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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1920.

DIFFICULTIES IN COLONIAL POLICY.

BRITAINT'S "TRADE.

DAY

1895.

PERHAPS OUR GREATEST HONGKONG TWENTY- Britain bas still a good deal of ERROR IS OUR COSCENTRATION | loeway to make up in the matter ON THE SAINTS WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR'S AGO. of her foreign trade, this, fant be- CHURCH AND THE NEGLECT OP ing very obviously revealed by oF THE BINNERS WITHOUT the Board of Trade returns für July, cabled out East by Renter | Bishop of Chelmsford. yesterday. A little while back there Britain's sxports would soon Mr. Chan Yut-u has been exceed her imports, and we were authorised an auditor under the then optimistic snough to hope Companies Ordinance. - 7. that by this time we should be wall

towards regaining some of the tram-

Warn

On

our

indications

that

(Compiled from the “Hongkong Telegraph" klos for-week- ending Aug. 21st, 1893.)

THE DOLLAR.

Aug. 15th-The rats of the Dollar, on demand, to-day is 23. 1-7/8d.

ARMED PROTECTION,

SHIPPING NOTES:

(BY

The freight markut ia absolūtos ly Rifaloans. Whatever business has been done during the past

FUNKHAL: YES

two weeks has been at ratse lower B. L. de Souss, second son of M The fimeral of the late Mr « than those pak in the previous E. V. M. R. de Sousa, took planë weaks. Many of the Coast vessels yesterday afternoon, and WEI are starving for employment, and attended by a large mimber it. all that they can rely upon is to friends. The chief mourners werkt. carry on short trips from Hongay. deceased's faiber and older brother Otherwise there is no enquiry for and two uncles, Mesurs O.D. Bar tonnage Rates do not show signs ratio and Sousa, Among the others of improvement. For Newchang present were Messrs Leod'Aboade, Tenders are being invited for

to Canton business has been done E. Lammert, J. D. Ogund, I, endous surplus in our favour the construction of a reinforced

at 53 cents per ton, while for Bea Silva, G. Yvanovich, A. O, da that made us the premier com- concrete pier at Cheung Chau. ----

Hongay to Canton tw fix-Rocha, A. F. B. Silva-Netto, A.M Aug. 15th-We note the sug-tures are reported at $9.50 per Eca, E. H. Aquino, 1. M. Xavier, marcial nation of the world. Im-

gestion made in some of our conton. The a Rupars, one of the J. M. Bochs, C. A. Rozs, Bath. ports are still considerably abors

belonging exports; in fact the totala given

of Mr. William temporaries for the establishment boats

to Messrs Ezra, D. Carvalho, J., P. Braga, for the first seven months of this James Shenton, of A. S. Watson of a League among all British H.M.H. Nemasee and Co, which C. 5. Carvalho, W. R. Platow, year are not at all encouraging. &Co., Ltd, has been added to Subjects in China (and Hongkong) had bean chartered to the Java Bros Simar and Alphonsus of St. But our exports are"sinadily [P^o register of Chemists and for mutual defence and protection China-Japan Line at 30 cents for Joseph's Colloge, where deceased growing and our imports may soon

sugar and an option for molasses, was educated, Drs, F. Kaw and against Chinese aggression in the has returned from Java The 5. A. de Carvalho, and Fr. Noval.. follow the opposita trend. One

apparently very probable event of Magallanes, a Phillipines boat, Deceased was buried in the Rouso. has to bear in mind that the home

our Government not taking ad-has been chartered for the Hal-Catholic Cawelery, Fr. Spada equate measures to secure us phong-Manila run at 3 pesos persisted by Fra. Bianchi and against the dangers to which we cask for oil. I am told that time-Szs-to officiating both at the chapel

in Japan have and at the graveside. are exposed from the hostility of charter rates

ers can fura

The

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ruggists.

