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HUGE CROWDS AND TOUCHING SCENES.
LONDON, November 11th.
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SPANISH DISORDER...
AN ATTEMPTED COUP.
MADRID, November 11th."
WAR GUILT IN 1914.
A 'NEW REVELATION.
FAKED FRONTIER FIGHT:
A very curious incident în connection
CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY. How the various conflicting interests surrounding the Chinese Eastern Rail- A THREE-POWER GAME.
way can be reconciled is not easy to say, JAY *' THE TIMES PEKING CORRESPONDENT] especially as the Russian carda have not The Basso Chinese Agreement signed yet been exposed, and the Japanese have It is the general opinion that the on May 31st provided for a conference not openly attempted to participate in with the outbreak of the war is described encounters at Vera and Barcelona, and to meet within one month to arrange the game, absorbing though it must be to LONDON, November 10th. Armistice Day was celebrated here in arrests at Perpignan, indicate that there details relative to the questions settled them. In the meantime, however, it will writer in the Echo de Paris. . It is
be profitable to record some of the main in principle in the Agreement. Sever!} The Great Silence was was a concentrated movement by a small months have passed and there is no sign facts in the history of the line, from its 1 ball was marked by the customary bril-most impressive, millions standing bare-revolutionary group, apparently Syndi- of the conference. The reason is not far inception down to the present time.
Li Hung Ching at the coronation in headed for two minutes, whilst all traffic
| to wok. Chang Tạo Làn disapproves of liant scepes in the historic library of the
the Agreement, wherefore the conference, Moscow in 1998 promised the concession Guildhall Glittering uniforms, the multi-ceased,
so far as the principal issue is concerned for the railway, and in the same year
• coloured frocks of the ladies, and scarlet and black robes enntrasted with the sombre ministerial levee dreak, Sueces
The Lord Mayor's banquet at the Guild.£2e weather.
The crowd at the Cenotaph; was the biggest on record, and a packed wass extended from Trafalgar Square to the
calista. It is believed that the-Govern. ment have the situation well in hand. PARI, November 11th.
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an account of the way in which the E- peror Francis Joseph is alleged to hars been induced to orders the mobilisatiga Serbia. The source of the writer's in- of the Austro-Hungarian" army againak
formation appears to be an inside hin tory of what took place at the Ministry of War in Vienna during the day of
News from Madrid states that about-namely, the Chinese Eastern Railway- the Chinese Minister signed at Berlin a
no "conclusive results contract with the Russo Chinese Bank for July 25th, 1814, on the evening of which forty arrests have been made, including
could lead to
sive arrivals of Foreign Ambassadors and Old Palace Yard. Warm sunshine, two ex-Deputien. Both are extreme Reanwhile Moscow has not ratified the construction of the main line. This. do- |
members of the British Cabinet wers .greeted with handelapping, but a warm and vocal reception, which is unusual at these gatherings, was accorded to Mr. Winston Churchill.
Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Minister of Foreign Affairs), giving the toast of the Foreign Ambassadors," declared that
he spoke nut only in the name of Great
usual in November, lit up the splashes of colour in which the whites of the wreaths, and the reds of Flanders Pop- pies were prominent.
publicans.
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Agreement, so the conference is still in the air, and likely to remain there until the Manchurian satrap changes his mind. But, the Chinese Eastern Kinway,, is always with us as one of the large quer The general impression is that the Re-tons in the Far East, a strategic, poli The Cenotaph stood out in the clear volutionary movement in the North-east tical, and commercial asset of rst im portance. The great Russian project of air amid a rectangle of troops and ex- has been definitely suppressed. The affair building a railway to the Pacific brought Servicemen, with the massed bands of seems to have been badly organised, and the Chinese Eastern Railway into exist ence, for when construction got as 'far, as the Guards. The Queen watched the the plot is ascribed to political support-Tronsbaikalia it was percerved that a tremendous détour round North Mani ceremony from the window of the Governors of the old regime.
ment Once.
