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INTIMATIONS

Ten Victor Records which

should be in every home'

1312

Silver Threads Among The Gold...

Broken Melody

¡Juliet's Slumber

17945

Venetian Love Song

36005

Fackeltans

(Meyerbeer)

Blus Paradise

One Step ..

14502

¡Finlandia Tone Poem (Sibeliust.

Miss Vixen

64327-- Ah, Love, but ́s day.

64120-I fear You Calling Me

74457-Love's Nocturne

74:937--Legende-

BR401 Ca Campanella (Liszt)

Bases Abide With Mo (Liddle)

Fox Trot Song

Violin Pianoforte.

Song

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THUESDAY, JULY 27TH, 1916.

Rozario Bourdon. Vietor Concert Orchestra

Conway's Band! Conway's Band

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Evan Williams,

McCormack

Hamlin, Zimbalist. Paderewski. Clam Butt.

MOUTRIE'S

VICTOR AGENTS.

[29-3

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OUT-OF-DOOR-PICTURES

LOCATION NEAR POST OFFICE. KOWLOON,

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in 4 parts.

Featuring MARY PICKFORD, The Great Favourite. HARRY GAZETTE, SCHX177 THE TAILOR (Keystone Comic).

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JUST LANDED:

A SUPPLY OF

JAPAN'S SHIPPING CONQUEST.' PROPOSED

A new menace and an exceedingly serious hindrance to trade between China) and foreign countries, especially CON+ cerning Great Britain and the United States, has recently devloped and has created a sitation in which the capture of China's entire export trade by Japan is imminent 1 is imminent if it has not already come about.

qunte as low

in

Themselves were willing to offer.

INCOME-TAX THE STRAITS. ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES.

IN

THE ARRACK TRADE. TAKED WHISKY, BRANDY, GIN,

VERMOUTH AND LIQUEURS.

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RECIPE FOR WHISKY.

GERMANY'S HEAVY SWORD..

It

French Minister of Justice, at Petro grad, when he said: "The Allies stand solid for a fight to a finish. They intend to brank Gerauny's heavy sword. They

we this to unborn generations."

The Albes will fight until they have won the right and the power to imposs terms, because they are resolved that Europe in coming years, twenty or fifty years of future time, shall not be com-

gs. vermouths and liqueurs that are In Paris and London and in Petrograd at present in the market. And there

are very many. The import arms in the repeated atterħnces of responsible states. end is to be nearer or distant, the Allies per imperial gallon of spirit at 16 deg.

It is not for the fieret, joy of winning the fight that the Allies are resolved to A representative of the Bangkok Times continue the war until they have achieved

#conclusive victory over Germany. We propose to revert again to the ques has seen the Director of the Spirit See- is not because of hot blood and raging tion of the war income-tax with a view tion of the Customs and Excise Depart minds that they now mat aside, as ne to further focussing ideas on the subject, ment of Siam on the subjeer of the re

after another and repeatedly they all In a gulations about which Chinese dealers have done overtures and suggestions of says the Singapore Free Press.

peacs. There is foresight and cool, cal tafer. The following may be taken to

culation in the determination of thể previous leader it was songht to be shown and some import fyns have beene agi- that the comamnity generally had not represent the view of the Department Allies expressed by Bear Viviani, ther

The dealers in imitation brandy' and Knowledge of the situation first began Geen consulted sufficiently, that the Gay- to break upon the British and American ernment could hardly be expected whisky are perturbed at the present time because a business which was assuming merchants when in response to recent agree to a shori terininable tax, and that, big dimensions and yielding good profits cabled requests from London for prices having once established the wachinery is likely to be seriously curtailed by the they submitted bids for the supply for

which would take practically the period Excise Department. The Department has certain Chinese commodities which, in-

of the war to get into working efficiency, on several occasions in the past "enden- Jess success to stead of being accepted ns in, former the Government could not reasonably be youred with more titaes, were rejected with the comment expected to scrap that machinery. Those carry out the provisions of the Excise **Price too high." This happened not suggestions have been amply supported Law" of "1940. Hitherto greu difficulty only in some of the smaller lines of hasi by the whole of the discussion which has has been experienced, not only in con- ness but in two of the great export, pre taken place publicly and, as far as we trolling the trade in liquors, at inpelled to consume their substance in ducts of China, vegetable oils and oil know, privately, both here and in getting the Courts to admit that the forging new swords to defend themselves seers, on which the particular merchants Feung. In reading through the public powers enaferred by the Act ou the against the blows of the German weapon, temulering were convinced they could discussion and in tastening to private Excise Farmer devolved on the Excise always a menace su long as it exists.

