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HONGKONG.
THE HONGKONG
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1921.
TELEGRAPH.
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
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The Canton Situation.
The position in Canton grows in interest daily as the date of the
ALL EXCESS IN THE PUBLIC,
CARGO PILFERING.
White Seamen Sent to Gaol.
EXPENDITURE BEYOND THE LE- Before Mr. G. N. Orme at the GITIMATE WANTS OF THE COUN-Magistracy this morning five
ANGLO-FRENCH
CORDIALITY. French Bluejackets Entertained.
The visit to Hongkong of the
FOOTBALL
linauguration ceremony of Dr.TRY IS NOT ONLY A PECUNIARY members of the crew of the 8.a.French cruiser Montcalm is be place at Happy Valley on Satur-
a time. But this presidential scheme of Dr. Sun has not been
ants
were
Sun Yat-sen as President draws WASTE, BUT A GREAT POLITICAL Pyrrhus were charged with the ing made the occasion for B nearer. Thursday will assuredly AND ABOVE ALL, A GREAT MORAL embezzlement of four rolls of demonstration of Anglo-French
|EVIL.—Gladstone.
number of on- be marked by a big display of
cotton shirting, six rolls of white friendship, a
being duck, 21 pieces of eatin lining, tertainments
arrang. native magificence and thore
for
the benefit of the will be many outward signs that There was a clean bilt of health six rolls of grey suiting, six rolls ed
of plush, thirty-four bars of soap crew and British sailors. The might impress the population for in the Colony on Saturday.
and a tin of peachos, part of stay of the visitors hore, short It is announced that the usual the cargo of their ship. Defend as it promises to be, will be one James Marshall, round of excursions, picnics, so unanimously supported as he service for children will be held soas led to hope. One of the in St. John's Cathedral on Em-24 lamp trimmer, Walter Daly numbers of British and Fronch cinemas, and teas in which equal "big three "Tang Shao-yi, bas pire Day, Tuesday, May 24th. refused to come to Canton for some time past and is still
In Connaught Road yesterday content to sojourn in hig smaila small girl was knocked down village miles up country. Rumour and injured by motor car No. 26. has it that he is planning a visit Her injuries were slight and she to Shanghai, and if that proves refused to go to hospital. to be the case it means that he has forsaken Sun Yat-son for good. Dr. Wu Ting-fang is, apparently, also a little uneasy for it has been announced in one
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17, ordinary seaman, Thomas Carron, 23, able seaman, Joseph sailore will participate. Mackin, 42, able seaman, and
A large number of tickots for William Fielder, able seanian. the Peak and low level trams and the theft of what was found in been secured for the French Defendants pleaded guilty to also for the local cinemas have their respective cabins,
sailors. In the case of the officers, Mr. G. G. N. Tinson, prosecut- motor our excursion to Ropulso ing on behalf of Mosers Butter-Bay and back; while a picnic is A return showing the rainfall field and Swire,
boing planned for Wednesday who
afternoon.
The recent visit of the Carlisle
at the Botanic Gardens during operate the Pyrrhus, said it was April reveals that there were only impossible to prove what de-
Hearched defendants' cabins on
grey
in
A Goal-less Match. What was probably the last match of the present season took
day, the opposing teams being H.M.S. Titania and South China Athletic.
The teame lined up under Mr. Thornton as followe
H.M.S.
Titania:Yeoman; Kerridge, Mapleaden; Sheerman, McGaan, Hutchby; Hall, Green, Hendry, Pylos and Cooper. Cheung: Chong So, Cheung Wing South China:-Low Hing
Shing: Fung Ping, Leung Tai Fong, Loung Yuk Tonk; Pang Kum Wing, Ip Kan, Wong Pak Sang. Shing, Kam Fook, and Au. Kit
A keen, exciting gamp was ́ seen from the outset, play being mostly confined to mid-field. Chances to score were missed on both sides, the half-time whistle sounding with no goals having been registered.
