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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY. JUNE

12:

1922.

CALIFORNIA ANTI-ALIEN UPPER YANGTZE TRADE TUNG KANG'S. CAMPAIGN. Į

LAW

Some Obstacles.

Department for Investigation I

Of Accounts Created. The launch of another steamer

Pekin, May 23-All the in- Appeal Court's Decision.

for the Upper Yangtze trade this) Commenting on the California week naturally calla attention to formation regarding loans con- Supreme Court's decision declare the extraordinary development of iracted by the Peking Gavern. ng lovalid that portion of the shipping in the west of China, meat is to be reviewed by a Allon Land Law that probibit Memories of Archibald Little are department that has been organiz. adult aliens ineligible to oitizen-joked by the evout, and when it fed and that has just issued a sor ship from acting as guardians of is realized that to-day sometnina of important regulations which their minor American-born chil-like a score of steamers ply on are to make the misuse of funds dren, and buying or farming and the waters which he first proved and the conclusion of improper on their behalf, State Senator navigable for steam, the genius loans an impossibility. The head Inman, author of the law, said: of the man stands out in an over of this Department shall have the Tha-deci-ion deforts in effect more vivid light. To-day British, power to withhold his signature French from a payment or a loan contract practically all of the provisions of American, Japanesa the Law, and forms a loophole by with unfortunately a query) and if it has suspicious as to the Chinese companies send their legality of such or if questions steamers over the rapids, their put to the Dapartment contract. not prove satis- gumber steadily increases, yet but ing the loan or making the for the enterprise of Little, his payment do far-seeing vision and courage, factors. The Cabinet is to ba the they might to-day be virtually un- last Court of Appeals.

The Department for the luren. heard of in that part of the coun- try, and between Chungking and tigation of accounts shall hava chang solitary foreigners might the power, according to these new still voyage by the tedious house-regulations, to conduct investiga tions into payments made from boat. Today Chungking is a

which Japanese alisus may pur; chase land in the name of minor children and in effect nullify all

anti-alien land laws."

Governor Stephen's remarked, "I have seen newspaper repotis to the effect that the California State Supreme Court has declare invalid and uncarstitutional the guardianship clause of the anti-

al requirements.”

Butte county..

them.

In case any change shall have been made in the distribution of loans, this Department shall be notified.

JUNIOR FASHIONS

COST OF OPERATING

U.S. SHIPS

For play and school clothes, are mort however, bloomers practical and more aniversal- the dressier than

word

pantalaites.

⚫iscossing the red charger. Mr. Merrill said that the Ship-

US. owner would be able to Operate on a parity with his British competitor as far as the first cost was concerned, even i

the 3.000.000 tons of the bes ships were sold at $30 a dead-

eplacement cost. Declaring weight tou-$50 below their sistence of the officers and men that the Board now required at this $30 a top who manned the ocean-going least $20 of

to be paid in cash upon the de ships.

In metricnlous detail. Mr.livery of a ship, he said it was Merril, formerly with the Oriental believed the British shipowner Navigation Company, of New could get bie money more cheaply. Williams' Pink Pills.

York, discussed comparative craw Sufferers from long standing 10-costs.

He entered upon a con. digestion learn by experience how sideration of the operating differ utterly useless it is to rely upon entials and concluded by setting the ordinary indigestion mixtures forth the views of the board as to

20 YEARS OF INDIGESTION Completely Banished by Dr.

alien land law. I shall console\rapidly expanding port, a centre/any losos received. Reports shall! with the Attorney-General and of foreign enterprise in Szechuan, be made to it concerning the reg the attorneys for the Japanese and again the credit is Little Irulations and conditions under Exclusion League to discover

was in 1891 that he proved the which loans are contracted, and how we can frame a bill to cone correctness of his theory by tak-concerning treasury bonds issued within the scope of Constitutioning what was really a big steam by the Government, and it shall faunch up the river and through be informed every time that loans Yesterday's decision was based its intricacies and dangers. That contracted are to be distributed! upon the appeal taken by Harado:

was the start, and having blazed and what payment are made from Yang, an alien Japanese, who his trail, he proceeded to turn his asked, prior to the land adventure to commercial account. amendment of 1920 to be appoint where ships are concerned the ed guardian of his daughter who merchants of our homeland are is a native born citizen of the ever ready to back adventure by

All orders for payments shall United States, and who owned fourteen acres of farming land in hard cash, and Little found the

money forthcoming to build the be signed by this Department be Pioneer, the boat we know so well fore any payment is made.

The Department for the In- The Lower Court denied his as H.M.S. Kinshɛ, now in her old petition on the ground that he had

age carrying chickens and such-vestigation of Accounts shall have ao property. It was claimetike small cargo between local the power to investigate any the deed was taken in the child's porta. Captain Plant was brought suspicion arising in connection name to evade the land law of from the Persian Gulf, and the with the order for payment issu 1916, prior to the act of 1920 trade was firmly established.

