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FRANCE.
RUGBY, May 7th Negotiations which has been taking place for several months between repre sentatives of the Conference of Ambassa dors and the GermanGovernment regarding German aircraft resulted in an agreement to-day." It takes the form of an exchange of Notes with annexes between the Am bassadors' Conference and the, German Ambassador in Paris. The texts of vari- ous documents have been initialled and will be signed when approved by the Governments concrṛard.
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RUSSIAN FLOODS.
TOWNS INUNDATED AND, MANY
PEOPLE DROWNED....
Moscow, May 9th.
There has been an unprecedented over- flow of the Volga betwean Yaroslav and Nijni Novgorod, the foods reaching a width of 30 kilometres, the water level being 14 metres over the normal.
A number of towns have been fooded, and there have been 22 fatalities. The river is bringing down hundreds of car- cases of cattle and quantities of debris from destroyed houses
Detachments of the Red Army, in steamers, are doing salvage work."
RIFF WAR RESUMED.
ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING » PEACE
FAILURE...
RABAT, May 7th.
Early to-day the Riff War broke out
(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.] COUNTY CRICKET.
AUSTRALIAN MATCH ABANDONED.
LONDON, MAY 7th
The match at Leyton between the Aus tralians and Essex was abandoned, to day owing to rain. In the few minutes play before Innch Bendry, not out with overnight, lost his wicket without any addition to his score and after lunch the Australians declared at 539 for a wickets. The Essex eleven lost two wickets for Eve runs in a few minutes play gained during an interval in the shower,
YORKSHIRE MATCH DRAWN.
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
JAPANISE AEROPLANES „AT TSINGTAO.
TSINGTAO, May 5th. Japanese aeroplanes from Sasebo and Shanghai arrived at 3.15 this afternoon, and safely descended in the Harbour.
NO CELEBRATIONS.
LA ROUR DAY IN PEKING.
PEKING, May 7th.
It is noteworthy that both Labour, Day on May 1st and Humiliation Day yester.
A remarkable feature of the match at Cambridge between the University and Yorkshire, was the fact that both teams scored 18 in their first innings. The match was ultimately left "drawn. Old-day passed off without the slightest öb- royd scored fifty-four in the Yorkshireservable attempt at a celebration." second innings, and E. W. Dawson hit up a bright-62 for Cambridge. The
WILL OF A STRAITS CHINESE.
scores were :- -.
Yorkshire 178 and 183 (for 0 wickets). RESIDENCE IN CHINA CONDITION Cambridge Varsity 176.
on
SURREY . GLAMORGAN. The match between Surrey and Gla- morgan at the Oval was left drawn, rain preventing play on the first day or
batted first to-day. Clamorgan Thursday, and scored 4. D. Davies making 82 and E. Davies 50. Fenler, the Surrey slow leg-break, took eight wickets for 09.
In the "Surrey innings of 196 for four wickets, Shepherd made 117, the first
Scores:- Surrey century this season.
Glamorgan 964. Surrey 190 (for four wickets).
AUSTRALIANS AT THE OVAL
LONDON, May sih. There were 10,000 spectators at the
DECLARED BAD.
A condition contained in the will of a testator in the Straits Settlement named
Ho Chee Sip requiring all the benefi ciaries to go to China and live there was declared to be bad by the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, in the Supreme Court Inst week.
Various beneficiaries under the will were represented by Mr. S. E. Tan and Mr. J. B. Weiss, and Mr. Tan submitted that the condition was bad on the ground of uncertainty. It was certainly bad, he said, so far as the infant beneficiaries were concerned, because an infant bad no choice of residence, which was fixed by his guardian. As regards the other beneficiaries who were not infants he submitted that the case admitted of no doubt in law. A condition requiring a person to live or reside in a certain place was land for uncertainty, since it was im possible to say what the period of re- sidence was to be. It was also a ques-
parties in the case, who were were execu- tors under the will, should be required to go to China when the estate was situated in Singapore.
anew following the failure of the peace Oval for the match between "Surrey and tion of public policy as to whether the 1
parleys. The French bombed the Riff positions.
airmen heavily
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RABAT, March 9th.' French artillery bombarded efficiently the Riffan works built during the Armis tice. Troops took the enemy positions at Adrarterrial and progressed north of Sidibukroba. They repulsed a Rifian counter-attack.
MADRID, May 9th." Spanish troops occupied the plateau at Irjaten and several other positions
the Australians. The ground was soft after rain, but the weather was fine
Collins won the toss, and the Aus tralians batted first, and scored 201 for six wickets (Bardsley 34, Macartney 3, Taylor 70, and Wondful 87 (not out).
CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. EIGHT BALL OVER «TO RE RETAINED.
MELBOURNE, May 7th. The annual inter-Stats cricket confer- and the sector Kert, and made a juncence held here to-day decided to admit tion with the French
Queensland into Competition"
Discussion arose as to the eight ball over and the covering of pitches and the conference agreed to retain the eight bail over, and allow the home State to decide the advisability of wickets being covered.
(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
BIG GERMAN TRUST. HUGE AMALGAMATION OF STEEL CONCERNS.
