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GERMAN VIEWS ON REPARATIONS.
Extension of French Occupation.
BRITISH ZONE ISOLATED.
(Bouter's› Bervice.)
Berlin, roh 7,
四辨證、第八月三英者 THURSDAY, MARCH
Herr Cang in the Reichstag soncladed his speech with a vary guarded reference to negotiations. He said it was not Charmany business to make kiibi ong as the occupation of the Bahr von tinued, but when the pine came opened to her, offering the pos- sibility of a frank disen f as an equnt Government, she would enter on it. Germany however would saree to no settlement were ing the illegally occupied territory from Germany or not releasing the Germans wrongfully punished. The day must come when an honest agreement between eggal nations would replace military dictatorship, as the other side must see that unarmed Germany can not be conquered by arms. Until then the Germans most endurk.
London, March 7,
THE GOVERNME
TION REVERSES,
Labour MP's Greatly Elated,
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London.
The Edgehill by-election result came too late for the morning papera, but it was zonai red just before of the House of Commons, where it fall- Uke a thund Löbbg. Even the Labourites refu, ad at first is
it was possible at Liverpool* Tory stro M.P., who is a Liverpudlian Fishman, miraclet
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The defeat of three ifluisters in four days is unprecedented foobody thinks the fall of the Government is involved thereby Tatest defeat, however, will undoubtedly remalt in the reorgan of the Ministry, which had been postponed till Edgehill rated.
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BRITAIN AND TURKEY.
Still Hopes of Peace.
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London, March 7.0 issued by the the rejection of the Lausanne, treaty was not altogether na-er in Canton, itsg ad by wall-informed quarter in London. It is believed that feat, informing the while still maintaining ber stand on the terms of the treaty, organisatioun that, writing to agres the sopen legotiations if the Turks give tions of Dr. Bob wi
fal of the Civil fa mal desire to readbɔa settlersal:
ards the end of the chudi do the Arga
ad, signed by 150 Deputien declaring that in the event of the dollars, and that the Sindependence of Turk
dise questions being
bat: a motionTM wa to pursue the nego It is noteworthy that many voters, chiefly Unionitis, abstulaja |
the Capitulations; from voting at Eigabill, where housing and anemployment were che main issues, chiefly interesting women slectors, qumbering 14,0005, the secousin and financial quem
agaloh; and acceptance The Labourite M.P.'s are so elgeted at the breach in Liverpool Toryism that they predict the Merseyside will follow the Clydeside Türkisk delegation for tbs stantien
landsliding towards Labour.
Another Br-Election.
de Bbancial, economic and found convenient for the led, the Government should of taxes. It is therefore adopted authorising the that... all the breve)
on the following bareg:- bureaux must socepj
nt of the settlement of in payment of taxea.. Morul; abandonment of organisations in Can arrelsones drafted. by the coept "them
|2od- at their sfulk) reparations from Greecê.
whilst the "date" Constantinople, March 7.
The Paris War Office confirms that the French yesterday in
The Government seems to have won a complete victory to-day, organisations outside: Onal occapled eight towns, Troisdorf, Operath, Wippenfuerth, Remscheid,
London, March 7. The extremists were vocifemine obrotions to the Governments will be notified later Tronenberg, Graffratch, Nettmann and Ortschaften, completely cut-į
the is added that is this order is not thesce Treaty, whereupon The death is zonounced of
l of Plymouth. His son, counter-proposals con ting off the British zone from unoccupied Germany.
London, March 7.
Viscount Windsor, succeeds to Mineosesitating, a by-election Government mustered its supporters and guillotined the debate complied with, officials refusing kwith a confidence motion which specifically endorsed Ismet to obey will be dismissed and According to correspondents at Cologne, the latest French move- ments have practically resulted in complete wolation of the British at Ludlow
[The deceased Earl
holder of the title, which was Pasha's attitude. The situation, therefore, has been restored to punished. General in 1891-92 and First the position at the time of the interruption of the Lausanne Con- In spite of the order hy the zone, and there is much inconvenience especially to the iron and
Commissioner of Worko
Since 1890, he has been Lord (ference, and the Government has a free hand, to negotiate over the Provincial Treasurer that the steel industry by the stoppage of entry of merchandise and raw created in 1905. He wa material, while British officers have had unpleasant experiences Lieutenant of Glamorga The new Earl was returned for economic clauses, or to defer while general pènse terms are signed. militarists most give up contral owing to the inability of the Flemish and coloured soldiers at the Ludlow at the General Election as a Conservative by 11,787 votes The Government proposals to the Powers are expected to be made of the revenue collecting bursaur, tew notice has been isɑned by Chan Tak-chan, chief of the Re Franco-Belgian poste established on all the roads entering the zone to 3,979 votes polled by Mr. E. C. Bryce, National Liberal),
organisation Department at Kongr to read the official passes printed in English, French and German
moon, ordering all the bureaux In Intriguing with a view to the establishment of a Rhineland republic
the neighbouring five districts to is most activa in the French occupied territory. Correspondents
hand over to him-all monies pol- emphasise the necessity for the retention of the British army of
lected and to obtain a receipt occupation is a guarantee against the bloodshed which any attempt
therefor, as he is unable to obtain at such an establishment would inevitably entail, also against British
any money from Canton and he exclusion from the final settlement.
fears a mutiny will break ouf sny moment.
