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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST
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AQUATIC HONOURS SHARED.
A BIG SURPRISE ANNOUNCED.
CHINA'S TREATIES.
VALUE OF COMMERCIAL PACTS.
ROOT OF TRADE.
What Foreign Powers Are Ready
To Do.
RESUME OF MOST IMPORTANT MEASURES.
[By "Li Chung-yin."] Striking at the very root of trade out here, China's Commercial Treaties with other nations are of special importance at the moment, In view of America's conclusion of a new Treaty, superseding the old one, and Britain's announcement that she will enter into nego tiations for a similar Treaty, some alarm might be felt. But when the purport of the new Treaty. is analysed, it will be found that there is no materially dangerous departure from procedure hitherto adopted; nor is there much jettisoning of so-called rights.
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IS THAT
SO?
BATSMEN, BOWLERS: Thoughts Terse, Perverse-and Worse.
BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS THREE OF EACH DO WELL IN
TO CO-OPERATE.
RHINE MANOEUVRES,
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A little bit of sun may rays our spirits but a little bit of rain will raise our water.
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One of the Chinese department
Study window and win
AT AMSTERDAM.
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BY THE MAIL MEN. BRITAIN AND AMERICA EACH
MATCHES. WIN TWO EVENTS.
Talking about chits, some peoplo, SOME SURPRISE RESULTS. when the debit note comes round, AUSTRALIAN SCULLER.
won't even pay attention. Six of the sixteen who have London, Yesterday. Britain and America shared
been selected by the. M.C.C. to How quarrelsome golfers must major honours in the aquatic Unprecedented operation of defend the Ashes in Australia be getting. A notice stated re-stores has a guessing competi
Britain events at Amsterdam. took the Coxless Fours, beating troops of two nations in peace have done well in county cricket cently that a club wanted an 88- U.S.A. by half a length, and the time manœuvres is officially an-matches which concluded last sistant professional, scratch or "dough"?
night, three being Single Sculls, through Pearce, of nounced in London.
and three batsmen.
man who went Jack Hobbs made top score, Australia, who was five lengths
The 8th King's Royal Irish in front of Myers, of U.S.A., at
the 200 not out (but his side, Surrey, Niagara Falls in a rubber ball Hussars, who fought on
His must have had plenty of bounce the Anish.
America's successes were in western front throughout the lost points to Warwick).
opening partner in Test matches, about him. the Double Sculls, in which she war will participate in the forth- Sutcliffe of Yorkshire, scored
According to the new Chinese Commercial Treaty; the question the Eights, in which Britain was holding the Francrmy occupa-made 168. beat Canada by five lengths, and coming manoeuvres on the Rhine 119. E. Tyldesley of Lancashire
Tich" Freeman of Kent is still of foreign trade is an import-ant again second, only half a length tions.
Berliners Interested, taking wickets galore, with his one. behind.
Italy, Germany and Switzer-
Larwood and Tate googlies. Berlin, Yesterday. land ench won one event.
A Scotsman thinks a distillery played on opposite sides and both from Reuter, fol Great interest is evinced here of them shone. Their figures are is a picture-sort of still life. Details,
regarding the report.-Reuter.
[as follow:-
low
1
bowlers biter."
That
Amsterdam, Yesterday.
Double Sculls,
1
NANKING TEXT.
2
Freeman Larwood
11
wkts. rune.
14 181 101
Tate
5
Foreign Office to Disclose on 'Monday,
* one innings.
SCRAPING HOME.
Won by five lengths.
Close study of the situation will show that Japan, and other nations, although vigorously objecting to China's abrogation, haa U.S.A,
Canada not declared her unwillingness to forgo such "rights." She in- sists on the change being brought about by usual diplomatic methods instead of China saying off-hand that she does not recognise the Treaty any longer.
BACK TO 1842.
Perhaps a brief review of the outstanding features in China's trade relations with the, world will not be out of place here.
The Treaty of Nanking, signed by China and Britain in 1842, is the basic Treaty of Commerce between China and all foreign countries.
By the Nanking Treaty, for- eign trudle was permitted in five Treaty Ports (Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo and Shanghai). This number has been added to from time to time by subsequent agreements.
paying only the stipulated duties thereon.
