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THE ECONOMICAL PARTITION OF CHINA
Koreans in Pats express complate
SHANGHAI Aug. 26. scopics regarding reforms by Japanese intrigue on China is Japanese in Korea. Ear Whang further shown by joining the New: stuted that the measures outlined Bank Groups on conditions which can imperial rescript issued at lead to the sole control by Japan the Tokyo would not satisfy the people.privileges and rights in Mongolia and "We are not fighting for equal Manchuria. The Chinese feeling is prights with the Japanese. We fight running high over these conditions
for the abse ne independance of the Koreans, whe Dever recognized Fapans- As long as the Japanese porsies in bolding Korea as part of Japan, no peace will be persilie in the Far East..
INTERESTING" GREEN ARMY.T
COPENHAGEN, August 9ath. Doctor Martiny, the head of the Danish Red Cross, arrived from Russia to-day.
Interviewed by Reuter, be says that M. Lean decided, early in 1819, to abandon als terroristic mesuuds and adopt a con- Silitary attitude in internal and ex- and considering such an action aa peacerut settlement.
ternal
relations, with a view to attaining step for the economical partition of China.
THE WAR PARTICIPATION
BUREAU.
A rettens by the municipal coun- fell of Tulea concerning a victory It is proposed that the name of review of the Frens navy is not the War Participation Bureau will apprised by the instry of Marine be changed to the National training on the ground that it would cause Bureau in crder to make the latter delay in demobilisation and interrupta permanent establishment. repair to bettleships, causing un-l
[nary dely.
After returning from France Mr.THE AUSTRIAN PEACE TREATY. Highs a member of the Eu of Bepresentatives says its ab- It is reported that the alteration of solutely necessary for the Fisted the Austrian Peace Treaty is theresult States or for American syndicates of the intrigue of a certain power mans France long credite. If Anwri- which is trying to isolate China from Fun firmas wish to take part in the the world if she (China) refuses to freconstruction of the devastated sign the Treaty. A secret meeting areas, French municipal bonds show it was held in the Cabinet yesterday to The accepted in payment for Americum discuss the matter.. The result is
EDCAS
Lunknown.
A jovisional agreement has been frenched which will allow air servire between France and Great Britain pending the signing of a definite international convention.
OUR TACTFUL PRINCE.
THE PEACE MAKER.
This policy failed, upon which the Soviets spoused the Extremists' methods of Peters and Bershinsky, who have been ; the "reat,, tiovernment "Zer the past three !
months..
The successes against Admiral Kolt- chak were largely due to the able Stealanip of a supporter of Peters who adopted the offensive instead of the named Kamene, an ex-Caria, Colonel defensive
policy
Dr. Marting belires that the Soviet will be overthrow in six months, if an Allied and Neatral Commission is attached to Admiral Kolchak's and General Deni- kin's forces in order to guard against excesses...
will welcome British intervention. The The Russians, except the Bolsheviks, people will give up hope if the British withdraw from Archangel, ng Russia will, then inevitably fall under German in- fuence.
He states that 70 per cent of the soldiers who were compelled to serve in the Bolshevik Army have deserted and formed themstves into a well-organised Green Army' whose principle is not to fight eitber the Red or the White, Armis unless formed, het to protect their
་ ་སྐྱ ་ Wong Ching Ting the Chinese villages from compulsory service.
The delegate at the Paris Peace Confer.villagers will feed then in exchange for ence telegraphed to Peking promising
this protection. to return home to offer his service for
effecting a union between the North
and South.
.
THE QUESTION OF VICE PRESIDENT ELECTION.
It is stated in Official circles that
QUEBEC, Aug. 25. The Prince of Wales, speaking in French, formally opened the greit bridge over the Saint Lawrence and placed wreaths on the monument to Montcalm, Wolfe, Samuel and Cham plain. The Prince is everywhere so long as there is no peace between receiving the most extraordinarily the North and South the question of enthusiastic welcome. His frequent electing a Vice-President will not be brought up in order to save further trouble.
use of the French language in reply ing to addresses Las especially created an excellent impression in French Canada.
LONDON TO PARIS AND BACK IN 3 3/4 HOURS,
THE PRESENT AND PAST PEACE
DELEGATES.-
Chu Kai-kim the ex-Chief peace delegate arrived at Tientsin from LONDON, Aug. 24. Pek Tal-ho on the 23rd inst leaving International Eying was inaugurat-behind all the peace documents to be ed by the departure of the air "special" forwarded directly to Peking. Wong which left London for Paris with one Yap-tong the newly appointed passenger at nine this morning, and delegate will talk with his predecessor arrived back at the scheduled time first before making any definite of 2.45 this afternoon.
arrangements.
CEYLON'S NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY.
This is how the Times of Ceylon
talks:
KITCHENS COLLAPSE.
COPENHAGEN, August 24th. conveyer by
A tofgram from Berlin says that news neroplane states that General Petlarn's and the West Ukrain- inn Armies have captured the whole of Podelin and large parts of Volhynia and Kief from the Soviet troops.
