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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Lúsnos, June 17th. In the Home of Commons, replying to Col. J. Gretton, Mr. Cecil Harmsworth stated that ho members of the League of Nations had up to thw prewar contributed" £150,000 to its funds.
On the Vote for the British Embassies and Consular Servier, umler which the expenses for the Leage wond fall Mr. Ballon claimed that the Lengse hul already performet considerable services to the world. The permanent Secretariat of the League would remain in London li the general meeting of tìm League in November wha is inture would be the cel ed le mentioned that an office had been established for the egostration of treaties. In the future, au Tivaty uld be valid unless it was registered and was open for inspection.
Mr. Baltour stated that the guestion of the division of expenses among the meribers of the League would be submitted to the of the International Financial ference at Brussels
Dealing with the four permanent Com- mirtees established uusler the League, on Armaments, Health, Transit. and Inter-" national Justio, respectively. Mr. Baljon, emphasised the importance of the work of the Armaments Commiter, hat pointed out that everything depended on the nations supporting the policy » diurnituent. If oach nation declined to adopt disarmament. on the ground that armaments were neces sary for its security, then the tragedy for the League of Nations and the world was great bel
Dealing with the work or the League in Connection with the Peace Treaty Mr. Balfour enter the appointment er a Coltassiem to limit the waar Valles, also an irrational body to administer the Saar Valley.
The League Lan appointed a High Com Cassiozer is Dantzig, who framed the Constitution ut,Danzig to general satis faction and was draming up a Treaty be
Dantzig and Poland,
The League as so dealing with the
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
LONDON, June 17th
In the House of Lords, Lord Charnwood drew attention, to the necessity of derising #machinery to ensure continuous consulta
tion between different parts of the Empire as regards important imperial and inter- national questions.
Lord Milner, replying, emphasised that there was certainly no occasion for any nervousness that proposals would be made in this country that the difcrent Gorero- ments of the Empire could be brought into a.aer form of subjection. He said the time was long past when such an impression cold sonably be entertained by eren the most nervous Dominion statesmen or citizens,
It was now common ground, and we gladly accepted the position. that there
no kind of authority in practice whatever might be the theory in the Con
titation that the Parliament and peoples of the United Kingdom cisimed any nger to exercise over the Parliaments and peoples of the Dominions" We frank- ly accepted them as partner nations. equal in status, though by common.com sent we migh: hold the position of leader -hip as the head of the family.
affairs.
It was supremely important for the Empire and the world that the self-govern ing Dominions and the United Kingdom all continue to pursue a common policy in great questions concerning international
It was supremely important, the Hon. W. A. Wan. Treasurer of the Australian Commonwealth, recently said, that in
in the council of the world the Empire vald speak with a single voice, but if that was to be accomplished wader the present constitutional conditions it would only be because the self-governing nation agreed upon a particular polisy There was no power in the Constitution to impose the will of the majority upon the disentent. If they did not agree, com- men action was impossible.
Fortunately, in the great text of experi ence in recent times, namely, the test of
was policy, me all continuously agrod, both about our polies as a whole and in every important chapter. Ha
our of the threatened spread of zemotiv disse Trom the East to the Weste especially in Pulaui. The League Bay acted thi the Red Cross Societies and. appealed to Entions for funds.
"The Lake was also zupervising the res turn of pioneers from Russia to Europe and vice versa, and was also considering the
o international finance and
que credit, in which cornee
the Zion nege experts of the wurid would be held
The League was doing its best to find a European Pier to undertake the mandate for Armenia. Some nations were prepared to supply the mandatory with necessary
Tesoures
Mr. Balfour proceeded to protest against the activities, of those enthusiasts who are Bring the creation of a super-State zo direct a force povied by and paid for by the sovereign States of the world.
by
He doslared that the problem of bring. ing order out of chaos must be dealt with the Supreme Council, or otherwise those who we throwing that burden upon the League were doing it the greatest The League if over- possible disrvice, loaded
I would assuredly break down and the most promising effort up to the present made in the direction vi a new civilisa- tion would be destroyed,
day
Mr. Asquith hoped that the victorious Powers would not be slow to set the exampla as regards disarmament.
