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which it was agreed that Britain's: treaty with Iraq should torminate upon Iraq becoming a momber bi the League of Nations. Once Iraq's boundaries wero sottled, she was to apply for admission to the Longuo. Britain's mantlato in Iraq has, hitherto, been a costly maltor, and there is not a small section of the British public which is in favour of leaving Iraq to manage per own aflairs once the boundary dispute with Turkey has been disposed of.
Now comes thin League of Natious decision, which is that the boundary provisionally fixed Installing
at Brussels shall be maintained, PYRENE that there will be provision for free economic Intercourse bep TO-DAY ween Mosul and Turkish Kurdis- ta and the unrestricted use of Inspection the Kurdish language. This award
is made provisional upon the sub-, Invited
mission by the British Govern. |ming of a new Anglo-Iraq treaty," al
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Britain's mandate for a further Period of twenty-five yours. This the Council of the League seeks to settle, at one sweep, the rexud question of the boundary and the jéqually voxal question of Iraq's protection and proper administra. tion. It now remains to be seen whether Turkey will requiesce'in this award or whether she will dispute it by force of arms, Bo- fore the League's decision was known Great Britain had dati- fully pledged her acceptance of the award no matter what it was, but surely the British House of!
· Commons is going to have some- thing to say about the commit-
THE MOSUL PROBLEM, ment of Britain to further ex- pense for a further 25 yours? Yet The House of Commons vote is,
Provided that Turkey decides view of the composition of the to abide by the decision of the House, sure to be favourable, and Council of the League of Nations it is only Turkey's attitude that It is said and provided that the Government is the unstable factor.
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of Great Britain is prepared to that the decision will come as continue the exercise of its man- rude shock to Constantinople, but date for a further period if 25 it is to be hoped that there will he years, the vexed question of the very carefid reflection and no future of Iraq and the settlement precipitate action.
Fire Dangers.
ARMISTICE DAY IN LONDON.
Pictures show Armistice Day scenes in London. Top photograph depicts the ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall; whilst below is seen part of the innumerable gathering of city workers outside the Royal Exchange, bareheaded during the two-minute silonce,
DAY BY DAY.
WITHOUT FAITH A MAN CAN DO
NOTHING; BUT FAITH CAN STIFLE ALL SCIENCE--Antiel,
COOLIE MURDERED.
KOBBERY BELIEVED THE
MOTIVE.
Yesterday morning the body of enolie, with his throat cal open, was found lying in a ditch on the Shatin side of Beacon's Hill. Denth ocurred the previous
The opening rate of the dollara on demand to-day was 2s, 4.3/16d.
A cyclone or typhoon is ropert ed N.W. of the Pelew islands, in-night, the clothing of the dead clining northward..
man having been rifled of all valuables.
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ROBBERS SCARED.
LEAVE CHICKENS BEHIND.
How a blessing came in alarm-
guts to the immates of No. 32. Western Street, was reluted With some amusement in police circles to-day.
It is stated that when a gang of armed robbers visited the house in question. yesterday afternoon, they took with them two chickens Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlu w The victim of what is now be which were essential adjuncts to of its boundaries has at long last
& Co. will remain open to-morrow lieved by the police to be a case their pose of being poultry deals been solved. Negotiations have!
afternoon (Saturday, for the con-of robbery and murder, has beeners. They found only an elder Even su protracted and so confused
identified as a coolfe working only woman and a servant girl on One of the greatest problems venience of Christmas shoppers,
the catchwater in the area. Re-the premises, but their scheme that the ordinary an in the which faces our fire-lighting ser
Mr. P. 4. Cox, Assistant
awry when the woman strert can be readily forgiven for vices when dealing with outbreaks i
in the purely Chinese districts is Oriental Manager of the Canadianes, seen by the polies yester- went
ceased had a watch and some forced to leave the floor in a not having followed them, and as caused by the type of tenement Facific Steamships, Lad, stationed day, disclosed the fact that the de-screamed for help and they were There are doubtless a great many building, which in all too many at Shanghai, is in Hongkong on a
money, probably amounting to hurry. Ja their anxiety to escapo, is Much
$10, on him when he was robbed, they paid no heed to the chickens, as groutly to short visit.. persons who know but little aluteuses
obstruct and minimise the efforts
The body was yesterday taken which were left behind, as well the Mosal dispute we shall, at of the Brigade. Apart from the
Mr. G. E. Costello, agent of the
to the Kowloon Mertuary.
as a number of daggers.
been allowed to The police are making en- inmates have first, attempt a brief outline of it. flimsy character of many of the Canadian Pacific Steamships, down on structures, and the splitting up of Ltd., at Yokohama, came By the series of wars begins the buildings into wooden cubicles, the Empress of Caneda, or a visit quiries, but no arrests have been retain the poultry.
made so far.
with the Turco-Italian war nf}
the majority of these places have to Hangkang, accompanied by 1911 and ending with the Great narrow wooden staircases which Mrs. Costello. War in 1918, there was brought about the break up of the old
toman Empire and the creation
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are not only of a most inflamma-
ble material, but which, by reason
Among the passengers who res
U. S. AND PERSIA.
ENGLISH CUP.
