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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1914.
BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA.
PRIVILEGES OF FOREIGN HOUSES.
The following letter appeared in The Zemes last month;
Bir,-In China to-day, if any British syndicate or firm require to enter into business with any of the provincie! Governments, for providing machinery or foreign-made manufacturos of any kind, it becomes neočssary for them to lond the money to the provinces in the first place, ng otherwise the financial. of the country will not admit of business being done
State
Russian Japaness, German, Belgian, and 17énch firms have for the past" Is months enjoyed privileges in this direc tlon denied to British houses, inasmuch as the Legation at Peking has refused to sanction and help to such British give its houses outside the Five Fower Group
offered for the business. The British Legation has stated that it would not help its nationale to obtain provincial, loans or contracts in which the THE SAME TO-DAY AS IN Banging partook of the nature of loana,
WHISKY. UNVARIED FOR OVER 150 TEARS,
1745.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
BOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG
LANE CRAWFORD & CO.
-and-from ALL WINK MERORANINI.
AUCTIONS
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BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTOR
of the
Will of the late Mr. A. A. D. SASSOON..
PUBLIC AUCTION.
ESSRS BUCHES & HOUGH have Msosired instructions to Bell by
PUBLIC AUCTION TO-DAY (THURSDAY), the 26th day of March, 1914, at 12 o'clock Noos, st their Auction Rooms, THE VERY VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTIES
known 18
because it considered that such business was detrimental to the financial well- being of China, and that the policy of his Majesty's Government was to stare off the day of Chain insolvency as along. as possible..
Hence we have to-day a state of affairs unheard of in the commercial policy of any country, where Japanese and German houses are borrowing money from France and Great Britain, in order to take provincial business hore in China that we as a nation are not allowed to take In Kuanghai, Ssa Chuarn, Kueichou, Yun- nan, and Kuangtung, Japanese syndicates are offering provincial Governmenta Joans, in the shape of money or machinery. -or both--with money that they have borrowed from London banka at a com paratively low rate of interest, the rates. and terms which are offered China being. in many cases, extravagant, and in all cases a very considerable advance on the original rate given by the Loudon, banks. If Great Britain really has any regard for the aplvency of Ching, it would soom to many of us here, on the spot that she could better protect China's. financial integrity by allowing her own nationals to directly loan the necessary money that is required for industrial purposes than this money second or third hand, at to make it necessary for China to obtain
ruinous rates and terms.
"Money that Chains requires comes, as srule, from either France or Great Britain; hence, if the Anglo-French agreement that exists in Northern Europe: could be extended to cover China as well, then the strength of the combined London and Paris: banks and money markets
SOWKEWAN LOTS Nos. 105, 107, 108, might with the whole-hearted co-opera-
118 and 137,
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The Properties comprise desirable building sites situsts on and near the Main Road, Bowkowy, and ripe for immediate development. A Bish showing the positions and dimensions of the respective Lots may be seen at and at once that would ensure Caina's comther at least equal rights in China as tion to German naval policy.
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obtained from the Vender's Splialtors.
Before we can regain oar lost headway, it is essential that British manufacturers shall compel the Foreign Office to give
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the most pronounced agrarians among If such a convention or agreement were
the Conservatives to the extreme wing of made to cover China, steps could be take
the demoersay, there is no radical opposi mercial rectitude, while her over other nationals are allowed, with full rights would in no way be infringed, be freedom of action, or if this is not compileaky firth and steady handling. Our relations with England require unanpial integrity of China... could be assured, her resources and industries patible to the policy embarked upon, to We desire amicable and even friendly built up in a BOU
sound and able manner, thoroughly, to co-ordinate our backing to afraid of hostile ca
Erratige our financial machinery relations with England, but we are not and the unfair competition, briberya and corrupt practices tha: now characterize our political and commercial policy, to Masses. DAVID BARCOS Con Las her internal inance could be gradually
eradicated, whilst the convention not interfere with sound and legitimate
and also
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MESSRS, HUGHES & KOUGH,
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Hongkong, 9th March 1911.
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and CONDITIONS of PARTICULARS Die Anction, Bale, to
Conimexco.
In the course of hor great world policy passos e charity with our political England has hardly found any reas inance on a bar her way less often than the allies, and to so use the power our money German Empire. This fact has not gives us to protect first of all our own people, and, secondly, the Chireso, if escaped the English in spite of their
anxicty about the German navy. they wish our protection.
Thanking you. Sir,
FRANCE.
It might be necessary for each side to make some sacrifices, but the result would be that in the future Great Britain and France would be able to protect not only. their own nationals, but the Chinese, and in future, when China required money for industrial or political purposes, the money would be French or British, in name as well as in fact.
