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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2300, 1915.
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HAULING DOWN THE
... AMERICAN FLAG,
AMERICA'S PACIFIC OCEAN
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Mr. Winthrop 1. Marvin, Author of "History of the American Merchant Marine, contributes to the San Francisco Chronicle the following articles--
clause in the new seamen's law of March 4th
74332 ---Id a Persian Garden-Ah! Moon of My Delight, Song McCormackfangstmas consequence, 74236-Kathleen Mavourneen
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35366--a Gems from "Queen of the Movies
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Robin Hood (Part II) 17711- Your King and Country Need You
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35378-a Cecil-Waltz Hesitation
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CLOUD-SHROUDED ZEPPELINS.
BRITISH MALAY. RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED.
| CONTINUED PROGRESS: HOPEFUL ANTICIPATIONS.
The fifth annual ordinary general meet- ing was held on the oth nik at the offices, King William Howe, 2a, East- cheap, London, Mr. F. T. Verner, the Chairman of the Company, presiding.
The Managing Director (Mr. E. P. Turner), having read the notice convening the meeting and the auditors report, remarks in moving the adoption of the The CHAIRMAN, in the course of his report and accounts, said:ntlemen, it gives me great pleasure to be able again to report that the working of our planta tions has been carried on very clently during the past year, the results obtained took upon myself to express at our last fally justifying the hopeful forecast I meeting. The high opinion I entertain as regards the future of our properties hue been throughout very
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Germany is talking of the coming invasion of London ly in fleet of Zeppelins, The incrican Congress has hauled down possibly accompanied by other forms of the American log and given Japan a 19-aircraft. Some people there have even poly of the grent mail, passenger and freight currying trade across the Pacific Ocean. To gone so far as to predict a date for the the uninformed this may seem an incredible destruction of London, so confident are statement, but it is absolutely true. A little they in the power of the latest creations last, which Fresident Wilson promptly signed, of Count Zeppelin, aided by a highly requiring that 75 per cent of the crow of a trained staff of scientists. Germany has steamship in all departments shall understand the language of the officers, has had this shown herself, by the employment of the denib-dealing gases in the battlefields of On its face this requirment is innocent Flanders and Northern France, fully lo.
ugh and even praiseworthy. "Of
alive to the part which chemical research Whitehill course the average man will promptly say,
the crew of a ship ought to understand can play in 20th century warfare, and Light Opera Co. language of the others. But general investigation is being pushed forward
conditions are suels that the inevitable result of this proviso is to drive the unceasingly, to find new methods which
greatly due stripes off the trans-Pacific route, can be employed against the enemy.
confidence stare
in placed And turn this great trade wholly over, så far
knowledge: and judgment. of The latest production of these highly- your as American seaports are concerned, to the skilled scientists is directly aimed at Thomson, who, as you are aware, visited director, Captain A Yalden Asiatic-manned steamship lines, so heavily England. It is the Nebelbomben (the fog and reported on your properties in 1910- subsidized by the Japanese Government. ties plying between the Western
American const and Japan and China have been chiefly maand
by industrious and docile Chinese sailors, Bremen and stewards, though ou the Japanese lines their own people have been substitute. These Asiatics have been un- gaged frankly because they were cheap, and they will work for wages of about 88 a month where white men would demand from 80 to 80. But the Chinese and the same thing is true of the Japanese-arë. not only cheap, but reasonably efficient and thoroughly-ninenable to discipline. Orders of European or American officers are communisted to the crews through their own leading men who know both language
What thAmerican-Congress snow donandod is that the Chinese should go not only from American ships, but from British or other European ships entering our ports in transoceanic commerce. As a quick and certain sequel, the Pacific Mail management has announced that ufter November 2nd next, two days before the now seamen's law goes into effect, its entire trans-Pacific service will bo
suspenderi No other course is humanly possible. The is not subsidized by its govemment. But the Toyo Kisen Kaisin, one of its Japan competitors, paralleling its route from San Francisco to the Orient, receives a subsidy of $1,340,000 a year. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha, another Japanese concern receives a subsidy of 2005,000, and the Nippon Yusen Kaisla both of these running out of Puget Soul receives $298,000. The British trans-Pacific line, called the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, is absilized by the British- Canadian govermonts, to the amount of 2218,000 a year.
