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RUBBER INDUSTRY
CO-OPERATION RESOLUTION,
DIVERGENT VIEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S 40KNUT.]
BRITISH DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.
AMBASSADORS. APPOINTED. TO LISBON AND MADRID::
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE
CLOBING-QUOTATIONS.
MARON 3RD, 1918.
A.E. Bank......$1,910 buy,, 1,2393 m.
Londam£129 nom. m Chartered Bank
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DON
Rucar, March 2nd THE HAGUE March And Heer Burger, one of the prinsipa!
The King has approved the members of the committee whose
appointment of Sir George P. & O. Bank resolution was adopted at yester
Grahame, Ambassador Extraordin- | East Asia Bank .........367) bay,
Canton Insuranon86474 buy. day's meeting of the Dutch Rubberry and Plenipotentiary at Brus Usion Insuranos
buy., 328 an. Ins. Growers Association, concerning, to be Ambasador Extra Norih, Chin
ordinary and Plenipotentiary at China Underwriters ......
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$461 bur it was thought, tentativa co-opera Madrid, in place of Sir Horace Chine Fire Iratios..
13.20-buy. tion with foreign growers, inter-
is nom. bay. viewed by Beuter, said that no
Rumbold, appointed Ambassador Hong Kong Firs Insuu,$700
Dongates in Bertil.
$45 nom agreement was reached as regarda
HR Steamboa selling organisation, the formaCd. G., has been Ambassador at Indo-Chine (Prot).
(Sir George Grahame, G.C.V.O, HKT tion of a pool, or the restriction Brussels since 1990. In the Diplo
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matic Service for over 30 years, Sir Bhall resolution agreeing to entrust to appointments, including Buchan Mining Ad..
Baguets the Committer the interests of the Aires, Rome, and Paris. In 1999, Dutch producers, thus the way was he acted as the British delegate to open to ultimate presentation of the Sixth Assembly of the League well-defined proposals for the ap Nations] proval of Dutch producers.
Do.
The meeting, however, adopted a George has held various high Walarporta
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Sir Goirille Barclay.... The King has approved the ap- BASAK. Wharf. paintment of Sir Colville Barclay, HLR. & W. Dock Envoy Extraordinary and Pleni-Chies Providents potentiary at Lisboží.
The resolution passed by the meet.. ing also opens up another possibi- lity, that of including foreign in- terests in the 'proposals, '.
In other words, the Committee has been given a mandate to Sir Colville Barclay, K.C.M.G., New Engiusering......... megotiate with foreign producers as C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O., has been Shanghai Dooks well as consumers, which could con- British Minister at Budapest since Bwo Cottone ceivably lead to the elution of the 1994. He entered the Diplomatic Orientals Cotton... international rubber problem.
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mutual co-operation" used in the He was Ambassador to Sweden in resolution, applied merely to Dutch the five interests, the mutual co-operation Budapest appointmart.]
years preceding his being among themselves.
He did, however, express the opinion that if the question of a discussion with foreign interesta arose, the Committee was fully en titled to conduct such discussions.
Divided Opinion.
AMSTERDAM, March 2nd. The resolution passed, by the rubber growers has left a most divided impresion among the pro-
ducers:
REICHSTAG DEBATE.
BATTLE-CRUISER DISCUS- STON
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
BERLIN, March 2nd ** A lively debate took place in the Committee of the Beichstag to-day on the question whether Germany needs to build a 10,000-ton battle ertiser, at an estimated cost of £4,000,000
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The Telegraaf says that those most interested in the mooted co- operation with the British growera At the imposition of elective Defence, urged that the new war General Groener, the Minister of striction thereby, described the re-ship was absolutely necessary to éult of the meeting as very poor.
The journal expresses the opinion that owing to the divergent views regarding restriction it is quite comprehsaaible that the restriction proposals did not meet with un- animous approval, and that the meeting did not adopt a definite decision or a clear-cut scheme indicate future action.
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Strong British Statement.
-Iron, Feb. 23rd, Strong views on the rubber posi tion were expressed at the annual meeting of the Perak Chamber of Commerce where Colonel Rae, ex- chairman, declared that Mr. Bald- win's statements in the House of Communs were doing ratald harm to the most valuable industry in the Empire, whereby much of the American war debt had been liquidated.
Ha observed as curious that, when he was recently in America, the general opinion was that re striction would be abandoned in six months.
Ho urged that strong represente. tions be made to London of the very harmful effects of the present doubts, and uncertainties.
GERMAN OFFICIAL'S' GRIM] EXPERIENCE.
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The opposition to the proposal was taken up principally by the Socialists and Democrats.p
Dr. Haas described the demand Be a revival of the old militarism.. The new cruiser was wanted merely for reasons of prestige.
Another Socialist deputy de clared that ships were apparently wanted in order to give the numer Das captains on the active list a chance to command a battle- craiser.
BRITISH FLYING TRAGEDY.
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BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Bucay, March 2nd. The Air Ministry announces as the result of an accident to-day at the Isle of Grain, to a Fairey "Three F machine, the pilot, Ser- geant Maltman, and two passen gers, were killed,
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{THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.]
A startling incident occurred in which made a service flight from
Herr
a German Government office to-day. Cairo to Capetona last year.
Heinrich Langkopp, a The machine is described by the farmer who spent twenty years in Air. Ministry as a three-seater of German East Africa, served as the general service type. It was captain of the German troops, and occupied by a sergeant-pilot and lost all his possessions in the War, two aircraftsmen, all of whom were as the result of which he claimed killed. The cause of the accident 120,000 marks compensation from is not yet known. the German Government, visited the private room of the Vice- President of the War Compensa tion Committee; and presented a revolver at his head.
He also threatened to drop a bos of explosives and to blow up the building unless the claim was paid instantly.terra
NORWEGIAN SPLIT. DISSENSION IN COMMUNIS- TIC OIRCLES.
(THROGOR. REPTER'S AGENCY. }
OSLO, March 2nd. The Vice-President temporised The prominent members of the for three hours, and finally at Executive Committee of the Com tempted to escape from the room. munist Party have resigned follow Langkopp fired five shots and drop-ing a conderanation by the party ped the box. The shots all mined lenders of the formation of the re their objective and the box failed cent short-lived Labour. Government to explods,
to which they sented Langkopp was immediately ar- rested, but he is believed to have lost his ressoIL.
The party leaders described the formation of the Government as trenton to the working clum.
"CHICAGO'S MAYOR SUED COMMUNIST PLOTTERS IN
FOR LIBEL
REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE DE
CHICAGO, March 2nd
PORTUGAL.
FURTHER ARRESTS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] A surprising development has occurred in connection with" "Big
OPORTO, March 2nd.. Bill Thompson's campaign againet The authorities are ferreting out Alleged pro-Britisk propaganda in the Communjet ploty and numerous Chicago schools, Mr. McAndrew, other Bolsheviste bayg been arrested. the Schools Superinte who -Two hundred bombs and other was arraigned before the Education expieves havë,) been scized in Board on charges of fostering Oporto British propaganda, having initi
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