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TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER. **

RUHR FIGHT DROPPED.

COLLIERS DROWNED IN FLOODED PIT.

NOT WORTH THE CANDLE.

SOME MIRACULOUS ESCAPĖS:

(Reuler's Service to the China Moil.)

· GERMAN' PREMIERS' DECISION.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

BERLIN, September 25.

LONDON, September, 25.

It is officially announced that the heads of the Sixty-five culliers verished in the Reading pit States hayo, unanimously agreed to end passive near Falkirk through an inrush of water from a disreistance in the Ruhr. but at the same time to used working above, owing to the collapse of a safeguard unity, barrier. Teaminers engaged in an adjoining section miraculously escaped.

LATER

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LATER. The Premiers of the States came to this conclu- slon owing to inner political and financial reasons Rescue brigades rushed to Redding and began and decided that the unity of the Reich must be pumping out. The rescuers succeeded in reaching | maintained and defended against any attempt to the bottom shaft but owing to black damp it was destroy it. The Gaverament of the Reich has impossible to keep lights burning. Nevertheless circulated a telegram to the effect that in the event they persisted in their efforts to reach the victims though there is little hope that any will survive. Crowds of grief-stricken relatives gathered at the pit head. The disaster occurred at five in the morning One survivor had a very lucky escape. He was swept | off his feet by a cataract of water but managed to reach the shaft. An old man whose son was in the pit telephoned him from the Company's office. The son replied that the water was rising fast having already reached his waist, and that several of his mates were drowned. Shortly afterwards the telephone was interrupted.

POTATO FIELD RESCUE.

of internal disorders all authorities and officials of the Reich must strictly obey the orders of the Gov-. erament of the Reich. The President will in such an event issue the necessary amergency regulations. FINANCE DECIDING FACTOR.

LATER.

The clinching argument which convinced the State Premiers of the futility of continuing the Rohr fight was the Chancellor's revelation that this would cost at least eight thousand milliard marks in the coming week and that this drain on the national finances caused the collapse of the mark. The ultra-Nationalists were furious but neither they nor the Communists were able to carry out a coup de main. PARIS NOT PERTURBED.

LONDON, September 25.

LATER. The death roll at Redding is not so heavy as was feared. Twelve entombed men had a miraculous escape. Cries were heard at noon from an old pit The news of the German decision has been re- shaft, 35 fathoms deep, half mile from Redding (ceived with calm satisfaction in Paris, but there is no tendency to premature jubilation as proof of Germany's sincerity is required before French military measures can be relaxed.

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potato field and rescue operations resulted in twelve men being brought up alive. Some were unconscious.

STILL FORTY-ONE ENTOMBED.

LATER.

The German decision is greeted with much satisfaction in Brussels, while Washington official Rescuers at Redding, brought up 31 alive and circles consider the European situation presents a three dead, leaving 41 entombed.

mare hopeful appearance.

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LONDON, September 26.

GREECE GUILTY.

PARIS, September 25.

The growing demand of certain industries in The Ambassadors, Conference. considered the Britain for protection against cheap foreign com-inter-Allied Commission's report of the Janina petition is exemplified by the evidence of Mr. massacro semi-officially. It is stated that the com- Farrell, representing the silk industry, to-day before mission reported the Greek authorities guilty of a the Board of Trade Committee enquiring into the certain degree of negligence before and after the causes of unemployment in the silk industry. Mr. crime. The Italian ambassador at the conference, Farrell attributed the decline of the silk industry in supported by M. Jules Cambon, demanded the pay- Britain to the removal of the 1860 duty on foreignment of 50,000,000 lire before the evacuation of Corfu silk goods. He instinced that the United States on September 27. Lord Crewe preferred to awali the was rapidly building up behind a twiff wall a silk result of the complete enquiry and the conference industry which now consumed overeighly per cent.adjourned until to-morrow to caable Lord Crewe to of the whole production of raw silk. The Britisk obtain instructions from London. silk industry was at present supplying only twenty per cent. of the silk goods consumed in Britain and half the silk-workers were unemployed.

He asked for the imposition of a 33 1/3 per cent.

ad valorem duty on spun silk, yarn and manufactur-

ed silks, a 15 per cent. duty on thrown silk and a

INDIA'S COTTON WORKERS.

IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS URGED.

SIMT4, September 25. The report has been published of the expert,

ten per cent duty on waste silk drafts while raw Mr. Maloney, who officially investigated the atmos- silk, waste silk and artifical silk yırı should be in-pheric conditions of cotton mills with a view to ported free.

TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.

LEAGUE DEBATE SURPRISE.

GENEVA, September 25.

effecting amelioration without serious detriment to the Industry. The report points out that the physique of the average operative is much lower than the workers of similar castes and the wage- Mr. Maloney earning capacity in other trades. suggests a reduction of temperatures by more effective ventilation roof spraying, the prohibition of the use of idle steam and increased velocity of

BULGARIAN BOBBERY.

COMMUNISTS KEPT IN CHECK.

SOFIA, September 25.

Much surprise and considerable commentair in the weaving department. among the delegates to the League Assembly was caused by the manner of winding up the debate on a Canadian resolution interpretative of article ten of the covenant proposing that when the Council re- commends.military measures in order to preserve the territorial integrity of members against aggres- sion it shall take special account of the geographical. and other conditions of each state and each member shall be allowed to judge the extent to whicWthe employment of his military forces should be involý ed. The vote resulted in 29 countries favouring the proposal. One, namely Persia, opposed it and manists suffered heavy losses while the casualties

It is announced that parties of Communistsnum- bering from forty to four hundred on September 25 attempted to cause trouble in various localities and proclaim a Soviet republic but the troops every- where remained masters of the situation. The Com-

13 abstained from voting. The President there- | of the troops were light. upon declared that the resolution had been neither adopted nor rejected but would be referred to the Council.

BALLOON RACE..

BRUSSELS, September 25. The Swiss balloo: "Helvetia" landed on the Schleswig frontier, the French "Picardie" in Osnabrueck, and the Belgian "Bélgica" in Cerebro in Sweden. N

BELGIUM WINS CUP.

BRUSSELS, September 25. Belgium is assured of becoming the winner

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NEW YORK, September 25. Cinema concems are engaging in an aeroplane race across America in an effort to be here first with the Japanese earthquake films. It is under- stood that one flyerstarted from Seattle and another from San Francisco, The former is reported to have reached Great Falls, Montana, where he tran- shipped his cargo to a flyer who undertook to deliver it in Chicago to-day,

EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS. JAPAN SPENDING YEN 400,000,000.

TOKYO, September 25.

of the Gordon Benett Balloon Cup by the feat of the aeronaut Demuyter who landed in Sweden,

An Imperial Ordinance announces the iminedj- covering 1,150 kilometres: There is no news of the Belgian balloon "Prince Leopold." The pilot of ate appropriation of a hundred million yen to. relievo homeless.sofferers from the earthquake: The the British balloon "Banshee "encounteredaraging | Privy Council has decided that three-hundred mill- snowstorm at 6,300 feet.

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