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February 13, 1920, Temperature 49
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HEAVY SNOWSTORM IN UNITED STATES.
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U.S. SELLS. 30 GERMIN STEAMERS.
MUST FLY STARS AND STRIFES.
WASHINGTON, February 6. Mr. Payne, the chairman of the US Shipping Board, announces that President Wilson has approved the sale of thirty ex-German passenger vessels for which bids were recently received. Negotiations for the sale of the vessels will proceed, but a clause will be inserted in the sale contracte ensuring that the steamships remain under the American flag and be sub-ed to shipping. The old Dominion ject to requisition in cases of emergency.
POILET COMING EAST.
MARSEILLES, February 5. Poulet the Flying man, accompanied by the mechanic Benoist, has embarked on the mailboat for Rangeen via Singapore.
A HEAVY AIR CARGO..
CAIRO, February 6.
A Vickersvimy departed hence this morning for Halfa with estimated load of eight taps.
PRINCE'S AUSTRALASI IN TOUR.
NEW YORK, February 5th, The entire eastern part of the United States is in. the grip of 2 snowstorm which is accompanied by a north-easterly gala which is tying up railways and inter- rupting telegraphic nad telephonic com munication. A high tide caused floods at many coast resoris Hundreds of bunga- away by the foundations. Many valuable lows on the beaches have been washed hotel properties have ben
The storm has abated, but the seas are
damaged NEW YORK, February 6th. still high. Much damage has been report. Princess Anne is aground at Rockaway Besch, Long Island. A life boat tried to go to her assistance, but the attempt was abandoned owing to
to the giant sea-rollers. NEW YORK, February 7th.
The Princess ne remains hard aground and is listing to the starboard, being pounded by the heavy seas The rescuing vessels are unable to reach her. I is hoped, if the sex calms, to remove the remainder of the crew be breeches and buoj's.
---Snow contirred to "fall last night. The an disfocation of the City traffic was more acute chan ever, The railways and road- ways were baried under snow, and vehi calar traffic was almost impossible. There is a lack of snow-storellers, the men demanding a dollar an hour.
LONDON, February 7, The Prince of Wales will sail on the Renown on March 9 and land at away Coast have been washed away by Auckland, NZ. on April 17. He should reach Australia by May, 18,
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ALGIERS, February 7. Vuillemin and Dagneau left here on February 2 for Timbuctoo.
MINERS FEDERATION TO TAKE STEPS.
FOR COAL NATIONALIZATION.
"LONDON, February 6.
The executive of the Miners' Federation has decided in view of the Premier's refusal of legislation effectuating nationalisation, to asked that a special trade union congress should be convened to consider steps to enforce the demand.
THE ADRIATIC.
PARIS, February 6,
The Temps says that in order to dissipate Judo-Slav objections, the British, French, and Itain governments decided to communicate the treaty of London to the Belgrade Government. The former will adhere to the Adriatic solution already forwarded to Jugo-Slavia.
-BOLSHEVIES IN TURKESTAN.
NEW YORK, February..7.
The State Department has received information that the Bolsheviks are recruiting natives and war-prisoners into new units, with the object of establishing military bases in Turkestan.
[This message would be more informative if it said whether Chinese or Russian Turkeatan is meant. Russian Turkestan would not matter much it is already a Republic (declared in January 1918). Chinese Turkestan is well defended by nature, there being only three passes, and these very difficult.-Ed. C. M.]
FLYING TO NATAL.
LONDON, Feb. 6.
Two other aeroplanes are en route to the Cape. Ons is the Handley Page piloted by Major Brackley, last reported at Brindisi, and the other is the H14, which left Lympne in Kent on February 5,
FLYING SEIP REACHES ROME.
ROME, Feb. 5.
The Silver Queen has arrived at the Centocelle aerodrome.
WRECK ON LONG ISLAND.
NEW YORK, February 7.
The steamer Princess Anre was driven ashore at Long Island during a terrific blizzard. Frantic attempts hitherto unsuccessful bave been made during the past twenty-four hours to rescue the passengers and 72 crew. The liner is. sinking, and breaking up rapidly, Mea
LATER,
All the passengers and 28 of the crew were taken off the Princess Anne and landed in New York. The remaining 48 of the crew are still aboard.
GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS.
PARIS, February 7.
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The council of ambassadors has unanimously decided that the list of German war criminals be again handed to the German Government by the French charge d'Affaires in the name of the Allies. It also approved the text of the accompanying note. Subsequently Lord Birkenhead stated that the Allies were in complete accord on the point that the list abould be presented again in Berlin Immediately.
PARIS, February 8.
Several more small hotels on the Rock- the sea, also several Bath-houses and boarding houses on Coney Island.
EMPIRE'S STATISTICS.
