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THE FUTURE OF KULANGSU.

Suggested Chinese Advisory Committee.

ALLEGED DEFIANCE

OF AUTHORITY.

Shall 'the Island be Returned

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

in religion, and most surely in pay the tax, daley should be mada government, the Chinesa ara until negotiations between their taking greater interest that they representatives and the K.M.C. did even at so recent a date as jars completed, when payment Eva years ago. It is as to their fabould be mate without delay.” interests in governmental affairs Protest was immediately made that I wish to speak this after by Mr R. S. Pratt, H.B.H. Vice- noon. This interest in, regardless Consul, who rat an assessor. The of how it manifests itself a part|Council took steps to appeal the of the movement affecting peoples me to higher courts, but when the world over, which aaks the case was settled out of court for And demands the right the appeal was dropped pending, of absolute self-government. Press the convening of this special rate- ident Wilson started a fire, the payers meeting when further joud of which is not yet, when instructions would be asked for.

coined the word self-determina- If we go further back into the tion." This interest, instead years we find that avery step in of being exerted to assist foreign the improvement of conditions of governments in their various the Settlement has had to be On the afternoon of November (operations in China has been fought for in opposition to many 2nd.. the Kalangra Municipal exerted apparently for the express Chinese residents on the island. Council met with the ratepayers purpose of bindering delaying, at one time a market house was in an extraordinary general meet-making null and void such opera- built and equipped, the intention ing to consider ways and means tions and finally to put an end to being to use all foodstuffs to be of removing friction that has long the influence of such fareiga gov-fold in this market house. bean existing between the Counornments. Ic our own immediate was opposed and finally dropped cil and the Chinese residents on situation in this Internations in order to avoid serious trouble. -the island of Kulangsu.

Settlement we Are somewhat Later the Council undertook to awate as to conditions. May prevent sunshades from being attempt to make thera mota de-ixtended beyond property lines finite in your minds?

to China?

(Our Dan Correspondent)

Carrying out the wishes ex- pressed by an informal general meeting of the ratepayers held some time ago. the following resolution

the ratepayers and passed :-

Was

put to

The Council's Crimes.

1. Question the right to levy Tha: the Chinese ratepayers of taxes or fees.

It

and overhanging public roads, ant to prevent goods from being put into the road for exhibition purposes. but the plan was defeated and now at times it is

The Land Regulations.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,

1922

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

JUST LANDED ex **EMPRESS OF ASIA

CANADIAN

70

SALMON

Cents Per lb.

CANADIAN POTATOES

10 Cents Per lb.

PAST RESIDENT'S DEATH.

02

GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

The following notifications ata gaselted:

His Honour Mr. H. H. J.

J.T.

J. T. SHAW

TEL. Central 692

Ladies' & Gentlemen's Tailors.

This business will be

carried on as usual at

II. BEACONSFIELD ARCADE

Opposite City Hall;

as from 1st November. 1922.

•Powel

Gompertz resumed duty as Paisne m

Judge.

Hon. Mr. C. Mel... Messer,

District Officer, Northern District Mr. D. W. Tratman To ba

New Territories.

Secretary to the Sanitary Board.

Mr. J. A. Fraser to

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Kulangsu be invited to nominate Children barkers baaten by an Advisory Committee, for the police for disturbing sleap of for purpose of presenting to the feiners.

3. Foreign sailors not arrested Kulangsu Municipal Council the views of the Chinese residents, ¦ for disturbing peace. and of assusting the Kulang-u 4. No shop license fee placed Municipal Council in the law on foreign firms. goverɔment of the Settlement. 5. Atime of Washington Coa-Some progress was made, but the left the Colony in 1917 be went Who Keep Baby's Own Tablets

10, Ice House Street.

JUST UNPACKED

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JAEGER SPECIALITIES.

MOTHERS REST EASY AT NIGHT

SCARVES,

SWEATERS,

It has been the delight of cer The Foreign Ratepayers of the tain residents of the Settlement International Settle neot of or of the port to issue printed cir-next to impossible to walk along Kutangsu sympathise with the culars setting forth the so called Ling Tow Street because of wares Mr. H. T. Richardson Dies desire on the part of the Chiness crimes of the Council. A famous being displayed,

at Home. ratepayers for a more sidequate one came out a few months ago voice in the administration of the which reduced the many crimes

Those residents of the Colony Settlement than is provided forjio Eight Great Ones. It is Now, to begin to approach the who came in coutset with Mr. in the Land Regulations.

seless to dwell on this except definite proposal The Land Re- Hedley Thomas Richardson, whoOBE, resumed duty as Colonial With the abject, therefore, of to. Bay that most of the galations under which the Sat-from 1901 to 1917 was Marine

