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FRENCH TARIFFS.
More About American Controversy.
FAVOURED NATION PLAN.
France Willing If United States Will| Reciprocate.
CHEMICAL CARTEL. MEXICAN REVOLT.
Big European Merger Mooted.
A GERMAN MOVE.
Developing Companies With Synthetic Activities.
Cologne, Yesterday..
Move Against Ex-Pres. Obregon.
500 SOLDIERS INVOLVED.
Other Presidential Candidates Foster Movement.
Paris, Yesterday,
Mexico City, Yesterday, Correspondence has been pub Much speculation is rife re- Five hundred soldiers in the lished between the French and garding the forthcoming meeting city garrison revolted yesterday American Governments in regard of the German Dye Trust at evening and departed from the to tariff revision.
which although the proposal does capital. They have taken the The American note discussed not appear on the agenda, it is be-fleld against the Government pre- inevitable divergences caused by lieved the chief business will be asumably in support of the move- legislation in the two countries motion to increase the capital by ment against the re-election of and requests the inception of ten per cent. or five million steri-General Obregon as President. negotiations for a treaty guar-ing. This may be devoted to the! At present President Calles, anteeing the United States the development of companies with whose term of office expires in most favoured nation treatment synthetic activities in petrol and July, 1928, is ineligible for a pending which discriminating rubber."
second consecutive term. Obregon measures by France would be The City correspondent of the was his predecessor. The present suspended.
"Evening Standard" surmises revolutionary movement is fast- The French reply declares that the creation of & powerful ered by Generals Arnulfo Gomez the Government was ready to European chemical cartel in aud Francisco Serrano, both grant the United States the most which would be the German Dye candidates for the Presidency, favoured nation treatment pro- Trust and fifty-six million aterl-who have been missing since vided tho latter at leasting, a British combine, the Im- Saturday.Reuter. would ensure equal conditions and perial Chemical Industries and possibilities for French trade in French, American and Dutch accordance with the fundamental companies. laws of the Republic. The Gov- ernment must make the favour able treatment it proposes to grant the United States con- ditional on such an assurance. Reuter.
GOLDEN FLOW.
It is likely to be announced at the above-mentioned meeting that the Cartel will be virtually able to control the output of heavy U.S. LEGIONAIRES' SPENDING chernicals, explosives, dyes ferti
IN PARIS. lisers and other synthetic pro- ducts in Europe and also develop the Bergius process of producing oll from coal, an agreement re-
Paris, Sept. 28. Delegates to the American Legion.
TROUBLE IN SPAIN. garding which has been signed convention here will begin their de-
BOMBS AND EXPLOSIVES
SEIZED.
CALM RESTORED.
Madrid, Yesterday.
with the Standard Oil Company. parture homeward on Saturday, but The Royal Dutch is concerned thousands plan to remain and visit with Imperial chemicals Indus- various parts of Europe with their tries in the development of Bri- families. tish rights. Reuter.
OPIUM CONTROL.
ITALIAN SCHEME EXAMINED.
OTHER VIEWS.
Geneva, Yesterday.
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It is estimated that the Amèri- cans spent in the neighbourhood of! $15,000,000 during their brief visit. A belated admission as to the
Inn-keepers and businessmen are accuracy of reports circulating
Jubilant, and declare that the con- abroad of a revolutionary move-
vention was an unqualified success. ment being afoot is made in a
Legion officials have been having semi-official statement in the
entertaining experience with "Noticer Oldellunes," which says
purveyors of Parisian "art" who
bud when the plot came to the the movement was nipped in the
pose as "guides to Paris." Farti-
knowledge of the secret police
cularly was their tre aroused by the When the League advisory sale of an ash tray on which an who arrested the conspirators and committee on opium re-examined American soldier is depicted as hug- seized a quantity of bombs and the Italian plan to tighten the ging a semi-nude woman. explosives.
control of the traffic, Sir R. Del In addition to a war which was It la stated that the miscellane. Levingne closely analysed the waged by several Parisian news- ous nature of the plottera does scheme proposed for the appoint-papers against the sale of auch ar not enable an accurate idea as re ment of an expert sub-committee ticles and pictures, the Legion but the Government believes that of control in different countries to of Police for the suppression of gards the purpose of movement, to examine and report on systems sought co-operation of the Prefect
it was merely started to justify the advisory committee. The their sale to Legionaires. the employment of certain fundaj Geneva Oplum Convention which In calling the attention of the end to trick ignorant but prosper, was more stringent than that of Parisian press to the sale of the ash- ous dupes out of their subscription the Hague, unfortunately remain- tray in question, James F. Barton, money. "There is now complete ed a piece of paper owing to the national adjutant of the American calm throughout the country."— delay in ratification of the princi- Legion, characterised the article as Reuter's American Service, pal states. More goodwill of the an insult to the French women for Governmenta was needed. whom American soldiers have only M. Bourgeois, France, entirely the greatest respect."United agreed with Sir R. De Levingne's Press,, suggestion and observations. Reuter.
SETTLING
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BRITISH AND AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS.
Washington, Yesterday. The British Ambassador (Sir Esme Howard) and Mr. F. Kellogg, Secretary, of U. S. State Department, exchanged cheques
AIRMAN AT BUSHIRE.
OFF TO INDIA THIS MORNING.
Bushire, Yesterday." Koppen arrived at two in the
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AIR CRASH.
GERMAN COMMERCIAL AEROPLANE VICTIMS.
Berlin, Sept. 23.
tor of German commercial airlines, Lufthanss, well known large opera- A commercial aeroplane of the
in connection with the execution in eight hours and restarts for crashed to-day on account of a
morning of the 4th-Reuter. Karachi at six o'clock on the broken wing and under circum-
of the award reached on January 22, at a Convention at which was settled all pecuniary claims be- tween the two Governments...in) 1910.-Reuter's American Ser-
vice.
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Officials of the company admitted that they were. puzzled because the plane had been carefully examined and inspected before the take-off.
However, rumours that the accid- King Michael, the child who be of sympathisers with the executed
ent was due to sabotage on the part Dentist. came a monarch when his grand-radicals Sacco and Vanzetti were father, King Ferdinand, died recent discounted.
Constanza, Sept. 24.
ly, was rescued from possible drown Herr von Maltzen and five others ing to-day by American Charge were killed in the crash-United Rome, Yesterday. d'Affaires Rebert M. Patterson.
Press. The inter-syndical conference of While motoring along the shore employers having intimated the of the Black Sea, Charge Patterson necessity for reducing wages in heard a cry for help. Investiga order to bring costs of production ting, he found five-year old King in harmony with a sterling quota-Michael, half naked, flying a kite tion of ninety, the Government which was pulling him to sea has arranged for wages to be cut, Patterson pulled in the kite, and varying between 10 and 20 per thus saved the diminutive sover- cent. Reuter.
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