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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1930.

WORLD BECOMING | SUFFERED BY THE

CROWDED.

WAR.

CHEMIST TAKES PEEP INTO CIVILIANS CLAIM AGAINST

THE FUTURE.

LIVING ON AIR.

Dr. Herbert Levinstein, the eminent chemist, developed some remarkable theories in his pre- sidential address to the Society of Chemical Industry at Birmingham. He predicted that the air, from which our supplies of nitrogen are now synthetically obtained, might also supply synthetic fuel in place

THE CROWN.

MILLIONS INVOLVED.

The legal fight between the Civi lan War Claimants' Association and the Crown in respect of war atage damage reached another when, before Mr. Justice Roche in the King's Bench Division, prel!- minary legal arguments were heard.

Mr. W. N. Raeburn, K.C., Mr, B. B. Stenham, and Mr Herbert Shan- of coal, and that the world's rawly appeared for the suppliants; and materials and power would "ulti- the Attorney-General (Sir William mately be drawn from air, water, Jowitt, K.C.) and Mr. Colin, Pear- sell, and sun

son for the Crown.

Another ten or fifteen genera tions, he declared, would see the ex- haustion of the world's principal coal deposits. The age of coal was passing.. It would have lasted, when it was over, for a less period than the Moorish occupation of Spain, which at the time seemed so important to Christendom, and vanished, leaving behind it nothing but a garden here and there, a palace or two preserved by the con- queror's pride, and a few romantic Lales.

enemy

The Civilian. War Claimants' As- sociation was formed in 1925 for the purpose of cbtaining compensa- tion for civilians in the United Kingdom who suffered injury or loss of property through action during the war. claim against the Crown came be fore the Court by way of a Petl tion of Right based on numerous claims for compensation involving. millions of pounds.

Their

Points of law, were raised by al demurrer which had been entered by the Crown.

It was said by the suppliants, said the Attorney-General:

"We are some of a class of people who underwent misfortune, and during the war were assured by politicians of all descriptions, by observations in the House of Commons, and in

Dr. Levinstein went on to quote figures to show how water power is replacing coal power, and how the substitution of the growing plant-timber-for coal or oil, was impossible. The world could not apare enough aeres of actual or pos- sible forest lands, for the world's acres were a fixed quantity, while the world's inhabitants were grow-one case in answer to a deputation, ing not only in numbers, but also that our claims would receive at

tention, and that we should be In appetite.

compensated out of funds to be received from Germany.

"Cheap-Jack" Principle. "The directing of the great Bources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man" was one of the declared objects of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and was so stated in their charter grant ed a hundred years ago,

ing

"Accordingly we were asked by Government to send in our the claimia, and we filled up forms, hoping and believing that in duc course we were to be paid from Then the some source or other. war came to an end, and a sum of money was received from Ger- many, but we have not received any of it."

£1,500,000 Claimed,

Sir William mentioned that the Crown's claim against Germany was for £3,000,000,000, but, he add- ed, "we have not received much of

them."

"This," said Dr. Levinstein, "is precisely the long range research that the Government can do, and ought to do, and does not do. It is costly, but necessary. That such long range research is likely to pro- duce results is certain. The losses of the Napoleonic wars were soon made good by the development of steam and coal. The losses of the last war can be made good by learn-it. The suppliants allege that the to use more effectually the money which has been received has natural forces for industrial work.not been expended on their behalf The population of the world to-day or paid to them, and they say that is over two thousand millions. If they are entitled to have it paid to it continues to increase at the aver

The face value of the present, age annual rate of one per cent., the world will have doubled its claim, continued Sir William, was about $1,000,000 The total figure population in seventy years."

The two chief competitors for of civilians war claims was £45,- the world's acres were the produc-000,000; claims in respect of pen- tion of food and the production of sions amounted to £1,700,000,000; timber. Long before there was any shipping losses totalled £763,000,- actual world shortage acute pro-000 and allowances paid to sold- blems of great difficulty would fers' and sailors' dependants was These figures arise between the nations that had £300,000,000. enough food and timber and those brought the Crown's claim against that had not. What was the rest Germany to £3,000,000,000, and of of the world going to do with people the amount recovered from Ger who owned large tracts of the earth many civilians had received more and would cultivate properly neither than their proportionate share.

Mr. Justice Roche They. have their forests nor their fields; people who owned land that could, feed us, received something?-Yes, there by their idleness, was a Commission set up under the but which, poverty, ignorance, and selfishness chairmanship of Lord Sumner, and did not feed more than themselves? the Government allocated £5,000,- Here were some problems for the 000, which was distributed by the League of Nations. On their 301u-Commission among various civi- tion might depend peace or war in lians who suffered war damage.

a generation or two...

Costly but Necessary.

"Entitled to Sympathy."

Mr. Justice Roche-Have these suppliants or their assignees re- ceived something or nothing?

