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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH, 1924

THE CUSTOMS SURPLUS.

STUDENTS APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PREMIER.

SOVIET REPLY TO GREAT BRITAIN.

SUPERSESSION OF OLD TREATIES.

The Foreign Office issued on February 8th the reply of the Moscow Government to the British Notu giving de jure recogni- addressed to Mr. MacDonald, and signed

The reply tion to that (ioverument.

br A. Rakovsky, who now becomes Chargi d'Affairs in Lonskou, is as follows:

The following letter has been address to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald Prime Mines ter of Great Britain, by the Committed by The National Kwangtung University Endowment Find Movement" :-

March 14th, 1981. 1 have the honour, off-behalf of the Gov Sin-Wa, the Committee of the National Crement of the Union of Soviet Socialis Kwangtung University Endowmen: Fund Republics, to inform your Exellency that Movement organized by the student body my Gernment has taken cognizancs with of the Teachers College, National Kwauutisiaction of the contents of the British Nots of February 1, 1924, in which the tung. University, extend sur congratul. British

recognizes de jurt tions upon your asumption of the high!

Government

of the Talon "of of offce of Prime

Soviet England.

and hou Socialist Republie, whose authority ex- Conscious of your lofty principle ourable sense of justice for all, we now tends throughout all the territories of the approach you to ask your aid in the mat former Russian Empire, with the excep ter of the return et the propertionate tion of those which have been severed with share of the Customs Surplus to the the consent of the Soviet Government Southern Chinese Government fur ise in and to which independent States have been defraying the expenses for education in constituted South Chion.

As there has been no Government Univer. xity in existence in South China, Dr. Sus Yates has ordered the Normal College, the Law College and the Agricultural College, all of Caton, to combine and form themselves into a university called National Kwangtung University,

Erikh ) Large funds need that the funds for this new uns dertaking. It is.

From the Customs Surplus may be avail able for this laudable and worthy cause, Our Committe in entrusted with the task of securing funds and endowments for the

needs

of the newly established National Kwangtung University. We the fore con adently await your favourable responsá{ and path the co-operation-We baru the honour to bo, &c.

Exprising the will of the Second Congress of the Linion of Soviet Socialist Republies, which proclaimed that friendly operation between the peoples of Great Britain and the Soviet Union remained one of the first cargs of the Government af the Union, the latter declares its readiness to discuss and settle in a friendly spirit out of the fact of recognition. all questions arising directly or indirectly

3. Consequently my Government is pre pared to arrive at an understapling with the British Government to replace those former trenties which have either been de nounced or have lost their juridient force as a result of events during or after the war.

4.For this purpose the Government of the Soviet Union is prepared to send to London in the immediate future represen tatives with full powers, whose tasks will Also include the settlement of outstanding

RUSSIAN TRADE WITH THE | claims and obligations of one party against

· EAST.

The Rosta News Agency (Rus) at Peking says the Russo-Oriental Chamber of Commerce, which has been in existence a year, has done much to stimulate trad- ing activities between the Union of Soviet Republics and the countries of the East.

In the Far East. it says, trade with Mongolia has been restored, largely at the expense of Chinese, British, and Americuu interest. Commereint relations have been resumed with Western China, which is an important source of supply of many raw

materials,

the other, as well as the determination of means for the restoration of Russia's credit in Great Britain.

3. My Government, in full accord with the views of the Government of Great Britain, considers that mutual condence and non-interference in internal affairs remain indispensable conditions for the strengthening and development of friendly relations between the two countries.

6. My Government has learned with pleasure of the appointment of Mr. Houg son as British Chargé d'Affaires in-Mos cow, and has instructed mots inform your Excellency that, pending the appoint Business men from Western ment of an Ambasador, I have been given d'Affaires of the

China were prominent at the Nijn to status of Republic at the

Court of St. James's

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I take this opportunity of conveying to Four Excellency the assurances of my most distinguished consideration. “

Novgorod Fair. There is a promising Union of Soviet market for Russian cotton goods, sugar, oil, matches, golothes, and erockery.

1913 is interesting to recall that, in Russing

Chinn Western exports amounted to 2,192,000 roubles, and im- perts to 3,199.000 roubles,

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During the working year 1999-93, Russian trade with Eastern countries amounted to nearly 40 per cent. of the prewar figure. For this the Fusso-

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EAST AFRICAN COTTON.

A TANGANYIKA FIELD.

The executive committee of the Empire Cotton Crowing Corporation reports that the Uganda cotton, crop is expected this season to exceed 100,000 hues.

The committee has learned with great sati-faction of the decision of the Gover ment to extend the railway systems in East Africa so as to open up new cotton

The or

corporation has suggested to the Government the building of another railway, to raw from Tabora, all the lis from Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Tanganyika,

Mwanza on Victoria

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new railway in North-West Nigeria have been referred by the Colonial Office to the local Governments for examination. The Mwanza area of Tanganyika is believed to be very promising for cotton growing.

DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The Halakoff Rubber Co. are declaring. a final dividend of 5 per cent., making 10 per cent. for the year 1933. A 5 per cent. dividend absorbs $50,000. The Directors propose to carry forward to next account $68,013.17

The Haytor Rubber Estates phys a final dividend of 5 per cent. This with the interim dividend of 5 per cent, and a special dividend of 20 per cent, paid during the year out of a sum transferred from reserve account makes a total of 30 per cent, for 1993.

The Tapah Jabber Co. is paying a dividend of 5. per cent absorbing $29,183.50; transferring to Development Reserve $25,000; and carrying forward $34,767.13.

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