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LONDON, March 26
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MINERS' CONFERENCE
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LONDON, March 26. The miners conference decided to recommend its members to accept the Sankey report and that a balloti be taken on the question. The form and 'date of the ballot are to be decided later to-day.
RACING.
LONDON, March 23. French editorials protest against In the House of Commons Mr. the meagre information issued to the Churchill reviewed the situation in French Press edecemning the Cons Russia Hesaid there was very little ference and advise the governments fighting at Murmanskjör Archangel.
LONDON. March 26. represented at the conference table An immense, front was being held to show more confidence in their with the greatest degaplier by means
The betting on the Lincolnshire peoples to solicit public opinion, and of blockhouses. Rovenient on the Handicap 100,7 Royal Backs associate as much as possible the Dyins was at present forpossible but 100/30 Rivershore 8/1 Somerville, mass of citizens with the work of dispositions had been taken to carry fifteen to two bar four. peace. Much attention is paid in the out any decision. The Ekibontans editorials to a speech in the Chamber and Lithuanians, had appealed to of Deputies by M. Briand in the us for protection gainst the course of a debate on electoral Bolsheviks. This we had promised reform. The country must feel it and the Esthonians were partly has not come out of war to find its supplied with British arms. Fights U. S. SURPLUS WAS STOCKS. politicians unchanged. When public had shown the weakness of the life comes to be resumed the people Bolsheviks. We were ant discouraging cannot possibly be satisfied with vague forinulæ, -
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the operations of the German force. The War Department has an moving towards Windau and possibly nounced that it has sold to foreign sertion of a clause eliminating racial confirmation of the Bolshevist in-worth of surplus war stock. [ inequalities must be admitted before vasion of Hungary. The position in France purchased smokeless pow. a re-draft of the covenant is present Poland was anarchic and right der, copper, cannon, and steel plates, ed to the world. The Japanese do degenerate under a Bolshevik attack. among other stock, for which not-demand a specific clause upon The position in Rumania was anxious, $150,000,000 has the subject but ask that in some fit and he hoped, energetic efforts would ting, place, perhaps in the preamble be made to succour Rumania, which the principle of the equality of the was our great buttress against the nationals of all the sighatories be re-advancing tide of Bolshevism. cognised.
The Japanese proposal for the in Riga. He had not received official Governments more than $200,000,000 JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
.
Aeroplane mail services between Paris and Bordeaux will begin to-day.
LONDON, March 21.
GEEMAN, DOINGS.
LONDON March 27. -President Wilson left on Sunday morning on an automobile tour of Berlin reported yesterday that a the battlefields. He went through plenary meeting of the Soviets of Chateau Thierry, Soissons, along the greater Berlin telegraphed their con- Chemin des Dames, Laon. Noyon; gratulation to the Hungarian Roye, and. Montdidier, and saw the Soviet government and promising to emplacement of a "big Bertha." He support it until the triumph of remarked that the tour was very Socialism is assured everywhere.. instructive, exceedingly painful, and Copenhagen leams from Berlin deeply distressing, enabling him to that the government intends to pro- have a fuller conception of the extra-pose to National Assembly the ordinary guffering of the people of establishment of a state tribunal to France.
try all persons desiring trial in The Allied losses in killed during connection with the ar, including the war number roughly 2,550,000 Bethmannn Hollwes and Ludendorf men. Compared by the French Press, with the population of different | countries, France's fossi was:3:37 per cent. Great Britain 1. 5, Italy 1.33, and United States 0. 13.
FRANGE AND RUSSIA.
LONDON March 27, In the Chamber M. Pichan denied President Poincare in a speech reopening the Ecole Normale that the Government. was unjustly Superieure of Paris told the students warring with Russia. It had not that another proof had fallen into deviated from the policy approved the hands of the French by the Chamber: three years ago; Government concerning the respon under which the troops were ordered sibility for the war. On July 11 the not to: interfere with Russia's do Austrian Ambassador at Paris had mestic policy but to establish order been informed by the Austrian with the help of the Russians in Chancery that the central empires fighting the Bolsheviks who had were in complete agreement on the seized the power in violation of all political situation arising out of the laws. They were not fighting Russia Sarajevo murder and on all eventual their former ally, to whom they circumstances. Lieutenant Roget remained loyal but to a scourge of. his made a flight from Marseilles to humanity. M, Pichon was subjected Paris in 3 hours, his average speed to a continuous uproar of interrup tions and insults by the Socialist being 125 miles an hour..
Deputies..
PREFERENTIAL TARIFTS
COMING.
been received.
Italy bought $41,000,000 worth of machine-guns, ammunition and other supplies.
The Netherlands bought $685,000 worth of nitrate of soda...!
Czecho-Slovakia bought $100,000 worth of aeroplanes and supplies and $496,000 worth of soldiers' personal equipment, $294,000 worth of ma- chineguns, and $171,000 worth of hand-grenades.