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Britain but the Overseas Dominions, and referred to the importance of preserving the unity of the Empire whose intercourse
LONDON, November 10th. London was unusually crowded 'to-day, should be intimate and constant and
not merely because of the Lord Mayor's enable them to speak to the world with Show, which linked up the thirteenth and a single voice. He paid a tribute to the the nineteenth centurie in a pageant of colour and costume, but in preparazion, League of Nations and alluded to the for to-morrow's ceremony at the Cena Empire's peaceful aims and its desires taph, in which 1,300 soldiers, sailors and for more intimate friendship with its airmen
with His will participate, He welcomed the co- Majesty King George the Prince of war-time Allies. operation of the United States and hoped Wales and the Duke of York as the prin that this co-operation would not be with cipali figures in the demonstration of bold in the difficulties confrunting us national mourning, which in nowise dim- Mr. Baldwin the Prime Minister) re-inishes in impressiveness with the pass- ceived a most enthusiastic ovation. He age of years. humourously likened Mr. Churchill and Hr Auster Chamberlain to the City of London's traditional giants, Gog and Magogone to guard the pockets of the people; the other to guard our policy Mr. Baldwin declared that the main aim of the Government's foreign policy would be stability and continuity. (Cheers.) They intended to cultivate good relations with all foreign countries on the basis of the Peace Treaties. He declared that this was in nowise a policy of stagnation, as shown by the action of the last Unionist administration, which led directly to the Dawes Report and the London Conference, which under the able direction of Mr. MacDonald had proved so successful"
abroad.
Mr. Baldwin, expressed gratitude for America's leading part in the negotia- tions culminating in the London Protocol, and paid a tribute to the statesmanlike attitude of M Herrigt, without which such excellent results would have been impossible. He trusted that Germany's admission to the League would not long be delayed.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
While the workmen to-day were erect ing barriers, thousands moved slowly found the memorial adding their tributes to the ever-growing mound of flowers on the plinth.
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TWO MEN EXECUTED."
...BARCELONA, November 10th. Two men accused of participating in the collision with the police on November 6th, in which one policemen was killed and one wounded, were court-martialled on Saturday and were executed, this morning.
BRITISH
CABINET
COMPLETED.
LONDON, November 10th.. Viscount Cecil, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Viscount, Peel
Commissioner of Works" conclude the Cabinet proper.
Crowds also visited Abbes, silently filing past the grave of
Westminsteras the Unknown Warrior.
Besides the services in the numerous churches in London. silenci will be ob served thoughout the country at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the signal for which will be given by the firing of a gun in Hyde Park, and simultaneously hy the broadcasting of the first stroke of Big Ben
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CHINESE IN ENGLAND.
UNWELCOME IMMIGRANTS....
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LONDON, November 11th." Several Chinese have been rounded up in South Wales and charged at Cardif with entering the country without re- gistering. Various penalties were impos
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of Chinese who are improperly immig rating.
COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL.
As regards Russia and Egypt, Mr. The police stated that the Home Office Baldwin considered it premature at pre-are greatly concerned about the number seat to make any pronouncement.
With regard to Anglo-Indian relations .he did not doubt that with steadfastness and insight a way could be found to pre- serve the welfare of the peoples of India" and assist their peaceful progress along the paths of economic and constitutional development, in regard to which he in- vited the co-operation of all Indiacs who
believe the destinies of Great Britain
MELODY IN COURT..
REVAL November 11th. The trial of the Communists arrested
recently began to-day at the Military
Court
and India are indissolubly bound. (Loud
The accused interrupted the proceed. cheers.)
Mr. Baldwin said the late Government ings by singing the Internationale did ita best to carry out the resolutions The President, after the restoration ci of the Imperial Economic Conference, order, warned the accused that in the which was not a subject for political con-
event of further disturbance they would troversies; but large questions of policy be tried in chutumaciam nfecting the Dominions, like Preference and Defence, would have to be reviewed by the present Govercmeat, while others, like the Geneva Protocol, the Govern mint was pledged to examine in cos- sultation with the Dominions..
The trial is expected to last several weeks.
HUGE ALGERIAN DAM.
M.C.C.'S VICTORY.