oipnians, we have had our previous con- Department, when the control was as

It is increly beenuse, reducing e Refusal of Prices as a

offers led some of themviction confirmed that the apposition to samed by the Government itself. Various

matter to forms of heartless commercial quote new prices without commission, the forms of tax is not in the slightest cases were brought in the Courts, but calculation, it would be cheaper to break anting the exact cost, insurance and degree from any desire not to contribute the decisions on this point were unsatis- freischt on the goods in question. Again further to war resources. The discussion factory, and to remove a doubt an German sword now than to spend great and sums for defonce against the reply came back that the prices were

it it is house those grent annual sums has been temperate and patriatie, and amending lay was passed in Jane, 2437, te high. Closer inquiry developed that we think Goverment will recognize that which gave the Excise Department all the Japanese houses, or British houses in and will also recognize that the only mat- powers formerly possessed by the Farmer could not be found and provided in ad- dition to the enormous charges, imposed London acting as agents for Japanese, ter in delate is the vehicle for collecting were making much lower quotations.

Within the past four years a big trade by the costs already incurred for the How they could do this the British and the contributions. Had there previously

beet no expression of opinion on the matas arisen in the importation of arrick, present war. The Altis fight on because American Arms Failed to understand.

ter of the income-tax there would have The first to import in any quantity were they would avert errain bankruptcy: Since, in some cases, they know that her more reason for thinking that the French firm and the spirit came from Liberty, civilization, guarantee of the slightly higher prices had been paid by present propost was the result of careful Saigon. In time the business attracted rights of small nations, all that they feel Japanese for Chinese exports than they thought and general agreement, but the the attention of Java distilleries and they they are fighting for, but there is some-

derision in 1970 was so emphatic that we

soon found a profitable market here. For thing more. They must put themselves! Then came a bombshell in the publica question if there is one member of Coun

various reasons the French company beyond the risk of having to assume the tion by the Japanese of revised schedules ei, unless it be the Hon. Mr. A. R. dropped out of the trade and the bulk of impossible cost of continuing upon an of freight front Kole to the United King Adams, who would, if Germany had not

the arrack now imported comes from unprecedented scale military prepara- dom.

By these schedules it was shown geni to war, have done anything but

Java and is handled by three or four of tions for defeng, and that risk will con- that Japanese steaners were taking strenuously oppose any suggestion for the European firms here. The Chinese front them and must be met if they do groundnut darge, for example, at 48 shif imposing such a tas uw. We throw that arrack is also an increasing import, but not now make an end of Prussian mili Tings a ton from Kobe to Hull whereas out as an open challenge to the Council.

that is mu solely by Chinose, Arrack Larism, if they do not, in the French the Homeward Conference rate as pub It has been said-although with no varying strengths forms the base of Minister's words, break Germany's heavy lished by "that body was 100 shillings particular justification as a general prin- all the imitation brandies, whiskies. sword. Since the rate from Shanghai to Kobe isciple, that we can see that no one should about 96 Mexican a ton, or at the then criticis anything unless he is prepared rate of exchange, about 11 skillings, with an alternative scheme. Whilst not appears that Japanese shippers can bowing down before such a strange god. business pay duty at the rate of Tes, as have made it clear that whether the purchase China products in Shanghai or we do propose to make some broad sugary simply sell the arrack they import far of one mind that it must and shall other ports, ship them to Kobe and tran-gestions of possible areas for exploration ship to the United Kingdom for about 80 before it is decided to cultivate the green and the Chinese purchaser produces the bring them victory, that the heavy Ger shillings a bon, plus the cost of tranship fields of income.

