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CANNES CONFERENCE HITCH,

PEPARATIONS DISCUSSIONS POSTPONED.

TANGIRA ANOTHER ROCK FOR THE ENTENTE.

CANNES, January 10.

LONDON, January 10.

It is learned from a well-informed French source The Dail, on the motion of Mr. Collins, elected M. that the following is the scheme for reparations Arthur Griffith President, and on the motion of Mr. partition :--Germany inust pay 1,750,000,000 Griffith, appointed Cabinet including Mr. Collins gold marks

in kind of which Britain will take alinister of Finance, Mr. Gavan Duffy as Minister of 100,000,000. Italy 210 000,000, Belgium 125,000,000, Foreign Affairs, Mr. Duggan as lome Secretary, nad Japan. 7,001,000 France 1.250,090,000, and Mr. Mulcahy as Minister of Defence.

the remaining allies 26,000,000. Of che one Sixty-five De Valera supporters left the Chamber milliard gold marks paid last July, Belgium will before the motior was voted unanimously.

take 519,000,000, Britain 450,000,000, and Italy 31,000,000. Of the cash payable by Germany in 1922

LATER.

FRENCH CABINET BOSTILE.

In moving the election of Mi. Girafith us president Britai is credit, with 189,000,000. The rest goes to of the Dail, Mr. Collins said that the Irish nation was a Belgium of Britain's share 139,000,000 is lent to ship without a captain. They must form a stable France which will be repaid from future German pay gov roment to prevent the country drifting into anarchy, ments.

Mr. Griffith said that his policy would be to give effort to the Dail's approval of the treaty and to use the Duil's resources to keep order until oral election for the Free State Parliament had decided upon arreptume of the treaty rights.

LONDON, January, 10. The Dal adjourned suti February 14.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION

WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

LONDON, January 11. The Duke of York to day cut the first turf ai thej entrance to the National Sports Ground at Wembley, thus inaugurating the work of preparing for the British Empire Exhibition. In the course of an address, the Duke said that he wished to express pleasure that work would be found through the undertaking for a part of the vast army of London unemployed and that the guarantee fund excender the miniminn of £1,000,000. He wished the important imperial enterpris: every

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LosDos, January 10. Lord Inchcape. Chairman of the P. & O. ́S.N. Co., has been elected Chairman of the London committes of the Suez Canal Company in succession to the late Sir Thomas Sutherland.

LAST YEAR'S BRITISH TAADE

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BOTH DOWN,

LONDON, January 10. The Board of Trade returns show imports last year! amounting to £1,086,000,000 and exports to £70,000, 000; compared with £1,932,000,000 and £1,334,000,000 respectively in 1920,

RAND GOLD MINS STRIK...

WHITE LABOUR'S CLAIMS.

A LONG STRUGOLE ANTICIPATED,

LONDON, January 10.

agement and discussions regarding in have had to be A bit appears to have occurred in the reparations postpourd until tomorrow pending receipt of a reply from the French Cabinet who are reported to be dis- playing hostility to the agreement. This view is support elby French newspapers, one of which declares that the Treaty of Versailles is being cut up piecemeal in a carnival setting to the strains of a jazz band.

ITALY'S WISHES IGNORED.

It is understood that Italy wishes inclusion in the Franco British pact, the draft of which has been tele. graphed to London for the approval of the Cabinet, but it is not likely that her wishes will be granted since the object is to guarantee France against (ferman agar› ssion.

Although the terms of the agreement are a close secret, it is stated that France has given a definite ussur- ance that she wil follow no aggressive policy.

TANGIER PROBLEM.

PARIS, January 1.

Tangier, regarding which, according to the Temps The latest rock encountered by the Entente is Caunos correspondent, Britain has adopted the Spanish viewpoint and secks to pale France accept it. Th paper adds that Britain insists on linking this problem with the pact, from which it concludes, that matters are not going too smoothly.

It is pointed out that Spain desires the incorpora- tion of Tangier in the Spanish-Moroccan zone. France maintains that Tangier has been withdrawn from Spanish influence and placed under special administration.

ECONOMIC RESTORATION SYNDICATE.

CANNES, January 10. The conference has approved the international syndicate for the erohmic restoration of Europe. It appoints a committes giving Britain and France two members each, and Italy, Belgium and Japan ons ench, to work out details of the scheme and proceed with the organisation o" the syndicate as quickly as possible and thereafter to report to the Genos conference any further recomincndations.

PARIS, January 10. The Garman delegation to Cannes has arrived here.

CANNES, January 10. Japan and the British Dominions are also being invited to the Genoa conference.

WASHINGTON CONFERENCE MATTERS,

SHANTUNG CONVERSATIONS REOPENED.

BALFOUR AND HUGUES THE PEACEMAKERS.

WASHINGTON, January 10.

The strike on the Rand which commenced last night was declared by the strikers to be a struggle by

It is understood that President Harding intends to white labour to avert its annihilation. The Chamber of submit all the conference treaties to the Senate Mines on the other hand asserts that failing revision of simultaneously, probably a few days before the wage rates and working conditions so as to permit the adjournment. employment of more semi-skilled' coloured labour, 24 High officials ex: ress the opinion that it is unlikely out of 39 of the producing gold mines must close down. that American merchant marine problems will come The difficulties of the gold mines are accentuated before the Conference but intimate that they might by the strike of coal miners and the temporary cassation properly be discussed by the Genoa conference. of diamond mining by the De Beers and Kimberley as a The Chinese and Japanese conversations result of depression. A lengthy struggle is anticipated. regarding Shantung will be resumed to-morrow, This is undoubtedly due 10 the gond offices of Meera Balfour and Hughes. It is expected that discussion will embrace other problems and if agreement is reathe thereon, it is hoped the railway question may then be arranged..

JOHANNESBURG, January 10. The strike is in full operation in all the gold mines in which 24,000 men are affected, also at the Victoria Falla power station where, however, there is still suffi cient labour to produce one-third of the usual power for essential services.

The main point at prescat seems to be the question of agreement on a Szod ratio of white and coloured men. This is likely to loom large in the future.

PANCE OKUMA 'DEAD.

JAPANESE PROGRESSIVE LEADER.

Tokyo, January 10.

Among the matters still unsettled is the disposal of continue to ship salt under some form of Chinese super- the Shantung salt mines from which Japan desires to vision. On the other hand China is believed to desire 'that the mines shall be treated similarly to those in other parts of China.

K\U°PS' LAT CST, PUROKANE,

BERLIN, January 10, It is reported that Krupps, in conjunction with the The death of Prince Okuma bas occurred.

Mendelssohn Bank, bavo purchased a large number of [Prince Bhigenobu Okuma was 83 years of age. Inshorer to the Anglo-Russian Asiatic Company. was one of the founders of the Progressive party in Japan and was twice Prime Minister in 1898 and during the period 1914-15. Ho was founder and President of the Waseda University at Tokyo and was also founder of the Japanoro Women's University.

NAVAL TREATY DRAFT.

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FORMER SOUTH CHINA MEDICAL OFFICER.

LONDON, January 10.

The death of Major General Sir W. E, A, Bedford is announced.

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