Time: 6 mins. 41,2/5 seconds.
Eights.
U.S.A.
Britain
Won by half a length,
Coxed Fours.
Italy
1
2
Switzerland
Won by seven lengths. Time: 6 mins. 47.4/5 seconds. Coxless Patrs.
"All articles manufactured by Junanese subjeeta in China shall, in respect of inland transit and internal Germany taxes, duties, charges ad exactions Britain of all kinds, and also in respect of U.S.A. warehousing and storage facilities
Won by half a length.
in the interior of China, stand upon the same footing and enjoy the same privileges and exertions as mer- chandise imported by Japanese sub-Pearce (Australia) jects into China.
Myers (U.S.A.)
Time: 7 mins. 6.2/5 seconds. Single Sculls.
Won by five lengths.
The provisions of the Treatyed the way for Japanese, and Won by half a length.
include:-
British merchants can reside and traile at these Ports;
For trade purposes, they may bull dwellings and warehouses;
Consular officials appointed to act ax the medium of communication be tween the British merchants and the Chinese authorities;
A schedule of Customs duties fix- cd, the same not to be increased without consent;
The British Government appointed officials to see that the merchants paid their Customs duties etc.;
British merchants permitted to trade with any persons whatsoever. A subsequent declaration was signed on behalf of the Emperor of China in 1843. This is the foundation of what is now known as the "most favoured nation clause," ie., an understanding giving Britain (or whichever na- Lion concluding a similar agree ment) the promise that she should have better terms if such were granted to other nations.
The 1843 declaration stipulated that should additional privileges or immunities be granted subjects or citizens of other foreign countries, the same privileges and immunities will be enjoyed by British subjects; but demands or requests, on this unnecessarily plea, must not be brought forward.
"In the event additional rules and regulations are necessary, in connec
they tion with these concessions,
Time: 7 mine. 20.4/5 seconds.
Coxless Fours. shall be embodied in the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation provided Britain (First Trinity, Cam-
bridge) for by this Article." Subsequent arrangements, pav-U.S.A... therefore all foreigners, to trade in South Manchuria. The Com- mercial Treaties also make pro- vision for the government of for eign nationals concerned, by their own Consular officials, and for diplomatic representation.
Time: 6 mins. 36 seconds.
Coxed Pairs, Switzerland France
Won by two lengths.
London, Yesterday,
The Foreign Office is issuing
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The prime optimist of the year is the statistician who says one motorist in five knows how to drive a car.
2,000,000 men under arms in China, shouts a disbandment ad- vocate. And they noughty as it looks.
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are as
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Business may be dull at this time of the year but many a tai- pan's signature still flourishes.
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Mr. Carrie announced that the distribution of the rain this week was uneven
He should have asked Mr. Wolfe to issue a rule to regulate it.
According to the S.C.M.P., Mr. R. E. Lindsell held an enquiry of an aged into the death 39Chinese coolie. Is that so?
It would be a serious thing for sport if many prominent athletes Bowlers, generally, had a good lost their volces like poor Senorita time. It appears that rain inter-de Alvarez... fered with the programme but vent them telling the reporters he descends to that shames the not to a great extent. Only six how they were going to win. batsmen got into three figures.
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We need not worry about what It would pre-a man descended from; it's what
human race..
to
the text of the Nanking, Agree- ment, signed with China, on the
Some of the results were sur Another thing that seems evening of Monday, August 13.prising. Lancashire and Kent, improve the longer you keep it is
Notts your temper.
-Reuter.
LARCENY ACT.
BILL TO EXTEND POWERS.
HOUSE BREAKING.
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the lenders, both won. scraped home by two wickets
2,700 square feet of land at after being behind on the first innings; and Derby won by a Wong-nei-chong, which changed similar margin.
hands at $4,100, is called "A valu Middlesex were trounced (by able piece of leasehold property" the champions). Surrey dropped by the S. C. M. Post.. points and mighty Yorkshire had
the unpleasant experience of be- But we know of a lady speen- ing made to follow on against lator who used to look fondly at Leicester. Happily, Sutcliffe and Exchange-building and call it A bill is to be introduced at Holmes both made centuries at "My Precious." the next meeting of the Legisla-the second time of asking. tive Counell to amend the Lar
1 ceny Ordinance of £865.
