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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1922.
THE PACIFIC PACT.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
DAY BY DAY,
KKXPİNG THE NATIONS AT|
A Little-Known Fact.
**MUI TSAI” IN HONGKONG.
FOOTBALL
RIFLE LEAGUE,
Saturday's Matches.
46
'Merlin" v.
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Cairo.
(BY="QUIE"}
Viscountess Gladatoza prasided
These laams mat on Saturday
at Stonecutters, H,M.S. Merlin
Wo our AND 48 LITTLE AS POSSIBLE BECA & Conferenès at Caxton Hall.) Saturday's games resulted 15 winning by 17 points. Scores
SHIELD FINAL.
It may not be generally known, PEACE WITH EACH OTHER DS- The Caxton Hall Meeting. but it is a fact, that our present PENDS ON AS MUCH INTERCOURSE monareb, King George V., has 49 POSSIBLE BETWIXT PEOPLE| been in Hongkong.
jon February 15, under the follow selves only discovered the cir TWIXT GOVERNMENTS,
auspices of the Anti-Slavery and comatanca a faw days ago, when
Aborigines' Protection Society. Hongkong Club, 2; R.O.A. 0. It is reported that H. the to consider what steps should be looking up the history of pre- vious Royal visits to the Colony, Governor of Macno will shortly taken to stop the sale of girls It was so long ago as 1881 that proceed to Lisbon on six months this occurred, His Majesty, who leave. was then Prince George, being
accompanied by his elder The health return for Saturday brother, Prince Albert Viotor (the shows ons fatal case of plague late Duke of Cresca). The (Chinese) and one non-fatal case latter was then Heir Apparent of paratyphoid fevar (British). but he died ten years later. At
the time of his visit here Amongst the passengers who Prince George was only 16' left by the Mentor on Saturday years of age, and bis brother were Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cooper, year older. They came into Mr. and Mr. F. C. Goodman, and Hongkong aboard H.M.S. Bao- | Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Railton. cbante, a unit of a detached squadron, and were as the time
undergoing their oval training.
HONGKONG LEAGUE
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H.M.S. MERLIN.
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and boys in Hongkong, and to Kowloon 1 South China 1| secure the liberation of those Curlew Res.... 4 H.K.ClubRes 1Wir. Norris
King's Res.... 2 Kowloon Res. held in bondage, estimated to number fifty thousand. About St. Joseph's... 1 University...
score of societies sent delegates
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Mr. St. Leo Strachoy wrote that
20,000 to 50,000
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WORLD THEATRE.
A wat afternoon kept a large Sargt. Pledger... 95 20 if the facts were as represented, number of people away from the Lieut. May the state of affairs, ic Hongkong Valley on Saturday, when the LS. Goodwin ..... 20.15 constituted AD abominable final for the Hongkong Challenge scandal in a British Possession. Shield was played on the Club It represented the vilest form of ground, between the Club and slavery in existence, and young R.QA. The Club's spacious stand; P.O. Charles 22 29 26 people were deliberately sold and was comfortably filled and a hir. Sonnen 27 23 20 Mystery and 'excitement, in-subjected to the cruelty, lust and good number lined the ropes A.B. Tucker 24 31 32 trigue and adventure the Kowloon greed of their purchasers. He was at the advertised time for the PG. Barrows... 26 17 13 That was very many years ago. Theatre will offer aplenty this not one of those who thought the Lick-off. Both TRAMA turned Sergt. Walker. 21 13 19 and although we may oaser ex- evening, when Marshall Neilan's coloured man was always right, out A5 advertised. Mc Phall A.B. Wheatley 23 18 12 A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD pect to sae His Majasts a thin great drama of news-paper life and the white man always wrong, won the toss, but the choice of 1.3. Ritchis
part of the world again, we
"Go and Get It," will be screened. but he cordially dotested this ends gave no advantage to the Capt. Cornish * 18 soon be welcoming his eldest son
stain upon the character of the players. Give and take play was. amongst us, and the visit will
A telegram was received on white man.
