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EARLIER TELEGRAMS. (Reuler's Service to the China Mfsit.)

THE FIUME SITUATION.

PREMIER DENOUNCES THE ENTERPRISE.

Rows, September 14th,

In the Chamber, Signor Nitti stated that the latest news is that the situa tion oroated in Fiume by the coup de main was serious because 300 men had entered the town without the right to do so.

He was determined to set so as to avoid grave conficts. He deplored what hap pened because, for the first time, sedition, even for idealistic sims, had entered the Italian Army.

He strongly denounced the adventurous

enterprise and repudiated the reports. that the Government had encouraged it. The Government had taken every measure. would not to prevent the raid and tolerate it.

He deplored military sympathy and stated that steps had been taken to or- ganise the Army Command with a view to eradicating this weakness.

The Premier pointed out the danger through Italy failing to carry out her engagements with the Allies and dwelt on the humilation of the sincere apologies he would be compelled to particularly referred to the betrayal of the interests of the Fatherland by im- perilling indispensable credits from the Allies.

offer.

He announced that an inquiry would be opened at Rome as soon as posiblə to investigate civil and military respon sibility. Eoldiers who failed to report within Ave days after being summoned would be prosecured under the Military Penal Code

He mentioned that Gabriele d'Annur zio's Grenadiers had started at night,nad proceeded in 40 motor ears to Fiume. A battalion awaited them on the armistice line.

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THE BOLSHETIES.

MARCHING ON OMSE.

FOCKHOLM, September 15th. Newspapel reports state that the Bol sheviks have captured Tobolsk and are marching on Omsk

September 17, 1918, Temperature 77. AUREARTAIRI+

ENGLISH BANKER'S

SPEECH.

LYING GERMAN VERSION.

Colonel Aired Gilboy desires to contraciet a report which has re: ocate appeared in a German DGAH- paper of a speech delivered by him at the het annual meeting of the London and Provincial Bank. Un- der the bending" The English Mask Dropped, the Geman organ pub.

shed the following:

A telegram from Helsingfors states that the authorities at Archangel have

The high deal' which the discovered a Bolshevik pict aiming at the surrender of the town by an armed revolt Western: Powers by their waz Seven of the coden have been sentenced machinery have expressed in, that to death, and ye to penal servitude forestanic, document they have named

Ho.

GRAVE RISK OF BEING OUT OFFL Loxson, September 15th

"Peace Tens," so much vaunted on, bigh and promulgated with such pleverness, is exposed wondemusy It is authoritatively stated that the re-by the president of the London and port that the Bolshevika are marching on Provincial Bank, Colonel Alfred Gil-

beg, in the blowing words: Omsk is correct. “

It is true that the Bolshevika in this sector are advancing but, further south, Admiral Koltchak has broken the Bol- shevik Front in three places, so if the Bolsheviks persist in their advance they, run the grave risk of being cut off.

ESTHONIA ACCEPTS OFFER TO NEGOTIATE.

STOCKHOLM, September 15th.

A telegram from Reval states that the Fathonian Government has accepted the Huskian Soviet Government's cer to negotiate peace.

The first meeting of the peace delegates will be held at Petschory, hear Pskoff.

ΤΗΣ EYRIAN QUESTION.

The Commander of the Eighth Army Corps sens the commanders of the detach- the raiders belonged ment to which with the object, of persuading the mis- guided men to return.

D'Anatazio has monounced his intenso tion to instal himself at the offics of the George and M. Clemenceau, in Paris, Army Command of Fiume.

INHABITANTS JOIN RAIDERS.

LONDON, September 'h.

The latest news from Fiume shows that

a number of the inhabitants have joined the raiders, also some Italian sailers who The raiders have pulled swam ashore.

down the French and British daga.

The French and British troops are con fined to barracks. Precise details are at. present lacking.

SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS.

PARI, September 18th.

The Supreme Council mot today, those present being Mr. Frank Polk Mr. Lloyd George, Signor Tittoni and Mar- hal Focht is presumed the Fiume question was discussed.

GENERAL SMUTS' DECLARATION.

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-CAPETOWN, September 15th. General Smuts, in a vigorous speech, in Parliament, declared that South Africa must remain a part of the Empire, | from which it could not secede.

The Union must not be torn to pieces by Nationalist tactics.

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KUMANIA'S EXPLANATION.

PARIS, September 14th. The Rumanian Minister learns from Bukharent that, on September 18th, M. Bratiano resigned.

M. Bratiano explained that his action was due to the belief that Rumania's interests were engered through the Allied request that they should” gelin- quish the undivided possession of Banat and share it with the Magyars and Serba. It is stated that M. Bratiano's successor will be better enabled to submit a con- ciliatory formula to the Allies for safe- guarding Rumania's interests as he will be unpledged, unlike M. Bratiano, re- garding the future of Banat.

REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS.

Love, September 15th. Mengre details are arriving of the revolation in Honduraa During the fighting," San Pedra was partially des

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THE FLEBISCITE IN EAST PRUSSIA.

LONDON, September 15th. News from Polish sources shows that the Germans are elaborately preparing for the forthcoming plebiscite in East Prusaiz: German natives of the Pro- vince are being brought free from other parts of Germany.. It is estimated that 80,000 German votes will thas be obtained.

THE MARATHON REFLOATED.

LONDON, September 16th. The .. Marathon, which recently collided with the Heijun Maru of Dange news has been reflosted. She proceeded to "London on her own stean.

