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INDIA AND THE ENRIRE Colonel Lord Burnham, the president, and members of the council of the Empire Press Union on November 1st, entertained the Indian Press delegates visiting Eng: land, at a reception at Stationers' Hall.
ORGANIZING BRITISH ENEMY SHAREHOLDERS.
FOREIGN TRADE,
At a preliminary meeting of the British Manufacturers Corporation in London Sir Charles Mandleborg, who presided, delivered an address in which he explain
to enable them to meet editors and pro-ed the means which are available to assist The Lord British manufacturers in their export prieture of the British Presa.
He said :- Mayor and other civit dignitaries were business in foreign markets.
For manufacturere who are new to the present
Lord Burnham, in heartily welcoming export trade it will make for more con- the delegates, said the Empire Press idence and a fuller sense of accurity if Union sprang not from the ashes, but they can be assured of prompt cash ad from the living embere of the Imperial vances on reasonable terms, and of having Press Conference of 1909, which marked their foreign accounts guaranteed ugainst a great stage in the growth not only of long. There are facilities already offering the newspaper Press, but, to his mind, in this direction, and I would suggest that For the these be made known to members, and of the British Commonwealth. first time that conference brought into that the corporation, in ita collective caps common council the representatives of the city, should secure the best terms avail- journals of the whole Dominions of the sble for the benefit of any member decid- Crown. The ideal of the conference was ing to take advantage of such facilities.
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EXPLANATION DEMANDED FROM
THE GOVERNMENT.
Organised by the New Witness Longue aceting was held at the Cannonstreet Hotel, London, on October 4th," to pro test against the Board of Trade allow ing enemy subjects resident in enemy countrica or elsewhere to become share- holders in English companies during the war, and demanding an explanation from the Government." A large atten- dance included many ladies.
TRADE SITUATIONS IN JAPAN BRITISH COMMERCIAL ATTACHE'S VIEWS.
In a statement to the Japan Advertiser, Mr. Crowe, British Commercial Attacho at Tokio, who is leaving for England this month in order to keep in touch with commercial developments, said that thir ing the past years, the exports from Japnu Great Britain have grown nouunily, the figures being as follows:...
1013
1914
1915
1916
1017
1918 for 8 months..
Y.32,869,600 333,088,200
68.494,000
102.667,600
202,640,100
10,210,000
* It will be remembered ” he continued,
The Hon. 3, G. Jenkins, formerly Prime Minister of Western Australia, who presided, said the subject was one that at the present time everyone should" that where some prohibitions of imports study. It rested with us to remove the into Great Britain were imposed as a re- German influence from our Parliament, sult of the necessities of the war situation our Ministry, and all departments of a great outery arose in certain quarters public life.
in Japan, and it was said that many
At that time industries would be ruined.
THE ROCK UF OFFUNCE
Mr. Percival Smith, barrister, and the It is not so generally author of a pamphlet entitled "The
German Financial Octopus," said it was illegal in Gt. Britain to have any share transactions with anybody resident in an euomy country, and surely there could single person present who not be a would say a word against the law in
insure manufacturers, supplying of Trade allowed these transactions, responsible firms abroad against loss by examples conclusively showed. With the guaranteeing up to three-quarters of such exception of a few newspapers, the Press actuate."
kept a sinister silence in the matter, and it was only because of that sinister silence that he placed his facts before the meet- ing that day. He had been to Bir Charles Mathews, with entirely unsuccess
1 pointed out to the deputations which came to the Embassy that even though business might fall off in some directions. I felt sure that the total trade wobis-con- tinue to grow and a glance at the above mentioned figures show that my supposi tions were correct.
At the same time it must be remein... bered that imports from the United King dom inte Japan have fallen off very con- ing table:
1913
1914
1915
1917
1915 months
Y.22,737,00
#2,302,300
58,084,400
91,732, 100 €3.304,400 43.212,900
This decrease in to a great extent duo
Desirable as
was that we
the fact that the export of many articles which Japanese manufacturers and mer- prohibited. chants were urgently wanting to buy was should increase our exports, we were com pelled owing to the needs of the military situation to curtail nearly all forms of industry except those directly connected with munitions.
to show that the newspaper Press was the Manufacturers can, of course, have ad- best means at the disposal of the state ferices now from their bankers against men of the Empire for securing that coinbills of lading. munion of spirit without which the known that they can also get billa dis The counted against bills of lading, giving British Empire could not endure. their foreign customers from 90 days to influence and power of the Press had even as much as 180 days' credit, dating often been recognised, but it was this from the delivery of the goods on the other side. Further, if the foreign buyer pre- infera to have current or open accounts. conference that first recognised the fluence nad the power of the Presaman. manufacturers gel advances here The power of the Press was wholly against invoices. Important British banks irresponsible before those who wielded it are prepared to do business on these lines became recognised in their individuadon reasonable terms with members of the this respect. It was further enacted that siderably, as rug be seen from the fallow- capacity. He believed that the fixing of proposed corporation.