Treasurer and Assessor of Bates. securing to the Chinese residents thing m-ationed

are almos,lement is now governed were Superintendent of the CPR, in Mr. J. B. Wood resumed duty | of Kulangeus folter participation if not entirely, without founda-jadopted on January 10, 100, Hongkong, will learn with deep as First Magistrate. in Municipal affairs affecting tion. The purpose was to confuse more than twenty years ago, and regret that this genial figure their interesis, and in order to the issue and to bring the Council they have never been revised. passed away at Reading on Oc- promote mutual understanding into discredit. In substance the As an instrument of government tober 12th. - and harmony, the ratepayers Crimes were as follow

For this Settlement, they are entirely inadequate to meet preia the service of the C.P.R. for The late Mr. Richardson was now resolve

sent conditions. The first steps over 33 years. Serving as second to have these revised and brought engineer on up-to-date

the Empress of made nearly Japan. he werd

ToJe to the rank nine years ago, or to be exact, on of November 18, 1913. The Council Empress of Indis, and from this

chief engineer

tbe called the tatter to the attention pas: came to Hongkong as Marine of the Consular Body and asked Superintendent in Hongkong to relieve Mr. Captain Tilleti. When And the Ratepayers further ference processions stopped. the beginning of the war in 191 to Glasgow and bis activities in resolve that the aforementione t

6. Chinese rot allowed to cut the matter sa dropped, orig the service of the Advisory Committed by constitut. į state.

10 strained relations. Five ed on the following basis-

included the supervision of the No law permitting sampan years later, in 1918, the matter building of the Empress of Canada 1. Name:-The Kulangsu to be taxed. get ther are taxed was again brought before, the and other C. P. R. vessels. Hthe baby, or one or other of the Municipal Council Chinese Ad-and the amount steadily incress Consular Body and visory Committee.

Foreign motorboats

retired on pension in July this amount of work was put in by yest 2. Number of members:-Mem-

the Consuls and members of the bership of not more than five, s Even bicycles, the only Council. Many consultations The deceased gentleman was whose duties cannot be delegated | means of conveyance, are taxed. were beld with the Commisioner 64 years of age. He leaves a under any circumstances.

Newspapers in Amor printed of Foreign Affairs and other widow, two sons, one of whom is 3. Qualification of member repeated attacks on the Council, Chinese officials, and on May 31, a junior engineer on the Empress (a) That the nominations be sub- with the same purpose in view, 1919. they were got into fical of Canada.

married ject to the veta of the Consular that s to bring the Council form, having been approved by daughter. During his residence Body: (b) That the nominees into disrepute. The Council has all authorities in Amor and for in Hongkong he was a well- shall have resided in the Settle-no way of controlling or stopping warded to Peking. Oa July 20, koown member of the lastitute of rent for three years immediately three newspapers, but at different 1919, proof copies were forwarded Engineers and Shipbuilders and preceding nomination: () They times the authorities in Amos to Peking having been printed at was respected by overybody as a shall have paid General have closed up newspapers print- theexpense of the Consuls. Since fine old gentleman and an en- Municipal Rates, during the led here on Kulingsu. We had & that time no report has beengineer of great capability. whole Ci the above-mentioned case of this sort just a few days received which would indicate period on so assessed rental of ago.

taxed.

not

them to undertake the revision.

that any encouraging progress not less than $200 per annum More than once has the right bas been made toward their ap (d) They shall not, at the time of of the ratepayers to levy, and of proval Though they were nomination nor whilst on the the Council to collect taxes, been approved by all the Chinese! merabership of the committee, denied.

This righ: and authority authorities concerned here in hold 205

cficial appointmen: is expressly given in paragraph Amoy. at the time they were under the Chinese Goremment: No. 2 of the Land Regolations, sent forward, a private telegram (c) They shall be Citizens of the and in Bye-law No. 15, and such from Chinese sources also went Republic of China.

denial, we maintain, constitutes to the officials in Peking asking

4. Place of meeting:-The meet. ing may be held in the Council's

offices, if so desired.

a direct defiance of the authority them to vote against their ap

and a

Company

CHILD LABOUR LAW.

Government Offers Financial Assistance.

In The House.

Every mother knows

Ibose

Aights of alarm and unrest when older chiltren, wakes up feretish and unwell. The problem then is what can best be done nutil the doctor comes in the morning.

The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets, the Canadian chi dren's remedy, in the house feels) safe, for the occasional use of; these Tablets prevents stomach and boxel troubles, and if sickness comes suddenly they help bring the little one through.

