Addressing his worship, Mr, Lo said that he wish to point out that the Emergency Regulations were ultra vires on two grounds. On the first point he drew his Worship's attention to. the words preamble of the which says "On occasion—of emergency or public danger.' Fle said that this was the only occasion on which the Governor-in-Council could and should make regulations, Mr. Lo then read Clause 2 of the Emergency Regula-acc which the Governor-intions of 1922 which stated, "On any
Council may consider to be ai occasion of emergency or public danger, he may make any regul: tions whatsoever which he may consider desirable in the public interest."
Mr. Lo pointed that this was a sort of "blank cheque" given to the Executive and must be con strued strictly, The construc-was, ho said, that the power to make these regulations should. be exercised during occasions of emergency or public danger. Such right ought to be exercised only when public opinion was divided as to whether a state of emergency existed. His Worship, Br, Lo continued, did and should know that there was at the present moment no state of emorgency to justify the regulations. In time of danger and trouble to the state, one's liberty, and one's freedom should yield to the security of national safety, but when the danger had passed there could be at least two views possible if the Government tried to enforce again law to censor the Chinese press.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.