With regard to protection against loss any such tranenctions were a crime under responsibility on the whole had had s
the Trading with the Enemy Act, and good effect.
Press Union on foreign accounts, new facilities are now The Empire know no distinction of race, religion, or available, although these also are not gen-it was designed that no money earned colour.
(vers.) It embraced within erally known, for insurance against such ita folds newspapere
of all opinions. It risks. The British Trade Corporation, of by British workers should go into the did not discriminate against any set of which Lord Faringdon is chairman, have dirty hands of the Hun. Yet the Board writers or publishers. He deplored the established a subsidiary company which fact that up to the present they had not will embraced in their organisation what was known as the vernacular Press of the Indian Empire. They had always had
Bir Charles then pointed out that by with the an important contingent of the Anglo-Indian Press. It would indeed be combination in a big corporation, export a pity if the visit of the delegation from ing manufacturers could obviously get India did not lead to the formation of an much better terms for such facilities than
I hope that now that the war is over Indian branch of both the Anglo-Indian could be obtained by individual concerns. The He also referred to the reform of the Con
it will soon be possible to remove theso and the Indian members in India.
and the establishment of Empire Prose Unier was created for Bular system
and the
for our ful result, and he urged that the Gov-restrictions. Great Britain is anxious to more efficient representation help,
large quanti- better understanding, mutual
ties to Japan, Japanese merchants traders and manufacturers in foreign ornment should be compelled to take resume exporting goods nowspaper couman efficiency in the whole nows Press of our lar-dung Commonwealth. It markets, but laid stress upon the truth
goods in the United Kingdom and who was a commonplace I say the newspaper that even the most efficient Governbent steps hitherto refused to deal with those who are desirous of placing orders for who transgressed the law. Mr. Smith wish to go there so as to make themselves Press was the organised and organising help could not be of great use to those expression of public opinion. It was said who were not prepared to make great
To enable narrated the history of the Mund Nickel acquainted with all the latest machinery by one of the instruments of despotism efforts to help themselves.
manufacturers
an opportunity as possible of visiting in the past that public opinion was more successfully for export trade, is
to organize themselves Company and the way in which its shares and devices should not fail to take as early Particulars with regard to good guide but a bad master. Ho was
had been dealt with as depenstrating England.
passports for business men can be obtained told that it was on the news side that the apparently one of the main objects of the British Manufacturers' Association which
that the law had been flagrantly dia
at any British Consulate. Indian Press of India perhaps fell shors Sir Charles Mandleberg wishes to set up.
regarded. It was time that we took the of what, with greater resources and longer experience, we had been able to organise
mutter into our own bands and turned in this country, We prided ourselves on the claim that the newspaper Proes of England bad more or less given the focis and pattern to the newspaper Press of the world. There was room on our side for giving facilities for a news service to the cuable then to form and educate the great masses of people of all nations and all classes who make up the Indian Empire
Manufactures of cotton; lime, tale and He could not welcome the representatives of India without referring to the glorious soapstone; shelf fish; molybdendum; to- services ladia had rendered to the Empire pacco leaf; fresh, cured and preserved during the
That tish; mamal oils; alexite and borecar war. (Cheers.) great great Dependency had not taken up the bone; borax; cement for building pur- rôle which British writers had poses; chloride of lime, cyanide of soda; quiescent too often assigned to her in the past. She dairy products; lead, magnesite; ment had not heard the legions of the West products and preserved meats; paraffin; pumice starch, stone and manufactures On the contrary, she had been in the
a
U.S.A. IMPORTS.
BAW MATERIALS AND MACHINERY.
