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1921.

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CHINESE NEWS,

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ANTI-PLAGUE WORK

future.

DIFFICULTIES.

PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND, 181.

PREVAILING CRI-IS IN MERCHANT SHIPPING. 5,000,000 TONS, IDLE.

(ar"ARCHIBALD SURD.

countries to national ships. Such men- THE NEW CHINESE TRADE" sures n these, cannot fail to be of grent

CORPORATION, Autorent nuit unportance to Grent Britain and all other countries, whether; mari-

time not. Bra.sh-ghipowners have THE NATURE OF ITS OPERATIONS. constaiitly expressed their conviction that

the new

the best interests of the nation and theThe formation of this corporation haa world can only be served not only by been largely due to the endeavours of There is a serious setback in the sup "Under present conditions very little leaving shipping to private enterprise, amongst others, Mr. Hen:s E. Metcalf, pression and prevention of the spread of spring is being run at a profit; on a but by keeping open the ports of the of Messrs. Babcock & Wilenx, Ltd. In the plague in North Manchuria. In the great many voyages heavy losses bave re-diserumination, and with some not anima note he has forwarded to Buster

world to international shipping without performance of this dangerous duty in the cently been incurred. That statement portant exceptions considerable progress Engineering Mr. Metcalf states that v.cinity of Fuchiaten, a Chinese doctor appears in the report of the Chamber of had been made before the war towards this is the first occasion in history that any foreign country has been able ta was badly ill-treated by ignorant Chinese Shipping of the United Kingdom, which that end

It is to be hoped that measures och secure such a charter from China, and soldiers who went so far as to force the has just been issued, and directs atten- these will not, compel British and that the charter is remarkable owing to medical man to drink the anti-plaguetion to the cris's which now confronts the other nations to recouser sheir policy its very wide scope and the exceptional lotion: himself on the spot. Dr. Wa merchant shipping of this country as of international freedom for shipping" privileges which it grants Mr. Metcalf reminds us that in granting this Charter Lien-teh bas wired to Peking and to well as other countries. It is calculated FALL IN SHIT VALUES.

The warning note struck in the last the Chinese Coverainent does not abro- that at least 5.000,000 tona dead weight. General Chang Tso-lin in Mukden saying or approximately 3,000,000 gross, are now sentence of this quotation from the regate any of its powers as a Government. that unlers this inhuman and ignorant laid up in British, Americab, and port is sgnificant in view of the inves-but issues manilate giving full autho tigations which the Imperial Shipping rity to the holders to form a ecrporation apart from SES misbehaviour on the part of the soldiery Scandinavian - ports,

wooden ships under the United States Committee is conducting, Alter com having half Chinese, and half British is stopped, no Chinese or foreign-trained flag which are also idle. There is this menting upon the efforts of the Gernians capital operating under its own agree Chinese doctor will be willing to sacri- consolation to be obtained from this re to re-establish their system of control Articles of Association and by-la

stations, so as to divert emigrant traffic Hitherto the most serious drawback to velation-that paly 0.2 per cent...of British is tied up, while the which will then easily sprend southward } percentage in Scandinavia is 20.2 per Paragraph is devoted to the suggestion China hua heen the inability of foreig frein Harbin. Fortunately General Sun cent, and in the United States 21.2 with made last year of a capital levy.Theners to own land and property outside Ljek-chen, now Military Governor of out taking account of the wooden ships utter economic unsoundness and injustice the Treaty ports, and the Chinese are is remarked, "was now becoming alive to the fact that such of such a treasure.” which are eating their head off. But fortunately appreciated by the Govern restrictions are serious obstacles to the Kirin, is adopting a strong attitude to there is little solid satisfaction to be ment, and the proposal was dropped advancement of their country

As was recently announced, wards the ignorant Chinese soldiers and gained from that comparison. since, as is When the scheme was discussed in the threatening to punish severely any who stated, few British ships are now being summer the Shipowners Parliamentary Chartered Corporation is now in procees obstruct the work of the doctors in the run at a profit. The earning capacity of Committee pointed out that many of formation, and it is anticipated that

ships has fallen, but, except in the matter of coal, there has been no reduction in capital assets would be valued at wholly it will be ready for business at about fictitious values, so that under modern the same time that the recently instituted the running charges. The intter are 150 conditions of industry ruinous loss to new four power loan consortium will be per cent. and 280 per sent, higher than they were before the war in the conating many industries would be the inevitable in working order.