Baby's Own Tablets are un absolutely batmless remedy for simple fever, indigestion, con- stipation, colic, diarrhoea, croup and colds. They quickly allay the pains of teething, and bring! natural soothing sleep from which the little one awakes rested and refreshed. They destróy| worms Guaranteed free from opiates and narcotics and to be positively barmless even to the youngest infant Chemists sell

of the ratepayers and of the proval. From time to time we the information of educational from Dr, Williams Medicide Co. Council as their servants. This bear that these revised Land Re- titude came out plainly and gulations base again been called strongly in the Shop Licence Fee to the attention of the Chinese case.

Authorities. Sach news does not There is undoubtedly a certain relieve the situation in Kulangau. element in the Settlement whic attempts on every

Another Resolution, possible occasion to flout the authority of

immediate

steps

Schemes

proval of their scheme) themselves tocarry out the details of their sug-! gestion under the supervision of the Director of Education.

WAY DOWN EAST

I is notified in the fizette, for Baby's Own Tablets, or post free. and charitable societies and em- 96 Szechuan Road, Shanghai, st 5. Function of committee (3)

ployers of labour, that the Gor-60 cents the vial. The duties of this committee shall

ernment is prepared to consider be confined to advising at the

favourably the grant of financial request of the Municipal Council

support for any approved scheme on all matters-affecting the inter- ests of the Chinese residents in

designed to meet sucb difficulties as the industrial Employment of) the Settlement: and in making

We have given you something Children Ordinance may occasion independent representations in the Council, intending always to of what has been done. What in the matter of the custody and the Council with regard thereto; make greater the difficulties of shall the next step e Tae control of children. (b) Members when giving advice administration. The most serious Council heartily approves the may be limited to single factories and rosking representations to case of defiance of the rights and Advisors Committee, but regards or may cover wider ground, bat the Municipal Council must do so of the authority of the late-it as a measure which may bring the promoters in each case must in unison and they will not be payers and of the Council in relief, though not effecting be prepared (in the event of ap- allowed to act independently attempting to carry out the core. The Council presents the (The Council will meet in confer- decisions of the ratepayers came following resolution as being the ence with the Advisory Committee in connection with the Shop only solution, in its opinion, for at the request of the Advisory Licence Fee, when the Magistrate the fundamental difficulty:-- Committee A11 the Advisory of the Mixed Court refused to "Resolved that either the Committee will meet the Council give anything stronger than & Authorities from whom the Coun at the request of the Council.) suspended sentence agaics! two cil derives ite power to govern, 6. Term of service :-Members shopkeepers who bad refused to (that is, the Chinese Government shall be nominated anoually by pay the fees assessed. We and the Foreign Governments the Chinese.

all know that the Shop signatory to the Land Regula- Licence Fee question has beeations) take Self-Determination. settled out of court by an ua-effectively to re-establish the Following the passing of the 9tisfactory compromise, which Council in its essential authority: above resolution. the Chairman we have no doubt has not or that the Council be instructed, of the Council. Mr. T. M. Elliott, helped to re-establish the respect to take presented a second resolution, for the authorities of the Council, through the Consular Body, to which he introduced by saying:or has it increased the willing return the Island of Kulangsu to The Council at this time desires ness to beed necessary laws and the control of Cb and har to acquaint the ratepayers in a regulations. The action of the Government, on condition that more intimate manner with the Magistrate was an expression of China shall assume all contracts circumstances and conditions the desire to combine within him and liabilities binding on the Set- under which it has been attempt himself all three, the Legislative, tlement at the time of taking over ing to carry its responsibilities in Judicial, and the Executive and under such other provisions the recent moutbe, and to pres-branches of Government. The may be found necessary." ent a resolut.1 which, it carried, decision of the Magistrate is aa

far-reaching will tend to solve the difficulties. follows: The two firms depos-effect of passing such a resolu-

Peslining the In making this statement, the ed that they recognise ability tion, the ratepayers, after a long Council wants it distinctly under-for the tax but that the K.M.C.'s and heated discussion, decided to stood that it is made a state-assessment was excessive and adjourn for further consideration ment of facts and conditions and that small firms were heavily of the matter until early in not as showing forth sati or pro- peaslized. They stated that the December, when the meeting will Obinese or foreign sentiment. ahopkeepers had appointed rep be reconvened for a final decision.

It may be a truism to say that resentatives to consult with anew day hasdawoed in China, the K.M.C. cod fix the of which we as foreigners. in apportionment of the tax, after every phase of our life in China which the payment would be must take cogaizance. In edoce-made. Inasmuch as the shop tion, in industry and commerce, keepers in this case are willing to

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