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CABLES,
FATEST CABLES.-
THROCA ARCTER'S AGENCY.}
EGYPT AND PALESTINE.
BRITAIN'S DEBT TO GENERAL
SIR A. MURRAY,
LONDON, Septeüber 18th.
ACTION FOR SLANDER
ECHO OF THE PEACE CELEBRATIONS. INTERESTING SUMMARY COURT ACTION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1918, lele
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Mr. Lo replied that he could get what he wanted in another way.
and that if he did not turn foolery give the money to Ah Kau he would teach "Ah Kau' how to get his money.
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EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS. PROPOSED LIMITATION.
CLAUSE REJECTED.
·SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. AMERICAN LABOUR MANIFESTO. It is appounced by the American journal Science that the American Federation of Labour has issued un important anifesto on scientific r search, and hay sent copies of it to President Wilson, the President of the Senates, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives..
The following is the
Replying to in-ndriss of welcotue at Sousa, a clerk in the employment and that someone side had told "bim will have to leave." He told Mr. Hodge Kingdom, Standing Coinmittee "A" of text of the manifesto:-
to do this. The name of the plaintiff Witness inferred was not mentioned. that it was the plaintiff because it was the plaintiff only that handled the trana
Witness, continuing, said the defendant
to him on August 7th. and said sequently, the comprador, paid Ah Kan, that Ah Kau had said it was very diffingust 7th, Mr. Hodge told him he
After spending a considerable time on cult for him to pay the I per cent com- had heard from someone in the office that mission due to the compradore, because witness nad made a steret commission, the second reading and Committee stages of the clause proposed by Sir E. Wild to At the Summary Court, yesterday. had to alter the bill to show & differ Mr. Hodge said: That is a criminal limit the number of aliens to be employ before Mr. Justice Melbourne, A. d'A.ent Agure to what had been actually paid offener; unless you prove otherwise, youed by persons or firms in the United that he had not done anything of the the House of Coramons on July, 15th, de- Messrs. Hastings & Hodge, claimed from
kind. Mr. Hodge refused to give the clined to add the clause to the Aliens Chan Pak Kwong, the compradore of the
Restriction Hill. It may be remembered sante hru, the sum of $1,000 as damages
hame of his informant My Hodge had that the second reading of the clause was plainly told him that he must clear him carried in the face of a strong protest by for alleged slander.
welf of the charge. Witness wore he had Sir Hamar Greenwed, whe said he could hold out no hope that the Clovernment The statement of claim said that.action.
would embarra At this stage, Mr. Lo said he was eng revived a single cash for this flag would adopt it as it wot in connection with the Peace Celebra
them enormously in connection with tree ties. Tha rebut then administered to the tions, Messrs. Hastings & Hodge under- titled to amend his claim, in view of
Witness admitted that he was aware Cherament has now been wiped out. took the business of supplying flugs and what the witress said Plaintiff, not hav
Another rebuff to the Government was. decorating certain buildings, and the ing been present at the interview between thas Mr. Hodge had objected to these
however,
administered un Jul 15th, on Their tanks were the sea and the Deplaintiff was placed in charge of the work the defendant and Mr. Hodge, could not proceedings. Witures maintained that he endem andering an alien in sert, but tieneral Murray had done his of obtaining and executing orders. On say the exact words. Mr. Hodge having had to protect his character. work in preparation for victory. He had June 24th, he contracted with Ah Kau for given the exact version, he was Desert, and brought the sweet waters of
the exact words as given by witness
Egypt to the Army by pipes.
Dover, Field Marshal Sir E. Allenby said that whell he went to Egypt, two years ago, be did not know what wit going to happen, but to suen found Be otted much to General Sir Archibald Murtag who had crossed the Sinui Desert "and forced bark The Turkish' Bank to
Beersheba."
transaction.
"Iard a standard gauge railway across the the purchase of certain flags for $118.60. entitled to alter paragraph putting in very misguided young rea
A COSMOPOLITAN ARMY.
Field Marshat Alienka mentioned that bis Anny was a cosmopolitan one, vom- French. "Algeriaus. prising British Armenians," "Italians, Araim, Indians. New Zealanders, and West Indians. *Egyptians. Towards the close ut. the Campaign two thirds of the Army were
there were Mohayamedimus. word loyal troops "to the cause of the Empire.
