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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

JOURNAL'S REPLY.

THE CONDUIT ROAD COLLAPSE.

A NEW SHANGHAI.

TRAFFIC.

PROGRESS.

AN ENGINEERING FEAT, .

THE NATIONALIST MAYOR.

非

WHY SHANGHAI COURT LOWER ROAD NOW OPEN TO } EMULATING FOREIGN

WAS CRITICISED.

"TECHNICAL IRREGULARITY.”

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that comments

We published, last week, a report of a sensational incident in the new Shanghal Provisional Court, when the Chinese Indge, alleging the North-China Daily News (which he quoted) amounted to contempt of his court, refused to hear a case in which he ruled the paper in question might have benefitted; and he termed riminal and its em- ployers abettors.

The new Shanghai and Woosung The damage caused by the re- Municipality was formally opened markable collapse at Conduit Road Just Thursday in the yamen former- following the terrifle rains of Muyly occupied by the Shanghai Taoyin 23rd, which rendered impassable (next to the Bureau of Foreign Altairs) and General Huang Fu, both Conduit Road and the now road connecting Conduit Rond with former Regency Premier, was in- has now been atalled as Mayor of Greatår Shang- Robinson Road, rectified to the extent that the new and in the presence of such notables as Marshal Chung Kai-shek, Mr. road has been cleared of the im mense fall of earth and rock, Chang Ching-kiang (chairman of the Central Executive Committee is now open to traffic.

Conduit Road, however, which of the Kuomintang), Dr. C. C. Wu The North-China Daily News of disappeared in the fall for a dis(Minister of Foreign Affairs), Dr.

tance of about 130 feet, leaving Wang Chung-bui Inat Thursday publishes a long re- ply, giving extracts from its files only the overhanging pavement, Justice), Mr. Koo Ying-iun (Minis- in support, contending that its with sullicient room for twe perter of Finance), and Mr. Wang comments have been justified. In sons to pass abreast, presents a Pah-chun, Minister of Communien- the course of its reply the Shang- much more difficult problem, antions.

the Telegraph was informed this hat journal states, commenting on

mogning that, while the Gevern the Judge's action:

the end of the year, it is not au- "This procedure is probably uni-ment hopes to rebuild the road by thelated that the work will be completed much carlier.

is

que in the history of modern judi- not only cial practice. ja contravention of the spirit of

The reconstruction of Condol justice which is supposed to anim-. ate all courts of law, not only if Road involves pugineuring skill al regular according tak accepted some magnitude in view of the precedents in civilized countries,lose proximity of the two rods but is in direct violation of the concerned coupled with the dif- A new re- Chinese Provisional Criminal Code Terence in altitude. upon which the Provisional Courtaining wall will be built from the bases its judgments daily. By sad, and, to, ensure safety of the new section of Conduh seizing upon a civil suit, in which we were very incidentally involved Road, considerable expense will be as an opportunity for refusing the incurred. plaintiffs a hearing and delivering himself instead of his opinion of us, Judge Zar has not only pat himself literally out of court-his

our editorial columns. Jle has also made a display of his conception of gourt procedure which will be noted throughout the world and will be cited wherever and whenever the question of extraterritoriality" is Brought up for discussion.

Ris understmal that work has already commenced.

the Tees

(Minister of

The building was gaily decorated with the Kuomintang flag and at smail Cour Was ptation, on which was placed the main the photograph and will

Yat-sen.

Dr. Sun werd numerous

the late

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TUESDAY, JULY

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

THIS WEEK'S ORDERS.

Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. Wolfe. Cuptala Superintendent

l'olice:

1927.

DAY BY DAY.

A marriage has been arranged between Captain Philip Jermy Gwyn, 14th Punjab Regiment, und C. Elizabeth, elder daughter of Sirt of John Tilley, the British Ambas

sador in Tokyo, and Lady Tilley... of Folsham House, Suffolk.

