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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY $20, 1038.

Pacific Maritime Controversy May Bar Trans-Atlantic Rapprochement

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EDWARD VIII.

"FLYING FORTRESSES" OVER NEW YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS

MINT

SECRETS TOLD

Behind the scenes events at the Royal Mint at the time of the abdication of King Edward VIII. are reveal- ed, for the first time, in the annual report of the Deputy Master and Comp- troller (Sir Robert John- son).

His report covers 1935 as well

.88 1986.

He reveals that more than 200 dies for coins, medals, and seals were rendered useless asi soon as the news became known.

The King and Quten gave rush siltings for new colnage portraits and Coronation medals, and new coinage was issued just In lime for the Coronation.

Sir Robert recalls that since the first,

milled coin of Charles II. it has been the practice with each reigh to reverse the direction of the monarch's head on gold and sliver! coinage.

The head of King George V. faced

to the left.

Sir Robert goes on: "I am betraying)

no profound secret in stating that the coinage effigy of the former King Edward Vill.] way, at his personal wish, prepared facing left"

thus breaking the tradition, The tradition was saved by the fact that no coinage bearing the bust of Edward VIII. has been issues, and the head of King George VI faces the same way as the head of King George V-the last monarch bul one.

Sir Robert adds: "The new King'a eflgy faces leh, as did also those

The new American "flying fortresses" soaring over the financial district of New York City in “step-up echelon".

TARZAN BECOMES A COMMUNIST!

formation.

DOG OR HOME?

Waltham, Mass., Jan. 1.

Rio de Janeiro, Jan, 1. So that her condemned spitz dog books on sale at bookstores, alleging she will sell her house and move to Police recently confiscated several Peter may live, Mrs. Murray sald that they propounded Communistic doctrines. Burrough's Tarzan the Invincible."

One of them was Edgar New York.

Her announcement followed a court == |decision upholding the death sentence of King George V. and Queen pronounced this summer by Water- Victoria, a fact which is surely one town selectment on neighbours com- of most happy augury."

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U. S. Subsidies A Stumbling Block

WASHINGTON.

A TEN-YEAR OLD CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE MER- CHANT MARINE OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN OVER TRANS-PACIFIC TRAFFIC CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ONE OF THE STUMBLING BLOCKS TO AN ANGLO-AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING, SOME FEATURES OF WHICH RELATE TO THE PACIFIC AND THE FAR EAST.

WOULD

Joseph P. Kennedy, who has been chairman of the United States Maritime Commission, will soon go to England as Ambassador, charged with the formulation of an "understanding" with Britain covering trade,

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Discussions preparatory to such an "understanding" muat certainly come, to grips over the old Pacific controversy, which, in recent months, has shown signs of marked activity, with the

| announced programme of revitalising the United States merchant Imarine.

tion.

Maritime officials, in prepara-¡ Islands in the "intercoastal" defini- tion for possible discussions of the problem, which will bring COMPETITION BARRED the United States Pacific trade At the present time, according to routes into the sharpest focus, à British claim, Australian, Canadian have prepared reports and and British slips are practically barred from active competition with studies on the entire situation. the United States vessels, even In The Philippines and Hawaii, esthe purely British trade triangle of pecially the latter, are among the Canada to Australia to New Zea- most important mosales in this puz-land. It is claimed that United zle of the Pacific. The leading ques- States flag vessels carry off the lion's tions revolve around this problem: share of the truffle even between the does the inclusion of Hawaii in the British possessions of Australia, New "intercoastal trade routes. of the Zealand and the Fiji Islands, United States constitute `unfair sub- sidisation of the United States mer- chant marine?.

This claim is based on the fact that the most profitable leg of the long voyage across the Pacife to- "PIRATES OF THE PACIFIC"

ward Australasia is between the States and Hewall. The time interests were so wrought up from the North American westecast

Just a few years ago, British marl- United

tourist traffic and the cargo trade Pacific maritime situation that they Hawaii provide a considerable por- over this and other aspects of (especially the United States) to coined the title "Pirates of the Pac- tion of the most profitable revenue to fc" for the United States trans- help equalise the six thousand mile Pacifle mercliant murine.

trip across the vast empty miles of the Southwestern Pacific.

The

they

that British claimed

The British have bitterly resented were being driven from the Pacific trade routes by unfair subsidisation the fact that they were out of this of their United States competitors, rich occan route. The Australians chleflly the Matson Line, by the and Canadians have all, at various United States government.

times, protested. Their trade routes are restricted to the Hawali-Canada. direct line, without permission for stopover at a United States port,

Although this complaint died down somewhat during the darkest days of the depression, it is being revived with the contemplation of new and larger programme of shipbuilding and subsidies by the United States) government.

BRITISH TACTICS

LOAN SUBSIDIES

They have further asserted that- the United States government has subsidised the Pacific merchant marine-with-construction-loans-(at with

United States maritime officials, on 14 per cent. Interest), nad lie other hand, claim they can point operation subsidies, to cover the to equally unfair tactics on the part diferential between the operating uk the British maritime interests. cost of American and foreign' vessels. Documents have been collected to in-

United Sintes maritime officials

dicate that British lines have re-

cently launched an advertising com- have prepared data to show that the paign to induce United States tra- British Indirect subsidies to its mer vellers to use British ports und chant marine is as great if not British ships in voyaging to Hawall, greater than that given by the United Australasia, and the Far East.. States governments. It will also be The chief British contention is that said that the British ocean mall on subsidy constitutes a much greater Including Hawail in "intercostal" "discrimination" than irade of the United States constitutes United States merchant marine.

exists' in the an unfair subsidy of the mesclunt marine of this country. They have; This entire problem, at any rate, said that the United States, by bar-will furnish some of the more spec- ring British and other foreign flag tacular fireworks in the "big push" Vessels from participating in the soon to begin to cement some work- marine trame between the United king agreement between the great States and Howall, is actively

dia-Engilsh speaking nations of The criminating against the British mer-world. chant murine. The United States claim in this respect is that the route to Hawail is entirely domestic one, between two contiguous piecas under the same nog. This route is there- fore definable as "interconstal" and becomes subject to marine law governing intercoastal trafic.

A United States regulation, adopted ↑by Congress in 1030, prohibits foreign fing vessels from participating in United States interconstol trade.

There is considerable ngitation In official maritime circles at the pre- sent time to include the Philippine

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This wonder ship of the day after heiress, hus heen "released" by

to-morrow-the authors do not claim Paramount Filme, and her latest to be concerned with the immediate film. "French Without Tears," is | future--was described in a paper read being postponed indefinitely.

|to_the_Institute of Marine Engineers

In London recently,"

After a conference with Mr. Adolph Zukor, chairman of the company, Miss Dietrich received permission to perform elsewhere, ANT

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It was prepared by Mr. Pierre de Malglaive, managing director of the She had a seven-year contract French. Liner, Lid., who played an with Paramount, but had made important part in designing the only one plclare for them, Normandie, and Mr. AC Hardy, a Miss Dietrich has already given up marine engineering consultant.

The

her Hollywood residence, and It was

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