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CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS | CANTON AND WASHINGTON BRITISH TRADE MARKS IN

REVENUEN CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST FOR ITS DIVERSION.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY SIR FRANCIS AGLEN,

CONFERENCE

WHY MR. O. Ó. WU REFUSED TÓ-

ATTEND. ------

[FROM THE CANTON INFORMATION BUREAU. ]

–CANTON, November 2ath: Perisa, November 19th.

The following is a translation of Mr. In connection with the Government's Chao-chu Wu's reply to a friend's on- request to the Inspector-Generað döfin Customs to hand over to the Banks of quiry as to his reasons for declining to

attend the Pacific Conference: China and Communications the Maritima Customs rareous balances in his hands in order to relieve the market in the prosent financial stringeney, and seeing motives attributed to him by the Chinese Press, which are untrue, Sir Francis Aglen has published the follow ing statement:

"The Chinese Government, when it re

CHINA.

JAPANESE ATTITUDE CHANGING.

The following extract recently appear od in the Times.

A MODERN CHINESE CITY..

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[BY OBRIN KEITH FÖR THE "HONGKONO

DAILY PRESS.

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We hear much of China being still in. the Middle Ages. Her great treaty porta.

“ As a last important question for con.. are all the "work of the foreignop-und-her- sideration we must come tu some 45- own eities still savour of the thirteenth rangement with Japan over the Trade century—or farther back. The battle. Mark question. - Japan refuses to recogmented walls, the narrow streets, the nise anything but priority of registration crowded houses, the primitive shops, and in that country; we hold out for recog above all, the widespread alth and I have duly received your letter quesition of priority of usage. We should squalour, are typical of the Chinese city tioning mo as to my refusal of the up-do well to concede this point, us America from the capital at Peking to the "far. pointment by the Peking Government-as- a delegata to the Pacific Conference and

frontiers of the country. at the same time opining that I should treat the Peking mandate in the nature of an admission ticket and be present at the Conference to reap some benefit for the country. What you say is not unreasonable but there are other import ant reasons for my refusal.

quested the Inspector-General to under take the management of the National Lanas Consolidated Debte Service, da- The Peking Government in its handling finitely assigned the balance of the Cusof foreign affairs, has often disregarded toma rovenues, after the payment of all the opinion of the people and is absolutely Farsign obligations secured on them, to unreliable. There are two very glaring the formation of sinking fund for the instances of this:- protection of subscribers to the 'National Loans, priority being given to the 3rd and 4th Year Loans of the Republic and the short term bond issue of the 7th Year of the Republic."

The loans are scheduled as under the provisions of the Consolidated Debt Service, as follows: First Year Loan (converted 6 per cent. Bonds), Fifth Year Loan, 7th Year Long Term Bonds, 8 per cent. Military Loan, and Eighth and Ninth Year Loans; and, liability for pay ment of drawn bonds and interest on coupons as due on dates for 1929 amounts to $25,085,815.80.

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has done already, for it is having an adverse affect on our good name in trade, Our matka are being imitated wholesale, particularly in Japan, and we have no redress, as we have no legal standing under present conditions in Japanese courts, to which we must append in China for justice against a Japanese subject,”

And Canton has long been famed as.. the exemplar of all that was representa tive of Chinese cities. Her city walis, " her narrow streets, her crowded houses, her primitiva aliops, yes, oven bar ath. the things of interest to the visiter in and squalour have been loag heralded he the largest city of China. As the passés Whampoù, then, the traveller begins to adjust his eyes for a reply to this, Mr. J Norbury the ranitar sighs, and mayhap his osa sent the following letter to the Times:-"for the familiar smells of Chan

I am afraid that your correspondent. But what surprise awaits him who writes in your issue of the goth inst. the hill

the distance rises the pile of.....

stemmer

Banitation

On

On the

is hardly conversant with all the varying eve Story Pagoda somewhat like a ()-The entire nation was against phases of this intricate question, or be gate in appearance. But it is, or a the signing of the Treaty of Versailles would not for a moment advocate thell, got on a wall. There is no wall! made at the Paris Conference yet the conceding of our rights to recognition of The Cantonese thought there was nothing

particularly beautiful Peking Government actually instrusted

priority of user.7%

nor agnificänt. Take one instance only, viz., that of And where it once stood there are now about their wail, so they sore it down. ita delegates to sign it. -

