Show BOOKKEEPING LAWIN LAW LAWIN IN lIY PHILIPPINES TO GET COURT COURT- TEST MANILA March r.-farch 7 By A. A P Test P.-Test Test by the courts of or the new Philippine bookkeeping law which requires that all accounts be kept in English Spanish SpanIsh Span Span- ish or In one one of the Philippine dIalects dialects dia dIa- was begun today when a complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint wa was filed flied In the court of ot first instance against on Chong a a. Chinese exporter and importer who was charged with violating the law The Chinese have haVo contended that the statute would drive out all aU small Chine Chinese Chi Chinese ne nese merchants because they could not bear the expense of ot employing foreign foreign foreign for for- eign bookkeepers They declared the law invalid because it violated provisions provisions provisions pro pro- I visions of ot the Jones law and also be- be they contended It sought to to regulate foreign commerce which could be controlled only by the United States congress It is understood that the Chang case will be carried to the supreme court of the United States h however wever It Is decided n the Philippine courts I |