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The China Mail

March 14, 1928, Temperature 59.

No. 18.824 三拜望. 號四十月三年三十二百九千一英

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TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Reuter's Service the China Mail.)

RUHR SITUATION.

AN IMPORTANT STEP.

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE EFFECT.

LONDON, March 14

-THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 2/3 11/16) To-day's opening rate 2/3 11/16

BRITISH TRADE.

RUHREDISLOCATION FELT.

NEED FOR ECONOMY.

LONDON, March 13.

Mr. Poincare returns to Paris from Brussels to-day His conference with M. Theunis marks an Sir Eric Geddes, addressing the Federation of important step forward, for the announcement that ritish Industries at Birmingham, doubted whether the occupied territories will only, be evacuated in the trade improvement of 1922 would continue accordance; with the payments which Germany owing to the dislocation arising from the occupa makes, following Chancellor Cuno's recent hint that tion of the Ruhr which would cripple German Germany had relinquished her demand for industry and impair the productive capacity of the evacuation of the Ruhr as an essential preli-France and Belgium, both reacting unfavourably minary to negotiation, is interpreted as foreshadow-throughout the world:

Belgian German conversations.

ing the possibility at least of direct Franco-N We required increased capital to employ the increasing population but the country was being A semi-official statement in Paris to-day denies taxed-out of existence. It seemed unlikely that that the conference discussed the revision of the there would by any surplus of national income over Treaty of Versailles and says that questions relating expenditure to add to our available capital. Recent to military occupation exclusively concern France estimates were not encouraging The Government and Belgium but the conditions to be submitted to was taking two years to effect the economies which Germany when conversations with her are renewed the Geddes committee recommended carrying must be the subject of &neral discussions where-out in a year. He assured the Government the with the British and Italian Governments will be support of the trading community if it courageous- associated.

ly explored further avenues of economy.

Another decision at Brussels calculated to appease British traders was that German manuftic® turers who pay export taxes shall be permitted to continue deliveries to foreign purchasers under a special licence system.

The French papers commenting on the con- ference emphasise that a most categorical assurance, hat now been given that France and Belgium never had any idea of detaching the Ruhr from the Reich and still less of annexing it.

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180 GERMANS EXPELLED. -

COBLENCE, March 13. The inter-Allied Rhineland Commission has ordered the expulsion of 180 more German officials, including 125 customs employees,

CRITICISM IN THE COMMONS.

LONDON, March 13.

In the House of Commons the Government's majority fell to forty-eight on a division on Sir John Simon's motion to reduce the Foreign Of estimates in order to draw attention to the increasingly grave events on the Ruhr.

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MORE IRISH EXECUTIONS.

REPUBLICAN LEADER PAYS PENALTY.

LONDON, March 13.

The Republican leader Creevy and another man named Keenan, who were arrested in February after a raid of a bank at Oldcastle and were sentenced to death by a court martial were executed at Mulligan Barracks to-day.

LONDON, March 13. William Healy was executed at Cork to-day. He was arrested under arms' during the recent attempt to burn the residence of the sister of Michael Collins.

THE DEATH TOLL.

LONDON, March 13. There was another execution in Dublin and executions at Wexford to-day. Altogether sixty-

A number of speakers criticised the Govern-three have been executed in Ireland since the ment's, inactive policy, emphasised the danger of Government's adoption of a stern policy. war and urged appeal to the League of Nations.

Mr. Asquith criticised the French policy and emphasising the enormous extension of the scope of the French operations on the Ruhr, said the encirclement of the British occupation area had strangled British trade.

Mr. Ronald McNeill, replying, reiterated the policy enunciated by Mr. Bonar Law and em- phasised that the Government and country were stil! friendly to France. He said that while the Government fully recognised the deplorable seriousness of the position and that the difficulties had in some respects increased they were still as anxious as ever to maintain friendship with France and avoid a final break.

The motion was rejected by 249 votes to 201,

SOVIET AND CHURCH.

ARCHBISHOP ON TRIAL.

HOLY SEE'S PEACE MISSION.

ROME, March 13. Monsignor Lucio, Regent Apostolic Peniten- tiary, and an ex-Professor of canon law in Ireland has gone to Ireland on a peace mission from the. Holy See.

SINGAPORE NAVAL SCHEME,

SATISFACTION IN AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, March 13. There is keen satisfaction in official circles at the Imperial Government's decision to create a naval base at Singapore capable of dealing with modern ships.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, expressed pleasure but declined to make further comment saying that the whole policy of Empire defence would be raised at the forthcoming Imperial con- ference.

LENIN ILL AGAIN.

WARSAW, March 13. Messages from Moscow state that the Soviet Govorament trial will be opened on March 14 of Archbishop Cieplak and thirteen Catholic priests from Petrograd on charges of anti-Soviet activity in 1918 and refusal to hand over sacred vessels and other valuables belonging to the churches in

HELSINGFORS, March 13. Petrograd. The penalty for the former offence is

Lenin had an apoplectic seizure yesterday and death and confiscation of the property and for the his condition is serious. The Soviet Government fatter it is 3 years solitary confinement.

THEATRE SEASON, PINERO PLAY'S SUCCESS LAST NIGHT.

Is issuing bulletins.

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Mr. Ernest Handley, the repre- sentative of a Bradford firm, died in the isolation hospital at Tleatsin last week. He had arrived in Tien- tsin frode Shanghai no later than February 25, and was taken ill with smallpox the following day.

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