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EARL BALFOUR SPEAKS.

'DEFENDS SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.

* FOR DEFENCE: NOT OFFENCE.

(Router's Service to the China Mail.),

LONDON, November 29.

Students of Birkbeck College, greeted Earl

Balfour in grotesque fashion after the manner of

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students when be addressed them, on current topics." His Lordship defended the Versailles Treaty against contemporary criticism and stated that he believed future historians would regard it as an immense work of constructive statemanship under exceptional and extraordinary difficulties.! He declared the feeling which had arisen about Singapore was entirely baseless and founded on an entire misconception of the facts. Singapore' was deliberately excluded from the Washington Treaty with the full consent and knowledge of the Americans and Japanese. Singapore could not be fade effective for offence and its sole value lay in Befence because any British Fleet defending Australia and New Zealand must be based at ingapore. The suggestion that it was a violation

the Treaty was a baseless nightmare.

GERMANY TO APOLOGISE

SEPARATISTS SENTENCED.

PARIS, November 29.

It is semi-officially stated that the Conference of Ambassadors has prepared a note for despatch'to Germany demanding formal apology for the recent molestation of the members of the inter-allied Con- trol Commission. The statement adds that the British delegates associated themselves unreserved- the ly with their colleagues. Cologne's Separatists who

were arrested in the British zone have been senten ced to six months' imprisonment for posessing fixe arms. The President of the Court said he was not prepared to give judgment on political questions But the British could not tolerate entry of fully il med men into British occupied territory which contrary to the ordinances of the Rhineland h.Com

cd the Belfast Chamber Commerce. He did not hesitate to say that the British free trade systèm was detrimental to the interests of Britain and the British people. It had much to do with the unem- ployment in Britain at present. The system was suitable seventy-five years ago but was unsuitable now. Some people and a few of them were within our gates, and looked forward to the distintegration of the Empire. It was the business of loyal citizens to counteract efforts in that direction,

"TOMAKO" SEIZURE.

WHERE SHE BELONGS.

LONDON, November 29.

It now appears that the schooner "Tomako" seized by the American liquor authorities, was re- gistered at Nassau in the Bahamas. She is owned by a Company resident in Canada but it is not yet known whether the company has any British backing.

NEARLY THE SAME.,

NEW GERMAN CABINET.

BERLIN, November 29. Herr Marx, the Central party leader, has form- ed a cabinet whereof. he will be Chancellor, Herr Jarres Ninister for the Interior, Herr, Streseniano Minister for Foreign affairs and Herr Gessler Min- ister for Defence. The pew cabinet is appoximate ly the same in character is the last except that it contains more representatives of the Right parties,

BLASTING SCARE.

"LOONGSANG" ECHO.

MARKET'S UPS AND DOWNS.

LONDON, November 29.

In their silver report Messrs. Macatta state that after the price gradually rose to 3/3 3/16 it reacted to 3/31/8. Large selling orders from America coming in after the official fixing, extensive business was done below the official quotation.. On the following day, owing to selling from China, the price relapsed to 3/213/16 from which buying recommenced actively for India and China. The price rose to 3/3 1/4 with a steady undertone.

SOVIET MURDER.

PRELATE KILLED..

RIGA, November 29, Archimandrite Nicolai Grabiansky, has been murdered in his cell at Pecherski Monastery, Kieff. It is reported that Archbishop Tikhon appealed to the people to refrain from participation in political and religious debates in churches, The Soviet authorities have arrested 14 of Tikhon's adherents.

GERMANY'S UNEMPLOYED.

GHASTLY FIGURES.

BERLIN, November 29. The unemployed in unoccupied Germany.on November 15 was 1,250,000 compared with under a million. on November 1. The unemployed in the occupied regions is over two millions.

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Another aspect is the alarm This morning, it was learnt that

caused to Chinese residents in the blasting would be carried on at neighbourhood. The reporter was about ten o'clock and ao entry informed that there was a'panic at few into was secured

of one of the boarding-houses VIBRATIONS IN CHINESE HOUSES the houses opposite the Cen- days ago when the vibrations com- meated after a blast. Some of the tral Fire Station at Stephen's visitors ran out into the road fear- Building. Two blasts were hearding a possible collapse.

Still another side to the discus- within a few minutes and on cach occasion there were distinct vibrasion is the claim made that the ons lasting about three seconds. vibrations are not felt to any It is stated that the experts are extent in either the Sincere Co's

Representations baving been made to the China Mail that Chinese tenements in Des Voeux Road Central, Queen's Road and even Wellington Street, are affect ed by the blasting which is carried

out on the wreck of the s.s. of the opinion that no harm will building or Stephen's building on "Loongsang" off the Osaka Shosan ba done but property owners hold account of the nature of the Kaisha Wharf, Praya Central, a re- and entirely different view. The materials, porter was sent. yesterday after owner of two adjoining houses in nege and this morning to make Wellington Street claims that Inquiries,..

although his property may be im

Sir Cland Severn, was unf As it was not possible to locate no danger at present, the structures the firm of contractors the reporter and foundations may have been nately prevented by stood on the Prays yesterday after weakened. He also vouched for a engagement, from noon and waited for the blasting, statement that the owner of one at the Annual Genera Strange to say, there was little house on the Praye, which is used the S.P.CA SI Clau

the we Chinese boarding-house shown hiz sympathy wi vibration on the Prays (the road as itself) although people in the is positive that bis house is of the Society) by Lending a houses said that their walla alook thaky" as it stands on reclaimed lation of $50.

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