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A BRITISH-AMERICAN 'AMBASSADOR
Mr' Getire Discusses the French View of Reparations.
Red army of a million, and a half aten, oscared perhaps by Ger mans and munitioned perhaps from-factories with Germans etļ thair head, standing in arms on the borders of Russia. But as for any imperialistic adventure, that in the present siste of mind of France was impossible, because,
Contractor Attacked. Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton st | the plagistracy, yesterday afternoon youths named Tsu Shindong and Alok Kani-ping we changed
Mr. J. W. Gerard, who was ich remand with robbing a paint- scraping contractor of $1.70 in the American Ambassador to money and a gold watch valued at Germany from 1913. until the Marshal Foch had said to him, S& Chatham Boad, Hungbom, entry of the United States into the War is a dangerous adventuje."
THE GERMAN FINANCIAL with wounding the complainant | war in 1917, was the guast of the}
DANGER. with a dagger and with nulawin Manchester Club recently. His
speech was the first he has made Those engaged in export trade possession ni a dagger.
outlining the sets Inspector in England. Sir Edwin Stockton ware faced by the extraordinary problem of the conditions in Ger- Arts stated that about 3.30 a.m. was in the chair. on the 18th. Juty the complainant! Among the many ambassadors many. Great Britain and Get- was passing Chatham Head in whom he had known, said Mr. many were perhaps the only two public_riekshs_on Lis was boule Garard, was a British ambasador countries in the world that were Yaomati 12 Hougher who not long ago was in the not--alf-supporting.-Thay.muni. when he was stopped by the de- United States, where he won their make enough from thair expari tendant and two others. They as hearts by his charming person-trade to bay bread in foreign saulted the ricksha coolie, who flet,ality and the delightful speeches countries. So long as the present and pulled out the complainant that he made. It was that super-conditions in Garmany existed- atter informing him of their intra-ambassador of Empire who was and they had very little to do tius of searching him for artus and welcomed on his return the day with reparations-Britain would yesterday--his Royal and it hard to compe.s in the upium. Their story that they were before
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He was loose-box, many
insisted that they take him to the for a time, continued Mr. Gerard, the war the German working Police Station if they wanted to be was himself a British ambas man was down to almost nothing. search him. One of the defendantssador, because during the war be When the working man in other ridel the complainant's "pockets had charge of British interests countries was buying silk shirta aat removed the money and the in Germany. Be was given the and pianos, in Germany he was gold watch. The complainant task, which was very dear to him, satisfied if he could get enough; 511 bis stom sob. seized the rubber sad did not of endeavouring to mata the potatoes to
the Germana treat with somadecency Merely enough food to eat seem- release his grasp despite
Britishers unfortunate ed to him to-day to be paradise. fuct that he was stabbed three those titis. Attracted by the complain enough to fall into their bands and so he was working for, these ant's shouts in stance two His hearers could little realise abnormally small wages. The still the watchmen of the Kowloon-Canton what the horror of those prison ounce of gold was Bailway rushed out from their quar-camps was. For instance, civilians standard all over the world, and But it
tt railway bridge at who were travelling abroad for the ounce of gold to-day would 45 much average Chathura Road und helped the combusiness, pleasure, or instruction buy twice plainant in overpowering his cap-were put in a race-track to the labour in Germany as in firess) tive. The other robbers escaped.number of four or five thousand. Britais, and four times as much Is the dist. July the first defes-at Rubleben, to live there fourlin Germany as in the United dant was arrested on ininemathon by or five years, six of them in a States.
of them in He believed that in France # destrict watchman.
were wiling to lentified by the complimaat at an baglofts three or four feet high they identification parsile on the Zadat.the sides. Many of the prison their reparations to a substanti- menally lower figure. They did
132 without the slightest hesitation. camps for the enlisted
million were conducted with real cruelty. not
expect the Inspector An id that the com
gold marks which were supposed phianat was stabbed by the two MEMORIES OF KUHLEBES. defendant-.-
He knew that here in England to be due to them, but no pablic we wanted to forget the war, and could come forward to say all wished to forget the hatreds so. What was hoped, he believed, engendered by the war, but Le was that some superior force or could not forget the patience conference or agreement would with which thos British to them. "Take less; but the prisoners endured their suffer amount that is once fixed you ings. The Rutleben camp was a great example of the innate) power of organisation of the Anglo-Saxon rate, because those men, without any TANOUICES. Lin
time short
had organised and
Dr. p. Kanoma. Molical Offert Kwong Wab Whange of the Hospital que, evrience the nature of the plaint wounds, two of which were no this left arm and in tron: 1 the left The most shoulder respectively serious hand was on the left le nd the back, whh narrowly missed the hit lus.
After further evidens the ease.
was adjourned.