THE WASHINGTON PACT.
Effect on the Powera Navies-
Paris, March 7,
In the Chamber the Minister of Marine stated that the GovETO- It is pointed out that even if the French secured complete can. trol of the railways in the British zone they would be unable to ment had asked the foreign affairs commission of the Chamber to work then more than they are at present doing with the Ruhr rail-accelerate consideration of the Washington agreement, which the ways, as the German railwaymen have been ordered in such an Chamber would be asked to pass. event-not merely to strike but also to resort to most extreme sabotage. According to Paris telegrams the question of a fresh settlement
-London, March 7, "
In the House of Commons, questioned with regard to the pro- of France with Germany, tantamount to a reversal of the Treaty of gress made by the signatories to the Washington treaty in sorang Versailles, is being actively discussed in the French press, which is auits of their fleets in excess of the establishment under the treaty, insisting on the necessity for greater guarantees of security, includ. the Rt. Hon. L Amery stated that the United States had stopped ing an understanding between the French and German industrial work on elavan capital ships and had sold two obsolete battleships,
and coal magnates.
London, March 75
"In the House of Commons, the Hoo. W. E, Guinness stated that there ware now 116,000 French troops, in Germany, including the Buhr, compared with 91,000 before the Ruhr was occupied..
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which were being broken up, and had dismantled £o olbers, pra paratory to their sala. Japan had stopped work on two capital abipe and had removed the armament from fire others and had paid off height others. Frafice and Italy were not affected, The British Empire had abandoned its programme of four capital ships and 13t Berlin, March 7. substituted two capital ships of smaller tonnage, and had reusent Subsequent to Herr Cuno's speech, roambers representing the sightsen. capital ships incapable of further warlike service, of te leading parties in the Reichstag, irrespective of their political com-zaventeen being sold for completa Breaking up. plexion, supported the Chancellor's views, and emphasised their opposition to the alleged French ambition to annex the Rhineland and Ruhr, although willing to treat as regards peace and reparations. Krapps deny that they have taken over the Putiloff works at Petrograd,
LATEST DUBLIN OUTRAGE.-: Income Tax Offices Blown Up.
London, March 7, The revenue offices at Dublin have been blown up by a mine and destroyed. A detective was blown to atoms.
- London, March 7.
RUBBER RESTRICTION ARGUMENTS.
London, March 7, -
known at an early date. Tarkish circles in Constantinople are Eoptimistic of a pacific settlement.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
POLICELESS ESSEN.
Essen, March The absence of police has caused an influx of criminals 'who operate. almost without check. The Fire Brigade, who are forbidden] to carry arms, endeavour to maintain order: thus the victims of the criminals ring the fire-alarm, bringing a party of fremen, armed with lead-weighted rubber tubing, with which they have most effectively dispersed many bands,
AMERICAN OIL LANDS.
Newa în To-day's New Advertisements.
Mr. Leslie Bolbe Greenhill bas. been appointed anting-ssore tothes Hongkong Investment Agency Land Reclamation Con
Washington, March 7. The decision of the Department of the Interior to prevent Ameri oil lands being leased to companies, controlled by aliens, has been vice Mr. M. S. Northants. re-afirmed.
CHINA SUGARS.
Dividend of $10 Per Share.
TAIKOO A.DE.C
ed: Mr.HA-Rodgers as secretary pend of Mr. Greenblit-
Madge-Kenned
if the dikr T Mins," whilst Mar the star in the current at the Coronet Theatre.
traction: Paga 12.