ALGIRE, November 11th. Governor Steeg to-day laid the first All rejoiced, "Mr. Baldwin said, over
stone of the huge dem which will res the success of the Wembley Exhibition, tain about 300 million cubic metres of which had invaluably stimulated inter- water for the irrigation of cultivated Imperial trade and extended the knowlands(Havas), ledge of the Empire. The Government did not intend that this great enterprise should come to an untimely end. Prac tically the whole of the capital expendi ture had been already incurred and the cost of re-opening next year, allowing many more millions to see the Exhibition, would not be great. We were unable to stand alone in this matter, but the Goy- ernment would ask Parliament to pro- vide fresh and suficient guarantees if they were, adequately supported by the other parties concerned,
ADELAIDE, South Australia, November 11th. The M.C.C. made 44 for 1 wicket, thus winning by nine wickets. They leave for Melbourne to-night, and will" play Vie- toria on Friday next.
THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
LONDON, November 11th.
SERIOUS WORLD WHEAT SHORTAGE.
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new
cument provided for the formation of a company to build and operate. Shares in the company were to be held only by Chinese and Russian subjects.
by the Russian Government, provided for The statutes of the company, approved a nominal capital of 6,000,000 reubles. Capital for construction was to be pro- vided by bonds, to be issued by the Russo, Chinese Bank, but guaranteed by the Russian Government. In virtue of this guarantee of the bond issues the Russian Ministry of Finance controlling powers over the ears was given wide
ment of tho
company.
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the time limit of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia expired. The author of these revelations is stated to be CoL Seeliger, Chief of the Press Bureau of the Ministry of War at the time in question. The following is the version of the story as given by the Echu de Paris:“
During the morning of July 5th the opinion at the Ministry of War in Vienna was that even if Serbia rejected
Joseph would not sign a declaration of the ultimatum the Emperor Francis
war, but that, notwithstanding the attī» tude of Count Berchtold, -the Austro- Hungarian Foreigu "Minister, and of General Conrad von Hötzendorf. Chief
aburia was necessary, whereas the direct way to Vladivostock ran straight across Chinese territory. The Russians made later another contract was signed be one of the great strokes of policy when twe
tween the same parties relating to they obtained from China not only the the construction of the southern branch right to make a railway athware Man from Harbin to the ports Dalpy and churia, giving direct access to Vladivo Port Arthur, suddenly occupied by stock, but the right" to construct a branch, Hussia as an off-set to the German one- running south from the main line, cupation of Kiauchau. The new contracs of the General Staff, the question would
the Liaotang Peninsula, with did not affect the terms of the original be submitted to a conference of the". warm-water ports .in the Yellow one.
Powers. The Emperor and Count Berch The In due course the Siberian Railway, told were both at Ischl, from which place, Sea (Dalny and Port Arthur).
which had already been pushed to at half-past nine in the evening, a tele- Stretinsk with a view to building along phone message was received at the Minis the course of the Amur River, was ex- try of War showing that the "Emperor's tended from Chita to the western Man- disinclination to order mobilisation was at an end. (It was about a couple churian frontier. and construction on Chinese soil was speedily completed to of hours earlier that the news.of the de the eastern frontiers and linked with parture of the Austro-Hungarian Mini the Ussuri Railway at Nikolsk Con-ich from Belgrade had reached Vienna) struction of the southeru branch was The message stated that the Emperor equally rapid, and though delayed by ordered the mobilisation of the Austra the Ecxer Rebellion the line was opened Hungarian Aring to begin on July 28th. to traffic in 1909. It is here necessary to point out that the whole of the shares in the company were taken, up by the issuing bank, then the Russo-Chinese Bank, now the Russo Asiatic Bank.
