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LONDON, March 5th. Grave unconfirmed reports are circulat- Jing sa fogard Portugal where isbour troubles are acute, A railway, postal and telegraphia strike in in operation, and, all coinmunition has completely Cosased.
LOYDON, March 5th,
The Portuguese Legations at Paris and Madrid deny the ratoure of a revolution in Lisbon, and declare that a strike was. the only event of any consequence.
CAIRO-TO-CAPE FLIGHT:
MADRID, March 6th. Lotport, March 9. An official statement issued by the -Mayor says, according to travellers com- The Time, commenting on Mr. Shidchara's speech, saya apparently iting from Portugal, disorders broke out in contained unnecessarily emphatic references to China. There seems to be no Portugal Shots were exchanged in Lis need for the declaration that Japan's course towards Shantung must be bop and Oporto between the revolution- pursued unswervingly, no matter what action China may take, nor was it aries and the police. A military train was bombed sad fusilladed as it was worth while at the present difficult juncture to stress so markedly approaching Fianne do Castello (40 miles Japan's special position with regard to China. The Times fears the from Oporto). question of the future of the Shantung peninsula may be drifting towards a deadlock. It says perhaps neither side is entirely blameless, but it is extremely desirable that no language be used which might accentuate differences or postpone settlement. It opines that both in China and in Japan there has been a good deal of avoidable misunderstanding. It is too soon to place the responsibility for the final decision upon the League of Nations, and there should be no difficulty in reaching a more directes of the aeroplane flying to the Cape The diary of the pilots given in the solution. In view of China's internal dissensions and desperate financial contains a story of thrilling adventures straits, China can gain nothing by adhering to a purely obstructive policy. It tells how they used much soap for the On the other hand Japan is confronted with grave and increasing domestic stoppage of water-leaks and made a land. ing north of Rouk on March 10th in a difficulties, which should induce ker to engage in negotiations in a more bush in long grass and camped round a conciliatory spirit than Mr. Shidehara's speech implies. There is perhaps fire all the night surrounded by elephsata,
Some days the something, though not very much, in the Chinese contention that Japan hippos and leopards.
atmosphere was like a stakehold. Ther should state the bases whereon negotiations may be coffducted, but the were frequent care while Bying over the true interest of both nations makes an early solution almost imperative. immense jungles concerning anding a Therefore the proposed appeal to the League of Nations should not be pressed burat patch was sighted in the nick of Many times a ball Landing ground. by China. The League could not investigate the problem except after inter time. One night was spent aboard the minable delay, and the Shantung difficulty does not admit of prolonged plane on the banks of the Nile dodging postponement. The interests of the Allies, especially Britain, whose hands crocodiles. are by no means free, lie in the direction of a quick settlement. The Time trusts Japan and China will get together and arrive at an amicable settle, ment. Meanwhile the Japanese government should not be inclined to pay too much heed to the overtures of the Russian Bolshevist government, which are evidently merely veiled propaganga intended to circulate among the discontented sections of the Japanese populace.
AMERICA AND THE PHACE TREATY.
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The diary abounds with numerous, in- |cidents of engine troubles, but throngh- put the trip there was no trouble from the aeroplane itself, and climatic conditions did not affect the engines.
LONDON, March 4th. The Dutch Government has decided to large money. prite to A
atch airman frst dying from Holland the Dutch East Indies. Three computikora, are expected to make an early star
BENDER ABSAS, March 3 Ferrarin'a aeroplane, in the up to- ! Tokio .flight,
here on 1 5th and continued its jou Karachi on March 1st.
Masiero arrived in the afterng airmen were cordially welcom
Despite opposition by the Republican leaders in the Senate when debating the peace treaty, it was decided by 97 votes on to substitute the reservation of Mr. Walsh, of Mantana, agreeing 10, chvens a cobasisted in every way possible ference of both parties for the reservation adopted last- session with regard British civil and military officiala, to the choice of America's representative on the League of Nations. The supporters of milder reservations vated with the democrats after Senator Ledge had stated that owing to the attitude of the democrats, he had finished with the compromise programme,
THE MIXIDAN OUTRAGE.
"JUDGE LYNCH,"
WASHINGTON, March 9,
It appears that the Mexican bandits who killed Mr. Augustus Morrill, the ex-United States consul at Manzanillo, merely intended to capture him
for ransom.
The bandit chief, Carona, has ordered the hanging of one bandit near the scene of the shooting and the corpse bore a placard inscribed. "He died for the assassination he committed.”
The Governor of Colima, where the murder occurred, reports that three detachments of Mexican troops have been sent to the mountains to.try and capture Carona.
TURKISH CABINET RESIGES).
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 4. In view of the gravity of the situation, the Turkish Cabinet has resigned..
The Sultan has summoned Izzet Pasha to form a new cabinet.
UHINA AND THE Y. M. QʻL
LONDON, March 9. The Chinese Minister, speaking at the opening of the YM.C.A. war exhibition, paid a tribute to the Association's world among Chinese labourers in France. He said the Association had a great mission to per« form in China itself.
AMERICA AND THE SHANTUNG BEBEKVATION.
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WASHINGTON, March 9,
The Senate made the first change in the republican reservations by voting to strike from the Shantung reservation all reference to Japan and China. Senator Lodge told the Senate that such modification was thought
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The reservation, as modified was adopted by 48 votes 21. After, the proposed "Hitchcock" substitute was defeated.
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THE SUPREME COUNCIL.
LONDON, March 8th. The Times states that the Supreme Council's economic manilesto has been submitted to the French Government for approval. In this connection" Bigpor Nitti urged the economia reconstruction of Germany to be the first care of the Allies. The French, bowever, emphasized that the reconstruction of the devastated. regions of France had an equal claim pot the Allies, and Mr. Lloyd George supported the French amendment which was adopted
The paper adds that the manifesto will be in the nature of a recommendation of a policy not necesarily binding on the Allies. It is understood that it will be a document of pro-German and pro-Bolabs. vist tendency.
LONDON, March 5th, It is understood that Greece will be given control of Thrace, but it is proposed to make arrangements for placing the sacred places in Adrianople under the sare of the Turks. It is practically cer tain that Smyrna will be placed under Greek control.
LONDON, March 3rd. Tho Timer says that the Supreme Council has been considering the draft of a manifesto dealing with the rise of prices, the necessity for restoring Cer many's economia prosperity and the desirability of international pesce, in- cluding peace, with the Bolsheviks.
The Times says that the manifesto is a kind of an coonomic Landadowng letter.
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LONDON, March 5th. In the House of Commons at question time, Mr. Lloyd George stated
The Temps understands that that the government had decided that the abolition of the bread subsidy Supreme Council is considering the ques- was inadvisable at present but a substantial reduction of the estimate for tion of authorising Germany to contract the current financial year was imperative. Consequently the wholesale a loan with neutrals in order to obtain
food and raw materials. price of flour would be raised by 19. 3d. per sack of 280 pounds on March 15Also the average rate of extraction which must be obtained from wheat must be raised from 77 per cent. to 80 per cent. In order to ensure that the benefit on the increased value of traders' stocks shall pass to the consumer or the taxpayer; no advance in the retail price of flour or bread would be permitted until April 12. Arrangements would be made to check traders stocks. The estimated reduction of the subsidy would amount to about £45,000,000 in the current financial year.
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