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COASTAL TRADE

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SERIOUS FLAWS IN RESERVA.

TION BILL

SECTION.

the volume of her coastal trade to he so checked ns would be the case it the steamers now plying in it ceased to operate.

Expropriation

Assuring, however, that the econo- mic and political objections to the bill are either non-existent, ere capable of ¡being overcome, or can be safely dis. regarded, the question of the expro- priation of existing interests still re- mains. It is one which cannot be away with our tea gardens, or our airily swept aside either by pointing coal mines, or our oil fields, or the to the fuct that it was not raised be- railways, or any other immovable pro- fore the Mercantile Committee, whose perty we have bought and paid for.o The principle of the bill is confisen-report gave birth to the bill, though tion of the deepest dye, worse than the country for six years; or by ar- coastal reservation had been before | anything that any Socialist Govern going that in order to make out that ment in any part of the world would

the measure leads to expropriation you London. After Lord Inchcape's de-ever dream of.

have to prove three things: (1) that Two Main Features nunciation of the bill to reserve the

it proposes to dispossess; (2) that it coastal traffe of India to Indian ves- Mr. Birdwood contended that the is the dispossession of property; and

which sels, at the recent meeting of the P. two main issues of the situation are: (3) tha: it is property and Q. Line, special interest was as(1) Would India benefit if her coastal rightly obtained. sociated with a lecture by Mr. Frank trade were reserved to Indian vessels? Birdwood to the East India Association on this subject in the Caxton Hall, Westminster.

NATIONALISATION INVOLVED

more was at

an

must ensue

stake

to secure

10

was

cent.

This bill, inter alia, provides that:-

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1929.

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Leave HONG KONG 5 P.M. MARCH 29th. Arrive MANILA 8 A.M. MARCH 31st. Leave MANILA 4 P.M. APRIL 5th. 7th.

It is true that under the bill the (2) Can the British companies engaged fleets of the British companies engag- in it claim that they have proprietary ed in the trade would not be rights which have to be taken into se confiscated in the event of the bill coni- The proposal, Mr. Frank Birdwood said that far count? As to the first issue it is a ing into operation,

do than the simple fact that other countries

that the participation of reserve however, question whether the coastal trade of their coastal trade to vessels of their those ships should he gradually dim- India could be efficiently operated by own flag: presumably they profit by inished until there is 10 per

so doing. Indeed it is very possible Indianisation of ships plying along the Fadian-owned and Indians nanaged Great Britain may some day be Indian coasts; and, seeing that a five- flect. The principle of the nationalisa that tion of industry was involved in it. compelled to follow their example, for, year limit is given to the achieving of SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, The sentimental comfort which the with so many maritime nations not only 75 per cent. of this result, it is obvious

increasing their merchant

feets that scant regard has been paid to the Mexico & Panama.

possession of a fleet of her own might bring to 19th April.

to India was small compared but also affording them State Friday,

elequity. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, with the economic dislocation which we may, in self-defence, te support, dictates of common business sense or

should the present un ourselves against the excessive com

petition which is 5th April.

Arrive HONG KONG 7 A.M. APRIL. so vitally affecting No common carrier by water shall cn- Friday,

digested proposals be forced upon her, Bays the "Journal of Commerce." dis, however, we

gage in the coasting trade of India were forced to unless licensed to do so. A proper Thursday, 28th March.

This bill, introduced by Mr. S. N.

adopt such a policy, It would only be tion of not less than 20 per cent. of Haji, has met with general opposition, rendered absolutely effective by the the tonnage licensed for the first year, Sir John Simon said Of course, the participation of the whole Empire, and not less than 40 per cent. of the ton- bill does not mean expropriation of

in such a scheme India would, of course, nage Hcensed for the second year, not but it ships;

certainly means

be an integral factor, and would less than 60 per cent. of the tonnage expropiation 201 goodwill and share in the common benefit and sacrilicensed for the third year, and not earning powers of

large fice. the

It might even that for-less than 80 per cent. of the tonnage British

interests in

coastal the

licensed for the fourth year, and all trade, who have through good years

the tonnage licensed for the fifth and and bad years and by immense ploneer

subsequent years shall have the con-i work built up this very coastal trade

trolling interest therein vested in Bri- and have at all times met the peculiar

tish Indian subjects. requirements of that trade, and under all difficulties kept up regular services in a most efficient manner.

Yes, we could sail away with our ships in five years; but if you are legislating like this in other things we could not sail

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Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Ports) every ive The s.3. "Canada Maru" (O.S.K.) is Jays. expected here on Saturday morn- ing and will leave on the even ing of the same day for Mombasa, Zanzibor, Dares-Salaam, Beira, Louren- co Marques, Durban, via Saigon, Singa- pore, and Colombo..

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Ltd., are as follows: cantile Marine that private enterprisë

Arrivals at Hong Kong might not be sufficiently strong to

The 5.S

"City

The S.. "Comliebank" from New York via Panama, April 26.

withstand it, and that State aid ng Europe, April of Glasgow" from have to be called for. In either event, The 3.9. "Glenbank" from New York however, co-operation and not dis- via Panama, April 22. crimination would, if we wished to succeed, have

to be the governing principle of our policy, and it is one which the bill entirely contravenes,

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to possess a a mer- chant fleet of her own for coastal pur poses is founded on sound economic as well

as patriotic reasons, no one

The s.8. "City of Newcastle" from New York via Baez, May 1.

Departures From Hong Kong The 3.5. "City of Khios" for Manila and U.K., March 28.

The 8.8, "City of Khartoum" for could wish, or, indeed, have the right Singapore and Europe, April 8,

hand.

for

to say her nay, nor could they ob- The s. "City of Glasgow

if its ject scope were ultimately ex- Shanghai and Japan, April 18. tended to ocean traffic. On the other

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it that the credit of the country is not dam- aged by the ill-considered efforts of those who see in self-government a re- medy for what, as regards the present working of the coastal trade, at all events, are imaginary grievances. Personnel Problems

Even if at the end of five years India were able to provide herself with la fleet adequate to the require- mente of her coastal trade, the inter- vening

period would have to be span- ned, Even if capital were readily forthcoming, management and person- nel are not the growthe of a night, as the United States Shipping Board have only too good cause to know. It is true that it is claimed that the sea sense was une strong in India and would be so still, had it not been crusă- ed by the

the artion of the British shipping сопраніев. Should that be the case, however, the fact remains that it is hardly conceivable that in five years she could be able to supply sufficient trained officers and men for such feet as the coastal trade demands. And if they were not forthcoming the money expended on its acquisicion would be wasted. If it can be shown that the existing costal shipping ser vice is not commensurate with India's needs, that it is taking ad- vantage of the position which it has wan for itself to raise rates of freight or cause economic or social injury by deliberately limiting its activities, be-

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it on or find a suba titate for it..

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answer to such

a sug gestion should be.. On the evidence so far adduced, there is nothing to prove that the British companies are not doing their duty in the way of service or charges; there is not

nothing to prove that, if they were driven out of the trade by legislation, and ade- quate substitute would be forthcoming. On the other hand, it goes without saying that immeasurable economic damage would be done to India were

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