them have Dead having a fine time of it over matters connected with the war The latest controversy that has

LANGKAT OUTPUT.

Mesars, Wright, and Horaby It is almost impossible to be-advise us that the Langkat output lieve it, but although the Admir- for the current month is as alty hold these French passes follows - they never produced them at the trial, and the man was convicted mainly because the "jadge and jury did not believe in their existence.

It is said that the Admiralty wanted to cover up the tracks of their privateering venture and let the memory of it die with Kidd, and that the passes were deliberately held back. This to me seems a depth of wickedness arison is whether the Germad and ingratitude incredible even sailors who torpedo merobant in Government cloials. vessele without warning ought or ought not to be treated as pirates. One party roundly asserts that

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Acts of War.

Test200, or as Dear there. Ius at the present day is that the]

no matter, and that if they are caught they ought to be hanged at Excoation Dock in the good old English fashion, or tied to s stake below high-water mark

The importance of the osse to Jadges made it clear that if Captain Kidd had really taken french ships and destroyed them under bis privateering commies- on that was no piracy, but if on the other band they were not to swait the incoming tide French ships then it clearly wes which was the Scots method of making the punishmoni fit the orime.

At this Mr. Legality holds up

piracy.

If a German officer proves that

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FEWER PAUPERS. IN A WOMEN'S LABOUR THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

EXCHANGE.

Imposing Opening Ceremony,

Work and Workers of Every Kind.

most branches of sort. The

POLICE RESERVE ORDERS

Police Reserve Ordera sued to-day, state

Causes of Decrease.

It satisfactory to know that London has passed through the

It is notified that Prizes have winter months without adding to

The opening ceremony of the been given for the following ro the anxieties of the moment, the

Far Eastern Championship Gamessults at the Musketry Meeting: necessity of relieving

The most interesting of the on saturday afternoon, last Championship by Mr. E. H. great amount of destitution through the Poor Law, women's Labour Exchanges is the Hongkow Park was unique Sharp, K. C.

Championship Runner-up by The war, in fact, has enabled that at Great Marlborough-street, in quite a number of ways.

where women and "jav piles" marked, first of all, a new era in Mr. G. Hastings, many thousands of people belong.

Inter-Platoon 3-men Team ing to the classes from which only are registered, and the daily the sibletic life of China, and

demonstrated beyond all possible Shoot by Mr. Eldon Potter.. pauperism is mainly recruited to visitors include almust exoras doubt that the Chinese youth of Best Shot is Chinese Company dispense with this kind of relief, of woman, from the shattering bas even put them in possession char lady to the B.Sc. looking for to-day can well hold his own in by Mr. J. M. Wong.

Best Shot in Class A, Chinese 419

of funds more than sufficient to nohool poat.

racing on Saturday afternoon was Company by Mr. Woog Kwong 36647

meet their needs. It is not sur prising, therefore, to had that the

principally between representa Tin

Best Shot in Ulasa B, Chinese tives of China and the Phillipine paaper population of London, has continued to decrease during

lalande, and the caly final event of various grades is sorted out run, the mile, we won in splendid At the end of last year, London, with infinite tact, so that it shall fashion by Kuo, of Tientsin. The and, indeed, the whole country, not meet on the stairs or wait in orowd of spectators, we also unique, the several thousands the same waiting-room. had largely recovered from the

On the ground-flor at the present representing all walks of effectsof the dialocation of indu

Great Marlborough street Exlife. Chinese were, of course, in Company, by Mr. F. O. Jenkin, try-caused by the outbreak of war,

shop the superior nambere, but there and the revival of industrial act change, where the ivity had improved the condition assistants, clerks, dressmakere, were many foreigners present, teachers,.. social and all took the greatest interest millicers, of the poorer classes. The London workers, and "superior," workers in the programme, Guard ane, when the prefeut

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Total to 20th inst. 7,394

Daily average 352:09

The Ger-

the past three months.

Tais Labour exchange is, above all things, the great olearing bouse for women's employment in the West end, and the labour

Company, by Mr. F.O. How Pang.

Best Shot in Class A, Porte use Company, by Mr. Leo

Best Shot in Clama A Indian

d'Almada.

