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EVACUATION OF THE RUHR.

FRENCH REMAIN ADAMANT,

STICKS AND HAMMERS USED.

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(Reuter's Service.) ·

KHARTOUM, August. 14. Two hundred and fifty of the railway troops at Atbara, are confhed to barracks and guarded by Sudanese troops. The ringleaders are under close

arrest.

HAMMERS AND STICKS.

A party of labourers, employed in the steamer service, armed with sticks and hammers attempted a demonstration to the North of Khartoum, They were dispersed by police, assisted by British troops. APPEAL TO EGYPTIANS,

CAIRO, August 14...

The newspapers here publish an appeal to Egyptians to hold a demonstration to-morrow to, arouse sympathy with the Sudan question.

A battalion of British troops and a squadron of the Royal Air Force have gone to Port. Sudan,

where H.M.S. Weymouth is standing by.

MALTA IS PREPARED.

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THIN PROSPECTS FOR COMPROMISE.

(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON, August 14.

Pressure of public opinion in France and Germany on M. Herriot and Herr Marx respectively, is responsible for the delay in reaching a settle. ment at the London, Conference.

Each advance made by either towards a dom promies is severely criticised in both Capitals as a surrødder. M. Herriot, during yesterday's discuse. sion with the Germans and Belgians-which is remarkable as the first time Foreign Statesmen have onferred at Downing Street without the přirènèo" of a British Minister was fervent in the expression of his desire to establish a new era of Branco German rapprochement.

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Herr Marx accepted M., Herriot's plea that public opinion hampered his desire to evacuate the Ruhi before the expiry of a lyear, but he enquired whether M. Herriot was certain of remaining in, power a year.....

MALTA, August 14.

The arrival of M. Loucheur in London

He is the author of a One of the three battalions here have been scheme for Franco-Gernian industrial rapproche

regarded as significant. ordered to stand in readiness to proceed to Egyptment which the London Conference in 1921 rejected, because it provided for French penetration of German mines and factories,

at a few hours' notice.

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.

OUTLINES HIS PROGRAMME.

(Reuter's American Service.)

WASHINGTON, August 14 President Calvin. Coolidge, in accepting the Republican nomination for the Presidency, proposed

further tax reduc tion,

He promised to appoint a convurig? sion to investīgalė the means of aiding agriculture. Peace The Skegan He summed up the country's foreign policy in the one, word PEACE, de- claring that when

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M. Loucheur, backed by the French iron. masters is now opposing M. Herrior's abandonment of this scheme. M. Loucheur is teader of a powerful group of Left Radicals, hitherto supporters of the Government. M. Herriot has to reckon, in the coatingency of withdrawal, on that support when he meets the Chumber.

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The only hope of solution now is that Mr Mac- Donald or an American or the Belgian M. Theunis may find a formula for a compromise.

The Belgians are by no means so adamant on the subject of evacuation as the French.

REFERENCE TO BERLIN."

The German delegates have decided to refer the French proposition with reference to the evacuation of the Ruhr by telegraph to Berlin. They hope to receive an answer by to-morroW,

QUESTION OF AMNESTY.

The Franco-Belgian and German convenations the Dawest plan yesterday settled the question of the amnesty of the was under way, be expelled German officials, but costponed the ques would propose an tion of leaving French and Belgian railwaymen in other international the Ruhr after the military evacuation because that conference to dis-question was bound up with the Rhineland settle. ment. Though discussions have reached a dead. cusa a further Bimitation in arma lock on the subject of military evacuation, another

dificult question was that of dyestuffs. The Ger many refuse to include these and other bye-pro duch of cool in the list of commodities to form part of the reparation payments. The French fear that unless these are included in the deliveries, the Germans may dump dyestuffs into France and destroy an industry which the French built up. after the war and which is most important from the viewpoint of the manufacture of explosives An- other fear expressed in Paris is that if France barters the evacuation of the Ruhr for favourable Concessions in a commercial tresty, British Indus- trialistamay demand a quid pro quo

He declared in favour of protec tion and indicated that, if he is elect ed he will adjust the tariffs from time to time as. needed.

SOPYRIGHT UNDAEWOOLA UNDERWONY. In his speech, President Coolidge upheld the adherence of the United States to plans for a permanent court of International justice and expressed his approval that Americans were assisti ing in the restoration of Europe,

TENNIS.

DAVIS CUP TIES.

(Reuter's American Service.)

PROVIDENCE, RL, August 14.

In the opening of the American Zone Davis Cup tenais findis. Patterson (Australia) defeated Shimidzu (Japan). The score was 7-5, 11-0, 6-4-

O'Hara Wood (Auralia), beat Okamoto (Japan) by 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 5 r.

The Big Seven met at Downing Street at. 9-30, The Germans did not arrive until 11 o'clock. The discussions with the French and Belgians were then continued. "An earlier meeting was arranged, but the Germans were delayed because, since yesterday, they had been continually in consultation with Herr Ebert and their colleagues in Berlin by dieans of a' private wire installed at their hotel,

FEELING OF PESSIMISM.

The meeting of the French and Belgian de- Jegates with the Germans lasted only 20 minutes. is uncertain whether the meetings will be re- sumed Feeling is pessimistic.

An adjournment of the Conference took

·E was announced

DESCRIPTION OF PLAY, Patterson and Shimidzu Had a ding-dong pics at one this afternoon! struggle throughout, especially in the second set in which Patterson was fully exionded: tralian dropped his tantalising chon stroke when the score was 9 games all. With a series of vicious baseline drives and untake ble service, he took the next two games..

that the Germans had been given two Hours In which to reply to the French proposals in regard to The Aus-The sulfury evacutiion of the Ruhr, which the

British and American delegations have approved.

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In the second singles, O'Hara Wood's brilliant service and steady driving gave him an easy vic tory in the first set. The Japanese exhausted himself in frantic endeavours to return the

Australian's cannon-bail drives.

In the second set, Okamotor developed sudden..sireak of brilliancy, constantly out- manoeuvring Wood, and winning by 6-2;

In the third set. Wood's smashing drives puzzled the lipasese, who contented himself with back court pluy. Okamoto won the fourth set chiefly on account of Wood's erratic play. Wood steadied up in the fifth stand, taking no chances, easily defeated his opponent.

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VICTORY FOR SOUTH AFRICANS. (Raster's, Service,).

LONDON. ABgust '135 The match between the South Africans and the Harlequins, at Eastbourne, ended in a victory for the visitors by six wickets,

In their first innings the Harlequins made 73. the South Africans replying with 162, **

Having lost one wicket overnight for 13, the Harlequins continued, their second innings to-dey before a moderate attendance. The weather was floe and the wicket played woll,"

The score was carried to 213, of which Jardíne made 40 and Evans 42 The South African bowler, Carter, took a wickets for 40. makapangy

The South Africans made 125 for the loss wickets, Comirnaille scoring 68,

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TAX ON GERMAN IMPORTS.

The Government has decided permanently to restore the 26 per cent. percentage levied on German Imports under the Reparations Recovery Act. The Government, on, taking office, reduced the percentage to five per cent.

CONSTERNATION IN GERMAN CAMP.

The decision of the British and American re- presentatives to support the French has caused concremation among the Gehmins, who feel that the dotion of the proposal, will precipitato the fall of the German Government, le sue Handed o momentous that some délégates may go to Berlin to consult the Gablaet before replying

ANOTABLE MOVE.

The "Daily Telegraph's" diplomatic. correspon. Ceat understands that Herr Mart has telegraphed Phakdent Ebert. In his message, he recomends that Germany accept the French plan for the evacuation of the Ruhr,

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(Reuter's Service.).

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