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The opinion that no conclusion could be reached on the questions either of the evacuation of the Rhineland or of disarmament until the Reparations Experts had finished their labours in Paris was put forward by Sir Austen Chamberlain to press representa- lives at Geneva to-day,
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Geneva, Mar. 6.
The Secretary-General of the League, Sir Eric Drummond, has signed a contract committing the League to expenditure of £1,000 000 for the construction of an Assembly Hall, new Secretariat offices and a new library in Ariana Park.
The architects are submitting the plans of the now building this month and a special committee of Ave to consider the plans has been appointed by the Assembly, --Reuter.
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IN AMERICA.
MR. HOOVER'S ČABINET CONFIRMED.
ONLY TWO FROM COOLIDGE ADMINISTRATION.
THE WORLD COURT.
Washington, Mar. 5.1 That steps are being taken to Recure America's adherence to the Permanent Court of International Justice, which President Hoover yesterday referred to as the most potent instrumentality for the act tlement of controversies between nations ever.conceived, is indicat ed by message from Geneva stating that Mr. Elihu Root has draw up a formula replacing the fifth reservation to adherence.
This reservation is the most dif- 'ficult one as it stipulates that the World Court'shall not, without the connont of the United States, en- tertain any request for an advi- sory opinion touching any dispute or question in which the United States is interested.
New Formula,
OCCUPATION.
AIR PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL BURIED TOWN.
FIND NEAR NORWICH.
London, Mar. 5.
Flying at a height of 2,400 feet, man of the Royal Air Force have taken remarkable photo- graphs of a Roman town buried underneath some - fielda Norwich.
near
This Roman town was known ns Calator, and thereabouts lived 20,000 Romans in the heyday of Roman power in Britain.
It has been observed that only Photographs from on high show stunted crops grow there. that the ruins lie only just beneath the surface and take the definite form of buildings and roads. caught by the camera
Two of the outlines temples.
resemble
Chistor And ila environs straggle over about one thousand acres, but it is believed that by the aid of the photographs archaeologists will be able to go straight to the heart of the town. Consequently, excavations begin shortly.
will
Queen Boadicen ruled the people who were conquered at Caistor by the Romans, and it. Is thought that one line of; research may yield the story of her fight the Romans.—British against
Mr. Elihu Root proposes that machinery should be created to consider specific cases to deter-Wireless. mine. whether the United States really has any interest in any question to be submitted to, the Court for an advisory opinion.
If the signatories to the World Court and the United States are unable to agree whether the Court, should be consulted, Mr. Root suggests that the United States forthwith resign from the
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The U. S. Senate aat today to charge of stowing away on board the s.s. Cremer consider the nominations of Pré- from Singapore, Chi Chow sident Hoover for his Cabinet, Chinese was sentenced to one and the list was confirmed as month hard labour by Mr. follows:
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T. S. Whyte Smith, at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning.
Secretary of State: MP. H. L. Stimson,
Secretary to the Treasury: Mr. A. W. Mellon.
W.
The defendant, who pleaded guilty, was stated to have been found among the passengers with- Secretary for the Interior: Dr. out a ticket. He had apparently R. L. Wilbur. ... gone on board while the ship was "Secretary, of Commercet. Mr.. R. lying alongside the pier at Singa-P. Lamont, and a pore and mixed with the pässen- Secretary for War: Mr. J.
Good... gers. Singapore.
His Worship asked what arrangements could be made for Mitchell. sending him back to his country, and
was told that unless the owners of the Cremer, offered to take him back to Singapore, the defendant would be deported after serving any sentence that his Worship might impose.
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MARKING OF RUBBER ARTICLES.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS “SALE ORDEN."
London, Mar. 5. The Standing Committee under the Merchandise Marks Act has submitted its report following nn investigation into the claims of rubber manufacturers.
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The Committee finds that the applicants have failed to make out a case to require rubber manu- factures. to bear Indication of their origin at the time of importation, but have made out a case for a "Sale Order" as regards many goods.
Attorney-General: Mr. W,
D.,
Postmaster-General:, Mr. W.
Brown.
Secretary to the Navy: Mr. Charles F. Adams, '
Labour Secretary: Mr. J. 3. Davis.
'Secretary of Agriculture: Mr. A. M. Hyde.
It is notable that only two mem- bers of the Cabinet, Mr. Mellan and Mr. J. J. Davis held Cabinet rank during the Coolidge Admini- stration.
Mr. Mellon Challenged,
He Got £.£.D.
Mr. William Cullen Kemp, the "lifelong student." of Columbia University, has died, at the age of 78.
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Tradition has it that Mr. Kemp remained at college because an uncle left him £600 per annum so long as he required it for his studies.
During his long stay he acquired 19 degrees, was dubbed by his fellowstudents "D.P.M.." (Doctor of Perpetual Motion).."
The Treasurer.
Mr. Andrew Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in the United States, was Secretary to the Treasury in the Coolidge Cabinet. Long asso- ciated with Henry C. Frick in the development of coal, coke and fron enterprises, he also interested him- self in the banking business. He retired from the presidency of the Mellon National Bank in 1921 to become Treasurer in the Hardinge Cabinet. He has held the post ever since,
Commercial Magnate.