Members of all ranks are warned that the musketry prac tice arranged for these two days

is a part of the course, which every member is bound to firs

Unfortunately, the rain storm, under the Folios Reserve Ordin-

CHURCH SERVICES.

year opened, were providing for regieter, the steady flow of for so truly they are, ander af he is doing these piratical acte,

100,353 panpers, of whom 70,491 women begins at 9 o'clock in the were in the work houses and morning, and continues until which broke just after the ance, and that leave of absence his bands in horror and explains commission from his Sovereign,

29,850 were receiving relief about 11; after that a desultory parade had begun, marred the must be obtained, and must be at learned length, with Latin tag then according to our law he borrowed from ancient Dutch not be indicted for piracy, for

ca'side. This was a decrease of trickle comes in and out. Dress-opening proceedings to a certain applied for only in apocial 2,578 on the total for the corre-makers and milliners' assistants extent, and the following items circumstances. juriste, that piracy is a very what he has done is an act of always asserted the right of a sponding period of 1014, and were the first odmere yesterday were consequently not ca ried out cient and, as crimes go, aristocra tic sort of crime and although to war. And when you have reach-nation to punish individuals who represented a rate of 22.2 panpers piorning. There was a tremen- under the best of conditions. act irregularly and not in nocor- per 1,000 of the population, as dous demand for both, and the Bowever, the programme was ad superficial observers these Gar-ed this conclusion Mr. Lagality

against 23.4. It should be said, assistants, taking each girl inthered to as far as possible. The man rascals appear to act exactly smiles blandly at you and talla dance with the naages of war.

you that there is nothing to, ba In 1870 bodies of troops called however, that the reduction took turn, inquired where she had oficial parade of athletes was like the pirates of cur ald story done with these raffianï except to Frano Tireurs were formed in place entirely in the workhonse registered (all the Exchanges are timed for 2.30, but long before) books, scuttling ships and suffer. ing inaccent men and women, of war.

treat them as ordinary prisoners military officer at their head, and rise in the outdoor relief, which ing each; other of vacancies the capable of holding about 2,500 St.John's Cathedral, Hongkong. France. They were without a population. There was a slight in constant communication notify that time the huge grandstand, yet from a lawyer's point of view

Here, it seems to me, the law- they wore by way of uniforma blue indicated that certain industries moment they occur), what she prople, was fall, and thousande they are not really pirates and

were still suffering from want of ad done before, her wages, and more fined the fences round the could not legally be punished as yers have not carried their investi- blouse and a bauge." gations for enough.

mans issued a proclamation re-employment. A month later the what she desired. The rapidity track. The sight of nearly 400 To prove that detain wicked-fusing to recognise them as com- general conditions had improved with which the worker's capabil athletes parading was an impos. Piracy is robbery committed nestes are acts of war and not batants, and threatening them still further, and at the first week ities are summed up and the ising one, and made a fitting start with penalities of death or penal of February the papper figures put in touch with a suitable em- to what will undoubtedly prove upon the sea, and a pirate is a piracy does not necessarily menn ihat the wickedness is to go un

servitude, The Frano Tireurs were lower by 4,801. Both classes ployer is a continual marvel to to be a most successful and enjoy- ald murder to his robbery, but punished. A apy, for instance, were certainly acting ander the shared in the reduction. March the unsophisticated listener. The able week. The men who have ibat is not essential. Lord Coke is not guilty of any crime in the authority of the State, and at that opened with a decrease of 5,428, result is seen when the shower entered for the track events well described the pirate as

sense in which that term is used time the question of what sort of and in every week of that month of green introduction cards, with headed the procession, followed onomy of the human race." There in the Law of Nations. He is dicinctive uniform a belligerent a lower pauperism was recorded. out which a worker is not seen by the various other teams, base- The latest return shows that by the employer, begins to pour ball, football, swimming, loncis, fore it has been asid by learned obviously a far better human hould wear was a very open one. judges that they are brutes

being than the soldier who murd. The Germans, however, chose to 98,838 persons wore receiving back with the note that the and girls' indoor baseball, the and "beasts of prey," with whome women and children and say that the Franc Tirears were relief on Saturday, April 3 108ncy has been filled. All the several hundred students from neither faith nor oath is to be sailor who torpedoes passenger killing them.

burns houses in Belgium, or the abusing the usages of war, and 67,200 in the workhouses, and time the telephone keeps going Nanyang College and the Chinese kept, and it is lawful for sayque boats from a submarine.

proclaimed their intention of 29,543 outside. This total ie lower asking for workers to be sent im- X.M.C.A. school, that takes them, if they cannot

