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HÔNGKONG | DAILY PRENN.“ TUESDAY, MAY 31ST."UN.
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS
TRADE REPORTS FOR 1020, The following extracts are made from the annual report by. Mr. D. Percebois, Aoting Commissioner of Customs, on the
TRADE OF PAKHOI,"
Į Pleven districts out of the thirteen THE FAR EAST IN PARLIA- BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA.
the island contains were in the hands of Chên Chi-yũ, a Hainanese by birth, and
`MENT.
THE YAP DISPUTE.
MR. PARTINGTON INTERVIEWS THE CHINESE MINISTER.
former officer of Shin Hung-ging, wha had, on Shên Hung-ying's departure from dainan, throw off his allegiance and de clared for Hainan for the Hainanese,
In the House of Commons, on April In the course of an interview whis hands of the mixed brigade of Yun- Ormsby-Gore that the correspondener ton Koo, the Chinese Minister in London, The remaining two districts were in the 1st, Mr. Lloyd George informed Mr. took place recently between Dr. Welling name and Cantones troops, ander the ennund of Chuo Te-gi, deveral times between the United States Governminn, Mr. T. Bowen Partington, of Hong- and on one occasion, towards the end of been published in the London Press, but prace was made between the two parties; and Japan as to the island of Yap had kong, His Excellency said:~-'
The existing bonds of friendship be auber, a treaty was drawn up and had got been officially communicated to
tween the two peoples are strong, but it being witnesses to its signature. signed, the British and Freach Consuls
is hopes they may be further strengthen- His Majesty's Government,
ed. In this direction the Anglo-Chinssa useful piece of work. There may be othon Friendship Society is performing a very ways of strengthening this friendship be tween the two nations, but there are two the lines of trade and industry etd which occur readily to me-namely, along education. And it must be admitted that operation in every sense of the word. The beat key to success ja mutual co-
Sir J. Rees: Does membership of the League make it necessary for this nation to be placed in a position f antagonism towards one or both of two great friendly
apart from the League, care a rap'about
These
The improvement in the trade at this port during 1010 led one to expect further good results during 20. The year opened Well and the prospects were very bright. but the high hopes entertained were not Fealised. From January the the end of September the commercial activity was well maintained, but the year ended dis astrously far the trade of Pskhoj in con, sequence of the political disturbance,
But before the ink was dry upon the paper which threw the whole district into cun it was written on the Yudnanese Com fusion. It is unnecessary to preapitulate manders repudiated the treaty, blaming here the cause which have led to the Chan Chi-yu to a bruch of faith that political upheaval in this part of the esisted merely in their own fertile in Kwangtung province or to enter into aaginations," and "conditions bresme more descriptive narration of the conflicts disturbed than ever. At the end of Powers, and does the British nation, which occurred in and around, Pakhoi October Li Eu-lung, au unadulterated it will auflce to say that on the 20th pirate from the Leichow Peninsula, ar Yapt Qeteber, and the first time since the open-rived at Pochin, a small seaport some 10 ing of the port to foreign trade, Pakboi miles distant from Hoihow.
At present British trade still pra was the scene of severe fighting, shops Hainanese party and that of the Yu and America. We have no interest at will probably be much keener in the
Both the! Mr. Lloyd George: There is no ques dominates in the foreign trade of Chi and private houses were looted, any, the anese blamed the other side for having all in the matter except the general in future than in the past. Before the war tion of antagonism between ourselves but the competition of other countries panic-stricken people sought refuge in invited him to come with his crew of foreign residences. During the fighting armed banditti. But whoever did terest of the peace of the world and British commerce used to lead by a wide- stray bullets were flying everywhere; bothrite bin is immaterial, for at the be good will between all nations. foreigners were struck, but several Chins ginning of November he took up his documents were not communicated to us nxample, in the trade with China bas margin: since the war Japan's share, for ou were wounded; fortunately, no fires quarters in Hollow, where. His men, officially, but to the Fress. When they steadily been invunting and is now occurred. year that the people regained some coti-
it was not till the end of the usually with a loaded pistol in either are communicated to us officially we shall
close second behind England's. It is ant fidence and matters, improved alightly bad, roamed through the streets as be pleased to inform the House.
necessary to inquire into the reasons for but with the approach of the Chinaequiring loot wherever fancy led them. THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY.
the changed situation, but it may be re- New Year and the possibility of renewed About November 10th Li Fu-lung depart
levant to emphasise the need of clowr trouble, merchants proceeded very cauti, his netual destination being un-April sith, to Mr. Hurd, said that the be secured need hardly be doubted..
Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, replying on
co-operation between British manufactur ously with their operations, and at the known..
ers and Chinese merchants. That this can moment no tangible signs are apparent Then the Yunnanese, suffering no only communication on the subject of upon which to base any hopes of early claimant near the throne, drove the the Anglo-Japaness treaty, of alliance
For one thing. good-will prevails be resumption of normal trade. The net pirates away from Hoihow on November which had passed between H.A. Govern- twem Chinese and British business men, value of the trade coming under the 18th-18th, killing some. 40 in the process, ment and the League of Nations was the to closer co-operation. as well as a valu cognizance of the Maritime Customs After this be Yunnanese closed the port Council of the League in July, 1020, by the dearth of shipping to Europe caused and good-wili is an easy stepping stone" amounted to Hk. Tls. 4.123314, compris as far as the departure of any Chinese
joiat conmunication addressed to the able asset to them both. Daring the war ing Hk Tis. 1,068.288 for import and was concerned, until the arrival, on the British and Japanese Governments to the diversion to other countries of much Hk. Tie 9,167,028 for taports. The year January 2nd, 1921, of the Cantonese the following effect:The Governments business that used to be given to this. was free from any epidemic. uns have been propitious, and the out-Teng Pen-yin. who were sent by the the conclusion that the Anglo-Japanese, necons between Chinese and British The sen troops, under the command of General of Great Britain and Japan have come to country. With the revival of former con- turn of the crops abundant. no industrial activity to record, the order where it was so badly needed. ing between the two countries, though restoration of normal trade and shipping There is Canton Military Government to restore Agreement of July 13th, 1911, now exist traders: however. and especially with the boganese ore and coal mining com During the main period of this closure of in harmony with the spirit of the conditions everywhere, there ought to be panies, in this district having been affect the port trade in all its branches, was Covenant of the League of Nations, is no difficulty for the securing of a large ed by the unsettled state of the country, practically at standstill, only the not entirely consistent with the letter of share of big orders for. Britain. ser Carlisle and the French Indo-Chinn
The port was visited by HBM's crui: actual necessaries of life being import that Covenant, which both Governments revenue cruisers Barton and Pink from ed. But towards the end of December earnestly desire to respect. They a Huphun. The Krungchea, and Kwangheng made pro
cordingly have the honour, jointly, to Chinese gun-boats ness improved slightly.
During the year under review business inform the League that they recognise AUSTRALIAN TRÅDE - WITH tracted cruise in these waters; and the generally was not profitable, with the the principle that, if the said agreement
THE ORIENT. transport rangkai brought 1,000 wol exception of brown sugar, and dried be continued after July, 1921, it must be diers from Canton.
A number of accidente occurred to ship a good return. The great drop in sterl. that Covenant." This communication Commissioner to the East, who recently
lichees, which provided exporters with inn form which is not inconsistent with ping connected with this port, the moating exchange in the latter half of the was duly, acknowledged at the time ami serious being the grounding during a year swelled the silver prices of foreign did not appear to call for any further thick fog and subsequent wreck near commodities; and this had a bad effect reply Kwangchowwan of the Chinese steamer or the purchasing power of the labour Replying to Sir J. D. Res, who naked Alicome, of 308 toas, which was on the ing classes, who are normally the whether her membership of the League regular run between Hongkong. Hoihow. largest consumers. But, nevertheless, dur- of Nations wind make it incumbent on
Another Chinese yeasting the. December, quarter cution, yarn Great Britain to intervene between the Commissioner, says the Melbourne corres the Kampinglet, of 440 tons, loaded with and yarn-dyed cottons showed a remark United States and Japan in respect of puadent of The Times Trade Supplement, salt from shihtowpu for Canton, went alfo increase. compared with the same the self-determination or ultimate des has been visiting all the States, inter aground in Cami Bay, she was refloated quarter of the previous year The bank tination of Yan, and between China and viewing the Chambers of Commerce and the caigo overboard. on the third day by the French ruptcy of a native bank at the ent of Japan in regard to the acute differences" general y noquainting himself with the
Part nf steamer Kaiping, of 177.tops inward theres buera bad effect on the business or inaction of the League in respect Little, will be under the direction of the year had between those nations, and the action requirements of Australian traders. Br. bound from Hongkong with a full cargo, vage of collapse. The climatic condi; of such différences, Mr. Cecil Harna Coumonwealth Bureau of Commerce and lost her propelier when about 10 tons were normal, and bath. the rice worth said. he was not aware of any industry." The possibilities of trade be
and Pakhoi
off the port, south of Kuntow Point, a
RUSSIAN
Mr, E. S. Little, the Australian Trude
Psed through Hongkong on his way to year at a salary of £2.000, with two- Shanghai, has been appointed for one assistants at 50 each. The new Trado
MAIL SERVICES TO THE EAST
A Paris telegram in the London IN states that the report on the Bill concers. papers:
the running of maritime, postal and The Asiatic News Agency circulates general services to the Far East, Austra
lia, New Caledonia, the Eastern Coast
PROGAGANDA CANTON.
