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“NEUTRALITY”
PROCLAMATION
Of 1940 Passed
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con to revenue involved in this VLADIVOSTOK OPEN |cession will be triviui, TO U.S. MUNITION
WASHINGTON, Jul e 28 (Reuter) -President Roosevelt does not in tend to issue a "neutrality" pro- clamation on the Russo German war, according to an announce ment by Mr. Summer Welles, Un der-Secretary of State, yesterday.
United States ships will
carry be permitted to
Hima Vladivostok.
REASONABLE DEPRECIATION
tion but 101 a lower rate
His Excellency said he felt that atter had been given very care Jui consideration
omnibus clause which provided that for anything not inside the schedule the Commissioner would In connexion with Clause 18, the, be empowered to
give higher Financial Secretary sald
rate of depreciation The cluuse Government received yesterday j did give the Commissioner power a letter from the Hongkong Gen- it allow a higher rate of deprecia.
Commerce suk- eral Chamber of
that the words in gesting
Sub paragraph 8 be deleted and that the words "an allowance for rea sonable depreciation" be substi
The Attorney General remarked tuted therefor. This would be a
ibal depreciation WELS J ITIAT reversion to the wording of the which had been
+1 given a lot corresponding section (Section 16 thought by the business section of cay of the War Revenue Ordin-line Committee. atter. 1940
Mr. Shields did not press his explained i the Table of amendment and The clause was Correspondence attached to the passed. pointed out that B. this clause has been redraft under the Neutrality Atl. &
neud s0 15
Lo Dat the question trality proclamation required the maning of depreciation or when the President Congress clearer basis The redzati WAS "shall And that there exists 8 drawn up by a Sub-committee of state of War between
foreign the reconstituted War Rovener states and that 11 15 necessary. Committee and was accepted
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The United States is taking up the same position as she maintamed during the undeclar
has
ed Sino-Japanese war.
Mr Welles
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Government as noted the
Chamber 0: presentations of the Commerce in this inatter but does nol consider that a case has been
Mr. Welles added that Prest made out for an amendment dent Roosevelt had authorised the clause as it now stands. him to announce that Inasmuch
as he finds that a
proclamation;
VARIOUS FIELDS
Hon Mr A. L Shields, address
of
CLAUSE 39 AMENDED Moving an amendment to Clause 39, the Financia) Secretary said.
It is proposed that the words within twelve months after the death of the deceased person" be added at the end of proviso ( (b). Representations on this pro viso have been received from the Hongkong General Chamber of
The purpose of pro
the viso (i) (b) is to forestal executor
evade who wishes to taxation by distributing an estate before a notice 18 given to him
Commerce.
The Council. said that the, that ability to tex will arise. is unnecessary in the present ning
is of the oplaton Government Commerce had last of Chamber of stance to promote the peace
The Chamber that the point raised by the Cham the United Stales
protect year's El in mind
namely, that felt that was impossible to draw ber of Commerce, American citizens, he has no in
occasioned to tention of issuing a proclamation any scale of depreciation to cover hardship may be
fields of business in executors who may have to pay Asked what effect this would the various
In the case of fac-terest on jegacles remaining un- the have on the transport of arms to thas Colony.
to paid twelve months after American Russia in
Mr forles which bad put in plant shipa
of the deceased person. Welles explained that the combat make materials for war purposes death zones already estahilshed by the President do not include the Paci The region, Vladivostok wil thus en
American remain open to
ships carrying arms or any other ELD- plles.
"BELLIGEREN'T" PORTS
It was obvious, he thought, that in wil be met by the proposed addi- that case the plant must be writ tion.
When the warnishes; these people may be left with very expensive plant.
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The Attorney General (Hon. Mr.
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sald that the B has passed through Commit-
went back
tee with two amendments, namely. Under the Neutrality Act. Ameri. proposed amendment
To last year's Ordinarice which was
substitution of the words the considered unsatisfactory because "seven hundred and fifty" for the
Carry
ports
or
can ships are forbidden to
"belligerent" arms to defined combat areas.
it was su vague and it had been
hundred" in Clause words "ve clarified by a ruling of the Board.
13. sub-paragraph (c), and the Mr. Welles added that the Unit-
War The Reconstituted
Revenue
of
"within words the addition ed States had stili not received
Committee submitted the Bill to ai
twelve months after the death of TL from BF1 official communication
Very competent sub-committee
at the end Government
since was proposed 10 the Russian
reconstitute the the deceased person" Committee the American declaration on Mon
again and this point of proviso (1) (b) to Clause 39.
rule If Your Excellency will
nut day favouring Russia against Ger-could be dealt with by the third
that the amendments are many and President Roosevelt's an-Committee.
material I can move the third
nouncement
that all American! A MISUNDERSTANDING
to i given aid possible would be
Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo said that in reading of the Bill at this meet- Russia.
the absence of detalls of the ob-ing. jections of the Chamber of Com- merce. there appeared to be
No reasonable and
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Pleading not guilty before misunderstanding. Cmdr. J. Jolly yesterday to having rates were specified. entered his junk, a Class IV boat Nq. 2275A. Into the West Lamina Channel Minefield without per- mission, a junk foki, Lai Pak, 20. of Macao. was ordered to appear before the Marine Magistrate case will this morning when the be heard.
Days of
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 27 June to 8 July 1941.
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02 31
02 31
4 6
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16.09
4
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