It is understood that the railway re- According to offical reports from the and home trade and the foreign trade consequence of a tax based upon them." Chinese doctors and the American Redspectively, while the dramatic fall in We have not had to wait long for proef quirements of China will be one of the Cross, no denth from plague has occurred freights is reflected in the time-charter of the accuracy of this prophy. Ships first considerations of the new consor- aust have been valued for the purpose tium, but in addition to railways there in Sanyuan and its vicinity, in Shantung rates, which have declined from 25s. to of such a tnx qu the basis of current are hosts of other enterprises, chiefly sales. What has happened? Current industrial, which, with the assistance of province, for the last three days. The 75. ed. or 70 per cent.

But for the war there would be no sales prices in June, 1920, were no less its powerful Chinese associations and its administration of the Tientsin-Pukow railway has sent experienced doctors on surplus of ships to-day but unfortunately than 80.5 per cent. higher than sales in exceptional Charter, the new Corpora an inspection tour to the south of Teh- the decline in the volume of the world's January, 1921. This percentage is based tinn will be in a position to develop.

One of the principal features of the cho Chibli provinec. It is hoped to trade to be carried by sea has been on the prices paid on sales of new resume the sale of railway tickets on the accompanied by a rapid increase in the visels of equal size, and class which new Corporation will be equal opportuni line carly in April if no death from world's tonnage. There is now afloat B. changed hands in January, 1921, and ties for all representative Chinese and

million tons more than at the opening of

June, 1920, respectively, at the widely British manufacturing and trading con pingue occurs for a fortnight along the the war. In this connect on it is re different figures of 205,000 and £180,000. cerns, in the direction of obtaining from Shantung-Chihli border. A few plague deaths have occurred in the Wuchiao marked in the répart and the Chiacho districts, in Chiv pro That there is a surplus over the world's The fall in sale prices of old tonnage the Corporation technical and financial sistance for the setting up of works and has been even more considerable. vince, and ductors have been despatched requirements is demonstrated by the col Though shipowners are evidently dis-factories of all kinds in China and as to of the disposal of to the two places to establish quarantine lapse of the freight market. The cause is turned by the increase of pilferage on the best means

not far to seek, and is found in the wide heard ship and by the policy of several British homemade products in the spread economic disorganisation in the Old World, with its reaction on the New, foreign end Dominion Governments in markets of China. AN ISSUE OF PREMIUM BONDS. which has been one of the most deplore interfering with the freedom of shipping. As has been already annoween, it is there is nothing in this report to sug- not intended to call for subscriptions able results of the war. It is probably gest that they have lost confidence in the from the pablie at the present time, but The Ministry of Agriculture and Con- an underestimate to state that 200,000,000 future of this British industry. British to give British manufacturers the op

persons in Europe, formerly customers of merce has been authorized by the Pre- this country, are now so distraught and operated on sount economic lines, and shares only, with which capital the busi shipping has fortunately always been portunity of subscribing for lounders sident to issue premium bonds for twenty milion dollars for the develop impoverished that they are able to pro-the old-established, tisms, realising the aes of the Corporation will be com duce little, with the result that their ups and downs which are inevitable in menced. Afterwards, when the affairs ment of Chinese industry With the funds obtained it is proposed to establish oversens purchasing power has largely freights and passenger fares, have been of the Corporation have been placed on

disappeared. an industrial bank. work iron and coal The official trade returns continue to in the habit of making provision for a wound footing as a successful going mines and establish silky sugar and tea factories in the provinces. It is convey a false impression of the produc-rainy day. The result is that the concers, the public, both in China and considered exceedingly doubtful, how tigh and movement of commodities, since dustry whole is in a thoroughly Great Britain, will be invited through healthy position, and, given fair play the usual channels to subscribe for ser, whether in the existing financial they reflect merely the appreciation of free ports as well as free seas there is ordinary shares in the capital of the Cor ill hold its own in the keet The Corporation has ne menopoly, and deres za Chinens people for new frimp in the foreign rivalry which is now developing. In spite a far as possible all British manufacture depression in the country, the Yalue and tend to conceal the falling of official enterprises, especially as the trade of the United Kingdom, which were majority of Chinese investors have no 7,000,000 net tons in 1913, amounted to of the war and its wide-spreading iners who are known to be interested confidence in their Government author- 44,000,000 in 1919, and rose to only once, we still own 15 per cent, of the trade with China will be given an oppor ties starting bg industrial concerns, 60,000,000 in 1920. The weight of our ex ea-going steam tonnage of the world, or tunity to subscribe for faunders' shares and the Government have not yet redeem- ports and imports during last year were, 38.7 per cent. if account be taken of the in the Corporation, should they be de ed the premium bonds they have premoreover, only about 60 per cent. of those vessels belonging to the Dominions sirous of doing so. g6 1013, marking a very slight improve Day Telegraph.