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the people of China, and the want declined to 4 yen sa a ton for of power as well as the want of Coast boats, and & yen for over- will of the Chinese Government

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1043.

the biggest drop under any single flag. United States shipa, have There is a little demand for coal been coming into this barbour

a

consumption of manufactured The King's Exequatur articles is still very great and powering Mr. Marie Harrington that it is only after satisfying. Salcedo to act as Consul for Home demands that manufactur Cubs in Hongkong bas/received

their attention His Majesty's signature. to foreign markets. It would be interesting to know what propar- tion of the imports was TAW

His Excellency the Governor to restrain their people within the materiala and what proportion was

bas appointed Mr. Walter bounds of law and order. The manufactured articles. Britain has still avery reason to be proud of Schofield, to be Chief Assistant proposal, it has been a tonnage from Japan. Even at in larger numbers, for against her industrial output, and it can to the Secretary for Chinese nounced,contemplates the raising the low fate of $3 per ton dead- 36 last year in the second- be safely assumed that she is Affairs and Deputy Registrar of of a fund from the annual sub-weight, time charterers cannot quarter there are this time

Marriages.

their steamers on a slowly but surely paving the way

scriptions of members and the run

re-71 vessels, of tonnage of for the liquidation of all her for-

possibility of that fund being munerative basis, owing prin- 242,045. Against one Rossian eign indebtedness. The only way

We bave received a copy of the used to arm and fit out parties to cipally to the high cost of coal, boat entering the barbour of and the prevailing depression|Hongkong in the second quarter to pay off that debt is by the manufactured products of her report of the General Committee escort commissions of enquiries generally. Locally there is no of last year, there came into port workmen, and the sooner home of the Hongkong Chamber of to punish summarily perpetrators demand for time charter for this quarter 15 Russian vessels of manufacturers are in a posi-Commerce, recording the chief of massacres of the Kucheng ordinary coasting trade. There a tonnage of 21,418 Norwegian ia a fairly good demand for vessels have also increased, from tion to export on a large scale the proceedings of the Chamber dur type. sooner will Britain emerge freeding the year 1919.

small and medium sized vessels 25 of a tonnage of 27,713, to 43 of the yoke imposed by

with Hongkong Goverment pas 48,600 tons. from

Steamers flying the Great War. The pity of

senger licences for singls and the British flag bead the list it all is that the working men at Sir Charles Eliot. the British.

arrivals and departares. A meeting of the Legislative consecutive voyages. Hongkong-of Homs do not fully recognise this. Ambassador to Japan, arrived Council was held this afternoon, Saigon Hongkong at 38 and 35 For instance, 502 steamers of the and that in their output they see at Seoul recently. He visited There were present His Ex- cents per piral, including cargo aggregato tonnage of 851,405 and little or nothing else but larger the Governor-General, Admiral cellency the Governor. Sir

and passengers from Hongkong to 802 river steamers of the tonnaga profits for capitalists. Not only Baron Saito, and attended a William Robinson, K.C.M.G., Mr. Saigon for charterers" benefit, bat of 457,071 entered Hoogkong England. but the whole Empire tes party st the

British J.H. Stewart Lockhart, (Colonial owners, being hampered by the during the second quarter of last stands to lose or gain by the Consulate io the afternoon. Secretary), Mr. W. M. Goodman high price of coal, are not accept year and in the comparative actions of organised Isbour, and Baron Saito gave a luncheon in Attorney General); Mr. F.Ang these rates.

period this year the figures bad the most patriotic hope of the his honour.

mounted to 503 steamers of day is that nothing serious

river 1,050,349 tons and 643 will

distarb

tons. 1,454,692 transpire to

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

MEETING.

Cooper (Director of Public Works); Captain W.C.H. Hastings, R.N.(ActingHarbour Master), Mr.

of There have been a few fixtures · steamers

sod lessen the producing It is notified that, on the appli-A.M. Thomson (Acting Colonial for salt freights. The Silesia Chinese vessels were second oa

the Adan-the list,

the Arrivals capacity of the Old Country-cation of Mr. Robert Baker, Treasurer); Mr. A.K. Travers, has been put on

the quarter under There must be give and take on civil engineer, of Kowloon, His Dr. Ho Kai, Mesars, J. Chitagong run for salt (6,000 during both sides of the industrial scale; Excellency the

