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OPHTHALMTO OPTICIAN.

31, Gazeta Kind Dental, Hazırkong

No. 18.001.

The China Mail.

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July 13, 1919, Temperature 54

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July 13, 1929. Temperature 30.

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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.

COMPOSITION OF THE COURT. DISCUSSED;

THE HAGUE, July 10.

The international committer of jurists of the Léague of Nations, in a communique, reports that it fixed the fundamental" principles of the com. position of the court, after which the advisory committee discussed the status of judges and tentatively came to the conclusion that as the court must be kept free from political influences, judges could not be removed except for inability to discharge their duties, for which the nanimous vote of the court would be requisite. The court would elect its president, and vice-president, who would be appolated every three years and would be eligible for re-election.

POLISH FRONT BROKEN.

PANIC BREAKS OUT IN VILNA.

LITHUANIA ANXIOUS,

BERLIN, July 10.

Messages from Tilsit "state that the Bolsheviks, after severe fighting, broke through the Polish northern front and crossed the-Beresina at three points. A panic has broken out in„Vilna.. The Bolshevik successes are causing anxiety in Lithuania whence troops have gone to the eastern frontier.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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SPA, July 9th. Ca signing the protocol, the Germans. declared that no clause in the Treaty of fresh territorial occupations, except in the Versailles obliged them to acquiesce in event of failure to carry out the repara-

SP July 10th

trons clauses.

A communiqué issued states that M Millerand referred to the inaccuracy and

seemliness of Herr Stinne's observa- tion and afterwards exclusively addressed the German delegation pointing out Ger- mary's failure to carry out the obligations and the reasonable allied demands, remark- ing that Herr Simons himself recognised the mistakes committed by the approval of contracts of supply of coal to Nentrals by a spontaneous reduction of deliveries with- out the consent of the Reparativos Com- mision. He invited German experts to confer with the Allies on the subject.

Her: Simons explained the German reparations plan which will be presented to the allies on Sunday evening in order to enable a discussion on Monday morning. and indicated the critical condition ef German finances, and said that it was neces- sary to have Allied assistance and that it was also of capital importance fixing a lümp

Losbox, July 10th. The Protocol as signed laying down, with a view to hastening investigation in Public Prosecutor of the Leipzig Court should send direct to the British Attorney- General and Allied Ministers of Justice any demand for information or judicial enquiries, the latter carrying out the instructions without any delay.

All leave has been stopped in Government offices. Volunteers co-connection with war criminals that the tinue to enrol en masse.

WILL BRITAIN INTERVENE ?^[

SPA, July 10. French circles state that Mr. Lloyd George has decided to request the Soviet Government to conclude an armistice with Poland and in the event of a refusal he will offer the Poles British Assistance.

VOLUNTEERS ENROL EN MASSE.

WARSAW, July 10. The first day of intensified recruiting has yielded 309,000 volunteers.

WRANGEL'S MOVEMENTS.

SEA OF AZOY PORT OCCUPIED: -

CONSTANTIÝLE, July 10.

General Wrangel's troops have occupied Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov.

GAS WORKERS ON STRIKE.

SERIOUS SITUATION IN THE MIDLANDS.

HOSPITALS SUFFERING BADLY

LONDON, July 10.

A sérious situation has arisen in the Midlands owing to the gas" workers' strike in Manchester, Salford, Bury, Stöke, Huddersfield and other towns owing to dissatisfaction regarding an increase in wages. Scores of workshops in Manchester and Salford are closed. A thousand people are out of employment. The hospitals are suffering" badly, and only urgent operations are being performed.

The strike was declared against the advice of the leaders.. THREATENED LONDON STRIKE AVERTED,

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The threatened strike of the employees of the Lordon Water Board has been averted, the Board agreeing to submit to arbitration a claim for a minimum wage of £é s week,

"The gas strike has spread to Bristol and Weston-Super-Ware. The unemployed in Manchester are estimated at 250,000.

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GERMANS BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED.

NO DISSENSIÓN AMONG THE ALLIES.

BERLIN, July 10.

The German Press is very wrathful owing to the attitude of the Entente, especially regarding disarmament. Some of the papers declare that the demands cannot be fulfilled. It is obvious that the German hope of dissension among the Allies has been bitterly disappointed.

CONFIDENCE INʼITALIAN GOVERNMEK T.

-Rout, July 10. The Chamber has passed a voin of confidence in the Government

265 votes to 143,

FIRE AND RAPINT.

IMPUDENT TURKISH ROBBER BANDS,

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LONDON, July 10. Constantinople reports the growing impudence of bands of robbers infesting the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus which are estimated at least a thousand strong. Bands plundering and burning villages had several scraps with our patrols, but the country is very dificult and there is little hope of improvement unless cavalry can be made available to sweep the whole region.

FRENCH BUDGET-PASSED"

PARIS. July 10. The Chamber of the Deputies passed the Budget by 522 votes

to 660.

BIG SOVIET CONTELCT.

CANADIAN SYNDICATES ANNOUNCEMENT,

Martyn July. 10.

The Canadian syndicate which recently obtained a $6,000,000 contract from the Soviet Government bus announced that the question of credit war satisfactorily ranged, and it is now compl carry out the contract,

The delegates concerned with the subject met under the presidency of M Jules Cambos. Lord Birkenhead and Sir Gordon Hewart were present. The speeches of the Allied delegates desks with the methods and procedure of trial, the German Minister of Justice agreeing that com munications regarding evidence should be carried on between the law officers, not diplomatically. This section of the con- fersace

concluded with unanimity.

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New Yoas, July 9th. The Klotz Threwing Company has been placed in the hands of Trustees, owing to insufficient liquid assets to meet immediate demands. The liabilities are $5,000,000 and the assete, exclusive of plants, $11,000,000.

The Klotz Company's difficulties are believed to be chiefly due to the collapse of silk values in Japan, the cancellation of orders and the subsequent difficulty of obtaining capital after most of the profits had been put into plants.

GREAT TURKISH REVERSE.

- LONDON, July 9th. A Greek communiqué regarding the operations in Asia Minor states that the ezemy's forces opposed to the Northern Army numbered 20,000, of whom 1,500 were killed or wounded and many captured or surrendered. It is estimated that only material of the Torkish Northern Army) 4,000 escaped to Brusen. The whole was captured, including thousands of rides ded two big German guns.

THE PRINCE OF WILES.

PERTH, July ab. The Prince of Wales attended a fare. Tell banquet prior to leasing for Cool. gardie. His Royal Highness, referring to the train wreck, said he did not regret being able to add a harmiga railway accident to his experiences.

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TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

WASHINGTON, Juls th The State Department has removed the restrictions on trade with Soviet Russia, except in material usable for war pur- poses. Individual licences are required to export locomotives and railroad material: The decision was reached after communica tions from Britain and France. The Steto

Department emphasises that the concesion does not entail-political recognition of any particular Russian: authoritina.

JAPANESE IMITATION OF BRITISH TRADE MARES.

LONDON, July 9th. The Commercial Committee of the House of Commons entertained to Innehean Bir John Randles and presented him with sa illuminated addres,

Replying to the toast of his health, John Randles said that he had been the recipient of great kinduem, courtesy and friendship in Ja

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