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1918

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1918.

NEWSPAPERS OF THE

EMPIRE

FIFTY YEARS ON THE

PACIFIC OCEAN.

ENON THE PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC," MARCH, 1918,]

The Colorado had a fair freight, including 1,000 barrels of four, 8500,000 in specie for Hongkong, and 921,700 for Japan. That cargo of flour seems rather insignificant now when campered with consignmmts of 10,000 to 12,000 barrels

The next year other screw steamers were added to the fleet, including the

de Janeiro, Para, Columbia and eru. The Rio de Janeiro struck a mock- at the entrance to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, in 1901 when under Captain-

A fascinating as the storio, of subsequently carried by steamers, of the Ward's orders, Pilot Loe Jordan attempt

same line. She also had a fair passenger- list...

ing to guide her through a dense fog that overhung the harbour. The vessel

An interesting and well-produced illus trated-handbook has just been issued, entitled Newspapers of Great Britain," It contains a mass of information, unique in its way as a contribution to a better understanding of the British Empire galleons in the Pacific and South Atlantic buccaneers who preyed upon the Spanish- and has been compiled by Mr. W. H. Marston, manager of the Empirs Press romantic as the tale of Columbus, Drako

waters in the sixteenth century Captain deemed it wiser to replenish his and members of the crew and its hull, A detour was made to Honolulu, as the Bank, with several hundred passengers Union, who points out that the London and Magellan reads the history of the bunkers rather than to essay the longing thousands of dollars of valu- correspondents, even two years after the Pacific Hail Steamship Company, which Voyage to Yokohama. At any rate the

able property, was never located. war bad started, were still pressing in as early as 1845 was engaged in

call at Honolulu had not been planned

The China, of 10,000 tons displacement, dividually to obtain news for their trade, carring passengers and freight when the ship left San Francisco. Thus in 1500 and became the most papers expressing too often fruitlessly from Panama to California in the earls cre the first tourists regeled with followed the Korea and Siberai, of 18:00

popular steamer in the service, sight that would never leave their memory tons displacement. The Korea left San

their wish to visit places of interest in connection with the war and industrial centres Then the Union, realising their peed and acting on their behalf, brought

gold rush days.

coast

The golden jubilee of the trans-Pacific traffic occurred in January, 1917, but the event was allowed to pass unnoticed in great world war.

1.

isles subsequently describad by Mark the sight of these sun-kissed, palm-girt Twain as the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any occan

and then

Francisco on August 30th, 1909, and on December 27th of the same yen the Siberia was sent across on the long run. Two years later came the Mongolia and

united influence to bear on the Govern the stress of events connected with the Naturally the arrival of the steamer Manchuria, each of 27,000 tons displace

ment to accord them the

the fruitful fecilities they sought, with the result that now the London representatives are being shown ev ything of interest. It is, perhaps, hardly credible that at the com. mencement of last year the Colonial Office stated they did not know of the Empire Press Union, and added that it was just the organisation they had been looking for. This plea of ignorance of our existence by a Government Depart mont, established, as one would think, to administer and safeguard-not to say encourage and foster--the resources of the

Thu Pacific Mail Steamship Company was incorporated in New York on April 12th, 1848, with a capital of $500,000 Congress had passed an Act authorizing the opening of a new mail route between New York and Portland, Oregon, with San Francisco as a port of call. By the Act a subsidy for 8200.000 per annum was to be paid with the intention of perpetuating the American flag on the waters of the Pacific. Incidentally that policy was abandoned many years ago and the American merchant marine had in the year 1916 there were hut six, vėsuols in foreign service flying the American flag.

more than that belated though it was it is fortunate the Union forced its atten- tion on the Government at the time when it could be most useful. In fact, 1 The vessels used in the early days were pointed out during 1914, just after war

cool-

It is regrettable that in 1915 the then

and she was the object of much curiosityent, the forme, miling on her initial created much excitement in Honolulu, on the part of the natives. The arrival yage from San Francisco on Saturday, of the first Pacific Mail liner in Yoko May 7th, 1904, and the latter on Tuesday. hama and Hongkong stirred up the mercial circles of those ports owing to

August 25th, 1001.

despatches of fully twelve days later date deliberately threw away the best prospects the fact that she carried European management of the Pacific Mail

French lines. The Colorado arrived at by disposing of all the trans-Pacific fleet, than those received by the English and of the Company since its incorporation

made the round trip in seventy-eight San Francisco on March 20th having days, including all detentions.

