WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1911.
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THE INSURANCE BILL. THE INSURANCE BILL.
AMENDMENTS REJECTED.
(Reuter's Service to the Ching Haiky
London, December 3,
OPPOSITION AMENDMENT. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail);
LONDON, Dec. 6.
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On the third reading of the Insurance of their properties, are the
In the House of Commons the report stage Bill, 3ir Forator will move the following
of the Insurance Bill was concluded. The Opposition amendment: While aptwo chief essentials in the House rejected a Unionist amendment to proving of the objects of national in business of the
graduate contributions according to wagen,surance, the Flense is of opinion that,
by 173 to 105. The Liberal amendment to under the Bill public funds and indivi- "MODERN & UP-TO-DATE
reduce the contribution to Territorials was
rajected by 166 to 89.
dual contributions will not be used to
An amendment by the best advantage of those most closely
DRUGGIST.
Air Ramsay Macdonald to reduce the affected, as the Bill has neither been CHEMYST & contributions of workmen and employers by adequately discussed by the House.nor pennyivaa rejectal by 188 to 156 fully explained to the country. As it Bears Goldman and Forster, Ualonists, would in its present form be unequal in Aupported Mr Ramsay Macdonald's amend-operation, staps should be taken to ment. Mr Lloyd George said the reduction enable further consideration to be given of one penny would convert an estimated the measure next session and to have urplus of £1,800,000 into a deficit of draft regulations published in the mean. $1,200,000,
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A THREAT TO GERMAN FIRMS:
(Reuter's Service to the China Muil) LONDON, Dec. 5. Reuter's Shanghai correspondent states that German firms there have been anony- mously threatened with death if they supply Imperialists with munitions.
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H.E. Yuan Shib-kai believes that the situation is clearing, and while he is working for peace-through-Hankow, Tang Shao-yi, whose headquarters are at Tientsin, is mat Ang similar endeavours in North China.
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PRINCE REGENT TO ABDICATE
The Times Peking correspondent states that the Prince Regent, who has hitherto been the chief obstaple to settlement, is prepared to abdicate.
THE RUSSO-PERSIAN CRISIS.
APPEAL TO WORLD'S PARLIA MENTS
(Reuter'a Service to the China-Maily
LONDON, Dec. 5.
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LONDON, Dec. 5.
A message from Vienna states that General Schema has succeeded General Hoetzendorf as Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Army.
OPIUM CONFERENCE. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Dec. 5
The Times correspondent at the Hague states that the programme committee of
has drafted eight. the Opium Conference resolutions dealing with opium. They generally follow the basis laid down at the Shanghai Conference, but in de ference to Portugal and her interests at
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LONDON, Dec. 6.
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Reator's Teheran correspondent states that the Mojliss has eent cablegrams ap- pealing especially to the British House of Commons and the Duma and generally to the world's parliaments in connection with the action of Russia. The women are most active in demonstrations and processions, end are baranguing crowds in the morque the Middle Park Plate and in 1893 the *quares and masking windows in order to Derby. the Two Thousand Guineas and enforce a Russian boycott. The Persian the St Leger. In 1834 he got the Princess of Wales' Stakes (Newmarket), Women's Society has wired to the Suffru the Eclipse Stakes (Sandown Park) and glets Committes in London asking the help the Jocker Club Stakes; while in 1895 of the English women..
LATER.
Ja the House of Commons, Mr Acland replying to a question, said Britain has made representations to Russia ou the subject of her demand for an, indemnity from Persia.
TROUBLE IN MACEDONIA.
MOSQUE BLOWN UP.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LoxDox December 5.
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he won the Ascot Gold Cup.-D... Carlsbad Plums.
ANGLO-GERMAN
RELATIONS.
REPLY TO SIR EDWARD GREY.
(Reuter's Service to "the China Mail.).
LONDON, Dec. 5.
In the Reichstag, Dr. Bothmana- Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, nude
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a long and temperate statement replying Zante Currants.
to Sir Edward Grey's recent speech in the ...
House of Commons. Ha sa Germany's
action was prompted by the Anglo-
Reuter's Constantinople correspondent Freneur disposition to settle the More Turkey Sultanas.
cables that Dulgarian revolutionaries have question by themselves, and if this had' blown up a mosque in the town of Ishtib, occasioned British warlike preparations in Macedonia, with dynamite Twelve Germany was not responsible for it. His persons were killed and thirteen wounded.
APPEAL TO THE POWERS,
The Porte, in a circular to the Powers draws attention to the putrages in Mace
gladly shared Sir Edward Grey's hope
for better Anglo-German relations, but
AND
these were only attainable if British CANDIED policy showed some positive evidence of goodwill.
donia, and to the renewed activity of the DOOM OF THE TRUSTS,
Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary organ.
iration,
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PRESIDENT TÄTTS DECLARATION.
appened to the Powers, urging themo (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) respect the independengn of Persi
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