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24, 1919.

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LONDON, October 19.

LONDON, October 21st. Parliament reassembles to-morrow. The Members intend to press the Government to give an opportunity for the immediate discussion of national finances, which sub, ject is at present engrossing general attention.

Lord Buckmaster moves, in the House of Lords. that further taxation is essen¬

position:

Mr. Lloyd George, yesterday, presided as a finance meeting of the Cabinet, which is considering retrenchcient in public Departments,

The Times' aeronautical correspondent says the Vickers vimy commercial in view of the gravity of the financial cial aeroplanes ordered by China are similar in type to the winner of the transatlantic fight. Their length is 42 feet, their height 15, their span 67 feet. They have two Rolls-Royce engines, totalling 750 horsepower, and are capable of a maximum speed of 105 miles an hour, and a cruising speed of 90 miles. They will carry petrol sufficient for a six hour flight. Extra tanks can be fitted if necessary. They require two pilots. The cabin is enclosed and can seat twelve passengers, whose safety and comfort is in everywise studied. Future travel in China will be the height of speed and luxury. The maximum weight of freight and mail, will be 2,000 pounds A number of skilled pilots, ergineers, and organisers shortly proceed to China to establish the services. The result must be in enormous quicken ing up of communications, and have very far-reaching political, economica), and commercial effects.. Soon China should assume an entirely different aspect as a world factor.

CHINESE LOAN OVER-SUBSCRIBED.

LONDON, October 23. The Chinese loan mentioned on Oct. 13 was largely over-subscribed.

"TIMES" ON SILVER SHORTAGE.

TOO MUCH SILVER MONEY IN BRITAIN.

LONDON, October 23.

The Times in a leader says there seems a reasonable hope that there. will shortly be a check on the certiand and some increase in the supply of silver. Mexican production is increasing and is undoubtedly susceptible of great development. Substitutes for silver currency may be adopted much more generally than hitherto. The silver circulation in Britain is now This seems £50,000,000 compared with £15,000,000 before the war. unnecessarily large. There should be ample margin for letting some go where it is much more urgently wanted.

COTTON CONFERENCE.

GAMBLING CONDEMNED,

NEW ORLEANS, October 23.. The cotton conference urged British spinners to serċ representatives to buy cotton direct from the farmers. Speakers agreed that no grbitrary price can be fixed for a given period. Cotton-growers suggested the condemnation of the practice of selling cotton or call and of all gambling in cotton and other necessities.

NEW YORK STRIKE.

SITUATION NOW ACUTE.

NEW YORK, October 19,

Capt. Worthington Evans states that the peasions estimates have exceeded hundreds of thousands and will probably Winston Churchill states that the £100,000,000 this year. economic position of the Empire is sound and strong, but the finances are woefully deranged, though superior to any except America's. All minds should be turned to the financial problema

Enormous debt was the ranin case of the rise in prices, therefore a substantial dimination of debt must be the first step towards the improvement of the purchas ing power of money. The first object of the Government was to reduce expendi

This was impossible in 1919 but. mast be achieved in 1920.

ture.

BRITISH LOAN TO STABILISE EXCHANGE..

NEW YORK, October 21st. Messrs. Morgan & Co. announce the issue of a $250,000,000 British loan, the proceeds to be used to take up 133,000, DOO. worth of 5 per cent. British nates fall- ing due on November 1st.

The remainder will be available for Britain's requirements here,

The dotation is expected to stabilise Exchange considerably.

TURKEY DAILY GETTING WORSE.

LONDON, October 21st. A Greek official statement asserts that the situation in the interior. of Turkey is daily getting worse.

The new Cabinsk Committee, seems

controlled by the pro German Young

determined to resist the decisions of the Peace Conference as far as possible, and continues it efforts to extendinate all

Christians.

A rupture between the Sultan and the Young Turks, who wish to replace him by Prince Mehmet Selim, is, apparently im minent.

·GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED,

COPENHAGEN, October 20tr

A telegram from Riga states that the Lett Premier announced that a German

Despite the settlement cabled previously, the longshoremen have not returned to work. Shipping interests have arranged to utilise strike- breakers protected by military if the men do not return by October 20. The situation is acute. Labour Secretary Wilson has appointed a concilia-attack on Cardvinsk fortress, on Satur tion committee headed by the Mayor of New York to endeavour to settle the controversy.

CHINESE LABOUR. NO LONGER WANTED IN FRANCE.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUICK, REPATRIATION.

