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QUESTION.
BIG FIRE NEAR BERLIN.
LATEST CABLES. (THROGOO RKUTER'S AGENCY.] DEATH OF THE POPE. FOLLOWS ON PREMATURĖ ANNOUNCEMENT. SCENES AT THE BEDSIDE.
RoxE, January 91st.
The sudden and unexpected news of the Topo's relapse caused a tremendous sen- ation among all class. A feeling of hopefulness came during the day owing to the small proportion of fatalities at present from the "in Rome, even.
THE SHANTUNG QUESTION. DEBATE IN UNITED STATES
SENATE.
"WASHINGTON, January 20th-
SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE. MORE HOPEFUL INDICATIONS
SEEN.
THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE NO PROGRESS TOWARDS SETTLE. MENT.
The Harbour during the week-end be- JOBAKNESBURG, January 18th. In consequence of the miners' strike, cams, still more full of steamers reduced In the Senate, during the debate on the Do trams word FILE at midday had to the state of immobility of the models resolution prosented by Mr. Walsh reconsiderable inconvenience and in the shipping companies' office windows. questing Mr. Harding to supply informs
through lack of power to business and industrica Ten thousand mine natives have already been repatriated. There are concerning coal miners, is trending to wards a settlement.
LATEST CABLES.
LIBERAL CONFERENCE. MR. LLOYD. GEORGE ON WORLD PROBLEMS.
LONDON, January #1st.
Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the Coalition Liberal Conference so West- the urgent
minster, emphasised "that
tion regarding the Shantung controversy indications that a section of the dispute, in harbour. Nearly 400 seamen went to problem of to-day was the restoration
Mr. Underwood explained that the matter must be settled by the Sino-Japanese dele gates. The Conference could not take up the question becaure seven of the Confer ence Powers were committed by the treaty of Versailles to the support of Japan. Mr. Underwood believed thab a settle-
THE LAST SCENES.
Rox, January ad. The Pope died at six in the morning on Sunday
LATER. The Pope's final collapse occurred atment was very near,'. three in the morning when be experienced great distress, His extremities numbing and his strength quickly oozing.
Mr. Lodge endorsed Mr. Underwood's views. Both admitted that the Shantung question had prolonged that Conference. The agony started at 5.20 a... just Mr. Walsh, supporting the resolution, when Cardins! Vico arrived at the Vati- offered the opinion that the Senate might can to celebrate mass in the chapel adhesitate to accept the Quadruple Agree joining the sick room. After massinent if the Shantung problem was not Cardinal Giorgi administered absolution, solved influenza epidemic after which the Pope expired at six where pneumonia o'clock precisely. Those present at the supervened, but hope was dispelled by the end included Cardinals Gasparri, Vico, subsequent grave bulletin. At 9.30 in the Giorgi and Gantial and Count Persico, evening the Pope's voice was hoarse and the Pope's nephew. feeble, but the lucidity of his mind was Holiness fully aimpaired and His realised his condition. lie personally handed his will to Cardinal Casparri
on September 3rd, 1014, when he was
[His Holiness Bendict XV., was elected years of age. Giacomo della Chiesa, who was of noble birth, was ordained at the age of 24, and became accretary to the Papal Embassy in Spain in 1853. Subsequently he becaine Secretary to Cardinal Ram polla. He was consecrated Bishop in 1000 made Archbishop of Bologna in After receiving communion at two in
1907, and Cardinal in May, 1814. Fis the morning the Pope requested extreme election as Pope was all the more remark- unction which Cardinals Zampini andable as he ranked as the junior Cardinal
Priest in the Sacred Order.-ED.]
BLOWLY SINKING:
Testoni adminstered. The Pope's condi tion grew slowly worse and is now very grave. His montal faculties are declining and his speech is occasionally incoherent. His Holiness showed the deepest solici tude for thoto attending him, repeatedly thanking the doctors and nurses. Physi- cina Battistini, who has been watching at the bedside for many hours, acceded to the Pope's insistent appeals and retired to rest at thres in the morning.
