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Miss A. M. Steadman. Hving at 130, Cambridge Road, Kilbura. London, England, eye" I wish I could tell you how thankful Land for the good. Don's Basebo Kidasy Pille bave done nut. They have saved my life Before I began using thus, the doctor said I couldn't live another three months, but that was a year and a quarter ago and I'm a well Monday as ever. Lucas in my life.
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A cane for réformi lins born demonstrated and old at Tls. 400, and the value of the imita the time for action has arrived, unless, indeed, tion old at Tis. 200 por hundred catties, like the natives of the country we live in. we the valuable little bowl (perhaps of the Ming ara satisfied with the fetulist formale, "what.dynasty) pays ouly mace duty instead of over is, is best." No one dialikes chenge more lauds, while the glorified brick, mmu?netarvot i thau I do, but if poossary, I do not fear it. I lub week, dust pay Ths. 2 duty, or 100 por would certainly got continue a rotten gaten cent. Having given this explanation I will because I was afraid to stretch out my hand now relate how exporters who resist this unjust. and take a sound one.
imposition of duty are treated by the I. M. Customs authorities.
The proposals are condemned by the Governor- General in Council. This body stigmatisos the suggestions na constituting a military autocracy and "a military despotism."
Chur views are irrespective of the individual. They relate oxclusively to the office which he holds, and to the functions of the Government of India; and we say deliberately that re abould regard with positive dismay any change that would in say dozreo dethrone the Govern, mert of India from their constitutional control, of the Indian Army, or sot np a single cou- mander in their place
B
Before using Doan's Fils I was suffering from Bright's disease and dropsy. My body was so swollen that I couldn't got my clothes or beats obj
the pins in my back were fear fully agonizing and I could hardly breathe. Though I went under hospital treatment, and had the best of medical advice. I kept getting worse and woree unt! I began with Doan's Pills. I cannot speak too highly of this medicine, for it did me good from the frst, and although it was a year and a yearter ago that I was cured, I ain still in splendid health"
Women who suffer from pain or dull ache in ths back, loins or sido from dizzy spalle, rheumatic twingos, winary troubles, gravel, seialica, fatalens, headaches-men who are nervous, irritable, woodywomen who can't
We doubt if a military command of soch stoop, can't eat, can't sleep, and who seldom overwhelming authority would be tolerated in smile-pro commended to try loan's Backa ho any country unused to dictatorship, and we think Kidney Fills; for Donu's Fills help the kidneys that in India it would be peculiarly dangerone.
General Elles meets Lord Kitchener'a criti purify the blood and drive out the dissolved or crystalised poisone that when kept back in ciems wint by point in a long dosnatch and the body by Jagged kidney-reuse fatal kidney denies that there is dual control or division of complaints such as dropsy, stricture, Brighentbority the Army in Tedious but one lisease and diabotes.
བ་ head, the Governor-General in Connell." Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are 219 a box. Finally, he pleads that he has been compelled or 139 for 6 boxes. To bo biod of all chromists by a snce of duty to state bis convictions dinot from the boldly, and states and medicine-dealers, or propriofors, the Foster-McClellan Co., 8, Wells Street, Oxford Street, London, England, post free on receipt of price.
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I am glad this controversy has not arisan in an acute form until I am almost entering on my In year in Concil. Auy changes introduced will at affect me persoanlly, and, moreover. I am prepared at any moment to tender my resignation in the interests of the public servic if such resivnation will facilitate any now organisation which may possibly be considered necessary.
