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IMPERIAL PREFERENCE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE COMMONS.
PORTUGAL AND THE WAR.
FOREIGN CONTROL OF
COMPANIES.
UNIONIST COMMITTEE'S
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SPORT:
CRICKET.
K. O. C.
R. E. A Cricket match took place, yesterday, between the Kowloon C. C. and the Royal Engineers team.
For some time past there have beau insistent rumours of an approaching On the report of the vote for the political crisis, and much has been heard Colonial Office, Mr. Long, in the House of divisions in the Democrat party, at of Commons, reviewing the events of the empts being made to undermine the in- past year, said the toyal Dominions Com. uence of the present Premier, Dr. Afonso. inission, presided over by Lord D'Abir- Costa Muny hold, no doubt, that it [hui, had presented aquanimous re would by an exclient taing for the ebuy pork, and the House owed them a debt of try to get rid of the Democrat party or gratitude for the valuable work which to be freed from it for a breathing-space they had dous: The Committee which atter seven years, says the Listor cor had been set ap to consider the settle respondent of the Times But the two ment of ex-scrvice mai, under the chair-tendencies, this wish to turn out the The earlier reports were concerned with manship of Lord Tennyson, had also Democrats and the abempts to wreck the reported unanimously, and that was more present Government, are entirely differ. naturalization, enemy trading, and ship of the fire with a score of 38, thus win-
DECLARATION IN TITLE, The Enemy Influence Sub-Committee of the Unionist War Committee has issued its fourth report, which deals with the disclosure of the identity of foreign ontrolled companies, or corporations.
the subject for congratulation, as the und indeed opposed to one another.ping. Committes included representatives of all No one really thinks of ousting the Demo- tags at present. That would require a revolution; and is revolution in war tims is the very last thing that those who care or Portugal desire.
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The sub-committed-which is composed of Sir Owen Philipps (chairman), Mr. Butcher, Sir Henry Craik, Mr. Rupert
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self-governing communities, States of Australia, and the provinces of Canada. Their work had been admir ably done. He rejoiced to see that they advocated the use of the word.
The Democrats control absolutely the Gywane, Mr. W. Joynson-Hicks, Me tion" instead of emigration," in which Lisbon and the provinces.
magra- who of the political machinery, bath in Roald M-Seill, Mr. K. J. N. Neville, Liere was something distasteful and supreme beth in the Government Depart Mr. Basil E. Peto, and Mr. Gershom
They are which, to BOMIC persons, was almost cuts and in all elections, and it must be Stewart-report as follows: synonymous with exile. (Cheers.) An- remembered that the President of the Tie- ether recommendation which he heartily public has no power to dissolve Parlin-
1. in the past many businesses have endorsed was that every facility should ment. They won this position by the re
been carried on in this country by con be given to men and women who wished volution of 1910, and the Constitution was panies registered under the Limited to go to other parts of the British Em-drawn up after they had won it. Con-Liability Acts, which, though foreign in pire.
stivationally it is impossible to dispossess origin and control, bear names of an Referring to the Imperial War Confer them. The attempt made in 1010 led to essentially British character, and have enee, Mr. Long declared that it was a real the fighting of May 14th and 15th, by been regarded by the general public as MENING AND REGULAR ATTENTION |insson in the way in which Imperial which the Democrats placed themselves being thoroughty British concerns.