PASSING PEACEFULLY AWAY. A physician who visited the Pope de- clares that he is passing peacefully away. His heart is beginning to "fail and his pulse is becoming latermittent. Cardinal Giorgi recited the prayers for the dying- THE END ANNOUNCED.
Roxx, January 21st
BARLIER CABLES.
FAMILY AT BEDSIDE.
Ross, January 20th,
were ur-
Mr. Lodge hoped that the resolution would not be pressed, at least until the Conference adjourned.
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Mr. Underwood said that any attempt to force a ættlement would throw a money wrench into the machinery of the Conference.
WASHINGTON, January 91st. The "Far Eastern Committee has post- poned taking action regarding the Ameri can proposal to publish all Chinese treaties, at the request of the Japanese who desired to refer the matter to Tokyo. The Committee passed a resolution ex pressing the Powers' hope that China would speedily reduce her large military forces as this was considered necessary before the financial rehabilitation of Chius was possible.
A SCORE OF AMENDMENTS.
LATEU.
RAILWAY STRIKE IN SAXONY.
BERLIN, January 31st. A railway strike has been declared in Saxony.
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BOXING PROMOTER
ARRESTED. CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT AGAINST TEX RICKARD.
New Yosz, January 21st
Tex Rickard, the promoter, inter alia of the Carpentier-Dempsey match, has been arrested, at the instance of the Child ren's Society, and charged with criminal Assault. He was later released on a thou- sand dollars bail.
LATER.
What
About 15 ships came in so that there are now something like 150 sen-going vessels
of world trade to which the restoration Canton yesterday.
The situation locally bas.net changed.cunld best be done by an International of peace in Europe was essential. That pery much. The committes representing Conference. It was impossible to revert the shipping companies held no meeting to the old diplomatie methods of ex- during Saturday and Sunday and the changing letters and dispatches the Seamers Union, also, has "nothing happened in France recently showed how warily they must tread among bristling "to report on their front." The Union national suspicions. He dwelt on the has not been inactive, however, On auccess of the Washington Conference, Saturday, a rumour reached the Union notably in restoring a good Anglo-Am- erican understanding on which the peace that a shipping company was trying to of the world largely depended. The im- make up a scratch crow, and take out pending conference at Genoa would be, in many respects, the greatest over held- one of its steamers, by collecting from
Some contended that the League of number of ships the individuals permitted Nations should be summoned to it, but the greatest objection to that was the by the Union to remain. Delegater thors-
out the United States and, Rumin whose upon visited all the ships in the barbour fact that such an invitation would rule and the one or two men remaining were atendance was most desirablę, withdrawn
The Companies were then obliged to make arrangements on shore for the meals Rickard surrendered immediately he of those European officers who have no beard that a warrant had been issued,
homes here. Tickets for meals at the "Hitherto ho has declined to make a state meat, but a Children's Society official local restaurants were issued to them or explained that the charge concerned a meals were ordered and sent to the ships girl of fifteen, who with two companions, by launch. There are probably over 500 is at present kept in custody and ship's officers on the "ration strength" charged with incorrigibility: Rickard of the Colony; not to mention 500 or 600 answers to his bail on January 25th.
GERMANY TO-DAY.
PUBLIC COMPANIES HUGE INCREASE OF CAPITAL.
BERLIN, January 21st
their capital by over nineteen milliard marks, which is more than the entire of Joint-Stock Companies in capital
1913.
REDUCING THE TAXPAYERS' BURDEN.
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The nations of Europe without distinc- tion has been invited to Genos because it was necessary to and wars and rumours of wars fettering international business Peace was impossible unless a real under- standing was reached and was followed by considerable reductions in armaments. Britain was setting the example in re- duction of her army, navy and air force. native passengers on the Fan Cloon. TheIt was essential, to reduce the burden on" strikers promised that a crow would be the taxpayer without impairing national found to take this ship to its destination
but so far they have not fulfilled that security. He appealed to the nation to assist the Government in executing the undertaking.
