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BRANDY AND GASTRITIS.

CHARGE AGAINST R. G. A. SERGEANT.

The accused was charged with being drunk on the evening of August 3rd. last, and pleaded not guilty. The case turned on whe: ther he had taken brandy for gas tritis or was in the habit of drink ing to excess.

CANTON'S EMBARGO.

A. SINGAPORE COMMENT..

The Singapore Free Preas has some interesting comment on what It terms "the irregular rules drawn

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]

TUESDAY'S MEETING.

Sir-With regard to the protest of "Peakite" against the rosolu- tion sent to the Home Govern- ont, it seems to me that the opinions of a person who, on his own admission, lacks the moral) courage, to state them in the proper place, and who afterwards)

them undor discloses pseudonym, cannot be worthy of serious consideration.

Yours etc. THOMAS B. ROLLAND. Kowloon, Aug, 26th, 1925.

THE COLONY'S TELEGRAM.

pubile SA--yesterday's meeting, an' appeal was made for contributions towards the $1,200 required for sending the "tele- gram" to the Home Government.

A district court martial assem-up by, the Chinese authorities of bled at Whitfield Barracks, Kow-Canton with regard to coastal navi. Toon, this morning to try Sergeant gation." It remarks:-The tele- Samuel Robson, 88th. Heavy gram states that British and Japan- Battery, R. A. The court was ese steamers may not visit the presided over by Majer W. P. A coasts of Kwangtung, and that if Hattersley-Smith, D.S.O.. R.A., who the steamers of any other nation do was assisted by Captain P. H. Drake try and trade, they must omit the Brockman, Eust Surrey Regt. port of Hongkong, and must submit and Lieut. Wright-Neville, 5/2nd. to inspection by a picket of the Punjab Regt. The prosecutor was Anti-Imperialist Union, whatever Capt. C. J. F. Bensley, R. A.. and that precious combination of Bol- the prisoner's friend Lieut. H. L. C.shevists may be. Furthermore the Hall, R. A.

export of food stuffs or other raw materials from the interior is not allowed. Well, if the last clause is enforend, there will be no need for steamers under any flag to visit the ports, and then perhaps the bil ter rancour of those who are for the present in command of Kwang Battalion Sery. Major Brice tung will be satiated. But what gave, evidence of being called to will the millions of Cantonese, the the accused's quarters on the cleverest merchants and artisans

The present situation brings and great evening in question, when he found of China; say to this isolation from about inconvenience Sergi. Robson lying in a chair, the rest of the world? None but financial. losses on all, but it in his opinion drunk and incapa Bolshevist rugline will be possible. brings about more inconveniend alle. He was carried to his bed. Then what of the international and greater financial losses on and on later complaining of rights of the Powers, granted by public@pirited altruistic gentle- feeling unwell was sent to the hos-Treaty? The British Consul-Gen men like the Hon. Mr. Holyoak. The pital detention warh Question-eral is understood to hold that the Such is the irony of, fate! ed by accused, witness said that regulations, if official, amount to interests of all in the Colony are he had not previously seen accused a declaration of war. Possibly the so intimately associated that no in, a state of intoxication.

authors of the regulations wished man can exert himself to help Corroborative evidence was this to be so, inviting the Central others' without at the same time] given by Battalion Quartermas- Government expressly to confess helping himself; and for me to ter Sergt. Moure.

