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THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. CO. LTD.

BEAD OFFICE: Hongkong, Nos. 47.4%, Connaught Road Central, Tel. No. 1230, BRANCE OFFICE: Shanghai, Nos. 430 and 431, Nanking Read FACTORIES: Hongkong, Wing Bling Street, Cantway Bay; and Shanghai, No. 7, North Beor now, Boad,

THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS FOREIGN OFFICE MESSAGE.

The following message from the Foreign Office to the Association of British Cham

TO DEVELOP MONGOLIA. SCHEME TO EXPLOIT WASTE LANDS.

1920.

The provincial authorities of Mukden "bors of Commerce in China has been trans have applied to the Ministry of Agricul] mitted to Mr. A. W. Burkill, as chairman,ture and Commerce at Peking for the of the Shanghai Chamber, hy Mr. Metration of a Sine-Japanese corpora tion to be known as the Hsingfit Com Lampson, H. M. Charge, d'Affaires i pany, the main purpose of which is the Peking -

Saltitution and colunization of the wast

I have pleasure in informing you the His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has desired we to convey to you an expression of the satisfaction with which is Majesty's Government have learned of the forma tion of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in China and Hongkong.

A

The Text of the Resolutions passed at the Shanghai Conference of Cham- bers in November fast has been under consideration, and His Majesty Secre tary of State has expressed his app ciation of the work accomplished."

AMERIC IN CHINAC MP MES

B

lands of Eastern Inner Mongolia. This empany, organised by Baren Ckara, and, General Chang Teo-lin, is to have a capital of Y6,090,000 to be subscribed by the Chiness and Japanese in equal parts anii to be put up when the company actually opens its door. Every share heller will have his name stamped on hi shares, which are not transferable

Mukden will be the seat of the Hsingfa Company's head office which will be the radiuarters of the company's two presid well as of a board of six directors, two of ent Baron Okura and Chang Tso-lin, a

whom will be in astral charge of the com- } pany's affairs. The regulations sent to Peking for nesion provide further for two departments, one covering agricul tural matters and the other affairs con- pected with commerce, and each of them chief. under the management of a, departmental District offices under district managers will be established as circam stances may require.

BILL BEFORE CONGRESS," The action being taken by Congress in the United States to provide for the incorporation of companies engaged in

All of the higher official posts in the foreign trade, with particular reference Haingfa Company are to be divided to the American companies affected by the equally between the Chinese and Japanese, while clerkships and other subordinate recent amendment to the China Companies positions are to be held exclusively by Order of Hongkong, is described briefly in Chinese. On the other hand it is stipu. the following report printed by the Nemlated that for the time being only Japanese Fork Journal of Commerce under

are to be employed by the company in the capacity of advisors and technical ex- Washington date line of January 27th:- porta,

The House Committed on Judiciary had a hearing to-day, on the Dyer bill to pre vide for the incorporation of companies engaged in trade. The purpose of this legislation is to protect American business men in China who are discriminated against in recent amendments to the Hong- Kong Ordinance governing forsign trade concerns in China, Col. Charles Denby, former Consul-Genéral at Shanghai, and son of a former. Minister to China; P., B. Reinsch, former Ministér to China; Am. brose Winston, of the Department of State, and Francis K. Eldridge, chief of the Far Eastern Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, appeared to urge the passage of the bill.

They said that sentiment in China. was extremely favourable to the United States at the present time. China, was de clared, gratified that this country has not joined the League of Nations, as under the various treaties that have been signed with other countries China has been tied up commercially and greatly restricted in her trade. Now she looks to the United States to counteract these con-

ditions by entering into competition with

thome countries,

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The company's proposed charter is for a duration of 30 years, and its promoters intend to start doing business as soon, MA the Ministry of Agriculture and Com-l merce bins sanctioned their plan.-Jazen Advertiser.

MANUSCRIPTS FLOOD. JAPANËSE PUBLISHERS SEEK CENSOR'S AID.

The action of the Japanese Home Office articles calculated to "endanger the peace in suppressing periodicals containing and order of society has resulted in a pile of manuscripts "flooding the office of the police bureau in the Home Office. The recent large number of prosecutions. has created a sort of panic among publishers and writers, and when the author of a manuscript fails to submit it to the censor, i the publisher hurries to rectify the omis

sian...

