GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12708, 10 November 1904, Page 5

GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC.

.] '■ ii ■ . i -■ ■- RESTRICTIONS UPON TRADE, '■• ■" REPLY OF MR. JAMIS BURNS By Telegraph —Pros* Ae»oo!«y<m^-C6pyrigW|.-'. ; - H Stdnit, November 9, - ; • Mr. Sana Brass, of Burns, Philp awl • — 0b.,-'shipowners, has published a reply , to ■ the Germans' explanation of the doubling ' r of' the chip's license in the Marshall Islands. He gays that both British-owned and German-owned vesisela trade to many of the Pacific Islands groups, and in the good, .old Briti'sh spirit, our Herman rivals were treated fairly and generously at oil " ■'■■.?•; ... points where British taw. prevail. - On the contrary, Germany , and France., and „0 other, .nations., while taking advantage ::,: themselves o.i the freedom to trade in Bri- '•" tish countries, have hedged ' themselves - round with restrictions, "mi adopted J harrow, irritating regulations, which are detrimental alike to Australia, and to;the ; ■ /;■-, producers at the islands. "It is certain,'! ■; •"'-' he says, "that no British community would play such a trick upon a toreigner as was : ■ ■ played 'upon ray company in connection with the last trip of the YeabeL ■ Had th,. ;' , ' German authorities informed the ' captain ",- ! on the previous trip that a mrgelv-'increaftfcd v ..> '• fee would bo demanded, the company - would hsivo saved nearly £1000 spent in fc steaming 6010 miles, or .-would- have ran* • .•<• sufficient money to pay tie prohibitory '' : i-l License H* complains also of the iaofe '.' ; !" of courtesy on the part of the Germans in refusing to supply the Ysabel with water, and denies the statement of. the G«rinAna • tb«.*. the supply of water at was T - ,«?1 . short, and that the Yisabe] was infonsksd she cojdd obtain water at the adjacent ~. islands.,,;- ■ - i The Sydney Morning HeraM says the methods adopted hy ih& Germans in the ' Marshall'-Islands are a confession flwt'^Jil competition on level terms with the British*, • the j German v trader cannot succeed. Aas- -- ,/ tralians must recognise that they have been . J;. ! ' . . 11 • 1 . «•" . . .I V -'".t '•«'' . content to allow rivals to slip in while ''■ j 'hey were sleeping. They should lake its : , -i (lint, and be up and doing, / ' v ■ ;.'| NAVAL BASE IN NEW BRITAIN. , ' " Svdnkt, November 9. ' '>4 The Sydney Morning Herald jays-it' u»i'l-^l probable that it will come as a great surprise to many that the Germans* under, ;•:: the guise of mercantile expansion, have been quietly but expeditiously building a '-,;1 naval base within striking distance of the ■. Torres; Straits route. The site is Simpson's Harbour, at Matnpi, in German New Britain. There they have constructed an immense wharf, IOOCft long, together with a spacious warehonte, which alone has cost £40,000. The site, which is out of the way of trade, is de« Scribed as an ideal one for a naval ~' 1 and it can be made almost impregnable* '*.' (BeceWed Norember 10 ; 1.16 a.m.) ' • ■-''"■'"s . Srzvmx, November ft, Tha representative of the North Gormah Lloyds Gwnpany denies that Germany is instructing a naval base at New Britain.' IJe says that ho large stores or immensa wharves aw being erected} only sufficient for trading purposes.