The victors are approaching the River Dnieper.
Kiff is reporter being occepied.
DIRTY DOG.
PARIS, August 25th. The Court Marsial begins to-day of Quien, the betrayer of Nurse Cavell Fifty-eight witnesses are being called, and the trint is expected to last a week
The indiement reveals secrets of the Prince and Princess Croy and others, organisation conducted by. Nurso Cavell, enabling British, French, and Belgian soldiers to escape to Holland.
Quien, who was a convict at St, Quen- tin when that city was occupied by the Germans, eatured the German Espionage Service and learned the secrets of the organisation.
Representing himself as + French otheer, he prayed on the bounty of Nurse Cavell and others in Brussels, borrowing large sums from them and finally de- nouncing them.
He also systematically spied in pri opers' camps
till 1017 when he was arrest
ed on n
BERLIN WOOLGATHERING.
Owing to the heavy rains exland and was sent to serve in a disciplin
to France from Switzer- He return of theft perienced in the Colony since the ary unit in North Africs till his release, typhoon the kitchens of two houses His victims in German prisons enabled in Pakfolum Road collapsed at about the graver charges to be formulated. 9.30 this morning. The police were A special cable stated that our new communicated with but by the time Colonial Secretary was one of the Chief Inspector Kerr arrived on the "finds" of the war. By that, we scene, about 10 o'clock, the earlier take it, is meant that in him were arrivals were already coming away. found the rare virtues in a depart No one was injured. mental official of energy and enter- prise, and if this be so we trust his despatch to Ceylon is a sign of Lord Milner's intention to "wake up" the Crown. Colonies so that they may participate as far as possible in the commercialrenascence which is neces sary in order that that development of the resources of the Empire which
RUSSIAN SOLDIER
י
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT,
Contrary to earlier reports, says
BEELIX, August 24th, Government troops have occupied the Communist Headquarters in consequence of the latter ordering an unauthorised election for the Berlin Soviete.
PROFITEERING LAW.
LONDON, August 25th. The Board of Trade, explaining the be a central investigation, by a Central profiteering law, indicates that there will
mitter.
HUNGARY.
is essential to successful reconstruc- the Singapore Free Press of Aug. 19, Committee, into the costs and profits of tion may be brought about. Without it would appear from the evidence production and the distribution of goods; some gingering up it is certain given at the Coroner's inquest also a local izvestigation, by a Local that the bureaucratic system which into the death of the Czecho Committee, subject to appeal to a Tri- obtains in the Crown Colonies is Slovak soldier, Chadaky Francis of bunal, into complaints by the general utterly incapable of the effort requir. Prague, who was accidentally killed public concerning the prices charged and ed of it. This has been made quite by a revolver, shot on board the the profits made in the retail distribu- clear by the fallure of the Ceylon "Liverpool Maru." which arrived there tion of goods. Government hitherto to do anything on Aug. 13, that deceased received The local authorities will have the in the way of the development of the injury a little after 2 p.m. on ption of establishing the Local Com- new industries or even to rise to Aug. 5, and expired about such an occasion as the food crisis. 11 am, the next day, shortly be lighed under the Act will be advised not All Committees and Tribunals catab- It is true that Ceylon has been parti fore the ship came into harbour. to take action which will hamper or re- cularly unfortunate in its officials up Styskall Stanislaw. & sergeant strict legitimate commercial enterprise. to the present time. In its late Co. major in the Czecho Slovak Army, lonial Secretary it had an official the man who let off the revolver ald who possessed great latent ability | that on August 5, a little after 2 p.mi. and many other excellent qualities, he and Fabesh Yacob, another soldier but one who was temperamentally and were in deceased's cabin. · While
COPENHAGEN, August Bath. congenitally averse to any display of they were chatting together, deceas A telegram from Budapest states that energy or enterprise on the part of ed brought out a box containing the resignation of the Archduke was the Government to which he be someinen, in which also was decided upon after the receipt of the longed. While he was in Ceylon in the revolver produced. Witness Allied message insisting on this step, everything in connection with the took out the revolver, which he did Cabinet, the Allied Mission charged M. Following on the resignation of the war and in every other sphere he not know was loaded, and in fumbl Fraidrich with the formation of & Minia displayed inertia which was exceping with it, one shot went off, try, within three days, representative of tional even for the bureaucratic and entering the dead man's body at all classes, meanwhile ensuring the main system of a Crown Colony. Hence right loin emerged from his chest. tenance of order. the amazing record of what the Witness" was horrified at the Colony failed to do during the war occurrence as the deceased was his under three successive Governora particular friend. The ship's doctor Now that Ceylon has got rid was immediately sent for, but in spite of this "Old Man of the Sea," of his ministrations the injured man we have ever hope that it will died before the ship came into be able to do better than before, port.
Fahesh Yacob also gave corrobora but we hope its activity will be stil further quickened by the advent of antive evidence, after which his Worship exceptionally enterprising Colonial returned a verdict of accidental Secretary:
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