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FIKE INSURANCE COMPANY F 149. CITY AND EQUITABLE INSOLVENT.
CHAIRMAN'S DRAMATIC DEPARTURE.
LONDON, February 14.
Forts to save the City and Equ.table Fire Insur- To the House of Commons Sir W. Joyuson Hicks (Coalition Unionist) moved an amendment to the Company which is now in liquidation have proved Address expressing the opinion that the unrest in India fruitless and the High Court has granted an order for was the result of Mr. Montagu's administration audits compuleory winding up on the Company's own hoping that inediate steps would be taken to restore -law and order
8-W Javason flicks ass-rled that Mr. Montagu hal governed India with liberal ideas without the assent 1s of the Conervative supporter of the Coalition. mony was a criminal betrayal of the white men and somen in India and it had broken the heart of the Gandhi sboul! have nest vivid service in the world, ben arrested vours ago.
potition,
Counsel for the Company said that it was perfectly clear the Company was insolvent and was unable to carry on its large business.
The petition was supported by twelve insurance companies some of whom are large creditors.
The new papers are giv ng prominence to the de INDIA'S ASPIRATIONS.
parture of the Equitable Company's Chairman. Mr. Mr. Montan said he did not believe the British G. L. Bevan to the Continent. On February 8 he Pathoment would ever jea: ardise India's opportunity of motored from the Carlton Hotel where he has a suite of
It government but theexhibition of separatist tendencies and disloyalty to the King-Emperor and futile attempts rooms to Croydon and took aeroplane to Paris. The newspapers have since bren unable to trace Bevan but to war the wele ne to the Prince of Wales must post- pone or prendre British goodwill towards Indon! his relatives state that he is bound for the South of isputations, Coven goodwill and partnership 20 rights France under medical orders owing to a nerve break- would be denge 1 India by the British Parliament, but if Conexistence of our empire were challenged discharge of down. Bevan has numerous business interest besides peaprosili dues by the British Government to India the Equitable. wil he prevented, and demands made in the very mistaken belief that we contemplate a retreat froin Eudia, then En la could not successfully challenge the must determined people in the world who would unce again answer the challenge with all the vigour and determination at its command.
M. Montagu declared that the British Government. had the fullest confidence in the government of India and he had every reason to belie e they were worthy of
Une confidence and that we would win through in India 1 bap er times.
PREMIER DEPRECATES ALARM.
Mr. Lloyd George said that there was nul in the State of India which justified grave concern but he de precate alarm. The situation was well within the com puss of our strength without adding to our burdens.
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DUTY ON CHINESE GOODS
LONDON, February 2.
Mr. Sastri interviewed by Reuter on arrival at Southampton on board the Aquitania "from Washing-
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ton said that the chief d rect interest of the conference to India was the alteration in the Chinese tariff. consideration of ludia agreeing to forego the rebate allowed on gob is crassing the Burma border, India 408 regained freedom to levy duties on goods from China to He had notified the Burma across the land border. Chinese authorities of this effect and they had agreed that this as very important.
The conference had been a much greater succes B than some outside delegates had hoped. Final feeling in America generally was one of congratulation, chiefly
Dealing with the causes of unrest the Premier described education of Indians at English universities as porting new wine into old battles. These had barst and intoxication had swept or the East. The story of India was the story of Japan and China. It was in- evitable when the chirals of the East wer mixed with those of the West that an explosion should occur Soumer or later. This ha: poducel the Russo-Japanese because China had received substantial gains. All wor which had a very disturbing flect throughou, Asia. The agitation in China was exetly similar in cause u? India's aptation Chinese students were imbibing ideas
American democr ey.
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TURKEY'S INFLUENCE.
Mr Lloyd George further referred to the effects of
India ΙΠ
patteully the war with world power
greatest
Islamic
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He said that undoubtedly it would be an enormous advantage I peace could be in de with Turkey. He hoped shortly to discuss the matter again with the Allies. but there must be a just prace. We must be fearlessly just to both religions and races.
depended now on Chios herself whether she erected a
strong central government and reaped the full advantage f the acknowledgment of her full sovereignty and territorial integrity.
GENOA CONFERENCE ATTACK.
FRANCE'S LATEST MOVE.
INTRIGUE WITH SMALJ. NATIONS,
PARIS, February 14. The newspaper continue to dwell ou the possibility
The Premier concluded by saying that the educated classes in India nust be given the best oppor- tanty of making the experiment initiated wor three years ago with success, but. Turther reformis must of abandonment of the Graun Conference and state that await the result of the experiment.
The amendment was rejected by 218 to 61 vot @ The Address in reply to the King's speech was thou agreed upon.
GANDH 'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Losos, February 11. In the course of the debute in the House of Commons on a Conservative motion cusur ng Mr. Montagu's ad ministration, Mr. Mootage announced that the Indian Government a few days ago bad ordered Gandhi's arrest but in view of the decision of Gandhi and his colleague nol to pur-ue non-cooperation and other ille al Activities it was postponing proceedings with a view to ascertaining how far the decision meant complete ers-ation of the illegal activities.
M. Benes the Czecho-Slovak Premier with whom M. Poincare has conferred, is going to London to demand the right of small states of Central Europe to participate in the preliminary discussions of experts.
The papers declare that if the conditions agreed upon by Henes and M. Poinrare regarding Genos are not fulfilled France will not stand alone in requesting indefinite postponement of the conference.
STINNE DUTCH EAST INDIA LOAN.
REPORT EVOKES COMMONS QUESTION.
LONDON, February 14. Asked whether he had information that Herr Hugo Stinnes has offered a ten million loan to Dutch East lodia and if so whether such facts bad been considered in. assessing Germany's ability to meet her obligations,
GANDHI'S BITTER CUP.
BOMBAY, February 15. Gandhi announces that he has begun a five days' penance for the Chaurichana tragedy which he re ards as another warning a ainst basty embarkation on a mass cvil disobedience compaign nod as his bitterest up of Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, Under Secretary for Foreign humiliation. He advises the criminals voluntarily t. Aftairs said that such reports had reached him from surrender to the authorities.
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLS.
SHAREHOLDERS SEEK DISSOLUTION.
FAR EAST'S 300 MILLION FRANOS,
PARIS February 14. Application has been rande to the fourth chamber of the Tribunal of Commerce by shareholders of the Banque Industriello de Chine for dissolution on he ground that thres quarters of its nubcribed capital ha boen lost and the bank has already asked to be allowedl to benefit by the clauses in the French enda enabling n compromise case to be heard on 1‹bruary 20,
DEPOSITORS' CLAIMS,
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PARIS, Fobruary 14. M. Lastoyric, the Finance Minister, has sated the the total sums to be returned to investors in the Bangu Industrielle de Cline would be 100 milllid Trancs, l which 90 million would go to the Far East and 100 million to France. The French Treasury will hot be in- volved in the allocation of t! & Indemnity which will be made by the consort'um, the consti ution of which bas not yet been established,
several quarters but he had been unable to obtain definite confirmation of the loan offer or of Horr Stinnes" participation in the Dutch colonial loan. The second part of the question therefore did not utigr.
RAND L BOUR DISPUTE.
11OPEFUL AUGURY.
WARNING TO STRIKES.
JOHANNESBURG, February 13.
A few engineen, upon whom edecers of the effort o restart the mines obiefly depends, have returned to work, but not sufficient mine.s bave up to the present buried to enable resumption of operations. The man. ketenta bave, warned the striker bht it will bo imporsi le to employ all to old harde. Fifty-six pickets were arru.ted to day.
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