responsibilities were to be borne and even more securely in power. All these other cases the control of companies of realized. The meeting round one table facts are well known in Portugal, and British origin has passed into foreign did a great deal to remove misconceptions the political crisis-mongers now are not hands, but they have retained their and pave a way for the settlement of opponents of the rigine, but discontented British names. differences. He hoped one result would
revolutionaries and ambitions place-hun be to reach a modwenivendi; and the dif
the Democrat party itself. ficult question of the provision of labour Nothing but harm would result if they from India for song of our Crown
were allowed to be successful. Colonies. A Committee went carefully of the Democrats,
Much as one may dislike the methods into the matter, and had come to some patrolism would wish to attack them now, TIO one with any conclusions, which he hoped would lead for the simple reason that such an atness of this country. to an improvement. The most frequent tack to be successful requires an undárid- remask of nversen representatives talking ed attention, which is impossible in war various aspects or the matter, we are of -3. After giving tuli consideration to the to him of the work that had been done was time. It is probable that the country will the opinion that it would be reasonable to that they hoped it would not be merely deal faithfully with its politicians after require that where a company or corpora. pigeon-holed. He assured them that as the war, but such a thing at present istien carrying on business in the United far as he could exercise his influenes it neither feasible nor desirable. should be exerted to secure as early atten- believes that the Democrat party is strol as hereinafter defined), unless the No one Kingdom is actually under foreign con- tion as possible to the resolutions, and rich in talent that it can afford to under existing title of the company clearly and that wse his firmest determination.mine ihe present Administration. It (Cheers.) Some of the resolutions ob seems a mistake to think that a change the fact should be disclosed in its title correctly designutes its foreign nature, viously could only be dealt with after the 1st be always for the better. The war was ever; some it had been possible tou often forgotten. She kept imploring wisdom of the old woman of Syracuse is
by adding the words "foreign 'control- to deal with already. The question of the gods to prolong the days of an exe with it, and the public generally, may be so that every one having dealings India had been put on a permanent foot-erable tyrant because she had found that aware of such foreign control.
decessor.
ach new ruler was worse than his pre. For the purpose of the legislation suggested, the expression "foreign-con- trolled company or corporation shall
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guese soldiers at the front, who in the recent words of Genera! Pan, portent firement leur nuiforme," and not of the interests of Lisbon politicians that the Country is now thinking.
2. In deciding what steps should be taken to prevent foreign-controlled com- panies or corporations in the future from passing thems.lves off as British concerns. caro must be taken not to discourage the investment or foreign capital in the busi-
can any company, or corporation (1) Where the majority of the directors,
or persons occupying the position of directors, by whatever name called, are no British subjects of British parentage.
(i) Where control has in fact been exercised by reason of shares, stock,
The Engineers batted first, the best store being that of Sapper Walker who
runs.
Kowloon put up a good first wicket bat. soring was bad until the last wiekot when L. G. 8. Hodge pulled the game out
ning the match by the Barrow margin of
Pus.
The scoring was as follows:--
A. E. Corps Adams, b Cobb
Sapper Gordon, lb,w, b Pestonj. 20 QMS. Henkes, e and b Pestonj 10
Lt. Wahl, run out.
Sgt. Cripwell, e Elson, b Pestonji. 13 1. G. Lucas, b Stalker
25
Corp Charters, e De Rome, à Hodge
Sapper Walker, not out
Corp. Pascall, b Pestonji Spr. Milliard, e and b Stalker Spr. Townsend, Stalker
C'obb
Stalker Pestonji
De Rome Wheeler Hodge
Extras
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J. H. Mead, e Lucas, b Cripwell... 22 F. Wheeler, e Lucas, b Cripwell..... 33 A. de Souza, e Milliard, Reakes.. t -F; J. de Rome, not out F. Travers, Cripwell J.Stalker, e and b Cripwell.. W. T. Elson, b Reakes
D. J. Mackenzie, e Adams, b
Reakes
P. H. Cobb, c Milliard, b Cripwell.
R. Pestonji, e Lates, Cripwel!
LF. S. Hodge, Townsend, by
Cripwell
Extras
Cripwell
Renkes Pascall Adams
Toni
Bowling Analysis.