It is rumoured that the Union has recommendations of the Geddes Com- mittee, whose report when published agreed to men being supplied for the world involve very drastic and very river steamers to Canton so that & service nikless cutting down, and would pro- may be maintained. The Hon. Mr. Halli-
Ele .,oon- Oficial figures show that public com-x. the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, voke, criticism and resistance.
was received no information to this effect. necessary fail to revolutionary enter Testerday eggs were scarce or even an-prise aiming at the overtrofin procurable in the Colony and prices of dividual enterprise and would maintain all fresh foodstuffs have increased con- Britain as the one great stable country to aiderably Oranges are scarce as no which the world looked. steamers, except one, have come in' from Swatow for some time. The strikers were WASHINGTON, January 21st. unwilling at first to allow even perishable Mr. Hoover has written to the Mer-cargo like oranges to be unloaded; by the chants' Association saying that. A
comtime they gave way some one had been mercial treaty with Germany was origin- able to prostcer by reason of the sharp aily planned, but it was decided to hold demand that the shortage created. it ap for the time being as it was believed that the clause in the political treaty with Germany would protest the interesta of American business.
The Pope's condition suddenly grew Worse at four o'clock this morning. The greatest specialists in Rome gently summoned. A bulletin was issued
The Far Eastern Committee adopted later in the morning stating that the
The in- Mr. Hughes's proposal to publish com- Pope had influenzal bronchitis.
mitments in China after incorperating flammation has spread to the right lunga score of amendments. One of these, at the request of the Japanese, eliminated and dyspnoea is intense
the publication of engagements with private indiv.duals to which their respec tivo Governments were act party. Japanese argued that a Governmcat had no authority to compel its nation's to Under another amendment, proposed by Soviet publish details of contracts made abroad.
LONDON, January 20th, Cardinal Bourne has circularised the clergy of Westminster Cathedral request in earnest prayers for the Pope who is dangerously ill.
The
U.S. AND GERMANY.
RUSSIA AND GERMANY: - SOVIET PLENIPOTENTIARIES IN BERLIN.
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BERLIN, January 21st. The press reports the arrival of the
plenipotentiaries charged
to
AT CANTON.
ELECTION PROBABLY AVERTED.
It is learned that Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Chamberlain have reached an agreement for continuing the present Coalition, and concentrating on policy
of reduction of expenditure and taxation. and attacking the Labour Party. It is considered that the likelihood of a collapse of the Coalition, with a speedy election, has been averted.
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EARLIER CABLES.
NEW COUNCIL WITH MR. LLOYD GEORGE AS · LEADER.
According to a Rome message sent at Mr. Root and adopted by the Committee, furnish the guarantees necessary for effeè- is rupic which, owing to the stoppage Conference.
midday on January 20th, the Popo grew worse during the night, "A medical bulletin says that he passed a sleepless of infirence in China, or any of a mono- It is reported that polistic character. and agitated night.
LATER. soras earnest exchanges occurred at the The Pope's condition is grave. Qxygen committee table, but no details have been As the result of restful moments the was administered and his Holiness republished. Pope rallied somewhat during the foreceived communion.
the Powers agreed not to support a comtive Busso-German collaboration. mitment or contract creating a sphen
The Pope is dead
gress.
THE NEWS DOUBTED.
LATE
were
The Pope's family
Consternation HOPEFUL NEWS FROM at the bedaide.
Cardinals are
IRELAND. reigns in the Vatician. waiting in the ante-chamber. have been ordered in every Catholic in- stitation in Rome.
LAST WISHES.
