1919-09-03 — Page 1

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED – 1881).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919.

BIA SINGLE COFF: 10 CTS

TROUBLE IN A TYPHOON.

68931 三拜畫、號三月九英港香

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE HAUROTO “.

A THUNDERBOLT ?

WRECKAGE FOUND.

O

|KOWLOON HOUSE SUFFERS DAMAGE

CHINESE ENGINEERS REFUSE DUTY.

THE FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.

NO BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGED IN CAPTURE OF EMPTSA.

London. September 1. A War Office communique says:-Fighting on the Archangel- Vologda Railway continued all day on August 20 for the possession of Emptes village, which changed hands several times. No British troops were engaged in this fighting. Our airmen bombed Plesotskaya heavily. Russian troops attacked and captured Kadish, fifteen miles east of Emptsa, on August 9. capturing 90 prisoners and one gun.

HOME CRICKET.

YORKSHIRE WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP..

London. September 1. Surrey beat Essex by ten wickets. The final positions in the County Championship are --

Yorkshire

46.15 per cent. 42.85

Kent

35.71

Notts

35

Surrey

33.33

33.33

Lancs

Somerset

Hampshire Gloucester

Leicester

Derbyshire

Sussex

Northants

Middlesex

Essex

Warwick

IMPORTANT. POLISH SUCCESS,

A FORTRESS CAPTURED.

31.25

25

21.42

21.42

20

16.66

14.28

11.11 7.14

London, September 1.-

A Polish communique says:-We have captured the fortress of Bobrujak, which was strongly defended. We used, tanks to support the infantry. We took 500 prisoners. Bobrujak is a hundred miles south-east of Minsk. It is of great strategic importance, constitut ing the western defence of Moscow and is the key to White Ruthenia,

BRITISH STEAMERS.

TO LOAD IN GERMANY.

London, September 1. The P. and O., British India and Well Lines announce that their vessels will load at Hamburg and Bremen.

THE BATAVIAZIN HARBOUR.

Ji

A BIG EX-GERMAN VESSEL.

!!

MAJOR CASSEL.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRIBUTE.

The Secretary of the Hongkong | The Batavia, which came into General Chamber of Commerce port this morning, is a big ex-forwards us the following copy of the Chamber's letter of apprecia- flying German vessel. She

and tion to

Major Cassel Ö.B.E., D.A.A., Q.M.G. :—

the

Inter-Allied flag

has on board some three thousand Dear Major Cassel. Chinese of the Chinese Labour! Corps, who are being repatriated

The Committee of the Hong- by the Allies to their homes. kong General Chamber of Com- The Batavia came from Mar-merce desire to express to you seilles via Saigon. She went their appreciation of the assistan ashore near Saigon and, conse-ce andcourtesy that the commer- quently goes into dock here for cial, and particularly the shipping repairs.

From Hongkong the vessel goes to Shanghai. Her agents are the Messageries Maritimes.

S.S. TAI LEE.

OFFERED FOR SALE BY AUCTION,

community of the Colony have always received from you during your tenure of the office of D.A A, Q.M.G.

Many a difficult situation has been rendered less difficult by your tact and willingness to meet the business interests whereever possible, and I feel sure that this expression of appreciation on the pait of the Committee is heartily endorsed by all members of the Chamber who have had dealings with your department.

The Committee regret your The s.s. Tai Lee, which was impending departure, and take built in 1914 by the Hongkong this opportunity of swishing you and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., was bon voyage."

offered for sale to-day. She is a 'steel turn-screw vessel belonging to the Sze Yup Steamship Com- pany. She wes requisitioned by the Government and converted into a transport foi service in Mesopotamia and was recently released by the Government, but in a state that is not what she was in when taken over by the Government.

Yours sincerely, (sd.) S. H. DODWELL,

Chairman.

NEW TUG.

She was put up to auction this morning. by Mr. George A new tug, the St Samson, Lammert. Bidding started at built by the Kowloon Dock $150,000, but as no better offer Company, made her maiden tup was forthcoming the sale was at 9 o'clock this morning. She cancelled, the boat being rained takes the place of the David at much more then the only bid Gillies, which went on war that made

service.

EUROPEAN LADY AMONG THOSE MISSING.

196 FER ANNUM,

BOYCOTT VIEWED BY A

JAPANESE-

A POPULAR, NOT OFFICIAL MOVEMENT.

