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Hertzog and Overseas Interference.
"MAUDLIN THEORISTS.”
Native Affairs The Concern Of South Africa.
Johannesburg, Yesterday, Political circles have been stir-
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.
THE DUCE. SPEAKS. TREATY WITH IRAK.
Amicable Understanding Result of King Feisal's
With France,
DOMESTIC ITALY.
Mussolini Not Perturbed By Anti-Fascist Eléments.
Rome, Yesterday.
Visit.
THE BRITISH MANDATE.
Expiry in 1932 When Irak Enters League.
London, Yesterday. Mussolini, reporting to the A revised treaty regulating the red by a speech by General Cabinet 19 regards Franco-relations between Great Britain Hertzog on the vital problem of Italiani relations in the light of the and Irak was signed at the native labour declaring vigorously Franco-Yugo-Slav and Italo- Colonial Offee yesterday by Mr. that South Africa, for obvious Albanian treaties, believed that Ormsby Gore, Parliamentary reasons, strongly resents atcordial and durable understand- Under-Secretary of State for the tempts from otherwise well meaning with France was not only pos- Colonies, on behalf of the British ing individuals from Overseas to sible and desirable but necessary. Government and by General Jafor Diplomatic representatives would shortly examine these problems which were neither grave nor in- soluble. The logical sequel would be a meeting of responsible minia- ters of both countries to set the seal of agreement.
DAN 10. Kim vart
Gén. Hertzog.
interfere in the matter of native affairs in South Africa.
"Unless this irritating practice
Referring to the domestie situation Mussolini dwelt on the innocuousness of the surviving anti-Fascist remnants to the tranquillity of the country and said that 250 out of 600 persons confined to islands would shortly be released. He had ordered the release of all guilty of offences. against himself.-Reuter.
MR. TIM HEALY.
FREE STATE GOVERNOR TO RETIRE?
SUCCESSOR NAMED.
London, Yesterday.
It is officially announced in
Dublin that Mr. James McNeill,
the Free State High Commissioner
KING FEISAY OF IRAK
in London, shortly succeeds Mr. Pasha el Askari, Prime Minister Healy ns Governor-General of the and Minister of Foreign Affairs,! Free State.-Reuter.
Confirmed.
on behalf of Irak. The text of
London, Yesterday. the treaty will be published as a
is dropped it will one day cost the King has approved the appoint- course.
It is officially announced that the Parliamentary paper in due Brtish Empire the greater part ment of Mr. James McNeill #5 of South Africa."
Negotiations for revision of the Governor-General of the Irish treaty were opened on the arrival
It was maudlin theorists who Free State in succession to Mr. in London of King Feisal on Octo-
by such interference caused the Great Trek and nearly caused a revolt in Natal many years ago." Mozambique Convention. Although it does not concern the Union directly, native labour | in South Africa was recently given prominence in the British House of Commons at question time in connection with the pro- jected South, Rhodesian legisla- tion empowering a native commis- sloner to assume guardianship of certain native jr venile workers.
Mr. Baldwin defended the men- sure as beneficial to native child- ren but foreshadowed a debate to ventilate the matter more com- pletely,
Another important point in General Hertzog's speech related to the Mozambique convention be- tween the Union of South Africa and Portugal, inter alia regulat- ing the supply of native labour for the Rand mines, which Portugal recently decided to denounce. The Premier, however, was san- guine that the matter would be regulated satisfactorily, because the Portuguese realised the re- spective interests were best secur-
HENAY MILLER, WAL
Mr. T. M. Healy.
ed by friendly co-operation.-Timothy Healy, whose term of Reuter.
office will shortly expire.
ber 22. The King of Irak was assisted by his Prime Minister throughout the subsequent dis-1 cussions but the latter's departure. from London on November 27 led to the belief that negotiations were abandoned. On the follow- ing day, however, King Feisal re- called Jafar Pasha and last week he resumed the negotiations now successfully completed.
King Feisal has already return- ed to Irak. He arrived at Amman by air from Cairo yesterday and will fly to Bagdad to-day. Jafar Pasha will leave London for Irak) to-morrow. British Wireless Service.
The revised Anglo-Irak Treaty was signed in London yesterday. It provided for a termination of the British mandate in 1932 when Irak will enter the League of Nations.-Reuter,
A RIOT ECHO.
UNION JACK INCIDENT IN TRANSYLVANIA,
'AMERICAN INJURED.
London, Yesterday. Mr. McNeill was a member of A question was asked in the the committee which drafted the House of Commons whether dur- GERMAN RAILWAYS. constitution of the Irish Free State ing the anti-Semitic riots al in 1923 and subsequently became Oradea Mare in Transylvania, an High Commissioner of the Free American citizen named Captain State in London, which position he Keller attempted to protect from has held until now.-British Wire-insult at the hands of rioters the
NEW AMERICAN LOAN MOOTED.
DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
lesa. Service,
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*I have received
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London, Yesterday-It is under-Union Jack which had been hoist- stood that Mr. Timothy Healy, ed by a Jew in a vain attempt to Berlin, Yesterday, Governor-General of the Irish Free protect his premises and whether The Director General of the State, who has now completed five Captain Keller, was beaten and German State Railways is nego-years of office is about to retire, stabbed. tiating with the Agent-General of and tha his successor will shortly Comdr. Locker-Lampson re-
The name of Mr. plied: the Reparations Payment Com- James McNeill, the present Free graphic reports on the riots from mission regarding the flotation in State High Commissioner in Lon-His Majesty's Ministers at Buda- America of a hundred million dol-don, is mentioned in connection pest and Bucharest. The official
loan for development pur-(with the appointment.. poses; also to meet the heavy additional increase of salaries of State officials, including railway- men, which cannot be met from current railway revenue.
lars
The loan will probably take the form of reference shares.-Reu- |
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Capetown, Yesterday. "Government Gazette"
The
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The try.
American citizen named Keller was wounded appar-
The above reference to "the notifies the prohibition of all dia-ently while endeavouring to pre- additional heavy increase salaries of State officials" does vate lands for a year from Decem- premises of the Young Men's in mond prospecting on Crown and privent the rioters from entering the not appear to tally with the fol-bor, 16. lowing Router cable received from
Christian Association, and I un- Bir Abe Bailey, interviewed, while derstand the United States Minis- Berlin yesterday:The Reichstag approving the decision declared ter at Bucharest is making repre by 388 votes to 53 adopted a bill that the diamond industry was in sentations to the Roumanian Gov- increasing the salaries of State | officials, pensioners and
a dangerous position and something ernment on the matter. The in- veterans. The budget is thus must be done to rectify it—Reuter cident is, however, being tho augmented, by about 825,000,000 marke annually. This is not ex- pected to involve additional taxe- tion, but will be covered by re- venue surplus.]
war
roughly investigated, both by the British Minister at Bucharest and TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. DA, the Roumanian Government, and] The closing rate of the dollar, I propose to await further re- on demand, to-day was 2/0 7/16. ports.”—British Wireless Service.
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