railway, completed, gave them so dominating a position in China and in the Far East as to excite Japaneto The alarm and British apprehension. Anglo-Japanese Alliance was the result; and in due course there followed the Husso-Japanese War, which effectually checked Russian ambitions. The Treaty of Portsmouth gave to Japan the greater part of the branch line to Dalny, kuown as the South Manchuria Railway, Russia retained the rest of the original line, still of great importance but diminish-, ed in value by the fact that Japan was firmly established in South Alanchariu
area
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Colonel Seeliger's explanation of the change which had taken place in the Em- peror's attitude, as given in the Ejho de Paris, is this: A few minutes before ten o'clock the following important details The Russian Government has not re were given over the telephone. It has It will be seen that the Chinese East-
ceived any payments of bonds or interest, not been easy to decide his Majesty to erd Railway serves the whole of the area
and the amount owing to the stovern sign. It was only when Count Berch- LONDON, November 10th. of Northern Manchuria, a great granaryment for bands and outstanding car- told read to him the telegram from Scra Wheat rose 24d in the Liverpool Wheatland last being developed. Wheat and pound interest stand in the books of jevo announcing that bands of Serbians Market, making an advance of ad. since the soya ocan, cattle and hides, coal and the company at about 430,000,000 sold comitadjis had forced their way into November 5th.
timber are products yearly increasing roubles. Owing to the extensive rights Bosnian territory, killing and wounding A serious world shortage of wheat is value, and the potential wealth of the given to the company it is the owner 400 Austro-Hungarian Frontier guards now feared.
may be said to be incalculable.
not only of the line but of large areas and gendarmes, that the Emperor trem- If the drought continues in the Argen-After the advent of Japan in Manchuria at the principal stations, and of forest bled and said in a colourless voicer tine, the crop will be considerably less the Russians diverted exports along the
and mining land, all now extremely valuWhat! So much bloed has already flownl than the estimate. The Australian crop Vladivostock route, conferring great im-
able as a result of the tremendous econo Well, war has become inevitable. Then has been damaged by rains; and the portance on that port. Latterly the
mic development arising from the opera the Emperor sat down at his writing Canadian crop has been adversely affected Japanese have competed with success, tion of the railway. Great sums have table and signed the mobilisation order by frost.
nid a large share of the traie goes by been spent on education, police, river ship with a shaking band.” Way of the South Manchüria Bailway to ping, barracks, and buildings of all Colonel Seeliger's account continues: Dalay, now also become a great port kinds, and much of the land at places The avalance had started. I asked an But Jupan has been getting this share like Harbin has been leased at high rates oficer on duty to take my place for a of the trame largely owing to the collapse for business and residential purpesca,
short time at the telephone, and hurried. of Russia and the consequent confusion In fact the railway is now a great con-
to the Information Bureau in order to in the affairs of the northern line. Were cern with numberless ramifications, and pbtain details about the frontier affair Russia once more restored to full con- it is to the credit of the Russians that of which the telegram spoke. The In- trol of the Chinese Eastern Railway, that they have turned a wilderness into a formation Bureau of the General Staff (REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE. institution, naturally, would be managed splendid property, and by their enter-rective without exception all the news with a view to the development of Russian prise opened out North Manchuria as from Bosnia and Herzegovina in order interests, and the Japanese tine and porta tremendous field for Chinese coloniza- to examine and sift it before handing it would be the losers. Japan, therefore, has a very important indirect commer cial interest in the Chinese Eastern Rail. way.
Tottenham chester City, each.
FOOTBALL.
LONDON, November 10th. Hotspur drew with Man- the score being one goal
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THE ZR3 ACCEPTED.
The railway is of extreme interest to Japan from another point of view. It is never absent from the Japanese mind that Russia some day may be strong re-enough to seek to reverse the defeat in
WASHINGTON, November 11th. The Navy Secretary, Mr. Wilbur, has signed an order formally accepting the ZR3 on behalf of the Government.
The Treasury will ask Congress at the forthcoming short session to either peal or clarify the provisions of the tax laws relating to the publication of income tax returns.
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BRAZIL'S NAVY. A REBELLIOUS BAILORS LANDED.
MONTE (VIDEO), November 10th. The rebel Brazilian dreadnought San Paulo has arrived.
LATEE The Brazilian battleship Minasgeraes, which was pursuing the rebel battleship Sao Paulo, has arrived.
The Sao Paulo landed part of her crew, the the loyal portion of the crew remain ed aboard. The Brazilian Legation has taken possession of the ship"
IMPERIAL AIR "ROUTES, 10,000 MILE ALL-RED PLAN.