Rs. 11 per top, review, both of steamers and Governor-in-Bell-Irring, C. P. Chater. A. tons) capital must give its quota and Council has directed that the said McDonachie, and the Hon. E. while the s.a. Chekiang was also river boats being 451, of a so must labour. Britain can ill-Ir. Baker may use and publish Belilies, unoffical members, and fixed locally for Tsingtao to tonnage of 210,111, against 449 The overnight telegram regarding the debate in the House of afford any loss, for she is already in the Colony for a period of six Mr. J. G. T. Buckle (Acting Hongkong to carry salt at $430 vessels of 222,370 tons in the

handicapped heavily. But the months from the 12th day of Clerk of Councile).

per ton, her capacity being 2,300 second quarter of last year. The Commons on the policy of the Colonial Office makes inter-days since the cessation 'of

tons. From the lat instant, the number of Portuguese rERSOÏS esting reading, because it raises a general issos of great importance hostilities have witnessed big August, 1920. so invention relai-

Chinese Government has prohibit-jentering and departing during the Inst It is often difficult, with a rather meagre cabled summary of points strides in

ed the exportation of salt from quarter was the same as the recovery and, to an improved rail fastening raised, to gather the full import of a Parliamentary discussion, and happily, there are few indications crete sleeper, without prejudice Millar, R. N., having been reliev-fact that the Siamese Government

adjustor and an improved con-

August 16th.-Captain A. W. Hainan Island. In spite of the year. the present is a case in point. In this instance, Colonel Wedgwood. just now that matters will be in to the Letters Patents to be ed by Captain Rowlatt. the New has removed the embargo on a Labour member, initiated the debate, the burden of his complaint any degree worsened.

granted for the said invention. being that there has recently been a departure from old traditione, with the result that the Colonial Office has a natural bias in favouri of the settler class and the exploitation of the countries rather than assuming the attitude of blind justice of the old administration. THE O.B.E.'S.

SAVAL CHANGE.

Master Attendant at the Royal broken rice from Siam, tbère in There is strong feeling in Naval Dockyard, left for Eag-no demand for outside tonnage Australia against the employ- land by the Empress of China for Коулдан Hongkong and ment of JapanesS Besmen It is notified that, on the yesterday. Captain Millar was Bangkok. For coal tonnage from on Australian coastal boats.

Mr.

Johan very popular here and will be Mon to Hongkong, yen 6.50 is The Australian Seamen's Uni-

FRAWLEY CO.

+

+

month were the

intrusion of Eastern crows in the

| Australian coastal service, on the ground that many Australain Among the fixtures during last 588 MON are unemployed, and following therefore it is against the inter- principal items: Saigon-Hong-ests of the Commonwealth to Long-La Mare (16.000 picula) keep Japanese in the constal at 13 cents per pical, Telemachus trading service. The Union fur- (34,000 picula) at 20 cents per ther insists on the discharge of picul, Pheumpenh (29,000 picals) of Japanese now employed on at 20 cents, Sunlack (20,000 piculs)ing of their places by the Aus With full cast, the Frawley at 20 cents per picul and the ralian seamen who are out of Company last night staged "The Dewawongse (33,000 picals) at 20 employment.

Saigon-Manila-Hang- Thirteenth Chair a play satiated cents.

with thrills for those interested chow (33,000 piculs) at 35 cents

And he described this as a serious development in view of the fact With all due respect to the application of that new Constitutions are being granted to British East Africa. holders of the Order of the British Herman Coolbass, the Marine greatly missed in the A.D.C.quoted and for Meji to Singapore ion strenuously objects to the Rhodesia and Ceylon. The inference, of course, is that the rights Empire it doesn't seem as though Superintendent of the Java and other fashionable sections of yen 10 per ton is asked. of natives are being made subsidiary to the encouragement of the honour is counted very much China-Japan Line of Steamships the community, with whom he exploitation of these and other Colonies. If that were so, it would by some people. We have been in Hongkong. His Excellency the was deservedly popular and high- indeed be regrettable, but we do not think the facts warrant such used to hearing all sorts of sar-Governor-in-Council has directedly esteemed.

castic things about this Order, that Mr. Coolhass may use and An allegation.

