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(JENOUGH REUTER'S AGHIOṛ.] - THE BRITISH-FRENCH PACT. CONSISTS OF FOUR OR FIVE PRECISE ARTICLES.
CANNER, January 19th.
A French somi-official statement firms that the proposed Anglo-French Guar. antee Pact is limited to ten years, but that it may be renowed without further notice. It consists of four or five precise and unambiguous articles. It maintains intact French rights under the Versailles Treaty, besides Britain undertakes to
TH HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FELDAY, JANUARY
LATEST CABLES.
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM
"PACIFIC ISLANDS?".
WAAKINGTON, January 19th. While awaiting word from Tokio re- garding the Pacifio fortifications in the
Big Five to-day considered other features of the Treaty. "A question which Tokie maat decide is whether the string of islanda, extending for three hundred miles south of Japan, should be included in territory under which provisions of the Treaty regarding fortifications are to re- main in status quo or, in other words,
LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL.
COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE TO OPEN THIS MONTH.
Grova, January 11th The first session of the Council of the League of Nations was opened publicly under the presidency of M Hymans."
also the report of Sir Eris Drummoud on the Permanent Court of International Justice, which, the President announced, will meet for the first time at the Hague on the 30th inst.
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REDUCTION IN PRICE OF STEEL
18TH, 1872.
WAY TO WORLD PEACE. LORD CURZON ON FRANCE'S SEPARATE POLICY. ADVICE TO GERMANY. The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston (Sec. retary for Foreign Affairs) as the pria- cipal guest at a luncheon of the United
in response
A NEW GRAMOPHONE. REMARKABLE NEW ALL BRITISH
INSTRUMENT.
WHY GO TO THE HILLS? NOVEL SYSTEM OF COOLING A BOOM.
The absolutely perfect gramophone has
If the experiment now being made so often been promised that a certain with a new cooling system proves a ste amount of scepticism is inevitably enge Medicine, there will be little to temps cess at the Calcutta School of Tropical announced. dered when yet another is There can, however, be no question at anyone away from business and Calonte
even during the torrid summer months
The Council approred the constitution Wards Club of the City of London, and, all as to the very remarkable results There is a room in the building" which
to the toast of his health, achieved by the Ciftophore new Bri- Naval Treaty, the representatives of the of the permanent Mandatos Commission, delivered an important address, in which tigh instrument of which a demonstration in kept at a uniform temperature below
he surveyed the position of European was given recetly at Claridge's Hotel.0 degrees C. all the year round. Te Powers In the course of his remarks This is a machine which has been devised, terday while it was unpleasantly hot id
the he said-It is only three years since the after many years of patient experiment
sun, an Englishman representative, Armistion was signed. I cannot pretending, by Mr. W. E. Clifton, an English on entering the room, felt as if he had sud
denly been that those three years have been years wenig congratulated on the outcome of Darjeeling.
transported to the cool heights There were no fana of peace or quiet. Far from it. Feace warmly congratulated upon the outcome of
anywhere. His curiosity was has not yet been attained, and I would of his labours.
For the purposes of the demonstration Colonel Megaw, the Director of the In- Aroused, and he made a remark to say here; looking ahead, that I beliore: the Armistice before we all get into port, or before we have resumed the normal conditions of civil life as it was in the old days. In this state of affairs what is the duty of the Foreign Office? It is as I conceive it, to steer an oven course, or political ad to avoid rash. venture to endeay. our to foster then elements that make mously greater, but in respect of its that cold air is pumped into the room
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"Lesbos, January 11th. A report from South Wales states that Siemens Steels, Association, Swansea, has roduced the price of steal bars by
term pacific islands.": Delay in arrivi equivalent of a quarter of the war
time price. ing at a solution of this question makes it improbable that a plenary session of the Conference will be held until next wook.
DEATH OF AN ARA.
LONDON, January 11th. The death is announced of Mr. Edgar
Bundy, A.R.A.
give military sasistance to France if the what is the extent geographically of the pipety pence per ton to £T 7a. 6d. which
unprovokedly attacked by Germany. The demilitarization clauses regarding Rhineland are reinforced as both Fowers undertako to intervene if Ger many violates the military clauses of the Treaty. The Past does not refer to re- parations or to the question of sanctions. Belgium will be invited to join the Pact by the conclusion of an analagous Angle- Belgian Treaty reinforcing the defensive Franco-Belgian Convention.