Of all the countries of the world, France competes less than any other with be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of our manufacturers in the sport and March, 1914, at 3 PM, at the Officer of the export trade of China; hence, as France
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(I am yours faithfully, ARTHUR J. MOORE BENNETT, Č.E. Yunnanfu, S.W. China, January 25th.
GERMANY OF TO-DAY
PRINCE. VON BULOW'S BOOK.
PRING
Germany
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France would attack us if she were strong enough, England would only do so if she thought she could not defend her vital economic and political interests against Germany except by force.
When we consider our relations with France we must not forget that she is
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PASSENGERS. ARRIVED.
Per Arcadia, for Hongkong, from Lon don, etc. Major R. Orry Mr. A. Panton, Lient Col. and Mrs. A. S. Koe, Mr. D.
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and 2 children, Mr. Q. H. Lawrence, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Peacock, Capt. and Mrs. Stericker and child, Col and Mrs. Walton, Dr. K. Tsuji, Mr. G. Ukajima. Dr. T. Loka, Dr. G. Naito, Mr...
Prince von Bulow's book on "Imperial unappeased. So far as man can tell, the Haskell, Mr. F. Muncheggee, Mr., Reid, Miss Reid, Mr. and Mrs. K
is published by Messrs ultimate aim of French policy for many Mrs. and Miss Wimble, Mr. and Mrs. Nagano, Mr. and Mrs. Hoggarth and 3. Cassell & Co. volume are the following :-
the ex-Chancellor's
OZEMAN COLONIAL ENTERPRISE.
HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot financial experience in Asia, of CROWN LAND at Ngan Shi Wan in the coupled with similarity of interests in ing passages in New Territories of Hongkong, for term of Europe, any arrangement for combining 75 years, commencing from ist alsy of July, 1898, the political and financial policy of the with the option of renewalata CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE KING for one further term of 24 years les 3 days,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Beglitry Ho
Locality,-
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Taylor, M.
Swire, Mr. H. Shintesole, J. T. Smith and 2 children, Mrs. Bennett, necessary conditions, which to-day are still wanting, for a settlement with Lady and Miss M. Egerton and maid, Messrs. Y. Ishi, K. Haraguchi, S. Ote, Mr. F. H. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gibbs, R. Shigetoku, T. Shiraki, Tsurumino, K. Germany with good prospects of success, Thewe soberly realise this truth we shall H. Livesey, Mr. Nishimura, H. Kobayashi, M. Nakashoji, two countries could be accomplished with The South-west African rising marked be able to adopt a proper attitude as Mr. Selkirk, Mr. and Mrs. PM. Wilcox, Mr. K. Uyana greater case then would be the case with a crisis in our Colonial policy, but also towards France. Indignant tirades O'Regan, Mr. R. B. Angus, Dr. Charles Hashida, F. R. Nixon, Mr. H. Olsen, Dr. any other country.
The French Government has already change for the better. By reorganising against the incorrigibility of the Frends Bad Martin, maid and servant, Mr. K. Tsud Nixon, taken steps to render it exceedingly the Colonial Administration, by trans are in very bad taste, as are futile PD. Phillips, Mr. Watkins, Mr. C. A, difficult for foreign groups and merchants forming the Colonial Department of the attempts to propitiate them. The Ger. Kelly, Mr. E A. Borry, Mr. P. D to borrow money from the French banks Foreign Ministry into an independent man Michel has no aced again and Phillips, Mr. C. D. Lyon, Mr. J. P. for purposes, in the opinion of the Imperial Ministry and above all by again to approach the coy beauty with Abercrombie, Mr. W. Shaffa, Mr. W. J. Government, subversive to. French arousing a lively comprehension of our flowers in his hand; her gaze is riveted Adams, Mr. C. A. Schemuck, Dr. and Mr. J. B. Burrington, Mr. Joker, Mr. interests; whilst our policy is apparently tasks and aims in the colonies, succeded on the Vosges. Only an acceptance of the Mrs. Hampel, Mr. Balfour Dr. Breyer, only directed against our houses using at last, during the tentire of office of the irrevocability of the loss of 1871 out and Mrs. Reid, Mr. W. H. Weyler, Licut. their money direct, whilst allowing others Secretary of State Herr Dernburg, in accustom France finally and without to obtain our money, and use their own getting our Colonial policy off the dend restriction to the state of affairs fixed in and Mrs. Bertram E Jones, Miss Lyle
the Pence of Frankfurt A political pressure in forcing it on China centre: at extravagant rates.
