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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1914.
The second annual dinner of the British Engineers' Association was held in the Hotel Metropole, London, on Friday, March 6th.
Mr. Douglas Vickers (managing direc tor of Vickers, Limited), the President of the Association, occupied the chair, and there were also present-Sir Walter Langley, K.C.M.G, O.B., of the Foreign Off; H.E. Dr.. Chin-tao Chen, Chinese Commissioner of Finance; Sir Walter Hillier, K.O.M.G., C.B., late Adviser to the Chinese Government; Mr. Byron Brenan, C.M.G., late Consul General in Shanghai; Mr. P. K. C. Tyau, Secretary to the Chinese Legation; Mr. Wilfrid Stokes, Chairman of the British En- gineers' Association; Mr. Thomas Worthington, Head of the Intelligomen Department of the Board of Trade; Bir Charles Addis, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; Mr. Bruce Anderson, Chairman of the B.E.A.M.A.; Mr. George Jamieson, C.M.G., Chairman of the British and Chinese Corporation; Mr. Robert S. Lloyd; Mr. Stafford Ransome; Secretary of the Britial Engineers' Asso viation Movers, H. Alloook, Herbert E. Allon, Richard W. Allen, A. F. Alling ham A. G. Angier, W. G. Ardley, J. N. Atthill, Arthur Balfour, Herbert Bates, John Belliss, E. A. Bertram, J. R. Biddis combe, William Blane, H. S. B. Brindley, Oswald Brown, Jeffrey Browning A. J. Capron, J. Carter, W. F. Ulark, R. E. Commans, Percy B. Crowe, W. H. Dixon, T. E. Dodgson, James Downs, A. W. Drury; H. Dunell, Alfred Ellison, George Ellison, John Esson, F. C. Fairholm. 3. Cunningham Ford, E. J. Fox, C. A. Fry, Stephen Garrett, R. R. Gibb, G. Maurice Gibbins, C. Humphrey Gilbert, R. Vivian Gordon, E. A. Graham, F. W. Hammond, K. G. Stacy Hatfield, W. T. Hengerty, E. A. Brayley Hodgetts, Standey Ế Hodgkin, Francis E. Howard, Oliver Howl, John Hunter, Summers Hunter, R. Murray Hyslop, A. M. Jack, Arthur Jacob, Christopher James, William E. Jones, R. J. Kaula, F. Lange, W. Ernest Laycock, Konnoth Liddell, F. Z. Lloyd, JA, Main, L. E. Mather, J. Maughfling, Bedford McNeill, J. Molling Moncrieff, B. K. Morton, F. Moule, R. W. Murray, F. B. Nathan, Peter N. Nissen, F. A. G. Noel, A. R. Owen, Victor Parker, J. B. Parker, Loughna1 Pandred, Theodore Peterson, C. P. Raikes, B. A. Raworth, Alex. Richardson H. Rigby, William Ritchie, J. D. Robb, T. O Roberts, Leslie S. Robertson, D. G. Robertson, Percy Rosling, Leo Smith, Jannes Steele, James Stevens, G. Sutton, A. W. Tait, Neil Taylor, C. Tennant, John E Thornycroft, Reginald M. Tilling, W. R. Turnell, J. Starkey Tyzack, John Variey, Gilbert Vyle, W. A. Walber, W. A. Waterhouse, J. C. Ward, and Walter Wolsey, jun.
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COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. LASDALE-Chairman.
way that would have been impossible in tax luxuries heavily and staples lightly,. as yet this is exactly what China is not the face of the old traditions individuals. It always seems to me quite allowed to do. In this connection let me natural that the representatives of the express my gratitude for your Govern- British Government abroad should not ment's recent assistance to my country in Tonsts to His Majesty the King, to Her think is right to help an individual manu- the regulation of the opium trade. I haveHE Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty Queen facturer, for there might be a suspicion no doubt that a large proportion of the Alexandra, the Prince of Wales, and other of unfairness about that, but they can money, diverted from the drug will members of the Royal Family, and to the certainly help an association without ultimately be employed in productive Chiorso Republic having been given, giving any ground for complaint. We purposes, and thus indirectly increase the The CHAIRMAN proposed "Anglo-Chinese can appeal as an Association with greater demand for machinery and other products Relations," at the same time expressing confidence, therefore, to our Government's from Great Britain. The second point could I desire to make is closely connected regret at the absence of H.E. the Chinese representatives abroad than we Minister on account of the Court fixed individually. It is our hope to get it with the motto of your Association, for the same evening. In his place the recognised that membership of this Fair Dealing Many of the so-called Chairman welcomed H. E. Dr. Chin-tao Association is in itself thing to be proud under dealings and subsequent dis- Chen, the Commissioner for Finance.