Prayers
nion and talked to those ut his bedside, but towards noon the weakness returned and his condition steadily grew worse. His breathing shortened and his pulse became accelerated, compelling a realisa tion that nothing could be done. By the
ROME, Jabung 2016. bedside towards the end were Cardinals
At six o'clock in the evening, the in purple casses and penitentiary plain black kneeling in silent prayer. The Pope's physician reports that the only hush was only broken by sobs from those hope is divine intervention. He has at the bedside, the low chant of peniten- pacumonia on the right side and neither tial palms and an occasional delirious lung is functioning properly on account word from the dying Pontiff as the of widespread catarrh preventing ex- malady slowly undermined the store of pectoration and threatening sallocation nervous energy rainly resisting its pro His Hobness retains control of his
mental faculties. After receiving Viat cum, those at his bedside withdrew, lexy LONDON, January 22nd: ing the Pope and Cardinal Gasparri alone for twenty minutes when it is be There is an inexplicable absence of con- lieved his Holiness communicated his last firmation of the Pope's death, the news wishes. After that extreme unction was of which was received from several administered. Ceads throng the chur sources, including Cardinal Bourne, and ches where the Blessed Sacrament was was published in the evening Sunday
·pspers. The bell tolled nad. Cardinal
of the Campanile in exposed. Westminster Bourne prepared to depart for Rome. Since then there has been no further news from Boma beyond the bulletin issued at 5.30, which showed that the end was ap- proaching and the heart respiration weakening, cresting reports that the news of the death in premature, to which sup port is lent by a statement by the Papal Nuncio, Paris, doubting the accuracy of the original news
LONDON, January 20th.. Numerous persons visited Westminster Cathedral to pray for the Pope's re covery. Prayers are being said in all the churches of the Westminster Diocese.
LATEST CABLES.
THE PRINCE'S TOUR.. ROYAL PARTY AFTER BIG GAME.
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When
NORTH AND SOUTH COMING CLOSER.
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EARLIER CABLES.
SCOTTISH BANK RAIDED.. DARING HOLD UP NEAR EDINBURGH.
LONDON, January 20th. Three armed and masked men raided a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland Dear Edinburgh. They held up the staff with revolvers and stole £2,000.
NEW ATLANTIC CABLES. TO BE LAID FROM NEW YORK TO EMDEN.
heavy
present.
The Heungshan went to Canton to bring foodstuffs but she was completely boycotted by the workers, there so that sho had to return empty, arriving in port on Saturday afternoon. The railway is cop ing with the situation as well as it can and night services of goods trains are
LONDON, January 20th. bringing in food supplies and passenger services are still being duplicated and The Central. Halt at Westminster was triplicated.
The "Stor" Ferry Co, also, gaily decorated, with national flags on extra ferries to cope with the the occasion of the Coalition Liberal Nearly 3,000 people were of the river service, is all flowing through the one channel of the railway.
Sig Gordon The Attorney-General, H.M.S. Bluebell is running between
Howart, moving the formation of a Swatow, and Hongkong with mails. The National Liberal Council, said that they fact that companies are advertising steamers to leave early in the coming were forming not a new-party but a new week probably gives rise to rumours that organisation for the purpose of uniting shiploads of seamen from Shanghai or and strengthening the Liberal forces of elsewhere will shortly, arrive here and be the country under the leadership of Mr- distributed amongst the various ships, Lloyd George. He invited all Liberals under police protection. No confirmation to co-operate with the Prime Minister in of that rumour can be obtained and the bis programme of peace, retrenchment Seamen's Union claim that their fellow and reform..
Mr.
Churchill Winston
adrocated workers in Shanghai are in sympathy maintenance of the Coalition until prob with them and would not "black-leg" in this way.
of
As will seen from a translation lems of stability of conditions and revival "Strike Bulletin" published by the of world trade had been solved. He de- Seamen's Union in Canton, the seamen in clared that the advent of a socialist Shanghai are said to have sent a message government to power would be a national- that they have already struck work, and and imperial disaster.
LATER.