He ask whether Polish aggression did not syne within Article II., and whether - the mantite for, Palestine came from the League. He asked whether the mandate for Mesopotamin came from the League. and urged the winding up of the Supreme Council in order to let the League become s.reality.
Lord Robert Cecil declared that the lack of a formal decision in regard to the man dates for Africa, was producing very deplorable conditions. He urged that all these questions should be settled at the earliest possible moment. There was no room for two supreme international bodios such as the Supreme Council and the Coug- ail of the League.
In regard to America, he said it was difficult for us to discuss freely her posi tion, but he was sure nothing would encourage our friends in America more than for as to be able to argue with them that as the League had accomplished so much in the preservation of peace, it was undesirable that they should stand aside in the great work
Mr. Balfour, replying, said that Lord, Robert Cecil was the most intolerant man on this subject he had ever known. Nothing but abject submission, not only to the broad principles on which he went but also to every detail of their carrying out, would satisfy him.
As regards Poland, the conditions con- templated by the League were as follows:— Two nations approaching a state of yar and the League intervening and saying. "You must not fight until all the machin- ery of the law and arbitration is brought into play." He could not conceive & more difficult or more
doubtful
case, because not
only was the war going on but it was a war between Powers unrecognised by any nation throughout the world. The Poles asserted, rightly or wrongly, that one effect of their intervention was to free the Ukraiment from the Bolshevik yoke and they were welcomed as liberators from a Bolshevik invasion. To rush in on such a occasion would be like rushing into the street and fighting pinning the arms of one the combatants while leaving the other Treo
Eeferring to the question of the maË. dates, he said that the terms of the man dates were to be determined by the Peace Conference but the use to which the man- should be put was left to the League of Nations. That was intended at Paris, Consequently, it was regrettable that the.
dates
ge mandates were not-ready. He would not:
say this was a matter for which the League was to be blamed. 'It was due to the fact that the negotiations had, taken.a
time than anticipated: The League FO come in when the mandatory Powers had scepted the responsibility for carrying-out their mandates.
FRIMATE OF ALL IRELAND.
Losnox, June 17th," Archbishop D'Arcy of Dublin has been elected Archbishop of Armagh nad Prí- mate of All Traland.
would
admit that it would be too sanguine za pre- sume that we could always count upon being equally fortunate. We met recognise that circumstances might arise, even in a great international crisis, in which the action of the Empire would be paralysed or
wing to weakened, to non-agreement
S the” quently, either omnia, and, couse
would be done or much less effective action would be taken by some portions of the Empire than would otherwise be the case. That would disaster. but it was unly likely fo be a
our if we but, during peace time, the close touch with one another which we established in war time).
He did not believe that on any very great world question different views would be taken by different parts of the Empire so long as they remained in intimate touch with one another and able to consult one another beforehand before the crisis,
is arose. He dreaded the possibility of a clash bo- cause action had been taken, for instance, by one member of the family, or because sorte policy was pursued by, perhaps, our
not
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Foreign Office
tice over a number of years, of which the Dominions were not aware, volving a critical position-when we would others of fiud ourselves supported by the family simply because they would zot know enough of the pr
of the previous circumstances leading to the clash-He agreed that-is-was- of vital importance to maintain con- tinuous knowledge on the part of such self- governing Dominions of the policy which any one of them was pursuing, and, chiefly, which the United Kingdom was parving as regards 'foreign policy.