(b) in the recent negotiations over the British trudo in piece goods broad avenues, curbed and paved, which the Shantung Qucation, according to is the largest import trade into China serve as arteries for a great stream of the second memorandum presented by and includes the use of over 20,000 diftrathe in which rickshas must frequently "Japan, the terms proposed were secret farent trade marks, 85 per cent. of which turn haide, not only for passenger aute- ly inspired by the Peking Govern although not registered in England, hold mobiles and freight trucks, but for huge indefensible rights in China in view of motor-busses which hurtle along witn although the Peking Government priority of user.' Why, give away sub- denied this, the facts of the matter were stance for shadow? I could give other the latest newspaper or swaying at tise their loads of blase passengers reading very mysterious. So much than for the instances and reasons for holding on end of a truly metropolitan strap. reliability of the Peking Government. the substance,' but space forbids and

Canton still has narrow streets, many, Now if I were to go to the Conference, the instance given should be overwhelm- of them, but their preeminence is gone 4 REVENCES ASSIGNED.

there will be one delegate for the Southing

Probably your correspondent is ua-

and their number is rapidly decreasing. Besides greating the sinking fund, and three for the North, with the North-

ern delegates in exclusive control of the aware that the Japanese have already and the fires of Canton are as frequent

For every time there is a fire in the city above described for the protection of documents and archives and the diplo fonad out the fallacy of the claim they and nearly as disastrous as the "Flowers bondholders, the Government assigned matio machinery. Out-numbered and in the past, made as to 'priority of regis of Yedo" which in former days terrified certain revenues for the service of loans, without authority and control the South-trations

being the only recognisable the citizens of the Japanese capital-all payable to the Inspector-General of Cern delegate would be to all intents and basis to work upon, and that, at the pre rebuilding is under Government super- toms in fixed monthly quota. Of these purposes an outsider. If the Northern sent time, owing to the Chinese copying vision and the new structures must b revenues the funds payable from the Salt and Southern delegates disagree in any their trade marks for competitive pur set back far enough to make the new surplus form the larger proportion. The policy and show a split abroad, it would poses in China, "the Japanese haxe experi street sufficiently wide to satisfy moderu Inspector General assumed charge of the do no good to our country. That is why enced the truth of the adage of the biter requirement in the way of eficiency and debt service on April 1st, 1991, and until my attendance at the Conference would bit, and there is definite reason for the end of October the quota payable be useless.

thinking that they are now prepared to was received with more or less punctuat Furthermore, my going would not only Act for China embodying the full recog lung root-like strits to keep them from Canton's "Bundia oo shabby collec advocate the adoption of a Trade Marks tion of mud-walled shocks, anding down lity but with increasing difficulty since be uscicas but actually harmful. August The Government, however, con Government has formally declared that nition of priority of user as against sliding down into the river.. tracted a number of short term loans all resolutions passed by the Conference priority of registration." and received several advances from the regarding China will not be recognised banks on the security of the Salt surplus and will have no effect if the Conference Marks Act, it certainly affords special front of the city, are many buildings "As regards the American Trades landward side of the broad'avenue which follows the river-bank across the whole and as no loan service has been provided is not attended by a delegation sent. Protection to registered trade marks, but which would be a credit even to proud. for the payment of these obligations acially by this Government. Now if at the same time, it definitely recog Hongkong. And the savern miles od & situation has been created in which it is there be a southern representative menses Priority of impossible to determine who has priority the Northern delegation at the Coafer

as a special three and four story structures stretchi- claim to registration, and american of claim to the limited amounts released enca" and the results of the Conference merchants in China acknowledge the away from the eight-story edifice ut monthly by the Salt inspectors. In these turn gat to be unfavourable to China, right of British owners of such trade and the magnificent Custom House, give ond" of "Canton's great merchant houses, circumstances creditors who are in a posi. the South will be also dragged into the marks even without registration." the metropeus of South China an appear.. tion to exercise pressure have been able whirlpool;, but if there be no Southern