The spy is court-martialled

content. Yet he could cleur y

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What is a Pirate.

sea-tbief. He may or may not

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them under some government to

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by 6,378 than that for the rat mediately or complimenting the Chinese Boy Scouts ander Dia- week of April, 1914. The rate of Exchange on the workers sent.trict Scoutmaster Hertslet. The with safety to themsalvas bring and shot, and everyone is well Frano Tireurs in 1870 ought to betion was 21.4, as against 22.8 us 25 motor-drivers and women |

and passed the saluting base, What is good enough for pauperism per 1,600 of the populaThe bell rings; "Can you send men marched aorges the grand Tcheng, representing President plead that what he is doing is an good enough for naval officers The reduction in the workhouse porters to replace men going to which was occupied by Mr. Yang Yuan Shib ki, Mr. Cheating T. missioned to do it, by the highest in 1915. I do not suggest that number of outdoor paupers call is from a big West-end firm. act of war, and that he is com- who go scuttling and murdering population was 5.489, and in the the front? Driving light n

and delivering parcels." Tas

Wang, representing Vice-Pre- sovereign authority.

any precedent is wanted for right 880. Every union in London The card index is looked up. This sident Li Yuan-bung, Dr. Wo sction on our part, but it soothes recorded lower figures, ex- Home people to hear when they cept St. Pancras, where there is something for the war-service Ting-fang, the President of the lawyer friends remind us that the Lody at the Tower, and in France are about to dɔ an set of justice was a rize of 149, most of which women. There is a lady chauffeur Far Eastern Athletic Association, | German naval officer is acting and Germany shooting of spies that they are not going to do related to outdoor relief.

The in a "private" job who is willing and the committee and other under ordere, that what he does has proceeded, and in proceeding anything very new and original, vagrant class is gradually disap to give it up to take a man's place officials. Mr. Obang Po-ling pre-

to

be tried, to put them to death.

The language used about the pirate seems peculiarly suitable the German submarine that roven about the sea scuttling peaceful ships of other nations, but our

is an set of war, and that it is not done with any intention to com··

There was no outery in any country when we shot the spy

rogularly.

Yet all these spies. set as much under orders as do

mit robbery, and therefore, al-the oaptain and crew of

though it may soothe our feelings

to call such fellowa" brutes" and

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basets of prey" and piraten,"

yst it is no good presenting an

indictment against them at the

Biructed to out the bill.

Captain Kidd..

enbmarine.

Obedience.

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ani who can do running repaira, sented the athletee to the pearing. On the night of Friday. She is the first choses; there are dignitaries on the stand, and April 2, only 161 sought relief in the casual warda, ...".

many society women willing to ufter the speeches they broke up, These are remarkable figures drive vans, but the "industrial" and the games proceeded.-N. C. the proseat cironmstances. The women who have been working Daily News. total number of paupers relieved wasted a woman to drive a

come first. Another ring- The authorities are well within chief. Discipline must be main on April 3 is lower than that for pair of korees and wear livery, to their rights in patting aside sub-tained, and therefore, any rome, the corresponding period of any

pirate

A great ery is made about the necessity of the naval officer to yield implicit obedience to his

The Rights of Belligerents.

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front, Groom kept. The sub-going on, hat the group of highly

Whit Sunday, 23rd May, 1915, Holy Communion (8.5 aim.) "Matins (11 o.m.) Responses: Festial. Psalms: Cooke, Crotch, Cooke. Te Deum: Oakley in' F. Jubilate Ouseley in G, Holy Communion (12 Noon.) Hymns: 207. 157, 154. N.B Psalm 48, verses 1, 6, 8, 13 in unison. Psalm 68, verses 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, TI, 20, 24, 25, 32, 33 in unison. Evenseng (5,45 p.m.) Responses: Festal. Psalms: Old Melody (2uth evening) Travers, Cooke, Magnificat:: Stainer (29th evening). Nuno Dimittis: Felton. Hymns: 215, 155, 209, 156. N.B.-Psalm 104, verses ∙1; 7, 20, 21, 24, 26, 31, 35 in unison. Psalm 145, verses 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 21 in unison.