SATISFACTION IN FRANCE."
PARIS, January 10th.
HOLLAND'S POSITION CAUSES ANXIETY.
LONDON, January 1.
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The deceased was elected an Associate of the Academy in 1915. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Paintora in Water Colours and of other societies.] It is reported from Washington that
GREAT LAKES CHANNEL. anxiety is felt in responsible quarters lest Holland should drop out of the Wine-U.S. AND CANADA TO DIVIDE COST. Power Agreement and request that any reference to her East Indian Empire be Timited to a careful statement of the
WASHINGTON, January 18th. A Bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives anthorising the construction of a channel connecting the Great Lakes with the son a Wait-end
decade will pass from the signature of the precedure adopted was to put the titute about the temperature in the
for confidence, everywhere to have in view the re-establishment of stability in the How well normal life of the nations
Colonel Megaw smiled and, then, ex plained how the temperature was kept
same records first on one of the finest obtainable ordinary machines, and then.
the Cliftophone, and the differences on in the results were so striking as to ad mit of no question. In every instance the Cliftophone reproduction was incon- teatably superior in every respect,
Not only was the volume of tone enor
DO
There is along the frica of the walls a curious wooden structure with apertures having sliding shutters, Ad- joining the room is the cold storage para phernalia and pipes arg so arranged
ar-
quality also the improvement was less striking. A piano concerto (De Greef through them and circulates freely. Pro in a Lisdt Rhapsody), a purely orchestral vision is also made for the supply of you know here that industrial prog umber of vocal solos wors reproduced in
piece
fresh air. (Wagner's Trauermarsch), and a
The architectural and mechanical the stability of exchange, the position of
turn, and the contrast, was equally an ngement although they seem to be national credit, all depend upon the re-
very simple are unique. Recently one covery of confidence, be secured? Only mistakable every time. by removing and sterilising and destroy absolutely perfect gramophone has been contained suggestions from a contribu This is not to say that even yet the of the English papers in South Chian ing those elements in the life of the
devised In the case of the Cliftophone, arrangements somewhat similar to thoos tor of having houses built with cooling nations outside, which make for war.
as of all others, for instance, there is adopted by the architect of the Calcutta (Cheers)
You can imagine, therefore, with what joyful eyes those of us who are
still room for vast improvement in the School of Tropical Medicine at the government-and the same reproduction of the sounds of the suggestion, it may be mentioned of applica to the nation at largement nor its rival yesterday was much architects in Hongkong rushed in to con
orchestra, while neither the new instra Colonad Megaw-bub connected with
engineers and the events which have been happening at
more successful in reproducing the days. Washington during the last ten
day characteristic timber of the violin-for tradict the practicability of such devices. (Cheers.) I am not going to use toda Kreisler in his Caprice Viennois was ab
The authorities at the Calcutta school oxaggeration in that
are carefully poting orking successfully But this works. It has
how the system the language of respect. I am not going to say that the other of "the records heard."
The papers' report that M. Briand and. islands acknowledging Dutch sovereignty. Canal and the St. Lawrence River, the meeting of the Conference was one of the only means that there is still something for some months. Once it is declared to expense to be equally borne by the United greatest days in the history of mankind. left for inventive genius to do, and going be free from any serious disadvantages,
have known in my life a good many by the wonderful results which he has there is no doubt that
Mr. Lloyd George have reached full agree. ment on the principal features of the Forthcoming France-British Treaty for mutual protection has elicited everywhere
Stats and Canada.
RUSSIAN FAMINE.
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COST-PRICE-
already accomplished in improving on the existing instruments, ir Clifton would seem to be the man to do it.
It was mentioned incidentally, that in the course of his experiments, which have extended over twenty years, Mr. Clifton made some 2,000 different forms of dia Phra before he arrived at what he
'EARLIER CABLES. JAPANESE DELEGATES AGREE TO WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, Jaecary-lith.~ France the greatest satisfaction, the result being largely ascribed to M. The Japanese delegates have tentatively Briand's frankness and diplomatic skill.agreed to the withdrawal of troops from. the German Kiaochow leasehold and from the Shantung Railway on tondition that China furnishes adequate police protoo
The Japaneses delegates suggested that should carry grain to Russia at cost that twenty years of that date of the they, met at Washington around a table.
