Three Chirese Leaving To-day Enter Sandhurst object to the-sale of idle British! ships of the construction in our} yards of new vessels to any quali fied. buyer. The main fault in Russian proposal is that the Britis [Government should use money, advanced as taxes by shipping inter-fests as well as from other British industries and taxpayers, to put into operation a considerable amount of tonnage which would matically compete with our own merchant craft.
_In support of this opinion, atte tion was called to the recent trend Jehant remarks made qn this subject by Mr, W. Leslie Runciman, Chairman of the North of England Shi owners Association. Mr. Runciman one of the most tie op-[ponents of the plan and has taken issue with the stand by the Lord latayor of Newcastle in its favour.
"I am sure that none of us can take exception if British ship-brokers, owners or builders offer to sell idle tonnage or build new, ships for the Soviets, provided the! deals are of a commercial character entirely as to satisfactory prices and terms of credit," Mr. Runciman declares in his survey of the situ: tion. "But it is a different matter, when the tax-payers' money is to be used to finance the transactions no matter who the buyers may be. Those who have had experience with this sort of thing before, know what difficulties it brings with it "it has been suggested that Brit-
Cadets Tseng Thsiang, Kung Vu and Yen Pei-chuen, graduates of the Central Military Academy in Nan-King, are. sailing to-day by the O. 8, Cathay for England to continue their training. This, is the second group of Chinese cadets
missioned rank. to undergo British training for comted from among 200 can-dates in an examination conducted by the Office of the Inspectorate General of Military Training of the: National Govornwent early in May' this year, the three cadets ae. to enroll either in the Royal Military eademy at Woolvich or the Royal Military' College in Sandhu Major Chialu Chen, who hi actailed by ctor General Office to send the cadets off, told a years, aiter which. they" will return to' Nanking. to report, for duty.
'The Government expects to send' another grou} of 30 cadets, fo japan next month, "Woo shall Join" ovr seniors snd do out utmost to give Chin the strongest defence she can youth. told a. "North-Chi News" representative when asked as to thei 'Though young. in have had an interesting career, each having " had aniontha? experience' at war fronts during, the and Feng Vu-hsiang camp al with the troops held them in their 'After graduation from the Central Military" Academy in' 1028," Me. Tseng Lhsiang, 22, a native of Hu: nan, served under General Chien Ta-huh, who was then the Gendarmerie Commander for Woosung and Shang. hai. Later he way transferred to Hunan "as a, military. instructor the "Hunan Training. Corps duated from the infantry ast while serving with. the inthe anti*Feng and Yen was promoted to the rank
England, ich sttillery course' while studying in captain, "He has" chosen the
Both Messrs. Kung Vu, 21, a native cof Kuvichow, and Yen Peicchveny 21, native of graduated from Academy 1028 and served immediately afterwards inthe. Firat and Second Special Communication Regiments as engineers for signal preparations and transportation. During the anti. Feng campaign both held. the rank of captain, Their aim is to pursue studies in military engineering while England.
'There are at present two academies in' China, with @ branch in Waehang. The Central: Bilitary Academy in Nanking was formerly the Whangpoo Military Academy in Canton, whose cadets have gained a wide reputation in the anti-northern Grive. Besides the two academies, there is a Military College in Peking, which is also under the Nanking Government. The system of Government Reserve Officers Training Corps is conducted in various Gov ernment established colleges. carrying trade of another country.
the expense, of that profit to. themselves "If the so-called Five Year Pia is going to bring Russia into the! International market as a friendly} buyer and seller on terms, everyone engaged in foreign trad will we lea especially, wi swe ive by the exchange of goods between nations, "But for the British Government to lend its credit to the financing, lof the sale of British tonnage to yould have the effect Indirect subsidy. "in. this' case would be directly subsidizing' foch ign. owned and operated. ships compete againat ourselves. "In, addition, with so mach ide to fs there lo at present, the Tnuneh {ng of thousands of additional tons would add more superfiuows tone rage to an excess that iv already Uneconomie and. dangerous." Such policy could only recoil later with died force upon' the shipbuilders those "who workin ships Substantiating this opinion, another laeti shipping man with extensive 'United 'Kingdom aflliations Pointed out a. number' of caves where Soviet Fleat vessels have cut in seriously' on. both dustry and freight trafic. "One fave in particular was that of the hens' Bee "Company of Greece which for years hae purchas 25,000 tons'of coal from " Durham annually, ships. T? the coal was purchased in Russia for the reason that the Soviet Fleet cut the freight rate to practically nothing in order to secure the business for Russian mines, the deficit in expenses being absorbed by the Government which do not Durehasers were granted six months credit without interest. ards, operated with all other industry Soviet authorities, has' been unable to torn out. the' tonnage required ander" the Five: year pian, extensive overtures have been made' foreign countries tin an effort' Purchase oth old and. new ships Without tong. term "credit which necessarily have to be financed the ovecnments approached, the deals can not be arranged.
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