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ALARMING INCIDENT.

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VIOLENT TREMORS ACCOMPANY RUMBLING.A

(Reuter's General Service)

LONDON April 21.

The excitement created in parts of England! recently by earth tremors was intensified during the week-end by an earthquake in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

There was a very alarming incident during divine service in the parish church at Tibshelf. The congregation felt a great bump. The building rocked. Many worshippers rushed out into the

open:

Elsewhere chimneys were thrown down Violent tremors accompanied the rumbling...

FRANCE READY.

EXPERTS' REPORTS APPROVED.

THE RUHR IN PAWN

PARIS, April 22.

NEW FRAME OF "MIND.

-LABOUR'S POLITICAL AIMS.

PREMIER'S IDEALISM.

CHANGING THE WORLD'S VIEWPOINT.

(Reuter's General Service.)

LONDON, April 21. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, attending the Inde- pendent Labour Party conference at York received

rousing reception.

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Replying to a resolution assuring him of hearty support, he said the Labour Government was doing its best but he could not assure them it would always do what they wanted. The Goverment had been justified in what it had done.

It might have made mistakes and it might not have hid the true faith of Empire, but the great thing they had got to do was to impress the public opinion not only of Britain but of the world that the Labour Government was a practical thing and a good thing.

The Cabinet was terribly overburdened but he had received every assistance from the wall-in- formed staff of the Foreign Office. He did not know how long he would be in office and he did not care very much so long as he did good work. They were helping to work towards a new frame of that might be to their beacfit. So long as they did that he was perfectly willing to continue.

M. Policare has communicated to the Repara-mind and getting people to see a different viewpoint dons Committee the French Government's attitude as regards the experts' reports.

He says the Government approves the plan as fully as the other Allled Governments and he invites the Commission to formulate suggestions with regard to the carrying out of the reports,

RUSSIA SCORNS HELP.

M Poincaré expresses the view that a number ALWAYS READY TO PAY "HER WAY.

of preliminary measures must be executed before

the presentpledges in the Ruhr can be exchanged for others.

Such changes must be dependeat on previous inter Allied agreement on sanctions in the event of a German default.

TILDEN'S CHOICE

PHILADELPHIA, April 23: - Tilden announces his resignation from mem bersbip of the American Davis Cup and Olympic teams.

[The American Tennis Committee recently passed a by-law forbidding Davis Cup and Olympic tennis players from writing to the Press. This by law does not operate until next year, and Tilden who had already signed contracts to con- tribute articles to the newspapers, was free to play this year.]

QUEENSTOWN SHOOTING.

LONDON, April 21, Two men have been detained in military custody at Cork for alleged complicity in the recent Queenstown outrage.

Irish Free State Anny mutineers opened Are on a party of British soldiers landing at Queens- town, killing one outright and wounding several fatally. The President of the Irish Free State offered a reward of £10,000 for the capture of the criminals.]

MACLAREN'S PROGRESS.

BAGDAD, April 21. MacLaren left this morning en rouse to Bushire. He was escorted by three Air Force machines.

PORTUGUESE AIRSHIP FLIGHT.

CARO, April 21 The Portuguese airmen flying to Canton inve arrived at Heliopolis.

DISARMAMENT CAUTION.

BANKER'S TERMS RESENTED.

Moscow, April 21.

M. Trotsky, in an interview declared that Russia was a reliable debtor. She wanted to get money from England but there was no question of saving" Russia which could dispense with such aid if necessary.

"We want to establish better relations with the capitalistic countries but why should they require us to cease being Communists. when we don't demand that they.cease being bourgeois?"

The Soviet would try to avoid hostilities with Rumania provided Bessarabia was given an opportunity for self-determination.

"NOTHING DOING."

M. Zinovieff, in a speech, declared that if the. demands of the British bankers represented England's minimum there was nothing doing. Russia would make great concessions for a loan but not so as to be held in thrall.

RAIDERS RAIDED.

ENTIRE GANG TAKEN.

PESHAWAR, April 21.

The Frontier constabulary conducted an ex- ceptionally successful operation at Draban against the Mahsud raiders who recently kidnapped a number of Hindus and ambushed the police.

The entire gang of eleven Mahsuds, including four notorious outlaws responsible for a number of raids were captured with rifles, mills bombs, hand grenades and other weapons.

One member of the constabulary was killed and two villagers were wounded.

RUSSIA'S STRIKE WAVE

RIGA, April 21. LONDON, April 22.

Feodardahn "The Socialist lenders

and The Independent Labour Party Conference has adopted a watered down resolution regarding Tseretelli, in speeches, declared that the strike. disarmament policy, Mr. F.-W. Jowett, the Cabinet wave was gaining in volume throughout Russia, Government's suppressive and Minister, carrying the meeting pointing out that although the the Labour Government would go out of office if terrorist measures had hitherto prevented any Britain alone declared in favour of disarmament. serious outbreaks.

THE WHITE RAJAH.

EMPIRE BUILDER'S ROMANCE.

to convey

the

12 years of age he was sent homeed English sailors, and Mr. Brooke to bie educated

the was commissioned under guardianship of his grandmother thanks and presents to the Rajah. at Reigate Apparently the In 1840 Brooke again visited the him to bondage of books at a school at Rajah, who implored Norwich irked this young remain. Tribal wars raged and offered adventurous spirit, and at the age the distracted ruler

the Litle of Rajah Mrs. Charlotte Cameron's rare of 16 he confessed he had had Brooks

education and would Brooke decided to accept and in descriptive ability is marked in enough her latest" Wandering in Southern continue his education himself. the course of time the tribes re- Seas" in which she, graphically He took an ensign's commission coguled the wise thought and depicts North Borneo, Brunes, in the 6th Madras Native Infantry good Government of "The White Johore, Sarawak, Java and other and departed for India. And in Rajah Thrus in 1841

Brooke was sovereignty over Sarawak wis Interesting lands of the East. Her 1824 James

battle, given to James: Brooke, and he. narrative is entertaining and in fighting his fin structive, says a home paper; was severely wounded and sent became ruler of 2,000 square miles, especially that part which describes home to Bith, his great bravery with 500 miles of sea front.

It was not all plain salling and. Sarawak, the country of the White being mentioned in despatches. Rajah, Charles Vyner de Windt His father, Thomas Broke, was the time came when Rajah Brooks In the East India Company's Civil was glad to lay down his burden Brooke.

How did that country drift into Service. Young Brooke resigned and retire to his remote country the hands of "White Rajahs from his commission, but his keen spirit place at Burrator, in Devon, where,

and adventure was not to be he died on June 11, 1868," England?"

"I know of no pages in history thwarted, and he sailed for China. se rich in romance and adventure, Little did he dream at that period says the authorces. We must go that thousands of nativas, in the back to a suburb of Benares, where adjacent country, clanouring for the Europeans resided, Secrore, & Teal leader, needed him. and where, on April 29, 1803, a In 1835 his father died and left boy fini opened his eyes to talk to James fortune of £30,000. world. He was christened James Buying a schooner, achi ha sArted, Brooke his first yours were spent for Singapore, where he arrived in In India, where he became May, 189 The Hakad dellmained thi Phá tráp

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