SITUATION IN LATVIA. NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT BOLSHEVIK OVERTURES,
Lespon. September 16th
FICH
Dr. Bisseneck, the Lettish representa tive in Lodo introwed by Reuter, dweit on Latvia's, dieult situation, owing to the Allies not furnishing indis pensable munitions. This diffenity was accentuated by the British evacuation of North Rassing
The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, On August 7th., 1979, said to Mr. L. E. S. Hodge & partner of the firm: Soun prceived some seres commission from Ab Kau; that is why Ah Kau refused to give
me the usual one per cent. commission."
A disagreement arose between' Mr. Jo
Mr. Davidson It is because you are
Witness: I may be, but the whole thing rests upon the fact that my charae
tor has been 'slandered.)
and Mr. Davidson as to the words used. Mr. Hodge questioned again, said that,
Ah Kau said the plaintif bad cut the nothing was mentioned about a privata commission. The defendant told Mr. prices mentioned in his tender by a sum Hodge that Ah Kau said it was difficult not exceeding 10. Witness did not pay for him to pay the one per cent. comunis-the compradore any commission" because he had arranged with Sousa that there sion due to the comprindore because some-
The plaintiff alleges that, by making the (alve · statement, the defendant meant that the plaintiff secretly and in fraud of the said Brm received some "coinmissione in the office had asked him to make was not to be rommission for anyone on
or allowance from Ah Kau, and that the plaintiff was dishonest and not worthy of trust and unfit to be employed as a clerk to the said firm.
Į
ut his bill differently from what had been paid to him,
Mr. Lo asked formally for leave to amend the claim so that the words alleged were: Ah Kau told me (defendant) in in.. him The defendant.
statement,
"the, compradner's" offer that it was diffi denied that my spoke and published
cult for him to pay the one per cent, the alleged
the exaid words. If
commission due to the compradore because words were spoken and pablished.
he had been told by someone in the office as alleged, they wern nos spoken or pub to siter the bill differently to the hill Fished with, nor did they bear, the mean-
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Wheres, scientific resarch and the technical application of the results of research from a fundamental basis upon which the development of our industries, manufacturing, agricultural, mining, and others must rest; auch
Whereas, the productivity of industry is greatly increased by the technical application of the results of scientific research in physics, chemistry, biology, and geology, in engineering and agricul ture, and in the related sciences: and the
health and well-being so only of the workers but of the whole population as well are dependent upon advances in.. iudicide and sanitation; so that the value
scientific advancement to the welfare for the nation is many times greater than
the cost of the necessary research; and
an amendment eligible for a pilot's certificate at my port in the latted Kingdom, which was carried by votes to 4, though opposed By the Home Secretary Str. W. C "Nicholson
W. Guinness moved to limit Licut Coded As the clause stood he thought it woulin the operation of the clause to Germans. tie the hands of the Blome Office, and in its extreme forme it would inevitably in vite reprisals from
countries. other There were many low-grade luxury trades in which aliens did not compete with British laber, and the clause would, for ice-creat instance, prevent an alian merchant from employing his wife.
Whereas the increased productivity of lostry resulting from scientifs research
a potent factor in the ever-i creasing struggle of the workers to raise their standard of living, and the 12- portanes of this factor must steadily in- jerene siner there is a limit beyond which the average standard of living of the whole population cannot progress by the azul method of readjustment, which limit can be raised only by research and the utilisation of the results of research in industry and
Sir W, Cheyne supported the send ment The bill was only a one-year mer- sure, and they would not be doing much harm by excluding Germans from em ployment for that time. Some members Where there are numerous import had spoken slightingly of German ability, ant and pressing problems of cuminis but in the scientific world they had pre-tration and regulation now faced by duced very great
ing alleged by the plaintiff. The defen- presented for payment, and that, there admitted that he until the comprdare former enemy hens, although be favour Far-reaching research in these felds on a
dant denied that the plaintif has suffered damage or been injured in his credit and reputation as a clerk in, the said firm,
in the alternative, the defendant stated that if he spoke or published the words complained of, which is denied the words were spoken without malice and in the belief that they were true and in such His Government was consequently uncircumstances as to make them a pri- overtures.Vileged communication. The defen- able to reject Rolshevik pence
further STRIC
that," s AT He said the Bolsheviks were evacuating danc
the firm. it
hin WILS employé of. Bettish territory.
duty to inform his employers of anything which came to his knowledge prejudicial to the business. He was entitled to coni-
THE BALTIC, STATES. MARSHAL FOCH TO TAKE ACTION
AT ONCE,
PARIS, September 16th: The Supreme Council has instructed Marshal Foch to act very vigorously towards. Germany regarding the Baltic
States question.