The second half was also keen-
fence sections of both teams were superior to the forwards. Full- time arrived with a blank sporo shoet.
of our contemporaries that he is four days on which rain foll. The fendants had stolen individually to Haiphong was marked by a seriously considering the resigns-of which no loss than 2.26 inches of some of the stolen cargo, the part of the French of that port, ly contested, both ends being fall for the month was 3.01 inches In consequence of the discovery very cordial reception on the tion of his office. Thus, it may fell on the 28th..
Chief Officer of the Pyrrhus and in the view of the naval visited in turn. The defence come about that Dr. Sun will be
authorities, it is only natural that work of both teams was excellent, loft to his own resources and the very doubtful support of a military
A passenger on the Hydrangea April 11th, and recovered the such manifestations of cordial in fact it can be said that the de- group now backing his elevation ports the loss of a leather bag articles montioned in the charge.rolations should be reciprocated on the occasion of a French Tinson said thore was to the Presidency." Meanwhile, containing $4,871 in money, two Mr AS, WATSON & CO., LTD., the neighbouring Provinces are watches and a gold chain with a evidence of previous thefts on cruiser's visit to this port.
case attack Sovereign pendant, a gold locket the ship. Ono
of combining in
and two towels, which was stolen shirting, valued at £150, was consigned to Hongkong from 01 Kwangtong with. the avowed intention of punishing from the first class saloon while shortlanded in Hongkong; as also England. Dr. Sun for what they consider he was asleop last night.
a case of plush which was entire- Defondant said he found the
THE TENNIS LEAGUE. ly empty. The articles mentioned umbrella
soiled 2011- to be the further partitioning of
steam Three robbers, one of themarmin the charge were valued at £130.dition under the the country. Fighting has already
pipe. His Worship remarked that it casing. After cleaning it be broken out in the Wuchow district)ed with a dagger, attempted to
Some Week-end Results. sold the umbrella to a Japaneso Playing on their own ground and our Canton correspondent on force an entry into the first floor was an untisual case.
Mr. Tinson said that enormous coolic for Y2, which he spent in the Civil Service team was de- Saturday told us that after the of No. 44 Wing Lok Street at I ceremony of inauguration has a.m. yesterday. A hue and cry loss had been sustained by the taking missionary ashore feated by the Hongkong Club by
cargo to attend a been performed there will be at was raised by the tenant before shipping company from
concert. Ho 55 gamos to 44. Scores: not know the umbrolia formal. declaration of war. If it the robbers succeeded in breaking pilfering, which, as a rule, was did
Sayer and Wood, lost to Hum- It was also was part of the ship's cargo. Hephreys and Sowell 3-8, baat comes a question of the open the door, which compelled very hard to deteel. Kwangtung forces holding their them to beat a hasty retreat from very hard to ascertain how the did not steal it for the sake of Dinsdale and Henderson 6-5, fost
theft was committed.
personal gain. Defendant said to Dodwell and Grimble 3-8. own againe the forces of at least the house. three large neighbouring Pro-
His Worship said the chief he had hitherto borne a good vinces we do not think much of The Bishop of Victoria, the question he had to decided was character.
Mr. Tinaon. prosecuting, said the chances of Dr. Sun's party. Archdeacon of Hongkong, and Whether it was necessary to send Among many Hongkong Chinese several of the clergy, together defendants to gaol, which was defendant ought to have known that a brand now umbrella must there is the feeling that Dr. Sau's with lay delegates, are attending the usual penalty in such cases.
Mr. Tiuson applied for ex be part of the cargo. tenure of office as "President" the triennial General Synod of
If he had will be but short-lived, because the Church of China at Hankow.plary punishment in view of picked it up on deck he should the people of Canton and the The Lord Bishop will be at the nature of the case, which have reported it to the chief Province will soon discover that Swatow for Whitsunday, return was especially serious from the officer. ha has brought upon them furthering to Hongkong during the point of view of the nationality
Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.