For many years steamships of all nationali bomb), to be used when the big attack on 1011, and 1912, and to whose advico and MACGREGOR&C..
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such a large area, of which there was little prospect of planting with rubber, seemed an unnecessary expense to incur, This information I gained while travel especially in view of the fact that we have ling through Germany during the last 10 left some 1,800 to 2,000 acres which we can days. I was sitting in a famous restau-plant, and sonie of this may be taken in newspapers were brought in giving the appreciate rantin Munich on Saturday week when the hand gradually The Board greatly "the" work carried OBD first account of the torpedoing of the in 1914 under the superintendence, of Lusitania, Throughout the restaurant Mr.. Wilde, by Mr. A. E. Thompson, mat there were orios of satisfaction, and anger of the Kubang Estate, Mr. autour, generally expressed sentiment was that manager of the Jindarim Estate, and the the sinking of the gigantic vessel with staff generally. those on board was the way to convince England, and also America, that (ierimany PROPOSED INCREASE OF CAPITAL was able to develop her power on the ses Some of the shareholders in this company and answer the starvation policy which are also interested in the Oriental Rubber had been adopted by the British. One Company, and in order to show more prominent and learned citizen of Munich,our confidence in the future of this Com-
It is just as easy, and you will be certain to was particularly load in his expressions pany, I must briefly refer to the Orients get something good. Besides, you will pay of delight. One of his companions, how Company. ever, turned to him and said:
The report for 1011, the fourth year of that company, show that
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to do. You have observed that the Zeppelins against which there was a balance of Packed in case. has been more active and are going still 28, 229, undivided profits. Early in 1914. further and wider and nearer London. new issue of capital was made to the Ta BesT OIL TOE ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD Thus, you see, great things are in prepara-amount of £10,000, and the result of the tion. The British did not believe the power past year's working shows that the new of our submarines. Now they have to. They capital has been so well applied that, in have not believed in any real military power the eighth year, a dividend of 20 per cent, All of these foreign empting companies in ou: Zeppelins. That time will come.has heen declared with a carry forward Packed in naked tins without case. Fiios for eploy cheap Oriental labour. The
Well," said another of the party, there of £1,620, and £3,000 las boun placi to BEER.ionally vigorius nul ne ministin
The working of the British exceptionally able to talk. tion los maintained its serviu against the But I know," replied the first. Things tinue to be on very similar lines. In 1914, Malay Company has been and will con. subsilized Japanese and British fleets, but have become different now. We will hit on the fourth year of the company, we find for many years the American company has dou.. New machines, new bombs. I can tell that the over expenditure on capital paid no dividend,
Now, however, in klition to the hopeless a secret. One of our foremost chemical account was £4,180, and we are about to handicap of these foreign subsidies, tht for the Zeppelins.
works has been making something quite new issue £20,000 additional capital; and,
You know the Stinkfollowing the same procedure is pursued · American Congress loads aupon the American trans-Pacific line the obligation to discharge bomben (usphyxiating bombs). Our komu by the Oriental Company, we estimate, on its Chinese stewards, sails and firemen, and resurces are not yet exhausted. And
WONDERFUL CURES ja very conservative basis, that with rubber have seen the new Zeppelins." employ white men at from four to six. Lines
at about 28, per ls, there will be a small have been made in cases that seemed hope- higher wages. That is to say, the Pacific
dividend available in 1016, larger one in less. Thematic sufferers, with stiffentu, Mail Company, without a subitly, is remired
1017, and that in the eighth year, 1916, crippled limbs, have regained the agility by the mandate of the American Congress
which we anticipate may be overspent joints have been relieved of every last we shall have replaced the £18,000 capital of youth. Pain-racked muscles and
large balance available for dividend and rubbing during 1915, 1916, and 1917, and have a trace of Rheumatian. And all by simply magic remedy, the formation of a reserve. We shall only LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM require about half the amount of the addi- Perhaps, friend, you have fried nuny tional capital this year and the fortunes co-called remedies, and have found nu lasting relief. Perhaps your faith is now small and weak. That does not The present price matter: The real TRUTH, the FACTS. And you for plantation rubber is 25. 34d, per require no faith to sustain them.
can quickly PROVE that Little's which was the average for the whole of last year. The world's production shows Oriental Balm will ense, relieve and stop
tho a total increase of
pain, per cent. in 1914 over:
and CURE YOUR RHEUMATISM. But two days later, when I travelled | 1913. For 1915 a large production of
Sold at Is. 4d per bottle. south from Munich, I was joined in the plantation rubber is expected, but it is
g. Agente for Hongkong:- train by a young man who, in the German not anticipated that the world's total pro-
Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co., LAD. moner, at once enterail into conversation | duction will show any material increase.