that it had no power in Kwangtung, point out that the Hon. Mr. Holy- Major Pollard, R.A.M.C., the and throwing upon that Government oak has so far been actuated] Kowloon M.D., gave "evidence of the onus of satisfying the claims purely by his concern for the wel- seeing accused in his bed, in the of the Powers under Treaty Rights, fare of others, and that any per hospital on the night of Aug. Brd for properties and rights, whichsonal advantage accruing from The man was suffering from severe have been given and exercised in his exertions is purely incidental, pains, and the next day, diagnosing the past hundred years. The would be an insult to the public- the case as one of gastritis, he dilemma is serious. If the Cee-spirit and altruism of so honour- sent accused to the Bowen Road tral Government disclaims the ac-able a gentleman as the Hon. Mr. Military Hospital. Questioned by tion of Canton, then it, must" con- Halyoak. However, it would also the Court, he could not say what fess to being without effective con- be an insult to the generosity of had brought on the gastritis, or trol of China, and if it cannot en-the merchant princes of Hong- whether it was due to excessive fored treaty rights within its own keng, if the "telegram" has to drinking, though that was a possible borders, to whom is it going to wait while the paltry sum $1,200 cause of the disease.

delegate the enforcement of those is raised by the tardy process of Captain R. F. Walker, 2.A.M.C., rights? Or is the province to be public contributions. And I ves- said he treated accused in Bowen thrown to the dogs, and left to the ture to vouch for the good sense Road Military Hospital, for tender mercy of the Kuomintang of the Colony which will not mis- gastritis, brought on in his opinion and its Russian Allies? The people interpret any generosity that the by alcoholic poisoning, answer of Canton will submit to nothing Hon. Mr. Holyoak and other mer- to the accused, he did not consider of that sort. They will sit tight, hunt princes may show in thre that drinking brundly would reduce either till this, tyranny be over-raising of the required ́ $1,200. the pains of gastritis, In answer past or till it becomes unbearable. to the Court, he said it depended and then the Reds will have un un on the seat of the trouble. In this pleasant time.” case ít was definitely in the stomach, not the lower abdomen. Tokyo, August 26.-The Foreign and brandy would not have helped. Office states that a report has just Accused's Statement. been received from the Canton Sergt. Robson elected to make a consul regarding the Anglo-Japan, statement of oath. He said that ese shipping embargo. He avera he had had a severe altack of that the Centon Gazette published gastric haemorrhage about twenty the alleged details but investiga- months ago, while on the way out tions indicate that no such act to Hongkong, and was so bad that was promulgated by the Canton

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a cable had been sent home declar- | Government.—Reuter,

ing that he might not recover, Since then, he had been subject to gastric trouble 'periodicnfly. " On

August 3rd, about' noon, he fell i with severe stomachic. pains, and sent out for a small bottle o brandy. This he took to his quarters, and there he drank two glassfuls for the

pur- pose of relieving the pain. On previous occasions brandy had given him relief, and he had · re- ceived treatment in hospital in which brandy had been given tol him. He had reason to believe that i the brandy on this occasion was Anferior stuff, for he took it about two o'clock and did not remember anything very clearly until he "found:"himself in hospital that evening. He then told the M.O..

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Maid: "Excuse me, this is not

that he had taken some brandy for the cloakroom !'

the pain. Though he was sick, it

County Guest: I know: But it's

was not due to excessive drinking: the dining roomy isn't it?,"

he seldom touched liquor.

The Court found the accused guilty, and sentence will be. pro- mulgated in due course., Hia con- duct sheet recorded eleven years and ten months service.

JAPAN FLOODS,

SEVERAL MILLION YEN

DAMAGE,

Tokyo, Aug. 17.

T Yesterday afternoon's rains resulted in 40,000 housos in Tokyo being flooded and 1,000 partly submerged. There were several Casualties, including two deaths rasulting from landslides which gaused a 'tramcar to overturn and passenger train to become dérallod.

The damage is ext! mated at millions of yeni

Larger ureas in Saita ma Pro- fecture wore flooded, but detailed Toporis from the outlying districts are hampered by damage to communications,

The floods subsid od this morn

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Melbourne Punch, Australia.

In conclusion, I wish to ex- press my faith in the ability of the Home Government to see the true spirit behind the "telegram," and to decide for itself whether it is the unselfish solicitude Patriots or the selfish interest of merchantsYours, etc...

OH SEE KAY. Hongkong, August 26, 1925.

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