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日十二月九未已次共华人國夹源中

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(Reuter's Service to the China Mai.),

INTERRUPTED ET U.S. STRIKE."

LONDON, Nov. 11. As a consequence of the American strike the "Asriatic" is expected at Plymouth at midnight on Thursday, after a fortnight's passage. She is bringing back the cargo embarked at Southampton as she was unable to unicad. The "Mauretania" left New York on Oct. 29 für Halifax where she was seriously delayed. She required 3,000 tons of coal.

DOCK STRIKE FINISHED.

LONDON, Nov. 7. The Times says the New York dock strike has ended, the men resume ing work at their former wages.

THE U.S.L. COAL STRIKE.

WASHINGTON, November 7... The coal committee has ordered the discontinuance of coating foreign shipe until the end of the miners' strike.

At the international labour conference Mr. Gompers denied that the output could be increased by lengthening the hours of work. He proposed that the whole question of hours be referred to a commission. This was defeated by 40 votes to 30.

·AILVER. EXPORT LICENCES.

THE GERMAN MARK NOT WORTH TUPPENCE.

LONDON, November 11..

The bullon market was informed yesterday that a licence would be necessary before silver could be exported. German marks were quoted at 150 for the pound sterling in London yesterday.

POULET'S FLIGHT.

LONDON, November 9. Aviator Poulet flew over the Taurus mountains and reached Adana.

STATE: ILECTIONE IN U:S.A..

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NEW YORK, November 11. The Republicans won many striking successes in the state elections, notably in Massachusetts where Mr. Coolidge was re-elected governor by a huge majority. The Tammany candidates at New York were decisively beaten. President Wilson from his sick-bed telegraphed to Governor Coolidge congratulating him on the victory of law and order. This is the first time a president has congratulated a candidate of opposite party to his own.

TREASURY BILLS HIGHIR.

LONDON, November 7, The rates for British Treasury Bills have been raised. Three month and six month Bills are up to 5 per cent.

THE RUSSIAN 'MIX-UP.

HELSINGFORS, November 7. The Prussian Guards re-attacked the Lettish positions near Grobin, seven miles from. Libau. They were repulsed with the help of British naval guns and suffered heavy losses. General Yudenitch is a com- munique says the White troope recrossed the line 18 miles west .of Gatchina and are concentrating for a counter-attack,

QUAE FOR LEPROSY DISCOVERED ?

AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE TAKEŃ WITH RESERVE,

HONOLULU, November, 11.

It is announced that complete cures of leprosy have been effected at Kalihi hospital. Twenty patients have been discharged in the past few months without one recurrence of the disease. The only medicine used in the treatment is chaulmogra oil, perfected by a refining process discovered by Doctor Dean, professor of chemistry and president of the University of Hawaii. The blood tests of the discharged patients revealed no trace of the leprosy germ.

GERMAN BREACHES. OF ARMISTICE.

A PROTOCOL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES,

PARIS, November 7.

The Supreme Council's protocol, which has been forwarded to Ger- many, recites the list of Germany's violations of the armistice terms, and declares they are very grave. It instances the destruction of the feet at Scapa and the destruction of a number of submarines en route to surren- der, which cannot be overlooked. Accordingly Germany mast undertake to deliver within sixty days of signing the protocol the light cruiser Koenigsberg, Pillau, Graudenz, Regensburg and Trassburg, and within ninety days thereof the floating docks, cranes, tugs, and dredgers equivalent to a displacement of 400,000 tons. The German naval men from Scapa will not be repatriated until Germany has complied. Furthermore as compensation for the unlawful destruction of the sab marines Germany must surrender certain U boats, engines and motors, and pay the Allies the value of the exported aeronautical material. The protocol warns them that in the event of noncompliance within stated. times, the Allies reserve the right of taking all military and other coercive measures considered appropriate.

A note accompanying the protocol lavites Germany to participate in the final ceremony of depositing the final ratification at Paris at an early date, whereafter the treaty comes into force. The Alles, however have decided that the treaty shall not be in force before Germany undertakes to execute her outstanding obligations.

Therefore the Allies request the German government to give the representative appointed to sign and deposit ratifications plenary powers also to sign this protocol. The note recapitulates the consequences which will erisue on the application of the treaty, including the exercise of functions by the interallied Rhine commission, the military, naval, and aeronautical control delegations, and the reparations commission. These will include the transfer of Merel and the Sair districts, the tem- porary transfer of Upper Silesia, and a plebiscite in the territories of Slesvig and East Prussia, with the withdrawal of German troops and authorities from these districts: The note requests the despatch to Paris by Nov. 10 of German representatives qualified to settle these matter. Finally the German government is reminded that it must arrange to transport Allied troops to these territories in accord with the wishes of Marshal Foch.

