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FREIGHT RATES IN WAR-TIME

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was copriuded! Just Beth Division. M: Justice Darling ad a gera jors, of the action for stones to alleged libel brought by Jeste and Son, of St. Mary Lerato x+ shipowners. against Messrs. ATE kad Co., Ltd., ul James trees, Escond

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Tuty at Slapping at the request of he late The defendants did not hear the words "war speculators to reflect upon the phimvils, and it was inly a pitare nged conveniently ta Peace

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hip; ng justes to the plaintifis.

Wei sonda the second of the al leged at the defendants at the end Butel atst decuers entitling them to carry cargol În ceLATE VISseis, Counsul said that the intention of the Ministry of Ship- ping was that licence should be granted to the conference members only. This long the case, when the defendants heard that the plaintiff's had obtained hernees, they inquired of the Minay of Shipping and Wer eisen to understand that this was not the cave. It was upon that inbration that they wrote to the, Manchester tim conecined,

THIS wrote to Mysers. and Co. of Manchester, that the plaintiffs bad

The artit had obtained licence but he (counsel) contended the defendants were acting, quite in the honest horlief that this was not so, and he urged that the plaintiffs had suffered no damage in consequence ol what bis clients did on that occasion.

MAKING UP THE LOFS.

Mr James Rome general manager of the defendant time, gave evidener, and and that the phrase war pre-

at was used to describe those) who were not in the shining trade before 1911. T+ was commonly used the shipping business. The defen dauts had to carry goods at 258. per on from L virpool to Bordeaux, and had to make up the loss by charging bigher rates to private traders.

The Judge: The Government in- Aisted upon your carrying traffic at a lose, ani said Take it out of the ader?" That 18 60. private (Laughter.)

lo reply to another qucation by the Judge, the witures said that the charge to u private trader for carry- ing Manchester cutou and other goods in the same ship wne 88, per ton.

The Judge: 1 understand that the people who were called "war sepen- lators" did not carry Governement goods? None whatever ((Laughter.) Mr. Hogg: They charged 100s., my Lord. (Laughter.)

The Judget Did the Government say what you were to charge private people!

The Witness: "We were loit to Ex That ourselves.

The Judge: Might you have got

more than 888. if you hand liked We were told to limit ourselves to

about that, but it was very difficult to do it.

The Judge: So that the Govern ment was mindful of the private

trader somelimust-Cortainly, to an extent.

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The Judge: Did you or "war speculators" carry the private traders' goods cheaper? We did...

In reply to Mr. Bvan, for the plain tills, the witnes said that his cOMI- pany's profits in 1918 depreciated: They feed from £200,000 in 1917 do £00,000 in 1918.

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GERMAN TREASON TRIAL, who refused to worch on Berlin on

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LUDENDORFF CUTS A POOR FITURF.

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March 13 because they did not want | to break their oath to the Constitution. These three witnesesa state that the lot to overthrow the Government was an open secret weeks beforehand i 1

INANCES.

GOVERN'

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AENT'S PLANS TO JE $96 000,000.

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and that the troope of the bigade were acquainted with it.

Noske, formerly Minister of Delence, wn as the Kappa witness, complaits that nearly all

the officers and generats under command lied and deceived him

and that only two were ready to m

eet the Je before brigade with bim unde ar

For some time now the Iperial Court of Justice at Leipz has been engaged on what is kno Putsch high tresto"

trial. The insur- gents of that p

and have been parder ed. Kapp'

attelf is in Sweden. The where" Br outs of Ehrhardt, Luttwitz, er and Papst are undiscoverable, unless they are living incognito in Munich, that El Dorado of all Monar rhists and counter revolutionary elements.

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present trial are the former Chief of Berlin Fulice, Herr von Jagow, the ex-leader of the Landbund, Freiherr von Wangenheim, and Dr. Schiele, a doctor of medicine. All three during the Kapp period allowed themselves to be appointed Ministers, but they deny their alleged guilt They declare they were not aware of Kapp's plans beforeband. Kapp ordered

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ng. Feb. 2-Since the first posal was made to issue Treasury units to the value of $90,000,000 to fand all ebligations on the salt surplus, the plan has undergone several changes. The first announce- ment referred to the scheme as a Chasertion enterprise in which the Chinese banks would be asked to participate. In one of his first inter- views with the press, Mr. Lang

says that Eapp mdr & great impres. Shih-yi, however, said that the issue. would be made by the Chinese banks,

the opportunity to participate. spondents when he received them and and the Consortium would be offered Haid he wa' tedno Monarchy," and that he desired the favour of the fo.eign, press.