WORLD COURT.
The
AMERICAN PARTICIPATION
DISCUSSED.
Washington, Dec. 17.
The galleries of the Senate were crowded at the beginning of eon-
of their narrowness, act as flues turned to the Colony yesterday by when there is anything like the Empress of Canada were Mr.
MR. COOLIDGE'S TELEGRAM. of seven new States. One of strong wind blowing, thus mate. J. Finlay Miller, Mr. J. McHut- those new States is Iraq, known rially helping in the spread of the cheon, Mr. A. C. Dome. Mr. A. S.
fames; besides which, whole Dubbay and Mr. F. Ellis.
Washington, Dec. 17. to Europe formerly as Mesopota-floors are often cut off and the
The publication. of a telegram! It is reported that subsoquent mia, and it is one of the mandated escape" of occupants made extre territories to Great Britain. The mely difficult. Happily, concroto jupon the dismissal of the assist- from President Coolidge congrata- structures are now coming more ant civil engineer of the Cantonating the new Shah is interpreted Turkish frontiers were into favour, and their advantages section of the Canturi-Kowloon as settling the question of the gideration of the question of Ameri- settled by the Lausanne Treaty over the old type of building were Railway, which the employees United States' recognition of the cau membership of the world court. new regime in Persia, and paving on ratification of the resolution of July, 1923, with the exceptionalearly demonstrated a few days demanded from the manager of
ago when an outbreak occurred in the Railway, the strike has been the way for Mr. Hofman Philip, moved by the Domocrat, Mr. Swan- the newly-appointed Minister to son, whose fiction was in the nature of the Turco-leag "runtier, which First Stroos. This building, boing of called off,
Tehran," to proceed thither from of a novelty, since the original was left over to be made the the new type, was so structurally
A quarrel whish took place Paris.—Renter's American Service, measure was a Republican one- subject of specjalnegotiations be-designed as to render relatively
Renter's American Service, easy the work of the firemen. No yesterday in a marriage hout in tween Turkey and Great Britain. difficulty was experienced in run-the harbour between the master But these negotiations overning a hose up the stairs, with land his four sons is supposed to came to fruition, and, after the the result that the firemen were have led to the former's sudden able to night the blaze at close immersion in the water. Boing historic meeting in Brussels be- !
quarters and to confine it to eventually resoned by the police, tween representatives of Britain the floor where the outbreak he blamed his four sons for the and Turkey, the matter of fixing originated. Thus, within twenty bruises on his body. The sons, the frontier, was referred to the minutes of the appearance of the as a result of this accusation, Brigade on the spot, the fire was tave hoon detained by the police. League of Nations. The Brussels under complete control, whilst
The following appointments cpaference, however, did fix only one floor muffered damage,
Had this boeg 4 building of the have been made by the Admiralty provisional boundary
old type, we may he wire that to H. M. S. Yarmouth and H. M. generally referred to
the far bigger disaster would 5. Calliope for trooping duties, recorded, and to ships on the China station: Brussels Lines and this gave to have. Iraq the important tow and dis-The lessons from this particular-Capt. E. W. Iacon to Yar- fire ara obvious--namoly, that the mouth, in command; Capt. M. B. trict of Mosul, which the Turks greatest possible regard should Birkett to Ajax for Calliope, have always claimed should re- be paid jy the acting of plans for December 3, and to Calliopo in main under their control. Rean-Bew buildings to sup that every command on commissioning, for ATTACK ON CONSTABULARY precaution is made to render age out and home; Lieut.
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had to bo
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TWO MORE RESULTS.
London, Dec, 17. Re-plays in the English Cupi to-day, resulted as follows: Rochdale 1 Chilton Charlton 1 Rangers
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LISBON CABINET.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER'S TASK.
Lisbon, Dec. 17.
Senhor Antonio Maria Silva, head
of the Democratic Party, has been -Reuter, officially charged with the task of
forming a new Cabluet-Indo-. pacifi.-
ULSTER POLICE.
BARRACKS.
An altercation between two deulors and a number of enolies on one of the wharvos at the. Kowloon Godowns yesterday, re- sulted in a generai melee in which the dealers sustained wounds in the head. Order was restored by the palice, who arrostad one of the coolics engaged in the fight.
the Kwong Wah Hospitni,
ing parallel with this question ofthent as far fire-proof as is pos- Commdr. 1. J. Anderson-Mors-
London, Dec. 17. Iraq's boundary has been that of sible. If that polley had been head to Yarmouth, Novombar 1,
Several ster policemen recent her future protection and ad-strictly followed in the pani, fire and to Blueball on arrival qu
ink would not be nearly soetation: Ligut-Corumdr. Langly dismissed from the sorview ministration. Originally Britain great as they have been. But if don-Jones to Cicula fadditional have rioted and altecsed the cen- undertook a mandate for 20 is something to realise that there December 12, and in command, tabulary barracks. Several of the yoare, but a new arrangement is to-day's grouter moasure of 41-fundated; Paymaster Command police in the barracks were taken The injured mon were taken to
tention paid to these mattora H. M. Richardson, O.B.E., to Yor
prisoner-Indopacif. was made in April, 1923, by than was ever the case before. Imouth,