Whit Sunday, 23rd May 1915. St. Andrew's Church, Kowloot.—

Morning Prayer. Responses: Ferial. Venite: Whit Sunday, Goodson. Psalms: Special as Set. Benedioite: Alternative Chante, third Set. Jubilate Hayes. Hymns: 258-595 (2nd tune) 261. Kyrie: Varley Ro- berts. National Anthem. Even- ing Prayer. Hymin: 255; Res. ponsés: Ferial. Psalms ; Oskleý last verse (35) 2nd half 1st Chant and Cook, Magnificat:~Barnby m in F. 29th Morning. Nuno Di mittis: Rimbault in E, 16th Morning. Hymns, 295 (let tune) 595, (2nd tune) 261. Kyrie: Mendelssohn. National An them."

aszt Assizee for piracy, because marine prisoners and not treating you cannot punish these officers year since 1893, and there are replace coachwan going to the there was a mothers' meeting] the Grand Jury would be in them as prisoners of war. To do for doing what they are told to do. only 10 years with smaller re scriber holda on; the register is respectab a ladies taking part in Union Church, Kennedy Road.—

otherwise would indeed be a kind In this, as in all other things, corde in the able dating back to ot recognition of their crimes. there must be limitations. We 1874. In every 1 ther year of the looked up; s woman used to horses it are charwomen and daily work And you will find much good Decent belligerents are out to use the phrase "an officer and a century indoor pauperism has who has never done, paid work are whom the kindly clerk has legal' sense about piracy in the kill their armed enemies, act to gentleman," which implies that been higher, and the amount of before but will "do anything" is invited to remain in case of aome-

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convicted, and executed, a

Lered under the Poor Law, is de-

found.e

Lift-Women Engaged.

"juveniles" ander 17 are seen,

Morning 11: Paalm: 100. Hymns - 544, 133, 150, Anthem :" O for

a closer walk with God.” Preacher: Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie. Subject Babel and Pentecost. Evening 6. Preacher: Rev. F. Robinson.

West Point.-8 a.m. Holy Communion. 11 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon. Preacher:: Rt, Rev, the Bishop of Victoria,

Road. (3 Doors from bottom of D'Aguilar✨ Street). On the Lord's Day Believers meet for Worship at 5 pm. and the Lord's Supper at 4 pm a Children's Meeting; at 8 pm. Presching. Tuesday and Thurs- day, at 8 pm Exposition of Scripture. Saturday at 8 pm, Prayer Meeting.

old trisla of two hundred years slaughter and ill-use persons who there are some acts which you outdoor relief is the lowest on re-

thing turning up later, as they ago of Captain Kidd and Major ere unable to take part in the cannot ask an officer to do. Muroord. The ratio of paaperiem

have not been suited early in the Bonnetand other rea-rovers whose hostilities. The principle, was at der sud rape-speaking generally per 1,000 inhabitants has never

The girls come and go; things day. They all know each other, exploits are long forgotten.

Captain Kidd, whose name will recognition. Germany seeks to an English officer would refuse period of the year.

one time honoured by wide world I should assert to be acts which before been down to 214 at this grow quiet. The clerk has been and their stream of family news |

waiting for the telephone to be sometimes calls for suppression. St. Paters Seamen's Church, always be handed down to in-set up a new and lower standard to commit oven at the bidding of famy, was quite possibly an in- of war. England must maintain, the most distinguished

It is to be feared, however, that free. She rings a Mayfair number On the other side of the "counter" **Hear you wanted two lift-men are the waitresses &c., and atten- com-these figares do not represent the

dents for tea-shops. · Booent man. He was sent out by by example and by punishment mander. May we not claim a actual state of things. While it is and couldn't get them. Will you On the next floor the indoor the Earl of Bellamant and others of wrongdoera, the old standard.imilar independence for the true that legal relief, as adminik finka two lift-women instead ?

the Adventure Galley to It is a well-known prinsiple of officers of the German Navy?

You will? What wages? Same as servants, staff maids, corridor The Gospel Hall.-38 Queen's destroy French ships in the East the Law of Nations that a belli as acts of war against our enemies, gorent possesses the right to no difficulty in giving the right is dae to the operation of improved Good. Will send you two alone maids apply for work. On the Au English cfficer would have creasing,itarhot be said that this you have been giving the men?maids, housemaids, and linen

is said to have turned pirate him-violated the laws of war. The After the battle of Calloden the crease of destitution. The fact is suitable for uniform. Thánk exchange of all. Here the and also to put down piracy. He punish any persons who have answer to orders to commit crime, economic conditions or to the de presently. Good appearance; fourth floor is the most interesting self, and was ultimately tried, officers of German submarines Butcher, Cumberland, riding a great deal of relief is being given you. The colork in glowing with