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viously issued.

FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES.

Certa prominent Chinese merchants have written to the General Chamber of

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nient on the figures for 1819. The most Faerious falling off, from the point of view

shipping

of the shipowners, was in coal exports, SINGAPORE WIRELESS: STATION. which decreased from 73,000,000 tons in 1913 to about 20,000.000 last year.

PRIVATE STATE OWNERSHIP.

books

CABLE COMMUNICATION FOR SWATOW.

Lieut. Commander

J. Linberry As a result of military operations in has been appointed to the charge of Commerce in Shanghai suggesting that, with courage and competency. The and will be borne on the

British shipowners have met the crisis the Wireless Station at Singapore,Chinn, the only telegraphic connection of Swatow with the outside world was for the convenience of the Chinese gene have been engaged in picking up the of the Tamar, at Hongkong whilst recently interrupted for three months al public, all insurance policies.- fire, marine or life, issued by foreign and threads broken under the influence of so employed. Commander Linberry has Therefore. telegrams reached Swatow. native companies in Shanghai should be the war, and have made considerable served afloat since September, 1899. He only by post from Hongkong. Comment translated into the Chinese language and progress in restoring ships to the longer reached the rank of lieutenant an 1905. ing upon this situation, Consul Myers, that the Chinese authorities should make ses routes from which they had to be and lieutenant-commander in June, 1913, of Swatow, calls attention to the effect a proper investigation into the financial withdrawn during the intensive sub- During the late war he had a varied upon business of such interruption,

y have career on several of the naval

stating further that Swatow has no cable conditions of the companies at is done marine campaign. In this wor

rulties, been confronted with many in Japan."

connection. Three lines of the Chinese awing to the activities of the State-

Telegraph Administration touch at owned ships of the United States,

Swatow, but the service at its. best is France Canada, Australia, South Africa HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE very poor, the lines are not kept in goud

CHINESE GRIEVANCE IN ́

PHILIPPINES,

THE FAMINE.

and other countries, but nevertheless, they have also started several new services. The most notable "of these are, from North-Western European ports to various parts, of the world, and a British syndi ente lids taken over the Danube River navigation. It is added:

CORPS.

fronts.?!

ORDERS BY LTOOL LO BIRD, D.8.0. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.

PARADES.

VA INSPECTION.

condition and interruptions are frequent in bad weather. The unreliablo nature of this service, therefore, points to the laying of a cable to Swataw as the only solution. In view of the commercial future of the port, which trade is twice that of Amoy and Foochow combined, which ports have cable services, the de pre-mand for dependable telegraphic and

cable communication is apparent.

will

inspect the Corps on the evening of Tuesday, April 19th. Every member of the Corps (Reserve

Company included) is required to Wattend.

Mounted Infantry Section will parade

mounted.

Further details will be notified later.

Parade. A practice parade for the above Inspection will place at Volunteer Headquarters at 5:30 pm., on Monday, April 11th.

Chinese merchants and traders in the Philippine Islands have wired to the Government requesting that the Chinese Minister in Washington be instructed to approach the American Government with The American Shipping Board has in- Parades for week ending April 9th regard to the enactment of laws and augurated services not only between Ame

be held in accordance with regulations in Manila requiring "foreign rican and foreign ports, but also between

"gramme of-work. Chinese firms to keep their commercial torminals neither of which is in American books in English, Spanish or the language territory, co Japan, China, and the The General Officer Commanding will of the Philippines. They describe the Straits to the United Kingdom, and law as a joint plot of the American Continent Philippine traders to oust their Chinese The Canadian Government has entered competitors?

into competition with private ownership, and in doing so has enlisted the support JAPAN'S RED CROSS SOCIETY AND of several of the great shipping linge in running services from both Eastern and Western ports of Canada,