(424-13 with me, a complete stranger. He had Mr. W. K. DANLEY seconded the motion," evidently some difficulty in restraining which was at ones carried unanimously; himself." We passed through the plain, and resolations were also passed re-elect- He pointed certain landmarks out, and ing the retiring director and auditors, told me that he and witnessed something and increasing the capital to £130,000 ₺у quite remarkable thus the other day. the creation of 10,000 new Ordinary shares The he related how there had been of £1 each ranking in all resprets juri new big Zeppelia from Fridrichshafer with the existing capital of the flying over the plain in perfectly clear air company. Ti mind the journey to experiment with
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Here they went away after a doubling mark from one and an expression of first attach any importance to the co pious hope from, attother, I did not at and allowed, sansover, to main threats of a Zeppelin raid on London alcul Zeppelins. The Not oven an extraordharily capable during the first months of the war had American management can meet these over-
remained boastful threats, and the Zepps, whelating conditions, and the American ships lina had not shown themselves capable of are, therefore, to be witdawn. The British tufleting any damage of military value Pacific Company, that sails out of the Can. They lud, mily killed some impiocè at lian port of Vanoouver, is not subject to our civilians and caused meaningless destrue scapion's law. The Japanese steamers cometion of property. There was, of coarse,
Aurean ports, but their Japanese crews miderstand the language of their deportes rench possibility that Zeppelins would officers, British and Japanese ships unhinder- ed, will continue to run, aul after November end nextany American citizen travelling from an American Pacific port to the Orient will have to sail under Japanese colours--because the law-makers of the United States have foreal the stars and stripes from the Pacific Ocean.
tor
When Congress took this extraordinary [stopy it was with full knowledge of the con. sequences. The Factic Mail managers had told Senators and Representatives precisely what would follow. There was an opportunity to put American stips on an exquality with foreign ships by granting mail pay or naval reserve pay, equivalent to foreign subsidies.
But Congress would not nur did not do OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE,tad his followers blotted their country's flagg
this. With eyes wide open, l'resident Wilson off the sea--and for this, for some other things, there is going to be a stern and specify accounting,
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a ney apparatus, thy purpose of which Te proceedings terminated with a vote videos they want in the day and to the staff at hour and in the was to crable the Zeppelins to make of thanks to the Chairman and directors time. This apparatus was a kind of Federated Maday States. *** nebel-bomb," with a fine fuse. When this bomb was dropped from the airship it explude at a calculated distases fruit
COMING TAXATION IN the ground and, with incredible rapidity,
GERMANY. seat cut a fog which absolutely shut mut the Zeppelin from view. It was thus pro trated against attacks from güns and aeroplanes, and would be able to get away they will have to pay for the war.
Germans are beginning to realize what As in comparative safety.
Herr Paschnicke a Reichstag Deputy,
"I saw it myself, he exclaimed. "It
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wis grand. The fog spread for marred an audience at Magdeburg kilometres nearly instantaneously. With last month, taxes are coming in numbers several bombs 20 kilometres quare could to-day undreamed of the figures are "Not least be covered;"
enough to make one giddy." My expressions of doubt and won among these charges will be the special were met by the assurance: "I allowances which it is proposed to grant carried the homb myself: I am working to disabled soldiers and to the families of fallen soldiers, in addition to the usund Fin the factory;
peusion. Above all, Germany will need fortresses, modernized cavalry. guns, Zeppelins, and as many submarines as: I tried to get the young man to explain possible. Ordinary taxation will not suffice! more clearly, but he only said, "Well, you to most all these demands Monopolies That these will soon bear more of it," and turned will have to be introduced on to the subject of the marvellous apprehensions are not altogether co- discoveries which had been tande in warranted is suggested by the fact that the Berlin income-tax estimate for the chemistry to make such things possible.
Loter I was told by a friend that five current year, with a total of just cer or six new Zeppelins had been constructed £2,000,000, falls short by nearly one-tenth
It Legan to look as if there might, after all, be something in the predictions made in the Muniel restaurant.
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