2
A new section 39 bubstituted
2
Time: 7 mins. 42.3/5 seconds.
New Boxing Rules.
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KENT v. ESSEX
London, Yesterday.
Other adjectives which come to mind are darling," and "dear,"
for the old section 89 of the First-class cricket matches but, we are afraid, we may be ex-
market. Larceny Ordinance 1865, such concluded to-day resulted as fol-ceeding the limits of the property new section being based upon the low:-
language of section 25 of the At Canterbury, Kent beat English Larceny Act, 1916, which Essex by 146 runs. Scores:---
Kent 346 runs and 226 runs for includes the offence of burglary at common law as well as the pre-1 wkt. dec. vious offence of burglary by Essex 208 runs (Freeman 8 for The International Amateur Box-statute law. It is convenient to 94) and 218 runs (Freeman 6 for The main features in the ing Federation by 14 votes to 10 make both kinds of burglary 87).
Section 3 of this Ordinance have two Treaty signed by Mr.T. V. Soong has decided that in future inter- statutory offences. (Nationalist Minister of Fin-national contests must
THE USA. TREATY.
LARWOOD AND TATE.
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The worst of wisdom is that you can only acquire it on the in- stalment system.
21 [D.
The young bandit chief who let four sisters go free and then mar- ried one of them in Canton couldn't have been much of a kidnap-oleon.
Ahough Gene Tunney said he has retired, he is to sign the big- geat articles of his life. His marriage ticket.
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What with the building of a new trunk road from Kongmoon to Canton, 'buses will soon be run- parts of ning to the re-motor Kwangtung.
There is no truth that, to seek local colour during the next British trooping season, the Sha(h) Force is to be transferred to Persia.
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Although the deep-sea fishing soon be here, local The fight between Europeans season will and Kowloon motor-bus em- anglers show little inclination to ployees occurred at the junction venture out, . A policy of of Nathan and Jordan-roads. The bait and see, we suppose?
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At Hastings, Sussex lost to
The passing of the old type of ance) and Mr. J. V. A, MacMur-judges on opposite sides of the ring substitutes the provisions of sec-Notts by two wickets. Scores: cross-roads, verily.
Sussex 190 runs Larwood 6
If the women's party had its
mandarin diplomat who main- ray (the U.S. Minister to China) as well as a referee,
for 55) and 158 runs (Larwood 6
way, it would rule the country by tained intercourse with the Fow- for 46). are as follow:-
ers' Ministers at Peking is be- moaned by a paragraphist in a Home paper
The missing
It is understood that this is a Existing tariff rates on American sequel to the criticisms of the pre- imports into and exports from China sent Olympic judging. shall henceforth be declared null and
void. A new tariff schedule to be
Britain, South Africa and Canada drawn up on the principle of tariff opposed the resolution and Amer- autonomy. China and America ica and the continental representa- agree, however, that there will be tives supported it. Reuter. no discriminatory treatment accord-
ed to their respective nationals n compared with that accorded to other nationala,
Neither shall impose, upon what ever pretext, Customs duty, Inland tax or any other lavies on the im porta and exports of nationals of the other contracting Power, exceeding the rates paid by their own nationals ar nationals of any other country. This Treaty is to come into effect, to all intents and purposes, on Jan. 1, 1929.
IRAQ FRONTIER.
WHY THE JIDDAH CONFER- ENCE BROKE DOWN.
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IBN SAUD'S VIEWS.'
Cairo, Yesterday.
A Hedjaz agency communique sscribes
- FRESH TO SHOWERY.
Depression E. of Formosa Causes N. W. Winds.
Tili noen tomorrow the wen- ther forecast is as follows:-
Hong Kong and the south coast of China from Hainan Island to Gap Rock and the Lamocks:- moderate, west winds, fair to showery.
Formosa Channel:-moderate, north-west winds.