the order in the opening minutes, take on an added interest from Saturday to the affect that the Viscountess Gladstone said the and Rodger was the first goalie the fact that our beloved King hand of H.M.S. Renown, an ex-subject of slavery in Hoogkong to handle, the Club man dealing oncê came and saw the Colony, ceptionally fine one, has con-was ventilated in 1880, when the with a dropping shot from Bailey. His Majesty's recollections of sented to play at the Ball in the Chief Justice there declared that England was sent in but ended whst Hongkong was like in those Princa's Pavilion on the second the state of affaire existing was up wide. Keay came down on The sensational and brilliant XAVIER-On March 25th, at his residence, No 15, Caleada do days would no doubt vividly can night of the Royal visit.
slavery and a violation of British the RG.A. right and Stewart drama
'Gaby" which bas trast with the impression that
law. Since then the number of cleared from the centre. The attracted large audiences when- Trance Velha, Macay, Basilio Mapia Xavier, aged 39 years.
the Prince of Wales will take In a brawi between two men at children adopted bad risen from R.G.A. left worked the ball down ever it has been screened, is, by
bim of Britain's Wanchai, on
The Earl of sad McHagb, receiving, sent in special request of the patrons of BWAY with
Saturday. one easternmost colony.
received severe injuries from Kimberley, then Colonial Secre-wide. The R.G.. were having the World Theatre, to be repeated Other Royal Visitors. knife used by his adversary, who tary, ordered an impartial report, the better of the exchanges in
So far as we have been able to absconded. The injured man was but for some reason little or midfield, but their forwards had today, only at 5 p.m. and 9.15 removed by the police to the nothing bad been done since so far no finish. Veale had agood chance. The opinion expressed on this beautiful play (in seven parts) trace the records, the only other
Government Civil Hospital. as official action was concerned. to put the RG.A. ons up, for. re- is that it shows "Gaby" the British Royalty to visit Hong
Prominent Chinesa in Hongkongceiving a pass trom Couzens, be brilliant and beautiful, to be a koos have been the Duke of Com
At Lokmachan, a fire occurred held a meeting in July last, and headed over the bar from six yard star that is a star. She is the berland and the Duke And Duchess of Connaught. The on Friday morning which result- their speeches in defence of the out. McCubbin, stopped & abot heroine of this story, which teema ed in the destruction of two system constituted to her mind from McHugh and the ball re-with life and movement ail A lengthy and somewhat stubborn discussion in the rat-named came to skiner buildings and the facidental loss the strongest argument for aboli- bounded well up the Gold, Pascoe through. Gaby, as Carly Head."
far back as 1869, and it
is just herself delightfully United States Serate has ended in a victory for reason, he esting to recall an observation of $3.000 for the owners. It tion. She did not think that any returning, and the ball going to
Kubr tried to get away, vivacious, sweetly serious, al- requisite two-thirds majority for the Pacific Tre made by Mr. Notion Keshe, in originated in the Leung Yick You British man or woman could have touch.
together charming. having been obtained. It may be fairly assumed that e his History of Hongkong, on this brickworks, situated on the Fan- believed such a thing possible but Walker relieved bin and sent four-Power pact will now receive all-round ratificati a particular visit. He remarks-ng-Antan road and, gaining under the British Flag as the out to Couzens, who centred and "The erect was a unique one io strength from a strong breeze selling of children four years of Veale again headed over the bar To say that this affects the welfare of the world is noe history of the world, for until then blowing, spread to aage and upwards, to be banded with only Rodger to beat. The matshed in the immediste over as chattels to the purchasers game was fast, but play was in- exaggeration, and the Treaty has a special importance for Prince Alfred's visit to Honakoog
was also com-to become drudges at the best, accurate owing to the greasy Mr. T.S.B. Nichol, Secretary of Britishers, seeing that it supersedes the Angle Japanese never before had a Royal Prince vicinity which
and at the worst the victims of nature of the ball. It was left to the Competition, gave the history alliance. The new pact, while differently conceiv d, broad-visited a land so remote from the pletely burnt down.