Dealing with the existing, methods of consultation. Lord Milner said the Im- perial Conference was gathering very great influence. Its resolutions had con- siderable effect upon the conduct of affairs in the different countries represented, and
good deal of very useful work in
pulling the Empire together had been the result of these occasional megtings. We must re gard the
regular perman-
the Conference ent organ of our Empire Constitution, be- cause it had a permanent secretaries to pursue various questions, collect material for future Conferences, and, by communi- eating with various Governments, to see the resolutions of the Conference carried out. Although it was a
ja- a very valuable strument, the Conference was very far, owing to the long intervals between the Conferences, from easuring that the strength of the Empire was eatingously brough: to
to bear upon the direction of affairs in the world in the
in which the. sayin powers of any unified Government could be exercised.
means of 1
He pointed out that there was no Ambas sador anywhere representing the Empire, in the same sense as he represented the United Kingdom. Therefore the question arose whether we should not devise the
of making the influence of the Em pire as a whole, as distinct from the United
Kingdom, contineously effective in the councils of the world. This was ten- porarily achieved in war time and
during the perse-negotiations, through the
Im- perial War Cabinet and the British Empire. Delegation, It brought the whole force of the Empire to
to bear daily upon the course of world
TEC Imperial War Executive of the whole Empire as ecired, but it was bound to fall in abey ance at the end of the war, if only because, Premiers of the Dominions could not the continue to rentia.
crents,
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be anyway
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government
rament not only able to discuss im- perial affairs bat able to take action re- ating the whole Empire He wat convinced that something more
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of the Empire, if
the splendid.
existing in war time was not
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be frittered away in peace fine and it we
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on all matters of world importance only if we kept in closer. touch than it was possible to do merely by: means of imperial conferences held
every four or five years.
hold togelinced we would be
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He was sure that that something which brought the peoples of the different self- gorerning States of the Empire-who were actually responsible for the conduct of their affairs-into constant, close touch- with one another was essential, if the Em- pine wes
was going to play the great role it ought to play in the world. Something this Find must be done. Something of this kind
Rinda the
not the only, here but in all
marries under the Crowd. They were aive to the necessity of some more per fret organization to keep the Empire on the same lines of policy and, if necessary, to ensure its whole strength being thrown into the right scales at a critical
moment.
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He agreed that the success of the League of Nations depended above all on the British nation who were a Leagne already. by nature. Being able to speak with one voice, he believed that if they did
they would hardly ever differ on matters of supreme importance with the United Slates, Then the two great doglo-Saxon Powers could make the League a success and secure and
generalis recore of the world. It was
in the self-governing Dominions, as in
in this
that it was Funginye zecesare to have more complete and cons stant touch in order to ensure common in fluence and common nction, and that this necessity was fele in the Dominiors was
red by the fact that the prored by Government had been pressed
by
a
all of them to hold as soon as meeting in order that the constitutional question might be discussed in all its de tails, with a
a view to seeing how harmonious peperation could be secured in the future. would It had been hoped that this meeting take place in 1990, but all had agreed that È
must be post
postponed mnt 1921. The mect- ing, if it was to be a success and put the future was to
constitutional relations of the Empire on a
ing practicalling, must be a mote
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of the Prime Ministers, even though
дох exclusively so. The Con ference should not be confused with the periodical Imperial Conference. It might inke its place for: a particular year, but was disting from it. It was in the nature cf a Constituent Assembly, which was to -try and
arrive at a
a basis on which our relations with the Dominions would in fature be con
be conducted. It would be a meet-a ing of extraordinary importater but. ding is constitution. he expressed the
that it
it would be undesirable to put forward a particular scheme for bringing about that harmonious action in diferent
of the
which
it was the object of all to ensure
anticipated that there would be in- sense interest and great hope in the meet
of the Constitutional Conference text ing year. He hoped that it would not separate without providing the Empire with some organ of government based upon the re- cognition of the complete independence and equality of its diferent parts.
parts of
RACING IN ENGLAND.
LONDON. June 17th. The weather was unsettled at Asent. Their Majesties were present.
The result of the Gold Cup, was as follows:
Tangiers Juveigneur Кеткое
Six horse ran,
Buchan, favourite as
10 to 11 won by a neck, but was disquali fied for crossing. Four lengths separated Tangiers and Jureigneur.
The betting was as follows.
Tangiers Juveigneur Keysou
100 to 13 100 to $ 10 to 1
TENNIS.