man sword shall not be merely sheathed Such exploration article that is actually put on the market. to be drawn again after a breathing ment. This gives the Japanese an im would proceed on the lines of the imposiWater is added to the arrack. In some mense Advantage over shippers on British tion of a company profits tux, a hank cuses one gallon of spirit produces three spell, but that it must be broken, never and other vessels charging the Homeward current end deposit arenats tax, and a gallons of mixture, which, after the addi-again to stir Europe with alarms when Conference rates of 130 shillings a tou

it rattles in its scabbard: above all, never scarities tax. The first is plain enough. tion of essences and colouring matter, It is obvious that no firm compelled to The second would mean that the banks is sold by the Chinese manufacturer as again to drench the Continent in blood: pay the Conference rates can hope to coni would deduct from customers' accents something else. The duty charged is Tes. By breaking Germany's sword the any product which the Japanese on a monthly or yearly, balance basis the four stang for every degree over fifty to lay aside their own weapons.

per gallon for spirit auder 50 deg. and Allies will put themselves in a position care to handle, and it also follows that percentage of tax decided upon by Gor The one gallon of arrack imparted at a

It is the Japanese buyers of Chinese products crnment. Arrangements being, of course,

not merely that an end is to be made of are able to pay several Mexican dollars made that companies or fients were not trugth of 96 deg. pays Tex. 3.84. When German militarism, but of Russi a picai mare for Chim products, thus taxed twice over in the companies tax gallons it has only paid Tes. 3.81 instead and of English. Forers will be main water is added and it is made into three militarism as well, of French militarism, stiffing all present competition in bay- and the banks tax. And the third would ing, abhough the ultimate effect of this mean that a man would pay a percentage of Tex. 5, and imitation brandy or whisky tained by land and sen adequate monopoly probably will be not to raise on such mearities as were not otherwise thus less duty than the genuine fores, that is one of the safeguards of prices but to lower them, as they apanese taxed, such as property deeds, etc. there saw this difficulty and offered to that endangers pence,

It article.

The French company working pence. It is the weight of the sword. is a good business man and always pays) is possible to conceive all kinds of most

little as he can for any product be formidable objections to each, and all of pay the full amount of duty provided the word is too heavy. That is proved by desires,

these, but we suggest that they tax therent enforced the same payment the tremendous difficulties the Allies The question may be raised why the people who can best afford to be taxed all importers. This the Govern have encountered in shielding themselves American shippers do not take the line and not the poorer classes, that they take was not then in a position in do,

from its blows in attempting to bent it of least resistance and avoid payment of in a very wide class of people, and that

back. They are now determined that the shillings Conference rate by ship- the machinery is practically in being and The Department has now begun these forth there shall be no State in- ping through Kobe. This is impossible needs only enlarging, for the Companies are the ROW, That is all that has Europe for ever fortifying itself for con since the Fapanese have inrefully closed already pre- andor" He survey, of the happened. The amending, raw made it this outlet to other nationalities and Registrar, the banks already pay eus plan that the Excise Department was the effort to become a conqueror of quest, concentrating all its energies in their-polite-reply-to-merchants seeking tomers interest on their depositsanded to insist on spirit selfers keeping others and be made unconquerable itself. cargo sunce for sucb shipments is that could with but little dislocation of urvounts, Further, the application for they have no room on their ships to actuachinery also pay the Government a removal permit,"although" provided for The danger is too grent, the cost of th commodate the maine. Whether this state tax on such deposits, and the ownership in Law originally, has for some time:

fene against it impossible to be borne. nem is aeruniy according to fuct at the of house property in already well within been more honoured in the breach than New Türk Times. time the space is requested or not, does the knowledge of the Municipality, in The Observance. The enforcement of this not matter, since even with the Japanese And finally we should like in urge subé | claim will hit the spurious product hard. shipping and all the ships rumming under more on Government. the great need, and the dealers are trying to get it mode- the Conferenc" rate, there is still a gulf considering the history of income taxed. Stany of the Chinese in whose hands vient deficit of cargo space and the proposals and the dislike in which it is timiustry is aře of the opinion that Japanese need only go out into the mar undoubtedly held by certain classes, as

it they have strictly to comply with the ket in Ching to buy any amount of pro-well as the diffenity of equitable imposi law the profit goes out of the business duct needed to fill their holds.