Chinese Company. Strength. The following have en- rolled in the Chinese Company and are posted respective as under

Constable R.31 Kei Shun Mark,

No. 1 Seellen, Constable R. 37 Chun Kwon Chee,

No. 1 Section. Constable R.34 Wong Woon Man.

No. 2 Section.

Constable R41 Chow Wai Chan,

No. 1 Section. Parades. All ranks of the Chinese

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Following an appeal from Sir Arthur K. Yapp for a grant in aid of the Y.M.C.A. work with British troops in China, the City Corporation has voted a sum of 2500 for the provision of a hut, to be identified by name with the Corporation of London.

Sir Laurenco Guillemard, the Company will parade at the Central Police Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp on retiring Governor of the Straits the following dates for Squad Drill Settlements, and Lady Guillemard, and Ride Exercises under Sergt. R. arrived on June 2 at Plymouth J. liant:

Thursday, 14th July, Dress-Mufti. from Singapore. They have re- which will now be their perman- bring his Belt. Every member of "A" Squad will turned to 28, Tite-street, London,

Tuesday, 19th July. Dress-White ent address. Uniform with Helmet. Constables

The marriage arranged between will ! wear, Black-boots; subordinate

beers, may wear white boots, Belts, Mr. C. F. D. Jaave, of Hankow, and Trancheon and Armlet need not be Joyer, cher daughter of the late carried. The Equipment Offer will Herbert E. Kreen, of Kohe, and ot attend this marade and will arrange Mrs. Charles A. Fraser, of for the Tailor to be present, The Crystal Palace Park Road, Syden- who are not in possession of Uniform will appear in Mufti. No memberam. S.E.3, was to take place at

G. B. HARTFORD, D.S.V. (R).

Sir Harry Parlett, for 37 years may be absent from this parade the Brompton Chatory on June 26,

Adjutant.

counsellor at the British Embassy' without leave from his 0. C.

Hongkong, July 12, 1927.

in Japan, is expected home soon. with his wife "on retirement owing to ill health. Sir Harry

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serolls and tablets, and the place was full Chinese police and Nationalist soldiers. The Shanghai and Woo- sung Police band was in attendance. Promptly at 10.30, the band struck up and the new Mayor took i hus place un the platform, while Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and others stayed in the compound. Gen. THE COLONY'S HEALTH. says that the situation in China Huang's appointment having been' read and lug seat of oflice handed to him, he was sworn into ollice and gave the necessary oath.

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Koo

behair

of Ying-fun, on

STILL A LITTLE TYPHOID.

The health return for last week shows that there were five cases of typhoid fever reported during the period, and that there were

four deaths.

will take many years to clear up or rather to buy up, as generals only remain faithful until higher bribes are offered.

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Deaths at sea reported in this morning's Harbour Office returns. were, two on board the as. 16- sang arriving from Calculla and Singapore with 1,236 deck pass | sengers, and one in hoard the sa, of Tjikembang, from Shanghai and

| Keelung, with 11 deck passengers. ex-The cause was nut-stated in either;

please.

remarks have supplied us with amand welfare in Shanghai, before Lue Central Executive Cotu- ple justification for any and all

were accepted frommittee of the Kuomintang;

Soumi of the charges against the Provi-

Cheng chic! Dia- sional Court which he quotes from plaintiff's now identical in the Miss

Court's sigal with us.

judge of the Shanghai

There was one fatal case of trict Court, on behalf of the Kiang- Su Provincial Government, Alar small-pox and two"fatal cases

All the sufferers, with the stud Chiang Kai-shek, representing cerebro-spinal fever. the Nationalist Government' in

Iluang then ception of .one British case ankingg and Gen.

The only case reported yester- Dr. R. O. Winsjedt, Director of delivered speccifus, after which aphoid, were Chineser

ono Chinese case, of Education in the Malay States. number of congratulatory messages

typhoid. were read. The band again played day was

was one of the Colonial represen- latives who attended the dinner and the proceedings then ended.

of the Union Coloniale Francaise in Paris on June 2 when the Bri- tish Secretary of State, Mr. Amery, who spoke in French, cor- dially welcomed the idea of col- laboration between England and France in the Colonial sphere.

