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TOKYO 'QUAKE.
A Series Of Small. Shocks.
NOT MUCH DAMAGE.
Several Houses Flooded In Yokohama.
Tokyo, Yesterday,
A sharp earthquake occurred at
TRADE FRAUD.
Chinese Trick In Manila.
CHANGING LABELS.
Bleached Cotton Goods From
Shanghai.
Manila, May 1.
A number of Chinese in Manila,
RAILWAY SMASH.
U.S. Express Meets Disaster.
"CRACK" EXPRESS WRECKED.
Fireman Killed: Driver And Two
Passengers Injured.
Pittsburg, Yesterday. The "Pittsburger," the "crack" 1.30 in the vicinity of engaged in the importation of Pennsylvania railroad express Tokyo.
A number of smaller bleached, cotton goods from Shang- was wrecked to the east of Johns- shocks followed during the next hal, are doing quite a business by town while travelling westward three or four hours. Many stamping the Chinese goods with owing to it dashing into a derail- frightened persons ran from an American trade mark and passed freight car.
houses and a few walls cracked. ing them off as genuine American A fireman was killed and the A vater pipe burst in Yoko-products, it was disclosed yesterday driver and two passengers in- hama flooding several houses, but, by G. C. Howard, United States jured.-Reuter's American Ser- there was no serious damage. No trade commissioner here. Mr. Ho-vice. casualties were reported.-Reu-| ward declared he had been advised iter.
DONETZ TRIAL,
TRIAL PROCEEDING: SIXTEEN PLEAD GUILTY.
A GERMAN'S CONFESSION..
Moscow, Yesterday. The trial is proceeding of the engineers and technical exports of the Donetz coal basin, the charge of "economic counter- revolution." The Court is presid- ed over by the Rector of Moscow University.
PEACE PACT.
of the irregularity and is investi gating it with a view to instituting legal proceedings through the city SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN'S NOTE fiscal's office, charging all mer- chants committing this irregularity with violation of Act 666 of the
| Philippine Commission.
definite
.case established as
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FAVOURABLY RECEIVED.
London, Yesterday.
Sir Austen Chamberlain's note According to Mr. Howard, one to the United States on the pro- has already been posed Anti-War Treaty has madė a result of his in favourable impression here. vestigations, in which the merchant] The "Sunday Times," quoting in question admitted having the Foreign Secretary's opening engaged in the fraudulent practice declaration to on
the effect that The merchant, however, stated "His, Majesty's Government will frankly that he thought he was support the movement to the ut- within his rights in changing the most of their power," says these label on the goods and marking words may be accepted as indica- them "Made in America," it was tive not of an opinion or a hope learned.
but of a policy. It considers the suggestions made by Sir A. Chamberlain are directed towards sisting to deliver unfit machines, This particular Chinese merchant giving greater definiteness to Mr. and twenty-four, including the two has an extensive clientele among Kellogg's idea.
The "Observer," approving, Germans Otto and Meyer, not
An official agency states that six- teen pleaded guilty, thirteen partly, guilty, including the German Badstieber, who confessed to as-
guilty. Reuter.
Admits Fraud,
goods. He told Mr. Howard that
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"Deplorable Conditions."
It is reported from the Donetz cotton goods from the United will be to solve the position with mining district that the output is States, na his patrons demanded seriously declining. Unemployment American cotton goods in prefer-
regard to justifiable French
the Little Entente.
la increasing and the miners are ence to goods of Chinese manufac nervousness, which led her to con- living in deplorable conditions. ture. Later, however, he discover-clude agreements with Poland and
The "Pravda" says that the ed that many of his customers did
The French View. Mining Trust has not sent a single not, notice any difference between
Paris, Yesterday. and the American kopeck towards the Housing Fund the Chinese
Hitherto only two newspapers and that the workers are herded goods, he stopped importing goods have commented on the British from America. He started import reply to Mr. Kellogg The The Postal Service to Swabue & neighbouring places bas now planks upon which to sleep.-Reu-jing cotton goods from Shanghal "Gaulois" says it demonstrates a been resumed.
