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SHANGHAI AS SECOND DEFENCE LEAGUE,
PORT.
· ÇAPT, ROBERT DOLLAR'S OPINION.
EVEN GREATER FUTURE.
Captain Robert Dollar, the veteran hond of the Dollar steam ship and lumber interests, arrived In Shanghai on Friday last and was warmly welcomed:
Referring to his trip up the river and anked if he had noted any changes since his last visit, Captain Dollar said that he always expected to see a little change no matter how short a time he had been away, and he had noticed several small improvements in the harbour but nothing of any great magnitude.
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ANTI-COMMUNISM IN SHANGHAI.
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THE BRITISH COAL PROBLEM.
HOURS BILL IN HOUSE OF LORDS
LATEST WAGE OFFERS.
Rugby, July 5.
Some of the features. of the work of the Shanghai Constitu
In moving the second reading of tional Defence League were out- lined by Mr. L. M. Beytagh at a the Coal Mines Bill in the House of public meeting convened by that Lords this evening, Lord Cecil em- body last week, which was attend-phasised that the Bill was a tem ed by some 400 men and women porary, permissive and emergency menduro which did not interfere representative of many nations
In the course of his speech, the with the seven hours day principle. Chairman noted with satisfaction Ho sald the problem they had to the tendency in England to deport overcome was how to keep the min- Bolshevist agitators and said he ing industry going and he could not. hoped the time was not far distant feeling that the economic case when all countries, including China, would adopt that course.
CONTACT WITH HONGKONG.,
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against the lengthening of hours had been, in some respects, exag gorated. It would be a mistake to treat the Bill as the whole policy Regarding the actual working of the Government. It was only of the League, said the Chairman, part of that policy and the sugges we are now in direct and regular tions of the Coal Commission would contact with centres in Japan, be carried out, with the exception SHANGHAI SECOND Port.
Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, of the nationalisation of royalties
municipal trading. "I stated when I was here be- Sorabaya, Bandoeng, Batavia, Sai- and fore, and I say again that, so far Hon. Geneva, Romo, New York and Government were considering the as entrance and clearance is con- London and considerable progress latter question very carefully. He cerned, Shunghal is the second has been made in developing believed there was a strong case for greatest port in the world. I got branches in the principal parts of the amalgamation of mines in many. into hot water over that statement Chind. We held a successful con- casos, and that it would mean a con- siderable saving in working costs. last time but it is true, for all that, ference of representatives of out-He was also attracted by the pro- and 1 have, gone carefully into the porta some time ago and the reposal of the Commission regarding figures. The growth of this port port of that conference makes
selling agencies, where something
is almost unbelievable and in my very illuminating reading. A material might be done. Lord Cecil opinion it has only really "com- copy of same may be seen private complained of the negative charac- menced. Having noted its expany by bona fide inquirers on appli-ter of the oppositions policy. He Aion in the last 25 years and know cation to me. Our contact with added that the Government were ing the future of China and the Geneva has produced suggestions ready at any time to resume the certain expansion of trading for a sound working scheme from work of negotiation and mediation. activities in this part of the world the headquarters of the Great In- I can expect, anything in the ternational League known as the future.
International Entente against the Third International, and we hope at our next committed meeting to be able to adopt practically all of their proposals.
GOOD PROSIECTE.
"In another 25 years, and teas, I fully believe that Shanghai will be by far the leading port in the Regarding London, we recently world, not so far as harbour received a very welcome telegram facilities are concerned, but in re-from our European representative apect of tonnage. If the port goes to the effect that progress is satis- on increasing in the same ratio in factory and that he was shortly the future as it has done in the to confer with interested members past, there is going to be a very of the House of Parliament, whilst acrious problem for the local au we notice a very lively interest thorities to face. The trouble being taken in our work in Japan, with the port at the present time where there is a league already is that the improvements which in operation and from whence have been made suffice for the pre-there is an insistent demand that sent time but there has been no a member of our General Commit- regard for the future and, unless tee should visit that country to something is done in the way of address certain bodies over there. looking ahead, the port facilities are going to be so far behind the requirements that it will be next! to impossible to bring them into line.