Technical. Irregularity. Before dealing with Judge Ziar's direct deminciation of our editorial policy, it might be well to point outers the Geleafcal regularity of the Shanghai to whom, Judge's determined refusal to hear

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FLOODS IN RUSSIA.

The Journal's Contentien. These, however, are phanes of the whole question of Judge Ziar's issue with us which are of much mare, interest to jurists and to the diplomatic people who have to consider from time to time the question of China's fitness to as- over foreign-

Marshal Chiang Speaks.. sume jarediction

than to the foreigner in

In the course of his speech, Mar- as we have een munde amply aware, Judge, shal Ching said that he was very Preston's statement, of the Ziar's conduct on Friday last, plensed to be able to instal Gen,

MUCH DAMAGE DONE. ente. In the Provisional Crim- appears as an effort to muzzle the duar" u as Minyor of Greater inal Code, Article 146, provision is Narthethon Paija News, dust at Shanghai, Con. Huang being not

Mostow, July 11.

· made for the punishment of Judges a time when a determined attack only a man of wide experience, but a man of high education and great

Seorus of people and houses, who dismiss a case wilbout hearing on the integrity of the foreign the evidence, to the following effect; administration of the Settlementalities. It was the hope of the "Whoever, being a Judge, on a civil is being made, our contention that Nationalist Guvernment to trans-bridges, and cattle have been action being brought, dismisses the the Court is, in many respects, form Shanghai into a municipality,arried away by foods caused by great municipality, which would the river Tesha, at Lukoyanow, in ense or refuses to try it when ita oistacle to the preservation of be second to none in the Far East. the province of Nijni-Novgorod.---| should not be dismissed, shall be peace and order, as well as to the

It was a grant ambition but he was panished with imprisonment not adequate protection of our Chin-

saire that it would ultimately be severer than the 4th degree, or de- ese population, has not only been carried out with success and the tention, or a line of not more than

fact that Geh. Huang had been 300 pam."

It may be added thaterally endorsed by foreign re- sidents of all nationalities, but 4th degree imprisonment is else was bound to be given the serious appointed as Mayor caused him considerable satisfaction. He hoped where defined as imprisonment forconsfileration of the various au- Shanghai would become a model for more than one year and less than thorities responsible for the well-all other cities in China and an three years. it Judge Ziar dis

We have no space for a detailed example of good and pure govern- misses a suit when it should not being of the Settlement.

It was necessary that the men. work should be carried on in ac coriance with the will and the plans laid down by the late Presi- dent, Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

have been dismissed he is guilty of a violation of the Provisional Crim-analysis of Judge Ziar's statement inal Code and is subject to punish-nor do we think it essential in ment as defined above. His unwarpable appraisement of it. Our files evidenen enough that six ranted assumption that the Northge China Daily News was a criminat months before the Court as t pre- organ does not, in the first place, sent constituted came into being, justify him in dealing with the we gave it the benefit of the doubt, however endorsed the retrocession of the plaintiff's in his Court, close he supposes their relation one that, operating within the with us to be, as identical with us. Settlement, the Court would be In the second place his arbitrary trammelled and would therefore dictum to the effect that we are prove itself a model institution, "criminal." and therefore have no A pattern "after which modern rights in his Court, has no founda-courts throughout the country tion in law mid is no wise supported could be shaped. This attitude by his quotations from our edit- we maintained up to the time the Prior to Mr. Prus. Court was opened and, editorially orial coltinns. ton's appearance in the Court on at least, for three months after Friday, neither Judge Ziar nor any wards, loth as we were to base on the Provisional our appraisement of the Court other person Court bench had ever intimated "pon the earlier Eases when it that we were in contempt of that might be said to have been in an Court and had such a judgment amorphous state. been passed upon us, we should not have been technically guilty until pronounced guilty in a Bri- tish Court under Article 39 (1913) of the Orders in Council.

Still Other Features. There are still other features of this irregular procedure which It will be worth nothing.