-Harat.
DUTCH EAST INDIES. HERR STINNES'S FAR REACHING
MOVE.
LONDON, January 12th.
tion.
the withdrawal of railway guards should be treated separately from the with- drawal of other troops.
MELBOURNE, January 11th, It-is reported that Stinnes has offered Pearce, the Australian representativo at Mr. Hughes denies rumours that Mr. the Dutch East Indian Government athe Washington Conference, is remaining ing in America, and says that Mr. Pearce loan of tea million sterling at six per will return to Austraila after the Con-
on condition that the 1828 conference has closed.
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WASHINGTON, January 13th. At a conference with Mr. Hoover and Mr. Lasker (Chairman of the Shipping Board), President Harding agreed that the Board's vessels which are now idle
greatest days" which did not turn out to be quite so great a few years later as they looked at the moment when they dawned. I remember very well that the U.S. SHIPS TO CARRY GRAIN AT late Tsar of Tear of Russian issued a rescript or an invitation to the paples of Europe about disarmament, and when they met for the first time amid the hosannas of the world, the conference at The Hague was said to be the greatest day in the nineteenth century; but it did not prevent the occurrence within less most cruel, horrible, and devastating war that has over been, and it did not pre- vent the author of that invitation from FAR EASTERN CABLEosing his life. In the same way,
member, in the Secretaryship of State of Lord Grey of Falledon, there proposal made that we should conclude of arbitratin with America a treaty Again the sun had dawned upon a day the-like of which had never been seen! That did not prevent the war taking
price.
NEWS.
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wanted.
But
it
will sively adopted not only throughout India
to exten but throughout the Far East. Then, we the punkahs, and few will undertake tha ball dispens with our electric fans and Pilgrimage to the Hills. (Ex.)
GERMANY'S WAR LORD." HOW HE WAS DECEIVED.
BALLIN'S LAST INTERVIEW.
was afraid of being confronted with programme bigger than its own.
Someone gave the lead. Another Great Power followed, and in moment you Notes by the late Albert Ballin on his had an advanco by comme consultation last interview with the Kaiser, which re and mutual action which it might have have just been published in the biography. taken years to achieve if it had been left of the creator, of the Hamburg:Amerika to the initiative of any individual Power Line, once more present the Supreme acting by itself. I should like to apply War Lord" as an exceedingly abject this golden method all round. We want figure, anxious'y nursed by his entourage to re-establish the peace of Europe.
of the military command and bends of and be done by waving an enchanter's the Civil Government, and kept, as far
only by the methods I have place. Therefore, I am not going to described.
as possible in manageable temper by utter to-day say premature hosannas. Iaction that the question of Bilesia, which news. The whole story is very character It was only by common spoon-feeding with false or sophisticated Mr. L. W. Läyt, Shanghai laywer, left do not suppose that our words are threatened to embroit Europe again in istic of the loose, haphazard way in which war a little ago, passed into the region great decisions were actually arrived s budget provides for, extensive construcFRENCH OPINION VERY CRITICAL for Hongkong on January 4th by the going to be shaped into ploughshares or
of, prospective solution; it was only by common action that in the case of the Adriatic, again outside the theatre of war, Italy mposed her differences with her neighbour State. It is only by com
cent.
tracts be placed with his combine. The THE CANNES CONFERENCE.
tional work in Java and Stinnes is apparently hoping to secure 'contracts totalling forty million sterling. In order to further the already far reaching trade with the Dutch Indies, the Germans are instituting a central organimation of the German Chamber of Commerce, for the East Indies, with a branch at The Hague.
BARLIER CABLES.
SOUTH AFRICAN MINING
DISPUTE...
GENERAL SMUTE.
$6
* EXCHANGE SPECULATION
LOSSES."
SHANGHAI, January 12th.
steamer Takada en route to Singapore. LONDON, January 11th. In the Supreme Court yesterday judgment While it is understood that the British was given against him in favour of the Cabinet yesterday unanimously approved Netherlands Trading Society for the Tis. the proposed Anglo-French pact, French 13,943 and costs for speculation in opinion is apparently very critical. It silver exchango, seeing that the French desire a compact for defence, but fear that Franée's for- eign policy may be subordinated, to the British.
Cabinet to-morrow.
