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PEACE RATIFICATION.
Paris, Jan. 10.
The emony at the Foreign Office was of the briefest and most prosaic description Little interest was taken in it by the general public, only a small number of whom assembled outside the building to watch the diplomats arrive. M Clemenceau opened the proceedings by declaring that the.. protocol was identical with the text submitted on 2nd. Nov. and he invited the Germans to sign. When they had done wo M. Clemenceau handed them a letter stating that the Allies undertook, if necessary, to reduce the amount of harbour material demanded from Germany. The proceedings barely lasted three minutes. The delegates then went to the clock room, where von Simon signed the deposit of ratifica- tions, followed by Herr Lerster, Mr. Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau, Baron Matsui and representatives of the smaller Powers. M. Clemenceau theis informed the German delegates that be would give immediate orders for the repatriation of German prisoners and made the short statement: "The protocol anil ratification of the Treaty are signed. From this moment the Treaty conies into free and will be exreated in all its cinuses. The wining is ended.”
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Londen, Jan. 20. The Time Washington vorespondent says that Pre- sident Wilson favours an antidiate referendum on the Peace Treaty, the machinery for which can be applied whin two months.
Paris, Jan. 16.
The renewal of diplomatic relations between France and Germany was, notied to the German Government by the Spanish amhassador at Berlin. M. de Mareilly, who has been appointed Charge d'Affairs of the French Government, will. leave for Berlin on January 15-Havas,
CONFERENCE NEGOTIATIONS,
London, Jan. 10.
The British and Freud Governments have submitted a plan to the Italian Premier as a basis for discussion, suggesting the creation of. Fiuine as a separate neutral entity on the Mines of Dantzig and distributing the islands between Italy, Jugo-Slavia and the City of Fiume
Paris, Jan. 15.
There is little comment at present in the French news- papers on the course of the Peace Conference negotiations. In consequence of the Bolshevist menace on India a change has intervened in English circles regarding the future. of Constantinople, which now favours the, retention of Con stantinople by the Turks. Havan
CHINESE IN PARIS.
Paris, Jan. 13.
An American home for Chinese students is to be instituted in Paris, including material comforts for thousands of Chinese students who are being received in French schools as a result of the recent Franco-Chinese agreement.-Havas.
ROME TO TOKIO FLIGHT.
Rome, Jan. 10.
A Caproni aeroplane, which left for Salonika to see if the landing stages on the Rome to Tokio route are in proper condition, has landed at Valona owing to fog.
BOMBAY COTTON STRIKE,
Bombay, Jan. 10.
Practically all the Bombay cotton operatives hate struck: 200,000 are out. The definite demands are not yet formulated. There have been no disorders.
LORD JELLICOE'S TOUR.
Havana, Jan. 10.
The President of Cuba met Admiral Jellicoe and Sir B. L. Borden on their arrival.. Admiral Jellicoe departs for South Africa on Jan. 11. There is no confirmation of the report that Sir R. L. Borden will accompany him.
FOOD FOR STARVING PEOPLES.
Washington, Jan., 10.
The Secretary of the Treasury has asked Congress for authority to advance $150,000,000 for food relief in Austria,
Armenia" and Poland.
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CHINA'S IRONFIELD.
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The Hanyehping Iron Works produce over 160,000 tons of raw iron and 60,000 tons of steel per sanum, but in the near future this output will be far surpassed, says Finance and Commerce.
According to a British expert. Tayeh iron ore yields as bigh as 60 per cent. of pure iron, while the vein is so thick, even at the surface, that, with an annual output of 1,000,000 tons, it would be sufficient to last 100 years. The supply, actually, may be multiplied several times when deeper layers are surveyed.
The history of the Hanyehing Corporation gives some indication of what might be accomplished by China if she had a few hundred officials who were zealous for industrial development and who could secure financial suppot: From the Government.
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Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, to whom was due the inception of The Hangohping Iron Works, begun on altogether wrong lines; in fact, he ordered inon smelting plant from England before he had even discovered iron ore. spite of the objections raised by the British manufacturers, he in- sisted on a plant being sent, and this was taken to Hankow on his transfer to the Viceroyalty of Hunan and Hupeh. According to the district-record, iron ore has been found at. Tayeh since the Sung dynasty. Here the plant was erected in 1893 and the works were opened in July, 1894, with the blast furnaces with. a capacity of 69 Cops.
The iron produced, however. was of bad quality. For lack of good coal in the district, oper- ations were restricted and, hav- ing spent over Tis. 10,000,000, the provincial officials believed they could do no more. S x years later, in 1896, sanction was obtained from the Throne to hand over the i works to the late Mr. Sheng Houan-husi, better known Sheng Kung-pao, who converted the enterprise' into a semi-private concern by inviting merchants to invest capital in it.
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Mr. Sheng despatched mining engineers to prospect for coal in Hupeh. Hun an Kiangsi and Anhwei, and as a result the rich coalfield at Pingeiang was dis- covered. Mines were energeti- cally developed at Pingsiang, and it is estimated that there Are over 1500,000,000 tons of coal available. Mr. V. K. Lee, who in 1903 was sent to study irenworks abroad, took over the management at Tayeh, and under his direction up-to-date works. capable of producing 1,000 tons of pig iron daily, were rected, and large numbers of Chinese workmen trained.
In 1907, 33.855 tons of pig iron and $533 tons of steel were pro duced: but in 1908, 22,625 tons of steel were turned out. At this time the output of iron ore at Tayeh averaged from 300,000 to **** | 400,000 tons year; and the output of coal at Pingsian averaged something like 3,000 tons a day.
Another change came in 1908, when Mr. Sheng obtained, per- mission Corporation as a parely com- mercial venture. New furnaces were added, and the daily output of pig iron reached nearly 100 tons per old furnace and. 220-250 tons per new furnace. The quantity of steel produced daily rose
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Meanwhile the quantity of ore obtained from Tayeh exceeds 700,000 tons per year, the per-1 centage of iron yielded being maintained.
́ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING. Interviewed at Tokyo on his return from a world-tour, Mr. Yamashima, Vice-President of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, is reported by the local press as- saying that anti-Japanese feeling WAS prevalent everywhere throughout the world. Parti- cularly was this the case in Australia, the Transvaal and in the United States. Even in South America this feeling was observed. In the United States, Japan is misunderstood by the majority of Americans. In the Carolines and other South Sea Islands now under Japan's con- (trol there was, a strong feeling against Japan. Mr. Yamashima consoled himself with the reflect- lion that everywhere, his com- patriotal were making excellent progresa,
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