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In face of this view of the fact, Lord Kit cheuer sets forth his reforms, the essential I havo exported several lots of China ware, feature of which is the substitution, for the and the articles have been valued by the presant dimi arrangement, of one officer (the Customs officials according to weight, s Commander-in-Chief and War Member of the mentioned above, and to avoid dolay, and to Council) to talo charge of the military adminis-senpa mental war and tear, I have paid tration, and to prosent it on the Council. the exorbitant and unjust day · demanded a mild protest. But mild portaste only inorenzo oficial hauteur, o yesterday, when I had another shipment to send off, I told the examiner plainly that I intended to contest the claim to sale my Chine ware scoording to weight. (Of course I don't blame the ozamiuor; he acts under orders). He referred me to the officials upstairs." Thero -I saw the chief of the gonoral oflico, who was courteous and kind, as he is always, but he could not settle the matter and suggested that I should see the Deputy Commissioner. So to that official I wont atated my case again, producel the receipts for the porcelain which I had bought from respectable curio dealers in Shanghai expressed the opinion that it was unreasonnila to believe that I could buy porcelain from such men for ono-third its value; and, to save time, t further stated that, if my curics were ruled according to weight again, I should requic the Customs authorities to let the
by porcelain be valued
experts chosen by both parties, as provided for in trenties. Phen came my great surprise, the Customs Naturally I expected that authorities would be as willing to submit to the judgment of aspart vatuors as I was; but, on the contrary, my roquet met with what I can only describe as obstruction and intimidation, I was told piece of the parcelain mast be taken out and sout to various exparta in Shanghai, and this would occupy weak at least; meanwhile mygoods must. remain in the Customs shad at my risk. Then I suggested that the case might be settled right to call for arbi- by arbitration, bat the tration was denied. However, on looking at by tha the treaty it was discovered discovered Customs authorities) that both parties hat the right to choose merchants to valus the goods, and the merelents must value the articles at prices for which they would purgtase them. Then a feeble attempt was made to explain aday the manning of the words "for which they would purchase.
thesu:"
1.". As I still resisted the anjust imposition of 15 per cent. duty
the my goods, instructions were sent to examiner to turn out all the article in my aight cases (each article had the weight marked on it) and weigh and valne them. No attempt was made to value them. The examiners do not nadorstand values of colours. designs. If the military problem in India were only to
In my view, the entire constitution of the period, glass, etc. They can lurdly distinguish safeguard the country against the states whore
Government of India in relation to military a piece of Yung Ching wore from decorated Frontists are now conterminous with her own,
oh as Persia, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, and matters is involved, and it is our duty to drain pipo. This is not their fault. No man canside the position of Government as a whole in be an expert in many articles. But mark Siam, I should not have raised this very thorny a wel as of the military commander, and of the attitude and temper of the Castomis author question about which so much has already bee written. Wars against those States could have our acessors as well as ourselves. With sitias. They have made a regulation, and this batons result, although, even to meet such sufficiency of tact and consiliation, I believe regulation, whether contrary to the treaty or cas, change would be desirable. Great issues that the present system cau be worked bath not whether just or unjust, must not be qu
fleacionaly and harmonials. Either it or tiened; and it yet persist in demanding justice are, however, now at stake.
every obstruction possible is put in your way. This question is an Imperial un not merely something like it appears to me to be essential au ludian one, except in so far as the maist--to the proper military and political administra- After cantasting the imposition the wholo and having to repack all the goods, the ance of the seEdarity of the Empire is incumbent tieu of th Indian Empire.
Mr. St. John Brodrick's despatch follows examiner stated the valno of the pererlain at nuke on its each and every part.
generally the lines of his speech in the House Tls 100 per picul instead of Tis. 200; and thus of Commons on Wednesday, in which he ex- reduced the daty from 15 to about 7 per cent. This lattor charge was still unjust, but I plained that the Government had decido changes which will make the Commander-in-accepted it, in order that I might be able to Chief himself the military member-and the ship my goods without delay. only military member of the Viceroy's Council": while another member of the The complaint by Lord Kitchener is due to cancil will have his responsibility limited to the Inal system on the one hand the Com-the control of Army contracts, the purchase malor-in-Chief, and on the other the Military Member of the Council, the co-equal in conneil of stores ordnance, and remounts, the manage, with the chief of the army. In Lord Kitchner's ment of military works, the clothing and view the latter is really omnipotent iu military mannfastaring departments, Indian Medienk matters, as through his department all the Service, and Indian Merine":
Most importane despatelies with reference to
Lord Curzon pays a high tribute to Lord Lord Kitchener's proposals were issued Inst anoth. They do not lack frankness of expres Kitchener, and points to the fact that with the sion on the part of the Commander-in-Chief, present system, within less than two years, he the Military Mamber of the Council (Sir has carried through a sales of vefums that Einout biles), the Governor-General in Coun. would have wore then filled an ordinary qnin cil, or Lued Curzon himself, writing as. Viceroyannium, and that will stamp his amè
incialibly
anon the military history of this all of whom contribute to the symposium. As might be expected, tas minutes by Lord Kit country. He reviews the existing organisation: elener and Lord Curzon are the two documents and criticises Lord Kitchener's statements und of most interest, not only because the writerspinosals. He adds express viows diametrically opposed, but because holls reveal a statesmanlike grasp of the mili, Jury situation.