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was towed in by the Chinese gun-bonth native currency at a high premium THE FAR EAST AND THE BUDGET. of facilitating influences in the shape of tween Australia and the East have long Kwangchen; the vessel was beached.
crops turned out well. The year opened, obligations of the charactor suggested
been recognised and despite the absence spare shaft and propeller fitted, and then over Hongkong currency (13 per cent); proceeded to Haiphong.
this renched its maximum about Feb. In the course of his financial statement Government encouragement and a regstlar been good, though the summer was un- by November, At the close of the yearth Mr. A. Chamberlain mentioned Commonwealth Government shipping line- The health of the port has generally runry (18 per cene.), and declined to far in introducing the Budget, on April shipping service, exports have steadily increased, After much agitation, the usually trying, owing to the protracted exchange turned, and Hongkong currency that Japan was amongst the countries was induced to place several of its steam beat.
The total rainfall was 101.13 stood at a premium of 2 per cent. The whose debts had been paid off by Greaters on the Eastern run, and as a result inches, as against 72.68 inches in 1910, general outlook for foreign goods for the Britain. He also acknowledged a generan impetus has been given to trade. being an increase of 28.77 inches. temperature was minimum, 37 deg. F. to aarest in the interior and the reluct ernment by the Straits Settlements and The year 1921, is vedy promising, ns, owing ous loan of £8,000,000 made to the Gov- recorded on the 4th February, and maxi- mum, 23dez. F. on the 18th May and markets in the interior are depleted of
anes of merchants to import goods, the Mauritius. 17th and 18th July, while in the preced-stocks of all kinds. ing year 85deg. F. was recorded as maxi- mum on the 27th June, and aidez. F. as minimum on the 3rd and 4th Febru
" INDUSTRIES OF THE 18LAND. ary.. The mean
Rubber The rubber industry has con- temperature 72.93leg. F, and for the previous yent practically at a standstill, attributable. was tinded its downward course and is now 78.68deg. F. The highest reading of the barometer was 30.55 inches, on the 4th | but, to a greater extrat,, to the slackness
in part, to bigh freight and expenses, the following January, and the lowest, 20.31 inches, of business in Singapore. ou the 20th July,
The cost of Mr. Hodoroff, Chief Agent of the of Africa, and the Eastern Mediter tapping trem came to 24 a picul, and Russian Bolshevik Dalta and Rosta ranean; which has been tab'ed in the freight and expenses to $23.30 a picul. News Agencies in Peking, has arrived in Chamber,specifies that the Messageries Another serious obstacle is the absence of Canton vid Tientsin and Shanghai, and Maritimes Co.'shall cease to be a State- Uovernment protection, hence the pre he was welcomed by the Sun Yat-sen subsidised company. valence of armed brigandage in
A new organisa- the Government officials. The mission of tion, based on the regie system, will carry. interior.
Hodoroff is to make connections with on the necessary services. The Messageries Coffee Plantation-The blends
vary the Cantonese newspapers for the pubii. Maritimes Co. undertakes to
form & During the year under review excep- gathered during the year, and this was and Siberia free of charge with a view bee ratification of the contract.
Only a small quantity of beans was lations from Russian journals from Russin mision france in the six months follow- tional political troubles influenced the entirely consumed" locally and in the to enabling the southern Chinese" to number of alterations will be made in the trade conditions of this port, These oc interior. curred more particularly during the last
mail-steamer routes,
THE ISLAND OF HAINAN. Mr. T. A. I. Castle, Acting Commis sioner of Customs at Kiungchow (Hoi. how), reported on the political and trade
conditions in the district in 1921 as greatly, but the general quality is good. cation of Russian telegrams sild trans special compsay with a capital of sixty
follows:
Lebih Plantations. The output was
portion of the year, for then the whole plentiful; yet producers complain bitterly Soviet Russia and the Russian Far know the real condition of affairs in
He has already
The schoolboy who, on Saturday," was
of Hainan was given over to the realm curtailment of buyers purchasing power, tained official sanction from the Govern A SCHOOL BOY'S DAGGERS. of anarchy... Hoihow and Kiungchow brought about by the disastrous famine ment to do so. Mr. Hodoroff when were blockaded from late in September in the northern provinces. Japan, how. interviewed by the Chinese prcasmen, to December 24th by the Hainanese forces ever, draws about seven-tenths of the said that both Soviet Russia and Siberin of Ch'en Chi-yu, who had his head whole production, for manufacture of have been misrepresented by Japanese remanded on a charge of unlawful: pós quarters in Tingan, a city distant some menthol and Titan." 25 miles from Kiungchow itself. He, in Tobacco Plantations-The tobacco crop tionary faction in China. He said that fore Mr. G. N. Orme, at the Magistracy, and the members of the Russian reac session of three daggers, was again be' hin turn, was attacked by the Yunnanese was fairly good. A large quantity was there will be no Bolshevik propaganda. forces, under the command of Chao exported to Canton, where it was manu Mr. Hodoroff has been received in and yesterday. The compradore of the P. & Te-yü, Tanauese cheer. who, on factored into cigars, which, being for fence by President Dr. Sun, Dr. Wu O. Company whom the defendant called October 1st, renounced his allegiance to cheaper than the laid down price of Ting-fang and other high Government witness, said that, he could not bis former Commander, Li Kên-yuan, Manila products, find ready sale in Can authorities. The visit of this Russian speak as to the boy's conduct, because and declared the independence of the top and the Straits Settlements. mixed. Yunnanese and Cantonese forces tobacco of poor quality was kept locally majority of the vernacular papers in Wills said that the defendant's teacher Leaf publcist agent is a success because the the seldom saw him. Sub-Inspector stationed at Hoihow and Riangchow.