The Colorado was followed on February

month thereafter by the old China, Jupan, and America.

It was in 1868 that what is known as the branch line" was started from

cream of the trans-Pacifo business. The thus abandoning to a foreign flag the

restrictions placed on American shipping. alleged reason for this act was the

Act. I American-built steamora Aorta and. Siberia were sold to a Japanese company was sold to a company newly formed with and now fly the Japanese flag. The Ch Chinese capital and operated by Chinese; Atlantic, were sent round the Cope of New York, and were transferred to the Sea of Japan. Some of the ships on the sold to the Atlantic Transport Co., of Good Hope. Together with some

some new Atlantic Ocean. steamers, the Costa Rica, Ariel, Oregon-

broke out, when the German lying pro-side wheelers, hardly larger than the Yokohama to Shanghai, vid, the Inland while the Mongolia and Manchuria were

pend the Allied cause much mis They carried beam engines and were but paganda was rampant and doing Great Terryboats of San Francisco Bay to-day. chief in neutral countries, that the Gov of wood. The first steamers were the ernment should take steps to counteract.

Colorado, and,

this baleful influence. In the confused Golden City, Monteamed gured ion and Golden Age comprised this fleet, San Francisco man John H. Rosseter,

state of affairs at that time such an in-unstitution. novation, contrary to our national

The

Were it not for the far sightedness of

characteristics, was hardly contemplated Prominently in the Civil War, having and was the first line of steamers to the American flag would have disappear-

and I was told that such methods could been chartered by the Government as n not be emulated, as they would be suspect transport, and having on occasions, Shortly after, howeves 5 propaganda

there were no lighthouses, buoys or other completely. Out of the wreck of the ald navigate the Inland Sea At that time ed from the foreign trade of the Pacific

department was estabilshed, though at carried as many as 5,000 troops and their signals to mark the danger points, and Pacific Mail Steamship Company he

first imperfect in its scope. The Govern ment are now making up for lost time, and during the past year opportunitică Dave been given for the Press representa

yes in London of Dominions and Indian papers to visit the front, munition cen tres naval and military depots and

sights. Moreover, the

many correspondents are being couruited

Rosebery at the Imperial Press Confer-

necessary equipment.

The Constitution was considered a remarkable vessel in her day. She was one of the first steamera built with two tunnels Drawing about twenty feet of she could attain a speed of fifteen

it is indeed to the credit of those old sea-masters that the feat was accomplish ed with such regularity and with so few accidents..

organized the present Company, and, by the purchase of three ships built in Holland, re-commenced the service of the Pacific Mail across the Pacific in 1916 In the meantime, an extension was with the steamers Colombia, Ecuador

fuota per bour. She ended her daya in taking place on the Saint: Francisco- Venerueld, of 14,00 moh, Brundor and in many cases as to propaganda, malter San Francisco in 1864 by burning. The Panama rus, and the steaners Acapulco, anch. In the year 1017 was inaugurated suitable for weir papers.

