ACCEPTED.
DAWES REPORT
INDIAN SITUATION:
IN
Britain Ready for Agreement.
GERMANY AMENABLE.
DISCUSSED
PARLIAMENT.
Government Declaration Asked For.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1924:
LANCASHIRE TEXTILES.
Far East and India Competing.
London, April 15.
In the House of Commons, in the committoo stage of the Trades Facilities Bill, Mr. Romer, refer ring to the competition the Lancashire textile industry is London April 15.
mooting in the Far East and India, Berlin, April 15. | In the House of Commons moved an amendment that no The Cabinet has decided to dabate on India was initiated by loan guarantee should be given in accept the experts' roport as the Lord Curzon moving a motion connection with the erection of basis for negotiations, and inform expressing anxioly with regard to cotton mills or the provision of the Reparations Commission rocant ovants in India, and cotton machinery outside the accordingly. Heuter.
regretting the lack of a clear United Kingdom. statement of the Government's a Mr. Graham emphasised that policy in the matter. He asked no guarantou had been given to for a specifle declaration that they cotton undertaking outside hvernment will not depart, from the United Kingdom. The real the letter or spirit of the Clovern- problem, behind the amendment was low employn.ent in Britain went of India Act, 1919.
Mr. Richards, toying, said would be affected under
The advisory com- the Government of India at guarantee. present was investigating the mittec must take all the circum-i deficiencies of the Art, with the stances, into account, He was full concurrence of His Majesty's unable to dieve that the com-
lovernment, who considered the proposalby Mr. Scurr to appoint a commission on the subject premature. Reuter.
London, April 15, In the House of Commons, Mr. MacDonald, dealing with the reparation exports report said the Governmont attachnd much importance to the agrned un recommendations, which could be brought into immediato apera tion, that they were prepared to support the selemo in its entirety, provided all the other parties concerned were willing to take the samo course, and had already communicated that view to the Governments concernesi, includ ing the United States.
To laid stress on the statement, in the Dawo, connuitive report that it was an invisible whole, and that the signatories_renames ed all responsibility if cortain of their recommendations be adopt ed and others rejected.
Mr. Baldwin declared the¿TMÃ r. MacDonald would have the, united support of the British people in his attitude. Cheers.)
Mr. Wise asked whether the maet ixing Gotmany's full liability at 6,608) millions sterling
still stood. Mr. MacDonald replied that he was fully ware the report only muude provision for six years, beyond which certain machinery would ran tinua to operate for an unlimited period, but if all the Governments agreed to put the report into execution the total amount pay-
RUSSIA AND THE REST.
Trotzky On Possible War. London, April 15.
Any
mittee would exelule the large view of the problem of unemploy- ment. He asked Mr. Homer to withdraw the amendment, which WON negativid without any division, -- fienter,
JUNK COLLISION..
-The Augler Soviel Conference SUMMARY COURT SEQUELS met in the Foreign Office at three o'clock this afternoon, auf ad- journed at 4.45. It will not in again to-narrow-afternoon.
A collisan between two junks
December 29th, had a sequok the Summary Court today; when Wa Ming-sang claimed A communique states that the $100, the amount of damage done subject of treaties between Britain to his hout by a junk owned by and the former tussian Empire] Li Cling Po. was raised and referred to a Mr. J. T. Prior appeared for the sub-committee for preliminary plaintiff and Mr. C. A. S. Russ
for the defondant. examination-Reuter,
Moncow, April 15. Trotzky in a speech,nt Tiflis on April 11th, denied the report in the local press that he was oppos
Mr. Prior said the incident oc curred at tho Wing bok Wharf. Plaintiff's junk was moored in the Prays wall to which it was at right angles, with the stern pointing to-
age
to
ibe, extent
able by Germany would be aed to war at all costs over the Boswards the centre of the harbour. mattor for arrangement Renter, sarabica question. He said the Defendant's junk. intending to situation between Russia and
herth alongside, crashed straight; Paris, April 15,
Rumania in that connection was A
protocol prolonging the abnormal, Poland and France into the stern and did dum- of $108. agreements with the Rubr indus
stand behind Rumunia. "France They claimed for $100. There trialists states that the Ropurais developing A mad campaign hai beon a long enmity between Lions Commission's approval of
against us in Poland and trying to The experts' report has opened drive us to quarrel with Turkey." parties. At one time defendant had carried plaintiff's the way to a reparations settle- ment which is likely to facilitate the opening of credits in favour
He added: "The Macdonald goods for him, but new plaintiff Cabinet has absolutely no prinot only carried his own but
the
of the Rhean-Westphalian col-ciples, nevertheless the success of curried other people's on
the Anglo-Russian conference same route us defendant. would strengthen its position." Mr. Justice Gampertz: You!
for wilful He concluded by saying that the are not claiming Bolsheviks hud not changed since damage: you are claiming for
negligence?
leries; therefore the agreement in prolonged until a géneral settioment of reparations and until June 15th at the latest.