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on. But what did it menal. In poda of the messages received yesterday or to-day is there any question of 400 killed and wounded. A censorship does not yet czist."
Although paying nothing of its capital debe, por anything to its shareholders,
The only thing that appeared to have the Chinese Eastern Railway continued to justify its existence as an economic factor, up till the time of the Kolchak taken place was a slight skirmish in collapse, when politics entered into its which four. gendarmes had been slightly affairs and caused great confusion. In wounded. On leaving his ofice Colonel the year 1920 China withdrew recogni- Beeliger met Count Kinsky, to whom im Manchuria.
In the case of a conflict the Chinese Eastern Railway would be the key to of the Russian treaties, and evinced the that went on at Court. Colonel Seeliger
tion from Bussia, suspended operation attributed an intimate knowledge of al· Vladivostock. In Bussian hande the fail intention to take full possession of the confided his doubts to Count Kinsky, who way would facilitate an effective defence
railway. The Russo-Asiatic Bank im is represented as having replied, "What, of Vladivostock. In Japanese hands it would enable Japan to threaten Vladimediately entered its claim that the rail-my friend! Are you really so simplet vostock from the rear-would, in fact, way was the property of a private com How do you picture Count Berchtold to pany and not Russian State property yourself? What a fellow he is 1 The make Vladivostock almost indefensible, The French Government, interested betalegram with the four hundred dead for Rusian supplies or reinforcements cause 60 per cent of the shares in the be made it up himself. Otherwise be coming round the Amur Railway, and Russo-Asiatic Bank are held by French would never have squeezed the mobilisa- thence south from Habarovak, would citizens; supported the Bank, and after tion order out of the old Emperor." be flanked by the Japanese oper- negotiations an Agreement was signed ating from the Chinese Eastern Railway North Manchuria of itself, apart from" the strategic vale of the railway, is a prize of im- mense economic worth, and what more
The signature of this Agreement was natural than that Japan should desire significant, for it involved China's re- to extend there the position she has cognition of the fact that the railway was already acquired in South Manchuris
Since the final collapse of the old private property and that the Bank bad-Daily Telegraph. & predominant interest. -Russian Government a new party in the Next we find the Washington Confer
shape of the sovereign Power bas takenence taking an interest in the affairs of a lively interest in the Chiness Eastern the railway and passing two resolutions; Railway, China, so far as regards the one of which reads:--- line, had been a cipher, so strong was
an extension is plana- already there
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between the Bank and the Minister of Communications defining the position of the railway and providing for its opora
tion.
The powers other than China' insist hereafter upon the responsibility of China for performance or noz-perfor
mance of the obligations towards the for-
Whether or not the explanation pa into Count Kinsky's mouth was the cor rect one, Colonel Seeliger's story is, apart from this, of considerable interest, since it shows clearly the existence of a belief in highly-placed quarters in Vienna that the Emperor himself was totally opposed to declaring immediate war upon Serbia
ELEPHANT'S ELECTRIC
SHOCK.
CAUSE OF A STOPPAGE IN FOUR FACTORIES.
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An elephant belonging to a circus was
A 10,000 mile all-red air route connect Bussia, so weak China But with Russia Mr. Baldwin said that whatever thei
ing Britain with Egypt, India, and Aux-down and out China asserted her claims defects of the new administration, "it | Following the Premier's announcement would not fail to seek the co-operation regarding the Empire Exhibition, Lord tralia is now being planned by the Air as the owner of the soil and as the ulti- Ministry, and spezial aeroplanes are bemate owner of the railway itself under
tors of the Chinese Eastern Railway Com of the Dominions in all things pertaining Stevenson states that is up to the trade ing designed for different stages of this the conditions of the original contract. tign stockholders, bondholders, and credi. to the common heritage."
