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NAVAL ASTRONOMER'S

ACHIEVEMENTS.

NAVAL MAN TO DEVOTE TIME TO SCIENCE.

[United Press.]

* THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. Captain, Thomas See, naval as tronomer, who has bredine probably the most prominent opponent of the theories advanced by Dr. Albert Einstein, announced to-day that he will retire from, naval service on February 10 in order to give his entire time to science,

NEW CUSTOMS DUES THE PROTECTION OF

EXPLAINED.

HOW THE SYSTEM WILL BE

APPLIED.

O From an authoritative source, the Y.-C. Daily News learns that the purpose of the conversion of the basis for collection of Customs duties on imports from abroad

unit was to protect the position of "Customa-secured debts and to avoid. serious loss of revenues by reason

of the higher cost of gold remit

PROPERTY.

ILLEGAL CONFISCATION TO BE STOPPED.

Interviewed by Reuler as what he meant by "protection of people's property" as the real means to save the prosent silver slump situation, Dr. H. E. Kung. Minister of In

said:-

THE KANSU FAMINE REPORT.

AMERICAN COMMENT.

New Yong, Jan. 15. Mr. B. O. Lively, national direc- for of the China International Famine Relief "Commission com“ mented last week on the story brought from the Kansu famine Clark, now employed by the com- area to Peking by Mr. Grover

mission and formerly editor of the Péking Leader.

He declared that conditions as reported are not in the least exag

moderate "statement of fact.

"We are broadcasting a new ap- peal to America and will rush moncy to China," continued Mr. Lively. The famine is due tirely to drought. No fighting is possible there.”

He has been stationed at More from Haikuan tnels to a new gold dustry, Commerce and Labour, gerated, but the report is rather a Island, in San Francisco Bay. hav. ing Been a professor of mathema- tin for the U.S. Navy since 1890,

Captain See's researches include work on observation, of about 200,000 fixed stars, causes of earthquakes, law of the formation of the solar system, the use of sun spots and researches in transcendental geome try, and the nature of space,

for

He has been given. credit Achieving determination of the depth of the Milky Way" at se reral million light-years, which is said to have "expanded the extent of the universé about 1,000 timen."

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The Chinese Government remita abroad each year approximately. £0,000,000 to meet its obligations, In February 1999, when tarif became effective, one autonomy Shanghai tnel could buy 2/7; now, no Shanghai tael can only buy 30 which nets the Government & loss of 28 per cent.

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To correct this situation, a plan has been devised which was made effective in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of Finance to the Chinese Maritime Customs.

Two Phases of Change. In accordance with this plan, the 'conversion of the standard for col lecting Customs duties will be ac complished in two phases. The first, beginning on February 1 and ending March 15 takes as the ex- change rate 2/2 which was the average rate for the last quarter of 100. The second, beginning on March 18 takes 2/7, which was the average rate for January 1929, as the rate of conversion.

This new system will be applied only to specific duties on imports. froin. abroad. It will not affect inter-port duties, nor exports. It does not affect ad valorem duties, which are expressed in percentages Based on gold invoice values.

The following explanation in detail of the working of the new system may be accepted дз authoritative:

The Haikuan tael is a hypotheti cal unit, for Customs purposes only. The ratio, at present is Haikuan Ts. 100 quals Shanghai 1. 111.40.

The new unit has a gold value of Gold $0.10 or about 20d.

On February 1, the Haikuan tael will be taken to be equal to 1.50 of the new unit At current ex- change, the Haiknan tael is worth About Gold $0.56 or about 28d. Thus, on Feruary 1, when the first phase of the new system becomes effective, the Haikuan tacl will be valued at Gold $0.60, er about 30d. Increased Cost of Goods. This may be further illustrated as follows:

"In order to save the present economic crisis, we have to stabilize our currency. But the fundamental way to stabilize the currency is to increase, the productive power of the people. In order to increase the productive power of the people, we have, on the one hand, to protect and develop the national industries, and on the other, to arouse the in. capital in industries. Only by this terest of the people to invest their shall we be able to increase our ex- parts and decrease the imports."

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"If we had one automobile road into Kansa" we could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of peo ple."

STRANGE AEROPLANE

ACCIDENT.

AVIATOR DROWNED,

[United Pre.}

"But since the Northern Ex. edition, taking advantage of the Political situation, some of the peo ple's property has been confiscated not by the due process of law. So during the Third Kuomintang Con.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Jas. 15. gress held in March, 1929, I intro- Fleet air squadron met death to- Lieut. J. G. Waters of the Battle duced a resolution on the Protec-day in an unusual accident. tion of People's Property by law, hoping to restore the social ordering, and to enable the people to carry on their business peacefully. The resolution introduced by me read briefly as follows:

'Since the completion of the Revolution, the Communists, in the name of exterminating cor- rupt officials, etc., endanger the property of middle and small class capitalista by confiscating it illegally, thus the social peace is disturbed and the development of industries is curtailed,'

My resolution was adopted by the Congress, and on April 20, the National Government issued 3 Mandate which read as follows:

The principle of protection of people's rights is universally re- cognized. During the beginning of the perind of political tutel nge, this principle must be more strictly enforced. The liberty and property of any individual or group, within the jurisdiction of China, should not be illegally violated. Disobedience to this law will be severely punished. Let this be obeyed by all.'.

