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A TALK ON AMERICAN SHIPPING. ASIATIC CREWS TO BE USED

SINGAPORE BASE.

LORD BALFOUR'S DEFENCE.

The Right Hon. W. F. Mosser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, was entertain- Capt. Robert Dollar interviewed ined to dinner on November 12th by the Kobe recently by a Chronicit representa | British Empire League, as the British tive said that there is nothing to prevent! Empire Club, St. James's-iquare. The an American vessel in overseas services Duke of Devonshire, president of the from employing Aantic crowS. A good league, took the chair, having Mr. Massey deal of fuss has been made by Americans and the Earl of Balfour on his right and on the Pacific Coast over the employment Lord Southborough, chairman of the fof Chinese even in the stowards" "depart¦ league, on his left.

mentor Shipping Board vessels which The Chairman, In proposing the health aro now under the management of of the guest of the evening, welcomed private companies Outside that depart him as the Father of the Imperial Coa ment Asiatics are still not permitted inference and he believed he was right the crows of those vessels. But it is only saying that this Conference ens the because these are still in some mensure filth which Mr. Massey had attended. under Government control-it appears-† Their solo intention was to make the that the restriction is maintained, Boats British Empire, as they knew it to day; that are bought outright from the Board, not only a great factor in time of war, like those recently obtained by the Dollar but equally the greatest factor in the Line, will be free to use Chinese crews preservation of the peace of the world. in the overseas trade and will do so. In (Cheers.) fact, those of the Company's vessels which now run under the American flag employ Chinage.

Mr. Massey in responding to the sonst, said he was pleased to notice that the British people had been waking up ADVANTAGES OF BRITISH CONDITIONS. · the recessity of defence. He found Most of the steamers of the Dollar fault with organisations formed for: Let Line are under British register.

the purposes of promoting peace. Bat the vessels bought from the American them do so by all means; but is was Government for the round-the-world not too much to say that not one of those service cannot be transferred to any organisations could prevent war, if a foreign register unless the Government nation had its mind set upon the final And it won't consent," arbitrament in that was. He should like Capt. Dollar remarked. He was replying: see the English-speaking countries of to questions about the prospects of me the world joined for the purpose of pre- rican shipping in world competition in eating war, and they could do more in view of the high costs of operation, that way than any other organisation of especially the high wages paid to Ameri. which he could think Can crews and the expensive accommoda-inside and outside the conference room, They had been discussing Singapore tion stipulated under the laws that came and so far as he was able to judge, into 'force during the war. “American)

Cousena.

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costs of operation are the highest in the the fortification of Singapore would be world." he said. We are asking the proceeded with. He could say this with United States Government to put us on pat breach of confidence that the present an equality with British and Japanese Governor-General of New Zealand, than companies in regard to regulations,”. ¦-

whom there was no greater authority in the Empire on naval defeng, and no " THE SUBSIDY QUESTION,

better sailor, told him years ago that Aus- Would it be possible to run American tralia and New Zealand would not be safe boats under present conditions without until Singapore became fortified and n Government subsidies, he was asked. naval base established there. The people We're going to give it a go," he said in New Zealand had expressed their He was convinced that there was no hope opinion through the Dominion Parlia of obtaining the consent of Congress to tent by voting the sum of £100,000 for the payment of subsidies to American the purpose of Singapore. Anything in shipping Congress had refused in the the way of defence should be above and past and would continue to refuse. The beyond party. We talked a lot about in- conditions were so difficult that there creasing our trade, and very properly, were only two American boats besides but we could not have sen-borne trade these of the Shipping Board now run without the necessary defence being pro-

ing to the Far East. One of them, the vided therefor. Stanley Dollar, had just visited Kobe The Earl of Balfour, who was received American shipping în general was down with prolonged cheers, said he had heard and out" owing to the severe conditional it suggested that in fortifying Singapore imposed. However, his company was we were rather trespassing on the prin "giving it a go."

ciple of the Washington Conference and

2.

The reporter would have liked to ask taking a somewhat mean advantage of a more. It is most interesaing to think of technical point, of which neither the Ame- Chess crew's being housed in the fino rican nor the Japanese Governments-the quarters provided for American sailors, two great Pacific Porers-Tere aware. A with separate mesarcoms, bathrooms, more grotesque view could not be enter sabins and so forth. But Capt. Dollartained. Singapore was deliberately omit- had interrupted a conference to give the ted from the Pacifio nrrangements in interview, and time was precious exactly as we liked. We were bound order that W might dead with it

and we were limited as regards?

of the greatest ports

PROHIBITION.