Mr. Raeburn-Some have had a

In Britain, which was densely where, therefore, populated, and Jand was relatively scarce, the pro- per utilisation of the land was olittle; sonic have had nothing. viously more important than in countries where land was relatively plentiful. It was therefore most common remarkable that the sense of the people had not forced upon the State a consistent agricul- tural policy.

or

In 1928 we had 32,750,000 acres under grass and 12,750,000 acres of arable land in Great Britain. Was it economically sound to have this proportion of our land grass not? There were 50,000,000 people in this island and the num ber was still growing. We obtain ed and could only obtain the great quantity of our food and raw ma terial by importing from outside our shores.

Sir William Jowitt then read the petition, which contained 60 clauses, and set out 26 individual claims, the largest of which was repatriated civilian prisoners from Ruhleben for £1,185,205.

Reference was made to enemy bombardments of the East Coast of England, to air raids, and to the sinking of merchant ships and fishing vessels by submarines and mines..

In reply to Mr. Justice Roche, Sir William Jowitt said that roughly 2100,000,000 had been received from Germany. "Undoubtedly," he said, "hopes were held out to these people, but you cannot get

The business of England, as a quart out of a pint pot, unfor- seen by the Victorian or so-called tunately, These people certainly "Manchester School" of economics, deserve sympathy and help, but it was to import raw material and is, to be observed that they have food and to export manufactures. been paid £5,000,000 of the amount That was why they neglected agri- received, and that is a larger pro- culture. This pre-supposed a choice portion than their claims would of people abroad willing to take up entitle them to if they ranked pari our manufactures at "good" prices, passu, with all the other claims." and a choice of people willing to

Sir William, submitting that the supply us with food and raw

cane was covered by authority, cit- materials at "cheap" prices. Our ed a case which came before the business, we were told, was to choose Courts on a similar Petition fol- the cheapest supplier and sell to lowing upon the China War in the the highest bidder. It was the late Seventies. In that case, he principle of the cheapjack who moved on from fair to fair. It was said, it was held that the matter was one for Parliament to correct not the maxim for permanent busi-and not for the Courts, and he sug- We should, in the absence of in-gested that the position had not

been changed since then. ternational cartels, always have to sell in competition with people. who also had a surplus to sell.

ness.

"Big business,” Dr. Levinstein

The bearing was adjourned.

declared, "must and doca look! It may be more difficult for us ahead, but our biggest business later on, when food and timber are Britain's business-does not look, scarcer, to make such an arrange ahead. It is difficult to get its ment Now would appear to be the managers to take a long range view." time to act"

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THE HONG DOUBLES. THREE MATCHES IN THE THIRD ROUND. The following were resulta in the third round of the Hong Tennis doubles yesterday at the Hongkong The starting times at Fanling on Cricket Club: Sunday are as follows:

STARTING TIMES FOR THE -WEEK-END.

9.20 am.-F. J. de Rome and J. W.

Franks.

9.24 a.m.-A. G. Coppin and S. 3.

Perry.

9.23 a.m.-J. Younger and F. Black. 9.32 a.W. Clerk and R. Young.i 9.36 am D. J. Keogh and Dr.

Dovey.

9.40 am-0. Eager and A., D.

Humphreys.

9.44 8.-G. E. Ellamy and L.

Yates.

9.48 a.m.-W. C. Shields and Comdr.

Friestley.

9.52 .m.-L., Geare and J. Stuart. 9.56 am- Leach and A. E.

Lissaman

10.00 a.m.-E. C. Frederick and D.

I. Gilmore.

10.04 am E. Stone and Capt.

White,

Monday's Times.

9.20 am.-D. Black and W. G.

Lorimer.

3.24-. B. Brown and A. G.!

Coppin.

9.28 .-A. C. L Bowker and M.

G. Mills.

9.32

9,36

a.mi. C. Higbot and F.

Morrison.

a.m-A. B. Purves and W. W. Mackenzie.

9.10 am-Comdr. Priestley and I

H. Geare.

9.44 a.m.-A. D. Humphreys and R.

Young.

9.48 am D. Coppin and H. G.

Williams,

ANGLO-AMERICAN GAMES.

PRESIDENT HOOVER ON THEIR SIGNIFICANCE.

the

Pre-

Chicago, Aug."28. In an address from Mr. Hoover, read at the opening of Anglo-American Games, the sident said it Wes not entirely accidental that such a meeting had been arranged for the second anni- versary of the signing of the Kellogg was the best proof that nobody was Peace Pact. Such an athletic contest thinking about war.

A band, of American Legion

tho pipers, headed

parade the athletes prior to

contest, and fifty thousand- spectators cheered most lustily when an Ameri can Legionary and a British High- Lander took up positions at the foot of two masts bearing the respective national Bags, which dipped in salute when the athletes passed Router's American Service.

L Goldman and G. Miskin (-16/8) beat C. J. D. Law and T. C. B. Black (+15), 6/8, 6/1.

G. S. Hugh Jones and J. T. Price (scr.) beat W. G. Goggin and J. R. Collis (+15/1), 5/8, 8/2.

Capts, B. G, Etherington and C. A de Linde (-4/6) beat H. G. Mille' and |G. W. Stabb (-+-8/6), 0/0, 6/8.

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