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AMERICA AND GERMANY.
NEW YORK, May 13. A provision in the Republican peace resolution requesting President Wilson to negotiate with Germany for a separate treaty was struck out on the motion of Senator Lodge. The Senate will vote on May 15 og are solution declaring the war ended.
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. Concluding the sitting of the Foreign Trade Convention a resolution was passed in favour of the return of American merchantmen to private ownership and operation. It was suggested that passenger ships should be used on the freight routes to South-America and on the Trans Pacific
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NEW YORK, May, 16. The Atrial Mail Transport Corporation announces it will begin in July a mail express line between New York and Chicago, which will be extended later to Omaha and San Francisco. The machines have been picked from the surplus of three thousand British aeroplanes left over from the war, which will eventually be replaced by American aeroplane. The operating officials. include Liest-Comman der Bellinger, commander of N.C.J. in the first trans-oceanic flight by American seaplanes in May 1919.
SIR OLIVER LODGE.
NEW YORK, May 16.
Sir Oliver and Lady Lodge sailed aboard the "Celtic" Sir Oliver Lodge declared he was convinced that psychical research had a great fature in
the United States.
THE MASTER MIND.
NEW YORK, May 18.
Arnstein the alleged bank thief, who is said to have caused losses of Lover 25 million dollars to New York brokers and who mysteriously dis. appeared in March has been arrested. He is alleged to be the master mind of a widespread criminal system extending even into Canada. Arnstein is imprisoned as the $75,000 bail demanded to not forthcoming.
REBEL LEADER CAPTURED.
SAN SALVADOR, May 16. Honduran cope have captured Araujo, the rebel leader.
FRENCH SATISFIED.
LONDON, May 17.
The French papers regard the results of the Hythe conference between Millerand and Lloyd George as satisfactory.
TRENCH STRIKE OUTRAGES.
PARIS, May 17,
Two strike outrages are reported. An engine-driver who remained at work on the Nord hue was fred at thrice and slightly injured by an un- known man who disappeared. A tram exploded a bomb which had been placed on the line. No damage was done.-
KAISER MOVES.
LONDON, May 17.
The Times Amsterdam correspondent says the ex-Kaiser and his wife have removed to Doorn from Amerongen.
AMERICAN POLITICS.
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LONDON, May 17.
The Times Washington correspondent says it is considered certain that the President will vete the peace resolution, which anyhow had the purely
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SWISS AND THE L.O.N.
ZURICH, May 17.
A referendum, by a small majority, has resulted in favour of Switzer- Iand's adhesion to the League of Nationa.
The voting was 407,910 for, and 325,511 against, a majority of 82,399.
JEANNE CANONIZED AT ROME,'
ROME, May 17.
The ceremony of canonisation of Joan of Arc takes place at Saint Peter's cathedral to-day.
IRISH BIBELLION.
LONDON, May 17, There were four hours of fierce rioting at Londonderry between A lot of revolver shots were fired. The Sinn Feiners and Unionista.
Sinn Feiners. concealed police with bayonets charged the crowds.
ci y the detectives, killing the chief behind wagons, shot at
Two civilians were detective. Another police officer was injured, seriously burt. A nergeant in county Kerry in a remarkable letter was warned that he would be shot by order of the Sinn Fein governors because he was a diligent servant of the Crown. The letter ends with the names of recent policemen murdered. The nationalist candidates are withdrawing from council elections all over Ireland, excepting in the unit. counties, and giving the Sion Felters a walkover. This is owing to thr. intimidation of one nationalist who was recently raided, dragged out a midnight, and forced to retire from the elections..?
RUBBING IT IN.
BERLIN, May 17.
With a view to preventing i fepetition of the untoward incidents on the occasion of the evacuation of Frankfurt, the French demanded a num- ber of hostages, including the government prezident Commann, the chief burgemaster, and the police president, also a guarantee of a million marks
LONDON, May 18th.
Mr. Dalton, a former prominent Sina Feiner of Limerick, has been shot dead by
a party of seven in an isolated part of the city. The voley wounded a baby girl, aged to arrests have been made,
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Large orders for barbed wireshave been placed for a system of defences in Ireland. THE WAR ON BOLSHEVISM.
LosDos, May 16th. The unexplained silence of Moscow bas been broken with an intercepted wireless requesting stations to resume listening in LONDON, May 15th," at the usual tours.
Last night three unimportant wireless messages were received from Russia, buz cone of them was from Moscow. Hean- while, it is rumored in French Socialist circles that the silence is due to political trouble. Moreover, General Bruiloff is. endeavouring to overthrow the Soviet.
The Poles are continuing their advance southwards. It is expected that they
Odess The Bol would soon arrive at shevists, wes: cf the Daleper, are in full
retreat.
HTHE CONFERENCE.
BERLIN, May 15th. According to the Frankfurter Zeitung, the Imperial Cabinet-composed of Pre- miers and Ministers of the various States bas unanimeusly agreed that the Govern ment should not send representatives to Spe or Paris on May 16th for economic discussions, unless the Fresch have with region owing to the absence of the reason drawn from Frankfort and the Main "for continued occupation.
MAYENCE. May 16th. Marshal Foch has ordered the evacua sion of the Main territories to begin on May 17th.
PARIS, May 15th.
A Havas message su3s;— A Note issued in Paris last night states that as the German forces in the neutral zone will soon cunterm to the by the resolution of number authorised August 8th, 1910, Marshal Foch has asked General Degoutte to send an officer to Cassel to arrange with the German Cen- mander there for the evacuation of French" troops from the zone occupied since April 6th.
COAL FOR FRANCE.
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ITALIAN CABINET.
LONDON, May 13th. The Time Milan correspondent says Signor Bonomi, the former Minister for War, has been requested to form a Cabinet.
BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP."
LONDON, May 16th.
At Burroughes Hali in the Enal heat of the billiards championship the result was: Smith, 16,000; Falkiner 14,500.
COUNTY CRICKET.
LONDON, May 18th. Oxford beat Middlesex by 130 runs.
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PEKING, May 18.
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· SHANTUNG QUESTION,
PEKING, May 18. The Cabinet to-day decided to reply Mr. Obata's letter-urging, the opening of direct negotiations regard ing the return of Kiacchao-declining to enter into negotiations on the sub
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