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JE VALERA RESIGNS.
READY FOR RE-ELECTION:
AIM TO DEFEND THE REPUBLIC.
LONDON, January 6. The Freeman's Journal sties that Mr. De Valera
The fall set the Supreme Comed opened in baltinct sunshine A large force of endurmes at the has resignes). var hi chul wore anong the extraordinary pr cautions. All ads of admission were cla oly zerulatused. A crowd mambering hundreds ves pretfully øreted the conference members. 1. Briand hud Mr. Lloyd George on his right and Colonel Harvey on his left. The British and Italiana were on one side and the Japanese and Belgians on the
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Mr. D Valera's resignation les been officially announced in the Dail.
LONDON, January 6,
Mr. De Valera has announced that bia resignation involves the resignation of his cabinet. He will offer himself or election standing on the principles of 1916, as he must get a cabinet which thought with him. He would demand that all resources ba banded over to him to tend the repablie.
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After a brief speech of webome by M. Briand. Mr. Lloyd George in a long speech reviewed the economic situution in Europe. He declared that the deplorable situation in Russin was a heavy burden on the economic resources of Germany who before the war derived much, of her prosperity from Russia and argued that it was in the interes of France with regard to reparations that Sosion and Herman econome relations should be re-agreement rogar ling the treaty. The meeting was the newed
outcome of an unofficial committee of nine representa - lives of both sides which conducted a series of dolibera- tions yesterday.
He emphasized that strong gumandoes would be deuranded from the Soviet firstly for regnition of Rues as foreign d-lite.
The Belgian and Italian delegates supported Mr. Lloyd George's conclusions.
The Dail Eireann held a morning to consider the possibility of finding a luais for
According to Comman laat O'Duffy, the points agreed upon include arrangements enabling the raten.
M. Briand said that. Mc. Lloyd George's views weretion of the services of th : President and avoiding a split well founded but insisted on the question of guarantees in the country. On the other hand a report in a well- to be demanded from Germany
informed quarter says that the theme was turned down
The principle of an international economnis confers | by Mr. De Valera personally. ence was adopted after which the rouncil examined the que lion of guarantees from Russin.
BRITISH VIEWS.
CANNES, January
The British view of the discussions of the Supreme Coured is that the main questiona comprise reparations; · reconstruction of the trade of Central and Eastern Europe: British and French co-operation in the Near
FRENCH SUBMARINE CLIMS.
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INCIDENT APPARENTLY NOW CLOSED,
WASHINGTON, January G The final form of the submarins resolution adopted East in which Italy is interested; the overwhelming by the plenary naval committee contains a clause insert- peressity of France for protection against a recurrenceed on the motion of the French delegation which, refer- of the events on her castern border and the probability ring to the impossibility of using submarines against that if so reassored France's views on the reduction of artamen's would be modified. Without such modifica tion the Snuncial nightmare hanging over Europe cannot
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merchantmen without violating the requirements of civilised nations says "as they wera violated in the war of 1914-18." This spacific French repudiation of the entire German theory and practice with regard to sub- marines has apparently closed the Anglo-French incident The Supreme Council, which sat for two hours in arising out of a misunderstanding of the French attitude the morning resolved itself into two commissions one of when the question of limitation, of submarino tonnage which will deal with reparations and the other the was discussed. reconstruction of Europe.
CANNES, January 6.
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PARIS, January 5. With reference to the Brussele message cabled Commenting upon the submarine question, Le Temps yesterday reporting an interview M. Brian gave a expressen surprise that France's claim to protect her Belgian journalist, the Havas correspondent at Cannes coasts without having to rely on outside help should Authoritatively states that the interview gives an raise suspicion while German specialists are again pian- entirely erroneous report of M. Briand's words. The ning submarines of unprecedented strength. Thus the French Premier merely state that neither Britain nor German professor Flamm lately worked out complete France wanted to make final decisions at London in the specifications for subinarines up to nearly 10,000 tons absence of Belgium and the latter country would be able to defend ber rights at Cannes with complete liberty.
[The cable in question read: Interviewed by a Belgian journalist at Cannes, M. Briand. the French Premier, sccused Britain of isolating France and Bogium by the financial agreement of August 13, and promised to support Belgian priority in connection with reparations if Belgium supported Franco against Britain and Italy on the moratorium question.]
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LONDON, January 7.
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SHANTUNG DEADLOCK,
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WASHINGTON, January 6.
The Shantung controversy appeared hopeless of solution after a 90 minute session of the Chinese ant
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GENERAL ELECTION PRÓSPÍOTS.. NOT SO STRONG AS THEY WERE
LONDON, January Equity in political circles to-day shows that the prospects of an early gondral élection do not appear to be no strong as they wers rede
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