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No. 18,411 三拜禮
號九月一十年二十二百九千一英
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1921,
日十初月十酉辛次歲年國民華中
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GERMANY HEADING FÖR BANKRUPTCY.
RECKLESS ISSUE OF PAPER MONEY.
REICHSTAG DEBATES NEW TAXATION LAWS.
PARIS, November 8.
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To-day's closing "nte 2/8 3/8.
To-day's opening rate 2/8 3/8
FRANCE'S CONFERENCE POINTS.
10.
EQUAL CHINA-TRADE OPPORTUNITY.
READY TO DISCUSS INTER-ALLIED DEBTS.
NEW YORK Novembor S. M. Laateyrie, the reporter on the special budget for It is learned that M, Briand comes to the Washing- recoverable expenditure, has returned from Berlin. He ton Conference without the instructions of his Govern- informed the financial committee of the Chamber of rant as the Senate and Chamber of Deputies gavo him Deputies that the German Government by the reckless
a fre: hand. While ready at any time to examine fresh issue of paper money is heading for bankruptcy which
proposals it is understood that M: Briand has the follow the great industries regard as the best ineuns of avoiding | payment of reparations. M Lasteyrie declared that such bankruptcy if it huppens will be purely monetary and in nowise economic, becaues Germany even if the
mark falls to the level of the Austrian crown will preserve formidable industrial power intact. M: Lasteyrie considers it essential that inter- allied commissions effectively control the German
ing broad principles in mind.
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(1) France sees eye to eye with the United States- with regard to equal commercial opportunities in China.
(2) Restriction of naval armaments offers no di-. fficulties as the French Navy is already below any atandard likely to be adopted by the Conference.
(3) French interests are chiefly concerned, with
administration in order to compel Germany land armaments in view of her position with
to cease irregular expenditure and collect taxes regularly. regard to Germany, while German reparations
TREATY'S MAD DEMANDS.
are also felt to be closely connected with the question of when and how France can begin to meet her
BERLIN, November 8.
(4) France's obligations to the League of Nations do not preclude her joining other powers inside or out- side the League in limiting armaments or settling any other questions that the League considers to be within ita jurisdiction.
In the Reichstag, during the debate on the new tax- į American debt. Therefore if Washington desires to ation laws, the former minister Herr Helfferich, referring raise the question of inter-allied debts at the conference, to the fall in exchange, demanded that the Government the French delegation will be prepared to discuss. them. take meres to prevent the draining of Germany of her resources by foreign countries. He declared that Cer- *many's reparations payments were equal to a yearly taxation of 7,900 marks per head. Herr Helfferick do clared that no taxes would ever suffice to meet the "mad demands" of the Versailles Treaty. Honour demanded that Germany openly inform the Entente it was unable to adhere to lerr Wirth's policy of fulfilment of the Ex- tente's demands.
MARK 1220.
LONDON, Nov, SL German marks in London and Berlin have reached 1220. The newspaper Financier comments, that in view of the statements regarding conditions of trade in Germany contained in the monthly, report, of. Site Prussian Trade Ministry the present boom far exceeds that of the winter of 1919-20, "We are not surprised that the Reparations Commission has decided to in vestigate these conditions on the spot for the state declares itself unable to meet its obligations while citizens are making enormous profits is a situation that seems to call for drastic assertion of authority on the part of the state."
BANDITS ROB ILLINOIA EXPRESS.
FIGHT WITH THE TRAIN STAFF.
PAXTON, ILLINOIS, November 8. A dozen men armed with revolvers, shot guns and bombs held up the Illinois central express which was crowded with passengers travelling to New Orleans. The bandits climbed from the coal tender to the engine aud after fight in which some of the train staff and
nail clerks were wounded, compelled the driver to un-- couple the engine, baggage, and mail cars, and to pro- ceed a mile down the line where they dynamited the safe
· and carried off the registered mail and valuables in a motor car.
COMMERCIAL CRISIS NEARLY OVER.
BANKER PREDICTS TRADE RECOVERY.
IMPROVED OUTLOOK IN INDIA AND CHINA,
LONDON, November 8. Sir Charles Addis, London manager of the Hong- and Shanghai Banking Corporation and a Director the Bank of England, addressing the Institution of Bankers, dwelt on the difficulties of stabilization of exchanges and emphasised the necessity of returning as soon as possible to the pre-war gold standard. commercial crisis, through which the world was passing was not 'kely to follow a different course from past.
crises which were due to similar causes,
The
There had
been the same speculative boom. The world, which was now experiencing the usual stagnation, would akortly be entering a period of trade recovery. He declared that already in the Far East where the trouble begau there were indications that the trade of China and India was reviving. With a little more paticuce and steadfastness Britain would regain her financial leadership of the world.
FRANCO-KEMALIST AGREEMENT.
PUBLICATION FRANCE'S PRIVILEGE.
LONDON, November 8.
In the House of Commons at question-time, 'Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that publication of the Franco-Kemalist agreement was dependent on permission from the French government which was being consulted regarding the matter. The The bandits only secured a few hundred dollars.only territory handed over to Turkish control which They failed to locate bags containing hundreds of would not come under such control under the Treaty of thousands.
FOILED.
WASHINGTON, November 8. The Cabinet discussed means of ending the mail: robberies being perpetrated throughout the country.. ›
IRISH CONFERENCE.
ULSTER CABINET MAY PARTICIPATE,
LONDON, Nov. 8i Members of the Ulster Cabinet have agreed to come to London to confor with Mr. Lloyd George about the possibility of Ulster representatives participating in the
Irish conference.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE.
INSURANCE SYSTEM EXTENDED.
GENEVA, November. 8. The International Labour Conference instead of the draft convention as suggested by the committee on the subject adopted a draft recommendation that members of the intercutional labour organisation extend to agricultural wage carners 'he benefit of their systems of insurance against sickness, invalidity, old age, and other similar social risku.
ELICTION BEVOLVER
SIX PERSONS KILI IN KENTUCKY
November
Six persons were lled and Rve wounded in a aleation revolver fight.
Sevres was a strip of territory on the North Syrian frontier in which no British commerical interests were apparently involved. Mr. Harmsworth said he was un- able to say whether British commercial rights elsewhere. Turkey in were not infringed by the agreement.
DANGER TO INTERNATIONAL PRACE.
COUNCIL TO TACKLE JUGO-SLAV AGGRESSION.
GENEVA, November 8.
The Secretariat of the League of Nations received a telegram from Mr. Lloyd George requesting that im- mediate steps be taken to convoke the Council of the Dengue to examine the situation created by the con- tinual advance of Jugo-Slav troops into Albania" which is of a mature likely to disturb international peace." The telegram adds that the Conference of Ambassadors his now fixed the frontiers of Albania which should be notifi- ed immediately to the interested parties, the Secretariat making the necessary arrangements.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, November 8. H.M.8. Cardif" with Karl and Zata, on board arrived here and lit immediately for Gibraltar.
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