and made into cherdote for home con- Canton hare promised to print his tele In March, 1920, Shên Hung-ying, Garri Ti Ore. The tin ore and band were Bramsend newsletters,"
Sumption.
had been asked to come Court, but son-Commander of the island of Hainan, reared into slabs locally, the whole quan- Dr. Chen Tu-hsiao, former Professor of ant as he had been absent from school She also refused to speak for the defend left for Canton. His departure was the tity of which, (as given in the returns) the Peking Government University, who sines May lat. "The Magistrate imposed go for brigundage to break forth was consumed in. Hongkong. The languid has been regarded as the Chief of the a fine of 350, or, in default one month's throughout the island The arrival, how state of the foreign market had caused Chinese Socialists has been ordered to imprisonment with hard libbur. ever, of Li Ken-yüna in April, with a abnormally low prices, sod the business leave Canton by Geners Chen, Chiung mixed force of 10,000 troops, as mention was none too favourable throughout the ming, in spite of the intercession of Dr. ed above, gradually restored order. But year. The hope that mining enterprise Sun Yat-sen. this improvement was of merely a tran- would flourish after the conclusion of the sient nature, for in August Li Ken-yian, European War has been abandoned by all- in response to an appeal from Canton interested. "
spectacle glasses is of the greatest of the Military Governor, Mo Jung-hsin; The Chinese community suffered severely CABLE COMPANY'S. DIVIDENDS. rotransferred a large number of the from an epidemic of cholera early in
importance," writes Dr. 0 Hartrid troops he had brought with him from May, and the mortality was compara
FRO.S., Ophthalmic Surgeon and Canton back to that city in order to tively high. It is much to be regretted China Telegraph.-Final dividend on the Westminster Hospital, they must be Eastern Extension Australasia and Lecturer on Ophthalmic Surgery to the assist in the attempted repulse of the that nothing is done to combat the old ordinary shares for the year ended invading forces of Ch'in Sh'iung-ming Idmentable ignorance of the Chinese in
Shortly after this Li Ken-yuan himself bygienic matters.
of the Chinese in December 31st of 2 per cent, free of accurately centred in frames that are returned to Canton, first having placed
a view to encouraging industrial year of 10 per cent, Trees of tax. The
tax making a total distribution for the Dig strong and fit well, otherwise the in charge of the soldiers he left behind and agricultural enterprises an Indus dividend in 1919 was the same good effect of the most carefully chosen hiur, some 2,000 in number, his cousin instituted at Hoihow. in April. But for year ended December 31st, 1920, of a faulty position of the glasses, or even Li, Ch'ao-yang, who was arrested by political changes made
trial and Communications Bureau was Eastern Telegraph. Final dividend Frection may be entirely frustrated by Chio Toyu on October 1st, when he de abo:is the establishment: shortly after 2 per cent, freo of lax, on ordinary fresh source of eye-atrain may be intro-
it Degesrary to clared the independence of this mixed the departure of Li Kia-yuan, in Sep 1920, 10 fer cont Free of tax, on that duced. The Hongkong Optical Co., force of troops, and who was subsetember
This will make distribution for year quently murdered by the mutineers: onThe motor car service between Hoihow stock, same rate as was paid for previous sucesssors to Clark & Cos, Refracting and November 13th. The departure of Li and Kiungchow had a most unremunera year. Usual distribution at rate of 31 Manufacturing Opticians, located in 53, Ken-yüan in Beutembar threw the whole tive year, owing to the hears, expense per cent, per annum, leas tax, on me Queen's Road Central, have the equip of the island of Hainan into a state of for the upkeep of the roads, which are ference for the first quarter of 1921 willment and instrument to adjust your Bolshevism.
nevertheless in a shocking condition also be paid.
a spectacle to a nicety-ADYT, (6e9
THE METHOD OF MOUNTING