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May 7, 1923, Temperature 70.

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May 7 1922

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No. 18.869. 一拜疆• 一碗七月五年三十二百九千一英

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LONDON'S DEFENCES NOMINAL

(Reuter's Service to the China Moil,).

LONDON,, May 6.

FRANCE REFUSES CONCERTED ACTION.

ALLIES MUST WAIT,

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, May 6.

hetween the Allies is the only chance of reaching a réparations settlement and has been pressing that the note should be answered by the Allies us a whole.

The Observer says that as long as the British air In connection with the delay in the presenta defences remain far beneath the one-power stand-tion of the Franco-Belgian reply to the German note, ard, and there is no concrete sign of our even seek-diplomatic correspondents state that the British ing to approach it, the heart of the Empire enjoys Goverment holds the opinion that concerted action security only on sufferance. It is almost incredible- that the Government should be labouring on a costly dock project for Singapore while it permits a situ ation to continue that would leave Singapore and all other outposts of the Empire to be consumed by an enemy as easily as the leaves of an artichoke. Very possibly the dock scheme is a sound enough detail in any duly proportioned system of Imperial des fence, but what would be the good of Singapore if London were wiped out.

FRENCH BOXING CONTEST.

CARPENTIER'S LATEST VICTORY.

PARIS, May. 6. In the fifteen rounds French heavy-weight- championship, Carpentier knocked out Nilles in the eighth round.

-LATER:

The boxing took place in the Velodrome Buffalo. The weather was glorious. There were 25,000 spectators.

Carpentier was somewhat lackadaisical at the start. Nilles in, the second round got a splendid right to Carpentier's stomach and followed up, with two body blows. In the fourth round he landed a hard left to the ribs, rousing Carpentier to some thing like his old form.

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Carpentier sent down Nilles for the count of seven in the sixth round and hammered him with lefts and rights to the face in the seventh, He knocked him out in the eighth round with a terrific right to the jaw followed up by a left.

Nilles was plucky but slow. Carpentier was not the Carpentier of old.

ACROSS THE CHANNEL.

MOTOR GLIDER'S FEAT,

CALAIS, May 7.

A French airman named Barbot has crossed the Channel in a glider fitted with a motor.

He landed at Lympne and returned to Calais in approximately an hour each way, winning Matin's prize.

[Le Matin offered a prize of 25,000 francs to the first airman in a glider fined with a motor, crossing and tecrossing the channel in a single flight, and not consuming more than three litres of petrol)

TENNIS LEAGUE.

K.C.C. v LR.C.

"A" DIVISION.

Playing away the Indian Re creation Club A team beat Kowloon Cricket Club "A" by 56 games to 43. Scores M

It is understood that the French and Belgian attitude' is, that, in view of the bad impression created in France and Belgium by the German proposals they must reply with the least possible delay and France and Belgium as they are alone oc- cupying the Ruhr are alono qualified to give reasons for this policy of constraint, hut when Germany makes satisfactory proposals the Allies must act conjointly.

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FRANCÉ'S TERMS.

RUHR RESISTANCE MUST STOP.

PARIS, May 7,

The French nute is a voluminous and uncom- promising document. It details Germany's success sive defaults and refuses to entertain German proposals while resistance in the Ruhr continues.

The note declares that Germany did not even concern herself about her reduced obligations when a partial moratorium was granted and accused Berlin of preventing successful co-operation with the workers of the Ruhr.. The note points out that France has spent a hundred milliard francs on Germany's account in restoring the devastated regions. Belgium has advanced fifteen milliard. Germany's offer is insufficient to restore the Belgian devastations alone.

The note translates the German offer as a quarter of the sum originally fixed with a complete moratorium until July 1927 and concludes that the German note is part of a systematic revolt against. the treaty which, if entertained, would lead to the total destruction thereof,

SOFT WORDS, ON PAPER.” The note mentions that, France and Belgium are prepared to 'fter part of the reparations due against inter Allied debts and poil out that the twenty milliards offered, if discounted, are worth only 15,820,000,000.

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The note rejects the proposed replacement of the Reparations Commission by an international.com. inission as meaning the abandonment of the treaty guarantees and stresses the vagueness and illusóri ness of Germany's indications regarding security guarantees. The note intimates that France and Belgium are not prepared to change their resolve and will only evacuate the occupied, territories as payments are effected.

Finally in biting language the note sums up Germany's cool demands like the most-favoured nation clause,

"For 4 years the French and Belgian Govern- ments must wait patiently without, pledges or guzrantees until it pleases the German Government to make an arrangement convenient to it to offer an indeterminate or infinitesimal sum, and must even evacuate the Ruhr which was only entered in order to obtain the guarantees and pledges to which France and Belgium are entitled and which had been re- fused and in return for all these sacrifices they will receive once again soft words on paper."

FRANCE'S ECHO.

BRUSSELS, May 7. The Belgian reply is identical with the French

It was handed to the German Charge: d'Affaires to clay.

EXPERT: BILLIARDS.

LONDON, May 6. At Holborn Hall, in the final of the professional billiards championship, the half way scores were: 8,000 and Newman'6,491.

[Last year Thomas Newman won this event, beating Claud Falkiner in the final heat by 83 in 16,000 up. Smith was among the absentees.)

Groot and de Leeuw 4-7, lost to lands T.C. have yet to score their Nikkels and Woutman 5-6. first victory

Hollidge and Deakin (CS.CC.)}|||

beat Spit and Nyll Dekker 9-2, lost Queen' College 3 to Groot and de Leeuw 5-6, beat CF.C Nikkels and Woman 7-4.

A DIVISION.

In the "A" Division the Houg S. A. Rumjahn and S. A. Ismail kong Cricket Club scored a decisive (LR.C.) beat Busschaert and Krebs victory over Civil Service, beating 7-4, lost to Millard and Hydes, them by 22 to 27, two of their pairs beat Green and Green 10-12 M

Hancock and Raworthi and A., D. O and H...D.. Rumjaha (LRC) Humphreys and Sewell (winning lost to Busschaert and Krebs 5-6,29 Kunce our of 33- C.R.Cmain beat Millard and Hyde 6-y, beattained their unbeaten record at the Green and Green 8-3 head of the table by beating the S. D and S. H. Ierial (IRC) University 50-49 and the LR.C. did lost to Busschaert and Krebs 3-8 well to brat Kowloon at homes lost to Millard and Hyde, 56, beat rev Greeb and, Green 7-4.

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