At 10.20 a.m. to-day the Royal
the breakdown of the Observatory reported:-Pressure
It states that the. Nejdian Gov-
shown to the north of the Bonins and to the east of Formosa.
It will be seen that the "most Jiddah conference to the failure to is high over south Manchuria and This "most favoured nation" favoured nation" status is stipu- agree on the question of the re-north, Japan. Depressions are clause is unilateral (i.e., being on lated throughout. In other moval of Iraqulan frontier poats, one side) and is one of the words, America consents to China which Ibn Saud considered a con- grounds for the recent agitation bringing out a new tariff, pro- travention of the treaty. by the Nationalists, against sovided all nations including the called "unequal" treaties..
and ernment will continue to act in al Chinese are treated alike, The next step came in 1858 America undertakes to charge friendly way towards neighbourations 26 and 27 of the English when the Treaty of Tientsin was Chinese no more on Customs than Reuter. signed by China on the one is charged Americans or other na- hand, and Britain, America,tionalities.
France and Russia on the other. Existing Treaties were revised
and more ports opened to trade.
NOT MUCH.
"LEVIATHAN'S" MAIL
In 1902 the Mackay Treaty was if they are concessions at the mo signed. This was an effort to ad-ment, are limited in scope by the just Internal Customs levles on a "most favoured nation" clause. reciprocal basis, by the increase As the Marquis of Salisbury call- of Customs rates if likin were ed it, it is "purely a suspensory tant abolished, but nothing came of it. concession."
Notts 162 runs (Tate 5 for 39) and 189 runs for 8 wkts..
a slim majority.
JACK HOBBS.
Excavations continue
In
At Birmingham, Warwickshire Queen's-road and we ask the took first innings' points from authorities once more:What's lynx, of course.
up? Surrey. Scores
Happy Valley not being avail- Surrey 239 runs (Mayer 8 for The street diggers having ex-able, the slogan for the coming might. be:- Des Voeux-road, Night Pageant 62) and 393 runs for 6 wkts. tended into dec. (Hobbs 200 not out). Queen's-road will have to look to Tattoo, at Sookumpoo, not taboo.
Warwick 351 runs and 75 runs its laurels if it is to qualify for for 1 wkt
the name of Pick-a-dilly-dally of Hồng Kong.
Dough
CHAMPIONS WIN. At Manchester, Lancashire de feated Middlesex by an innings Strange that men should call
money "dough.' and 110 runs.. Scores:-
Lanca. 406 runs for 6 wkts.sticks to the fingers,
Don't be downhearted dec. (Tyldesley, E., 168).
low tide when you go ing
Wade and see.
Middlesex 151 runs and 145 runs (Hopwood 5 for 44).
YORKS FOLLOW-ON.
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The merchants and bankers of Shanghai are going to Nanking to press their claim for political re- presentation. The irate to lower high rates?
A fashion-writer says that the if it's short skirt will soon be no more. bath-There now! And one had been told that there was going to be more of it.
Sír Gerald du Maurier said in Mr. Justice Swift's court that he forgot a play about a week after he had seen it.
He is lucky.
A cookery note is headed Cracked, of
course.
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At Leicester, Leicestershire
Can a jockey, when the trainer took first inninge' points from
has forbidden him to eat meat, Yorkshire. Scores:
Leicester 390 runs (Armstrong be said to be warned off that Larceny Act of 1916, for the pro-186). visions of sections 44 and 45 of Yorkshire 284 runs and, fol-i
Reuter said that the public the present Larceny Ordinance, lowing-on, 278 runs for 4 wkts.
facilities and communications in 1885, which latter sections are (Holmes 110, Sutcliffe 119).
Florida were crippled by the founded on the provisions of the
WORCESTER v, DERBY...
tropical storm. If the telc "Potty Eggs." At Kidderminster, Worcester phonet are included we do not Such concessions by America, LACK OF EVIDENCE AGAINST English Larceny Act of 1861- CHAPMAN.