It is difficult to understand any methods more sure than the one indulged in at present by the Foreign Office policy
A
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ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
It is one of the German's greatest conflict between Germany and
Per Mishina Mara, for Japas, to DIRECTORY England would be a great misfortuns For political virtues that discipline is bred in to bankrupt China, when every syndicate both countries, for Europe, and for his bone. But the Social Democrats make Mr. Brindley Misses Brindley (2) M1. and financial group of every nationality mankind in general.
use of this virtue. Only in a State where Higby, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. and Mrs. except British is holding out baits of the Ever since the day when I undertook the people are used to discipline, where HB Martin, Lieut. Col Burdon. My. most alluring description to every in the affairs of the Foreign Offer, I have they have learnt to obey unquestioningly Wakeman, Mrs Shrier, Miss Shrier, Mr. pecunious tatub and civil administrator been convinced that such conflict would in le army, and where they feel the rigid Okuyama, Mr. and Mrs. Ott. Mrs. Wil in the country, and in allowing our never come to pass (1) if we built a test regulations of the administrative moth and 2 children, Mr. and Mra money to be used for the often disreput which could not be attacked without very machinery daily and hourly, could Drinkwater, Miss Thorneycraft, Miss able purposes it is used for even though it be in the names of others--does not Breva risk to the attacking party; (2) if party organisation of such size and Thurneycraft, Miss Harrison, Mr FUBLIC AUCTION.
fotrike the larmen as being strictly in we did not, beyond that, indulge in undue solidarity as that of the Social Democrats Steemmett, Mrs. Turner, Mr. Wormald, accord with the best traditions of British and united shipbuilding and ardare into being Na nation in Col and Mrs. Ferguson Misa Dawes, Mr. ments, and did not overheat our inarine the world possesses, or has ever possessed, Kimura, Rev. Mori, Mr. and Mrs. ARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of foreign policy,
alike or even a similar party organisa-Krusseman, Mrs. Kemp, Lady Hocking, Porting by Public Auction Sale, to The excuse proffered from time to time boiler; (3) if we allowed to Power to
Mrs Caines, Mrs. Burton, Mr. Painter, Mrs. Painter, Mr. Sano, Miss Glaves, be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of by the powers that be, that trading is an injure our reputation or our digcity; (4) tion.
Mrs, Dumy, Miss Kabi. Miss Yamato, March, 1914, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the individual matter, and not a State one, if we allowed nothing to joke an FUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of no longer holds, as Great Britain by her irremediable breach between us and
Keep at and well by taking Messrs. Noda, S. Saito, Nagamechi, HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of One declared policy of only allowing the England. That is why I always repelled Lot of CROWN LAND at Bowen Boud, official British syndicate of the Five any impertinent attack which was likely MONTSERRAT Lime Juice regularly Osumi, Hayashi, Tatematsu, Taniguchi, Miyata, Inouye, K. Takahashi, Minoura, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term Power Group to negotiate loans in to hurt our feelings us a nation, from in hot weather. It is a scientific adjunct to Shinra and Noma of 7 years, cum mancing from the 20th day of China, whilst doing her utmost to prevent whatever quarter it came, but resisted all summier diet. Order from your Storekeeper Par Kuturi Maru, for London, etc. Mr.
from temptations to interfere in the Boer Norember, 1899, with the option of renewal at a other groups of her nationali CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor indulging in the same business has War, as it would have dealt English and say Broly OFFW MAJESTY THE KING, for one farther robbed our trade of the individuality it self-esteem a wound that would not heal; once possessed, in order to further her and (3) if kept calm and cool and own policy; and if Great Britain is not neither injured England nor ran after prepared to give her nationals the same bet
term of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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help and assistance that other Powers: give their people, it would be better for
The fact that the danger of an ermed the Foreign Olhes to state their policy confict between England and Germany poseemed very imminent in the summer of without ambiguity
It is thoroughly understood by the 1911 by two means indicates that the Legations and Consulates here that unless struggle is only postponed, ani not manufacturers can finance the various terminated.
industrial schemes presented, it is impos, on the one hand, there are opposing Germany, interests in Germany and England, on sible for China to develop.
Japan, Belgium, and Francs are quite the other, they have very vital interacts 进 per sale platt. 13,800 100 aware of the conditionis obtaining, and in in common. And, in truth, the danger to
offering machinery, etc. to the provinces English supremacy at sca
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is understood by the British Legation and not to the realm of tangible realities,
which makes it impossible for British
houses to compete on equal terms.
All Germany to-day is imbued with the
^ idea of necessity of having a navy. From
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