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LONDON, December 20,
The Dail Fireann resumed this morning and thin
GREATER OPTIMISM NOW
SUBMARINES THE NEXT PROMEM.
LONDON, December 20.
were again heated debates for and against ratification, There is greater optimism at Washington in regard.
of the Treaty.
to the success of the conference how the misunderstand- LATE.ing arising out of France's eleventh hour naval demands The Dail Eireann this afternoon resumed at a ¡has been partially cleared up. The modified French secret session to hear the Minister for Defence of iwpoint as explained to Reuter by M. Briand is that Military matters.-.
WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS CANCELLED, LONDON, December 201 Airangements for the withdrawal of troops in Ireland have been cancelled owing to the uncertainty as to whether the Dail will ratify the Treaty.
AMERICA'S "DISARMAMENT” DOLLAR.
WASHINGTON, December 20.
France is quite ready to come to an understanding in regard to the offensive armaments but is specially interested in the question of cruisers, submarines and destroyers for defensive purpose.
In regard to the question of the submarine with which the conference is about to deal it is understood that the British deleration will press for total abolition. If this is generally opposed Britain will strongly urge a reduction of the submarins tonnage or ginally proposed The disarmament conference will be reflected in the hy the Americans and if other powers insist upon large new coipage of dollars which President Harding has justeressity of Britain building a large fores of molera thubmarine forces the British will probably point out the approved. The obverse will bear the usual head off-submarine craft. Liberty and the reverse will have a large engle parched on a broken sword and clutching an olive brauch bearing the word "Peace." The background will be a rising sun depicting the new era.
MEXICAN OIL TAXATION.
MEXICO CITY, December 20. The Mexican government has granted a delay to January 25 for payment of the production and export taxes due from American oil companies in Mexico! amounting appoximately to 22,000,000 pasos.
TROUBLED CHINA,
AN APPEAL TO STUDENTS.
LONDON, December 20.
BRITAIN WANTS PLENARY SESSION.
WASHINGTON December 20. The British delegation has formally asked for plenary session to be held on Wednesday or Thursday to enable Britain to present her case for the abolition of dubmarines,
ANGLO-FRENCH CONFERENCE.
GERMANY'S POSITION DISCUSSED,
LONDON, December 20. The Anglo-French, conference resumed Downing Street at midday and lasted for an hour, A wanmunique sove that the delegates continued their examination into the state of the repirations, account. Conditions in Germany and the resources avaliable to
Mr. Chao Hsin Cho in address at a dinner of the „Overs as Chinese Society said that China re-meer German obligations were discussed, also means of
sembled a ship in a storm when some passengers were still fighting each other for personal advantages. He appealed to students, who had better educational oppor tunities than their brethren in China to serve their homeland which needed them.
FRENCH TRADE FIGURES.
PARIS, December 20,
Imports into France during the first eleven months
of 1921 are valued at 20,894,000,000 francs, with
•
improving general economic conditions in Europe. The experts meet again this afternoon to consider further figures and conference will resume to-morrow."
BELIE" FOR RUSTIA,
ITALY TO SEND 6,000,000 LIRE,
ROME, December 20,
In the Chamber of Deputies the Foreign Minister tonnage of 32,778,000 as compared with 45,176,000 introduced Bill appropriating 6,000,000 lire for the 1920. Exports are valued at 19,370,000,000 francs with relief of famine in Russia although he strongly protestel a tonnage of 13,493,000 as compared with 11,937,000gainst the inhumanity of the Soviet government in hindening the repatriation of Italian prisoners and in in 1920.
einsing to allow an Italian misti n to proceed to Russia. AID FROM AMERICA,
NAVAL RATIO' AGREEMENT.
FRENCH DELEGATION'S DECISION.
WASHINGTON, December 20,
The French delegation has accepted 175,000 tons as their battleship tonnage subject to reservations on all other points.
LATER
Mr. Briand's reply to Mr. Hughes accepting the battleships ratio emphasises that capital shipe attacking craft whereas light cruisers, destroyers and
ubmarines are defensive.
EXPULSION OF TRADE UNION FROM FEDERATION, The great increase in the number and strength of trade unions in recent years has been accompanied
WASHINGTON, Desember 20, The Cenats has passed the Bill already passed by the House granting $20,000,000 for the relief of starving
Bassin,
HOPIFUL TE ADE INDICATION/
LONDON, December 20, In view of resuscitating trade the railways announce, tion in freight rates for coal, iron and
sot in accordance with demons sgreed to by the conference or districts should forfeit there membership.- tiffs brought an action claiming a de- claration that the solution expol them was ultra vezes që tho Ked: was void, and an.
by a steady development of case law to restrain the federation from seting in the courts on the subject of their | upon it. The date raised an rights and powers. The most recent question ucder Section case in McCluskey and others v. Cole Union Act, 1871 That Act imp
be sta and others, which was decided by the
in many respe unions at law, that nothing in
Court of Appeal on October 20 lest It was an action at the instance of local trade union, the Glasgour and Die- cos
trict Glass Bottle Makers Trade Protec
tion Bocicty, against a nationa
tion of trade utflods, viz. the
Federation of Glass Bottle
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a member of the defendants) The fedsta called upon its members
hed
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member of the federation, and he thought that an action brought to prevent the defendants from breakin this rule by expelling the union w really an action/for, the enforcement of the agreemen
Trad Union Act of 1871 did not enable the urts to ent ain the
offier handthe thecourt
rtaining it;? aud
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