The London correspondent of the to delay payment of the Salt funds re- representative, the resolution of the Con Japan ddeertiser referring to the fore- to-date-ness that quite belies its ancient ance of awakeness, of modernity, of up- lensed by the Salt Inspectorate for the ference can be ignored upon the basis of gong communication writes:-The facts service of the consolidated debt and will our declaration. While it is not clear seem to be that the British authorities

reputation. continue to the extent even of making what effect our recognition or non-recog. think they have brought the Japanese payment to the Inspector-General of Cus-nition will have upon the results of orodigious efforts on the part of the ancient city wall, are innumerable impos-

round to their way to thinking, after tous impossible.

the Conference, yet there will be ample "It is obvious that a loan service which room for fire acgotiation as we shall Chamber of Commerce and the China ng structures in which the more pri demands the handing over to bond not have borne the same responsibilities. Shanghai Authorities have recently sent brazenly laying them before the eye bi Association in Shanghai. Indeed, the gressive shops modestly range their wares holders of large sums in cash at fixed While you enlarge on the advisability home a copy of the last proposed Tride the passer-by. There is an air of new- behind plate-glass windows instead of dates, cannot be properly conducted and of presenting a united front towards the without other support unless the pay-foreign Powers, meaning to put up a

Marks Act for China, as drafted by the ness about it all to be sure. It suggests ments of the funds, on which in the first show of united front, you forget that Board of Trade, and with certain sug the nakedness of a new brick church be instance it depends, are made regularly the foreign. Powers know perfectly well gested amendments by the Joint Special fore the ivy has grown. Canton bas not and punctually.. Such payment is no that China is, in reality, not united and Committes of the Shanghai Branch of yet become sufficiently accustomed to her longer being made either regularly or can not pus up a united front and they the China Association and the British new clothes to wear them easily. And

can not be deceived by just adding a

Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai. It General has to depend upon the sinking gation. I am of the opinion that if our offers any insuperable objection to accept are nard and constant workers They

la these circumstances the Inspector Southern delegate to the Northern dele would appear that neither of these bodies yet she is very matter-of-fact about it all. :

fler people, like Chinese the world over, fund which has accumulated and is held country desires to get a favourable re-

ance of this Act to the Board of Trade. 1 a trust for the bondholders, and to suit from the Conference, we should

Under this Act the usage of Trade Marks scrapers."

(have no time for gazing at sky- divert these funds for any other purpose freely and frankly speak the truth and than loan payments constitutes a breach let the foreigners know clearly the actual of trust. The bondholders may rest auditions and the true causes of the sured that as long as the Inspector disunion of our country, so that those General of Customs continues to hold his who are well disposed toward us may official position their interests will be know how to help us, and those who ATTEMPTED MAIL ROBBERY one feel the spirit of enterprise and protected and the funds held in trust for them will not be dissipated in an attempt to meet responsibilities incurred by others. (Signed) F. A. AGLE.".

punctually,

TRADE COMPETITION EY JAPAN. VIEWS OF GOVERNOR OF THE

BANK OF JAPAN.

may not be so well disposed toward in will have nothing to find fruit with us. There may be hope when the medicine is prescribed in accordance with the diagnosis of the disease. This is not the opinion of myself alone, but that of many foreign observers as well.

20 AVOID OLD. ERRORS.

avenues which mark the site of

Back from the Bund, too, along the new

chu

and it is still thought that the Japanese matter-of-fact-ness that gives the in China is based on priority of user,

It is this combination of newzels and will accept this principle.

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ON "KOREA SHANGHAI MIXED COURT'S JURIS.

DICTION QUESTIONED.""

new

Canton its most characteristic feature.. That is its atmosphere of progress. Five minutes in the city is sufficient, to make

accomplishment which is so conspicuous by ita absence in other Chinese cities.

The Cantonese are quite evidently going- somewhere. They may be on the right track or they may be dead wrong, but they're at least determined not to stand On a charge of attempting to rob still. They are willing to dara. They American wait on the T.K.K. Hores are willing to make mistakes. In other Marw, four Chinese sailors were brought words, they have found the path, of pro before the Mixed Court at Shanghai, last gress, the path of mingled sucodes and "It is quite natural in this wonnection week. The Police raised the question as failure, which all the so-called progres that Japan should prefer China proper, to whether the Court had jurisdiction." It sive nations have had to travel to reach.. Manchuria and Mongolia with which she was explained that as, the men were has had the most intimate relations arrested at the bar off Woosung, there

the present stage of development. The necessity of Japan competing in historically, and is also, in close touch the world's markete in order to solve its geographically. Because of this economic the Court as the offence was committed in wrong in its efforts to lead Chine to a

was some doubt as to the jurisdiction of of the Canton movement.