PARIS, October 19.

In the Chamber M. Lebrun, the minister for the liberated provinces, said the British and French governments had decided on measures for re- placing Chinese labour and repatriating the Chinese at the rate of 15,000 monthly.

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Lt Shih-bao will probably be pro- moted Minister of Finance, and Teng Yuching Minister of Com munications, while Wu Ping-being will be appointed Minister of the Interior.

JAPANESE POLICE INTRUSION TO BE CHECKED.

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The Central Government has in- structed the Tuchun of Kirin to pre- Įvent the intrusion of Japanese police. men, ostensibly for the airest of Koreans

DEATH OF AN EXPERIENCED DIPLOMAT.

are also not satisfied with Kan Wan. pang Premier.

MOVEMENT AGAINST YEUNG 1-TAK.

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En Shing-to, a lawyer, bes made out sight charges against Yeung Ital, one of which is that he was. in favour of the movement made to appoint Yuan Shi-kai Emperor of China.

day night, was repulsed

Several attacks near Friedrichstadt, 35 miles from Rign, were likewise repulsed. The British and French Fleets continue to support the Letts, thus inspiriting the population.

AERONAUTICS.

Losnos, October 21st.

The Australian airman, Captain G. C. Matthews, started from Hounslow this morning on his fight to Australia for the Australian Government's prize of £10,000.

MINE ACCIDENT.

LONDON, October 21st. Owing to the collapse of a winding engine. it is reported that at least 40 miners were killed and many injured in the Levant Mine near Penzance.

THE COTTON CONFERENCE.

NEW ORLEANS, October 17th, The Cotton Conference has adopted the American proposal, that the Congress place at the disposal of the War Finance Corporation $1,000,000,000 for the par- The studenta in Hankow hare tele-pose of stabilising foreign exchange. graphed to the Premier demanding also a sum sufficient to finance the ex- the dismissal of Yeung I-tak.

portation of at least 1,000,000 bales of cotton

THE TIBET QUESTION,

The Peking Government has de cided to await the return from Paris of Luk Ting-cheong, the Foreign Minister, before discussing the Tibet question.

CANTON SOLDIERS MARCHING

AGAINST FUKIEN.

The Conference rejected the growers recommendation condemning the sale of cotton on call and gambling in cotton, but adopted recommendations opposing the Government ixing of cotton prices and the embargo of cotton in peace time. and demanding that the selling price of cotton should allow a fair profit.

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TRAFALGAR DAY.

LONDON, October 21st. On the occasion of Trafalgar Day,"

Li Hau-ki, the Mistary Governor the has of the Nelson column in Tra of Fulier, hus telegraphed to the falgar Square was decorated with wreaths Peking Government that Canton sol-from numerous warships and naval bases, also from the Dominions' High Commis diers are marching against Tukiensioners. Lady Fremantle placed a special soldiers.

wreath on the tomb of Nelson at St. Paul's.

INTERNAL PEACE.

WA

Dean Inge preached a memorial sermon Kao Erh-kien, former Vice-Minis

at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Ho "de- clared that, in spite of the disquieting ter for Foreign Affairs, who partici-

symptoms, there was no proof that we pated in the Macao delimitation,

Wong Top-tong, the chief North-were a decadent nation, but our best ele died last night. Educated in France, ern delegate," has naked permiation ments must unite and organise, for the deceased was an experienced from the Peking Government to re-were confronted with a hard struggle diplomat and a man of high inters to Peking. He made this would the seoffers give us instead!

Some scoffed patriotism, but what quest after a bomb was found in his residence.-Hongkong Ohinese Com- mercial News.

grity.

TIENTSIN STUDENTS AGAIN ACTIVE.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 23.

CHILDREN'S COLDS.

The studente in Tientsin are again WHY let the chil 'ren rack their little bodies in such a distressing man- active. They held a meeting recent-

ly and decided to demend the dis-er when you can so easily cure their colds with a bottle of Chamberlain's raisal of Yeung I-tak, the Superin Cough Remedy For sale by tendent of Police in Tientsin. They Chemists and Storekeepers.

Dean Inge remarked that the present day popular culture had no roots. One of the most needfal things in national education was the inclusion of intelligent teaching of English history.

THE SILVER MARKET.

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LONDON, October 17th. The silver market is quiet.

LONDON, October 18th. The silver, market is steady. (Continued on Page 8.)

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