BALTI ALLIANCE BEING DISCUSSED.
fi
missina on thes Bags purchased by the firm, and it was Mr. Hodge's duty to sec
for, he would lose if he had to pay this
one per cent."
#
Mr Davidson enid it was
How ar
entirely new case and unendinent should aly he allowed on set of costs. He would agree to the amendment; he would possibly have to alter his defence. Even if the defendant was unsuccessful, which was improbable, he woäld be entitled
the transaction, as his prices were not He did not know whether Sousa bad any right to cut out the commission du to the compradore. He had put his very
Federal, State, and local Governments. lowest figure on the Bags he sold... Witne
Mr. R. McNeill disagreed with the sug
the wise solution of which depends upon denied the statement made by Mr. Hodge gestion"
Mr. Hopkinson at
Whereas the war bag brought home in Court that he witness) fuld the former siting that we repaired German scientific and technical research; and
management or Lierman workmen to prador someone had asked him to make establish industries is Great Britain. We ate all the nations engaged in it the the bill for a greater amount than was satisfactory basis without any German technology to national welfare, whether actually being paid to him. With help. He was in favour of drawing *
had established the dye industry on overwhelming importance of science and in. war or in peger, and not only is pri distinction between friendly aliens and vate initiative attempting to organise that Sousa hati eat. das the tender for
for our own people national scale. but in several countries preference Against All
governmental participation and support Sir W. Pearce considered the clause of such undertakings are already activez workable. There were large districts therefore be it the East-end of London, where it would
tens of thousands of people.
Hopkinson
did nut consider foreign competition in Great Britain a disadvantage. We did not. Jack brains, but we did not work hard enough, and wanted the stimulus of forein competi- to E. Wild opposed the amendment, and stated that alien competition came
price.
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Hesolved, by the American Federation of Labour in convention assembled, that as
Mr. Davidson, in opening his case, said the defence way to a certain extent em harrassed by the amendment made in the plaint, and the pudings of the defence were largely in abeyance. At first the defence knew that the warts which they were alleged to have used had never been all his casts up to the time of the trend-attered, and they did not need to justify
Mr. Lo said he was willing to leave the them. As for the new words, they did notably from Russians. He had received ported in order that the wark may be
ment...
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broad programme of scientific and tech- nical research is of major importance to the national welfare, and should be fostered in every way by the Federal Government, and that the activities of the Government itself in such research should be adequately and generously sup
not know whether the allegation was true, pumber of aliens to be employed should greatly strengthened and extended.”
and were inclined to agree with Mr. Hodge when he said that it was not true,
question of costs to be argued later.
Mr. Hodge, continuing his evidence, said he thought of Mr. Sousa as the only person who could have asked Ah Kathy words, said Mr. Davidson, are vague to make the alteration. He thought that justification for the action, is that Mr. and the innuendo i doubt, and the only
an est
For
a letter from a waiter suggesting that the
10. per cent. be limited to
5, instead of the total number of employed.
the writer
riter said, he had worked years,
in with regard to Orders-in-Council. Dri- Brited in the best Westend and City restaurants.ginally the powers embodied in the clausa were to be exercised through Orders-in- Some years ago the Tariff Reform partyed that the Orders-in-Council were watc and sometimes he was the onl
Council. Now the Home Secretary show- establishment employing alty or more.
and would never be used. He ask- t of
400 waiters he failed to mustered the solut Sousa had taken a commission. On the twenty Englishmen (Cries of Shame in order
order to re-establish the power of Par- It was true that the
liament over the executive. The Commit- and laughter.) bill was onl's a one-year hill, but the would not leave it at that when they
Lieut-Col. Guinness reached the House of Commons.
withdrew his amendment in order to apply to al: former enemy aliens
that other rempluyéni did not receive the Al Kau was, making a false accusation Hodge understood by the statement that gate buse banquet at the White Citv. paper Committee to support, the clause
commission due to him (defendant),
Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. F. A. Dividson, for the de-
fendant.