Mr. Róbert Patterson Lamont is the well-known financier and manu- facturer. He has only recently taken a really active part in polities. He is connected with the Simplex Ry. Appliance Company, American Steel Foundries, First National Bank, Morris Plan Bank, Mont- gomery, Ward and Co., Armour and Co., and the Globe Steel Tubes Com- pany. He served as a major in the Army during the war.
Mr. W. D. Mitchell was Solicitor- General in the Coolidge Cabinet,
Meteoric Rise.
Later, Although the Senate expressed its unanimous approval. of Mr. Hoover's Cabinet,it sanctioned.
Mr. James John Davis, a native the Democrat resolution, demand- ing an investigation of Mr. Mel- of South Wales, was Secretary of lon's right to continue in office on Labour under President Coolidge, the ground that he had violated and retains his post. He went to his parents when the old Statute, forbidding, the América with
of age, and he Secretary of the Treasury to en-eight years gage in business and commerce, gan work na a puddler's 'as- ironworks at the sistant in an Reuter's American Service,
age of 11. He was a puddler at 16, but became a city clerk in 1898, when he was 25. He moved up the scale rapidly from that time on- warda, being principally responsible for the advance of the Loyal Order of Moose, the membership of which
Mr. H. L. Stimson, Perhaps the appointment which
It is, therefore, recommended created the most surprise is that
that an Order-in-Council be made of Mr. H. L. Stimson to direct for the marking when exposed for foreign affairs. He has just re- sale in the United Kingdom, of tired from the Governor-General- increased from 257 to 600,000 while sheet rubber, hose, tubing, tennis ship of the Philippine lalands in he was director-general.
balls, golf balls and similar ar- ticles, Toys are excluded from the recommendation,-Reuter.
THE KING STILL PROGRESSES.
HAS LONG TALK WITH OFFICIAL
order to take up his new office.
Other Cabineteers.
Mr. Stimson was born in New York City in September, 1867. He Mr. A. M. Hyde, the new chief was educated at both Yale and of the Agriculture Department, Harvard and was a graduate of was Governor of Missouri from the Schooloof Law. He was mar 1921 to 1925. Educated at Yalo ried 1899 to Miss Mabel Well- and Harvard, he practised law at Ington/White, Of New Haven Princeton until 1915. He was Connecticut. In 1891 Mr. Stimson Mayor of Princeton from 1908 ti was admitted to the Bar and two 1910. years later became a member of the law firm of Root and Clarke, which later was changed to Root, Howard, Winthrop and Clarke, and still later to Winthrop and Stim-
Mr. Charles Francis Adame chosen as Secretary of the Navy, is the well-known lawyer and Treasurer of the Corporation of Harvard Univeralty College. A famous amateur yachtsman, he is
London; Mar, 5. H.M, the King passed another good day. The sun shone brilan liantly throughout the day, and Throughout his public career a great grandson of the late after sitting in the sun room dur- Mr. Stimson has held the offices President John Quincey Adams and ing the morning, His Majesty went of United States District Attorney a great-great-grandson of the late back to his bedroom, so that he for the Southern District of New John Adams, the second President could get the full effect of the York, Sveretary of War in the of the United States. He
Cabinet of President William Ho- skipper of the yacht Resolute sun from the western windows.
ward Taft, Delegate to the Now which beat Shamrock IV for the Sir Frederick Ponsonby, Keeper York Constitutional Convention, America Cup in 1920.
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of the Privy Purse, visited Cruig special representative of the Pre- Dr. Wilbur is President of Stan- weil House this afternoon at the aident to Nicaragua, and Governor- ford University and a brother of King's command and submitted General of the Philippine Islands. Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur, the retiring some papers to H Majesty. He ale had a long talk with the King-British Wireless,
During the Great War Mr. Navy Secretary,
Mr. W. F. Brown is a lawyer of Stimson sarved with distinction
Toledo, Ohio. with the Field Artillery. He is a Protestant and a member of vari- ous important clubs, lodges and Asked In Parliament if he could fraternities. Mr. Stimson has state when the Channel Tunnel in been an intimate friend of several quiry would begin, and the form it Presidents of the United States, would take. Mr. Baldwin replied including the late Theodore Roo that he could not.
sevelt and President Harding. Chicago.
Mr. James William Good was in charge of the Western head- quarters during the election can- aign. A native of Cedar Rapids, la, he was a member of Congrees during 1909-1923. He retired to engage in the practice of law in
SIX QUESTIONS!
JOHN BARRYMORE
1. The MAN-Up from the mire of an empire he struggles to equality with princes-and a Princess. Will his love be loftier than the triumph of Revolution?
2. The GIRL-High-bred, fine and contemptuous she sneers at the homage of a peasant. But secretly will the melt to the lure of a
virile romance?
ULLRICH
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AT THE
CAMILLA
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1. The FIANCE-By right of caste, by right of precedence, fre claimed her. Will he use the crushing machinery of despotism to hold others. aloof?
4. The GENERAL—A bluff
old 'sentimentalist; an indul..
charitable gent father, a heart bearing the epaulettes of tyranny. Will his be an
ironic fate?
BORIS DE FAS
יז
GEORGE FAWCETT
5. The PEDDLER-A man of one purpose-patient though obused, silent though in sulted, active though op pressed. Will he be a force to upheave society?
6. The FRIEND--Burly and bear-like and plodding-but
a hero-worshipper. Will he be loyal in the climax of intense ordeals of loyalty?
ANSWERED- Amazingly!
by
LOUIS WOLHEIM Thrillingly 1...........
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