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UNCOMFORTABLE INTRESSION REMAINS.

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To-day's closing rate 2/7 3/8.

To-day's opening rate 2/7 1/8.

DAIL DEBATES TREATY.

OPPOSING VIEWS. VOICED.

IRISE PLENIPOTENTIARIES TRICKED."

LONDON, January. 3,

The Dail Eireann reassembled this morning. Over

Mo srs. Pierce and Beasley supported the treaty as the only alternative to chaos.

Countess Markievicez, who fiercely opposed the treaty, declared that the Irish plenipotentiaries bad been tricked.

Mr. J. J. Walsh, of Corli, declared that 90 for cent of Co-k people were for the treaty.

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PARIS, January 3.

ja hundred resolutions from public bodies in favour of The Foreign Ministry formally denica the allegations ratification were lodged. with regard to pretended Franco-Japanese agreement | Mr. O'Connor, the Minister of Agriculture, opposed for a common policy in Siberia. General Sarraut, the treaty. He declared that it was a step backwards. writing to Mr. Hughes, American Secretary of State, declared that no agreement had been concluded. The documents published were all forgeries. He points out that these false rumours merely tend to create suspicion between the great powers assembled at Washington. LONDON, January 23. Notwithstanding the French sad Japanese descrip tion of the documents published by representatives of the Far Eastern Republic as forgeries and malicious fabrica- tions, the uncomfortable impression has not been Americans dissipated pending clinching evidence. particularly are indignant at passages in the allegedį. arrangements about American designs in Siberia 'and Russia The French are very annoyed at the growing fe of their policy which is finding an outlet in plain speaking and biting cartoan; in American news- papers. even surmised that they may take advantage of the newly fed atmosphere of suspiciou te pack up and leave Washington.

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BRITISH FAR EASTERN NEWSPAPERS.

LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S ADVICE.

Loxnox, January 3. Interviewed at Colombo, Lord Northcliffe em phasised that Germany was expending an immeusa arant of money on propaganda in the Far East by Berlin wireless, subsidized newspapers, and films. The wireless service consisted largely of misleading state- ments and actual lies with reference to Egypt, India, the Washington Conference, Ireland, Japan, China, responsibility for the great war, and the gloomy condi tion of British trade. He believed the camo minda were promoting the present mischief as actuated the notorious wireless dispatches during the war. He said that he regarded this propaganda as being ae dangerous to day as during the war. In view of the uncertainties existing in the Far East he considered that a great effort should be made to support British owned newspapers in the Far East by British advertisers,

CHINA'S MOUNTAIN RANGES.

COMING GEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION,

LONDON, January 3.

Professor John Walter Gregory, Professor of Geology at (Hasgow University, accompanied by his son, who will

•be his sole European companion, will start on a scientific expedition to China in March. He will examine the mountain ranges in Yunnan and Western Szechuan in order to determine their relation to the Himalayas and the mountain system of South Eastern Asia. The two men will only carry sporting rifles, dpending on a Chinese escort for protection. The professor latende presenting the geological collections of the expedition to the Glasgow University, the zoological and botanical collections to the London Natural History Museum, and some spcimens to the Indian Museum at Calcutta.

{Professor Gregory has travelled in the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin of the Western States for geological purposes. He has been an explorer in British East Africa, and was naturalist with Sir Martin Conway's Expedition across Spitzbergen. In 1900 he was director of the civilian scientific staff of the Antarctic Expedition, from 1901 to 1902 head of the Lake Eyre (Austalin) Expedition, and from 1902 to 1904, Director of the Geological Survey, Mines Depart ment, Victoria. He is the author of several books and a number of scientific papers.]

WASHINGTON NAVAL AGREEMENT.

LEGAL EXPERTS DRAFTING TREATY.

WASHINGTON, January 31

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CHICAGO, January 3.

The Continental, Commercial and National Bank and the Continental, Commercial and Trust Savings Bank have takea over the Fort Dearborn National Bank and Fort Dearborn Trust Savings Bank and have guaranteed all deposits therein which on September 6, totalled $60,000,000. The Chicago Clearing House Commission examined the affairs of the Fort Dearborn Banks and found the asseta impaired by had loans and investments. Banking circles express the opinion that the merger has averted the very serious financial crisia which has been threatened in Chicago for a decade. As a result of the merger the Continental and the Com mere al National Bank interests have now been com- bined. The assets amount to nearly $525,000,000 the second largest in the United States.

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ROTTERDAM, January 3.

A young Amsterdam lawyer, Dr. Wysman was mysteriously murdered on New Year's Eve in a train between Amsterdamn and the Hague whither he was going to spend new year with his parents. A lady and man entered the first class carriage in which Wysman was travelling. The guard at the Hague found Wysmap shot dead. He had apparently been robbed of hig ¡ portiono,

RUBBER EXPERIMENT 3.

POSSIBLE. CONSUMPTION STIMULUS.

LONDON, January 3.

The Times science correspondent states that highly promising experiments have been made with rubber expanded by gas into a highly cellular form as an insulator in cold storage. The Times points out that if anticipations in this direction are realised a welcome stimulus may be given to the movement to increase the consumption of rubber.

CLEARING HOUSE RETURNS.

LAST YEAR'S BIG FIGURES.

LONDON, January 3. The Bankers' Clearing House in its annual statement sports that the total paid through the Clearing House during the year was £31,930,000,000, a decrease of £4,088,000,000 compared with 1920 which was a record year, but it exceeds the total of any year prior to 1920.

NEW ARGENTINE OILFIELD.

ANGLO-PERSIAN COMPANY'S FIND,

LONDON, January 3.- The Anglo-Persian Oil Company has been informed The naval experts have mada, progress in the that oil was struck at a depth of 2,000 fact in a now direction of securing agreement on the question of co-oilfield at Rivadavin in the Argentine. The find, is placements and scrapping capital ships. The legal violding 400 gallons a day. Soven other wells are being. experts are busy drafting a naval treaty.

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AGAINST FRANCE?

WASHINGTON, January 3: In the House of Representatives, Mr. Roavis (Ite- publican) introduced a resolution instructing the Gov ernment to domand r payment of allied debts because the proceedings of the Washington Conference had din clased the determination of certain debtor nations lo incur larga expenditure upon increased naval ermaments. The resolution is believed to be directed agaidat France,

SHANTUNG DEADLOCK.

CHINA BOOKS MEDIATION.

| Wamington, January B.-.

It is learned that the Chiness delegation has enkel. Mr. Balfour huti Me Jugħas to mailato in the Phantung. deadlock,

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