Telephono: No. 1. A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union. Office adresa: 11, ice House Straat.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1921.
THE FIRST LORD'S READINESS.
triale and fighting and this, following week. together with military pressure
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Bradbury and Fincher lost to Humphroys and Sewell 5-6, beat Dinsdale and Henderson 7.4, Lost to Dodwell and Grimble 5-6. Valentine and Smith lost to Humphreys and Sowell 2-9, boat Dinsdale and Henderson 7-4, beat Dodwell and Grimble 6-5.
Playing at Club Recreio on Mr. Tinson asked for imprison- Saturday, the home team beat
lost to Chao and Lo 5-6, beat Cheung and Yew 6-5, beat Lea and Gitting 6-5.
V. Yvanovich and E. Souza lost to Choa and Lo 3-8, beat Cheung and Yow 9-2, beat Lee and Gittins 7-4.
of defendants. Butterfield ment asa deterrent to ship's crows.C.R.C. by 54 games to 45. Scores: and Swire said, Mr. Tinson. He had seen letters from the F. Soares and M. Pinna loat to from without, will cause his A quantity of brass rods stolen had lost thousands and thousands Shipping Association in England C. Choa and M. H. Lo 2-9, beat
of dollars as a result of the with reference to the cargo broach Yew Man-tsun and speedy departure for *pastures from the Hongkong Tramway
Cheung Wingkui 10-1, beat G. Lee and new." One of our northern con- Company was on Sunday ro-activities of cargo thieves. The ing epidemic,
Company might have temporaries the other day was covered from a Chinese who was suspicions against members of the case on the same footing as the
had Mr. Orme said he could not treat W. Gitting 6-5. particularly strong in its denunci- this morning sentenced to four the crew, but it was difficult previous one, because there would
F. Marques and H. Remedios The speech delivered by Lord Lee of Fareham, Mration of Sun Yat-sen's latest wooks' hard labous at the Maisto ostablish their guilt. It was have been no evidence against
He Way Long's successor as First Lord of the Adhirally, at the action, more particularly because tracy.
originally annual dinner of the Institution of Naval Architects, well the doings in Canton of late have charged with unlawful posees.unly in an isolated case like this defendant but for his own state
one that sufficient evidence had ment. Furthermore, several men convicted off was bears a perusal. At the outset the new First Lord had been inimical to any immediate sion,
| boen obtained to bring the case were concerned in the previous something to say about the capital ship, and if his lord-hope of a reconciliation between larceny on his own admission.
before the Court. Cargo broach-case. He sentenced dofondant to North and South. Contempor-{
Convicted of the theft of reached a point which had not
ing, added Mr.
Tinson, had twenty-one days' hard labour. ship's remarks be any criterion, as one may reasonably ary history in southern China is assume that remarks from the head of the Admiralty must certainly at a most interesting worth of type from the Hongkong been dreamed of before.
phase.
Telegraph's office a compositor en- be. Britain's policy is not likely to be based upon superses-
ployed by that journal was this to say in extenuation of the off- When asked if he had anything sion of the battleship. One inay opine that Lord Lee's Far Eastern Olympiad.
morning fined $20 or 14 days by ence Marshall said he committed observations under this category give some indication of In connection with the Far Magistrate Lindsell. Defendant the theft because "it was such an what the sub-committee appointed by the Imperial Defence Eastern Olmypiad soon to take was observed by the Telegraph's easy thing to do." Committee is likely to recommend. That brily does not place in the North, the far watchman
to pack up five!
Mr. Orme impressed on defend- Athletic Association, parcels of type in the com-ant the gravity of the charge appear to have reported yet--though its decision must be Eastern nearly due.
The question is, therefore, still suh jadire, and which is making itself responsible positors room, when all the asked Marshall if he and and
for the management of the event, other workmen had left. it is unlikely that the First Lord would have anticipated has periodically issued bulletins the committee's conclusions unless he had some tangible for the guidance of intending ground for so doing. The retention of the capital ship would only accord with what is being done by the other great naval Powers.