The idea that prohibition would dam-

age the interests of American shipping of the world, and wo

Hongkong,

were

pre

was alla bugaboo," according to this cluded by the Washington Conference nated shipowner. As a matter of fact from adding to the existing fortifications the Admiral Line boats coming across

the Pasific had obtained more passengers against imaginary naval attacks. Singa since probibition was enforced than be pore was deliberately left out, and the fore. Perhaps the increase was among and that neither the American nor the people who suggested it was a mistake, missionaries and women "and children, but it was a fact. For his own part, he Japanese sailors knew quite where the would prefer to travel on a dry ship line of longitude passed, which put Singa He described a disgusting scene that he port outside instead of inside the Pacific, had witnessed in the smoking room of Lines of longitude, were not matters of were really talking grotesque nonsense. liner on his last trip round the world random chance. (Laughter.) They were Men and women were lying on the floor not subjects about which sailors differed in a helpless state, The Captain at or disputed. They were absolutely pre length claused the bar for the rest of the cise, absolutely determinable; and if trip, refusing the demand of some pas Singapore happened to lio west of that sengers for its re-opening. would not injure American shipping Conference operated that was-if any Prohibition line with regard to which the Washington That was all newspaper talk.

thing ever was a line of deliberato. policy

RAIDING THE LAST HOLLARS Unless steps are taken to remove this danger, the responsibility of the author- THE DANGER TO PEKING.. ities, should nay interruption of the even tenour of Peking's daily life secur, will The Far Eastern Tires, in a leading be very grave indeed. The first, the article. anys: —

paramount, duty of any Government is We have in the past frequently criticizo protect the lives and the property of ed the Legations interested in the Salt the people. The present Government is revenues for improperly withholding not taking its responsibility in this surpluses that were by every legal canon matter seriously. The very first charga the property of the Chinees Government, on the Silt surplus and on the Peking and we do not one whit modify our Octroi should be an allotted sitt for the cpinion of those transactions in the cir- maintenance of the forces of law and cumstances that prevailed in the past; order in the Capital. This is manifestly hut circumstances alter cases, and though so in the case of the Octroi, which is it es circumstances would have to be very self a direct charge on the Peking public. iceperate and critical indeed that would To divert Octroi, funds for the financing justify direct interference nad temporary of any civil war whatever is to guilty sequestration of that kind, it is a ques of something a good deal worse than culpi tion whether diplomatic pressure will notable negligence, and should any unfortu- have to be brought to bear to prevent nate incident occur as the result of the present raiding of Salt surpluses, to such diversion, the wrath of the people the extent even of leaving the employés will not easily be appeased. It is almost of the Salt Administration, itself without inevitable that in such case some, or ever pay for several months, in the interest many, of the four thousand foreigu resid- of militariste, the chief of whom is ents of the Capital would suffer, and General Wu Pei Fu, who month by month that would only add to the Govern. is raiding the Salt revenues, directly and mont's already sufficiently complicated indirectly, in order to finance his foreign problems. Action in this matter! Szechwan-Hanan campaigns,

should be taken at once.

This looting goes on to the very There is another aspect of the raiding definite prejudice of the mfety of the of the Salt funds that needs some atten- Capital for the forces of law and order tion. There are in various departments in Peking are being left unpaid, and of the Metropolitan Government services there is no knowing how long their foreigners of some nine, nationalities patience will last. It will assuredly whose salaries are in arrear anything. reach breaking point before very long, from six to fourteen months. It should and then, when the milk has beep spilt, be a matter of frat duty and honour on there will be a mighty bowling The the part of the Peking authorities to sen Government is blind to the danger, that these jobligations are met, and as doubtless thinking that presidential the Salt surplus is apparently the only palaces and yamens and places of that source of revenue that is in any degren sort will be sierosanct in the eyes of per reliable, one of the indefensible charges niless and starving men. There can be upon it should be the payment of these little question that the police forces of salaries, should be the

the Capital, the elite of whom are the Thesa, foreign financial claims, and the excellent Pro An Tui, pre amongst the risk to which foreign life and property best organized and most efficient forces are exposed in Peking by the neglect to in the country, and only their very pay the police and gendarmerie, suggest superior discipline prevents a serious the possibility that, whilst the release of outbreak, or at least a very dangerous Salt surpluses should remain uncondi- general strike amongst them, leaving the sional, the Diplomatic Body might well Capital a prey to both the terror by unke strong representations to tho uight and the destruction that wasteth Chinese authorities on these two points, at noonday.

and thus protect the authorities from themselves in spite of themselves.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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