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London, July 16. In the flouse of Lords Viscount Chelmsford said it was unrea- sonable to ask him to mention the exact date when the Government Intended to reconsider the question of developing the Singapore base. It would be necessary, in pursuance of the Premier's policy, to approach more than one foreign power.
Replying to Earl Balfour, Viscount Chelmsford explained that In any extension of the polley of the Washington conference, It might be necessary that the five Powers represented at Washington should be brought into conference again.
Earl Balfour denied that the Washington paet had any bearing whatever on the question of Singapore. Why should other Powers he consulted? The matter was one between ourselves and the Dominions Cheers).
FLOODS IN CHINA.
TIENTSIN SITUATION
UNCHANGED.
Teking, July 15. Almost continous rain for thir teen days is causing, dangeroks,
oda in North China,
The Yung: which would food Nanyuan and the ting river in threatening to overflow, districts to the west of Peking.
Traffic on the Peking-Hankow Railway lins been suspended owing to washaways, also on the Peking Suaiynan Railway.
Telegrams from Kalgan state) that the whole city mouth of the river is reverely daminged and the railway line covered with debris to The Lord Chancellor and the question of the boundary line-of-the-depth-of-three-feet. The floors the Pacific, as agreed to at Washington, hnd nothing to do with of houses still standing are coverod the matter. The Government must consider the effect on the Em-with four feet of mud. The loss of life, pire's general foreign palley of the establishment of a base which however, is not great and all for would be for offence even more than defence. It was essential the eigners are eat. base should be made a great Instrument for offensivo possibilities, estimated at a million dollars.
The damage is from which the most far reaching operations could be conducted. That might be a desirable polley from a certain viewpoint, but Ittain appear to be in danger of
The dykes in the vicinity of Tien could not be reconciled with the new view of foreign policy taken by the Government, which contemplated bringing about a better situation, which would make Singapore much less important than It now seemed to be. The Government's polley might fail, but the -Government” meant to stand or fall upon it.-Restre.
GERMANY'S NEW BANK.*
Berlin, July 15.
Gold Nobe The
The German Bill for the establishment of a new Bank has been submitted to the Reparations Commission. Bank will be conducted along the lines of the Reichsbank and its directorate will be exclusively German, but it will be supervised by a General Council of fourteen members comprising seven Germans, atul sever appointed by the United States, Britain, Italy. Franco, Belgium, Switzerland and Hollund ss creditors of the new Rank. The President of the Reichsbank, Beer Schacht, is the president designate of the General Council. The Rank will be completely independent of the terman government and will issue so-called Reichsmarknoten and coinage, to the value of goldmarks, which must be covered to one third by gold and foreign currencies. The bark's capital will be 800,000,000 gold marks, to
raised by an international loan.--Kouter.
rying away, which would result
in the flooding of the British, French,
panene nad turmer German Corsican Reuter..........
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Tientsin July 18-The Chinoo -authorities---bave-ngreed-tr-make preparations in feudiurss for cut-j ting the dyke at Pei Yun-ho in order | to allow the loudwaters to esenpo
eward. The British Council han: neut out
in corpus of coulies who worked all last night in strengthen- ing the Jucni dykes. There has been no more ruin at the situation is unelanged, ---Reuter.
Later--Chinees and foreign off- cinly conferred this morning and agreed to repair the outer And itiner dykes around the city.
The Haibe Conservancy's five milliards ofgiseer, M. Pincions, recommends cutting the dyke of the Peiyunho,
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION,
Landon, July 15. Although the vialfore to the British Empire Exhibition have averaged Three-quarters of a million weekly, the had weather during the earlier months curtailed the anticipated attendacco, nelining the authorities to modify their original estimate of thirty million during the season..A movement is now afbet-lo continug the Exhibition next year to enable the heavy expenditure entailed My exhibitors to be spread over ten years, The Prince of Wales yeaterdag supported the movement and in a speech declared that athong he had visited Wembley six or seven times, he felt be had not made much headway in seeing it all. Lord Stevenson, President of the Exhibition administrative honrd applauded the Prince's smogestion to rossopen the Exhibition Best year--Rrator
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The Peking and Pintrin Timer | asserte that this is the only way of saving Tientsin, and advocates im- mediata cutting, and the placing of marda 1.0 prevent attacks the guarda to prevent attacks by that moved to the city for safety.
