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JAPANESE AT OLD BAILEY.

(Reuter's Service to the Chins Mail.)

LONDON, December 12. Vanukich" Mirorack ""he" "was charged wha unlawfully procuring five dred pounds of muriate of morphia, was sentenced to three years penal servitude at the Old Bailes Counsel stated that the authorities were of opinion he was the largest trafficker in drugs ever brought to justice.

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Lord Inchcape at the meeting of the P. and Company regretted that with a few exceptions the earnings on every voyage of Peninsular steamers during the past twelve months ware below the dis bursements of the company. They were reluctantly compelled to reduce the wages of staffs and

A consignment of morphine hydrochloride was further reductions might be necessary to keep the seized, by the police at Marseilles valued at £9,000. ships at sea and cover working charges. He Counsel said the Home Office know very large suggested that unemployment might be remedied consignments of drugs had been smuggled If the trade unions suspended their regulations in into: Japan in recent years and regard to minimum rates of wages and restriction some had found their way into China of the hours of labour and output and gave economic and India and even back to Britain. They went. conditions free play for a year or two so that costs throughout the world and there was no control on of production might decrease and world markets be them once they passed through legitimate hands. found for any increased output of British many Miyagawa trafficked enormously in drugs not only factures,

:: with a firm in Switzerland but also with a firm in Imperial Conferences were undoubtedly very Hamburg. The prisoner exported £37,590 sterling valuable to the Empire but were a somewhat dis-worth of heroin from Hamburg in the last week in turbing influence upon domestic affairs, Lord October. He was backed by, very powerful and Inchcape hoped that when the next Imperial Con wealthy organisation. Representations had been ference was arranged it would be one of the con-made to the German government and there had been ditions that any mention of Imperial preference or many arrests in Hamburg in the last few days. The tariffs be rigidly excluded from discussion. He Recorder said the prisoner would be recommended would not rule out free trade within the Empire but for deportation and would have to pay all the ex- as most of the Dominious depended largely on the penses of the prosecution. revenue from high tariffs he was afraid that for many years this would not be a practical proposi tion. He believed that the different units of the Empire would hold together better if each were left. free to carry on in the way apparently best suited to its own condition.

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POLITICS.

GOVERNMENT PRUNES PROGRAMME,

TARIFF PROPOSALS DROPPED,

LONDON, December 12.

INTER-VARSITY SOCCER.

EXCITING GAME ENDS IN DRAW.

LONDON, December 12.

At the Crystal Palace for the inter-varsity 50ccer match the weather was dull and five thousand people were present, Cambridge and Oxford drew, the score being one goal all.

Good work by the Cambridge forwards result- Jed in their centre forward Hilleary, scoring after three minutes. The game was fast and interesting. It is authoritatively stated that the programme Cambridge continued, to do well but towards the with which the Government will meet Parliament fatyal Oxford were frequently attacking. At will not include Mr. Baldwin's tariff proposals but halftime Cambridge had scored one goal and most probably the measures for Empire develop-Offard none. On the resumption there was a fast ment agreed upon by the Imperial Conference other didong struggle and after twenty-three minutes. than those of a protectionist character, will be purise und equalised through their centre half, in the forefront for example, the extension of trade?) widder, bending in from a comer. Both sides credits, improvement of communications, and pre-made very strenuous efforts to gain the lead kod forence in imperial contracts, Mr. Asquith has both goals had narrow escapes. A most exciting replied to a correspondent that there is no found-game ended, however, in à draw. ation for the foolish inventions" that the Liberals seek an alliance with the Conservatives.

LABOUR PARTY'S POSITION.

LONDON; December 12.

The Executive of the Labour Party has decided that in the event of Labour being invited to form at Government the Parliamentary party will immedi- ately accept full responsibility for the Governmient of the country without compromising itself with any form of coalition.

READY FOR THE NEXT.

LATER.

The Labourite Executive has carried a resolut- tion, In view of the critical parliamentary position and the possibility of another early election, reques ting Mr. Arthur Henderson, the headquarters staff and regional officers immediately to prepare for the next contest, which will be the most momentous in the history of Labour.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY RESULT.

LONDON, December 12. -

Sir Charles Oman and Lord Hugh Cecil (Cons servatives) were elected for Oxford University with!{ a majority of 240 over Professor Gilbert Murray (Liberal.)

DEBTS.

GREAT BRITAIN'S

MR. MACDONALD'S VIEWS.

CHINESE LOAN BONDS,

FRENCH HOLDERS

ANXIOUS.

PARIS, December 12. M. Poincaré, replying to a letter from M. Tardieu on behalf of a number of holders of Chinese five per cent 1913 (?) loan who have not been paid dividends since September 1921, states that so far as this particular loan is concerned the Chinese Government can invoke no valld reason to justify non-payment of dividends. French diplomacy bad continued to urge the absolute necessity of China's respecting her obligations in regard to French holders of the loan. The political instability of China had rendered vain the steps hitherto taken thereanent by the French Legation in Peking but negotiations would be renewed as soon as the new Government was constituted and would be followed up with all regard to French interests..

MEXICAN MIX-UP.

CONFLICTING REPORTS.

NEW YORK, December 12. The Mexican situation is at present perplexing owing to the Impossibility of reconciling the con- flicting reports from governmental and rebel forces, unopposed, are moving in two lines along sources, respectively, but it is apparent the rebel the railway from Vera, Cruz and are rapidly approaching Mexico City. One has reached Apizaco and the other Esperanza Reuter's American Service

COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE.

CHESE

DELEGATE RE-ELECTED.

BRUSSELS, December 13. Views recently expressed in a French inter view with Mr. Ramsay Macdonald were quickly taken up in the Chamber during a debate: Premier Theunis replying to criticisms made by the social ist Van Der Velde, asserted that Mr. Macdonald's first declaration after the Labour success at the polls, was that he insisted on the payment of inter- allied debts. Van Der Velde said such a declar- ation would contradict the engagements taken at the Frankfort Conference and if Mr. Macdonald did not honour engagements, they knew how to recall them to him. Mr. Macdonald made a statement to-

GENEVA, December 12. night saying what he told the interviewer was, if

The international communications conference there was no general settlement, Great Britain has closed Minister Tcheng Loh, the Chinese could not continue to pay her American debt and delegate, who is at present in China was re-elected allow France which was industrially better off than by 26 votes on the advisory committee which is to WO, to disregard her obligations to us. He continue its functions: The important points of emphasises we never will agree to anything five Chinese proposals were adopted in principle. which victimises Great Britain in the interests of any other State,"

GERMANY'S PLIGHT.

END OF TETHER,

BERLIN, December 13.

WORLD COURT.

AMERICAN WOMEN WANT IT.

WASHINGTON December 12,

A delegation of five women from Minnesota Addressing foreign pressmen, Chancellor called or President Coolidge, and Mr. Hughes with Marx said Germany was at the end of her tether and a petition said to contain a hundred thousand names could not carry on without foreign assistance. The In favour of American participation in: a World Government officials, Including even Judges, intend-Court, Similar demonstrations are being organised ed to demonstrate to-morrow against the totally by the League of Women Voters, ...... Inadequate level to which salaries had been reduced.

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