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At the Civil Service ground, yesterday, tennis match was played between the
debentures, or debentura atock of the Royal Engineers and the Civil Service
company having been held either by Cricket Club,
a person or persons, who are not British subjects,
After a hard struggle the Civil Service (iii.) Where the executive is a foreign-secured the honours winning by 58 games
controlled. company, or where the
and
majority of the executive are appoint-to the Royal Engineers: 40 games. ed by a foreign-controlled company, The scores were as follows:- 5. In order to ensure the observance of Woodman the law, we recommend that the directors and secretary of every company or cor-
Woodman beat White and poration should be required to make
Wilson proper returns stating the position of the
and company as regards sub-sections (i.), (ii),
Woodman lost Dewsbery and and (111) of Clause 4, such returns should Woodman and
Deane be made to the Board of Trude by the directors and secretary within 21 days:
Woodnian beat Johns and
Heath
Woodman
Abraham
Deacon beat White and
Wilson and Deacon lost Dowebery and
Deane Abraham and
Deacon beat Johns and
Heath
Witchell beat White and
Wilson
I
Witchell lost Dewsbury and Bradbury and
Deane
Witchell bent Johns and
Heath
Resolutions were passed in favour of encouraging the development of Imperial resources, and suggesting that each part being, to pocket their political opinions. The Royalists are asked, for the time of the Empire should give specially far- Is it too much to require the political onrable treatment and facilities to the extremists in Lisbon likewise to display produce and manufactures of other parts some loyalty towards those who have of the Empire. The question was dis-shown considerable rigour in circun- cussed before the war, and had not since stances of no little difficult? At all been made less dificult by the necessity events, it is important to make it clear of having a policy so framed as to meet that were a political upheaval to occur it The views of our Allies. The Prime would have no root or support in the Minister had appointed a Committee con- country. It is of the war and of the Por- sisting of Ministers representing all the Departments concerned, and had asked him to preside over the Committee. It was their duty to report on the best methods and machinery for giving effect to the resolution of the Conference. It was not a light task, but it was one he was confident the Government ought to Mr. Wilson-Fox welcomed the statement approach. Ho believed the result of the that the Colonial Secretary was himself Imperial War Conference would have been now presiding over the Committee of to strengthen our hands in the prosoeuf Ministers which had been charged with tion of the war, and to enable us to take the duty of seeing how quickly and how such steps as were necessary when the fully the resolutions of the Imperial War war was over to derive full advantage Conference could be carried into effect. from the lessons we had learned, and As to the treatment of natives, it was not make the Empire stronger and more possible to lay down any hard-and-fast after the annual general meeting, and the Abraham and powerful. The whole of the discussions rules, so extremely varied were the condi. persons making these returns should be were carried on in a spirit of toleration tions in different territories. The natives made liable to substantial penalties for and generosity, and with an unselfish could not on, their own account develop non-observance of the law, and to further desire on the part of the oversea repre a tithe of the production which was aband severe penalties for deliberate mais- sentatives to promote the general interests solutely necessary to the Empire as statements. of the Empire.
With regard to the treatment of the manufacture was to be maintained, and shares or stock in a company the allottee whole, if our preeminence in trade and 6. On every allotment and transfer of islands of the Pacific and the African therefore they must be assisted by capital and transferee respectively should be re- Celonies, he was struck by the determina and European instruction. tion of the Dominion representatives not question of the State deriving profit for the registration of transfer to make a Bradbury and
As to the quired as a condition of the allotment or to dugmatize or lay down that this or that itself by the developing of natural re-written declaration stating whether he must be dono. What they desired was sources, he thought the Hoard to consider is a British subject or not, and if a that we should realize how strong Colonial it would have to be entirely composed of British subject whether the shares or stock Bradbury and feeling was, and that it did not originate men of business minds. in any desire for increased territory, but
Bare held directly or indirectly in trust for Mr. Hewins expressed satisfaction with an alien. Similarly, when share war- for an end of the war which would bring the important pronouncement of the rants to bearer or bearer shares are ultimate peace to the world and security Colonial Secretary with regard to the lodged with the company in order to to the British Empire.
steps which the Government were taking enable the holder thereof to vote at any Lord Cavendish-Bentinck urged the to give practical effect to the resolution meeting of the company, a similar du appointment of a Commission to inquire dealing with Imperial Preference. Heclaration should be made by the person into the resources of the Crown Colonies hoped the inquiry would be conducted lodging the share warrants and dependencies. If they wished to get and measures carried through solely from shares, and by the intending voter, and or bearer a high rate of production they must dis-an objective point of view, without re- card all ideas of caereing or cajoling. ference to any opinions any of them might the holder should not be cutitled to vote until such a declaration has been made They must recognize that the native, have held before the war. whether he was black or brown, was Bir W. Davies, remarking that he be
at any meeting of the company. citizen of this great commonwealth and longed to a different school of thought may be summed up as follows
Our recommendations on this subject bid the same right to be treated as a from the hon. member for Hereford, said citizen as the white man. He protested he did not think any great alteration in against the idea that the Colonies and policy would prove to be required to Dependencies were to be treated as estates ensure the development of Empire trade. of the Crown. He believed the produc Mr. D. Mason thought the more we tiveness of var Dependencies could be emphasized our intention to retain the increased greatly by research. What was German Conies the more we put off wanted was two agricultural colleges, one that speedy and enduring peace which all in the West and one in the East. Re desired search was the basis of all progress in
Sir A. Steel Maitland, Under-Secretary agriculture.