BERLIK, May 7th. The Rhenish Westphalian Steel Trust oficially came into existence to-day and is known as the Vereinigte Stahlewerke Ektiengesellschaft. It formally took over the Phoenix, the Rhienstahl, the Gelsen- kirchen, the Bochumere, the Deutsch Luxeborz, the Vanderzyp Enwissco, and the Thyssen works.
The managing director of the trust which has a capital of eight hundred million marks, is Dr. Voegler.
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AMERICAN BASEBALL.
THE WEEK'S LEAGUE RESULTS.
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DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
BRITISHERS DEFEAT VISITING
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LONDON, May 8th.
At Harrogate in the second round of the Davis Cup, Turnbull (Britain), beat Kleinadel (Poland), 6-1, 7-5, 6-0, and ski (Poland), 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Wheatley (Britain) d-feated Czetwertyn-
{ZELTER'S 'AMERICAN SERVICE:] SOUTH AMERICAN WAR. U.S. MARINES LANDED IN NICARAGUA.
Managuas, May 9th. American 'marines have landed at Blue- fields to protect American lives and pro- Baseball results on Saturday, May fat, cable received a few days ago said:
perty.
in the National League were:
Boston, 3; New York, 4. "Brooklyn, 3; Philadelphia, 4.
Pittsburg. 3 Cincinnati, Chicago, 11 St. Louis, 8.
American Loagua --
New York, 4; Washington, 1. Philadelphia, 1; Boston, St. Louis, 2; Detroit, I., Cleveland, 6; Chicago, 9.
Results on Sunday in the National
The League of Nations Health Com-League were:- mittee has adopted the second part of the Medical Director's Report of his voyagé
to the Far East, relating to the work of the Singapore Epidemiological Intelli gence Bureau, and has passed a number, of resolutions concerning, inter alia, the development of the League epidemis; logical servico, the establishment of close with the activities contact
af the Japanese Public Health Service.
The report tributes the notable service rendered by the Singapore Bureau to the Eastern Health Administration" especi ally in its having kept them promptly informed with regard to serious cholers outbreaks in several Asiatic ports during
the past twelve months.
LEAGUE PROBLEMS. BRITISH DELEGATES LEAVE FOR GENEVA,
LONDON, May 7th
Despite the strike, the British delegae
tion beaded by Viscount Cecil, is leaving
for Geneva to-morrow, travelling by air Paris, in order to attend the meeting
to
of the committee which is going into the
question of the composition of the
of Nations Council on Monday, League Afterward, the delegation will attend. the prelimmary disarmament committee meetings
The ordinary council meeting is to be held in June and Sir Austen Chamberlain will then preside.
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New York, 4 Philadelphia, 7," Brooklyn, 9: Boston, 1. Cincinnati, 4; Pittsburg, Chicago, 6; St. Louis, S. American League
Washington, 1 Philadelphia, 43
· Cleveland, 3; Chicago, 850 m St. Louis, 9, Detroit, & Results on Monday in the National League were:
New York, 11; Philadelphia, 2. Brooklyn, 4; Boston, 1. St. Louis, 8; Cincinnati, 9. American League:
Philadelphia, 8; New York, 3. Chicago, Detroit, 3.
Cleveland 3: St. Louis, L.
Boston, 2; Washington, "6" Results on Tuesday in the National League were:
Brooklyn, Boston, 7. St. Louis, 3 Cincinnati, 2 "American League
Philadelphia, 10; New York, 5, Boston, 7 Washington, 8. Chicago, &: Detroit, 2. Cleveland, 1; St. Louis, 6. Resulta on Wednesday in the National League were:—**
Pittsburg 3; Boston, 2 Cincinnati, 6; St. Louis, 1. American League pa
Philadelphia. 5; New York, I Boston, 0 Washington, 11.~ Chicago,, 7; Detroit, 14.- Cleveland, 3; St. Louis, 11.
(Continued on next Column.)
A cruiser has been ordered to Blue- helde, Nicaragua in order to safeguard American interests, as the Nicaraguan, Congress has declared that a state of war exists.]
AMERICAN SENSATION.
EX-OFFICIALS TO BE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
NEW YORK, May 7th,
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted Mr. Henry M. Daugherty, until recently Attorney-General of the United States, and Mr. Thomas Miller, Inte" Allen Pro- perty Custodian, on charges of conspiracy in connection with the disposal of the property of the American Metals Com
pany
The case involves property worth seven million dollarsa, seized during the war aa belonging to encany aliens.
The indictment is in part that there was a conspiracy to enable Daugherty and Miller and others to-receive from claim.. ants securities valued at $391,000 whick had been paid in by putting through transfer deal, -? 20.
Results on Thursday in the National League were:-
Chicago, 1; New York, 2 St. Louis, 3; Brooklyn, L. - Cincinnati 14 Philadelphia, 4 Pittsburg, 1 Boston, a American Languera.
New York, '; Washington, 5 Baston, 1 Cleveland, 0. Philadelphia, 5, St. Louis,
Results on Friday in the National League were:
Chicago, 6; New York, 0. St. Louis, 1 Brooklyn, 7. Cincinnati, 64, Philadelphis, Pittsburg, 11 Boston, 10. American League:
New York, 7; Detroit, 0. Boston, 2. Cleveland, 11. Philadelphia, 5; 8t Louja, L Washington, 8; Chicago,
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