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INDEPENDENCE CLAIM MAKES MEETING IMPOSSIBLE.
LONDON, September 15.
WUCHOW NEWS.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
A big fire broke out along the water front at Wachow on Tuesday, extend- lag over nearly 1,000 yards. Over fifty houses were destroyed together with a number of boats which were budding in matsheds. The Standard
Mr. De Valera's letter has been published in Dubin. It accept the vitation to a conference at Inverness in the terms of the closing clause of Oll Co's tng "Eagle" was in Mr. Lloyd George's letter on September 9, but reafirmas Ireland's independ-port -- at the time. and ence as a sovereign state.
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Mr. De Valera's letter says that he has no hesitation in declaring his willingness to enter a conference in the words of Mr. Lloyd George's letter cabled on September 8 to ascertain how the ssociation of Ireland with the community of nations known as the British Empire can best be reconciled with Irish national aspirations. Dail Elresas has already been stimmoned to ratify the selection of representatives for the conference to be held at Inverness on September 20. Mr. De Vadert deems in his duty to send this. final note and reaffirm that Ireland has formally declared her independeson and recognises herself as a sovereign state, and only as the rearesentatives of such state have her chosen guardianis authority to act.
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rendered valuable assistance, towing |a pontoon warehouse, or pazi, across to the south bank of the river. The local fire brigade working from a road, at the back of the burning buildings, and the fire float, from the river, eventually controlled the out- i break, though the debris continued to smoulder for some time.
NEW LIKIN DUTY.
A new likin duly came into force on Thursday, This imposes a tax of 12 cents on chickens, 20 cents a pig and $1 on cattle shipped out of the port. The merchants view this tax with disfavour, consequently ship. ments to Hongkong have somewhat Mr. Lloyd George has telegraphed Mr. De Valera canciling the con suffered.
H. M. CONSULATE. ference at Inverness in view of Mr. De Valera's reiteration of the claim to
Mr. Groves, from Shanghai, with negaliste as the representative of an independent sovereign state after the Mrs. Groves, has arrived at Wuchow warning that this would make the conference impossible. The Premier is to take charge of the Consulate consulting his colleagues with regard to the course necessitated by the | Beždias. new situation.
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{The Cabinet, in the course of its reply to Mride Valera, pointed oat that the principle of government by consent of the governed, on which Mr. de Valera insisted in his last letter, was the foundation of British conglitu. tions] dévelopment, but the Cabinet, could.not accept as the basis of a practical conference an interpretation of that principle which would commit it to such demands 24 setting up a republic and residiating the Crown. So applied, the principle of government by consent of the governed would undermine the fabric of every, democratic State and Prive the civilized world back to tribalism. The reply, mentioned that if Sinn Fein accepted the to include Keelung (Formosa) in the The Toyo Kisen Kaisha has decided invitation to a ecoference it would be open to them to raise the subject of parts of call for it. North American guarantees on any points where it might be considered that Irish freedom Line steamers on the eastward voyage was prejudiced by proposals already made. The reply dwelt on the desirability from Hongkong to San Francisco. of the conference at which any possible Stup Fels by Light the pro Kerng on crate to Shanghai |||
Toyo Kisen Kaisha ́steamers will call posals offered ireland leas than the liberty described, could be explored. It following the Teguise porte del e was officially announced later that the Cabinet Badavited Sinn Fein to 2 after Shanghai. This schedule will conference at Inverness on Säptember 20, to ascertain how the association be followed by the Korea of Ireland with the British Empire was reconcilable, with Irish national aspirations.)
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LONDON, September 15,
Lloyd George has telegraphed to De Valera that be informed the latter's emissaries at Inverness on the 13h that a reiteration of De Valera's claim to negotiate with the British Government as if he were the representative
of an independent sovereign State would make further conference îm
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possible. Those emissaries brought a letter to Lloyd George specifically BATH THAT ENDED FATALLY, re-affirming that claim. Mr. George asked them to warn De Valera of the very serious effect of such an attitude, and offered jy conside; the letter as undelivered, in order to allow De Valera time to reconsider it.
The slightly decomposed body of a Chinese boy, aged about 11 years, clad' în à blue bathing But De Valera did not accept this opportunity to reconsider, He bas costume was found by the Water the now published the letter in its original form. Eltyd George must accorg Police in the harbour of
Stonecutters bathing beach yesterday ing to the terms of his warning cancel the arrangements for the conferenceremoon. The body at Inverness next week, and consult his colleagues phate course of Retion fentified as that of à student named necessitated by the new situation.
i Chak Woon who had gone out He says emphatically that the Government cannot reconsider to batte with a party of schoolmates position, because Government acceptance of
Was
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on the basis of. De Valera's claim would
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the Empire and of its existence as an independent republic, and it would
entitle De Valera to declare, as of a right acknowkidged by the Government,
JUNK RESCUES THREE MEN.
that in preference to association with the British Empire he would pursue FISHING SMACK CAPSIZES, a closer association by treaty with same foreign Power. There was only 'one answer possible to such a claim.. The great concencious the Govern ment had made to Irish feeling in order to secure a lasting settlement deserved a more generota response; but hitherto, for every adyanen made by the Government, Sinn Fein had not come a ample step to meet them They merely reiterated, in phrases of emphatic, thallenge the letter and spirit of their original claim.
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[A conflict of views arose between the Assembly and the Council as to whether Senor Alvarez or M. Descamps bad ppen elected as judges of the International Court, as the latter obtained an shwolute majority in three successive ballata.: The Council, and finaly the Amambly, decided that a font committee of thres members from abse Aguably' and thres from the Council should mediste in the matter i
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