SILVEE

CAUSES OF HIGH PRICE.

LONDON, Nov. 11.

Montagu's report on November 6 says the stock in London la so small that any temporary pressure, for example the considerable shipment to China this week, considerably affects the price. These purchases have been the initial cause of the high prices. Much business was done for forward delivery, for which the demand is now far less keen The prohibition of export except by licence is obviously a precaution against the illegal use at allver currency The French government has prohibited the export of silver but this may be only a temporary measure."

(Continued On Paga" 5.)

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

HAVAS REVIEW.

PARIS, November 7th.

A Haysa mesango Kaya:— In an important speech delivered yesterday at a banquet of the French financial and economie Fresa. M."Klotz, Minister of Finance, said that the French foreign debt is now, in round figures. 30-000,000,000 francs, or £1.900,000,000. Of this sum, 97,000,000,000 francs is owed to the British and American Treasuries."

Against

shik debt

сеп Bet 19.000,000,000 francs owed to us by the different Allies and foreign countries. 40.000,000,000. the amount of our foreign: investments before 1914, and the indeter- minated indemnity which we shall receive From Germany -

we

M. Lebrun, Minister for the Freed Areas, has been dismissed. M. Tardieu, General Commissioner for France on

Following the lead of the French Poet Office the British Post Office will next Monday, start an air mail service between London and Paris.

American Affairs, succeeds him

The fall text of the Note from the Posse Conference to the German Government regarding the unfulfilled conditions of the Armistice Convention and Agree ments with the protocol which Germany is to be called upon to sign. was published yesterday evening.

A certain number of these unexcented or incompletely executed stipulations were renewed in the Treaty of Versailles, which, when it comes into force, will render applicable the sanctions provided

for.

The Allied Fowers expressly confirm the contents of their notes of execution, of which the protocol agrees to carry oat loyally and strictly

In the case of failure in execution- by Germany, the Allied Powers reserve the right to have recourse to any coercive mensures military or other. which they may deem appropriate.

"NEW PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSE."

Loxpo. November 7th. An announcement by the Royal Society. described in the Press as overthrowing a certainty of ages and requiring a new philosophy of the universe, has aroused very intense interess in scientific circles. in view of its all-important bearing on the fundamental physical problem..

Sir Frank Dyson, Astronomer Royal, hoa expressed his conviction that the results of the recent experiments were definite and concluzive that light from the stars, (as it passed the sun was defected owing to the presence of the sun, the deflection being closely according to the theoretical degree predicted by Professor. Einstein, namely, a defection of twice the amount laid down by Newton.

The discussion which followed was very intricate, no speaker succeeding in giving a clear non-mathematical statement.

The results of the experimenta were generally accepted, but the theoretical bearings provoked much debate.

Special interest was attached to the presence of Bir Oliver Lodge, who, in February, asserted that deflection, it observed, would follow the law of Newton. The meeting was very disappointed, for Sir Oliver left early without contributing to the discussion.

As far as can be described in every-day Prose, the position is stated to be that the Newtonian principles assume that space invariable, but certain physical facts suggest that space may acquire a twist or warp, as. for instance, under the influence of gravitation, this dislocation applying to instruments of measurement so well as to things measured,

Professor Einstein's doctrins is that the qualities of space, up to the present beliored to be absolute, are. relatire to their circumstances.

"FIGHT THE FAMINE" COUNCIL.

LONDON, November 7th, The International Economic Confer ence,, convened by the Fight-the- Famine" Council, which concluded in London yesterday, passed a resolution dwelling on the imminent danger of a widespread famine in Europe, declaring that no adequate steps had been taken to cope with the appalling situation which will menace Britain and other countries and urging the Inter-Allied Commissions to publish the fullest possible information on the subject.

The Conference expresses the opinion that the industrial re-organisation of the world cannot be effective until Russia is economically restored, the first step to which is the cessation of forcible inter- Vention by foreign Powers.

Finally, the Conference" demands the amendment of the economic clauses in the Prace Treaty as largely responsible for the disorganisation of production and credit.

CHINESE TELEGRAMS, —

[By Arrangement with the Wah Tsz Yat Po.]

SHANGHAI, Nov. 12. Kung Ling Yee, the celebrated descendant of Confucius, has died at Peking.

General Chu Shu Taang the high Commissioner to Urga telegraphed the Péking Government TC- commending t to give the living Buddha" a higher rank. as a condition of his cancellation of Mongolian Independence. Ee further suggested that four Defensive Commissioners be appointed to Outer Mongolia. It is noteworthy that General Chu's telegram practically recommends himself to be one of sach Commissioners.

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