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French fears of German aggression,, also Mr. Lloyd George sympathises with with justifiable apprehensions regarding
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WRONGFUL DISMISSAL CLAIM PAIS
SHANGHAI, January 19th.
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our spears turned into pruning-books.
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A GREAT STRIDE YONWAND." I do not suppose the old Adam is utter. ly axpurgated from the composition of man. It is not by resolutions at a con- ference, but by the resolution of the people, that the change will take place. (Cheera)
At the same time. I do not think anyone will deny that the steps that were taken at Washington marked a great and notable stride forward in
action that Germany can be com- Pelled to take her place once more, as she at ultimately, as a peaceful unit in the comity, of nations,
CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD.
If France were to adopt an isolated or
fanture of the last spring offensive be in Germany during the war. After, the came manifest, Ludendorff sent Colonel Bauer to Herr Stinnes to urge the secĽS- 'sity of having a fresh Chancellor in the place of the ionile Count Hertling, "for whom his son, the cavalry, captain, really governed." Stinnes, in his turn, append ed to Ballin, and they discussed the matter in the presence of Major von Harbou, There is talk of a French political
who represented Colonel Bauer. Prinen crisis, and it is stated that the French Cabinet is opposed to the agreements and conta) caised by Mr. E. Drassment enters the field of practical nos in the long rau injure Germany and Chancellorsair, but Ballin wished to
The Shanghai Dock Company won the the moral progress of mankind. (Cheers.) individual policy of her "own she would Bulow was proposed by Stianes for the - projected at Cannes. It is significant
palities when a definito limit is placed she would fail to protect herself. In to the size of the navies of certain Great what lies the real strength and protection
Bave him up for the peace negotiations. that M Briand is leaving Cannes for Bedall for alleged wrongful dismissal.
Powers and-still-more-when one of those of our great Ally across the ChannelIt Ballia, Duisberg, and Krupp von Bohlen Military Headquarters wished Stinnes, Paris to-day to meet the French Chamber,
HOIHOW MISSIONARY'S DEATH.
Great Power comes forward and retarring to Cannes on Friday.
an does not consist in the valour of her to wait on the Kaiser together, but event- nounces to the world that disarmament soldiers, great as that is. CANES January 11th.
It does patally decided that the second-named. SHANGHAI, January 19th.
shall begin in her case. by stopping the consist in the strength of her armies should go alone. This was on August Mr. Lloyd George handed M. Briand The Rev. A. E Street died at the construction of ships which have already potent as they are. It does not consist gth. The meeting with the Kaiser Look the draft of the Anglo-French pact, which General Hospital on Tuesday and was bean ordered. (Cheers.) It fell to the in the inexhaustible spirit of her people.place on September 5th, and, contrary MINERS' FEDERATION APPEALS TO M. Briand will submit to the French buried at Bubbling Well yesterday- A lot of the Secretary of State in America It does not consist even in the justice
missionary at Haibow in Hainan, he was to MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S STATEMENT. I 6 years old. He had been thirty years of 69e the load: and it fell to the lot of her cause. It consists in the fact that to Ballin's wish, in the presence of the our representative, Mr. Balfour, to the conscience, of the world and the comnew Chief of the Civil Cabinet. Von in China. His wife and daughter are in follow it (Cheers) All honour to those bined physical forces of the world-and Berg. "who is obviously a Conservative JOHANNESLERÒ, January 11th.
......... CANNES January 11th
two men. But don't suppose the matter in that I include, with the Great Powers and a Pan-Gorman, and appears to con- The men's Federation has requested
A long aide-memoire presented to M. California.
Ts ended there. A great dent of space of Europe, Americs also will not duct the Government at Court." Ballin Briand by Mr. Lord Gearre deals in the General Smuts to call a joint meeting of most candid manner with the Franco-
work_romaina still to be accomplished, tolerate the reappearance in the beart describes the talk na follows: and I would like to utter one word of of Europe of a great and dangerous "I again found the Kaiser very badly employers and the Federation. The British misunderstanding, and
YACHT CROSSES THE caution and to suggest certain conditions Power which is always rattling the sword informed, and in the exalted mood whichi unions demand the withdrawal of all phasises the necessity of putting an end
which still remain to be fulfilled. It is in the scabbard and which is perpetual he prefers to show in the presence of a thereto at Cannes.