prostitution. The matter was not Forsyth of the Club to open the of the Shield, saying that it was ens the base of that relationship. Greeted for the most centres of civilisation. Inciden
The demand for the flush system so simple as it looked, because score, for, standing in front of subscribed for by the community "adoption” system was not goal, he received from Begg of Hongkong and presented to part with approbation, the Pacific Treaty has bee assailed talis, it may be recalled that the
the day for to-morrow's meeting of a wrong thing in itself, and in and, steadying himself, sent in to the Hongkong F.C. (there being the foundation stoge of the in certain quarters upon directly opposite grounds. On Royal visitor ca this occasion laid of closets increases. The orders of the the one hand, the Treaty is characterised as an empty chancel of St. John's Cathedral, the Sanitary Deard include letters attacking the evil side of the the opposite side of the goal to no H.K.F.A. or H.K.Fb. then) for instrument, because it does not bind the parties to render The visit of the Date and Duchess the Government relative to system they must be careful to that where Phillips was standing, annual competition. Since the On the other side, we have seen a number of of Connaught took place in april, erection of twelve in a block of first arrive at all the facts of the The ball glanced off the inside of the year 1897, the year it was armed aid.
the upright iots the net, Forsyth presented the Hongkong Club 1890, and is well remembered by six pew dats at the Peak, one case.
Mr. Charles Roberts, formerly receiving the congratulations of bad won it five times. The American Senators opposing it on the ground that it com
come of our older residents. There hundred at the Peak Hotel, two at
The game runners-up cup was presented mits the United States to an entangling alliance-base been other Rogal visitors it at Branksome Towers. Tregun. President of the Anti-Slavery now livened up and the ball to
To Kwa-* (Kowloon), and forty Under-Secretary for India, and his fellow players.
the Club, Kiso We do not thi klib's Colony, the Grand Daks old bugbear of American politicians. either of these views is corrket: both cannot be. That e Alesis of Russia coating hera inter Path. There are also applica. Society, said it was an establish-travelled up and down the field challenge trophy, by the firm At half-time the meated the R. G.A. on the splendid latter should have been raised is surprising, except un 1872; the Carewitch (who later is in respect of two for a new ed fact that Chinese girls and boys with great rapidity, in spite of the of David sad Co. He compil
restaurant in Queen's Road West, were sold and bought in Hongkong beary going. the hypothesis of party rivalry, for the Pacific Treaty, became Car) in 1391, curious even for Severn load, eleven for at ten to fifteen dollars per year of club were leading by a goal to game they had put up that after- noon. He then asked Mrs. unlike some diffuse and confused diplomatic documents, is sponding day (April 6th) thirty middle foi Kowloon and four age, and-significant fact that mil
to Resuming, the play followed Nicholson higher prices were obtainable
present the drawn in terms commendably concise and clear.
two years ago to that on which for Ravensbil. Fark Boad.
and
to the medals when girls were sold for purposes much the same coure as in the Shield the Prince of Wales is expected
Paul Myron Linebarger, better of prostitution. He produced a opening half, each side pulling Hongkong Club, and cup and good roa and the medals to the R.G.A. afterwards bere: Prince Hears of Prassis
sometimes goalkeepers WAS
clearing. Kubr calling for three cheers for Men, in the contract on one occasion should have Nicholson.
enough on the exactly corr
accommodation for 2,500 in the
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MAÇÃO INCIDENT.
PRESENTATION OF
TROPHIES.
46
OTHER GAMES. Only one League match was
In regard to the first of the objections, tis-again proceeds, strangely enough, from two sets of cri cs whose opinions are hostile to each other. One set, perhaps of brother of the ex-Kaiser) is known to the literary world as form of contract used for adoption. in
1808; the Crown Prince of Ro-"Paul Myron," passed through and said it Chauvinistic inclinations, condemos, the Treaty specifically manis in 1919; last year, the Hongkong yesterday with his stipulated
that the purchaser should put the Club further ahead, for, Mr. Nicholson, replying on be- on the ground that, in the absence of provision for armed Crown Prince of Japan, and family for a sojourn in Southern be allowed to do with the girl after beating the field, he sent balf of Mrs. Nicholson, thanked
Mr. Linebarger "has aid, it is valueless. Their atitude is at least intelligible, few weeks ago, the Crown P.ince France
what be would. Girls wert. straight at Phillips in the R.G.A.the members of the Hongkong of Sweden. There may be one or many friends in Hongkong among whether one endorses it or not, though there there is no two other royal visitors who have the old residents, having bean sometimes, though rarely, sold in goal from very close range. At Club for inviting them there that utility in discussing it at this time of day in view of the called here, but we believe the list out to the Far East Srst in 1901, perpetuity. Normally the girls the other end, the B.G.A. balves afternoon to present the trophies. fact that the parties as a whole were not agreeable to engag-we have given is, in the msin, when he was appointed one of could be resol 1. They could not put in some good work, but their He wished to congratulate the the Erst American judges in the get the Colonial Office to admit forwards could not inprove upon RGA co their splendid Sght for ing themselves to that extent. The other critics on this score, fairly complete.