So far from keeping the native "under" all the tendencies of and the recipients have often publish in the Colony for a further British Colonial policy at present are in the other direction. How been led to think that its dona-period of three months from the else can we account for the larger measure of self-government tion is the reverse of a compli-7th day of August, 1920, an in-] which is being granted to the very possessions which Colonel ment. One facetious member vention for improvements in Wedgwood names? It is true that there is no present intention of of our staff will persist in apparatus for releasing life-buoys giving full and absolute self-government to all our Colonies. That calling it the Order of the at night-time, without prejudice "THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR."at 20 cents, Hupeh (36,000 piculs) vessels in that trade, and the fill- would be the height of folly, as must be apparent even

to Bad EZE." but- he's quite to the Letters Patent to be the critics of the Colonial Ofice. Colonel Amery has now definitely a juvenile and 'can be granted for the said invention. stated the ultimate goal of the Government, which is to enable excused. The raison d'etre of this every part of the Empire to attain, when conditions make it pos- little reference is that a recent sible, full power to control their own affairs and to develop their writer in the Erening Standard A whist drive and dance were own destinies. The proviso is important, for, as Colonel Amery declared that a publishing firm held last evening by the R. E. in spirtualism. It is the first per picul for 20,000 picols and 30 The Jones Bill, recently in- rightly says, to give complete self-government straight away to Home is now engaged in the Sergeants Mess, in the R. E play of its kind, we believe. cents for 25,000 picule.troduced in the American Senate, communities like those of Rhodesis and the East Africa Protector preparation of a biographical Theatre, Wellington Barracks that has been presented Hongkong-5 watow-Ssig is agitating British shipowners. ates on any sort of franchise that could be devised would not be in record of all the recipients of Bath functions were well attend- tbeatre-goers

to

Of the Hongkong:-Drular (36,000 It can be safely said that no the interests of the mass of the native population. It is here that honours in the various classes of ed. The winners of the drive Colony, and those who had seen picals) at $16,000 lump sumessure bas ever been enacted we touch the point of extreme difficulty in this matter of Colonial the OBE Our only thought were:Ladies 1st, Mrs. Grimes it at its first performance here Saigon-Cebu.-6. Magallanes at by any country which, if ita constitutional reform. And it is the task of statesmen to steer about that is one of wonderment (145); 2nd, Mrs. Tidey (144) 3rd recently by the same Company, 80 cents per picul Hongkong-provisions are put into operation, between two courses to avoid appression of the natives but yet at at what size the book will Miss Puckett (142): 41b, Miss R. will remember the extremely Sne Haiphong-Batavia-One thous aims

sach * blow at Gu the same time to safeguard the interests of the Colonies as a whole be. As there are many thou-Enwright (140); booby, Mrs. manner in which the piece was and tous at 65 cents per picul and merchant shipping as the Act by seeing that the voting power is not secured by those unable to sands of O.B.Ea, the volume Burden (113.) Gents

played. To be brief, the story 1,500 tons at 80 cents. Hongay-in. question The preamble make proper use of it or by those who would deliberately abuse promises to be of immense size Mr. Blackburn (146): 2nd, deals with the mystery surround. Hongkong for coal-Paoting is quite straightforward ——— such power. Self-government is a stage which can only be reach- and

may well rival the Mr. Grimes (145); 3rd, Mr.ing a murder, and the afforts of a (2,300 tons) at $2.75 per "It is necessary... for the ed in gradual stages, and to grant the appearance of it by working celebrated Debrett itself. One Hodges (145); 4th, Mr. Warren so-called spiritualist mediam and ton, Tokei Mara (3,200 tons) at growth of its foreign and domestic on the basis that any sort of franchise will do would be possibly witty author once said of Debratt's (145); 5th, Mr. Owen (144); 6th, detective to encompass the $2.50 per ton, Pakhoi (part cargo commerce that the United States worse than making no concessions whatever in the particular "Peerage" that it was "the next Mr. Burden (142); booby. Mr. perpetrator. Those of the of 1,700 tons) st $2.75 per ton, shall have a Mercantile Marine direction. More than that, we do not think that any of our Pro beat thing in fiction that the Bigwood (114). S. M. Flyou coo-detective appear

Lindsay Moller (1.900 tons) st of the best equipped and most bo to tectorates are yet truly ripe for full self-determination. Benevolent English have done." but this ducted the drive in his usual piecing together of the avail- $2.50, Mo Hon (1,100 tons) at 1.50 suitable type of vessels sufficient rule by Britain, with a general and progressive tendency towards promised publication will give the pleasant and efficient style. In able