HARBOUR CONTROL.
year
NEW WAGES OFFERS. Mineowners of Scotland the
Forest of Dean, the Bristol arca, as well as those of Yorkshire and War wickshire, have now posted new wage offers, 'all showing the main- tenance of pre-stoppage rates in return for a longer working day. Half a million men are affected by these offere. Others areas will post their wage offers during the week. It is expected that by Thursday, when the Bill 'will probably become law, about three-quartors of a mil- on miners will have the offer of work at the old rate of wages for an extra hour per day. Meanwhile, the miners leaders continue to urge the men to refuse to go back until they get their full demands, which are no reduction in wages, no in- eroase in hours and no district agreements.
WAGES BOARD QUESTION. Asked in the House of Commons
AGITATORS KNOWN... Later in his speech, Mr. Beytagh said the number of professional agents of the Bolshevik party, who operate in the Shanghai district to-day whether he intended setting is well known, as are their names.
up a Wages Board in the coal in- "There is a great future for Of their number, approximately dustry such as had been satisfac- Shanghai as a port and its growth 69 per cent., are Chinese and the torily established in the railway in the past has proved this beyond remaining 31 per cent, are for and other industries, the Premier any shades of doubt. If anybody cigners, mostly Russians. Meet-stated that the success of such a had suggested that a vessel of the ings resulting from the efforts of Board in any industry depended size of this one (the President these agents are known to have upon the desire of the industry it Grant) would ever come so far up been held at more than 50 different self to make it succeed. This was recognised by the Royal Commis- the river as this wharf they would addresses during the past have been laughed at and I, myself, and in addition to their other sub- sion, whose comment was that there might be advantages in having a would scarcely have believed it pos- versiye activities, they have put Board of this sort, if the two sible. I can remember 25 years ago in circulation no less than 641 parties agreed. As this condition coming to Shanghai in a vessel of different kinda of books and num was not at present fulfilled he did about 6,000 tons and having to an- berless leaflets advocating their not think it would be necessary to chor, outside at Woosung and unload the cargo because she would not cross the bar. Yes, I agree that the control of the harbour should be in the hands of some cestral body and whatever that may be it should turn its attention in mediately to preparations for the future."
FRENCH TRAIN DISASTER.
OFFICIAL FINDING AS TO- CAUSE.
Paris, July..5.
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the exploitation of various politi- casion for vituperation and as was cal issues; not because they have said in the last issue of the "Con- the lightest interest in these stitutionalist," the recent Com- affairs, but because they rea- munistic Labour Conference lise them to be the only means Canton placed this league first in left to them of keeping their the list of its enemies, even before agitation alive in Shanghai. the Hongkong Government. Large It is safe to say.
that the Appropriatiofis of funds have been sums being spent annually for specially set aside to offset our the furtherance of communism in work, but no amount of money can China run into millions and special stem the tide of the educated sume have recently been allotted public opinion which we hope to for the intensification of certain of create gradually in ever-increasing the present day political issues. volume. There are about 300 Chinese study-
CHINESE SPEAKER.. The cause of yesterday's training in Moscow, who will in due
A stirring speech was also de- accident at Poissy, is officially course return to China to become livered by Mr. Allan Chao, who the apostles of the poisonous has filled many important positions ascribed to the fact that the creed which they are now absorb-ind
at present an adviser to the train was diverted to a loopline, ing under communist teachers. Ministry of Agriculture and Com- and the driver, being unaware of .. INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT. merce. He said within the last the change, maintained a speed of We have also, anid the Chairman, few years, Communist agents had fifty-six miles per hour, which an intelligence department, which paid many hot-headed students and was too fast for a secondary confines itself to seeing and ra- teachers, to go around the ports, track-Reuter.
porting what goes on at the other such as Shanghai, Hankow and side of the hill, and all I can Tientsin, and the Interior, and. tell you is that it has made itself these so-called patriotic ladies and exceedingly unpopular in certain gentlemen were pouring their quarters. You will appreciate the fancy words into the ears of the absolute need for reticence régard- ignorant, saying "After we be ing this department. We have a como a Bolshevik nation, we will Russian Advisory Committee to wear the same clothing as the rich guide us in purely Russian affairs mon they call capitalist, We wif! and they have put certain pro- get the same food as those who are Paris, July 6.
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