to the Colonies, in reply, said that in Mr. MacMaster emphasized the great regard to the general question of utilizing valus of the report of the Dominions the great black territories for productive Commission, the most valuable, perhaps, they were the trustees for the native purposes, the Colonial Office realized that over presented since the great report of races, but they realized also that they Lord Durham on constitutional govern were the trustees for the rest of the ment in Canada, and asked whether any world, which was greatly in need of the steps bad yet been taken to carry out the oils and fats of which the territories had important suggestion with regard to an great producing potentialities, and they Imperial Development Board. It was could not leave those resources undeve premature to discuss conditions after the loped and untapped (Hear, hear.) The war, but if we were successful the idea of a committee was not Colonies would insist that certain of at the present time; what was wanted
practicablo Germany's possessions should not be ceded really a matter of pounds, shillings, and Way ta the German Government.
pence. Given the means to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. Norton were very great potentialities which 0.80 ahead there Griffiths said that if after the war we might be developed. Similarly with re were to adopt the policy of the open door gard to the Imperial Development Board to the enemy, in matters of trade weit was not really practicable to set up should have shed our blood in vain such a Board during the stress of the war. With the free run of our markets the of such a Board and manage it were all The men who should properly be members Germans would be successful in trade of them absolutely fall of other work and ultimately in arms as well. He urged In the meantime the wiser step was to go the Government to act up to the Paris ahead with a particular problem-migra resolutions, which, as far as he could tion was one, preference was another, see, were being left us
been passed at all, they had not and get a solution for each and leave
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more general matters over until men were freer.
BOWLING.
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There was an inter-Club Bowling Com- Yesterday, for spoons which were secured petition at the Civil Service Grounds by the Civil Service Rink after an interesting game, by 77 to 17.
The winning rink was composed of D. Muir, F. Baker, G. Sim, and R. Duncan,
WAR NEWS. MILLIONAIRE'S OFFER FOR THE KAISER, DEAD OR ALIVE.
1. That all companies and corporations, both public and private, carrying on business in the United Kingdom, which are foreign controlled as de fined above shall be obliged by law to disclose this fact by inserting the words foreign controlled "at the end of the title of such company or corporation, and before the word
A Seattle telegram to the Asahi states "Limited" in the case of limited that Mr. Coyen, a millionaire who con companies except in cases where the Seattle, has announced an offer of 85,000 tributed the Coyen Park to the city of foreign nature of the company to any American soldier, who either kills clearly and correctly designated in the company, e.g., General Manu
or arrests the Kaiser; and of 83,000 cach to those who kill or arrest the German That proper returns stating the posi. mer German Secretary of the Navy, or facturing Co. (Dutch), Ltd.
Crown Prince, Admiral von Tirpitz, for- tion of every company or corporation Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of the as regards foreign control shall be German General Staff. He has already made to the Board of Trade by the entrusted the money to the Seattle Times directors and secretary within 21 in which he has this announcement. days after the annual general meet. ing. The directors and secretary shall be required to take reasonable steps to inform themselves of tho Viscount Ishii, the head of the Japanese. facts, and shall be made liable to Mission to the United States, on landing appropriate penalties for neglect or at a Pacific part, said mis-statement.
You see In our presence here Japan's
JAPAN TO AMERICA
3. That allottees and transferees of shares Pledge of loyalty to the principles for shall be required before allotment or which America has throw down the gage registration and holders of share of battle. We shall proceed to Washing warrants to bearer" or bearer shares the American people a message of Irater- fon, carrying to your great President and shall be required before they are nily, confidence, and cheer. entitled to vote at any meeting of the ambition-if that were necessary-to im- It is our company to declare in writing whe press once more upon the American people ther they are British subjects or not, the solemn fact that Japan stands with and if British whether the shares are you heart and soul in your lofty purpose held directly or indirectly in trust to make this world an abiding place of for an allen.
liberty, justice, and fair pluy,