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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, April 18.1

BERLIN, April 18, Disquieting reports have been received regard- The conference of the Association of British Ing Nationalist activities in Bavaria. An organisa- Chambers of Commerce is meeting in London.tion styled the Reichsflagge recently paraded at The President, Sir Shirley Bean emphasised Ansbach before General Ludendorff, some members the need of Britain seeking in the British Empire compensation For the loss of her old European of the Reichswehr participating.... markets. Settled trade with the. Continent could not be expected for many years. The Association must see that the Imperial Economic Conference proved a prolific achievement).

SECURITY FOR FRANCE.

Mr. Arthur Balfour, the President-Elect, moved

The Bavarian Minister of Justice has come to Berlin to request the Government and the Reich not to aggravate the position of the Bavaria Government by the issue of warrants, for the arrest;;; of the Nationalist leaders..

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a resolution which was adopted urging the convoca- The Bavarian Minister of the Interior, referring tion of a meeting of business men and financiers to to the manoeuvres of Nationalist organisations, consider independently the settling of the repara-

tions problem, declaring that the security of France assured the Diet that the Government was strong against aggression to which she was justly entitled enough to repress any excesses and refused to in- should be settled apart from the question of repara-tervens to protect the two Nationalist feditors for tions. Mr. Balfour believed that Britain eventually whose arrest the supreme Courts of Leipzig had must assert herself as regards the best means of issued warrants, declaring that they had seriously securing German reparations.

insulted the President of the Reich.

FRANCE'S COSTLY ACTION. ::

In the course of the discussion, the Liverpool delegate said that France had lost 4,000,000 tons of coal by her action in the Ruhr. Moreover her atmy- in the Ruhr was costing £5,000,000 a month, which otherwise should be going towards the debt-France. owed Britain, 、

Another resolution adopted urged the Govern ment to settle the question of Allied debts fearless” ly and boldly as it had done the, American debt. S

CLASH OF IDEAS.

CATHOLICS OPPOSE BLACK :SHIRTS.

"FASCISM PASSING · PHASE.”

ROME, April 18. The resignation of Signor Cavazzoni and the other Cabinet Ministers marks the first Cabinet difficulty since the advent of Signor Mussolini, It is the outcome of difference of ideas between the Fascismo and the Catholic congress on questions of „imperialism, the State, and proportional representa-

MUSSOLINI,

tion.

It seems the Catholic Popular Party desire to preserve a separate filentity, as they are not aware how long the present dictators

RUSSIA NOT INVITED.

RESUMED LAUSANNE CONFERENCE.

LONDON, April, 18.

In the House of Commons, replying to Licut- Commar Kenworthy, Mr. R. Meneill, Under Sec- retary for Foreign Affairs, said that Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Yugo Slavi, Rinania, Belgium, the United States, and Turkey had been invited to the resumed Lausanne Conference.

There was every reason to believe the United States would be represented for the same purpose as on the last occasion.

Russia had not been invited because the Allies. and Turkey had agreed to the terms of the draft Straits conventions regarding which Russia had been invited previously.

INEXORABLE ECONOMICS.

MARK DRAGS FRANC DOWN.

LONDON, April 18.

ship is likely to last. Signor A feature of the exchange market was the fall Mussolini, despite recent at the Mark 10 140,000, 150,000. Later it rallied to advances) towards. Cather) 125,000. 130,000, Brench france conséquently fell licism and rapprochement to 71.50 but recovered to 70.90, with the Vatican, appar}.

CAUSE OF THE FALL.

BERLIN, April 18. withdrawal of the Reichsbank's recent stabilising The severe fall of the mark is attributed to the

measures and the purchase instead of sale of foreiga currencies.

ently intends to insist on Cabinet Ministers carrying out the Fascist programme. The Catholic congress resolutions referred to the present Government as "a passing phase in Italian politics," whereas Sigdor Mussolini, review- ing the Milanese Fascisti, bade the commanders "keep ready to respond at any moment to my appeal for the next inexorable, development in our ABOUT 2,000 TONS UNSOUND LAST YEAR. revolution."