Reuter.
What France Thinks..
Paris, April 15, Speaking at a Democratic Re publican banquet for thin first ine since the publication of the experts reports, M. Poincáre asseverated that the experts' re- ports provided & most eloquent justification-of-French-policy. including occupation of the Rubr.
lines of such H
the night of October 25th, 1917.
This refers to the formation of
Mr. Prior: I seek to show that:
the first Bolshevik, military com-there was reason for defendant's mittee.
employne to be purposely careless The committee of the National and thus do the damage. Democratic and Menshevik parties at Tiflis have been arrest-sumo ed. --Beuter.
"OFFERED ANTA POLODY-
BILLA?
His Lordship:--I don't pro- to decide questions of navigation. I shall have to adjourn the ease if the question:
arises.
Mr. Russ--I don't think it will. Our defencei-that moorod to both junks, were
The Honani the Praya wall. Ruth was coming in to the Canton. Macao wharf and plaintiff's junk had to move. She was turning round and tho wash of the Ho- aam carried her into the gang- way of defendant's junk. The damage was caused by the collis
The reports proved that Germany Rose: What did he say whon had fictitiously impoverished her she told him he was only an self and is able to pay. The Re-apology for a parations Commission must now Simply asked her if she'd accept draw up a definite plan. induce an apology. Gormany to enact to necessary legislation and organise the requisite contrad. The general hold without safeguarding weans plan would of restoring it immediately in undoubtedly pre-suppose the case of nuuil.--Reuter. restoration of the fiscal and economic unity of the Roich, but this cannot be restored by follow- ing a mere declaration of prin ciple. France must only ex- change her plodges against more ample and nora remunerativa ones. There can be no question of withdrawing from the Rule before payment of the debts due to France nor of releasing her
German Approval.
Berlin. April 15.
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which, in case of emergency, can nation of the Empire, are, to be Evidence was given by the be romoved and used for rowing scattered goodness knowe where; the technical work of the In- Coxswain of the boat which ashore.
stitute, which has contributed was damaged and he said During his service with the 1so greatly to our overseas trade, The leaders the Social there was plenty of room for Australian Air Force in France, is to be merged into another defendant's junk. The collision Squadron-leader Wackett porfect Government department: the Dotorrats and alsh of the non-could not have happened had the ed an anti-aircraft sight for Lewis daily lectures to school children Socialist parties have intimated usual care been exercised.
and machine guns. The invon- and adults will be discontinnod: approval of the Government's He denied in cross-examina- action in connection with the tion that the accident was caused tion was adopted by the Britishin no, the work of twenty years
reparations
way than be army in all theatres of war. At and an outlay of hundreds of the battle of Hamel, when thousands of pounds will bo acceptance of the experts' report-Reuter
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BY HERTON BRALEY.
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...
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I went. If so fashion doeroes;
The kind that is bulgy and baggy. (Especially down at the knees).
Wear plaats at the waist ? Why, I've got 'ein
For all my admirers to see,,
But--trousers that Wolf at the bottom?
Not me!
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Without any sign of dissont,
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umplroe, but because of the A startling decision has just reports appearing in. some been reached with regard to the English newpapers to the effect Imperial Instituto. It is to bo that at Cannes recently she call-practically abolished.* ed an umpire "a pig." Milo Longlon denies having used such
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Evor since the discovery of the Tutankhamon tomb the Parisian, It is not inappropriate, there has taken a half-superstitious fore, that this ingonions aviator interest in the physical misfort- Mile Lenglen's father has should he engaged at the Aos-unes which have bofallen sonió of those who have opened and confirmed the statement that tralian rusorch laboratory, Suzanne does not intend to take where he has been appointed to visited the sepulchro. It has been part in the Wimbledon tourna supervise the experimental work. darkly suggested that there is something mysterious und occult ment. Mlle Longion, It
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information und investigation in potential development is play in England,
connection with the commercial destructible, have been awaiting
opening development of the Empiro; and tho
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