"The Legislative Yuan was or- dered to make out such details. Mr. Chiao Yi Tang, a member of the Tuan, "drafted a set of laws, and I was asked to endorse them, and place them before the Central Standing Committee, which I did. These laws are now under consi- deration and will soon be promul- Take a commodity worth Shang-gated. As a whole, the property of hai Tis. 100, paying a duty of Hai-

the people is equivalent to the pro- kaan la. 10 or Shanghai Tis. 11.14.

party of the Nation. If the peo- The amount of duty to be paid on ple's property is not protected, no this commodity, between February

nation can make any progress. So, 1 and March 15, would be about to extend protection to people's rights automatically solves the present economic situa tion,"

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cost the article, value and duty, would be increased from Shanghai Ts. 111.14 to about Shanghai Tls. 112, or less than one per cent.

From March 16, the Haikunn tacl will be given a value equivalent to 1.75 of the new unit, that is, 80.70 or about 35d. The same commodity would be taxed about. Shanghai Tls. 14 and the increase would be, for value and duty, from Shanghai Tis. 111.14 to about 114 or a little under three per cent.

These illustrations are based upon the assumption that silver will remain as it is. If the value of silver rises to approach 2/7, the amount of the increase will be pro portionately less. So that if 2/T should be reached, there will be no increase at ali..

At present, the

of average Customs duty is about 12 per cent. The above illustrations amply in- dicate that the average increase in cost of goods laid down in Shang- hai, at the present rates of ex- change, will be approximately one per cent. after February 1′′ and three per cent, after March 15.

MORE SLAVERY."

LABOUR CONDITIONS ON U.S. BEET FARMS.

[United Press. ]{

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.

. Senator John J. Blaine of Wis- consin to-day launched an attack upon labour conditions in the best sugar industry of the Western States.

He charged that women and children "literally crawl for miles upon their knees in the Western

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS sugar beet fielts" in the course of

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Replying this attack, Senator Reed Emool of Utah, cae of the large.beet sugar States, denied the Senator truth of the charge. Blaine responded that he was un- willing to accept the testimony of one who was financially interested in the industry.

To thie Senator Smoot replied that he owned, only 44 shares of stock in sugar companies.

The episode arose is connection with the hearings upon possible changes in the sugar tariff for pro- tection of the domestle Jugar müür try:

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FEWER IMMIGRANTS FOR CANADA.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN SETTLERS FROM BRITAIN.

[United Press.]

OTTAWA, Dec. 24.

In the first seven inonths of the current fiscal year, April 1 to October 31, 1820, British immigra tion to Canada totalled 55,167, an increase of 7,777 over the total for the corresponding period last year immigration from the United States was 23,038, an increase of 1,00; from Northwestern Europe 29,219, an increase of 976; and of all other races 97,730, a decrease of 13,016. The total immigration in the seven months under review was 129,151, compared with 131,754 for the same period last year, a de- crease of 2,000, or 2 per cent. These figures have been issued by the Canadian Government Informa- tion Bureau.

Immigration in October of last year was 8,817, an increase of 778 over October, 1928, or 10 per cent. Of the total, 3,386 were British; 2,320 from the United States; 1,328

An aeroplane, which he was pilot eircled about the carrier Sarat and prepared to make a land- ing on the regular deck provided fer this purpose,

Lieutenant Waters erred in judg ment, however, and failed to come down quickly enough. His wheels did not touch until he was well down the runway and the 'plang overshot, going over the side and into the water.

The machine aank immediately and Lieutenant Waters, evidently failing to unfasten his safety belt or possibly otherwise trapped, fail- ed to come to the surface.

PASSENGERS.

Arrivals,

The following passagers arrived at Hong Kong from Shanghai by the 3.3. Antenor on January 21:- Col. Hayley Bell, Mr. C. C. Chen, Mr. C.. Cheng, Mr. C. A. Cress- well, Mr. ft. F. Cave. Mr. A. J. Davidson, Mr. Gaertner, Mr. Hell, Mr. R. E. Haeffely, M. K. Hira- yama, Mr. H. Holden, Mrs. J. G. line, Mr. J. Y. Jen. Mr. Kornata, Mr. Y. P.. Kan, Mr. Kan, Lady Janipson, Mr. T. K. Lin, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ler and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. S. 31. Mayes and two children, Mr. H. P. Man, Mr. and Mrs. Needham and two child- ran, Mr. E. M. Oliveara, Mr. Pirie, Mr. O. S. Benbow-Rowe, Mr. S. C. Suong, Mr. P. Y. Tung, Mr. Tsitu, Dr. J. Y. Woo, Mr. Y. S. Wu, Mr. B. J. White, Mr. R. L. Wyllie, and Master G. Lampson.

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