Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-08
TRANSPORTING
Line OF SHIPS

The latest phase Of the trans Fa-
cific freight business contest. par
ticuIarly that from India via Hong
kong, which has been agilating the
shipping world for q year or more,
is to be new line from Calcutta TO
Puget Sound via aiongkong by the
British-lndia Navigation Co, which
has long dominated East India coastal
traffic and which recently establish
ed new service between Burma and
Japan. Plans include immediate
construction for this esryice OF four
new vessels of about 10000 tons each.
so states Consul G.. E. Anderson OF
Hongkong.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. sub
sidized japanese line maintaining
service from nongkong to Puget
Sound ports via Japan as well as 9TH.
ef services all over the world, estab-
lished a new line under subsidy be-
tween Japan and Calcutta, asking that
the new line be admitted to the "Cals
cutta Conference" lines. This new
line was established in opposition to
existing lines from Calcutta to Hong
kong and Japan and was designed par.
ticulary to secure the gunny sack ex-
ports from India. Admission to the
Conference was refused and after
about q years agitation the Japanese
line was dropped from the Conference.
It is understood that the new trans
Pacific line OF this British company Is
being established in direct opposition
tc the Japanese service and the con-
test for this trans-Paeiffe trade is. as
summing acute form. The British line
recently absorbed the Appear line in
the cNtta-Japan trade, In addition
tc establishing service Of its own
ships from Rangoon to Japan, trans
shipping considerable cargo for the
United States at Hongkong. On July
the company financed its new de-
yelopment by issuing in London Eli
0ec, 200 t$4,S6s, 501p ~ per cent de-
hentures at par. The Japanese line,
naturally, is supported by Government
subsidies and other aid. Ii announces
Its determination to fight the contest
to finish and indicates its intention
to place two more steamers, purchas-
ed recently in Japan, on the Calcutta
seryice, in addition to the five yes
sells now employed, thus making three
sailings month. and plans to sub
stitute larger ships. On the other nand
the financial strength of the British
concern indicates that far-reaching
contest is likely to me maintained in
definitely.
MAJ Shut Out Non-sritIsh ships.
One phase of the relations of Jap
arese and other steamship lines in
the Far East likely to have early Inn
portant developments Is the proposal
urged by British lines which seems to
lie receiving considerable sympathy
from Governments concerned. to pass
a British act prohibiting the vessels
Of a.. nations which shut British YES
sells out OF their domestic or coasting
trade. from carrying goods or passen-
gers between British colonial or other
British ports. As will be recalled, the
reorganization OF Japanese shipping
legislation about 10 months ago shut
all non-J Japanese ships out of the trade |
between Japanese ports. This rule
bore more heavily upon British and
German ships than upon any others,
though American ships were affected |
to some extent, in spite of the fact |
that Japanese ships are allowed to /
trade between American and Philip |
pine ports. Ii the same rule Is en-
forced against Japanese ships In Brit
ish colonial and other British ports /
the traffic of the European, Australian |
and Indian lines of Japanese sompan-
les will be affected so seriously as to |
the entire situation. This /
step by British interests has been |
seriously contemplated for several
and IL is understood that pre-
urinary action already is being taken |:
In Indian looking to some such de-
yelopment.