The San Francisco call., 1909-07-28
JAPANESE LINE
WILL DIVORCE
PACIFIC MAIL
Agreement Between Togo Kisen
Kaisha and Hartman Inter-
ests to Be Terminated
Discrimination Against Oriental
Company Is Alleged in Busi-
ness Handled Jointly

n EFORE sailing for Japan yester-
hday on the Tenyo Maru, W. H.
- Avery, assistant general manager
Of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, said that he
had been called to Japan to confer with
the heads Of the Yokohama company on
steps for the canceling of the operating
agreement between the Japanese line
and the Pacific Mail company
The reason given for the proposed
divorce. from the Hartman interests
was that the Toyo Kisen Kaisha was
not being treated fairly by the COM
pany. the executive head of which is
r. P. schwerin.
II has been known for q long time
that the japanese were not satisfied
with the schwerin square deal" and
AVery's announcement would tend Il
indicate that the camers back has suf-
fered a fracture.
Ignorant of Rupture
R. P. Schwerin. vice president and
general manager Of the Pacific Nail
company. said last night that he knew
nothing Of the threatened rupture.
We have given the japanese" he
said, ''by far the best of it, Without
us they could do nothing. The agree
ment under which we operate together
can be terminated after 80 days no
tice- saw Mr.. Avery today and he
gave me no intimation that the T. X
K was even dissatisfied with the ar
rangement. do not believe that there
is any intention or desire on their part
to break away
1t Will take more than Schwerin's
avowaI, however. TO convince the T. K.
X that they are getting the best OF
the bargain Whether Schwerin knows
ii or not, the fact that the Pacific Mail
has been rubbing it in" on the Jap
snese line, has been common talk in
the steamship world. both here and in
the far east
The japanese ships and the Pacific
Mail liners to the orient run on a
Joint schedule. Pacific Mail officials
arranged the schedule and, whether by
design or accident, so ordered the sail
ings that one OF the japanese ships
always has one of the big Pacific Mai
liners Immediately ahead Of it to skim
of the cream.
Japanese Paid Bills
During the war with Russia the jan
anese ships did not operate. but every
month a bin was received. from the
Pacific Mail company for the T. K. K
half Of the freight and passenger de-
partments pay rolls.
It is said by travellers that at all the
Pacific Mail agencies here, at New York
and in the orient, a system is in vogue
Of discouraging travel by the ships OF
the japanese line
Here's how they work it," said q
steamshipman yesterday. YOU 20 tc
Pacific Mail passenger agency and
ask for berth on the Tenyo Maru
The agent looks up with a smile and
says:
Must you go on that date? Tn
afraid the ship is pretty full and
viii not be able TO fix you I'D yer,
comfortably. If you can wait for tho
Siberia or the Korea or the Mongolia
or even the Asia or China I can hx
you up all right
You insist and he gives Won >. bertb
on D deck, where some OF the very feu
undesirable staterooms on the neu
liners are located If you go to the
ship and look at the room perhaps vol,
viii take the agents advice and wait
for Pacific Nail ship. If you 20 any.
way, as ] did, the purser will come r.
you when you get to sea, express sur.
prise that the Office gave you such :
berth and move you into one of the
perhaps 40 still vacant staterooms or
the upper deck. That's one of tbei,
methods They have others and they're
All more or less effective"
TenyO Has Light Cargo
The manifest of the Tenyo Maru
which is carrying Avery TO japan. IS
likely to carry more weight with Presi-
dent Asano of the T. K. K. than r. p
Schwerin's declaration that the Japa-
Bese ars getting the best of the bar
gain The Tenyo left here with less
cargo than the little City of Panama
brought the other day from the 18TH
mus. This cargo represents the rustline
ability OF the Pacific Mail freight solici-
tors in return for the japanese half OF
their salaries. The liner carried about
10 cabin passengers. The Pacific Mai
liner Korea, which arrived yesterday
and viii follow the Tenyo August 5
has already been booked to its full
capacity by the agents, who could not
persuade more than 40 to travel by the
even more luKuriously appointed Japa-
nese liner. The Korea will also carry
more than 10 times the amount OF cargo
carried on the Tenyo When President
Asano with the Tenyo's manifest in his