tion, that the utmost discretion should and it is anticipated that the import will Tas Jay only the question of British and American trade with Great Britain has been deal with, but it would also appear that those doing business with the United States, especially with the West Coast, are in a similar predicament as regards Japanese competition. The rate

A PROFITABLE BUSINESS. from Kobe to the West. Const is 38 gold

That the business is profitable at pre- per ton according to the last advertised

sent may be seen from the following fiets. rates of the Japanese subsidized lines)

A firni importing, say, 3,000 gallons of whose maxins charges are regulared

brandy and whisky from abroad would by the Japanese Government. Add to

have to pay in duty Tes, 8,000, whereas a this the freight of 811 Mexican from RUSSIAN WARSHIP PERESVIET

Chinese dealer on 1,000 gallon of arrack Shanghai to Kobe, or about $5,50 cold,

at 96 deg, only pays Tes. 3,810 duty, and sad it heermes evident that Japanese

in turning it by adding water and shippers can land Chinese products in

essences into 1,000 gallons of imitation The notorious monarchist, Ku Ao, who San Francisco or Seattle for the freight

Commander Sawn, of the Japanese brandy or whisky he inakes a profit of is among the monarchist, leaders ordered: charge of $19.50 gold, plus the cost of Naval Construction department. and T. 2,100 on the duty. The Department be arrested. was arrested by the transshipment in a dapazarse port, which over 200 experts, artificers and workan is now endeavouring to control all whole soldiers ander General Wang Tien-chang probably runs less than 50 cents gaid a of the naval arsenals at Yokohama and sale dealing in order to make a distine as he was about to enter a train leaving on, making a total freight and handling Maizern, who were sent to Vladivostock tion between imported and locally-made Peking at the Chienmen station. Ku Ao. charge of $11. The Pacific Conference to refloat the Russian warship Perrgriet spirit, with the idea of forbidding local together with Hsia Shou-tien, whose arrcat vates are $24 gold a tor, which gives the returned to Tsurugs by the Hazen Har manufacture or at least, to make such pro is also ordered, is alleged to be respon- Japanese an advantage of $10 a ton, so from Vladivostock, having sucessfully ducts, pay the same duty as the imported sible for all the forged telegrams and that an American shipper or any other completed their mission.

The warship spirit, than Japanese, can, hope to compete was refloated on the 8th, in about 3 weeks The bringing of the law into effect has petitions reported to have been present- While the effect at present is evidently from the commencement of the salvage only been gradually applied in ordered by the whole peuple of the whole to restrict trade in China products to work. The warship, which has been dam that old stock may be disposed of. At country" in favour of Yuan Shib-kai the Japanese, it must not be forgotten aged by the accident, will be taken to first the traders were not inclined to take becoming emperor,

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that when trade lines are once established in Chian they tend to persist, and Japan's monopoly of the field to the ex- clusion of alf other competitors, gives her an opportunity of curing a strangle bold on the China market which may be difficult to shake off when normal condi tions as regards shipping return.

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ESYORCING THE ACT.

The German

SAIGON RICE MARKET.

The Compagnie de Commerce it de Navigation d'Extreme Orient, of Sai- gun, writing under date 19th of July, report:

and prices have an upward tendency.

Now Crup. The natives started the work in mourly all the provinces under- very good conditions, the weather being: favourable

be taken in seizing an opportunity when be greatly decreased in the near future. Rize Market. Our market is very firm. conditions are abnormal for introducing At present the importers have stocks of

measure of this kind without the most exhaustive proof that the desires of the community, which are undoubtedly to give further war assistance, cannot be met in some other way which does not involve the same serious objretinas.

SHIPPING NOTES.

REFLOATED.

urrack but the Chinese do not buy, pend- ing the result of steps which they are taking to ascertain if the offending clauses can be amended.