The Gornian Bund to-day was ab solitely cleared in order to build | a dyke if necessary.
their cargo to the upper-storeys.of Many firms have already removed
tir guloans,--Daily Bulletin.
Hankow, July 1---Comampion tions on the Kishan railway have been interrupted south of the Yel low River owing to floods-Reuter.
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on one of his withies, was the Dwing to the Brazilian revoli causing fears of the shortening [Haywood when he appeared before Texplanation given by Mr. G. I. of supplies in consuming rutentries, coffee futures are strong and Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kow- active. Yesterday's advance was attentied with heavy covering leon Magistracy yesterday after- and European buying. The sapte influence caused further reces-noon to prosecule Lam Tak-yin, sions of Brazilian lands which fell two to three points as com managing partner of druggist pared with Saturday, Reuter,
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Buenos Aires, July 15, _a_relayed__Biessage from the steamor-Andes leaving Santos, says that the rebels are now eight miles-from the city. According to other advices the Federal troops continue to shell San Paulo, but are not doing much damage. Sume Federal artillery is reported to have joined the rebels.-Bruter.
BASTILLE DAY IN PARIS.
Paris, July 15,
A commemorative ceremony took page on the 14th before the sepulchre of the Unknown Soldier, in the presence of an enormous crowd of people. Detachments of all branches of the armed ser- vies stond in impressive silence before the sepulchre, at the side of which were members of the government, Marshals, and members of the Diplomatic Corps. A squadron of aeroplanes flew over the sepulchre Havna.
JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.
London, July 15.
The Daily Telegraph's New York representative foreshadows the renewal of the immigration agitation in Japan in consequente of orders issued by the Department of Labour that Japanese Residents in Howali will be barred from admission tinental United States,Bruter,
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to the
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH MEXICO,
Mexico City, July 15,
The American Ambassador, Mr. Warren, who was in charge of the British Interests In Mexico, says ho le returning to Washington to resign, having accomplished his mission for the resumption of Americo-Mexican diplomalle relations-Reuter's American Service.
MALARIA IN RUSSIA.
Moscow, July 15.
An International, Conference, including representatives of the League of Nations from eleven European countries, held here to discuss means to combat malarla, has, decided to despatch a Com- miasion to the Ukmine, Volga, Caucasuo and Donetz regiona to study preventive measures on the spot-Router.
shop at No. 283 Hollywood Road, and applied to withdraw the case, bezzling several hundreds of dullers | Defenditit” was charged with em during the firm's three years' existence. He was alleged to have cheated his other partners on no less than 15 ocessions. The exnet, But involved in
known. At the previous bearings the Magistrate ardored that only the sums embezzled during the yone be the subject of the charge. The total amount involved in 1928) was $2.70, said to have taken nise times to embezzle.
At two previous bearings the ense was adjourned as the firm's accountant, Like prosecution's. material witness, failed to oppenr. After the last bearing the magia. trato issued a subpoena, which was not served apon the man concerned. Mr. Haywood said that as the subpoena, was tot served the preseention would offer no evidence เอม the defendant. but would take proceedings against him later if necessary.
Mr. Buss paid that the next] person to take praeceilings would be his client, and not others.
Mr. Haywood remarked that the Magistrate did not know the facts of the ease, and that he was not withdrawing because the coo was a bail one, to which Mr. Rus replied that the case had beets vary Auspicious from the beginning. It was an extraordinary thing to tako ut & suminon, and then not pro. duce any witnesses.
Calling the consplainant, another partner of the firm, his Worship suid that thu anse was a disgra ceful one that should never have
been brought to court. Ho bad brought his solicitor to court twice for nuthing. Ho (the Magistrato); would award the dofondauf, the 35 engle, which was all that he find the power to award.
Worship and that the caso was Turning to the defendant, bis dismissed.
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