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and simply stamped them on arrival sincere desire to bring about an here with an American trade mark adjustment between the Ameri- Mr. Howard declared, yesterday can and French points of view, GERMAN ELECTIONS.
that if his forthcoming investiga- but, unless care is taken, there is tions disclose the fact that theja risk of the proposed new pact CAMPAIGN FAILS TO PRODUCE¦ practice has been wide-apread placing Earope under the aegis of among Chinese merchants, he would America as an arbiter of peace, lodge complaints against the 'which America could not guar-
Act 666. If he is convinced that that the British Government is the practice is confined to a few making an obvious effort, inspired The electoral campaign has fail-merchants, the trade commissioner by goodwill, to find
"THRILLING ISSUE,”
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Berlin, Saturday.
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merchants, under the provisions of antee. The "Petit Parisien says A SMILING, dashing romance of ploneer days in the
a basis of ed to produce a really thrilling is-may withhold criminal action and agreement between the French sue and consequently is closing as only warn the merchants to dis- and American ideas, and appar- quietly as it opened.
continue it..
The only enthusiasm hitherto ap- parent has been at the headquar- ters of thirty-one parties, the· greater portion of whom joined in fulminating groups such as the "vote splitters" who are four-and-half millions of new youthful voters of both sexes įsince, the 1924 election (all over
twenty have votes),
against fractional · ·
GREEK POLITICS.
"AN INTRICATE POLITICAL SITUATION."
VENIZELOS IN ACTION.
Athens, Yesterday.
ently it has succeeded in many points.Reuter.
The Note.
Rugby, Saturday. The text of the British reply to the United States note on the proposed Peace Pact is issued for publication in the Sunday morn- ing papers. The reply states, "The suggestion for the conclu- sion of a treaty for the renuncia- tion of war as an instrument of national policy has evoked wide- spread interest in this, country,
The burden of the struggle' was; fought out between the "rightists"| and "leftists," the principal con- atituents of whom are Nationalists An intricate political situation and His Majesty's Government and Social Democrats, respectively, has arisen owing to the decision of Will support the movement to the but neither had a chance of get-M. Cafandaris, Minister of Finance utmost of their power. ting a majority owing to the pre-and Leader of the Progressive After making a careful study acnce of four intermediate parties Liberal Party, to resign. This step Excellency's note, and of the of the text contained. in Your who together hold over two hun-is the result of serious differences amended text suggested in the dred.acats, notably the Centrists,with the ex-Premier, M. Venizelos, French note, His Majesty's Gov- the unchanging Roman Catholic Party upon which the Reichstagant the overthrow of the Govern no serious divergence between who, is believed, dealres to pre ernment feel convinced there is the effect of these two drafts.
Bible till to-morrow..
pivots. Hence the new Govern- ment is likely to be a coalitionment by a military coup. Reuter,
M. Cafandaris does not recognise This impression is confirmed by a 85 Per cent. of Electorate Vole. the right of M. Venizelos to inter- study of the text of a speech by Berlin, Yesterday. fere in the political situation, but the Secretary of State of the It is estimated that eighty-five supporters of M. Venizelos contend United States on April 28. per cent. of the electorate voted. that all Republican leaders own
Right of Self-Defence. Most of the results will be known their political existence to M In this speech the right of self- late tonight but it is clear that a Venizelos,, who is regarded as the defence is regarded as inalienable, review of the situation is impos-founder of all Greek Republican and it is further recognised that parties Therefore his advice the violation of an undertaking by President Hindenburg and should be followed parties from their obligations to one party frees the remaining Cabinet members, except Dr.
M. Venizelos, who has been in the treaty breaking state, Bri- 4.80 p.m. Dr. Stresemann, voted early. ·
The rain damped enthusiasm retirement since he was defeated in tain is prepared to accept Mr. and there were only minor 1920, is expected to re-enter the Kellogg's draft for the most part, clashes. There were over 100 political arena,
but would prefer to see embodied arrests, but few were detained. Elections may be held at the In the text of the treaty an article One person was stabbed to death earllest possible date in order to similar to that in the French in Saxony Reuter, op
solve the threatened Ministerial draft, which enables parties to The "Fresh" New Voters, crisis. The Royalist press in vio- the Covenant of the League and
Berlin, Lafer.lently opposed to M. Venizelo Since the last elections in 1924, Reuter.
Mishima Maru Halyang Tjiliwong THURSDAY, MAY 24.
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