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LONDON, September 20.
EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY.
LONDON, September 20.
There was some excitement in Germany as a result
It is reported from Geneva that the delegates of Canada, New Zealand, and Australia telegraphed Lloyd of Lord Robert Cecil's intimation to the League assemb George asking him to accept Nanser's proposal that the CooLeil of the League be invited to intervene with the object of ending the Greco-Tarkish dispute.
ANOTHER BIG FIRE.
PARIS, September 20. Information received from the Ministry of Marine states that the whole of Panderma, including the rail- way station and the Ottoman bank, has been destroyed by fire, except for about a hundred houses. There were numerous casualties among civilians.
GENERALISSIMO'S MANIFESTO.
ly yesterday that the third commission considered the drafting of a practical scheme of disarmament would be. impracticable until the question of inter-allied indebted- nere had been settled as part of the reparations settle ment. As M. Jouvenel, the French delegate, hinted, France would not be averse from reference of repara tions to the League. German papers are most hopeful that this means a change of France's attitude.
IMPERIAL RESOURCES.
LORD LONG'S PROPOSALS.
LONDON, September 20.
CONSTANTINOPLE, September 20. Sir J. L. Harrington, as the Allied generalissimo, bas issued a manifesto to the population referring to
A new campaign for empire development is being public uneasiness over the general situation owing to re- porte from Smyrna, in which he says there is no cause inaugurated by Lord Long. In an article in the October for alarm. The Near East question is receiving the full is of the Nineteenth Century he suggests the appoint" and earnest attention of statesmen. Panding their dement of a cabinet committee in the first instance to cision it is the duty of the public to follow peacefully inquire whether lapse of time necessitates any changes their normal vocations.
from the United Kingdom viewpoint in the decisions of the imperial war conference of 1917 in favour of encourag ing the development of imperial resources. This should be followed by an imperial conference, including the crown colonies, to lay down a definite policy.
FEAR OF IRRESPONSIBLES.
ATHENS, Eeptember 20. Constantinople reports that the alarm of Europeans and Christians is not due to fear of Kamalist invasion so much as to fear of outbursts by the daily increasing Kemalist partisans in the city who are alleged to be. arming.
HOLLAND'S FINANCES.
SEVERE ECONOMIES.
TURKS WILLING TO BARGAIN.
PARIS, September 20. The Turkish press bureau states that Ferid Boy's
THE HAGUE, September 20. The State General budget totala 1009 millions of statement was misinterpreted by the baresa. It is authorised to explain that Torkey is ready to negotiate florins. The estimated expenditure is 808 millions s with the Powers with regard to the freedom of the decrease of 23 millions. The revenue is 567 millions, a decrease of 23 millions as compared with 1922. The Straits and will consider their wishes with a view of en-Minister of Finance explained that to effect equilibrium suring the opening of the Straits to international com- munications.
AUSTRALIAN VIEWS.
MELBOURNE, September 20. Minister Millen made a statement in the Senato similar to that of Mr. Hughes to the Representatives yesterday, adding that he hoped war would be averted. Nationalist cepators warmly supported Mr. Hughes' action, but the Labourite Gardiner said before going to war they should pay the existing war debt of four hundred millions. The Senate without a division re- solved to have Millen's statement printed.
STRONG FRENCH ANNOUNCEMENT. “ PARIS, September 20. Replying to a question in the Chamber, M. Poincare atated that in no case would French soldiers now in the Near East be employed against the Kemalists.
BUT THE STATEMENT STANDS.
PARIS, September 20,
M. Poincare's statement that in no case would French soldiers fight the Kemalista was not made in the Chamber but according to the newspapers was a reply to a question by M. Dariac, president of the financial com-
mission of the Chamber.
he had reduced expenditure in the stato departments by seventeen per cent. He said the Government was deter mined to prevent deficits in the railway and postal sarvices. He did not deny that education, health, and other services might suffer, but the stability of the floria was at present most important.
RUSSIA AND CHINA EQUALS.
CONFERENCE PROPOSED,
LONDON, September 20. Official news from Moscow says the Chinese Foreign Minister bas accepted a proposal for a joint Russo- Chinese conference to settle outstanding questions based on the equality of both sides. He suggests meeting in Peking shortly.
A
RUSSIAN FAMINE.
REPORT OF DELEGATES.
GENEVA, September 20.
The International congress for Russian relief was attended by delegates from over thirty governments, report was read stating that to August 15 1,400,000 persons in Russia had been assisted. Sixty thousand tons of seed were delivered to the Soviet. Two million deaths enaued famine.
INDIAN MOSLEMS.
CONFER WITH VICEROY.
SIMLA, September 20. The Mohammedan motion in the Indian Assembly, reported yesterday, was withdrawn as soon as the Viceroy consented to receive, the Moslero legislators to hear their vieną.
THE PARIS CONFERENCE,
PARIS, September 20. The conference of the Quai D'Orsay ended at seven in the evening. An official announcement states that Curzon, Sforza and Poincare agreed on the advisability of convoking at the soonest possible opportunity a son- ference wherest Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Rumania, Jugo-Slavis, and Turkey would be represent- ed, to draft terms of future peace. Beatty reported the naval and military situation to M. Grasset, chief of the French naval staff, and supplied supplementary informa tion to the conference which resumes on Friday.
GUESSING WHAT'S UP,
LONDON, Beptember 20. The unexpected and urgently summoned conference of ministers with army, navy and air chiefs last evening, for which Lloyd George and Winston Churchill returned from the country, is believed to be due to a compmavica- tion from Lord Curzon, who in the afternoon" and
WASHINGTON September 20. evening conferred with Messrs Poincare, Sforza, and
The House of Representatives repassed the soldiers' Hardinge, together with experts in Paris. It bonus bill by 258 to 64. It is expected however, that noteworthy that M. Poincare conferred with Marsha! the Senate will sustain the President's veto. Fooh and General Weygand before the afternoon con ference.
GROUNDLESS FEARS.
LONDON, September 80. Fears that this evening's cabinet meeting porfended an unfavourable turn were apparently groundless. It is understood that the government regards the Paris agrea- ment as moet satisfactory.
LABOUR DEAD AGAINST WAR,
LONDON, Septembar 20.
A Labour anti-war demonstration in London passed -a resolution condemning-the-foreign-policy of Lloyd George, terming him a danger to the peace of the world' and demanding immediats elschiena. Speakere in- timated that to-morrow's trade-union delegation will tell Lloyd, Georro that organised labour la gnitedly op posed to war. Une speaker suggested a general stoppage of all indistrion in the event of war.
CONGRESS AGAINS PRESIDENT,
ON SOLDIERS' BONUS BILL.
GENTLEMAN-AT-ARKS DIES.
A CHINA VETERAN,
LONDON, September 20.
Sir Henry Oldham, who served in the China war in 1860, has died at the age of 89. He was a lieutenant in the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms,
INDIAN IRONWORKERS.
STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING:
CALCUTTA, September 20. Jamshedpur reports that the employes of the Tata Iron and Steel works, dissatisfied with their wages; have struck without warning.
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