LONDON, January 21st. There is a promising outcome to the personal consultation between Mr. Collins and Sir James Craig. They mutually
New Yonx, January 20th.. agree that, instead of the boundary cam- mission as outlined in the Treaty, North
nounces that two new cables between the Empress of Rustia are held up there. and South will each appoint a representa The Commercial Cable Company an-they allege that ten steamers, including
A STRIKERS' BULLETIN. tive to report on future boundaries to Mr. Collins and Sir James Craig, who New York and Emden will be laid and will reach a mutual agreement thereon. put in operation by October, 1922, under Mr. Collins undertakes to discontinue contract with the German Atlantic Com- the Belfast boycott and Sir James Craig pany. has promised to facilitate the return bl Catholic workmen to shipyards. Both to unite to" facilitate the sides are settlement of the railway strike and abs to endeavour to devise a more suitable! system than a Council for Ireland for dealing with All-Ireland problems,
INDIAN SITUATION, GOVERNMENT TO DEAL WITH INTIMIDATION.
GUTTED.
A bulletin published by the Seamen's Union in Canton, yesterday, contains some interesting information concerning the
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The Conference unanimously decided to form & National Liberal Council with Mr. Lloyd George na president and Mr. Winston Churchill as vice-president.
£500,000 GLASGOW FIRE.
strike. There are a number of telegrams, The Hongkong Government has sent the most important being one from the steamers to Canton in order to obtain STORES Seamen's Union at Shanghai, dated provisions, but there is a misunderstand HUGH RAILWAY GOODS
January 20th, 1922, announcing that the ing that these steamers were specially Beamen's Union at Shanghai has com
sent for the purpose of suppressing the plied with the request to join the strike. seamen.. The Consul then states that this The steamers As a result of this the telegram states that allegation is incorrect. 10 ocean-going vessels have been held up were sent for the sole purpose of conver
of Russia
ing food to Hongkong for the use of the
LONDON, Juary 20th. Five deaths and £500,000 damages was caused by a fire at Glasgow. The huge
gutted.
railway goods stores in High Street, were including the Empresatow of the Chinese and with no other intention what
MAKING ENDS MEET. DELHI, January 21st.
DRASTIC NATIONAL ECONOMY VITAL. The Council of Stata rejected by 23 votes to 10, a motion advocating a joint session of both Houses to determine
LONDON, January 20th. the lines of holding a conference of all In a speech at a Unionist demonstra shades of political opinion and to cotion at Glasgow, Mr. Austin Chamber sider the situation. The Government lain declared that expenditure must be 2200,000,000, not to reduce taxation but to deal effectively with "intimidation announced that it is considering measures reduced by between £150,000,000 and
to make ends meet.
STARVING BUSSIA.
A PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONDON, January 2nd. The Prince of Wales has been spending LONDON, January 22nd.
two days in the jungle camp at Karapur. Apparently the Pope's attendants mis- Look a deep coma for death and informed On Sunday he witnessed a great Kheddah the waiting journalists. Thus the nows or wild elephant drive. The herd wai was prematurely Bashed throughout the steadily shepherded into a stockade built world. The Pope is making a dreperate across a long and beaten run: fight for life and in lucid periods his in- finally impounded, tant elephants were 'SWEDISH EX-PREMIER TELLS OF
'CANNIBALISM. .. domitable will reasserts itself. The Pope admitted to separato the wild ones, to the prolates and nurses enable them to be captured. The plung- Converses with For example, when he was informed that ing efforts of the animals to break clear
STOCKHOLM, January 21st. his entourage were praying for world's resulted in some exciting moments, for
Ex-Premier Brenting returned from peace, the Pope replied: "I would will although the Indian wild elephant is
Samars and much less ferocious than its African the relief expedition to ingly offer my life for peace." quietly watched those at the bedside. prototype it will struggle savagely for movingly appealed to the Swedish Gov He is greatly suffering, but at mid fiberty. The Prince watched the drive ernment and people to help starving night he rallied and actually sat up and with keen interest. The jungle here Russians who were not only reduced to insisted on taking nourishmont unasistabouts swarms with tigers, bison and eating corpses but were even compelled by d. En instructed the Major Dome to other big game and the Royal party had the pangs of hunger to kill and devour wake him in time for service in the chapel
some good sport. The Prince returns to follow victima adjoining the sick room,
Mysore on Monday dad will leave tha
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. same evening for Hyderabad...