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Between Ourselves
475H
TOOR
By Robt. MacWhirter.
THE GERMAN
GOVERNMENT
GERMAN
INDUSTRY
DIS PUNCH AN. JUDY SHOW VILL FOOL'EM
HARKS
MARKS
MARKS
Mr. Orme: You have employ-
Defendant: Only as ordinary
The latest German offer to the Allies via America reminds mi Third defendant applied for the that the other day I was in receipt or a very much pea-green type- option of fine, saying that he was written circular from a man in Gablonz informing me that he was a married man and was the only a prominent manufacturer of Extra-breadwinner of his family.
Mr. inson said. Marshall's!
Earl
false jewellery of every description, us broaches, pins, fingerrings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, chuius, metalbârses, buckles und
beils and buttons (made of glass, metal, galalith etc.)
NO ON
reason to offer which brought The results of Pitman's Short-about his lapse.
Marshall: Just temptation. contestants. In the latest of hand Examinations held lately at
Second defendant said shipping these to hand we find that South the Italian Convent China will figure prominently in follows:--Speed: (80 words) had
was very bad recently and he had the representation of China. Itis Misses Wida Williams, Edwina months. Consequently he got no employment for six Of more inmediate interest, however, is the First Lord's stated that in general the swim-Rodgers, Elisabeth Ward, Agnes into debt, and with a view to statement in reference to an arrangement for restricting mers will be drawn from South Fung, Mollie Rahman, Lina clearing himself, he stole the stuff naval competition. particularly in relation to the United China, that the football team will Rosa. Annie Cordeiro and Laura in order to raise the necessary
We see that the C.S. Senate," said Lord probably come from Hongkong, Santos.
Theory Misses Dorys States.
that the volley hall team, will Smith, Ruby Kong, Anna Lyen, money. Lee." is laying down the principle that America is to
come from the south and that the Mabel Gittins, Emilia Figueiredo, maintain a Navy at least equal to that of any other honour of entering a basket ball Emma Farrar, Margaret Kent. Power. That is
claim to equality which this team is being sought hy a Hong-Stella Neves on Lena Choa, country has never accepted in the past, and never kong combination. In the matter Natalia Alvares, Augusta Alvares, would accept save in connection with a great English-of tennis, tou, men from Hong-Beatrice Santos,
kong have aspired to be included. speaking nation that must ever hold a great place in our It is pleasing to note this koon- A Gowernment Gazelle regard and confidence. The difference between Durness among local Chinese sport-ordinary was issued on Saturday formula and that of America is too slight to be made a men and we sincerely trust that afternoon announcing that H.E salary was £15 a month. Able subject of controversy, still less of friction or hostility." when the events are finally con- the Officer Administering the seamen received £14 a month and Since one of the last acts of Lord Lee's predecessor was to tested that the Hongkong and Government had given his aesent ordinary seamen £10. intimate the Admiralty's willingness to accept a One-selves with credit. In the same the Legislative Council. The was very important for them to method of entertaining British Prisoners of War, I was still and having got that much into my aystem and provided that Canton men will acquit them-to the Stamp Ordinance passed by Mr. Ormo told defendants it I'd long ago forgotten about Belgium and the German kindergarten Power standard, the slight difference referred to apparent-bulletin there is a notice saying ordinance came into operation to set an good example to the natives, further advised that the writer will be ly rests upon America s stipulation for a Navy "at least that these games are strictly day. Regulations made by the He could not differentiate between equal to that of any other Power, which rather implies confined to amateurs and the Officer Administering the Governmarried and unmarried men in that Washington wishes to reserve the privilege of build compilers of the pamphlet go ment in Council were also publish the punishment. He sentenced on to give the following interested. One of these lays down that all defendants to two months' ing a larger fleet than any other Power if so minded.