Time charter:-The to carry the greater portion of its clues, and when a per ton. fuller freedom, is the policy that works best, even in the interests of wage the chance of their lives. spite of the hot weather, s num- hitch is encountered to use un-8.5. Waishus (1,500 tone) for the commerce." The United States the inhabitants of these possessions which are gradually being lift We hope that the biographical ber of enthusiasts participated scrupulous methods to attain his cattle trade for three months at as a shipping country is but in ed on to higher planes.

record of all the recipients will in the dance.

object.

The character of the $6.75 per ton deadweight, and the swaddling clothes, and it will be There is an interest in this matter of Colonial policy for Hong- not be given; at least not complete

detective as sustained by Mr... Halvard (2,600 tons) for four found in due time that the long koog. Indeed, from our own case we can see how difficult, nay, biographical records. Lordy!

st $6,50 per Albert Morrison, showed a bard-months

ton and varied experience of the impossible, it would be to concede fall self-government to all British what reading they would provide

beaded belief in the value of deadweight. Newchang-Dalny-British, much of it gained in times possessions. Not the most ardent constitutional reformer would to be sure. It would be like advocate that the whole control of Hongkong be left in the bands peeping into the private history morning and afternoon. This has apparent clues, while that of the Amoy Kickiang (22,000 piculs) of adversity, counts, more then of an electorate including the native popluation as well as British of half the people in the world. proved such a success that the medium (played superbly by Miss at 52 cents per picul, and the Acts of Parliament.

management have now decided to Leslie Virden) was a cynical Hunan (22,000 picula) for the are no doubt some grave voters. That is typical of the difficulties to be encountered when

allow smoking from 9 to 10.30 revelation of the bold of the same rate, a.m. and from 3 to 4 p.m. The medium who, it would appear granting of this privilege has depende chiefly on the supersti-]

we set about settling the franchise for Colonial possessions. Nor

Although out here we all smoke

*There

features in the measure, which will tax sil the ingenuity and ex- do we suppose that "full power to control our own affairs and SMOKING AND WORK,

perience of the British shipping develop our own destinies" by an Unofficial Majority on the Council would be considered advisable for Hongkong. Because in all these

resulted in an increased output. tion of her clients to work up a The shipping retums issued world to meet. Among the matters there are large Imperial issues at stake. What we have in our offices-if we want to-Strange, you say? Not so very, so-called seance. Of the two during the week in conjunction provisions for the support of right to expect, however, is some measure of municipalisation by matters are far different at Home, when you come to consider that methods of investigation, the with the Colony's trade returns United States shipping is to be which the Colony could fully control its purely internal affaire. But as we all know. To smoke at man smoking is generally more author places reliance in that of for the second quarter of this year found protection in its most even the franchise problem would be present. These things are work has been considered as concentrated on the matter in the "spiritualistic" which won are interesting as showing how insiduous form. In the United not tually brings the crimes home to different countries have gained States goods carried by their own! quite easy to talk about. The real difficulty lies in evolving a just positive proof of slacking. But hand than one who is policy. And if there are knotty problems in the case of Hongkong, we learn that Messrs. Dick Kerz, smoking. At least smokers find a conscience stricken man. The and lost their grip on the trade of railways for expert have been WEIR also well the Colony. Fer instance, in the granted preferential rates. Under which, after all, is hardly inhabitated by cannibals, bow much more of Preston, have proved to the they can get to better grips with minor roles so must that be when we come to deal with the African and other contrary. "Smoking time" whe things if they have a pipe or sustained by the other members second quarter of last year there the new Act precerenos

entered the port 325 Japanood to ---be ́ ́ secorded only to Protectorates? Self-determination is a finesounding phrase. The recently instituted at the works, cigarette geing. It might be a of the Company.

To-night the Company presents vessels, while this quarter the num-goods carried. In American trouble is to put the idea into effect on an equitable basis to all the men being granted permission thing to be deplored by those

to smoke fifteen minutes each who don't smeks.

"The Man Who Comes Back." concerned.

ber was only 278. That is about bottoms.