LONDON Jane-16th. A: Queen's Club the following were the results in the semi-finais in the Single and Doubles tournaments:
Johnston (America) beat Dudley (Eng- fatd) by &i, 6-3---
The American Tilden beat the Japanese Shimadzu be 6-7, 6-1. This is Shimizu's Brs defeat in England.
In the Doubles, Johnston and Tilden. (America) beat Ritchie and Fisher by 62, 60.
Williams and Garland (America) Beat Shimizu (Japan) and Misu (Rumenis) br 6-0, 6-2.
COAL INDUSTRY.
LONDON, June 18th. Official returns of the profits in the coal- mining industry for the quarter ended March 31st show an output of 62,000,000- tons and profits of £14,250,000.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, June 18th. The death is announced of Lord Cons Hardy,
AMERICA AND LEAGUE OF. NATIONS.
BALTIMORE, June 18th. Ex-President Taft, speaking at a lat cheon here at which the British Ambas sador, Sir Auckland Geddes, was present, declared that America could not escape from the League of Nations which will be adopted after the elections are out of the way. He did not mention "the Irish ques tion specifically, but evoked load checra when he declared-that America must not interfere in British domestic matters, addi ing" We must do to Britain as we would bare Britain do to as
NEW-YORK, June
June 18th Senator Hardings, the Republican eandi. date for the Presidency, has accepted- President Wilson's challenge to submit the. Peace Treaty to the referendum through- .out the country, fun!
Senator Hardinge declares that the Repablican attitude as regards preserving America's nationality will be overwhelm ingly endorsed.
GERMAN CABINET.
BERLIN, June 17th Herr Erimborn was unsuccessful in forming a Cabinet.
Dr. Mayer, Charge d'Affaires in Paris, was then invited to form a Cabinet, “but: he declined
BEELUS, e 18th."," Herr Fehrenbach is attempting to forza a.Cabinet from the old Coalition parties.
The Social Democrats have declined to participate, but they will not oppose the→ Government unless it adopts a anti. Labour policy
DEMPSEY ACCEPTS CHALLENGE.
WICHITT (Kansas), June 17th. Dempsey had accepted the challenge of Carpentier for a fight in Golober,
AMERICAN LIBOUR-FEDERATION.
Moxteraz, June 19th. The American Federation of Labour, ---after a beated debate,-blocked the motion asking the United States to recognize the Soviet Government and to lift the blockade against Russia.
A telegram from Mr. Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State, contributed to the above decisión, He stated that the Soviet Government had insisted on political re cognition as a condition of renewal of any commercial contact and declared that the existing regime in Russia did not represent the will of any considerablé proportion of the Russian people,
be It repudiates, added, "every principle of the harmonious and trustful relations of nations and cf individuals. It is based on a negation of honour and good faith and undermines the struggle of international law."
The Federation passed a resolution call. ing on Congress to cancel the Gentlemen's agreement with Japan and to exclude absolutely Japanese and other Asiatic immigrations.
The Convention also demanded the exclu xion of so-called picture bridges," namely prospective wires chosen by photographs from Japan
MONTESAL June 16th. The American Federation of Labour bas pledged itself to support the strike of longshoremen on the Atlantic and Galf coasts in the fight for recognition.
a resolution demanding They also passed a the re
repeal of compulsory arbitration under sections of the American Railroad Law and apposed computery military service,
The building trades' organisation of the Federation at a separate meeting declared war on the principle of one big Union for Canada and agreed to send representatives of each of the sekty International Build- ing Trade Unions, to Winnipeg and other cites to open this campaign.
It was announced that it had been decid- ed to revoke the charters of all Unions failing to expel the one big union bers.
Dem
MOSTERAL June 17th. Amid applane, the American Federa tion of Labour passed a resolation re afirming its stand for the recognition of the Irish Republic, urging that the mili tary forces of occupation in Ireland be withdrawn, that the Irish people be accord- ed the right of self-determination.
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WIRELESS OPERATORS' STRIKE.
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Loxpos, June 19th
The Board of Trade has notified ship- owners in view of the urgent importance of the free movement of shipping that no proceedings will be taken against ships sail. ing without wireless operators during the continuance of the strike.