LONDON, February 10th. The Imperial Statistical Conference has completed the work ne the collection and co-ordination of data relating to
agriculture, forests, crops forecast,
fisheries land tenure and irrigation, and, also the quinquennial agricultural
Cena:ts.
A scheme has been completed for the formation of an Imperial Statistics- Brenu thoroughly representative of all parts of the Empire.
The Committee on the Census Popula- tion of the Empire is sitting under the chairmanship of Mr. G. H. Knibbs of Australia.
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE.
LosDON, February 10th. The imports for January were of the value of £183,488, 388 and the exports £105,878,900, showing încreases of £45,951.930 and £538 536,728, respectively, as compared, with January, 1019.
£93,086,000 as compared with £40,262.000 The exports consisting of manufactured Articles were in January of the value of in January 1919. The principal increases were in cotton and woollen goods and importer, sending a quantity of wine Germany re-appears as both exporter in exchange for manufactured goods and raw materials.
BOMBAY COTTON MILL STRIKE.
Bovar, February Snd. Work has been resumed at fifty-five of the strike, a fairly large complement. cotton mills which were cleaed as a result of operatives having returned to work.
The strike at the British India Com pany's dock and one or two other sub sidiary strikes have been settled, but the Indian Marino Dockyard strike continues. DISÄSTROUS FIRE IN HAYANA.
HAVANA, February 5th, A fire has destroyed the building of the American Agricultural and Chemical Company. The loss is estimated at over $6,000,000.
steamer Brookland, lying at the pier. The The fire started in the American wooden vessel was burned to the water's edge.
AMERICAN RAILROAD BILL
WASHINGTON, February 8th. The Conference of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Railroad Bill has recommended that 5 per cent, on the aggregate value of the railways should be guaranteed by the Government for two yeats
BOXING IN BALTIMORE.
Loxbox, February 8th. contest between Roy Moore and Pai At Baltimore, in i twelve-round boxing Moore, the referee gave a decision to the former.
THE WAR ON BOLSHEVISK.
The official list of German war criminals "wanted" has been sent to Berlin. It consists of 194 pages. Britain demands a hundred individuals, some unnamed. France wants 234. Belgium asks for 334, of whom 265 are unnamed. Italy wants 29. The British-list is divided into eight cate gories. First come the submarine warfare offenders, including Admirals Rasain report that the Bolshevista have
LONDON, February 7tb. The British Military Mission in South Tirpitz, Capelle, Scheer, Hipper, Muller, and twenty naval officers charged been completely defeated in attempte to with attacking merchantmen without warning. Secondly came those force the line on the Don and the Manitch guilty of bombardment of open towns. The third bunch are charged with rivers laying.submarine mines, the fourth with the attack on the Scandinavian Red cavalry corps crossed the river convoy, the fifth are the aerial attackers. Sixthly there is the Fryatt affair embracing two names, one being Admiral Schroeder. The seventh covers acts against war prisoners, and includes Generals vou Arnim, Trotha, Below
and Enver Pasha.
Bear the mouth of the Don, but were retreat the ite on the river. Broks, and driven back with beayy losses. During the many Reds were drowned and large num remnants of the force fled nor bera of guna and wagons were lost, The por Volunteer the other front the Caucasus armies of the Bolsheviks were beavily. defeated. The total captures so far count.
On
It is understood that the Lord Chancellor, Lord Birkenhead, advised the council of ambassadors that Mr. Lloyd George was now prepared modify the black list. The ambassadors to-day are meeting to hear the British Attorney, General on the subject. Meanwhile French circles are ed in these operations are 3,000 prisoners, uneasy over Britain's volte face, especially as regards the untoward con171 guns and 340 machine-guns sequences of conceding any vital point. The question is regarded as ́a test of strength.
The German government had long discussions on Feb. 6 with the party leaders. It was stated that the question of the extradition of wat criminals could only be solved with the co-operation of parliament."
The French charge d' Affaires on Feb. 7 handed Chancellor Baner the Allied note regarding war criminals. The Vessische Zeitung understands the note leaves the door open for negotiations,
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL..
The Rugby match; Scotland Y. May 9.
LONDON, February 8th. The War Offre communique on the situation in South Russia to Februar Brd. Taaritsin-Ekaterinodar Railway, the Bol states that in the neighbourhood of the
of the Manich. shavike gained a footing on the south bank elsewhere were repulsed lat Deni
attempts to Between January 28th and kin's troops on this front captured 9 guns, 260 machine-guza and 4,000 prisoners. The Bolsheviks occupied the Isthmuses of Perokop and Changar which lead to the Urimen after a heavy fighting, but werd repulsed before the defiles, losing 500 pri-
LONDON, Feb. 7. will be played at Inverleithsoners,
The Bolabavike continue to Edrsam in the Odeon area.
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