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The China Mail.
October 25, 1928, Temperaturo 74 Barometer 29 92 Rainfall 0,00-inch.
THE DOLLAR. To-day's closing rate 2/3 5/16 To-day's opening rate 2/3 1/16,–
STABLISLEÐ
841 "October 25 101 Temperature 74.
No. 19.016.
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(Reuter's Service to the China Mall.)
BERLIN, October 24.
Reports from various sources indicate that the Palatinate, which hitherto has been part of Bavaria. is being declared an autonomous German State One version attributes this to the discontent of the population with recent happenings at Munich Anh other says that the French representative of the Inter-allied Rhineland Commission has announced the decision to members of the Palatinate Dist in view of the "dangerous situation in Bavaria.” · The President replied that the Diet is not.competent to deal with the matter.
MUCH
OPPOSITION.
LONDON, October 24.
The position in the Rhineland is still confused, but Separatist forces are evidently meeting with much opposition. There has been mild rioting in Aix-la-Chapelle aud. Muencheng-Gladbach, with nationalist counter-attacks on Separatists in public buildings. A number have been killed or wounded, It is reported from Brussels that Crefeld fell into the hands of Separtists this afternoon. The police were disarmed.
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MR. REGINALD MCKENNA'S ADVICE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, October 24.
¡Mr. Reginald McKenna, in an address, to the Belfast Chainber of Commerce, showed that Brain's proportion of the wond's export Trade hed i bje from fourteen per cent in 1912 to seventeen per cent in 1922. He expressed the opinion that a full revival of trade was 'impossible ander present world conditions, but a con- siderable revival of British trade was possible by the abandonment of the official policy 'of de- flation. He instanced the case of America in the Autumn of 1921 with with five million unemployed. Eighteen months later there was actually shortage of labour, The Improvement was due to the abandonment of the policy of credit restriction. Nevertheless Mr. McKenna did not advocate a policy of inflation and pointed out that an improve- ment in trade would necessitate more banking credit and more currency but this was not monetary' inflation:
COMMERCE CHAMBERS' VIEW.
LONDON, October 24
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A Paris message states that Freuch troops dis porsed an anti-Separatist demonstration at Coblence, Sir Arthur Balfour, presiding at a meeting of the Berlin reports from the Rhineland represent that Association of British Chambers of Commerce in the attempt to establish a Republic was an entire London, referring to the advocacy in certain quarters failure and assert that Separatists have left or were that Britain should adopt a policy of mild currency forcibly evicted practically everywhere, only a few inflation to cure economic ills, declared that inflation are still sitting at Wiesbaden. The failure at was a malignant disease comparable to cancer. It Coblence town hall is attributed to popolar opposi-was really another insidious form of capital levy. tion. It is reported from Spier that the proposal to Perhaps Britain had deflated too quickly but in- make the Palatanate autonomous was rejected by all flation was not the cure. Mr. Kylsant declared em- political partles in the Diet. Food disorders con-
phatically that the City of London was behind Sir tinue in various parts of Germany, Police used Arthur Balfour in his warning of the appalling risks of their batons and swords at Elberfeld, were many inflation. Sir Arthur Balfour congratulated France shop windows were broken, and trams were held on her moral victory in the Rubr. bringing it home up at Kie!, The revolt at Hamburg has been virtually to the German people for the first time that they were fairly and squarely beaten. The Association suppressed.
carried a resolution, welcoming the dominion repre- REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED.
sentatives and hoping their co-operation in finding
REPARATIONS.
LONDON, October 24. means to bind the Empire more closely would The Dusseldorf Separatists have proclainied a succeed. republic in a number of towns to-dance. ing Abraciler Soden, Doza Who and Rudesheim. The Commune at Gelsenheim has also adhered to the movement: The position at Mayence and Aix-la-Chapelle is easier and order has been restored at Muenchen-Gladback, the Separatists having left.
THE DAMAGE.
COBLENCE, October 24.
It is reported that 12 Separatists" were killed and 80 wounded during the 36-hour siege of the town hall at Crefeld. Where police were barricaded behind barbed wire entanglements, they made energetic defence, only yielding after a portion of their forces were alleged to have deserted to the Separatists.
MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
WHAT VESSEL SENT S.O.S.?
NEWPORT NEWS, October 23.. The British steamer "Westmoreland" from Boston, with a crew of eighty officers and mea, has sent in "S.O.S." message which broke off in the
middle.
It is feared that all aboard have perished. UNCERTAINTY DEEPENS.
Mystery, surrounds the earlier report from Newport News as the Federal Steam Navigation Company are owners of the only "Westmoreland," in Lloyds list.
steamer They declare the ship cannot be theirs in view of the wireless, which the captain sent to his wife, reporting all wel! and that he would be home on Saturday.
CORRESPONDENCE. *
REPLY TO PHOTO QUERY, [To the Editor of the China Mail,"
GERMANY "READY IN PRINCIPLE."
BUT LACKS THE CASH,
PARIS, October 24. Germany has written to the Reparations Coin. mission, declaring that she is rendy in principle to re- sume reparations' deliveries but is unable at present to finance them, and requesting the Commission to capacity and also to allow a German representative undertake an enquiry into German resources and personally to explain measures for revising the Budget and stabilising currency..
INDIANS IN THE EMPIRE.
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE DISCUSSION.
LONDON, October 24,
The Imperial Conference discussed the status of Indians in the Empire. Mr. Baldwin 'presided and long statements on the position wers submitted by Viscount Peel, Mr. Sapru and the Maharajah of Alwar. The debate was adjourned to October 20.
DUTCH EAST INDIES.
MAINTENANCE QUESTION.
HAGUR, October 24.
that the cabinet would resign if the bill to construct In the second chamber, the premier announced a fleet for the maintenance and neutrality of the Dutch East Indies was rejected.
UNIVERSITY UNION.
SMALL--POX
The returns of the M.O.H., for The October issue of the Hong-the 24 hours ending yesterday, kong University Union Magazine | contain reports of ten fresh cases reaches the China Mail, ond a word of small-por, eight in Victoria and two in Kowloon registration Sir,-As a member of the of congratulation must be given to district. All the patients are Hongkong Amateur Photographic those who are responsible for its Chinesc Society I am taking the liberty 10 Editorial which is a wise and digni production. From the opening send you the following in reply to find piece of writing, to the notes
to "Pop-Bromide." At one time on athletics, the magazine is full of Mr. T. E. Jackson, secretary of sensitised silk could be bought and interesting and chatty articles, the Incorporated Association of Retail Distributors, states that no photographs printed or ft from whilst some of the contributors
wage reductions are being made-in. negatives by contact, but it was not show evidence of being possessed of stores in London which are mer- sensitive enough for enlargements budding wit. There are numerous bers of the association, except to be made and if an enlargement songsters too and the samples of where an individual store is making was wanted an enlarged negative versification given are bighly credit reductions approved some time had to be made, and then printed | able. Not only that, but the by contact The idea was not a sketches which beaprinkle the success and as far as I know no "ming" add to the jutorest, and we such material is now on the market, agree with the opening one which I have seen prints from half-tone save-BoxIt's-a-real-Magazine blocks done on Silk which re-
semble Photographs and possibly
ago.
The Times states that Mr. Lloyd George has formed a Rural Policy Committee, consisting of manibus of the House of Commons, farmers, and agricultural experts, under the Robert
this was done in the case of the silk Monday, October 29thchairmanship of Sir
gown which Pop-Bromide heard about."
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