Philippiner. He is the author of that the system wasone of slavery. After a few minutes' pressure the shield and hoped they would who would probably class themselves as pacifists, are less The Dancing Craze.
Miss American Dollars," "Our It was enough for him that it by the B.G.A., Gerrard cleared win it at the next attempt. He easy to understand. They do not expressly deplore the As a community amongst whom Chinese Chances and a number constituted traffic in buman beings and England raced away, chased complimented the Club on their absence of provision for armed action, which indeed they dancing is as popular as everit of other books and was the which ought to be put down by law. by Walker, but the Club player success fo the competition.
Commander Hazelwood, whose found the net and put his side Mr. Nichol then handed to Mrs. could hardly do consistently with their general principles, was, we are naturally interested founder and the editor-in-chief
up, making the game Nicholson a bouquet tied with but they criticise the Treaty as meaningless, their thesis being in other Far Eastern settlement of the Chinese Nationalist. He investigations in 1919 drex re-twn that, without any Treaty, the Powers could bare pursued the in which the craze bas "caught will return to Shanghai in about newed attention to the evil, gave practically safe for the Club the Hongkong F.C. colours as a some personal experiences and The R.G.A. were playing a bard small memento of the occasion. 00. It is commonly conceded six months. policy of consultation when disputes arise. This objection, that Shanghai is the place par
related stories of ill-trea'meat game, but lack was against them. Cheers were exchanged between teams and the crowd of the, children. Chinese people McHugh sent the ball bard the especially from critics of the character indicated, strikes excellence for dancing facilities,
told him that many girls were against the crossber and it re-dispersed. us as gratuitously destructive, for reasons of which we and in this connection it may be
shipped abroad from Hongkong. bounded out of play with the gave an indication the other day. It is not a small matter recorded that the Carlton is build-
The ColonialOffice denied children R.G.A. forwards clos. up. that the four leading Powers have pledged themselves to ing & hore new dance alii Funeral Procession Resists were openly bought and sold, but To further scoring took place played in the senior division this Police
admitted they were "transferred and the game ended in a win week, and that took place on the a course of consultation in the event of a dispute in the Babbling Well Road with seating Pacific. This in itself is some safeguard against a dance room, 1,500 in the dining An unpleasant incident occurred from one person to another for a for the Club by two goals to South China ground, the home. team having a good chance in the precipitate declaration of war. Further, the arrangements room and 1.300 in the theatre, to at Macao on Thursday, says money payment". This seemed uil.
our correspondent there. The fae distinction.