PACIFIC.
to ultimatume and notices, no further re-
no use reducing our armaments at sea menace the people of Europe. third person. Things had been distorted duction of wages until the margin be
if we are still to contemplate the piling (Cheers.). We shall convert Germany in such a way that even the serious THE "ALOHA" IN HONGKONG. tween the assumed and actual increase
up of vast armaments on land. (Cheers) into a peaceful member of the Interna failure of the offensive, which at first had The second point is that the example tional Court of Europe only if the Great caused him great depression, had been in the cost of living has disappeared, reparatione, but points out that Britain
There steamed into the harbour yester must not be set by one nation only, or Powers combine, not merely to enforce transformed into a success. It was in- the fixing of a definite ratio of coloured also has cause for anxiety and dis day morning & graceful yacht, the Aloha, even by two or three; it must be followed the Treaty, but to make it clear that no tended to retire into the old Hindenburg workers to whitos in the gold mines, and content on account of economic con- which has achieved the notable font of
in proportion to their position, and by policy of retaliation or revenge will be position, and the ofensive had thus at that the wages of coalminers be not reditions imposing serious suffering and crossing the Pacific. Her owner, Mr. A all. It duced more than half the amétant pro privation
is not for Great Britain to accept tolerated by them, and that they will tained nothing beyond the loss of some Reavily Curtiss James, a New York millionaire, or submit to the sacrifices whilst others assist Germany to play her part provided hundreds of thousands of valuable buzzau проц tho most posed by the employers, or, alternatively, taxed community in the
and left that city, in the Aloho, in September; pass them by. (Chears) The third con- that she shows sincerity and good faith. as fixed by arbitration.
therefore
Franco British at that city, in the Aloha, in and. Frost suggests G LATZE.
Power in the world, whose
dished up for the wretched monarch in The Industrial Federation has called cement under which Britain under thence crossed the Pacific to Japan. He naval post in wo who are the greatest (Cheers) So long as Great Britain and lives. All this, sa has been said, was sea France and Italy hold together I am much a way that he had no inkling of takes to support
her ally in the event of intends to return home by Suez.
communications are the longest in the hopeful of this result. Let me give you The Aloha ia: upon labour organisations throughout unprovoked German aggression. Mr.
He now sets all his bargus rigged three world, who are dependent for our daily the latest illustrations. Why was it that the catastrophe. Bouth Afries to take the necessary stops Lloyd George declares that such an agree-masted schooner with steam auxiliary existenes as a nation on the command of the of Emperor Carl failed in his foolish hopes on You Hinthe, whom he obviously for a strike on the 18th inst. if called meat is supported not only by Britain, power, built broad of beam and is a good the son-if we are willing to reduce our and fatuons attempt to recover the Hug regards as a great light.
but probably by the Dominions, with seagoing craft in spite of its compara naval protecton, let no other Power begarian throne? Not because the people donbte und told him I did not think it I submitted to the Kaiser my great whom the matter was discussed at last tirely small size. Capt. Bezanson, her allowed to build up any other engine or of Hungary or the Government year's Imperial Conference. On the other skipper, has taken-the-vesel on two long instruments of attack either in the air Hungary would not accept them would be promising to be per hand, the British people would not con- cruises already. Mr. Curtis James, or under the son which might reader our although that is truc It was because negotiations with England, but urgently seat to being committed to military who also holds a navigator's license, is sacrifice Bugatory, and which, so for liabilities elsewhere.
an enthusiatic yachtsman and has crossed from leaving as in the proud position of were resolved not to permit the reappear as possible get into touch with President it as known that the Powers of Europe recommended that we should as quickly Mr. Lloyd George proposes ne a con- the Pacific befose in a yacht.
having set the example, may Icavo us ance of dition of the treaty and enterte that the
the perilous position of having incurred scene, Wty was it that last year Soviet gains in Europe and was an idealist, but this source of danger upon the Wilson, who did not desire territorial Admiralty of the two countries should
undue risk. (Cheers.) These are the armies did not succeed in overrunning that there was a probability that, if thes LONDON, January 11th.