THE FRENCH STRIKES, -

MARSEILLES, September 15th. The atrike bin saded in a victory for the dockers, whose demands have been granted.

***ESTUSIDE, September 15 The Serbian Cabinet resigned be- one it failed to obtain the suppression or modification of the clauses in the Austrian Peace Treaty dealing with the protection of minorities in the territories coded to Serbia which clauses, the Cabinet declares, infringe Serbian sover- eigety, The Government has. retained its power during the eriais.

SOUTH AFRICAN

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CAPETOWN, September 14th, The Senate, by 30 votes to ty passed a motion ratifying the Tret

ALEXANDRIA. September 18th. Emir Feisul arrived here from Damas- eus, to-day, and left on a British destroyer attend a conference with Mr. Lloyd

regarding Syria.

AMERICAN SHIP AND COMMERCE CORPORATION

GRAMP AND KERN COMPANIES JOIN HANDS.

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TRADE.

Details of the big merger by which the business of the Crump shipyard will be absorbed by the newly or guried American Ship and Com- merce Corporation are now officially mide public (says the Philadelphia Ledger. A statement says:-

"The new company has been in- corporated under the laws of Dela-

·ware with a capitalisation (al of one class) of 1,500,000 shares of par value. Not less than 200,000 bares are to be immediately syn- dicated and offered for sale at 40 dos, a share. The company will acquire not. lees than a majority of the capitak stock of the Willia Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, or voting trust certificates therefor, 804,900 shares being available for the fumediate acquisition of the majority interest and further exchange of the remainz. ing Champ shares or other corporate purposes as may be determined, the present basis being five shares of new company stock for each share di Crump. The remaining shares will he issuable for treasury purposes.

"The company will also acquire o controlling interest in 50,000 toms deadweight capacity ocean stearn ships of the new Ke Navigation Corporation, representing a 'recepi- tabiation of the old company of the same name, which company will have outstanding 4,000,000 dots. dass A stock (or equivalent no par share). Hnited to 7 per cent, divi- dends and carrying no voting power, and 10,500,000; class B stock (or equivalent no par shares) carrying rating power of bich later stock. the American Ship and Commerce Corporation wil 7,000,000 dele,

(or equivalent ha par shares), cunh being paid by the holding company into the treasury of the Kerr com pany for that purpose.

The new Kerr Navigation Cor. paration will be acquired as of Janu try 1, 1918, sad in property and contracte and £7,000,000 dola caab --inite treasury, with no liabilities

other than current.

The present operating manage ments of the Camp and Kerr, GCER- panies will remain undisturbed.

* American Ship and Commerce Corporation will also acquire, directly or through subsidiary or ascited companies, so import and export

**** After acquisition of the above intereste the new company will have amostantial cash-balance in ita treasury for the development of in tegrationing trade or for the exten Blora of the business of the Cramp wad Kerr.compatões

**We began this war in order that the industrial power of Ger rupy and the rising infix of Garmon ne shroughout the interna- tional backing world shall be hi- "mately destroyed. We make our encrifices in order that this aim shall be least attained, and we THUND endure all the consequent safering and distress among our members that may become neces sary in coder that this plan stall be fully and completely BCCOOT plished. Prior to the war we aw German competition all around - us everywher state of things that was not much to be desired. Shall this state of things agais. return? No. We must prosecute the war to a triumphal end. "We roust make the power of England greater than at any time in the past. The German must be char ed out of the way for a long time to come. That was our intention when we commenced the war.. **These frink words of a repre-. sentative of the English world of finance, timt, in conjunction with Entente corepanious, has made the terms of Versailles, shall be specially published throughout the whole Ger man newspaper Press, in order that the charge of Germany's guilt in the waz shall be diepowd of throughout the world;"' or as least be made en- tirely to disappear out of Germany. herself. And to such brow-beating bandits as Comel Gülbey will our Kamer be brought, as being guilty, for judgment. A greater scoundrel- for carmot bapper than to have committed a crime and then to accise, and sentence, bce who did not commit the crime, and is in nocent,"

Colmel Gilbey desires to sato that the above report is altogether untrue. The only epcech of Eis to which it could posibly have rear- ence was one which he delivered in January last, when presiding over the ordinary general meeting of the London and Provincial Bank, and this is incapable of any such inter- pretation. The only reference to Germer competition in the speech wue the following:

Like a really successful institu- tions, joint-stock banks come in for a certain amount of criticism, and whilst we are not exactly told we should copy the German ayat- tem, we have been told that we should conduct our business on the lines of the Cherman backs. At the present moment the only concern we bare with the Gea mans is to beat them, and to put a stop to that competition in which we

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THE SHIPPING TROUBLE AT PLYMOUTH.

After having been held up nearly a week at Rotterdam, owing to babour troubles, the Holland America liner" Nieuw Amsterdam," bonind for Now York via Brest, has been delayed another day at Plymouth. This is due to the refiend of the dockers to work overtime owing to the dispute which is in existence as to the rates to be paid for such work, The dockers alim, double rates be tween 5 in the afternoon and 8 in the morning, whilst the employers offer time and half The Pre- muera," of the New Zealand Ship. ping. Co., from Wellington for Lon Goo, vis the Pacame Canal, and the Taion-Cantle liner Gascon were due at Plymouth, but were cediered on to the parts of their destinations as their arrival duting the holiday would have involved delay owing to

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