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history, with

less certain menace from Japan than this commercial menace,

buying produce f.o.b., a practice lic opinion. The Australian or New which enables the purchaser to Zealand wool-grower, for instance, specify his own shipping line. This content to sell his wool to the high-| has been of decisive advantage to est bidder, is surprised to have it "Japanese shipping in the trades in suggested that he or his Dominion Australian wool and Indian cotton. Government should be concerned whether it is transported overscá GOVERNMENT-BACKED

in British or Japanese ships; yet But perhaps more important than at the same time he may be enthu anything has been the firm backing plan which has its eye upon a much siastically supporting a rearmament that. Japanese shipping has had from its Government, not so much in the form of subsidies

as by strengthening its hand at the turn- ing point of negotiations with other. shipowners or Governments. The importance of this governmental factor was clearly shown in a dis- pute over the participation of Ja- panese ships in the trade of the Netherlands Indies with other parts of the Far East. In sharp contrast with the results elsewhere, the firm Government, carrying out a definite shipping po licy, defeated the Japanese attempt to "muscle in" on the traffic of Dutch shipping.

action of the Indies

There are many reasons for the failure hitherto of British shipping in the Far East to receive similar support. The traditional relations between private enterprise and Government under the British sys tem have been against it. But the most important reason of all has been the lack of any single gov- ernmental authority for British shipping, which concerns all the Governments of the British Com- monwealth. This problem of ship hey can afford to ping in the Far East is of direct importance to Canada, Australia, mpetitors in buy- New Zealand, Malaya and India, as shipment, and un- well as the United Kingdom, be- cause it is mainly in the trade be- selling it at the tween them and Japan that

problem arises; and it even concerns South Africa, since the tide of Ja- panese encroachment is lapping be- end India to East Africa and the Cape. All these members of British Commonwealth are severally and jointly dependent for their very life upon. British maritime these.. financial Power: yet there is no Government or instrument of Government cap- able of speaking for them all on this matter..

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The Imperial Shipping Commit- tee, itself but an advisory body, has recommended that they all!

tokai, the cotton consider urgently the desirability of]

setting up some joint authority to plan a British Commonwealth ship- ping policy and to see that it is

tion.

any organization, carried out. bendent Japanese

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their business deal- . Serious obstacles have to be over- have to be told to come before such a scheme could The process is, opérate. The greatest obstacle is y the practice of the ignorance or indifference of pub-

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BOO-HOO-ISN'T!

IT TOO BAD. THAT CHILDREN WON'T TAKE - ADVICE FROM THEIR PARENTS?

YER RIGHT- MAGGIE COME TO THINK OF IT- I WISH I HAD-

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