-ENGLAND'S HEAVY BUGGER
DEFEAT.
He then
·CONDITION HOPELESS. Physician Cherubini declared that, not. withstanding that the Pope's condition ia hopeless, he night linger for a little while unlesa a,seizure, which was feared. Oxurred.
BIG FIRE NEAR BERLIN. BERLIN, January 91st. A destructive fire almost completely "Anxious crowds are thronging St destroyed a chocolate factory at Tem It is stated that Poler's Square and the approaches to pelhof, near Berlin.
oight hundred workers were injured. the vatican, Royal Guarda keeping a wayThe damage is estimated at between 40 for the constaus stream of motor CATE
and 50 million marks, “and carriages
LONDON, January 21st. At Cardiff, in the Rugby International, Walos beat England by 28 points to 6.
In the soccer Amateur International, England boat Wales by goals to at Bwansea-
PERU'S DISPUTE WITH CHILE. UNITED STATES ACCEPTED AS MEDIATOR.
LIKA, January 20th. Pera has nocepted the United States invitation to send a representative to Washington to confer with Chile regard ing the carrying out of the diapated classes in the treaty Anoon.
Chili has also accepted Mr. Harding's invitation to confer regarding the Ancon Treaty.
Another telegram from same date states that the seamen at this ever. If goods were not sent.there would. port have joined the strike. Eight vemels be a great danger of the supply of pro- have been affected, including the ss. visions for Chinese in Hongkong, becom Devawongse. Six of these steamers belonging exhausted.
to Memrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., and In conclusion the Consul says that if one to Mesars. Butterfeld & Swire,
any member of the Union is in doubt on
A number of telegrama have been receir- this matter he well do his best to help ed from the Seamen's Unions at Shanghai such to make a personal inspection of the and Singapore advising the Union at vessels so that they may convince them- Canton to hold fast to their original selves of the fact that they came only for
supplies. demands, and not to yield.
According to the news items an Irish- man, named Mr. Robinson, has visited the Seamen's Union Club at Canton and delivered a long speech there. The nature of the speech is abt stated.
BRITISH CONSUL'S CIRCULAR TO
SEAMEN...
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UNION "OFFICIAL CHARGED AT THE MAGISTRACY.
A Chinese named Chan Cheuk Hing. one of the Seamen's Union Officials, was charged at the Magistracy on Saturday on two count (1) with assaulting the Chief Officer (Mr. Fulger) of the s.s An interesting circular issued by the Ningpo, (2) with being on board the the defendant boarded British Consul at Canton to the Seamen's Ninopo' without permission.
It appears that Friday morning. On Union there is reprinted in the bulletin, concerning the voyage of the Kishan and the vessel early on Heungshan to Canton.
WIA
After stating that there is an unforthe gangway he met the Chief Officer, whe him that the Captain was not informed tanate misunderstanding concerning the
board. The Chief Offrer took over & on boo despatch of the vessels to Canton, the lettor, which the defendant unid Consul peints out that intercourse be addressed to the Captais. The Chief Off- tween both ports has been interrupted cer found that it was addressed to the crew, rike. On pointing them out on and that both suffer seriously. In Hong, calling t kong, the circular states, there are several this out the defendant is alleged to have tens of thousands who must have fish, attempted to fores his way on to the vegetables and rice. If they cannot get vessel by striking the officer.
Mr. W. B. Hind, who appeared for the The firm policy of the Government in it by steamer from Canton they will have India has been upheld by the Legislative to pay higher prices. If the supply is out defendant, asked for a remand until Assembly at Delhi which rejected by 3 off the position would be serious, and a Monday. to 23 votes & resolution recommending matter for great regret and be hopes that the abandonment of government repres the schmen will try to remedy this
FIRM POLICY IN INDIA.
LONDON, January 9th.
sion.
(Vontinued at foot of next colum.)
Mr. Wood agreed and ordered the defendant to be released on an extension of bail of $100.