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The right of the Philippine Government to collect wharfage tax on goods exported through pri- Japan soon saw that, if she WAS to rise to the level of the othors, vately owned wharves, was sustain the ed on December & by the Supreme it would be necessary to do trappings of Western nations and Court, Manila, through Justice out of the humiliation she then felt Charles A. Johns,

The decision was handed down in' that the "foreign barbarian" far superior to her, grew the re- connection with the eult of the and Philippine Sugar Centrals Agency FOR DEFENCE ONLY. solve to strain every muscle

sinew until she reached a like proud against the Insular Collector. of position. The work of making for Customs for the refund of wharf- Tokyo, Nov. 12,

Japan a really modern navy began age tax amounting to F10,248.84, In ne other branch of Japan's in 1872, under a mission from Bri- collected at Pulupandan, a port of general activities has there been tain. Progress was very slow at entry.. at Occidental Negros, on a greater and a more spectacular first. For the one thing, there was sugar consigned to advance than in the evolution of not the mad race for naval, arma- States.

Paid Under Protest. her navy. The grand navh re- ment that has characterised the

The plaintiff is the representa- view held at the commencement of first quarter of the 12th century; this month, in the presence of the for another, science had not yet de tive of Ma-no Sugar Central Co., E/Asia and E/Russia call at Nagasaki the day after departure from S'hai) Emperor, attested well to this fact, veloped the technique and skill domestic, corporation, holding a No less than 170 vessels from giant that maltos for the quick and eff. lease on a foreshore public land at Pulupandan, Occidental Negros. dreadnaughts to powerful cruisera elent building of to-day. of the most modern type, stretched When Japan went to war with This corporation owns and main- out in line after line, a visible aym China, her fest, all told, consisted taina the wharf at that place. In bol of Japan's strength on the sea of 28 vessels, all of them bought May, 1926, the plaintiff shipped at since she came into contact with from abroad. She won easily from Fulupandan, on the steamer "Han-Empress. of Asia" and "Empress of Russia" are fitted with hot and the outer world, The fleet was China because her vessels were of a over," 5,124,416 gross kilos of cen-cold running water.

of the trifugal sugar consigned to the well supported by other fighting superior type and becauso

The collector of units of the Navy, including 80 over-weening pride of the Man United States. aeroplanes. The Japanese press darins, who scorned their enemy, customs for the district of Iloilo, has evinced the greatest pride in forgetting that size is not neces-j in accordance with law collected P2 cruisers of the Kako type, displac- aarily muscle. To-day, just two per thousand gross kilos or a total ing 7,000 tons, which the papere of the ships that took part in the of P10,248.84. That amount was declare to be the invention of Jap naval review, the "Nagato" and the paid by the plaintiff under protest, anese naval genius. These eruis. "Mutsu," have a tonnage greater' The plaintiff brought the action to ers mount eight-inch guns and are than the entire fleet Japan had in recover the protested taxes in the court of, first instance of Manila. 1894. credited with a very high speed.

Attention during the recent re-. Eight years ago, the Inte Em- The lower court then gave judg-! view was concentrated even more peror. Taisho held a naval review. ment in favour of plaintiff. on the "Akagi," of 20,900 tons, the At that time the Japanese Navy! newest aeroplane carrier, which had no super-drondnaughts or first- On appeal, the supreme court re- Japanese officials long have main-class battleships. The country's versed, the decision of the lower tained is the last word in naval ruler then reviewed 122 vessels, and court, and ruled that under the pro- construction of that type. Its de- of these 21 were capital ships, visions of the Philippine Tariff Act tails have been kept strictly secret while others were on the stocks, of 1909, the Philippine government and further interest was focussed To-day Japan has only ten capital; was authorized to collect wharfage on this craft because of a semi- ships, ne a result of the Washington duties on goods exported through official statement to the effect that Conference. As regards other, ports of entry of the Islands, or it was the belief of Japanese naval craft, however, experts any that her shipped therefrom to the United experts that efficient service by an position is about the same as it was States or any of its possessions. aeroplane carrier would, to a great just prior to the Washington-Con--The plaintiff argued that the extent, determine fortunes of battle ference. One thing the grand Philippine government was only in actual warfare. The painataknaval review emphasised was the authorised to collect the tax in ing care with which the secrets relatively greater strength of the question on goods exported through

piers claimed for the "Akagi" are being Japanese Navy for defending its government-owned guarded is best seen by a notice own shores and the relatively wharves. that minor officers of the vessel weaker position she is in to under- The original Customs Tariff of are not permitted to enter the fly take any aggressive adventures, 1901 enacted by the Philippine ing deck, which is provided with a even if she feels inclined to do so. Commission under the authority. special arrangement, whereby ac- With the exception. of battleships from the president of the United cess to it can be had. The "Akagi" and battle-cruisers, all other unita States, authorised the Philippine bas three flying decks, one on top of the Japanese Navy have been government to collect wharfage of the other, while the British greatly increased when compared duties. aeroplane carriers have two decks with 1919. and the American carriers one. The "Akagi is said to be capable of developing 28 knots per hour. In vessel, especially after all the spite of the public interest in the claims made for it, there was keen disappointment during the naval review because no acaplane How

from it.

Lower Court Reversed.

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"Notwithstanding that fact the A comparison of gun calibre and wharfage tax in question has been gun-power showed 10 16-Inch guns continuously levied and collected on the turrets of the more powerful from 1901 up to the present time. battleships; in 1919, none of these That is to say, in 1901 the Philip- naval "Big Berthas" existed. In nine Commission, which enacted the other respects, the gun-calibre flaw, knew or must have known about the same as it was in 1919, that there was not a single pier or with minor difference in the

num-wharf in the Philippine Islands, and ber of guns.

The entire nation, naturally, was the government has at all times yet without such wharves or piers, filled with proud emotion on behold- levied and collected the tax in Ing the smart and imposing armada, question, and it is fair to assume for supporting which millions have that from and out of the money' suffered break-back taxation. The derived from such sources, it has newspapers, in editorials meant

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