Ted, and shall demand that a satis

The pantalettes of to-day are Yano declared he had filed bis has grown, steadily at first and factory explanation be given bel guardianship petition six weeks latterig with a rpsbrand it is of fore affixing its signature.

If there is any question of the short and gay, always match. before the law want into effect this tha: mention must be made

ly Department in ing the frock with which they action of this The Supreme Court upholds day. Yano's contention that the law is

The impression seems to have withholding its signature the are worn, and showing exacus not retroactive, and goes farther with the declaration that the 1920 Prevailed not so very long ago matter may be brought before the three pert little frills below the

that the Upper Yangtze was Cabinet through the Minister of skirt bau

Finance. If tae payment is amendment is invalid.

kind of shipping El Dorado. The Reviewing the decision, Chief Erst few steamers which carried sanctioned by the Cabinet, the

Shipping Board did not believe a merchant marine could be estab Justice Shaw states that the

on the trade earned handsome Minister of Finance, and the

lished unless the personnel were lower Court was overruled on profits for their owners, and paid managing anthorities shall be

and fedl Igels Americans three cougis: that the alien for themselves many times over. held responsible for it, and shalli

ats "decent rate," he said it was) land law violates the treaty Th however, is the fortune report the reasons for the action of between the United States and which waits upon the courageous, the Cabinet to the Department A Comparison With British,

The conditions under whietterly opposed to a reduction in Japan; that the alien land law and those who come later maar for the Investigation of Accounts

U.S. ships, engaged in the foreles the standard of living on board denies to the Japanese paren: accept the baffets of fortune. The for examination.

This Department shall also trade, are operating, were detailed bip equal protection of the law, co tipper Yangtze is not the gold, Arary to Section 1. Article 14 of mine it was in the past, for in-have the power to withbold its to the Joint Congressional Com the Constitution of the United ad of two or three steamers signature from an order for pay-mittee by Mr. R. T. Merrill, Dir States; and that the alien and holding & monopoly of the trade, ment for which the Department ector of the the Bureau of Rping Board did not believe that a law denies to the oative born the harbours there are to-day busy making the payment shall bear search for the Shipping board.

He estimated that the Britis!. Japanese child the privilege with shipping. Take Chungking, the responsibility, and shall state guaranteed by Section 21, Article for instance. Between May 19 the reasons fo: withholding is merchantmen enjoyed an averag

lower crew cost of 28.9 per cent. 1, of the Constitution of Californis and 23 no fewer than sixteen signature to Parliament. and the privileges and equs! steamers were cleared for other

A table of payments made from under the existing wage scale loans shall be sent to this Depart-and declared that the U.S. ship protection of the law so secured Upper Yangtze ports-Ichang, by the fourteenth amandment.

Suifu and Wambsien-A state of ment, which, after examination, owners had to pay higher fixed The decision states:

affairs denoting keen competi.shall be published in the Govern-charges and, more for the sub- "The right or privilege of a father to be the guardian of histion for the cargo to be carried.ment Gazette.

Chungking, it is true, has expand own minor child does not in any ed marvellously, from the point of respect depend upon or arise out view of foreign trade, but in the of his nationality or his eligibility present state of Szechuan that er ra citizenship in this country-pansion cannot be continued in- Such privilege is no doubt as definitely. Were the province much beized by a Japanese ras cormel in its political aspect there ident of rod character who is would be business and to spare not a citizen of this country and for all the interests that might as cannot become such, ze by any semble there, but unhappily it is tablets, Bic, fur any permanenthe amount of direct aid which tinuing through the life of the father of like character who is anot, noras things are in Chins to benefit. But indigestion's victims would be necessary. citizen or eligible to become one day is any prospect of that in will find a message of hope in the

COST OF CONSTRUCTION. On the cross-examination Mr. A law denying the privilege to

Taking the current American one class and giving to the other sight. Hardly at peace for following statement made by Birs. Merrill said that the 32,000,001 cannot be said to be a law justifi. moment in the matter of its 20- Clack, of 5, Osborne Road, Acton, dollar figure, which he had dec-quotations as to the cost of con- lared the direct aid would cost.structing first-class liners," Mr. ed by a classification for suchment, it inevitably provides London, England.

playground for banditti and what

"For twenty years," she said, was merely an "estimate" or the Merrill said that this would be peculiar legislation. Such at-

was a victim of indigestion. "best guess" which might be made fully 15 per cent, higher than the tempted classification. does not relieve the art from the charge mercial enterprise is serezly ci suffered antold agony, with pains ander the prevailing circum- British. He estimated that the camscribed. The big commer in the chest and through the stances. In his statement he as-U.S. owner would have to bear, that it violates the fourteenth cist and shipping companies with shoulders. Everything I ate causserted that the life of a ship was

on this account annual charge Amendment.

amounting to 3.75 per cent, or Et is argued that the object of their world wide connection, who ed me great suffering. I vomited twenty-two years.

use the coast and river lines as pints of water. I could not sleep; Citing figures obtained from almost the dividend rate on the the law is to prevent evasions of feeders for their foreign depart-

my head ached terribly. For payrolls and data from the British British Investment. the law forbidding aliens inelig

Summing up be said the operat mente, will naturally make a suc. ible to citizenship to acquires of the business there, but the years I was taking medicines Shipping Federation, the Shipping

without avail.