Lord Carson and Ministerial
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will have. and no fartber re- duction will be required of you." That, he thought was the state of mind of the France of to-day. The French felt that if the made
concession-and so far, of!
they had received
mite A further PERSONAL SCENE IN THE themselves so effectually that practically nothing-they would
finally the Prussians consented! be asked to LORDS.
to withdraw all guard from the concession, and would finally If the interior of the camp. There the receive acthing at all. prisoners established 195 educa-amount could be fixed he thought tional courses, a very good or they would be ready to cut their In the House of Lords recently.chestra, dramatic and operatic reparation figure to a reasonable Lort Carson (1) raised the companies, and finis, through."
In Germany, ontinued Mr. question of pensioners of the the efforts of the Royal Irish Constabulary who Y.M.C.A., a large library. It was Gerard, trouble might be had been driven from their homes & wonderful example of the grit pected-in the fate autumn. he by threats of assassination but and persistence of the Anglotbought. The German GaveEDY had been refused assistance br Saxon. In Gerniang, of course.ment bad the utrdost difficulty the Government to leave Ireland he met that extraordinary man with the fluctuations of the mark on the ground that they did not the German Emperor. Often," in comparison with the ounce of within the demobilisation remarked Mr. Gerard, "I have gold. and if the mark rose în scheme. He asked whether the been asked in America to describe value it would mean trouble from Government were prepared to how he looked. He was almost the Communist side, followed by from the reactionary assist such men.
exactly ing height and build. If trouble The Earl of Crawford (First could have worn his clothes and side. The problem of the Ciar- I am man Governmen to-day was to Commissioner of Works said be could have word mine. such cases ware not numerous. sure he would rather have mine keep the mark just about where it stoot now. It it rose there Sir Samne! Hoare's Committee row." (Langliter i was empowered while these trou- They were now confronted with i would be trouble with boar. bles continued to afford such help problems a great as if not and, if it fell, all those billions of to refugees us might be accessary greater than, the problems thesmarks now held in foreign coun in the circumstances of each case had faced together during the tries would be thrown on the Lord Crewe (L) described the war. There was the problem of market, and the marke: would
the exchanges, En b: speeches answer 23 unsatisfactory.
Lord Carson said it was a and wri ings h bad tried to per strange thing to have support saade America to send out the from a lifelong political opponent, great store of gold it was holding.) yet nothing but sneers and objec in order to bring life into the tions from those who used to fight arteries of international com with bim for the Union as if they merce, and be had warned Ameri-
css that they might be choked Youngest Student Who Has were sincere.
Lord Crawford said Lord Car- with gold. Suppose, he had said. son was only replying by permis-that America secured all the gold sion of the House. It was got in the world and the other nations usual in such conditions to make should decide to make silver, for such an attack as Lord Carson example, the standard, haring up had made on hin, accusing him abead the product of the silver of aneering. Ho did nothing of mines. Suppose they then said
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A Newport dock labourer, John rice, son of a workman has won an Oxford University diploma is economica and political science.
He has the distinction of being
the kind and repudiated the to Aineries. Keep your gold: the youngest student who has allegation with emphasis.
we have got another standard." ever sat for this diploma, being Lord Carson retorted that he The only use for American gold only 20 years old. cared nothing for the noble lord's if that happened would be far At the Bolt-street Council lectures and bad known him long making jewellery and filing their school Price won a scholarship to Newport bigh school for boys at enough to be able to value his teeth. (Laughter.) opinions. It was no use trying to England was faced, with the the age of 15. On completion of lecture him there when he (Lord high tariff which the United States his term of three years he started Carson) was dealing with men was about to establish. He would work as a dock labourer, but cont who were being bounded out of say frankly that American senti- tinued bis studies, and in October Ireland by assassins. He was ment was against excesing the 1920 he won a scholarship through National Amalgamated dealing with realities, and so long debts oxing from Europe. and the
as he had any voice he would would continue to be opposed to Labourers' Union of which he was speak, no matter what lectures it as long as the rich people of a member, to Ruskin College.
So satisfied were the college were given uim from the opposite France did not pay an eighth of side. It was easy for them to sit the taxation to which the people authorities with his first year's in peace and quietness and safely of the United States were sub-progress that they reaewed the On Whit Monday iu France scholarship. making concessions to the marderjected. Rich men
カウ practically cang in Ireland. Let the noble paid
income be sat for the Oxford diploma,
lord go to Dublin. The Govern-tax at all in comparison with the and won it.
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Price is an all-round athlete, of such an answer and if nese man, of Great Britain and and has been stroke in Ruskin anything happened to those men America After his recent visit College boat since he went there. the Government would be respon-to France, where he had talked His father is past president of the sible. He would raise the subject with M. Poincare and other Newport Trades Council Lagain, a.
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