A topical forward by Mr. Robert remainder of these vessels were bought by Color, Guatemala, City of Paramu, the San Francisco Calcutta service with Donald, chairmen of the union, recalls the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, forming theme, from the Atlantic and added to the the steamers Santa Cruz, 12,000 tons, and the prophetic warning of the Earl of nucleus of its present feet of 102 vessels umber of vessels on the Pacific Tho Colura, 15,000, tons; and the writer hopes ence of Empire Editors in 1909, when he of 480,000 tons gross. It is interesting former went on the San Francisco Hong to live to sen. the day when the American pictured the state of Europe to the free and peace-loving nations of the British Commonwealth as a continent relapsing into barbarism by the crushing burden of armamente: witch each country bid to hear. The ominous quiet than prevail ing, he feared, foreboded a grauf Arma geddon, and it was a question whether it would case a catastrophe in which the workmen of the world would say "We n

foolery which is grinding us to powder."

to surmise what might have been the position of the American marcantile marine at the outbreak of the war if the Government had aided skipping by subsidies, and subventions as did the fapanese Government.

In the year 1801 the Pacific Mail Com

ong rust and the latter on the Panama run.

When the run to the Far East was first started the ships made many precarious voyages by reason of the fact that, owing to storms, they would run out of fuel and fresh water. On occasions they were

flag will be seen constantly in every port on the great Pacific Ocean,

A few words as to the personnel of the Company. This includes the names of many famous mon. The first President succeeded in 1872 by W. B. Stockwell of was Captain Allan McLean, He was

will have no more of this madness and any bought the so-called "Vanderbilt known to burn their cargoes for facl. sewing machine fame, who was followed Läns operating from New York to In order to provide against such cala in about a year by Rufus Hatch, during Referring to the union as the chtel organ Aspinwall on the Isthmus of Panama, mity, a brig was despatched in 1889 from whose administration the screw steamers of healthy propaganda in the Empire, The steamors on this run were the North Pennsylvania with a load of Pocahontas of the City class were built and commis- Mr. Donald afirms that its influence ex- fends far beyond the newspapers which it Star, Nurthern Light, Ariel, Ocean coal for Midway Island. At that time soned Jay Gould succeeded Hatch, and represents into the remotest corners oQuero, Quaker City, Champion and tun the island was uninhabited, though now it was he who negotiated the building the Dominions, Colonies, and Defer ücn. cies, and that it has spread information new ships, the New York and Costa Rica.it is used as a cable relay station. Some of the China. about the Mother Country- which has The Pacific Mail Company in their of that same coal was used by the Pacife W. P. Clyde, and then followed R. P. Mould Candado, pablis service netto in den Mail steamer when chased out of their Schwerin, who was wiec president and He was succeeded by opinion in all parts of the Dominions.

3ts chief energies, ho adds, have been Francisco enjoyed many years of great courses by the Russian Vladivostock fleet general manager of the Company from.. directed to th most vital problem which prosperity, but with the completion of during the Russo-Japanese war. Up to 1893 to the disruption of the Company it took up--that of bringing our vast and the first trans-continental railway it was that time it had been forgotten, for better in 1915. scattered Commonweath closer by provid ing cheaper, quicker and better meats of presumed that the bulk of the passenger boats soon replaced those vessels and communication. Although much has traffic would naturally move over the

The man of large vision who organised better time was made. already been done in this direction, the

Though tea and silk have always been H. Rosteter. He was elected vice-presi- the new Pacific Mail Company was Johm the new

Union considers that its work has only shorter overland route. So in 1866 there begun. Distant parts of the Empire must arose the incentive which engaged this be brought into yet closer contact with thought of all transportation men con the centre, by quicker and cheaper cables, and what is of equal importance, all the terning the carrying of passengers and Dominions and overseas territories must freight from China and Japan across the have improved means of communication Pacific and thence overland to New York with each other. A complete system of rapid communication is the surest bond Again Congress was appealed to and of Empires and not by one system alone asked to hear its share of establishing a Cables are not enough. They are limited

two of the most important items of dent and general manager of the Con freight, in the very early days, ixfore pany in 1890, and we trust that his Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, dreams of American supremacy on the when the old paddle-wheels ploughed the Pacific will be realised. great sea troughs, Chinese coolies made up the chief cargo." As many as 2,500 were taken to America country on a trip,

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

in number and in range. They should how transoceanic route covered by ships and fortunes were made for the Company ORDERS ISSUED BY HR, 7.0, JENKIN CAR

be supplemented by an all-Empire wine

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ia

this traffic.

