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LONDON, December 23.

A report bas just been issued by an important coinmittes (under the chairmanship of Sir Richard VassL? Smith, the new chairman of Lloyd's} }; which was appointed in 1917 to en- quire concerning the provision of Anancial facilities for post-war trade, The committee" thinks that existing institutions with certain extensions ought to be able to provide suficient facilities without State intervention. It emphasises that an early return to an effective gold standard is the only proper check on undue expan sion of credit, and recommends the cessation of State borrowing as early as possible, all available money being required for financing commerce and industry.

The report incidentally makes an interesting suggestion in connection with profit-sharing. It says it would be got thing if a portion of all new capital sues of preferential shares in industrial concerns, and giving good return, were reserved for work. people.

AUSTRALIA.

TRADE MARK LAW.

Loxoox, December 23,

A message from Melbourne states that the Victoria Assembly has pass ed a Bill requiring that all goods he marked clearly with the name of the country of their origin. The Bill prevents German goods, after pu- ing the Customs," being labelled made in Australia." Goods impro perly lubelied are liable to forfeiture, also to substantial fines.

IN GERMANY.

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.

LONDON, December 23: Amsterdam reports a message from Berlin to the effect that the result of the elections should be known on TaDuner +25. The National Assem- bly is to meet the week following. and sit for at least eight weeks. The meeting place has not yet been fixed upon.

TOLD HOW TO VOTE. General von Gontard, commander of the Fourteenth Baden Army Corps, has issued a proclamation declaring that the army's votes nust be given to the Social Democrats nou, se a list parties when orta and against the Spartacus party.

AERIAL FATALITY.

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Losnos, December 29.

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Renter's Service ta the China Mfail.) XMAS IN LONDON.

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LONDON, December 24. The Christmas rush exceeded all expectations. Markets were storried by crowds. Turkeys were unobtain abla. Pathways in the shopping dis tricts of the West End were impass. able. Restaurants and teashops were obliged to close thei: doors.

HOLLAND'S REYOLUTION.

LONDON, December 24 Amsterdain reports that the Dutch Premier, interviewed by Reuter, de-

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

MR. CHURCHILL'S FORECAST.

LONDON, December 3rd Mr. Winston Churchill made a detailed statement at a Conference of the Trades Udions Advisory Committee and e- ployers, outlining the measures taken to facilitate the turnover of industry from a war to a peace basis.

Ho sail the stocks of war materiale were approximately one thousand mil lion sterling. They act to be carefully disposed

of without dislocating normal; industries The Headquarters Staff

of November 11th exceeded the Ministry on 20,000 of whom between 4,000 and 8,000- would be released by January let The

clared the revolutionary movement,munition Inspection staff areceded 70,000

in Holland to be dead; but it was impossible to say it would not be resurrected:

BESARABIA JOENS RUMANIA.

LONDON, December 24,

A messige to Puria from Jessy swyn. the Besarabian National Council has now voted in favour of definite union, without reservation, with Rumania..

LITHUANIA

LoxDay, December Capehagen, reports that a Soviet -Government Has Been established in Lithuania. with Headquarters ut Riga.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

LEAGUE OF, NATIONS.

SENATOR LODGE AND PRESIDENT WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS.

WASHINGTON December 22nd.

of whom 68 per cent. were women. Al- ready 23,000 inspectors had been released.

In November the output was the high- et ever reached. Sir Douglas Haig's artillery in 15 successive days discharged over 12,000 tons of

daily. During shells October the

average production of filled shells was over 41,000 tons weekly. The army's anshakeable confidence in the -shells and guns was the best tribute to the efficiency of the output Hy Xmas 230,000 persons will flave left munitions production. Very large numbers ware already being re-employed in peace

work.

The change over in the steel trado working most satisfactorily. The prices of steel bad been fixed until

May

Is the All restrictions on the

the purchase, and manufacture of machine-tools had been removed. Large stocks of non-ferrous, metals had already been placed on the market and supplies of numerous other controlled materials had been relenaed. The relaxation of Government control was proceeding daily, Priority classif cations for manufacture had been abolish- fed. Bleasures were being taking to devo lep alternative production during the transition period and in connections with these the Dominions had been

In the Senate. Senator Lodge, the Revited to place orders through the minis publican leader, advocated the postpone

tent, until after the conclusion of peace, executive bad ordered 3.000 locomotives try at advantageous terms. The railway of the Eve of President Wilson's fourteen and 14000 wagons and there would be points, namely the League of Nations;

the freedom of the Seas; secret diplomacy large orders for Government bousing economic barriers; and redaction of arms schemes. The widest steps were being ments. He declared that to bring forward taken to adapt munition works for the propositions not inseparably connected manufacture of articles of commercial making a binding peace with Germany Mr. Churchill, in conclusion, fore- with the immediate and dificult task of use. might ruin all, by trying to do too much shadowed in at once.

RUSSIA:.

ALLEGED COUNTER-REVOLL-

TIONARIES SHOT

COPENHAGEN, December 23rd.. A telegram from Biga" states that the Bolshevists shot 480 alleged counter-revolų tionaries at

INTERNATIONS REVOLUTION

NECESSARY

BAVE RUSSIA.

COPENHAGEN, December 22nd. Danish

to Russia arrived from Petrograd. He quates thas

a very few months that the great industries would have resumed their natural activity. He said there ought to be period of great activity foly lowing, the transitional period.

SHIPPING SITUATION EASIER...

LONDON. December 23rd.