Rodger had more shots to stop League championship. They only for discussion prescribed by the Treaty offer a tangible say nothing of the roof garls funeral cortege of a worker in s A lady speaker, who had been thau Phillips and, on the run of managed to draw with Kowloon
It is said that Tls. 35,000 will be medium for due consideration of the dispute. thereby materially enhancing the prospect of a solution being spent on light and beating alose. Chinese distilary, composed of in Hongkong, said that adoption play, the artillery were unlucky and are now 22 points, the name
Commenting on this and other about one thousand guild mem-was an inherent part of Chinese to lose. formulated, instead of the disputants drifting into war. developmente, Shanghai corbers, was proceeding along Sen religion, and no English laws was not sound and Walker red loon, handled in the penalty Chan Bo scored. History furnishes only too many instances where a conflict respondent recenly said And Domingo Street when it en- would abolish it Mal Taxi was by lying too far up the field, area and
A Portuguese lady abused in Hongkong because the knowing that he could be out-Coombs played a
good game bas ensued because there has been no set process for dis- yet they say there is no 2005 000 ered cussion. Another consideration of great importance is that in the place, trade at a standstill riding in a rickshaw. The police commercial value of girls was faced by the Club left xing, on the wing for Kowloon. Hall
of prostitution that the field. The R.G.A. forwards close. the Power adjudged to be in the wrong will have against it and over 600 foreigners out of requested the procession to stop high there owing to the organised should the ball be sent well up made the scores level, before the
employment here. And the Astor for a moment in order to let the system at least the moral weight of the other parties to the Treaty and Carlton are crowded nightly, lady pass, but the procrasionists prevailed. In the rest of China did not combine, while Veale In the Junior games, Carew Concerning the objection of the dissentient Senators three picture houses with full refused to do so and struck the adoption was harmless family was weak in front of goal. The Reserves beat the Club Heseryos that the pact involves the United States in an alliance, backings, and The Quaints police with the poles of banner and religious arrangement. There two changes he headed over the on the Club ground by four goals. All of they were carrying. Whis was a defective public conscience bar should bave been turned to to one. Hender, Riley (2) Kod turning people sw47. the terms of the Treaty, as has been said, show plainly that which goes to show that folk will tles were blown and a few among the Chinese on the subi et account, seeing that he was not Macdonald, heading into his oven
police the parties do not bind themselves to render armed aid. have their enjoyments, whatever
appested on of cruelty to children..
hard prassed when the ball owme goal, scored for the Curlew, while the scene, but they soon became Apeaker from the National bis way. McHugh was too well Augus got through for the Club. There is something peculiarly incongroons in findig else they have to give up.
surrounded. The Baptain Suder-Council of Women took the same looked after by MoPhail to be- The King's, Reserves maîné Senator Borah at the head of those in opposition to the
intendent of Police (Mr. Garbano), view that adoption was rooted in come dangerous, for the ciobtained their position at the table by Treaty, for it was this same Senator who, just a pur
hearing the whistles, then came Chinese ancestor warship, and Captain stuck to him wherever he head of the ago, moved the resolution authorising the new President
along with a further batch of men that it had become an abuse to weak Gerrard played a strong beating Kowloon Reserves by of the United States to convene a meeting of the Powers
and ordered the other police to Hongkong as the result of the game at back and McCubbin 2 goals to all. Kowloop formed Shorthand Results. allow the procession to proceed, corrupting contact with Western cleared several times when things out only seven men in this match in order to arrive at a naval agreement, to which the Pacific Treaty is a natural corollary. This brings us back and examinations at the Italian the matter of taking further tion.
The results of Pitmag's short-declaring that be would consider civilisation and Western prostitu- Icoked none to rosy for the club, on Navy"B" ground,
The middle line on both sides St. Joseph's accounted for the to the positive side. Adding to the two treaties ast men- Convent are
Botiga Inter The procession Further speeches were deliver-worked hard and put in some good University on the Colleg
only tioned the 4-point resolution respecting China,ere is a Speed.-Misses Lily Wilkinson, then zesumed its marchin ed, and the meeting passed a work. The Club forwards bed an ground, scoring the
mafor inf set of diplomatic instruments calculated to go a long way Lanta Figueiredo and Maria! In this connection, it is report resolution urging the Colonial occasional dash, but combination goal of the
ed, that in future those desiring to Once to appoint a commission of was lacking. The two goals scored closing minutes of the games towards allaying discord. Spokemen of the United States, Alarachis.
South China “A” proved too Elementary.-Misses Ada Pap-arrange funeral processions wil men and women to visit Horg.were good individual efforts Britain, and Japan have described the Washington Con- ferency as inaugurating a new era in the annals of the perel, Juliette Elrod, facioths first have to apply for permit kong and make enquiries; step-de- Mr. Smith controlled the game strong for the United AO, they
DomingoViolet Danesberg, from the police, who vill mackout claring fits the contignance of the and was ably assisted by Messrs. beat on the latter's ground by world. That is exalted language; yet even this needs only Violet May, Irene Ahwee and the quioonte from place system smounted to connivance Bolton and Hallands, who carried zoal to all, soored early in the
Marjorie Piens.
of death to the burial ground, conscientious observance of the decisions to justify it.
jatalavery ander the British Flag out the duties of linesmen..
ITALIAN CONVENT,
The R.3.A. defence as the Tamar. Wheeler, of Kow-
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