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RIPARATIONS.
BRITISH PLAN OUTLINED.
TOUR YEARS MORATORIUMÍ,"
LONDON, January 2.
AttЯ-TÆE*24-TRENT PRICE, $3.00 - Per Month.
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Today's closing rate 2/2 13/18 To-day's opening rate 2/2-18/16,
SLATER STRIKE IN BOLSAND.
PROTEST AGAINST REDUCED WAGES.
TOE HAQUE, January 2.
Owing to the decision of the Master Printers Association to redao, wage, the newspaper compositors The British plan for the settlement of reparations ant printers at the Hague and Hearkom bave struck and inter-Allied debts comprises the granting to Gar-The printers a Amsterdam and Rotterdam sre many of a moratorium for four years. Thereafter Gornegotiating with the employers but the printers in many many is to pay two milliards of gold marks annually for other towns in Holland strike to mɔwow.
four years, two and a half milliards annually for two years and thereafter three and a-half milliards or such smaller sum not less than two and a half milliarde à may be fixed by an impartial tribunal.
50 MILLIARDS IN 10 YEARS.
LATER.
Guzman obligations take the form of five per cent bonds redeemable at call on easy terms at the outest and riting to far at the end of thirty two years. The bonds are to be divided into two series-firstly totalling 80 milliards gold marks, representing payments in the first 10 years and secondly totalling 17.31 milliards reprezent iag additional payments from the eleventh year. The plan does not provide for a sinking fund but permits redemption on such liberal terms. that the saving of annual interest on the bonds redeemurd should be aufficient to caver interest and sinking lund on German losne raised in the market for redemption parposca.
INTER ALLIED DEBTS.
LATER.
As regards inter-Allied debts the plan proposés, provided all proposals regarding taking platges and also the application of other sanctions are abandoned, firstly that gold beld by Britain as security for inter Allied debts will be applied to the reduction of debts, secondly that the first series of bonds-teceived by France in respect of the Belgian war debt and the one and a half milliards of the first series bonds received by Italy will be transferred to Britain, thirdly that the balance of European war debts' will be written off and all counterclaims abandoned conditionally on debtore transferring their interest in the second series bonds to a pool, for distribution to those powers which are in debted to the United States in proportion to their reup.cotive American debts...
MARK MUST BE STABILISED,
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MASTERS DECIDE UPON LOOK-OUT.
MAMITREDAN, JaDusty 2.-
In consequence of the refusal of the printers to socept the masters' term, the masters' hate decided on a look-out to a fortnight if the strike of printers contia pe in the provinces.
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SULTAN OFF TO MECCA.
MALTA, January 2. Vice Admiral de Brock arrived at Constantinople board the son Daka." The other ships which left Malta with him sreapparently remaining at Chanak. It is naletstood in the ex-Sultan of Turkey will embark for soca, aboard this British warship. "Ajax" which is to sail on Friday.
CHINESE SEQURITIDS,
FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST BROKERS.
LONDON, January 2. Adothase of alleged fraudulent dosling, Chinese securities cropped up when W. 0, F. Simurɔne and J. W. Williams, outside brokers ware charged at tha Mansion Hoa with conspiracy to defrau 1 Eh prosecution alleged that the publis subscribe1 large for securities which were not delivared, incluling from £6,000 to £10,000 for Chiasse rail bonds.
INTERNATIONAL GRICKAT
ENGLAND BADLY BEATEN.
CAPETOWN, January 2. Heavy rain delayed the start until 13.25 p.m. The weather was dull and six thoumad people were pressat. There was an easy więkét. England made 183, Bian- kaubar takiaz Blor and Hall4 for 49. The English collapse is attributable to the magnificent South-African
Deliveries of coke to France, coal to Italy and possibly dyestuffs are to be coatinusi on a reduced scale during the initial period. The foregoing depends ou Germany undertaking stabilise the mark, restore budget equilibrium and accept such financial supervision as the Allia deem necessary. She must also agree in bowling and fielding. South Africa made 13k for one
the event of a default to the missuras the Allies anwalt, Catterall and Tayformata 71 and 48 respective- animously deem necessary including forcible scizare of
revenues and military occupation of further German 17, both unfinished, in a dogged 260 minutes. ínninga,
territory. If the supervising authority unanimously
decides that payments van bo made before the expira." tion of four years ananities may be aute-dated not ex oeeding two years without increasing the total liabilities, PARIS CONFERENCE ADJOURNS.
PARIS, January 2.
TO PREVENT TURKISH WAR,
KHALIFAT CONFERENCE'S RESOLVE.
Gaya, January 2. Khalifat Onferense. at its apnelading session The conference adjourned after hearing the French; British and Italian proposals. It reassembles to morrow decided in the event of the recurrange of war with Tar- afternoon. Is the meantime the experts are making a key immediately to launch a "civil disobedienos “ detailed study of the proposals.....
FRENCH PROGRAMME APPROVED.
PARIS Jaguary 2. The Council of Ministers unanimously approved the French programme which will be submitted to the conference.
CURZON BACK TO LAUSANNE..
PARIS, January 2. Earl Corzon and Sir Williams Tyrell lelt for Lausanne in the morning..
MB. BONAR LAW'S STATEMENT,
PARIS, January 2
In Getatement made after the meeting of the con ference Mr. Borar Law; declared that Britain needed reparations more thau autaiders believed. He dwelt
compaign including propaganda amongst the police and army, prevention of recruiting, rafusal to subscribe to war loans, picketing fore gu cloth and liquor shops and also prayention of export of food grains. It was resolved to reorait a legion to serve under the Angora Government
LAUS INNE CONFERENCE.
TURKS CRITICISE ALLIED ATTITUDE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, January 3.
The National As embly at Angora at a six, hours":
There upon the load of taxat on unprecedented in any country.endret session vary animatedly discussed Hasman, Boy's The curtailing of the maources pecessary to develop in- dustry was it cratening to lead us into a wores position lanations of the negotiations at Laussung. than to Allics which were noparently financially weaker. was much criticism of the Allies who were noɑused of He denied the assertion that Britain zelfebly desired to raising dificulties delaying and jeopardizing a cattioment restore German property in order to secure a big cur despite the goodwill, moderation and conciliatoriness of tomer, On the contiary if the crabif the world were the Park. The Assembly unanimously decided to up- restored to normal conditions and
hold the national pact.. swallowed up Germany we would go 'n because Was B greater competitor that a mustomer. that the committed of supervision: La clude peatrals. I Germany refused steps to ratore har crodib wa, ware measures to make her falül her obligation
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