There will," writes Mr. Crowe, "doubt- the kind of goods. tue money-changers out of the temple in be many changes What had the Labour Party been doing imported into Japan from the United Kingdon in the future. As Japan has the matter and what about Lord become an important manufacturing coun- Northclifie Had he been willing to try herself her needs will consiat very
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Indian Press of India, which wontal striations list by the War Trade Bourd I receive the co-operative help of German largely of raw materiala, many of which
Among the articles which have been entirely removed from the import re- of the United States and formally so notified to the American Consulate General are:
red of
snareholders, for Mr. Powell found at sho purchases from British Dominions Somerset House, on examination of the and Colonies; but she will also want all register of the Times Publishing Co., sorts of machinery and parts of machin- that the Baroness vun Rotberg Rhein ery, Everything of this nature she ca weiler, of Baden, held 1,850 shares, the find in Great Britain, where the war has
of bring themselves absolutely up to date. Barones you Armin, of Larisruhe, 1,880, compelled British makers of machinery to and Alice
VUIL Agnes
"She will also find it quite unnecessary Pomerania, 1,860, while two
dyes, chemicals, scientific instruments, Baden Baden and Cassel, respectively, of to go to the enemy for any goods, as even the name of Winslow, held 1,80 each, the optical and chemical glass, magnetos, toys, total being 9,250 shares hold either by etc., which used before the war to bu Germans or in Germany. If Mr. Lloyd imported into the United Kingdom from England and are of a very high grade of quality.
A
thunder without doing anything hereof; arguls or wineices; bones, hoofstieorge would go and steep behind the Germany are now all manufactured in
of the Bight on all the fronta. In parti- and horne unmanufactured; baskets of corruption we were having there would cular, she had contributed to the victories we od, bambou, stray, as compositions of which had caused the surrender of Turkey
come a blow which would knock him out, and he would have only himself to
edible substances not hlame! and, indirectly, also the coming surrender wood; cork unmanufactured and manu-
of
Austria, and, possibly, the surrender factures in the tariff
of Germany herself. A campaign might specially
effects far greater than ita intrinsic schedules;
have
If he wanted to save himself is," which should be remembered
he must get away from his shady com- panions. They must not lack the courage to act in this vital matter, and he there fore hespoke unanimous support of the resolution which he moved. and Dr. Ellis Powell, who addressed his hearers as fellow citizens of Germany's largest colony," said he desired to re- misapprehension under which nove Mr. Percival Smith laboured as to Lord That Northcliffe and The Times shares. shares were beld by Germans was quite beyond the jurisdiction of Lord North cliffe. If the right thing had been done
XIBAPPREHENSION ALLEGED.
and BUB
fuller's earth; furai success seemed to warrant. There was no ture; furs and manufactures thereof; doubt that Cuneral Allenby's dramatic and glue and glusize, gluestock and rawhide Napoleonic advance in Syria had been the cuttings; buman hair and manufactures turning point in the last phase of the war, thereof; artificial horsehair and many- and had produced that demoralisation factures thereof; animal ivory which had culminated in that day's manufactures thereof; moss glorious triumph. In that advance weed; paper and manufactures thereof; Indian troops played a most important crude paper stock, straw and grass un part. It was set only the Regular Army manufactured and manufactures thereof; of India but the Imperial service troops quebracho wood and gypsum.
which contributed to General Allenby's triumph. Therefore, if we had Es to Austria,
also
been able to say to Turkey, you must buy thoroughly. He thought overybody reali
must have &
CONSOLIDATION OF INTEJISET.
Crowe's statement continues that Japan has accumulated a large amount of wealth and that her rich will, therefore, be able to buy article seem somewhat expensive but which British manufacture which may, perhap really economical because of the excellence of their quality. I hope, for instance that when the makers of the finest types of British motor-ears are once more fremt to export, many Japanese will buy the magnificent cars.
"In former years I remember that in my reports I often said that an article was too dear for the Japanese market an there were not enough rich people who could afford to buy high-priced goods, but these conditions have now been entirely thero may be a decrease as compared
GREAT DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.