Loxbox, June 18th.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Marconi Company, Mr. Godfrey Isanes stated that the dentitids 10% wireless opera- tors represented half a million annually, and declared that as long as the strikers committed breaches of agreement and threatened to uphold the whole mercantila shipping of the country so conference was possible.
UNREST IN IRELAND.
LONDON, June 19th- Sixteen Sinn Feiners today attacked two young ladies at Castletown Roche, County Cork, and eut off their hair because they had entertained two military officers at their home. The party afterwards attack; ed the officers, burned their motor car, and Bang the girls hair into the flames.
Loxpox, June 18th.
A hundred Sinn Feiners attacked the police station at Cooks Town in the north of Ireland using rifles and grenades. The garrison of twelve atoutly resisted them with bombs, and repulsed their assailants several of whom were wounded.
IMPERIAL SHIPPING COMMITTEE.
LONDON, June 17th The Premier has appointed-an-Imperial- Shipping Committee to inquire into the whole question of shipping communica
different parts tions, between
of the Empire with a view to an improvement. Mr. H. J. Mackinder, M.P., is Chairman. All the Dominion Governments harë nominated their own representatives Australia will be represented by Mr. H. B. Larkin, New Zealand by the High Commissioner, and South Africa by Capt. G. Bowden.
THE PRINCE OF
SIDES.
Juno 18th. The Prince of Wales' visit is the absorb- ing topic. The problem of street traffic is most difficult. At the public reception at the Town Hall this morning there was au enormous attendance.
NATURALISATION BILL,
OTTAWA, June 18th. In the House of Commons, the Govern~ meat has introduced a bill to permit the seturalisation of enemy aliens resident in Canada for ten years.
TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 17th.
A British outpost on the Lamid front consisting of a company of the Punjabis, was suddenly surrounded by a superior fores of Turkish Nationalists." The British officer commanding decided to withdraw the Nationalist Commander agreeing not to hamper the retirement.
The advance guard was allowed to pass without
but the Nationaliste mishap,
the main treacherously opened fire on body, wounding 30 men and taking prisoner an Intelligence Officer. forcements were hurried up, while a British warship kept the Nationalists at
positions, shelling their
Hein
It appears certain that Mustapha Kemal much chagrined at the British barring bis
Scutari, but whether Way to he or the local commander, ordered the
not known
attack is at
STATISOPLE, June 18th,
General de Bobeck and a Scottish Begi- ment jelt today for lamid, where two British cruisers have arrived. A French, warship has
has arrived at Héracica, v MMA CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18th,
It now appears that the British casualties were 15 killed and 23 wounded in the fight ing at Ismid.-
The Gordonsent to whom they extricated. There were no
Assist the Punjabi".
forther casualties. The guns of the British warships, it is believed, heavily punished, the Nationalists who were commanded by Ali Fuad Pasha, Commander of the 2005 Corp, who fought against the British in Palestine.
It appears that a general attack a „the British in-tha-Terid ́ares-is' content.
MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1920.
RESUMPTION OF TRADE WITH
RUSSIA
L'ONDON, June 17th The permanent Committee of the.. Supreme Council met M. Krayia today to discuss the preliminaries Tor the open- ing of trade with Russi
Berssus, June 15th. The newspapers state that the Cabinet has passed a resolution in favour of re- establishing economic relations with Russia.
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PARIS June 18th. In an interview with the representative of La Liberti, M. Krasin declared that Russia bad available for export million tons of petroleum and similar pro- ducts. 1.000.000 tons of flax, 2 to 3 million tons of fine leather, several million tons of sheepskins, 3,000 tons of hops, 4,000 tons of resin, 200 tons of turpentine, 10,000 tons of mineral oil 23,000 tons of salt, also quantities of hogs bristles, building woods, manganese, iron, graphite and tobacco.
He offered a guarantee to foreign capitalists for the exploitation of factories of cellulose and paper and for traffe on the Volga and the Doa Canals.
COPPER FOR FRINCE.
