Hf yon wish to know the state feeling of the Chinese people tds Great Britain, T will say this, We consider that in com rmoretal matt is no country ike yours. is. of such Tong standing that all Chinese Trade Methods Criticized, As regards your commercial methods, Tam bound to say that they are to-day not up to date, and if your traders do not get into touch with the young and progessive elements of the people and modify your be: years time El from the Chinese market by the Japanese and the Germans, Opinion in China feels that "English capitalists in China are trying to monopolize trade even in, respect to industries which the Chinese people themselves can well carry on. Still from the long period of transactions between the two peoples the Chinese have learned to respect and admire the morals in trade of the English people, and that in this respect they are better than many, indeed I may bay "any", other nations many openings for British trade especially in respect of manufactured goods, -machinery, railway material and forth.
As a result of the Great Ws the English can, T imagine, Europe, non-industrialized, still in its infancy in the arts, sciences and manufactures and can therefore offer a good market to, England. At the same time, China abounds in raw materials' which be exported to England and thas by an exchange of commodities reduce the cost of drafts and remittances. As regards rai wey development, I can speak with the experience of 20 years since all the lines were under me as Minister of Communications and I was responsible for contracts for about ten thousand miles of Owing the War, some of these contracts have not been carried out, but even now in selected areas there is plenty of room for the investment of capital, In China indeed railway development is thoroughly—remunerative. We, therefore, wel-jerome foreign capital which will find an ample return."
Tt would appear that this visit] is only one of pleasure and study, but not of business. Next, week the party will visit Scotland, an soon afterwards leave for the Continent they hope to inspect several country Purchasing Agency, recently undertook to purchase for outport they may. re sal shops at most reason now issuing a monthly the further convenience of its clients, The bulletin is crammed. with information us to prices of anything from new spring frocks to radio sets and should be a boon to those living in the interior.
Me. Hsu Yuan Commissioner of ign Affairs, i, it is understood, Jing inquiries regarding—posibjlities of repatriating the local Russian refugees to their homeland, fas he has received intimation that some 300 refuges desire to return fas soon as possible, but are unable] to do. so because of lack of. funds and because they are unable to Secure free tickets on the Chinese] Government Railways.
The question of harbour facilities continues to be the subject of discussion amongst the business men of this port, but as things stand at present, it does not look as though there is going to be an early solution. Opinion is divided in favour of three measures, control by the Customs, control by the Kiao-Tsi Railway and control by the Administration, The majority of for ign business men are in favour of control by the Customs, the ma-Jority of Japanese business men ie favouring the second measure, i. control by the Railway, while the Chinese are almost without exception backing the third measure, control by the Administration.
When Governor Kao En-hung dissolved the coolie monopoly held by the Kino-Ao Transportation Company, His Excellency did away with fan organization of which the merchants here have paver said a good word. Prior tothe advent of the regime, the coolie monopoly. of contention between Administration, it being argued by the former that shipments were frequently tied up on account of the ineflicieney arising out of the mono-thereby causing heavy financed in the trade of this territory, and by the latter that except for certain special ocensions and events the monopoly was not as responsible for the tie-up as claimed, The Old Administration As the local paper has pointed out, whereas it took Mr. Kao En-hung just five minutes to put the! monopoly out of existence, the old Administration's policy was one of lydally. Fictitious reasons were advanced by the men then in power repeated protests elicited ne satisfaction. It is probably no exaggeration to say that were it not] for the advent of the new reglue, it fs more likely than not that former would still prevail, despite the fact that the protests of the foreign merchants, just prior to the dispersal of the old officials helterkelter out of action, had pascal from the preliminary' stage to the consular stage.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.