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The Shipping Controller, Sir Joseph P. Maclay, in the course of an interview, me stated that the shipping situation w already much easier." Ships were being placed on trade routes which had been

war.

negloved during theholics of Covere the Bolshevik Government fully under- ment control in its present form, stands that the only, possibility of main- taining its existence lies in an inter- national revelation. The Bolsheviks that if the Entente occupies the Baltic

PRESIDENT WILSON.

Provinces and Ukraine they will be abl ARRANGE VISIT.

Puris reports that un aeroplane they had revolutionised German troops. to revalutionise Franco-British troops, as from Treves crushed down at Rauvres in the vicinity of Paris. Its British

pilot was killed, and an America disbanded Chinese soldiers have joined they will entrain at Charing Cross

General Rhodes, seriously injured.

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PADEREVSKI.

LONDON," December 24. Copenhagen reports that the famous pianist · Padefowski has arrived on board the British cruiser Concord bound ce a missični to Poland.

THE SILVER MARKET..

LONDON, Decentber 27. The Silver Market presents no feature requiring cominent.

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

SAFEGUARDS FOR FUTURE LONDON, December 23. A. Paris-message says, an Allied conference, including the United

States, Great Britain, France, Italy.

The

FOR LONDON LONDON, December 22nd Their only fear is let the Entente occupy at Dover on December 28th and will be President and Mrs. Wilson will arrive Petrograd and Moscow

Connaught... The Minister states that thousands of received by the Red Guards of Rusaid. A batch of China where Their Majesties will welcome them,

and drive to Buckhingham- men, recently repatriated from Russia, ronts will be lined with

-Palace. included a number of trained revolution. They will dine privately with Their

troopa. ary propagandists. -

Majesties. Immediate Allied intervention in Russia President Wilson meets the members of will not meet much resistance but resist the Cabinet on the morning and after- Lace will be considerably increased in the noen of December 27th. There will be s Spring.

He receives an address of welcome to state banquet at the Palace in the evening. the City on December 28th and will be banqueted by the Government in the ever- He visits Carlisle, the birthplace of his mother, on December 29th, receives the Freedom of the City of Manchester the December 22nd next day, and leaves England on Deceni

ber 318. S The Swedish Consul at Reval has arrive PRESIDENT WILSON INVITED TO ed at Stockholm to ask for assistance

Bolshevik invaders

IRELAND.T against the

of Esthonia, The Swedisty Foreign Minister

Lospos, December 23rd. declared that the Rigsdag would never Meetings at Dublin, Limerick and other allow the Swedish Army to leave Sweden. large Irib towns passed resolutions; in- Legation at Stockholm for assistance.

The "Consel is now asking, the British visiting President Wilson to visit Ireland. GERMAN EVACUATION OF REVAL

STOCKHOLM, December 22nd.

THE SPREAD OF BOLSHEVISM. The Danish Minister states that the Austrian Nadek established a school at Moncow where agitators from all parts of the world are trained in order to spread Bolshevism in their

BOLSHEVIK INE countries.

INVADERS OF ESTHONIA

An Eathonism communiqué and dated. and Belgium, will be held there early December 20th, states that there has been

VIENNA THREATENED WITH STARVATION:

VIENNA, December 23rd.

in 1910, with a view to establishing fighting against the Bolsheviks east of The Chiefs of the British Red Cross in

& buss for future atrial navigation.

Dorpat

'IN GERMANY.

The principal subjects for discussion The Bolsheviks occupied Walk Station Austria have declared that unless food in include means to prevent the evasion The British squadron left Reval on set to Tiens immediately at least

December.

200,000 will die of starvation. The people of Customs, barriers, also the preven tion of a rapid conversion of German says that the Germans evacuated Reval.

are already dying like flies. An Amsterdam ressage from Berlin postal or commercial aeroplanes into German troops fought the Bolsheviks near bombing machines. The confer Borny, Shitomio and Ekaterinoslar, ence's decisions will be embodied in A TOTAL OF OVER NINE MILLION. THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT.

COPENHAGEN, December 22nd AMSTERDAM, December 23rd. A telegram

from Retrograd states that | A message from Berlin states; that the the Russian losses in the war totalled Conference at Berlin on the Empire's new 3,150,000 of which 1700,000 were killed, constitution, in which the Secretary of 1,450,000 disabled, 3,800,000 wounded, and State for the Interior and the Austrian

the peace treaty with Germany and her ex-Allies.

*ELECTION RETURKS.

Losos, December 28.

London University

Sir P. Magnus (C.U.) 2,810 Sidney Webb (Láb.),,,2,141

A. Somerville (1.) 2.1855 Sir W. Herringham (1.)- 715 CL Nordon (L) - 210

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ting member gete it:

National University, Ireland --- Prof MacNeill (SF) 1,644 Mr. Conway (N.) ....... 813.

BIG SHIPPING DEAL.

LONDON, December 24. From New York the news is con firmed that the Government secured the Brital, nesets in the International bercantile Marine, in cluding the White Star the Leyland lides, at a price of £25,750,000,

A GERMAN STORY,

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|2,500,000 taken Praag DANN Minister participated, -agreed that the elected President shall be the bead of the Imperial Government with AMSTERDAM, December 22nd.. The Koelniche Folkszeitung states that the United States and the King of Eng way between those of the President of Admiral Sir David Bently at the Naval land:

Armistico negotiations did not ask for theThe President will form his Cabinet on surrender of Butimaripe 28 owing to its Parliamentary principles The Cabinet cruisers, but the German crew disgrace si fing of representatives of the federal glorians recors of torpedoing three British will be susisted by a Staaten Haus con- Zully gave up the submarine an order to

arn the 500 marks promised to each, man republics, corresponding to the American for bringing submarines to England not interfere with the

te. The Staaten Haus, however, will Benate.

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