putes in foreign trade in China are caused Continuing, the speaker said:-I have no
by misunderstanding and ignorance of reason to believe that there is any cloud
the laws and customs of the nations. over our relations with China. (Hoar,
Such is more often the case than real hear.) Everything seems to be going on
intention to deal unfairly. The various perfectly, and I can only express the
Consular Courts and the Mixed Courts good wishes of every Englishman towards
may settle some of the difficulties, but they the endeavours of the Chinese Government
H.E. Dr. CHIN-TAO CHES, responding, cannot solve the whole question. In these to establish popular rule. To some extent thanked the Association for the cordial Courts cases are tried under the law of the Chinese have followed in the tracks reception given him, and said that it was the nation to which the defendant belongs which we made in winning the liberties a pleasure as well as a privilege to be and there exists therefore an element of contract made and reputation that we now enjoy, How in the company of men who had done uncertainty in every ever, I propose to address you rather with great things in China, and who, judging between a Chinese and a foreigner. For regard to the relations between the two from the enthusiasm displayed that instance, if a Briton and a Chinese make peoples and the relations of trade and evening, would, he ventured to predict, a contract, neither knows which one might commerce which touch us as members of continue to do great things in and for be the defendant in Court, and conse- this Association. It has come to the China. After expressing his regret at the quently no one knows at the time a knowledge of most of us that matters have absence of the Chinese Minister, his contract is made what the construction not been going quite as well for the Excellency went on to say Chinese of it may be. This uncertainty, you can British merchant and manufacturer in finance is a difficult task, but taking our readily see, cannot but hinder trade and China as in the past. It is not our fault Minister's place to-night is a more produce bad feeling and trouble. that many years ago trade with China difficult one. I have handled some of the only final solution is for China to frame was carried on in different style from the most difficult problems tf finance in her laws as nearly as possible like those present. Those were the days of the old China, for I was mainly responsible for of the nations of Europe, and to compel English merchant adventurer, who filled financing the revolucion (great applause) at nationals residing in the country to his ship with goods collected from this but I must confess I have never felt so abide by these laws. The third and last country-cottons, metal goods, and even nervous as when asked to speak before so point of my remarks is to draw attention guns, perhaps and set out for foreign many experts and men of experience as to some of the reasons for the decline of elines, proceeding to deal not so much are assembled here to night. From what British trade and prestige in China, as by methods of monetary exchange as by the Chairman has said, I see that the is said to have occurred in the report of barter. Those wore the good old British Engineers' Association has a very this Association, You complain of the individualist days, when every man was worthy and noble object. It seeks.. if I lack of support given to British loans for for himself, irrespective of his Govern-understand rightly, to protect British industrial purposes in China, and also ment. I am sorry to say that those days manufacturers and Chinese consumers; it of the dishonourable means by which are to a large extent past, and we find seeks to further British trade by fair competitors of Great Britain seek to our competitors in China no longer dealing, hy enlightening and educating obtain business and concessions to the setting forth as individualists, but going the Chinese people to appreciate the exclusion of the British manufacturers. in compact bande, backed by their respec- quality and value of British gards, and, Such things are always regrettable, but tive Governments, and altogether making most important of all, your organisation I believe the accounts of them are more LONDON COUNTY AND WESTMINISTER a combined attempt to wrest from us the seeks to cultivate the friendly relations often exaggerated than otherwise. Even trade which we had come to look upon as and goodwill between the two nations. if such cases are true, China is not the We have not been able to follow The British nation possesses the lion's only party to blame, because they are but these methods quite so much as I think we sure of China's foreign trade, and, from the results of the economic laws which should have done, but this Association is recent investigations by an expert, it overrule the laws of man. Many Govern. certainly a step in that direction. We appears that you have also the greatest ments, for instance, attempt to enact and wish to do as an Association what it amount of capital invested in my country enforce usury laws for the protection of would be impossible for the individual to In round figures, you have about the weak and poor, but actually they do; we want to put the case of the British £40,000,000 invested in the Republic of often work out to embarrass them. When engineering nauufacturer before the China to-day-almost three times as much driven by necessity and want the victim Eastern Powers as a whole, and we think as the French, who are reputed to have not only complies with what is demanded we have taken the right stops in the the greatest amount of surplus capital for by the surer, but will often help the THE VOLUME, which consists of 161
Pages, and includes & Sketch Plasterats of the trade. We wish to foreign investment. If China is pros latter to evade the law. Such is the case of historical interest showing the dispoat organise like our competitors, though we perous, British trade is bound to flourish; with China. She is perfectly solvent
as an Association, are not intending to British manufacturers will be busy, and under
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Bir is dedicated to ROBERT HABT get orders direct, but to work by Chinese bonds happy. Thus the interests incurred heavy and unusual liabilities infitence. We have to some extent been of Great Britain and China are common, during the revolution, At such a time GO.M.G., and Dr. A. RESNIL
sucessful. During the past year we have China now regrets that she is not in a she ought to be recorded all possible aid Ite description of Chinese Boel caused the equipment to be supplied to more favourable position to render you by friendly nations until such a time as Custome and Superstitions, combined the mechanical laboratory of the Univer-as much help as she desires. She is bound it is possible for her to put her house in with the insight it gives into polities sity of Hongkong, on the Home Com-hand and fuct-in her early years of order. To restrict her in her hour of onditions in China, makes Omittee of which I was some time ago ignorance and indiscretion-by treaties, nessity from freely borrowing may be
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