Other purchasers wereGreat Britain, $2,300,000; Cuba, $188,080 Liberia, $14,300; and Switzerland, $9,500-American Wireless.·
U.S. WHEAT AND FLOUR REPORT:
WASHINGTON, March 29. The War Trade Board announced to-day that applications for wheat. and flour exports will be received for points. for Eastern Asia on the coast, including Siberia, Manchuria, Japan,! Borneo, Chida. Siam, French Indo- China, Malay Stales, Straits Settle? ments and East Indies-American........ Wireless
GREATER PROGRESS TC- WARDS FRACE.
Washington, March 29.
A message to the White House from the American, Peace Delegation at Paris states that greater progress towards peace is being made than appears on the surface-American Wireless.
US ARME
WASHINGTON, Mar 28. The War Department has an nounced that the total, casualties among the Medical Corps in France from the time of the arrival of the first unit until March 13 numbered 442
M. Pichon, reviewing the situation in Russia, admitted that the position at Odessa was delicate, for it was a question of a town of 80,000 inhabit ants who must be fed General There were discharged from the LONDON, March 27,
Despercy had personally studied the Army Air Service to March 12 a Yesterday in the House of Com situation in order to be able to deal total of 100,247 officers, cadets and mons, replying to a motion by Sir with all eventualities. The position enlisted men. The total strength of R. Newman asking for a declaration in the Ukraine was abscure. The the service at the end of hostilities by the Government on its fiscal Bolsheviks had captured Kharkov, was 190,247-American, Wireless. policy, Mr. Bonar Law said the pro- where they committed abominable sperity of the country depended upon acts. He emphasised the necessity of increased production. The Govern agreement among all the Allies, cach ment's efforts would be directed to making the necessary sacrilies for the
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SEATTLE, March 28. Imperial preference would be carried which the Paris Conference must
Three ships have been assigned by out at the earliest possible moment decide. He concluded by quoting the Shipping Board to load here in The Chancellor of the Exchequer the words of the Russian Socialist April for Vladivostock to carry rail- was considering how to give effect Savinkoff: If the Allies don't act, way, rolling-stock for the Russian thereto in His Budget. There need Russia when she wakes up again Mission
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be no hesitation in announcing a will find herself Allied with Germany." Wireless. general fiscal policy, whenever it (Cheers). became possible to decide how it would be carried out. Mr. Lloyd George's election declaration would be fulfilled in letter and in spirit bat the Government must consider the best permanent system for the country. An anti-dumping hill, had been drafted but not yet examined by the Government." Mr. Bonar Law
"UNPRECEDENTED TRADE ACTIVITY"
LONDON, March 26.
promised that the Government would [The first part of this message is still
*ONE MISSING.
The S.S. Haitan carne in this morning from Swatow but contrary to expectations, she did not have the arrive at a decision and announce it
to conie. at the soonest opportunity."
Crammond said this might provi Swatow Germans on board who are In the course of his argument in sionally be allocated as follows: A being deported to Germany. Capt. favour of preferential tariffs, Mr. hundred millions in India, a hundred A. Stewart; when seen by a China Bonar Law contended that the most millions in Africa, including Egypt, Mail man this morning said they vital vested interest was high wages, thirty millions in Australasia, fifty will not be down for 10 He aaked Labour how it was possible millions in Canada, twenty millions days. The authorities in Shanghai Swatow to say that! to maintain high wages if cotton in the rest of the empire and two had telegraphed to Jardine, Mathe- goods from Japan were to be put out hundred millions in foreign countries. son in
on the markets at a lower price than it was his reasoned and deliberate the Blue Funnel steamer Antilo our manufacturers must pay for their conviction that as a result of the war chus which is taking the remaining raw cotton. It was ridiculous to the economic development of the Germans from China will be late in leaving Shanghai for Hongkong. suppose that the old conditions could world had been impelled forward by Asked as to what was the attitude of continue. For instance, preference at least two generations. We were on on sugar would enormously affect the eve of a period of unprecedented the Germans in Swatow towards the Empire's production of sugar. It trade activity. He strongly opined their deportation Capt. Stewart said was not too much to say we would that in view of the Ulimitable reacur only one seemed to mind. This was not have gained the victory but forces of the British Empire and the Tiefermann, He tried to get the help of our Dominion fellow strength, tenacity, and power of exemption on medical grounds but a subjects (Cheers) Therefore any organisation of the British people we medical examination pronounced him measure for increasing the productive need have no fear with regard to the to be fit. Since this he has vanished power and man-power of the Doeconomie future of our race if we and no trace of him is to be found. The other Germans who are coming minions was a good thing for Britain adopted bold and courageous policy are include Dr. Razing and J. Thus as well as for the Empire
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of Roess Bros. Lessons of the war,
The motion was talked out.”
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