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We must establish in Shanghai a real municipal government, a municipal government which can compare favourably with, if not be better than, the foreign Settle, ments, so that when the time arrives we will be prepared to take the Settlements back.

Experienced Administrator. Foreigners then cannot object to their return on the old ground that we are unprepared to administer affairs. The work is of such im- portance that it cannot be stressed Loo much. "The responsibilities, it is true, are heavy, but that does not mean that we cannot succeed," said Gen. Chiang, "The work can and must be carried through and Court's Own Making?

we are glad that we have been able. When we did finally have some». to persuade Ger. Huang to take thing to say editorially, on the over the work, because of his ex- sound basis of an accumulation of perience, his ability and his educa- cases, we were neither "malicious," tion. It is necessary, however, that; as Judge Ziar says nor did we in order to make the scherne" a create a "scandal." We simply drew success, all citizens of the port attention to what was already, in should co-operate with Gen. Huang, who cannot be expected to do all I sp- the sight of the community, "eer- Lain scandals of the Court's own this important work alone. seen that Judge Ziur's first quota-making.

peal to all of you to share his res- tion from our columns, which he

For the President of the Court ponsibilities and can assure you now considers contemptuous, is

that whatever we can do we shall dated March 18. The action innd for many of his associates we

be pleased to do so to the best of know that many of those who are which he refused a hearing was most immediately concerned our knowledge and ability," filed with the Consular authori Senior Consular Deputies and Marshal Chiang closed his speech ties on April 4, ut at that time lawyers, have genuine respect, with a salute to the new Mayor the plaintiffs were given no rea- They are convinced that, on the and another to his audience. son to believe that they were whole, the Court is doing its best identical in the Court's sight with and that, where political influence the North-China Daily News, nor carries no weight, the Court does and the marriage will take place was there any hint that we were very well indeed. We recognize shortly, of Mr. J. L. Dodds. First guilty of a "criminal" offence that this is an experiment and we Secretary at the British Legation, against the Coast. Undor regula-do not expect perfection in all Stockholm, and Etelka Bell, of tions in effect since April 1, for details, nor the sagacity of a sen- 62, Avenue de Toldio, Paris, widow eigners bringing cases into the soned pundit, with a generation's of Edward Bell, of New York; late Provisional Court have to pay not experience on the bench. What American Charge d'Affaires in only consular fecs, but Provi-thle community has a right to ex Peking, and daughter of "Brig. sional Court fees as well. Two pect, however, is the Court's full General H. Conyers Surices, C.B.. D.S.O., M.V.O.. High other alleged offences, quoted support of the police in the C.M.G., from our editorial columns by maintenance of law and order, the Sheriff of County Durham; and Judge Ziar. are dated April 18 Court's full support of the validity Mrs. Surtees, and May 19, but it was not until of Mixed Court sentences and the

The engagement is announced,

June that the Provisional Court Court's whole-hearted co-operation that promote disorder and con- asked for and received from our in the enforcement of Municipal sion in our affairs, the commun- agents the fee required for bring Land Regulations and Bye-Laws. it has the right to announce that Ing the action into Court.

In When there is cumulative evidence the Court is an expensive failure, other words the case was on the to show that the Court is, for any calendar for more than three reason whatever, failing to die that farther experiment with an unworkable system is dangerous months, during which time we had charge these obligations to the and may be disastrous, and to de- three times commented adversely community, but is rather co-opera- upon the character of the Court ting with the destructive forces mand that the Court's career 'be

cut short. and its effect upon public peace

Ren'er.

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REORGANISATION BILL.

Paris, July 1.

The Sonate by 272 to 18 has passed a Bill to reorganise the army. The Chamber has already passed the Bill--Reuter.

There is a typhoon about 1,000 miles E.S.. of Hongkong moving W.N.W.; says the Royal Observa- tory report:

The engagement is announce, and the murringe will take place shortly, of James Westlake Platt, of Auck land, New Zealand, and Hongkong. and Veronica Norma Hope Arnold, of Archirondel, Jersey,

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