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ANOTHER HEATED SENATE, DEBATE

"PURELY DOMESTIC MATTERS."

BOTH SIDES ASSAIL THE REPORT.

WASHINGTON, May 8. The Senate heatedly debated the immigration BIL Both sides bitterly assailed the conference "report" postponing Japanese exclusion.

Senators Robinson, Borah, Johnson, Lodge Reed and others maintained that immigration was purely a domestic matter and ought not to be made the subject of treaty negotiation."

The Californian Senator Shortridge announced his intention of dloving a point of order that the committee had exceeded its authority and recom mending an extension of the date of the measure and lowering the barrier against Asiatic immigra- tion--Reuter's American Service. ***

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[The Concessional Committee accepted Pre sident Coolidge's suggestion to report ou the provision making the Immigration Bill effective from March 1, 1925 instead of July 1 next on the understanding that the formal abrogation of the "gentleman's agreement" will in the meantime be negotiated. The Committee rejected a proposal to postpone the operation of the blil until March 1926.]

VOICE OF COMMERCE.

CLEVELAND, May 8,

A plenary session of the United States Chambers of Commerce unanimously passed a resolution opposing the exclusion of Japanese by legislative enactment.—Reuter's American Servier.

MCKENNA DUTIES THE ISSUE.

MOTION A VOTE OF CENSURE.

LONDON, May 8.

In the House of Commons. Mr. J. B. Clynes, Deputy Leader of the House, announcing, thai Mr. Stanley Baldwin's motion that "it is Inexpedient to remove the McKenna duties" would be taken on May 13 said that although the "Grouched. In ordinary terms the mai p Government regarded as a vote censure.-Reuter DEFEAT UNLIKELY.

LATER. A Government defeat on the Budget is always view of "Mr." Clynes' a serious matter and in announcement to-day the Government is bound to treat their defeat on Tuesday, in the conventional- way by adjourning the House and considering their position.

The chance of defeat is infinitesimal, however. as the Liberals will certainly support the Govern ment while Labour members who favour the Me Kenna duties are bound to rally to the Government's support after Mr. Clynes' statement-Renier.

The McKenna duties were a war measure imposed in 1916. Mr. Bonar Law undertook to remove them after the war. They included tariffs of 33 1/3 per cent, on imported motor cars, pianos, watches, clocks, cinema, films and a few other articles. There have been intimations in the papers fately on the part of a number of manufacturers in the trades concerned, particularly the motor car makers, that abolition of the duties would mean the wholesale dismissal of workers, Hence the doubt whether the Labour Government would abolish the duties and Mr. Snowden's explanation during the Budget debate that the date of abolition was fixed for August 1 in order to avoid inconven- lence to the trades concerned.]

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LONDON, May 8. At Cardiff, Glamorgan lost to Yorkshire by an oings and 177 runs.

AMERICA'S WELCOME SUGGESTION.

BRITAIN READY TO HELP.

LONDON, May 8.

The desirability of a policy of disarmament of one hand and the provision for equipment of dock yards on the other were the main points in the debate on the Naval Estimates in the House of Commons.

The Conservatives persisted in urging the necessity of improving the Singapore dockyard. Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery, former First Lord of the Admiralty, said there was an overwhelming casa for modernising at least one dockyard east of the Suez Canal and in such an event there was po doubt which one should be chosen.

Yorkshire's score was 275 and Glamorgan's 48 and 50, respectively.

Kilner (R.) took 4 wickets for 17 and 5 Macaulay secured 5 for 15 in the first innings.

SOUTH AFRICANS TOUR.

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At Derby, in the match between Derbyshire and the South Africans, the latter had scored six runs without loss when heavy rain fell and play had to be abandoned for the day.

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RUSSIANS BLAMED.

THE HAGUE. Mày 8.

A communiqué lays responsiblity for the

Berlin upon the Russians who under the most favoured nation clause refused to grant to Holland advantages accorded to other nations who have re- Cognised her.

Mr. C. G. Ammon, Parliamentary Secretary |~~~- of the Admiralty replying, said the Government had noted with the greatest friendliness and fallure of the Russian and Dutch negotiations in pleasure the American Senate's resolutions as regards a limitation of armaments conference. It would do everything possible as far as Britain was concerned to show a reciprocal desire to enter any such negotiations and discussions.-Reuter,

NEW ERA

LONDON, May. 8. Mr. Charles Ray Nasmith, the new Americau Consul at Newcastle, called on the Lord Mayor and expressed himself anxious to co-operate in the helpful relations between Brital and the United Sales-Reuter.

[Every cloud respecting British and American relations was removed by the settlement of the long standing dispute, in regard to the American consulate at Newcastle where two consuls were deprived of their exequaturs on the ground that they used their official position to further the interests of American trade.]

EMPIRE WIRELESS.

Bagh A, RANK AL CARE A LONDON, May.A Rauter understands that the Cabinet has reached a decisión regarding Empire wireless but the time and method of announcing the decision will be left to the Cabinet's wireless committee. It is undet. stood that the decision adopts the main lines of the Donald report/Reuter,

The Dutch Government does not intend to go further because it considers the treaty contemplated by'Russia would be unsatisfactory-from the "view- point of commerce, navigation, debts and credits.--

·Reuter.

MORE HASTE NEEDED.

LONDON, May 8.

In the House of Commons, asked when the Government will be able to announce the results of the Anglo-Russian conference in London, Mr. Clynes regretted that he was unable to foretell the duration of the conference, but the Prime Minister proposed to take an opportunity immediately to harry it up.-Reuter.

WORLD COURT.

WASHINGTON, May 8,

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