are clearly within this category. Jover the field, came acrosa s'outside the Poor Law to people pride; the women are Her pro: Bat the small boy is a rare visitor Kidd's defence was that the only ships he took were ships sail that we find a German, acting for the King or -Prince ?" asked the distribution of money, such as they get good jobs and new jobs lad was an early comer. He only hat we had and fer a moment wounded Highlander. "Are you on the pauper level. Apart from tegees. She is delighted when nowadays, Yesterday a inll, shy ing under French protection, and under orders, poisoning wells or the Butcher.

She cannot insist on the wages wanted a job for a month until these, as a licensed privateer, be endeavouring to assassinate some

Old Age Pensions, under recent was of course directed to destroy of our generala cr rulers, or

Acts of Parliament; large numbers being good, but sometimes her his next birthday, when he would by bis Government. mag

actually maltreating women and

For the Prince," said the of people are being Caved from voice of pained surprise on the way with a chore and First Church of Christ Scientist. wounded man. In those days a poor devil in children. It is to be said that

panperiam by the aid of other telephone when some small sum went sway a e of work the dock had no counsel, sni because these things are done called out, "Shoot him benefitting largely in vir ons in- the first

Tarning to Wolfe, Camberland funds. The working classes are

in suggested has the effect of a warehouse as a boy porter to ride a paroole, trioyclo or as: a Kidd had to make the best de ander orders, and called acts of

Grace's service replied Wolfe, sands of familied are being up in great request; the tastes She had gone to be would have "My commitaion is at your dustries from war contracts; thou hands and machinists. Whey are her little girl, a pretty, shy child. On the first floor are the coat lift-boy. A mother brought in

main point he tried to make way evildoers of them ? that from the ships he had sunt That is a mieucerstanding of cold blood."!

but I will not shoot a man in ported by the Government while he had taken French passes the laws of war, wherein it is

the men are on war service, and and sheir heads have before and found she would have these passes he handed to the clearly laid down that a bellige structive when you remember by public war funde. Huge Cep: An upholsteress

The anecdote is the more in- actual distress is being relieved little turned over all the oney to go out for the dinner Four,

they can maka

Her father doesn't like her walk. Soldier's and Sailor's Home Pakis

Arsonal Street.--Sunday Even- Admiralty officials on his return, rent may prescribe by code what that James Wolfe was born at tres of relief have thus been

Bimes ang about," the mother explained,

Ing, Gospel Services 8 p.m.. and he pleaded for them to be punishment auch wrongdoers Westerbataa few miles from formed away from the Poor Law,

sad s ce was found in the in- in; clean, neat, capable, with 8 place produced,

fence he could for himself. The war, that we cannot punish the

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Road Mass and Sermon at.

diction of the Bloused Baora-

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hould receive, and if there be nowhere I am writing and was a and these have had's greatest considerable experience and used dex that seemed like Pandora's St. Joseph's Church, Garden The importance of them to the code the courtmartial shall decide mag of Kent, English to the back- upon paper statistica. It is well to a power machine for making bor; where she could hot, up* unfortunate man was plainly put what is a fitting penalty for the bone. William 'Augustus, Duke to bear these facta in mind in embroidery, The inder is tards food she brought from home and 10 am, followed by the Bene- in the judge's ¿ samming-up, abuser-of the laws and vasges, of of. Cumberland, on the other considering the causes of the de-up; -aba' gets a gren. ca'daki have the use of ʼn staff room in! haud, was a grandson of the Mar. crease of pauperism. Destilation goes off. A girl wants a job the dinner hour. A tall tall girl miled with French parses. Now Certainly Germany could raise grave of Brandenburg-Anspach is none the less destitution be sweetdipper, another a chocolat was sent to a firm that want- If it were so, as Captain Kidd no pice in the Court of Nations Can the Ethiopian change cause it is zelfered by or packer; quickly their wants ared a girl in livery to open the www.vuloor for customers to replace a boy bia ekin or the leopard his spots ? administered by Boards of Quar." MYSICS lawful priga, and against the just punishment of Then may ye also do good that diene, as we revert to all The next fidor has a character ho had: enlisted, at the fame Iable to confecation, but if they her submarine officers. Che has are accustomed to do evil'

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