ing definition of what is meant cheques stamped with an impress-hard labour. Impartial judges must admit that Britain has gone by "amateur":"The gener-ed and dated stamp of the value far in this matter. Until the post-war discussions upon al definition excludes any person of five cents shall be deemed to employed on the s.s. Antilochus, John Fitzpatrick, a seaman arnaments, a clear preponderance in naval strength has who entere & competition for have been duly stamped if signed was charged with the embezzle been an axiom of British policy. In the years preceding money, accepts a money prize, before the 30th day of June 1921; ment of an urubrells, part of the sella or pawas his prizes, issues or old cheque forms signed after that cargo of his ship, at Yokohama on the war it took the form of a two-heels-to-one standard, accepts a challenge for money date will require an adhesive five- April 18th. He pleaded not guilty. mine wi' a name that looks like nothing on earth and sounds even modified into a Two-Power standard, and later, in the wagers money on a contest in cent revenue stamp as well as the Captain William McHutcheon worse than that. attempted negotiations with Germany, a 60 per cent. which heree memberi pere, impressed five-cent stamp, as of the Antiochus, deposed that margin. This policy of a clear balance under one formula accepts of tus or other toward Beter June 30th cheques must or another, Britain now offers to scrap. It is a momentous mission of dues or bear a ten-cent stamp. step, and has occasioned diferences of opinion within the member of an athletic organiza-
ed in possession of the umbrella copy to the great unknown, may I be permitted to point out how in question. In consequence off well even the feast of our late enemies have learnt theic part.. Navy League, resulting in the resignation of Mr. Archibald tion, teaches, trains or coaches in
And that lesson ? Hurd and other leading members. Farther than assent to any athletic eport for money, or or anything in the nature of a of the information of the coolie to
German industry is crippled and that she The the Japanese police, defendant is broke and cannot pay." equality, Britain cannot reasonably be expected to go. enters competitions under a false monetary consideration
name; or who knowingly antere term
witness. amateur" as applied to wae brought before
We've always given the volatile French the credit of being The First Lord expresses himself as not only still open to as an individual or as a member particular branches of sport may on the 19th. Defendant ad-sentimental but the boot would appear this to be on the other foor, but anxious for a "square deal," and believes that the best of a team any competition open be hereafter determited with due mitted the sale of the my mastera. France doesna' believe that the poor paralysed Prus results can be attained by laying our cards on the table to a professional or to a professregard to the above limitations. umbrella to the coolie. Ansian cannot pay and isn't it a blessing that we seom at last to be tumble ourselves? We think that because we have and discussing the future frankly with our American ional team, without obtaining in The prohibitions of this soction entry was made in the ship's taking a friends. Lord Lee states that if any invitation comes advance the specific permission of do not apply to legitimate ex-official log book in connection passed an Ordinancs forbidding the German to come into the Col
we have seen, the last of him for a time, Ah', quire so, but 1. from the Harding Administration he is prepared to place in ble country. The term "money" and other accessories of the sport
the governing athletic authorities pouses for uniforms, balls, bats, with the affair.
Tho third officer of the wouldn't wonder but what some of Fritz's poa-green circulars are aside all other business, however pressing. What does is here used in its broadest sense, in which the individual com-Antilochus identified the umbrella taken quite seriously in some of our Hongkong offices. How the Washington say?
and means money, money's worth,|petes."
as part of a cargo of his ship goods are sold, I suppose wo may guess for ourselves.
for becoming or continuing a
it
Well disposed to remit an assortment, only he must remark that he can't sent it, if do not remt him cheque of the amount of Latg. 5/10 at least. I like that last touch--" at least." In case there should remain ony hard feeling on my part I am further requested to note.
Kindly not to suppose this term for a distrust, only the circum* stances given at the end of this cruel war force him to place the above mentioned terms.
And this pushing Prussian podlar begs to remain his faithfully
was reported to him on the 18th" metalburees" line, might well be tempted to allow such to fall
Now the unthinking recipients of such a letter, not being in the
that a Japanese coolie was arrest-into the W.P.B. of its own volition, but before consigning my
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