The advantages of the new sec tions 44 and 45, which are enact-lost to Derbyshire by two wickets, accept the cable as conclusive
Baker, Ovens and Cakebread Scores:
evidence. "Wrong number" may
are the names of three members New York, Yesterday. ed by section 4 of this Ordinance,
Worcester 244 runs (Townsend have been responsible.
of the village team at Send, near- Archibald Chapman, the assis over the present sections 44 and
You expect such Ilnon keeper of the 45, are that they include after 6 for 84) and 200 runs.
Derby 286 runs and 159 runs Women are not going to the Woking... "Leviathan," who was charged with the word "counting-house" the
Bar so much as formerly and I'm a mixture to produce a good bat- words "office, for 8 wkts. (Root 5 for 61).
What surprised.
true ter. not SOMERSET .v. GLAMORGAN. In 1895, China and Japan sign- In fact, nothing can happen to the theft of mail from that ship, additional new
America has been released owing to lack of store, garage, pavilion, factory,
At Weston-super-Mare, Somer-woman would wait for years be- ed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, tariff rates between
the American evidence. He is being deported to or workshop, or building belong
year-old Oxford and Bermondsey Certain new provisions were and China until
Government is assured that the England.-Reuter's American Ser-ing to His Majesty, or any Gov-1set took first innings' points from fore she was entitled to wear a Although S. Nibbs, the 19-
silk gown? made.
B.C. boxer, one of our. Olymple ernment Department or to any Glamorgan,: Scores:
Somerset 268 runs (Hunt 101; public authority."-In this way By virtue of the "most favour- terms of this new Commercial vice.
And here's another item which hopes, is in the "feathers" class, section 4 of this Ordinance mat- Mercer 6 for 75) and 192 runs, ed-nation" clause, such provisions Treaty are not in any way worse,
Bays: "Girls are not attracted by he objects to being nicknamed erially and usefully extends the Glamorgan 218 runs. were made applicable to all or less favourable, than those
the Civil Service. It is thought "Quill." scope of the law as to house-HANTS v. NORTHANTS, Treaty Powers. The provisions obtained, or to be obtained, by any include:--
That fundamental commercial SHOPMEN AGREE TO PROPOS breaking and brings our Legisla At Southampton, Hampshire that they jib at the word "ser-
tion on this subject abreast of took first inninge points from vice." " ED REDUCTION. "Japanese subjects purchasing relations between China and 'the
English statute law,
Northamptonshire. Scores: goods or produce in the interior of Powers need revision has been re-
Northants 277 runs and 266 London, Yesterday. Section 4 of this Ordinance China or transporting imported_mer
The railway shopmen have makes Larceny of goods in pro-runs, for 6 wkts. chandise into the interior of China, cognised for some time, as was shall have the right temporarily to indicated at the Tariff Conference rent or hire warehouses for the in Peking, begun in 1925 and not agreed to a wage reduction. Reu-cess of manufacture an offence. Hants 893 runs, atorage of the articles so purchased concluded because sections of ter
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or transported, without the payment
other country.
of any taxes or exactions whatever, Chinese opinion objected."
"Japanese subjects shall be free All in all, therefore, it will be
RAILWAYMEN.
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Is it true that the idea for a flim device reproducing the The fashion of carrying out sounds of a railway amash origin- size oil-paper umbrellas inated in certain of our local tea creasing in Hong Kong. shops? More people seeking shady repugn
GLOUCESTER V. TOURISTS.
How disappointing it must be This seems desirable and is in
At Bristol, Gloucestershire tations?
to Mr. George Bernard Shaw to accordance with English statute law; see section 62 of the English drew with the West Indles. C
Cricket at Home has been held think that in his self-disclosed. to engage in all-kinds of manufac seen that Britain is not being most, a Treaty on the lines of Larceny Act of 1861, which was Scores
also have supported a number of a motorist he has only once been turing Industries in all the open asked to give up anything which that concluded by America is re-enacted in section 9 of the Gloucester 818 runs and 129 up by rain which must twenty years of law-breaking as
noticed by the police. cides, towns, and norts of China, and shall be at liberty to Import may endanger the position of only a transitionary stage in the English Larceny Act of 1916, 6 runs for 8 wkte.
And at era of Treaty revision in general; and 7 Geo. 5,, c. 50. Inta Chins all kinds of machinery British merchants.
West Indies 399 runs.
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