Board expert contended that U.S.ing diferential due to the sonas! possess or enjoy agricultural others may find the El Dorado of "Then Dr. Williams' pink pills crew costs were approximately excess of the capital charges land, that the only class doing so former days to be a spare and a is composed exclusively of aliens delusion.

were recommended to me, and one 30 per cent. higher than the should be placed at a minimum of battle was sufficient to make me British.

15 per cent, wages at 30 per cent. who cause land to be vested in An interesting phase about realise their wonderful powers, so Mr. Merrill testified that about and 25 per cant, for higher sub- their own minor children, with trade in Chungking and her sister continued with the pills. My two-thirds of the world's ocean aistence. The indirect costs, das 1 View of being appointed! ports is to be seen in the precau-headaches gradually disappeared, cargoes came broadly under the to repairs, administrative ex- guardian of the estate off tions adopted by the Szcboza and my appetite became better, head of low-grade bulk commodi-penses and other differences *reat such children and that it is per merchants to keep the trade in Soon I could eat without feeling ties, adding that approximately ly but not readily measurable," - missible for the State to regard | the persons who are producing the their own hands. Foreigners who any ill effects, and could sleep two-thirds of the world's tonnage were substantial, be test fied.

Discussing the three proposed reside there for the purposes of like a top. Now I am quite well, was in low speed ships capable evil which it desires to prevent their business succeed in carrying all signs of indigestion having of making less that twelve kaots. methods of paying subsidies, he a class by themselves and to enact on a good export, trade, sad send disappeared."

Pointing out that this movement said, one based on the difference such measures as may be neces the hides and bristles and the

You, too can improve yours made largely by tramps, he in payrolls was discarded because

only covered

one of the sary to accomplish the desired

**The difference between lit object, but the legislation must be other produce of the province digestion by beginning Dr. Wild:

to the markets of Europe and liams' pink pills now. Of dealers: our wages and those of other differentials. The fat so much such as will have some tendencs America through the customary or direct from the Dr. Williams Countries has been in the past, per ton subsidy, advocated by 10 remove the evil intended to be channels. But, we are given to Medicine Co., 96 Szechuan Rosi. and will be in the future so great the shipowners was not accepted understand, when it comes to im- Shanghai, at $1.50 per bottle, $8.00s to make it almost impossible because it failed to take into ports, the piece goals business, for six bottlee, post free.

for us to compete in tramp secord the speed, and it did not shipping." The following message appears for instance, the Szechuan mer!

e courage the building of typ s of sips needed to balance the to indicate that the foregoing chant shows that be would rather

HIGHER SUBSISTENCE COST. decision has been revoked

got have what he calls foreign in-at any rate for some time to come

Concerning the higher sub-i merchant marine.

"He launched: "into & detailed Sao Francisco, May 23 The terference. He can buy his stocks The riches of the province are United States District Court basin Shanghai and Hankow, and locked up through misrale, and sistance costs on U.S. vessels over- held that the California Anti then having transported them to being a law unto itself, except British, Mr. Merrill said this was discussion of the proposed sub- Alien Land Law bas violated no the west, he wants to deal with when the neighbouring province 22 per cent, more on first-class sidy scheme. He said upon provision of the Constitution nor them after his own fashion. This of Yunnan sets out on a foraging passenger liners, 10 per cent, cross-examination, that the Ship- of any treaties. The Court has is perfectly natural, but at the expedition, Szschuza is likely to moreon intermediate and steerazeping Board had the sathority to denied the petition of N. Sato, same time is calculated to be an remain so, & sort of China in ships, and 29 per cent. higher double the subsidies on any trade therefore, for П injunction obstacle in the way of the develop, miniature and not a very minia- even when mixed crews were route, and added that

It is fitting employed. Stating that no exact country will have to trust the restraining the District Attorney ment of foreign interests, and it tore one either. from preventing the sale of stock will be a hard one to overcome. to give a word of warning to comparisons were available that Shipping Board," on this matter. in an agricultural corporation to For this reaso1, as well as the un- those who would embark on ven- would permit an accurate average it would not be advisable, in Sato. Circuit Judge Morrow, who settled state of the country there tares there, that their craft is on cargo carriers, he said it would his julgment, to place any re-

män more, Asserting that the power.

-presented."

ANOTHER DECISION.

should be a wide field for com-

Taking a typical 8,800-ton ship, he figured that each 1 per cent. ferenc+ in additional cost of & capital capital amounted to charge of $1.600 per year, con-

ship.

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