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DE RIVERA TALKS.
The Chamberlain Confabs.
N. AFRICAN WITHDRAWAL?
Says Spain Does Not Want Gibraltar.
London, Yesterday.
ORIGINS OF WAR. RAKOWSKY'S RECALL.
British Official Documents.
RUSSIA AND FAR EAST.
Earl Cromer's Important Role In Anglo-Frerth Negotiations.
London, Yesterday.
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"Flagrant Violation Of Soviet Undertakings."
Cail Caewanie
presente (William Crift production,
Paris, Yesterday. An indication of the tenor of the Two volumes of British docu- France has sent a formal Note Chamberlain-De Rivera conversa- mente on the origins of war were to Moscow demanding the recall of tion cabled on October 1 la given officially published on October 10, Ambassador Rakowsky. It says by the "Sunday Times" which publishes an interview by their the first dealing with the end of the signature of August 9 by Madrid correspondent with "De British isolation" and the second Rakowsky to the declaration, stat- Rivera, in which the latter is re- with the "Japanese alliance and ing that in case of war with the ported to have hinted that Spain French entente.”
Soviet the proletariat of capital-
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might withdraw from North Africa The first volume deals, inter alia,iat countries ought to work for while with Britain acting as with Russia and the Far East from the defent of their governments mediator 21 very satisfactory 1897 to 1899, Germany's seizure and join the Red Army, constitut- Franco-Spanish orrangement might of Kвlochau, Russia's seizure ed a flagrant violation of the un- be possible regarding the matter. of. Port Arthur, the Bri- dertakings of non-interference
De Rivera is quoted as declaring
tish occupation that Spain did not desire to posses
of Weihaiwei given by the Soviet on October 29, Gibraltar-Reuter.
and the attitude of Japan. The 1924. volume covers the period of the
The Note points out that the case South African war and includes an of Rakowsky is only a personal mat-; important atatement on Russian tér and not a question of Franco- policy in regard to Afghanistan.
Soviet rupture.
Chamberlain Home.
London, Yesterday.. Sir Austen Chamberlain has ar- rived London. He declined an interview.-Reuter.
PESHAWAR FIRE.
DAMAGE IN CONGESTED QUARTER.
ONLY 3 LIVES LOST.
The second volume gives the Bri-
Liveliest Emotion. tish Government's interpretation of
The Note recalls that Rakowsky's the Anglo-German Agreement of signing of the declaration has evok October 5, 1900 in regard to China and of M. Herbette, the French Am- ed the liveliest emotion in France and deals with the proposals of thebassador at Moscow, requesting the Anglo-German alliance of 1901, in respect to which British documents which it had done on August 29, Soviet to disavow this doctrine, attribute the initiative to Germany France thereafter assumed that the and traces the negotiations leading Soviet would draw the natural con- to the conclusion of the Anglo-
Japanese alliance of January 1902. clusion and recall Rakowalcy, whose It deals with the evacuation of moral authority thenceforward had Shanghai in 1902 the Russian policy greatly diminished.
The Note stresses Rakowsky's
Peshawar, Yesterday. Owing to a congested mass of lofty houses, firemen were practical. ly powerless in fighting an outbreak of fire in the densest quarter of the in the Far East in 1908 and 1504, second departure from Ambassa- city. Over a thousand houses and particularly the retention of Man-dorial reserve by giving the Press shops were gutted. Three persons churia, which led ultimately to the statements regarding an alleged set- were killed, including a fireman, Russo-Japanese war and reveals tlement of Soviet debts to France under a collapsed building. Heavier for the first time the important part and Rakowsky's ignoring the sug casualties were averted by the played by Earl Cromer in the long gestion of the Secretary-General of valiant efforts of police and troops, and difficult negotiations leading to the French Ministry of Foreign Af asalated by members of the local the Anglo-French Agreements of fairs that he should request his own Hindu Service League.-Reuter.
April 8, 1904.--Reuter. 'QUAKE ́IN VIENNA.
SEVERE SHOCKS BUT NO INJURIES,
Vienna, Yesterday. Two earthquake shocks shook the | city last night with tremors more violent than have been experienced for decades. The seismograph at
Californian Shocks,
MEXICAN REVOLT.