British owners will not only be met by The Chinese Chamber of Commerce at competition of Governmen but by ins Shangha has been advised by the Tokyo tense competition from foreign ship- headquarters of the Sino-Japanese Com-owners who have been more advantage. mercial Assce ation that with a view to ously placed during the war, and in this ameliorating the condition of the Chinese respect one of the most remarkable faming sufferers in Chihli, Shantung, events of the year bad been the union Shana, Honan and Shenei, the Japanese of all the principal Dutch steamship.com Red Cross Society is selecting experi-panion in one great combination. enced doctors, nurses and other field ." It has recently been reported that a workers for services in North China, as British company has purchased a number Leather Boon as possible, at its own expense, and of ex-German ships which will be time that the soloidea is to show to the chartered to the Dutch combine, and will Chinese people that the majority of the be run in many of the lined in which Japanese people are doing, their best Germans competed severely with the for Chinese famine vietoms. The whole British owners before the war scheme cannot be published at the There is accumulating evidence of a moment because it is the intention of the tendency on the part of foreign Govern- Japanese Red Cross to launch a big volun- ments to interfere with the economic tary medical offensive into North China laws which most govern sen carriage if in the hope of establishing permanent it is to be af once cheap and efficient. Japanese hospitals and medical colleges The Chamber of Shipping remarks that in the same way as the Europeans and "It is to be deplored that instead of the Americans are doing in China. The progress" being made towards inter- promoters of the scheme only ask for national freedom of sipping on equal spiritual co-operation and support from terms without fag discrimination, as it is Chinese and foreigners, while, nt the same in the British Empire, where complete time, they will not accept any assistance freedom is given to foreign ax-well as from the Tokyo Garemment, except in British shipowners, many countries have such 408es where aid is absolutely noces taken steps in quite the opposite diree sary, so to abpw to the Chinese people tion". After a reference to the Jones that there is an opportunity for the Bhipping Bill, the report adds a Chinese and, the Japanese, to work hand. “Other examples of restrictive measures in hand for their mutual advantage in of this kind are found in the Measures of the Far East. This idea is favourably the Governments of Uruguay and Chili commented upon by the Chinese, we restricting the coasting trade of those

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£1,000,000 GOODS BY AIR.

traffic between Great Britain and the Con- From August 26th, 1918, when air

ber 1920, Britain's imports by air totalled tinent opened, until the end of Novem 2685,064 and exports 344,976. In Octo ber and November 1990, the imports were €172,332 and exports £109,831, in each caso nearly four times as great as in October and November 1919.

The bulk of the air imports came from Dress-Khaki tunics, shorts, (Scottish France, and included large quantities of

Company kilts) putters, black women's costumes and dresses, batt boots, helmets, rifles and bayonets hosiery, feathers, artificial flowers, pre Web Equipment Belts, braces, ammuni- cious stones, kinema films, and other tion pouches only (no. Haversacks goodh to the value of £96,078 in October, or water bottles),

and £67,076 in November. Equipment Belts, bandóliers (no haversacks or water-bottles). THE METHOD OF MOUNTING Artillery, Engineers and Mounted In thefantry... Section will parade with spectacle glasses in yof the greaterk

riffes and bayonets. Machine gunners parade with revolvers.

importance," writes Dr. C. Hartridge; FR.C.8. Ophthalmic Burgeon and

"MOBIETRY.

Part 11. Musketry Course will be fired Lecturer on Ophthalmic Surgery to the on Sunday, April 10th, at King's Westminster Hospital, "they must be Park Bangs, commencing at 10 a.m. by all Casuals of the Corps who have not yet fired Officer for duty-L-F. C. Hallsb Parade at Polo ground, Causeway Bay, on Friday, April 9th, at 0.20 p.m. Dress Drill order

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accurately centred in frames that are light, strong and fit well, otherwise the good effect of the most carefully chosen correction may be entirely frustrated by a faulty position of the glasses, or even a fresh source of eye-strain may be intro duced The Hongkong Optical – Co. | |-- Parade at Headquarteras on Tuesday successors to Clark & Co., Retracting and

April5th, at 5.30 p.m. Dreas: Drill order. Attendance. Strong as pos Manufacturing Opticians, located in sa, Queen's Road Central, have the equip KAGAFAE, RAPSON, BE-Major,

Adjutant, E.K.V.D.C.ment and instrument to adjust your Hongkong, April 1st, 1921-

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