Dr. S. Yoshino, in an article In the early hours of this

This morning at the Marine published in the Japanese Toho. morning-st about 4.30 a.m.- Court, before Capatin: Basil Jiron an English, translation of residents were startled by a vivid Taylour, R. N., Marine Magiswhich appears in the Japan Ad- Definite news has now been flash of lightning, followed im-trate, there appeared two Chinese vertaser, expresses the following received as to the fate of the Esmediately by a loud crash of engineers of the ss. ChefooTam interesting views upon the present Hauroto. It appears that the thunder. It appeared to be a Kwai (chief engineer) and Li relations between China and vessel went ashore somewhere in thunderbolt, and must have Chin (third engineer) who were Japan -- the vicinity of Money Island awakened everybody from sleep. charged at the instigation of The movement started by the during the recent typhoon.

Captain H. Foyn, master of the Peking University students for an As we have previously stated. The effects of this occurrences. Chefoo, with unlawfully neg-immediate return of Shantung Messrs. Carmichael and Clarkelere felt in Kowloon, and at lecting their duty and impeding and the chastisement of traitors, asked

all steamers

least one house-Na 13, Granville the navigation of the ship on the has now taken a definitely anti- through the region of the typhoon Idlefonse, a stenographer of the ultimo.

passing Road-was damaged. Mr. L. R. high seas on the 21st and 22nd Japanese form and has spread to keep a good look out for any American Express Company, re-

over the entire Republic. It signs of the Hauroto. In accord sides here and at the time of the

seems as though had the Chinese Defendants pleaded not guilty. been sufficiently prepared, they ance with these instructions,

Capt. M. Foyn, examined, said: might have made war against occurrence was lying in bed. He the captain of the ss. Telemachus, was suddenly startled by what I was on my way up from Free-Japan. on his voyage from Saigon, made

Such being the case, special efforts to get news of the sounded like the explosion of a mantle and when 170 miles south of though any taking up of the bomb and immediately there fell Hongkong I struck a typhoon. Igauntlet' is puerile, we Japanese vessel. The Telemachus left! Saigon on August 21 and, since from the ceiling to the side of his sent for the first defendant to my people need to be at least prepar the weather was favourable, the bed about five pounds of broken cabin and told him he must keep ed for self-defence.

tiles. On looking up, he saw as good head of steam. He replied captain shaped a course to the hole in the ceiling, and the room I can't do it." This was on the NOT HY INSTIGATION.

The spread of anti-Japanese was partially filled with smoke. 22nd ultimo. On the 23rd at 1a.m. feeling is not only a matter of and passed about six miles There was, however, no fire. On the engines stopped. Half an hour anxiety to us but to China herself. of what is known to China getting up and examining the later they started very slowly We must not overlook the fact Coast shippers 23

premises, Mr. Idlefonse discover and stopped again at 2.30 am. for that this movement is spontan North Reef." At about 8 a.m. o the 22nd, when of Money Island, ed that all the joints of the good. Again I sent for the first eous on the part of the Chinese. he observed a white spar floating electric wire connections were defendant and expostulated with Some Japanese ascribe it to the damaged, as also was the meter. him, but he only laughed. He added instigation of a few intriguers. on the water, on which there The wires appear to have been that everybody refused duty. He Others exaggerate the atrocity that time there were several struck first, and the lightning suggested my putting in some committed by the Chinese in foreign passengers on the Telema-must have passed through them where for shelter, I pointed out Shanghai and insist in chastising into the ceiling, making quite a I could go nowhere without steam. them. As far as I think, it ehus who bad all been keenly on the look-out for any signs of the big hole. It is said that No. He said be must wait for better. is evident that these views Hauroto. They were allowed on

15, Granville Road was also weather. the bridge to assist in keeping a damaged. watch. Upon sighting the object, the Captain immediately gave. orders for the ship's course to be

western side of the Paracels

the

were a number of sea birds. At

Wat

they

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are self-contradictory. Former. Mr. Henry Enders, mate of anti-Japanesemovementsio China the Chefoo, said that on the 22nd especially boycotts-might have ultimo there was not enough been due to the instigation of a steam to keep the ship to the few influential figures in official altered, and the spar was taken high.

must wind, hardly enough to turn over and commercial circles. To-day aboard. The Telemachus then have . been like in a the engine. The master sent him things are different. The Chinese proceeded slowly on her course typhoon it is beyond my down at 7 pm. to tell the defend-people have made such progress and shortly after picking up the knowledge to state. Certainly no ants to keep up steam. Witness that they cannot be easily stirred sper observed a floating object steamer could have lasted for saw, the first, second and third up by others. Boycotts can no which bad the appearance of a more than ten minutes. It has engineers and pointed out to them longer be stopped by influencing raft. Again the .course was not been possible to identify the the danger the waut of steam was powerful persons. The Chinese altered, and when the Telemachus spar picked up by the Telmachus causing. They made no effort to are conacious of the causes of got within about a quarter of a as being part of the Hauroto, but do anything. There was nothing their own actions. mile of the object a boat was other wreckage mentioned above being done by any of them, and MISTAKEN CONDESCENSION. lowered which came back with the undoubtedly belongs to the lost the firemen were not doing their The Koreans and the Chinese report that there was every evid-steamer ".

best. Witness expostulations are not, as we are accustomed to ence that the floating wreckage

only produced laughter from the think, so inferior to us in nature. was part of the saloon of the The captain of the Telemachus chief engineer.