Mr. Eo said there there three questions in the plaintiff's case-firstly, whether
to avoid paying his commission to the comprador. The words of Ah Kau meant that Sousa wanted to get a little bit If Sousa wanted to do that, if he got anything. it would have been an absolutely dishonest act. thing like that, Sousa, would have been
on his own.""
the defendant did publish the words he had proof that Sousa had done a three grounds-firstly, that the defend
did he do so under anch circumstances as
L'OPENHAGEN, September 16th. Reuter's agent learns from an official alleged secondly, assuming that be did, Lettish source that the Baltic States are
to make it a privileged communication; considering peace, in close touch with
thirdly, if the Court held it was privileg Allied representatives. Baltic statesmer'
ed whether the defendant was actuated have gone to Reval. where, it is underhy malice. "Mr. Lo said he would admit stood. a Baltic Alliance is being discussed that the communication was privileged, so that the Court would only have to in conjunction with Finnish representa-
decide the other two points. tives..
EUNGARY
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT BEING CHANGED.
COPENHAGEN, September 16th. A telegram from Budapest states that the Friedrich Cabinet intends to make Stahlweiserburg the sent of Government and the meeting place of the National Assembly owing to the foreign troops odhupation of Budapest.
"GERMANY. PAYING BRITAIN FOR FOOD- STUFFS.
under an agreement.
and
Mr.
J
111. Shortt (Home Secretary),
uf
tee should not be frightened by the boter
foreign countries.
F. Lowe pointed out that the clause safeguarded the treaty rights of foreign the clause countries.
Lord H. Cecil said be had listened with amazement to the speeches delivered in favour of the clause. In the House of Commoha the previous night they were told by the President of the Hoard of Trade that there could be no Breuter fallacy than that if one man get employ ment he drove somebody else out of e- ployment The more people, there were.
answer to Sir H. Cowan, stated that the amendment would make no difference to the decision of the Government to oppose the clause.
On a division the amendment, was de feated by $0 votes to 7.
new words, which were very vague in caracter, was founded an innuendo te which he would reply as to whether the words were capable of the meaning given to them. The defendant claimed privilege ant was in a confidential position in the in his utice for only three minutes. Wit once; secondly that he had been asked ness bad nothing against Sousa; he by Mr. Hodge to report all cases of gied to stop the whole matter Apart az in the office; and thirdly, from the compradore, the plaintif would that he was interested in the contract be get his five per cent, profit on all trap cause by right he should have got a com
actions managed by him. No one apart mission on all business transacted in the The onus of proof was on the
productive employment the more de from the compradore was entitled to ask office. a commission from Ah Kay in regard to plaintif that the defendant acted with
mand there was for labour. Whether the transaction over the flags.
deliberate malice. If that was not proved
Alien or British subjects were engaged Mr. R. McNeill moved further to ca Cross-examined: The compradore was the action must fail. In deciding it there fewer than five aliens, was agreed to.
in economic production they made work
the morning
Bir F. Lowe: in alien artists or performers in any
musical, the
An amendment moved by Sir Butcher excluding from the operation of the clause persons or firms employing
in the office it was to be powid to have made his statement, tertainment, or other similar en people Lard H Cecil: 11 you throw the
The whole object of analens out of employment you create un- artistic performance, he said, raight be employment. you are making the coun- the exhibition of foreign art, and there try pourer and diminishing the prosper- was therefore no question of competition y of British subjects. It Alls me with between foreign and British labour. To despair that a Committer that ought to exclude Italian opera in the production be the educators of trade unionists con- of which a number of Italian artista tradies themselves and talk nonsense, might be brought over for a short season. merely because it suits the ery against would not promote employment among allens. our own people.
Liput. Commander Kenworthy thought the cinematograph industry should not be excluded, as we were faced with unfair
Mr. Sugden
did not see why the theatre competition from America ur the music-hall should have special facilities for foreign performers. There was plenty of native talent in the North, if it was only given a show.
