1929-12-06 — Page 9

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1929.

SHOPPING GUIDE

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FELT HATS-from-86. JUMPER SUITS from $20. AFTERNOON GOWNS GREATLY REDUCED. 7, Ice House St.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

THE HIGH RENTS PROBLEM.

DAILY 'PRESS."]

MORE ABOUT EXTRALITY. [TO THE EDITOR or riz " HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.')

SIR. Your editorial of yesterday apparently referred to our paper, the China Truth, when you mention-

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG ed a "Canton paper" and quoted A sentence from one of our articles, namely, Mr. Foreigner's extrality appendicitis will te operated by SIR The report published of the Surgeon C. T. Wang, but there will Committee meeting of the Property be no danger to the patient's life Owners' Association in this moru in removing the inflammation, since ing's issue is of great interest. it serves no useful purpase." Your simile" is There is no doubt that much leader said that our labour has been spent in some quar-not appropriate, etc., and declared ters to cultivate an impression that that the sudden, discovery that rents are playing an important extra-territorial rights have part in determining the prosperity foundation in the treaties is too of trade in the Colony.. "The attack childish for serious consideration." on the Hong Kong dalinr has ap- That was an answer to aur argu, parently ceased and it is the Hong ment that extrality is a licence and Kong landlord who has come in for not a contractual obligation.

In the first place, "we fail to see his share of nhuse.

With the object of requesting the why the China Truth is referred to Government to introduce legislation as a Canton paper instead of for the purpoes of curtailing rents, mrationing our name. Some time a number of Chinese business men 50 we expressed disagreement with have been holding weekly meetings the views of your paper, and were and passing resolutions. The opinnot afraid to mention it in our The China Truth always ion has been expressed that as mor- pages, chants are suffering from trade de comes out in the open instead of pression, house owners should do mining behind the bush."

We adhere to our belief that Romething to manifest their sym- pathy, preferably by reducing rente, extrality is a licence, although the helping thus to lessen the mer- Chinese Government, as you" say, im. chants' unbearable burden. It has termed it as limitations owners should refuse to come for- pose" by treaties. If the views ward of their own accord and no of the Chinese Government are so self-respecting owner could possibly deeply respected, why contend refuse, then they might be perstad against its desire to abolish Con- sular jurisdiction? Again, it ed to see the error of their ways by: a combined effort on the part ofstrality is not a licence, why are indignant merchants to seek new Great Britain, France. Brazil, and premises. If this method even fails the Netherlands, ready to discus or if it proves too unprofitable for the matter with a view to their Besides treaties with tenants to pursue owing to the abolition ? many valuable fittings they have China, can you point out other to leave behind, then it is for the international agreements to-day in which extrality constitutes a subject Government to introduce new

Matter of inter-State obligations? ordinnnes to provide for the cren Extrality once existed in Japan, tion of what has been termed a "Fair Rents Board." Whether all Turkey, Sium, but being a mere

revoked. now or any of these measures are prac-British Government is sharing the ticable only time can tell.

"Merchants are, however, not to be same view, as it is ready to abolish blamed if in their concern for Capitulations (ie, extrality) in the

Rynt restoring the sole object of their proposed treaty with

Yours, etc., devotion, to normality, they occa

CHINA TRUTHI sionally over-reach themselves and

Canton, December 4. trend on other people's toes. They

The writer of the above letter are only to be pitied as many a remedy devised by them has been appears to be under the strange "afraid " tried, but no signal success has been impression that we are in sight. They have remembered to mention the name of the journal he represents. In that idea he is to put the cause of depression down quite mistaken, as he is in his view to every thing and to every "of our recent recomment. China else, but they have managed to fer. Truth is of opinion that extra- get that perhaps it is with their territorial rights" have nothing to own selves that they have to condo with the treaties. Our view is tend.

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Whether a merchant succeeds or directly opposite.that they are not in his business is certainly not treaty rights. Ching Truth ange that Consular jurisdiction. WLA due to the amount of rent which his landlord demands from him. It allowed in the nature of a grant or licence rather than a contractual he finds the premises he is occupy obligation." Our view is that Con- ing too costly for his purpose, sular jurisdiction is distinctly pro is time for him to think of retrench-vided for in & contract, and is not ment and to seek ones Jess "costly.

He must remember it is not then additional concession graciously. rapacious landlord who fixed the granted without obligation. The amount of rent to be paid; it is writer of the above letter now agrees rather the rapacious tradesman who with us that the Chinese Govern- finds it profitable to offer the land-ment has itself described extra-

territoriality as being imposed lord so much more in order to oust

a more formidable and successfy the treaties, and, having made rival. In short, the amount of rent that admission he concedes that Jextra-territoriality has something which can be obtained from a house.

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depends directly on the number ato do with the treaties. The other persons who desire that house, points of his letter do not call for there is a plentiful supply of the notice other than to reiterate that' kind of houses wanted, there will the Treaty Powers have given sym- pathetic consideration to China's be competition in letting and rents proposals regarding the abolition tend to come down. If on the con-of extra-territoriality, and are will- trary, the supply of the kind of

ing to relinquish those rights when house wanted is limited, there will satisfied that conditions in China he competition in airing and the have become sufficiently stabilised tendency is for rents to go up to warrant them so doing, Mean- Applying this simple rule to Hong while the Powers have intimated. Kong, one can see why tents have their willingness to discuss further on the whole come down since 1925; proposals from China an the sub- although in the Central district ect. Since making that intimation. where the demand is for the busi-the only indication of China's ic ness premises rents have not show tentions we know of as having been much appreciable change. It is made is the announerment that efear then that if there is a great extra-territorial rights are to be demand on property in the Central abolish from January next by LOVE district, rents in this locality must the very simple process of merely necessarily reunia high and will declaring that they are abolished. continue to be high until either the No reputable Chinese merchant in supply is augmented by the erection Chinton would so deal with a foreign of more commodious buildings or firm with which he entered into a by the expansion of the existing contract.-Ep.} business area, or the demand is diminished by merchants re-adjust- ing their office requirements

There is thus no justification for alleging that succour to the trade of the Colony could be brought by the control or reduction of rents.- Yours, etc.,

COMMON SENSE.. Hong Kong, December 5.

[To

A SHAREHOLDER'S GRIEVANCE.

THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG

DAILY PREAS."]

SIR, I have read with much in- terest the letter which appeared under this caption in your issue of to-day.

"A Victim" has put the case very mildly indeed, as it seems to me that if the facts are placed he fore the Registrar of Companies nction might be taken by him for what appear to be misrepresenta tions in the prospectus and subse quent misapplication of the Com- pany's funds.

I heartily endorse year cortes- pendent's idea that a meeting of shareholders should be held to ven- tilate their grievances, and also to appoint a Committer to protect their interests and to initiate legal proceedings if necessary.

All Treat that

that your correspondent take the lead in calling a meeting.-- Yours, etc.,

UNION. Hong Kong, December 5.

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READERS

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