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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

BELGRADE, November 5.7 In consequence of the attack on Colonel Krastisch Serbian military attache at Sofia, who was fired on by a pistol without injury, Serbia has sent Bulgaria a 48-hour ultimatum demanding official apologies, the honouring of the Serbian flag at Sofia by a detachment of Bulgarian soldiers, a Bulgarian official enquiry, exemplary punishment of the guilty and submission of the question of an indemnity to the Court of International Justice."

COTTON INDUSTRY.

·BURIAL OF MR. BONAR LAW.

CEREMONY. IN THE ABBEY,

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, November 5. Large crowds testified to the public sympathy at Mr. Bonar Lay's funeral.. A short service took place first at St. Columba's Church of Scotland of which Mr. Bonar Law was a member. The coffin was placed on a catafalque at the head of the Church and covered with a Union Jack and mumerous wreaths, the sender's including members of the Cabinet, the French Government, dominion states. men and Mr. Lloyd George. The cortège then mctored to Westminster Abbey. The pallbearers, the Prince of Wales, Mr. Baldwin, Earl Balfour, Mr. Austern Chamberlain, the Speaker, Mr. Asquith, Sir Edward Carson, Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Fitzalan and Mr. Rainsy Macdo:iald, escorted the coffiu over the last part of the route. The distinguished assembly at the Abbey included the overseas premiers. The coffin, covered by a golden-broider. The joint committee, representing the principaled pall, was carried up the steps to the altar in employers and employees of organisations appoint ed as a result of the conference of the cotton in dustry, convened by the Lord Mayor of Manchester on October 5, was received by the President of the Board Trade. The proceedings lasted two hours ia private. Various measures were discussed with a view to mitigating the grave difficulties being experienced and it was agreed that the Lord Mayor's committee should examine in detail the suggestions submitted.

MEASURES DISCUSSED.

LONDON. November 5.

WHEAT SITUATION.

ADJUSTMENT ADVÓCATED.

solemn procession, the choir chanting the burial service. They then sang "The strife is over" after which the coffin was taken in procession to the grave, the site of which was covered by a purple carpet striped with white. A beautiful copper urn contain- tag the ashes was removed from the coffin and lowered into the grave with the words: "Ashes to shes and dust to dust." Kiplings "Recessional" and the "Funeral March” of Chopin concluded the service.

́GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

·EBERT'S APPEAL TO NATION.

BERLIN, November 5. "This is a very serious, time for Germany. which is threatened with internal convulsions." Thus

WASHINGTON, November 5. The war finance, corporation, whom President Coolidge asked to investigate the wheat farmers' complaints, advocates co-operative marketing anti adjustment of the wheat acreage to world products an appeal to the nation, signed by Herr Ebert, ion as promising the best results for distressed agriculturista. The report opposes, all, Torosley government intervention either by direct bounty or buying so called surplus wheat and marketing it abroad. It is considered the latter course would provoke retaliatory measures.

"LUSITANIA" CLAIMS.

HEAVY AWARDS,

WASHINGTON, November 6. The mixed claims commission upheld the American compensation claims against Germany in respect of the loss of life etcetera, resulting from the torpedoing of the G.S. "Lusitania," but Germany is not held liable for punitive or vindictive damage, or problematical mental anguish. Under the principles laid down by the commission, a large part of the $22,500,000 claims will be allowed, but claims aggregating $345,000,000 in respect of war risk and insurance premium paid by American shippers in war time will be dismissed.

REPARATIONS.

ARRANGEMENT WITH RUHR INDUSTRIALISTS.

PARIS, November 5.

arms that sections of the community repmft.

throw the torch of Internerine warfare among the people,. The appeal urges the maintenance of unity, the Reich upholding law and order, concluding with the hope that the Reichswehr and police will do their duty.

SEPARATISTS SUCCEEDING.

MORE OCCUPATIONS.

LONDON, November 6. The Separatist_movement_is_apparently_still making headway in some quarters. Reports from Duesseldorf

state that Separatists from Coblence occupied the public buildings in Kaiserlautern. The Rhineland republic proclaimed several, towns near Frankfurt and on the Sarre border. Berlin confirms the Separatist. occupation of the Town Hall and Law Courts at Kaiserlautern.

REFUSED.

LITTLE TO REMAIN.

PARIS, November 5..

It is semi-officially stated that M. Poincaré A message from Duesseldorf says that an view, preventing the projected departure of the agrees to the British proposal and the allfed demarché agreement signed with the Stiones group provides German Crown Prince from Holland to Germany. that the group will pay the Allies a million dollars It will be remembered that the ex-Crown arrears of coal tax also ton francs per ton on eighty- Prince expressed a desire to be allowed to return eight hundredths of the output. They will resume to Germany.] deliveries in kind to be repaid by the Reich and deliveries to the troops in occupation.

PAPYRUS SOLD:

Papyrus has been purchased by Mr. J. P. Hornung, the well-known patron of the Basil Jarvis stable. The price has not been disclosed.

FIRE BRIGADE,.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

MEN INJURED.

P. & O. ISSUE OVER-SUBSCRIBED.

LONDON, November 5, The £3,500,000 five per cent, debenture loan of the Peninsular and Oriental Company issued at 58 and redeemable in 1930/40 has been heavily over subscribed. :

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ment at the time and the first on the scene were the Barrack, orderlien who attended to the injured firemen CHARTER PARTY APPEAL. The driver was not injured.

The radiator of the tender has Only one case is listed for hear boen pushed back. The left front Through samo cause which has wheel was broken and the axle is ing before the Full Court which not been decertained at prescut, the badly twisted. On the loft side, is to sit here on Noverabor 26.

the foot-board and running board It is'. an. appeal against No. 1 tender of the Fire Brigade, and running-board have been broken a judgment by the Chief Justice is ich is attached to the Wanchai away by the impact. It is also a charter party'action in respect of station, met with a serious accident; believed that the tender has been the s.s. "Singaporean” involving a

A first-floor outside Wellington Baracks in damaged internally.

ladder which was carried on the sum of $164,849.87. The parties Queen's Boud at 8.15 this inorning tender was also broken are the Cheong Yue Steamship Co, when four Chinese firemen were No. 1 tander was the first of its Ltd. of Shanghal, and Mesara, injured. Two of them were deemed kind to be sent out to Hongkong Dharai Nanji and Co., a Bombay

andhaa sogn considerable pervide:- firm, ay not requiring treatment and Ball the Brigade are not too well off the members of the Court will immediately discharged but the in the way of equipment and its ure be the Chief Justice. (Sir William other two are stated to be in a cannot very well be spared.

bertoun condition.

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