I hear that the antipathy toward Haurato. The wreckage was not is to be congratulated upon his

The first defendant taken aboard, but from the des-endeavours to bring in news of the that

said us entertained by aborigines of atte the time the ship Formosa has reasonable grounds. cription there is no doubt that Hauroto. He did everything was rolling too much and the "Even a dy has its anger." The it formed part of the superstruc-humanly possible to carry out firemen could not stand the water

Koreans and the Chinese ture of missing vessel.

the instructions given him to which was coming from above. who Bre jar superior to The master of the Tele-look for the lost steamer, and it He put on a pump to pump out. those savages are justifi- machus states that there can is only through his efforts that He could not keep steam and his ed in disliking us.. Of course, be no doubt that the Haurato the fate of the Hauroto has been man were doing all they could. He they regard the Japanese, nation got right into the middle of the definitely ascertained.

did not say the men had refused as more powerful than their own typhoon and went ashore on one

daty and there was nothing wrong in many respects. They feel with the boiler...

their defects when brought into contact with us. But it is a great mistake to look down on them and think that they will be al- His Worship sentenced both ways subject to our will and can defendants to twelve weeks' hard be forced to act according to our labour.

one

of the Paracels Reefs. "When The Hauroto carried about 200 we ran in close to the reefs," said Chinese passengers and the captain of the Telemachus, European, a French lady, who "it was calm weather and the was on her way to Hongkong. water was more or less smooth, All hope of any of these lives but the breakers on the reefs even having been saved has been in that weather were mountain abandoned.

The second defendant had nothing to say.

AERO POLICE

wish.

TO-DAY'S EXC The ulcaing rate demand to day wis

THE WEA Forecast --Fah 29.73. Temperature. I' Humidity p.m.-79.

SHIPPING ITEMS.

The as Tak Sang came int port this morning from Haiph Awith 660 tons of general

and live-stock for Hongkong is an Indo-Ching vessel. She ed a junk bottom up in the of Tongking.

The Hangchow brought to-day a lond of 1,635 tons of rice from? Wuhu for Colony. She is under the agency of Messrs. Butterfiel and Swire.

The Chit Sang from Swałow consigned to this port 150 tons of general cargo. She has on Board 400 tons of through cargo.

The Shidznoks Haru from London brought with her 39 bagi: of mails, 502 tons of direct and 5,525 tons of through cargo, She is an N.Y.K: vessel,~

The Shinnyo Mara had on board 384 tons of general mer chandise for Hongkong and 8,686 tons of through cargo from Bem- bay. She is moored at Kowloon wharf, No. 1. She is another N Y.K. boat.

The Hangchow left this after noon for Canton with a through cargo of rice.

FOREIGN AGGRESSION."

If there was instigation it was unimportant and the anti- Japanese movement quickly became independent of any insti- gation and is now being gradually Bolshevised in the name of anti- autocracy and anti-Japaniem. When we investigate its fanda- mental ideas two ruling thoughts are seen-One is opposition to foreign eggression, and the other ir z hatred of autocracy. The Chinese people have had bitterer perience of foreign aggression. In opposing this, they do not make any distinction between Japan. and other Powers. This is why the present movement, ・ while chiefly anti-Japanese, is-some- times, anti-foreign also. Never theless, the majority of the Chinese populace regard Japan. as the best representative of aggressive nations. No wonder their attack is directed against us! In the same sense, the voices against internal "autocracy which were in the beginning only uttered against a few powerful persons in official circles, bave now begun to censure the whole Peking Government. It follows that efforts to quell the Anti- Japanese movement by negotiat- ing with the Chinese Governe ment will be, fruitless. It the settlement of the problem is left in the hands of both Govern- menta only it will never be realized.

TWO JAPAKS.

China, despite her actions tow day, does not in truth want tár expel Japan but only her aggres- sive principle. Japan herself K not positively & country of aggres=" sion, though she is densely tinged? with militarism and autocracy E have been engaged for years in attacking the militaristia. autocracy in our country. Thế majority of our people love peace, feeedom and internal welfare. We have. 10 knowledge that there are two Japans to-day-one" peaceable: and one aggressive. It is tha latter that has hitherto beld, the reins of Government. This Japan aimed at s project in Chine twhich she could profit at the

of others. With this purj view, Japan created pip-Japan elements in Chinese circles which are "always"

to not according to her The Chinese popt

this action

sive Jaban

crime. This is the motive of st feelings against

this aggress

focus of criticismi

among our