In any case I look confidently for- treatment meted out by Germans to:
ward to a still greater and greater British prisonere he would just let them
Japan and Great Britain but between within twenty-four hours the game treat Japan and all parts of the British Em- know that if things were not altered development of trade not only betwee would be given to all the German pire, as the Alliance must be not only officers who were in our hands, but were political but must be based on the com- allowed to buy their awn wine and live munity of our commercial interests, and like lighting-cocka
Mr. Lloyd Georgo for this reason I hope that Japanese
ment
in Shakespeare's words, the peace with full accord of all our juated the gallantry of the Indian troops, but they would have been sold and the pro changed, and I anticipate that although demands," it was very largely due to the he hoped it would be realised that the cords applied to the prosecution of the magnificent qualities shown by the indian small English community in India had war, but German influence had prevailed before the war in the importation with Army in the field, and particularly in the also played a very great part. It would in successive British Governments, which the United Kingdom of goods rich Eastern campaigns. It was therefore in be a very small community after the war, had vetoed anything of that kind. In Japan may now manufacture herself the spirit of sincere admiration for what because so many had given their lives for seconding the resolution he declared that shall to very disappointed if there is not scandal that a Judge Advocate a more than corresponding increase in the Indian Army had done that they the Empire, (Cheers.) They were faced it was welcomed the Indian representatives with very difficult questions in India, but General, who was a naturalised German, other directions. of ideals in this war he felt sure that, with the aid of this should have the function of reviewing The coa profound effect on the mutual country, they would reach a wise and just Courts-martial sentences, and as to the relations of the Indian Empire with great solutio Britain and the rest of our Common- Mr. Iyengar said that during their visit wealth. No man could tell what the exact they had received throughout effect would be, but if it produced that evidence of good-wihr hout gratifying unity of spirit and community of endet where seen abundant proof of the mighty vour without which there was no hope for forces of the Empire, and the gigantic the future amongst the different parts of efforts the people had been making for the the Empire and the English-speaking successful prosecution of the war. world, then even the horrors of this war regretted, however, that even amongst the would not have been without recompenes leading citizens of the mctropolis and in thought he could ride to victory on the manufacturers, merchants and epis noble exploits of the British soldier, but will realize that it is impossible for dikir and return. (Cheurs.)
other parts of the country, thero was entire lack of knowledge of the great the country should learn to draw a sharp country to continue to increase her exports The Lord Mayor, in supporting the problems awaiting solution in India. He distinction between the deeds of the army unfoss she also correspondingly increnier welerne on behalf of the City of London was glad to hear the statement of Lord and the misdeeds of the politician, and her imports, and among these importa I)
occupying their place at the head of tho At Newquay amured the delegates of the abiding and Burnham that the journalists of India not let him get his victory by the earvioes expect to see British goods once more profound interent which the City took in would be welcomed to the Council of the of our fighting men.
ndin-that garu of the Rritish Empire. Empire Press Union, and his remarks as thousand people had risen and clearedlist." In Great Britain we looked upon India to the necessity for mutual help between the Germans out, and they wanted an As part of nurselves, and were distressed the journalists of Great Britain and anti-German revolution so thorough that beyond measure when we discovered any India. The great journalists of this coun. all Gormans would be swept away as
Mr. G. H. Roberts, M.1. (Minister of Fign of doubt ny to our purpose."
Beemed unaware of the conditions of
Labour), speaking at Leeds, recently, said vion and execration. consolidation of interest between that journalism in Indie Some of the landing before & tornado into the limbo of obli
Mr. Arnold White and Mr. E..S. P. he thought that if internal strife at home great part of the Empire and the United newspapers of India were not allowed to Kingdom war our supreme object. Ho come to Great Britain, including the was sure the visit of the delegates would principal Inilian newspapers in Madras. Hayace supported the resolution, and it followed the war the recovery of cur after the ation would be impossible. Unloss dif carried unanimously WAB convincy them that in this country thoro Mr. Devadhar, who said n very great chairman had raled eat a resolution ferent classes preserved friendly relation
ships we should expose to the world the was nothing but the thest ardent devotion task lay before them in india, he urged submitted by Mr. Beamish, who was Inliney oven of a Lenguo of Nations. If and attrclient to the Indian Empire the need of a better understanding by and its peopic. and he trusted they would people in this country of the position in
ingy of all this talk and all these meet
that they should themselves under. it were proved by experts in partimaine
trades that changes ought to
'to bo adopted, દરિ reproduce that sentiment on their roturn. India.
Mr. Handbrook, in acknowledging the
Mr. Ghose niso expressed his apprecistake the duty of prosecution if
Clovernment refused to do its duty. Mr.atever those changes were, he irrespoo
tive
of party considerations-We welenme, waist that they in India had been
tion of the welcome. able to grupe to some extent the work the Lord Burnham, in replying to a vote of Percival Smiths explained on this point pared to advocate them, and wet wiling Press Union had been doing, thanks, suggested that the delegates that until the law was altered they were to help in securing their enactment expointy in spreading the work of pre should draw or a mentorangtun regarding helpless to take the course suggested, de (Chr.) He invited cooperation the paganda, which was begun too late in the news service, no that the Council of the they could not prosecute without the Industrial Longue, which desired to u war, but which had been carried on Empire Prem Union could impress its | Attorney-General's certificate that there better housing, swetter conditions of life,
were good grounds for prosecution, and blaker wages. (Continued at fout of peat column.). Mitoportamen on the Clovernment.
The
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