Perhaps this is the real significance It may be problem of economia existence due to activity, however, Japan should not be Chinese territorial waters. increasing po alation was explained by misunderstood as insisting on exclusive. The four accused were residents of military force. But it cannot be wrong now day by political methods or "by Mr. J. Inouye, Governor of the Bank of territory, or seeking any kind of terri-Shanghai. Japan, in an interview with the Assoc- torial acquisition, indeed there is not the

if it loads China, to ocuse to consider inted Press-

Attorney Schoenfold, who prosecuted on the literary monuments of her past as faintest shadow of doubt that Japan does behalf of the United States Government, infallible guides to her future, if it leads. The Governor of the Bank of Japan not intend to exclude the trade and enter said there should be no doubt about the China to realize that results are more said:"The population of Japan is in-prise of other countries in the matter accused being subject to the jurisdiction potent than explanations, that facts are creasing by about 700,000 a year, while of trade and commercial competition. the production of foodstuffs cannot keep

of the Court He mentioned a famous greater than records. Only by disentang. paco with thin steadily rising demand.

case in the United States having a bear ling herself from the jungle-like growth We have a "present about 4,000,000 Japan has sometimes been described ago, two Italiaas murdered a policeman became a great nation in the present-day. ing upon the present case. Bone years of her ancient civilization can China spindles in cotton mills, but not a picul as a nation of militarists or as cherish in New York and absconded to their world. Canton is at least showing the of raw cotton is obtained in this country. ing ambition for territorial acquisition. native land. The U.S.-Government asked rest of China how to cut herself free. Our looms are capable of weaving yearly In seeking the causes of such misunder to have them extradited from Italy on 34,000,000 yards of woollen goods for standings we must admit that Japan has the ground that the men had committed which no wool is supplied in our land often fallen into error in the past; she crime on American territory, but the Again, steel is consumed in Japan to has made, no small number of mistakes Ttalian authorities resisted this extra- the amount of about 1,500,000 tons & year in her policies in China, in Manchuria dition insinuch as the men were Italian means better health and better results while the home production of iron-ore and in Mongolia and in doing so has subjects and as such, amenable to the from your work, and if your eyes require aggregates not more than 130,000 tons incurred match unfavourable criticism. laws of Italy for crime committed any

But now the people of Japan have where...

glasses you have careful and expert "In these circumstances Japan cannot think that Japan will repeat such misence, it was decided to have the murder tion. Eye comfort requires also just in awakened to the situation and I do not After a lengthy diplomatic correspond- examination in ftting the proper correo: solve this vital question of economistakes in future, existence without recourse to economia

ers tried in Italy. Witnesses and pro activity abroad. The necessity for activity activity must tend not only towards for Europe and the two men were after adjustment of your glasses

"As stated before, Japan's economic secuting counsel sailed from New York expert care in the manufacture and by the Japaneso in settling this question securing an outlet for the production of wards convicted. The caso attracted uni- and it worth while to consult a reliable of existence will naturally be admitted home industries, but further towards versal attention at the time. Counsel

You will by all other nations, C

As has been proved by history the settling the vital question of her future contended that the enee now before the firm, devoted exclusively to optical work;

economic..existence. Consequently, there Court was similar in certain respects to Japanese-people-are really unfitted for may be a difference between the economis the trial mentioned. There should be ne emigration abroad so that it is almost activity of Japan and that of other doubt about the jurisdiction of the You will find no better equipment any over ten years experience in the Colony. vain to attempt to send the increase of nations in China, bat the situation will Court. This was an International Settle where than in the office and factory of population to other countries. There is readily be understood by all the Powers, ment, which made the case all the more The Hongkong Optical Co., successors to therefore, no way to secure the existened and the maintenance of this nation ex-Japan intends to exclude others because Court.

"It is quite unreasonable to my that casier to be tried before the Mixed copt through economic activity abroad, she is driven by necessity to a greater The further hearing of the case was fracting Opticians, located in 53, Queen's Clark & Co., Manufacturing and Re- (Opntinued at foot of next column.) tradal effort therein."

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