Some periodicals; however, have not aubmitted their copy" to the censor, but the editors of those magazines carefully! omit anything that may likely effend the

It was recommended that if the bill be passed provision be made for relieving the censor proposed corporations from all taxes, in There are no legal stipulations thas order that they might courpets with British and Japanese firms. The trade is waiting for Americans, it was said, and if they fail to get it Great Britain and Japan will succeed in displacing American trading firma

THE CONSORTIUM LOAN. SUCCESS OF MR. LAMONT'S MISSION

WITHDRAWAL OF JAPANESE

RESERVATIONS...

According to the best available" informa. tion the mission to Japan of Mr. Thomas W. Lamont, representing the American baking group in the four-Power Consor tium, has been a complete success. It as- aurea the entry of Japan into the Consor- tium on equal terms with the other three. banking groups (American, British and French).

require the editors or publishers of maga- articles for approval to the censor," said zines or periodicals to submit their Mr. Shinzo Uno, head of the police bureau in the Home Office," but it is plain thatį the interests of publishers are best safe! guarded by employing the precaution of submitting copy to the censor. At pre sent, we are having more manuscripts to look through than wa wish, and if the quantity increasent the rate it has been recently doing, we may be compelled to decline looking through the articles. The. publishers must then use their judgment as to what type of literature the autho rities do not wish printed."

TURRESTAN MOSLEMS ESTABLISH REPUBLIC.

WILL CO-OPERATE WITH CO RELIGIONISTS.

Moslems in Turkestan established are public there in January with Arpin as "It is understood that the Japanese bank provisional president. According to the Ling group have agreed to the withdrawal latest reports received in Tokyo by semi- of their reservations regarding Manchuria official sources, an agreement has been and Mongolia, all the groups recognising reached between the Soviet Government and special established rights, of development the new republic, whereby the Soviet ha of concessions under treaty agreements promised to adjust, the infant republic's internationally recognised.

pnance, communications, diplomatic and

it is further understood that the recommilitary affairs and the customs tariff. mendations of the Japanese group of. The Mohammedans are determined to bankers have been approved by the make a success of their new republic, and Cabinet and the Diplomatic Council.

The settlement of this question of they propose to co-operate with their co when that: objective has been achieved, Japan's entry into the Consortium part religionists in India, in the Caucasus and nership upon terms of equality and fullest in other regions to revive the ancient understanding is regarded as a moment glories of the Mohammedans. ous step, and it is held that the Japanese The new republio has an army of 10,000, group are to be congratulated upon their but a plan, for raising the national concession to the other groups, as they strength to 200,000 has been created. thereby demonstrate & deaire to co-operate. Those natives of Turkestan who had with the rest of the world in 'rendering assistance in the future development of sought refuge in Chinese territory are China, whose integrity is assured by the reported to be returning to their home- Consortium agreement

Iand.

`TO PEKING,

When the foregoing message from Japan was shown to Mr. Lamont at THE NEW BRITISH MINISTER Shanghai he told Renter's correspondent that be had received no official confirma tion of the news, but that before leaving.. Japan the leading members of the Japan ese banking group had neaured him that, under the authority of their Government, they expected to be able in the near future.

A TRIBUTE TO MR, ALSTON,

..

A Tokio message says:-

The expressions of regret at the depar

to announce their entry into the Consorture of Mr. Beilby Alston, who goes to

Peking as H.M. Minister; are universal

tium on the same basis as the banking and not least in Japanese social and off- groups of America, Great Britain and France.

cial circles.

The Japan Times and Mail says, “ Mr. fat some palston's term as Minister in charge of THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE the Embassy has been marked by increas

CIVIL SERVICE.

ingly cordial relations and is evidence of appreciation on the part of the Japanes In dealing with the recruitment and the same time Mr. Alston represented a of British interest in the Far East At status of women in the Civil Service, the Power which is intensely interested in the Teport of the recently appointed Special welfare of China, and in the maintenance Committee says that a person shall not be of good relations and the development of disqualified on grounds of sex from the the resources of China for the Chinese exercise of any public function. Women In this respect Me. Alston may be said to are to be given a status and authority have done more possibly than any of his identical with that accorded to men and predecessors because of his intimate know- promotion is to proceed separately a ledge of Far Eastern political and diplo Facancies occur in the higher establishment matio affairs, together with his keen ap reserved for either sex. The basic scale of preciation of the predominating charao- Pay in tach class should be the same for women and for men, and incremental ratea identical bp to a point.

Leristics of and the essential points of fference between the Chinere- and

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