Sir A. Yeo saw no necessity for any
for the protection for cinema trade.
On a division the amendment was de
Mr. Joynauu-Hicks said the propusal was simply that aliena should not be eca- ployed while there was British labour to ao the work.
Mr. R. McNeil said that Lord H. Cel's s argument would be just as sound
they proposed to introduce Chinese labour. Immediately on trade unionists setting up the doctrine that cheap, foreign
A new lomatic persons from
ine
entitled to one per vent. commission on was malice the Court had to examine | clude from the operation of the clause for others. Why not employ our own..
of this flag transaction. He had previously the incidents MF. L. E. 8. Hudge, partner in the told the compradore that if he came across question whez Ale Kan was sup firm of Messrs Hastings and Hodge, any squeeze? said plaintiff was a clerk in his reported to him. Wines, did not believe But the Court would have extreme di
Ah Kau story in the slightest degree.culty in deciding what had actually taken The plaintiff's
The reputation of the plaintiff was not piner; therefore the bole case would duties were chiefly to help in the Export in any way apuilt by the incident. When have to be washed out. If, on the other Department, but he had to do any work he told Sousa to go and punch Ah band, the words were never uttered, by which, as a eferk; he would be called upon Kau's head, he had no idea whatsoever Ah Kau but were invented by the defend that Sousa had taken this commission. ant, there would be malice. The defence to do. The compradore was no essen
The only difference of opinion between had three witnesses, however, who were tially important person; be was the right plaintiff and defendant was about eight prepared to swear that words of that kind band man of the firm, which could do months ago, when there was a dispute over were in reality used by Ah Kau. The no business without him or a similar the commission for some freight which defence, concluded Mr. Davidson, did minn. In connection with the Peace Cleat of them by a misunderstanding, not allege that what Ah Kau had said was true," but they did say that, having had arranged for.
Be-examined: Witness told Sousa heard the words, the defendant convey. brations plaintiff had to get orders for
He sent out for tenders, and that he did not believe he bad taken this ed them to Mr. Hodge in all good faith flags.
commission; he had even gone to and without malice. accepted the tender of Ah Kau with his Soun's uncle and tried to get the
labour was not to be introduced in order Chan Pak Kwong deposed that, on the
to displace our own labour, the argument (witness's) approval. About a fortnight natter settled. Witnes eaid that he did day in question. Ah Kau had told him
of the noble lord was relegated to Mars..
Un division the clause was rejected after the Peace Celebrations, the plain not know that the plaintiff went to the that the prices in the tender were bigber
by 18 votes to 13. tiff brought a bill to witages to be initial defendant and told him that if he did not than were actually being paid to him:feated by 18 votes to 11.
pay Ah Kahe (plaintiff) would teach this was done at the request, Kau told
JOREIGN REPRESENTATIONS.
moved by Sir E. Wild, On the motion that the clause as amend Ah Kau
exempting led, and witness sanctioned the pay Ab Kau how to get payment:
ed stand part of the bill.
operation of the bill, was greed to. ment of the bill, signing a cheque on the Mr. A. d'A Sousa, plaintiff, anid that him, of someone in the office.
Mr. Shortt expressed the hope that the
MERCANTILE MARINE moted a Committee would not agree to the motion. Licut-Commander Keaworthy in charge of the Export Department. In following day. He could not remember recording to his contract he was entirely persistently refused to give him any com
The new clause providing that no alien'shall · whether the defendant was in the next regard to the transaction in question. In cross-examination. witness said be The clause was quite unworkable.