Paris, June 171E” A Havas message says:- Two years supply of copper for France, amounting to 73.000 tons, is to be farnished under the financial arrange ment just signed by the American Copper Export Associations.
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This is said to be the first of a series of gigantic commercial deals concluded with to obtaining the export of raw machines without further materials and affecting the exchange rate in New York.
LATER.
Le latin state that Americas sup- pliers hara sold 5.000 tons of copper to French firms on credits amounting to $35,000,000.
Importance attaches to the fact that the Federal Reserve Bank has agreed to advance loans to American business men in the deal on the sole guarantee of the French Bank
BOLSHEVIKS IN PERSIA.
LONDON, June 17th, -
M. Krassin called on Prince Firouz, the Persian Foreign Minister, and had lengthy interview with him.
TO ABOLISH WAR.
LONDON, June 19th- The League to Abolish War sent s deputation to Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, and Lard Curzon,
The Premier catechised the deputation in endeavouring to pia them down to details with a view to demonstrating their imprac. ticability. The Premier pointed out that the Great Powers were already too entang Ted to supply forces to create an inter- national police. Moreover, the discussion on the subject was idle until America came in the League.
Mr. Balfour inquired where the pro- posed forces would be kept-St. Helena or Labrador? For if kept in France they would not fight France. It kept in Great Britain, they would certainly not fight England.
The Premier emphasised that any pre- een: attempt to force the pace would only destroy the League.
AMERICAN WERCHANT MARINE.
BILL
New YORK, June 164h. The Washington correspondens of the Associated Press says it is believed that Britain's objections to the enforcement of the American Merchant Marine Bill is likely to be the subject of formal repre- sentations to the State Department-
They are understood to be based pri
marily on two
two sections of the measure One of these sections prohibits the Carry- ing of merchandise on other that Ameri- can ships between American ports-vić a foreign por, which would thus present the carriage of "freight between points in the
States and Alaska over the on Canadian ships. section directs the President
The
to determine 3 5000 és possible, under ita terms, all Treaties restricting the righ of the United States to Impose dis criminatory duties on foreign shipping entering American porta
NJUKU-ISLAND,
LONDON, June 18th.
In the House of Commons, during the discussion on the Nauru Bill, Commander Kenworthy maintained that owing to the distance between Naura and the United Kingdom, the
not be arrangement would commercial proposition in this country. Col. Leslie Wilson, replying, pointed out that before the war, Germany took all the phosphate she could get from Nauru to Stetin, an oven greater distance than to England, and that the Company
paid be 25 sad. tween 25
per cent Mr. Newton Moore
congratulated the
·Government on the:
be arrangement, which, would be of the greatest valze
whent agriculture and would mean cheap in many countries. Several members re- peated their opposition argument regard- ing the League of Nations' aspect. The resolution was carried by 60 votes to 20.
LUXURIES IN THE. USA.
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to
NEW YORK, June 17th. Amazing igures concerning the amount spent on luxuries in America are given in statement from the Secretary of the Treasury.
No less that $10,000,000 wers spart in the 12 months on chewing gun,
con on sweets,: £160,000,000 on
on temperance”
cigarettes," £75,000,000 drinks, £152,000,000 on perfumery-and commetics, and £100,000,000 on toilet soapă.
AUSTRALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
MELBOURSE, June 17th The Council is granting the electricians. an increase of 38-6d. daily
Tho'striks has ended.
BILTER MARKET: SE
-Lowson, June 17th. Timer New York correspondent has reported that the Treasury will modify the regulations for the mints to purchase, ilver, under the Pittman Act so as to ermit thi having of mixed aiver.-- Bilver kuced in the United Stafer from foreign brds will be bögght" at the market prior
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REFUGEES FROM KIEFF..
WARSAW, June 15 Seventeen thousand refugees have arrive ed from Kiell under the charge of the Red Cross, whose Commander relates that Bul- berik aeroplanes bombed the city and artillery heavily bombarded the city. Fifty fires started and there was DO Star to extinguish them. German staff officers participated in the operations of the Bol sheviks among whom were some Chinese..