"BUCH A CARICATURE."

The Internati nal Consortium ap- pears to have dullied with the project until the Chinese authorities decided to go ou with it themselves. Finding So far the developments in the that the original estimate of $74,000,- Court bave resulted in a heavy moral 000 would not cover the obligations, defeat of the Kapp leaders and the the total amount of the issue was thes Monarchist party. Even the Pan raised to $96,000,000. This now re- Germans are ashamed of the be presents the full obligations which are haviour of the accused, who have not to be converted by the issue of the been courageous enough to bonds. There is to be no margin Bel nowledge their actions. The whatever.

even

A SERIOUS HITCH.

13 to come

in the morning ix o'clock to Brandenburger Tor, and upon

Vossische Zeitung says: "A Most of the foreign banks speak of arrival they saw the entry of Colonel

great service has been rendered to the the undertaking as sound finance of Ehrhardt's troops. They went ou

the Republic by confronting its men with which they thoroughly approve, into the

where quarter Government buildings are situated such a caricature as this revolution." though the scheme is not yet fait The Republican press points out accompli. With regard to Japaness the belief that only the enfeguarding of the Republican con-particularly to lie of the "dagger obligations on the salt surplus, it has in question. Their brust at the Fatherland," a phrase been suggested that they should take aim was to overthrow Bolsheviem, invented by Ludendorff and the over these Treasury bonds to the

to Monarchists

cover their re amount owing and it seems probable constitute a new Reichstag, and bold

sponsibilit for defeat in the war, just that this will be done. The bonds are Presidential elections.

Other Kapp rebels already pardon as they now attempt to escape ro- to carry 8 per cent, and the price will ed say the same thing, as does sponsibility for the Kapp Pul-ch and be 81. Ludendorff, who, Curing the Putsch the consequent bloodshed through

les. was in and out of tho Obancellory

Poking, Feb 4-In spite of the The Freiheit in a leading article, fact that the contrast for the under- every day, and attended the so called

Cabinet meetings. Previous to throws light oa Noske's action, who taking of treasury bonds, to the Marok 13 Ludendorff attended meet- "trusted-reventeen year old cadets " amount of $90,000,000 was already and in spitst the warnings of the sgn d by the Finasce Ministry and Labour par save them unlim ted the Chinese Bankers' Group, the power and enabled them through former has of late changed its the Enwohnerwehr (Civil Guard) and attitude, maki g new demands upon various Volunteer Corps, to trample, the latter. The Chinese, Bankera' on Labour and awaken reaction Group held a meeting voterday, nt. ngala Thy inde, endent organ which it KAPP'S CANDOUR,

was decided, after state: This niore in Nosko than discussion, to reject the demands, Ludendorff also declares henover

inery couldone in humanity and with the consequence that at the received certain letters telling bevilyaher good. He is a self-made leventh hour of the issue of the ogainst him, and takes his oath upon, die he inferiors and treasury bonds, a serious hitch has this, though other witnesses, some trail to hors. Noske is not been engendered. The substance of whom are in the present Reichswehr. (Regular Army), have not been sworn the go be attemp's to the demands is said to be that despits. LAGER BEER app. in: u letter from Sweden, portrays the eanker of the fact tha in the original contract coptradicts the statement of Ludepeda which can only be it is unntakably provided that the atened by brand, built into the hole of the treasury bouds is to bo dorff and others that there was

party ho plan to overthrow the Govern guilt of the ment. He writes I should ap pear ridiculous to mysell and to the whole world if I tried to defend myself with the agitator's excuas luce no overthrow of the Constitution WAB intended."

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ings of the rebels, and was also pre- sent that morning at six o'clock at the Brandenburger Tor. Ho states, however, that there was never any intention of overthrowing the Govern- ment.

Thi■ opizion is also held by three in- farior officers of the Eheksidi Brigade"

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