The question of legislative restriction of rabber from Malaya and Ceylon was argued before the commercial committee of the House of
An Excellent Performance *A Commons. Mr. Hinde, chairman of the India Rabber
A dance will be held at the The residents of Taikoo and Kowloon Theatre to-morrow sociation, on behalf of the manufacturers, coûtended that restriction
Quarry Bay DOW have a hight under the auspices of the had placed a premium or inefficient administration of a plantation. The reply to the contention that a planter was not able to produce
A furnished house is to let on rubber under sevenpence halfpenny was that the planter had never The accounts of the China Amateur Dramatic Club They United Athletic Club Page 4 tried. Sir Frank Swettenham, on behalf of the growers, denied that Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., for the presented their first effort last the administration of the plantations was ineficient, and ridiculed year ended 31st. December, 1922, might at the Taikoo Ulab and con- the Peak-Pago L the ides of rubber being produced at sixpence, Mr. Eric Miller, have been closed and abaw sidering the smallness of the F., & Lapicque and Co. draw community and the short time attention to a special cooktail- the movement has been in exle | Page 7- who was a member of the deputation for the growers recently visit profit of $172,762.46. Dublin was darmed by the blowing up of the Income Tax offices ing the United States, said that with one exception the American The General Agents and Contence, the performance reflected The first Cabaret Concert to be at six this morning. The whole building was wrecked, and adjoining manufacturers had agreed to restriction. They had not demurred sulting Committee recommend great credit on the members of held in Hongrong will take place transferring the sum of $30,000 the cast and all those concerned at the City Hall on Saturday- buildings were badly damaged. The detective who was killed over the extra price-involved.
A lively discussion ensued, and was terminated by a division from Equalization of Dividend in its production
But next Page received the full force of the explosion and was blown to the rear of
Fund to Profit and Loss Account, The piece given was « farcios) – Consignees are notifel of the Another Bill. the building His body was buried under tons of debris.
and paying & dividend of $10 per comedy, entitled, A Tight ar
arrival of the Elkridge.-- detective was injured. A policeman states he saw five men carrying
A MUNICH SENSATION:
share, absorbing $200,000, the Corner, a fairly simple play bút Faga 10m a heavy parcel going towards the building. Two of them held him
balance of $2,762.46 being estried with occasional situations which To-night a famous Japanese up with revolvers and ordered him to clear off to hell if he veined
require very skilful handling, at tenor is giving a recital at the -his life. A minute later he heard a terrific explosion, and the whole
forward to the new account.
which times the company showed Theatre Koyal-Fago 12 building was blown sky-high. It is recalled that armed men a
up vary well, fortnight ago tried to set fire to the Income Tax offices, and an official died of the burns he then received.
...
Berlin, March
A sensation has been cansed in Munich by the arrest of fifteen persons accused of planning a coup d'etat in the middle of March. The ringleaders are stated to be Professor Fuch, the well-known dramatic London, March 7. critic, Machhaus, a musical conductor, and Doctor Kuehles, former Two attempts by Irregulars to blow up Free State troops dis-legal adviser to the Munich town council 1be last named was astrously recoiled on the heads of their comrades. It appears that a temporarily released-owing to lack of evidence, but shot himself. party of Nationals had brought prisoners from Tralee, to remove a stone barricada at Ballyseedy bridge. The operation led to the I- plosion of a concealed trigger mine, wounding three National officers and killing eight of the captives. There was a similar occurrenes st the Courteises bridge, in which four prisoners were killed and two Nationals wounded.
PLIGHT OF NEAR EASTERN REFUGEES.
Constantinople, Match 7-1
STRONG MEASURES IN CAIRO,
Cairo, March 7
A proclamation has been issued that anyone found possessing Bombe or other explosives will be court martialled and be liable to the death pensity, except persons surrendering bombe or xplosives before midnight of March 8, or Hoensed to possess explosives The military and police are authorised to search houses, stips, et osters.
LATEST THING IN AIRSHIPS -
Now York, March
In a speech sent broadcast by radiophone, Admiral Mo
Painful evidence of the inability of charitable organisations to cope with the avalanche of destitute Christian exiles pouring into Constantinople from Anatolia was provided on the occasion of General Harington seeing of the Essex Regiment, bound for India, chief of the Aeronautics Bureau, stated that a new dirigible win A bundred yards from the quay lay a barque laden with abandoned being completed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, which when.comm small-per ridden refugees, mostly, women rifeen were dead, would be wat on trips to the principal cities of America, round the whom the others were not strong enough to throw overboard, and world, and to the North and "outh Polese
had not been attended to since the previous day, but the British despatched medial assistance and served out blankets, et betera. The outlook at Constantinople is most serious, the place being threatened by epidemics which are already making victims of hundreds weekly.
GERMANS MALTREAT TALIANS
Rom March 7.-
FRENCH ARMY SERVICE.
The French Senate yesterday. Army Bill flag military service the amendment proposing question of confidence in the
NEW MIN
MILITARY UNREST.
Dr, San Closely Guarded.
Military affairs in Kwangtung are stilt in a very unsettled state, according to advices from Canton correspondent. It is reported that Dr. Suo's office de strongly protected by
ese troops and that ev
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