TREATMENT OF DEAD REBEL LEADER.
New York, Saturday,
recall. The Note reveals that the Soviet was not satisfied with a verbal request for the recall made by M. Herbette, Chicherin saying the matter was extremely grave for Franco-Soviet relations and that Rakowsky's recall was not desirable for the Soviet, and that the request was inexplicable in view of Rakow therefore required a written request. sky's diplomatic success. Chicherin
Hi LADY'S AIR FEAT.
ESTABLISHES HEIGHT RECORD.
the Meteorological Institute were "Here is another rebel general," put out of action, and telegraphic read a placard pinned to the Body communications partially inter- of Dela Huerta whose death is sur- rupted owing to alight damage. A rounded in some mystery. number of chimneys collapsed. friends declare that he was kidnap There were no Injuries-Reuter. ped from United States territory and assassinated at the instigation of President Calles while the Mexican militaries maintain that he
London, Yesterday. Mrs. Eliott Lynn, the woman air was killed while leading a band of Yaqui rebels against Federal troops. created an officially observed new pilot at Manchester yesterday The executions of two more Gen- world's height, record for light ported from Mexico City. erals charged with mutiny are re-aeroplanes by piloting an. Avro
New York, Yesterday. light earthquake shocks have been felt.at Los Angeles and Chat- | tanooga.-Reuter's American Ser
vice.
Shocks, in Chile.
Buenos Aires, Saturday. The Chilean volcano on Mount Llaima, which has been extinct aince, 1864, is throwing out great columns of ashes and smoke
The Mexican Senate has passed a of confidence in Calles. Reu-
wote
The eruption is accompanied by ter. strong earth tremors, which are). being felt miles away.
Yaquis Join Federals.
Nogales, Yesterday. The inhabitants of. the district It is officially reported that chier are fleeing in terror from their Matuz and 400 Yaquis have surren- homes.-Reuter..
dered to the Federals at. Ortiz, by which the possibility of the Yaquis
Avian two-seater machine with a 90 horse-power Alpha engine to s height of 19,000 feet, or nearly four miles above the ground, She carried a man passenger.
The previous record of 17,288 fect was also held by an English- Woman, Lady Balley-British Wire] less Service.
POUND ABOVE PAR. joining the revolutionaries is be ENGLAND & FRANCE.
HEAVY BUYING IN NEW, YORK,
New York, Yesterday..
Ifeved to be eliminated.-Reuter's American Service.
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London, Yesterday, celled previous records, rising above
Sir Austen Chamberlain. left par at 1.87.1/16, due to heavy buy-
Paris for London this evening. ing. This is believed to reflect the
Yesterday M. Briand gave a lun- movement of American capital to
cheon in his honour. Referring in London on account of the more at:
Press interview to the previous tractive terms on short term credit;
evening's conversation with M. Bookbinders. Excitement is at white heat in Briand, the British Foreign Secre: THE "CHINA MAIL," Book Booksellers. also the prospect of more active the elections in New South Wales,tary-said, "As usual we found our- trading in British stocks in conses the culmination of violent dissen selves in confident agreement an quence of the new Stock Exchange sion of past years which is most all pending questions."-British regulations, providing for the listing marked within the Cabinet itself. Wireless Service. 1.80 p.m. of certain foreign securities-Reu-faced with a very formidable op 2.80 p.m. ter's American Service.
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position not only of the Coalition, STOKER DROWNED? Dentist. Nationalist and Country Parties but
of a number of his previous supe P. O. MISSING FROM HMS. porters, who are standing as AKOMARNICIADYBIRD.""" Independent Group,
At the conclusion of today's count the Ministerialists and No- 5 p.m.
tionalists had secured 61 and 34 seats, respectively, betokening a A special service for members of very keen finish-Beuter. 10.50 a.m. the American Legion visiting Lon-wee 10.30 am don was held at St. Margarete, Polling results clearly 10.80 a.m. Westminster, this morning, then the defeat of the Lang
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Yesterday, most of them not only some of the Oxfor leges ut also Stratford on The Legionarien leave Bouth on Tuesday for New Y
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