confer together in order to avoid com-
between them. Reports show that military movements Bole precautions and conditions that I Poland 1 Not because of the efficiency war continmed, Mr. Wilson would get into Mr. Griffith, the new President, is sum-
petition in Francerate whole. Bre proceeding under orders from the would like to attach to the proceedings of the armies on both sides, because the the hands of the war party, and would He also
at Washington.. moning the Southern Parliament elected heartedly with Britain for the economicPresidential military headquarters at
But what is passing fighting was almost nil, but because the no longer be accessible for a settlement Kweilin An army has arrived in there affords an illustration of another Powers of Europe made it known they according to ideological principles. The Inst. May to meet at Dublin in the war and financial reconstruction of Europe, Southern Hunan; und wenty companies principle to which I am constantly, giving would not allow this State of Poland, Kaiser saw the justice of this view, but sion House on January in his meat and concludes that, far from excluding of militia are to be formed by a Cantonese expression. A fortnight ago I spoke at which they had recreated, and to whose thought we must wait for negotiations fication of the treaty and establishment other nations, the France British entente
should form the basis for a wider scheme General in the province of Kwangi, that in my view the only way by which honour, to be submerged. Why is it that Hindenburg position.
the Mansion House, and I said there new existence they had pledged their tili automo, when we had secured the of a provisional government
Then use would LONDON, January 11th. of international co-operation to ensure These companies aro to be formed of the
defeated soldiers of Lalk Wing Ting, most we could recover the peace of the world the Hohenzollera mensce is no longer be made of the mediation, offered by the The Is Vakra supporters have decided the peace-of-Europa
machinery of international co-epora the German Emperor, if he reappeared trank, Berg intervened adroitly, and he meeting on January 14th
tia Believe me, it was not a platitude, on the border of Germany, would receive told me when the Kaiser had gone that It was not a mere pious expression of any sort of welcome from his people, opinion; it was the utterance of a pro- think myself it would be warm, but the Kaiser must not be made too pessi- Found political truth. It is only by all will not define the nature of the warmth.
In another part of his notes Ballin the nations acting together with a com- (Laughter.) But in any case the menace on policy, without jealusy or arrière is not a serious one, because the Great
Moreover, the Kaiser declared that this pensés; it is only by these means that WA Powers of Europe, as long as they c can get back
was would soon be followed by another, Look at what happened together, will not tolerate it. Thus, you at Washington. Until the meeting of see that the sole guarantes for the re- the second Panio war. He spoke much of the Conference Japan was building ships, core of the peace of the world is not the alliance between England and Ame Great Britain was building ships. Are the all ide of the splendid isolation of rica, which, naturally, wan directed rica was building ships. Why could they any individual Power there is not much against Japan, and developed polition not stop! Because each one was afraid
is the harmonious and fruitful co-opera extraordinarily badly informed-Daily
Telegraph. tion of all the Powers as a whole (Continued at foot of next column.) ·
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SOUTREON PARLIAMENT
SUMMONED.
A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
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of whom are now considered
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not. to attend the Southern Parlimen M, BRIAND "NOT A FREE AGENT" be "loyal to the Government, Willuar to fade by setting in operation at every stage danger to Europe1 I know nut whether Queen of Holland. Where I was too
SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS. DISAGREEMENT OVER OFFICERS' ORGANISATIONS.
MADRID, January 12th.
PARIR, January-11th.
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mistike
That M. Briand is not a free agent was President Bun Yat Sen has issued an- powerfully demonstrated when an im- other mandate denouncing Esu Bhiih portant Republican combination in the chinng,the illegal President of the Chamber numbering 210 passed a resolu Peking Administration." The mandate tion, which was telegraphed to M. Briand, condemns the Peking President for to the effect that the Chamber would appointing Liang Shih Ti, "the well- nover consent to ratify new concessions known monarchist," to the Premiership, The cabinet has resigned.
to Germany to the detriment of France and also, for instracting the Chinese It is believed that the resignation is and Belgium and declaring that the delegates at Washington to enter into due to the King's refusal to sign a decree Franco-British alliance should be condi. direct negotiations with the Japanese in dissolving the military juntas, otherwise tional upon no concession being made re-regard to the Shantung questions. Pre officers-organizations, which was pre-garding reparations on-the-guaranteessident Sun.calls upon the people to T180 of the competition of the other. Each pendour. after all, in isolation-but it views which made it evident that he was sented by the Minister of War, Senor La conferred by the Versailles Treaty, not up against Hsu Shih-chang as being - a Cierva
ably territorial.
traitor to the Republic..
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