GRAND ANNEX, GRAND STRAND.

TSINGTAU

IDEAL SEA-BATHING”

Commencing,

MAY 15th.

T. NAGAO, General Manager,

was inaugurated, and in 1874 the screw-1. In the year 1917 the fortnightly service.

less service which will reach to the utter gresa responded with a subsidy of 2000, most part of our far-flung possessions, whether it be a lonely island outpost in awarded to the Pacific Mail Company the Pacific, or a station in the Central for carrying the mails from San Fran propelled steamers City of Peking and African junglo, far isolated from the cisco to Hongkong. Thus was inaugurat City of Tolle were placed on the China present lines of communication. But

cables and wireless cannot carry maila, ed the service that gave the Port of run. These were followed by the three which should again be supplemented by nolulu its first impetus as a shipping

“Cities "Jan Francisco, Sydney and an aerial express service. Here I should explain that I am not speaking for the

centre members of the Union but for myself The steamer Colorado, a side-wheeler when I say that one of the things that of 3,000 tons, one of the largest and finest should emerge from the wreck of the war of the Pacific Mail fleet at that time, which has given aviation a great stimulus,

is the aeroplane express which would fly was chosen as the pioneer of this new from London by suitable stages to Central enterprise, and on January 1st, 1967,

to India and far distant Burma, As

New York in 1975, when the line was established to Australia, This marked another era in trans-Pacific trafic and gradually the old wooden side-wheelers were displaced.

Even the new ships were not large

and South Africa, to Egypt and Persis, under command of Captain W. Henough to make much of a showing long distance Bights will get longer the Bradley the steamed through the Golden against the great typhoons which very whole Empire may yet come within Gate on her momentous first voyage. As often shook the very foundations of the range of a few days journey from the first steamer to make such a trip the In 1974 the Alaska was blown up high univeras along the China-Japan coast. London. Frobably a limited number of passengers will also be carried by the route to be taken and the conditions that and dry at Aberdeen, Hongkong. acroplanes of the future. Transport by possibly might be encountered were An American named Williams fmally got water should also be improved, and I look forward to we each self-governing State thoroughly studied,

Captain Bradley her afloat after engineers from Europo

in the Empire having its fleet of fast, cil was man quite familiar with the had failed. driven ships under State ownership or trans Pacific service so far as applied to control speeding up the interchange of products and the carrying of passengers. sailing chips, and was not without steam. We boast of our far spreading Empire, ship xperience, as he had served on but we should be still prouder if we could some of the company's steamers on the bring it nearer us by annihilating dis-

Panne run,

tance

burned off Amoy.

One year later she wan That year was a disastrous one for the

burned the America, in Yokohama, and Pacific Mail as two other steamers wire.

the Japan on the China coast.

2.

3.

5

Export men originally warned for

SEARCH SUPERVISORS.

general patrol as Import Supervisorg (Wharves 1 to 19) will not do this duty, but will instead, do export duty on No. 6 (Bzo Yap) Wharf from. 7 to 8p.mp4 Men on import duty first shift," will also supervise outgoing. Wuchow steamers (if any) leaving the Ping On Hoi On or Yuen, Yuen Wharves Men must supervise all searching which takes place, both on the wharves and on the steamers alongside. Export Supervisors are to remain on duty until the ship being searched leaves the wharf notwithstanding that it may leave late and so involve A longer shift of duty. If a ship leaves early, they may at once report

Supervisors are ordered to report in pairs to the Inspectors on duty. punctually 15 minutes before the hour at which they are required to be on duty co the Wharves

STRENGTH,

Joined No. 9 Bection P. c. 469 B

Taylor

By Order,

Τ. Ε. Κουσκ AS.P. (R.) and Adjutant Hongkong, 11th April 1918.