LABOUR CONFERENCE,
GEVOL, June 15th The Labour Conference has decided to appoint a Commission of thirty members, equally composed of Government delegates. thipowners and stamen to consider the Convention
as regards laws of labour drafted by Sir Montagu Barlow, also i Commission of twenty-one members to dia cuse the question of seamen's contracts and the draft convention dealing with `va.` employment..
WELL-KNOWN BANKER'S DAUGHTER MARRIED.
"NEW YORK, Jano 18th
The marriage of Maud, daughter of Mr. Otto Kahin, the well-known banker, and Major Marriott, of the Scots Guards, was celebrated to-day on Long Island.
COUNTY CRICKET.
LOYDON, June 17th. Lancashire beat Kent by three wickets,
LONDON, June 15th. Nouinghamshire Sussex by 75 Yorkshire beat Eser
runk by 206 runs. Middlesex beat Hampshire by 8 wickets. Middlesex
the first innings made 451 mns for 5 wickets. Lee contributing 927 in an unfinished innings the highest in- dividual score of the season.
FIRE IN GLENTANAR. FOREST.
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LONDON, June 17th. Smouldering patches in the Forest of "Glentana, fanned by a breeze, sprang icto fame again. spreading.on a front of seven miles.
LONDON, June 18. The Glen Tanar forest fire has been brought under control and the town of Aborne saved from destruction by-the deliberate burning of the Aboyne" Deer -Forest.
A large fire is reported from the Rothie murches Forest in Invernesshire.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS PENAL CODE::
LONDON, June 1917-* In the House of Commons Mr. Forresi suggested the revision of the Penal Code of the Straits Settlements. Be armed that recently there had been several cases, in which men were sentenced to penal ser vitnde for life for
returning
from banish- ment, in which the Judge, when pass
and in ing seniences, drew attention to the fact that he had no option
ion in the maiter.
Col. Leslie Wilson rep
replying, "recalled the Government's
ernment's proposal in 1814 to cur tail the term of imprisonment, which wa dropped owing to the unanimous opposition of the Legislative Council. He
pointed out that such sentences had been reviewed by Governor every three years and p mised to esquire with regard to the sen tences to which Mr. Forrest had referred.
JAPAN'S YÄNISHING TRADE.
OTTAWA, June 19th. Sir John Randles, M.P.. returning from the Far East, attributes the present Japanese financial crisis to Far Eastern importers turging to Britain and other "European countries for better qualities of goods than Japan supplied in war time. As a result Japan had to make heary cuts m prices in order to dispose of her sur plus stocks,
RAILWAYMEN'S WAGES..
LONDON, June 17, Announcing the Cabinet's decision to grant the increase in railway's wages recommended by, the National Vages Board, the Ministry to Tran- spart points out the proposed increases are unjustified by the increase cost of living as the purchasing power of pre- sent wages already exceeds the pur- chasing power of the men's pre-war wages. They can only be defended on the ground of a desire for improved status. The concession will inevitably. necessitate a heavy increase or rail- way charges which are now approach- ing a point where any further increase would not bring increased revente as they would reduce traffic The Cabi- ner had accordingly decided the pre- sent: settlement should not be disturb- ed for such a period as would enable industry and commerce to regain the stability so essential to the community except for alterations consequential on changes in the cost of living.More- aver should the increase in charges fail to produce the necessary revenue a higher scale of wages could only be maintained by hearty co-operation by the men with the view of effecting sub- stantial economies in working.
BOULOGNE
PARIS, June 17. ...M. Millerand and Mr. Lloyd George will confer at Boulogne on June 21. Representatives of Italy, Belgium, and Japan will also be present. Signor Storza will represent Italy. M. Veni- zelos will also attend the Boulogne. conference. It is believed in Paris that an agreement has been reached upon. a scheme for Germany's payment of the indemnity, which will serve as the basis for conversations at Boulogne.
MAG-LONDON, June, 19. -A meeting-of the Batish Empire delegation to the Spa Conference was held in the House of: Commons. It was attended by members of time Cabi- net and Representatives of Canade and New Zealand
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