ALOFT THIRTY-SIX HOURS.

SUSTAINED FLYING RECORD.

·DAYTON, April 18, Lieutenants Macready and Kelly, starting in a Fokker monoplane on Monday, landed yesterday evening. They were aloft continuously 2,165 minutes and 20 seconds, covering 2,541 miles.

This is a new world record for sustained flying. It has also eclipsed the records of 2.500 kilometres in 1,297 minutes 32 seconds; 3,000 kilometres in 1,561 minutes 32 seconds; 3.500 kilometres in 1,828 minutes 51 seconds, and 4,000 kilometres in 2,106 minutes 38 seconds.

Lieutenant Harris, in a de Haviland 4B biplane, flew 653 minutes averaging 114 miles an hour, thus breaking the French records for 1,500 and 2,000

kilometres.

EARLIER RECORDS.

[Below are given some earlier récords :— Duration.America-Pilots; E. Stinson and L. Bertaud. Date: December 29, and 30, 1921, Ma- chine: J. L. 6 monoplane, Motor: B.M.E. 185 h.p.--- Duration of flight 26 hrs. 19 mins. 35 sec.

LIQUID YOKE EGG FROM CHINA.

LONDON, April 18.

In the House of Commons, in answer to ques- tions, Mr. Chamberlain Neville mentioned that about 2,000 tons of liquid yoke egg from China had been condemmed as unsound by the London Authority in 1922. He did not know what proportion was due to an excessive amount of preservative.

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RUSSIA'S GRAIN EXPORTS.

ONE THIRD FOR THE GERMANS.

HELSINGFORS, April 18. According to a statement made by M. Zinovielf at the Communist congress in Moscow, Russian grain exports up to the present have been 161,000,000 poods. It was stated that negotiations have opened with the German Government for delivery to Ger- many of one-third of the quantity of grain available for export in 1923,

One Russian pood equals 36.07 lbs. British weight.]

SHOTS IN THE DARK.

BRUSH WITH TRAIN WRECKERS. Distance (returning to point of departure with out alighting).—France-Pilots: Boussoutrot and

BRUSSELS, April 18. Jean Bernard, Date: June 3, and 4, 1920. "Machine: Enquiry into attempts at train wrecking on the Farman Goliath, Motor: Two Salmson 260 hp.--frontier has revealed the existence of an organised 1915.2 kilometres (1190 miles.)

band with headquarters in Berlin. Altitude.America-Pilot: Maj. Rudolph W. After an explosion yesterday shots were ex Schroeder. Date: February 27, 1920. Machine: Lepert Motor: Liberty 400 hp-10,093 metres *(33,114ft.) -

Speed over a distance of 100 kilometres-Italy -Pilot: Brack Papa. Date: October 21, Machine: Fiat, Motor: Fiat 700 hp. Time 20 min. 5. 2-5 sec. -298.66 kilometres per hour (185:58 m.p.h.)"..

Speed over a distance of 200 kilometres-Fran- cePilot: Georges Kirch, Date: October 1, 1921. Machine: Nieuport-Delage, Motor: Hispano-Suiza -300 h.p. Time: 42 min. 39 4-5 sec.÷281,272 kilome

changed in the darkness between troops and train wreckets lurking in the woods. A number of suspects were arrested. They carried knapsacks with several days' supplies of food.

TROUBLESOME CUSTOMS FORMALITIES.

LEAGUE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION.

GENEVA, April 18.

tres per hour (174-74 miles per hour,) touk The Council of the League of Nations has de Speed over a distance of, 1,000 kilometres cided to invite the Irish Free State, Germany, the France Pilot: Luclen Boussoutror and JeanUnited States and Mexico to attend a conference at Bernard. Date June 3 and 4, 1920. Machine: Geneva on simplifying customs formalities. Farman Goliath Motor: Two Saimson 260 hp. Time: 10 hrs, 19 mln. 46 sec-96.61 kilometres

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