of the country to play up je the Govern- great Empire air route. Already there Chian removed the Russian guards and pany which the Powers deem to result the innocent cause of a complete stoppage of work in four factories in Roubaix. As regards home affairs, the Govern- ment would institute a thorough enquiry were emphatic about the good the Ex-in wards of 9,000 miles of this route herself undertook protection. Virtually from the contracts under which the rail His driver was hammering into the earth
ment's lead. The principal Dominions are
operation. The big Napier D.E. ex- she assumed control of the line, though way was built. into the prevailing high prices and im-hibition had done them. They were presses of Imperial
Finally comes the Agreement, conclude an iron stake to which the animal's chain was attached suddenly the elephant
•mediately grapple with housing and slum quite prepared for another session. Lord on to Zurich, and Airways fly from Lon- she left the management to the Russians clearance and do its utmost to improve Stevessen understands they had planned ed for next year to Constantinople. Now Japan would gladly see Chinned with Karakhan in May of this year trumpeted loudly, dashed forward, and in which China ignores the Russo- then rolled over on the ground, apper- the social conditions of the masses. a new show, and it is quite possible that From there a short cross sea link will in full control, for exactly the same Asiatic Bank altogether, virtually acknow ently in great pain. The stake was drag
Mr. W. C. Bridgeraan (First Lord of the result would be that Wembley in 1925 join up with the existing Royal Air Force the Admiralty) referred to the Govern would exceed in interest that of 1924, air service between Cairo and Baghdad, suis that China's control en ledging the Russian Government as the ged out of the ground and immediately
Russia-namely, China's weakness.
owner of the railway, regardless of the the elephant became calm. The driver ment's high ideal of using the Navy as He hoped the weather would be kinder and the route will continue thence to With China dominant" on her
terms of the original documents, of her then found that he had driven the stake the best and cheapest form of insurance than in the past summer.
zoil in North Manchuria there is
ta own Agreement with the bank and of the into an electric cable core consequently
conveying power of the peace of the world without any
On the link between Calcutta and always hope for Japan. And resclation of the Powers at Washington. four factories, intention to gratify the last of ambition
Rangoon, a distance of about 900 miles, we perceive that Chang Tso Lin, the in-
But the real question always remains deprived of current, while the elephant and conquest,
big all-metal Bying, boats driven by dependent Chinese ruler of Mancharia, triangular between Russia, China, and had received a severe shock when cou powerful Napier engines, are now in de repadiates the Karakhan Agreement be-Japan, two of whom urgently desire contact was established between the stake sign for the Air Ministry, the metal con- cause he thinks it will restore the Busrol of the railway, the third being keenly and the cable.dent cons struction being proof against the ravages sians to their old position of predomin interested for its own purposes that the of tropical weather and insects. The ance. It is Chang Tso Lin'a aita to keep weaker of the others shall remain in animal, and involving a loss of 200,000 route then proceeds by way of Singapore the Russians out and to retain control
possession. China, according to the franca. happened at Lille. A mouse. to Port Darwin in Australis, and the tru Mr. Baldwin, in the course of his will then be distibuted throughout of the railway himself. In this policy; Karakhan Agreement, is to have the im- climbing along a cable in the electric speech, said that regarding the situation Australia by the Australian Airways, who consciously or not, he is playing the mediata right of redemption. But on Poweration by touching one part of in China, if an opportunity arose which have already in operation over 1.000 Japanese game, and his present action what conditions? What degree of cont they considered would make it possible miles of Commerein air lines. When is necessarily receiving the sympathetic trel do the Soviets wish to retain What the apparatus it. The mouss was killed for foreign influence to help China, they this route is finally illuminated for night, support of Japan. It is now stated, price do they want: Is the price say. would not lose any time in consulting the flying, mails will travel from Britain to from Tokyo, that Chang To Lia has thing that China, by any fight of imagi other Powers for the purpoɛO.
Australia in 180-houṛm
come to an agreement with the Soviet alien, is able to part
Sir L. Worthingtos Evans (War Minister) declared that the army would be reduced to a size compatible with ita functions, It was small compared with the duties it bad to perform, and must, therefore, be highly efficient, equipped with the best weapons, and be of a highly mobile order caabling it to concentrate on any threat ened point. He concluded by appealing for greater support for the Territorial (Continued on next column.)
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LONDON, November 11th.
Parliament meets again on December 2nd...
Another curious accident caused by an
circuit
part with tail. instantly, but & more important result was the burning of a turbo alternator, which was completely destroyed.