Maizuru, where she will undergo com- much notice, merely believing that the plete repairs at the naval dock. As the Department was having another try at damage sustained is not serious, the wardtaining better control. When they ship will provved to Maizury under her found that the control threatened to be

wh stežinu, ko je

very effective they have sought to interest the

importers by ceasing to buy any im- ported spirit, on the pretence that the trouble given to them by the new requires ments of the Excise Department would

MINOR INDUSTRIES.

The total amount of rice exported from the 1st January up to the 11th July 18. 7:33,444 tons. against 604,511 tuns in 1915. Wa quote. to-day white rigs, No: 2 silted Japan quality, Hongkong $1.89. per picul fo.b. Saigon, for July/August shipment

- HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

BAND AND ORCHESTRA. His Excellency the Governor has given a sum of $100 towards the amount re- quired to clear the Band Fund over- draft.

PARADES.

All parades of the Police Reserve units,

except of the-Mounted Patrols-and- Recruits, are suspended until fur ther orders.

The parade ordered for Thursday, July

97th, is cancelled.

JOINED

Mounted Patrols- E. Hyndmna. No. 2 Company-F. E. d'Almada Reme-

• dios.

HEADQUARTERS CLLD.

The beautiful thing about this competi- China rin have proved unavailing, and tion is that it is perfectly legitimate and strong representaron age to the Brnot be worth the profit made on the pro- has come about through the fact that tish Government have failed to reduce duct, Japau has been handed the dominance of the rates of the British owned ships in the Pacific by the enforced withdrawal of the least. When it is considered that The outside public have little idea of the Pacific fail lines and the general even the 48 shilling rate from Kobe to the way in which spurious brandy and lack of American ships in Parife waters. United Kingdors ports repressats a con whisky is being made. The early imita- In fact so greatly have the Japanese heensiderable increase over conditions prior tors of the Europe-made, article only sided in their policy of peaceful pene to the war and that Japanese subsidized watered the arrack down to something tration be the present scipping condi- lines are making money hand over ist, war 45 deg., that being the average of tions that their entire diplomatic atinde declaring unprecedented dividends, it Euroscan spirit. Fresh competitors put towards China shows signs of a change. would appear that this firm combination in a little more water and brought it Their subconscious argument probably is of Japanese merchants and shap owners down by stages to 40 deg., to 35 deg, and What is the necessity of force or threat is being enabled to build such a wall in some cases to 32 deg. Each competitor CALDBECK,

of the same as displayed in the famous around the trade of China that even a copies some well-known trade mark, and twenty one demands, when the shipping sweeping slash in rates will fail to some well-known brands are imitated by situation has put us in a position simply demolish it. Past experience has proved perhaps live different local manufactur to let economic advantages do their work that the Japanese can run their ships on era The labels are all careful copies and MACGREGOR&Co and secure us that dominant place in the lower freight rates than those of other are made here, although formerly many trade of China which we have so long nationalities, so that it may take sterner were imported from home, where colour contended WAS ours. by right of

competition than ever has occurred in printing was a good deal cheaper before proximity."

the past to make a breach in the new the war than in Bangkok. A regular Be that as it may, other nations en-economic wall which Japan has con-business is also done in corks and cap- gaged in business in China are not view-structructed around China, a wall in antes. Formerly the capsule could be method of making the capsule adhesive to ing with complacency the advance of which no diplomatic representations can removed by an expert without being the bottle this is much more diffent to Japan's conuercial place at their ex force, an open door since it is all so damaged and was ready for use again remove. There are about 4,000 shops pense, especially now that efforts on their simple and above-board, being based on with a false label and a genuine bottle. selling spirits in the Bangkok monthon part to secure relief by lower rates on the conditions over which diplomancy has no Since firma at home have adopted the and of these about 600 deal in the arrack

(Continued on neat Column.)

control. The For. Eastern Revier.

(Continued on next Column.) spirit products,

SOLE AGENTS,

1. Guy's EAD CESTRAL

A Billiard Table has been presented by

N J. Stabb, Esq. The Bar and Recreation Committees will meet at the D.S.P.8. Office at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 27th

F. C. JENEIN,

D.S.P. (R.).