Lord Kitchener's minute is based upon gaview of the military situation on the broadest base. namely, complication with a European
Power:
I feel that it is my impers ive duty to state any conviction that the present system is fanity. inthoient, and incapable of the expansion uscessary for a great war in which the armed might of the Empire would be engaged in a life and death struggle,
orders of the Government to the Commander-in-
sܪ This
With grost reluctance, therefore, but without hesitation. I am compelled to advise against acceptance of the. Commander
the first in-Chief's proposals. occasion on matters of the first importance on which I have dissened from him. But larger issues than the authority or views of any individual are at stike,
day.
From what I have written, it is evident that if the exporter of porcelain or curiosities will pay the unjust duty imposed by the Customs authorities the goods will not be taken out and examined; but if he resiste, then obstraction and intimidation. What Ferenc is there between this treatment and that accorded to antives at a
onstatus barrier in the interior of China P Pay the squeeze and the goods are allowed to pass":
Chief pass, while he is also responsible for THE VALUATION OF CURIOS BY rofase, and bear the consequences.
the regulations and orders issued to the army. Lord Kitchener protests against a system under which he as executivo " head of the army, nominally responsible to Government for distribution, discipline, train- jug, and efficiency, is subject to the limitation that be cannot issue orders for the movement of troops or introduce any bat trifling improve ments in any of these matters without the pre- vions sanction of the Military Member, which sanction is communicated in the name of-but not necessarily after referencs to-the Governor General'in Council."
THE CUSTOMS. "C.B." writes as follows to the North-China Daily News --
SIR, Will you allow me space to state a caso which is really a claim by the I. M. Customs authorities to alter the tariff in such a way as to impose a much higher duty on certain articles than they are entitled to impose.
say
According to the tarif sonotioned by the treaties, a duty of a per cont, ad valorem be imposed on urinaties. The Customs officials that old Chios, ware and imitation old Lord Kitchener points out that the dual Chins ware are curiosities and should pay 5 per system in England the War Office and Horse cont. duty ad valorem. Let us, for the sake of Guards-was found faulty and abolished: argument, concede this. Now, how are we to The present distribation of the Army and its estimate the value of the China ware! Most preparation for war, which are so manifestly people, especially business men, would say that market defective, and which are now about to be altered the price paid for such ware in the open
by
My case is not an isolated one, though the Customs officiala tell every exporter whe complains, that bis is the first case of the kind; but I am acquainted with several men who have been obliged to pay the squeezs.
If such an unjust dead were committed by an individual, it would be called by a very ugly name, and it deserves that name still more when committed by the Imperial Maritime Customs authorities.
The Customs officials are probably familiar. with the rudiments of political economy; es-- pecially with the marims of taxation; and as tho prosperity of China largely depends on the growth of her export trade, it would be batter to encourage thad to obstract it.
THE
a comprehensive and coatly sohome of is the fair value of it; but not so the IMDIRECTORY AND reorganisation and rotistribution, would norer Customs authorities. They ignore the prices have been allowed to take root and grow to such paid in the open market; they scorn the receipts dangerous imperfection had not this crippling of dealers who sell curiosities to foreigners. system of lininistration obscured the essential They estimate the value according to weight.
The features of raul sililary efficiency,
e arffels in dispate may be a mall but salu-
Lord Kitchener airns that his objections to able bowl, weighing one eatty, and worth s the present system-which he illustrates by bundy taels, or a painted brick, weighing specifio instances of delay and inconvenience twenty catties, and worth two tsole but as the
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