hes as master, officer. day, when "Ah Kau called for the money: witness said Ah Kan agreed to supply the understood by these words of Ah Kau disenssion of the last ten minutes showed be employed or neither could he remember that, plaintiff ngs for cash on delivery, with no com that Ah Kau was giving & commission to that, because the promoters had been or member of the crew of a British mer
If they had a few chant ship registered in the United King- mission on the transaction. When "Ah someone in the office in respect of the moving exceptions. brought Ah Kau's cheque te him, in the Kan called for the cheque, witness asked transaction. When he repeated Ah Kau's more days to think over the matter he dum, except in the case of a ship employ- defendant's absence, and asked him if it Mr. Hodge for the cheque. Mr. Hodge statement to Mr. Hodge he knew that the could not imagine how many more exceped entirely in trade between parts of the
tions they would want. In addition, the world outside the British Empire cause would create great trouble abroad. Mr. Shartt opposed to clause. Legiv was all right. The cheque was not coun-1eplied that the cheque was with the com- plaintiff was in charge of the flags tran- tion
saction Mr. Eodge had told him so ter-signed, and withies did not know how fitness, seeing the cheque on his table. He denied using the words to Mr. Hodge proudy from latione repe being made bad but bes ciet had been tried, but if
representations
not been effective. The proper thing Ah Kau got it. On August 7th witnow took it to Mr.. Hodge, who said it was which the latter had sworn to in Court,
WES 'the meaning
of the bill and what order to attract our own subjects. sent for the plaintiff and told him that all right and could be given to ab Kau and which formed the basis of the was overnment were being naked what was to improve pay and conditions,
His was was the Committee doing. Matters were Mr. G. Stewart and but T. Warner the office had reported to him that AhAs he was leaving Mr. Hodge's room, amendment made to the claim.
Witness becoming very embarrassing, and they suggested that the claus should be limit defendant came in and, seeing the cheque a slightly different version,
ed to masters of shipe GERMANY AND TURKEY. Kau had accused plaintiff or implied in his band, took it away from him. He agreed with Mr. Hodge that Ah Kau's were bound to become more so if
Mr. Shortt said that bis objection to that he had taken a private commission. told the defendant to give the cheque statement, could, only have meant that approaching this clause were passed. GENERAL LIMAN VON SANDERS
He niso told plaintiff to go down sad see to Ah Kau, but he refused to do so, someone in the office had made a secret would inevitably lead to retaliation. We the clause did not extend to masters The clause was read dy second time. INTERVIEWED.
En the motion of diz:3. W. Water, Ah Kau and "punch his head." He furying that he was entitled to his commix commission on the transaction, and that had more of our people employed abroad sion, The compradore said the cheque someone could only be the plaintiff. Wit than we had foreignere in Great Britain,
South COPENHAGEN, Beptember 16th.
America it was very difficult to musters, chief officers, and chicz
engineers. General Liman von Sanders, interther told plaintiff that if Ah Kau's was no use and witness, not wishing to meas said he was always very friendly and what would happen in places like clause was amended to apply at the
a various discoss the matter any further, told Ah with the plaintiff. From beginning to out
say. He So much danger in the
ALIEN PILOTE BARBED. viewed, said that the Turkish campaign accusation was true, it was
Kau to get his money from the defend end, he had never taken the trouble to clause that he asked the Committee. "to A further amendment by Lient Com in Faicstion had never a prospect of flance.
nt: The defendant made Ab Kau come find out whether or no Ah Eau's state reject it
Hermander Kenworthy, that no alien saquli. aucoces. Ita object was to draw off troops
Mr. Lo: Did you say it was a criminal to the office three or four times daily to find out on which side he was going ther they were to get the clatine now or
ment was true. He once visited Ab Kau Bir E. Wild said the question was who hold a pilotage certificate for any port from the Western Frant
in the United Kingdom was opposed by offence
Ffor several days for the cheque, still_re
in the House of Commons, The Home the Home Becretary, but it was carrish, Mr. Davidson objected to the question,nealed to him for the money, and he
Finally Al Kan to be in the action. fusing to give it
The hearing
was adjourned until Secretary gave away the whole of his ease by 15 votes to 4.
The Committen adjourned. in the form it was put.
(Vontinued at foot of next column.) "[ (witness) told the defendant to stop his today,
LONTON, September. 16th. Forty million marks in gold were despatched from Germany to England to-day in payment, of foodstuffs.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE. BRITAIN'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COUNCIL OF FIVE.
Pazis, September 18th.
Sir Eyre Crown, who has been appoint ed the British Plenipotentiary on the Council of Five, will have an Ambas It stated in French Conference Cir cles that the British are anxious to have
Bader's rank.
the venue of the Conference moved to London,
*
Asked what Germany's future relation ship to Turkey would be, von Sanders It will be best to draw a pen Baid through our entire Turkish policy.
mission.