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SENNET FRERES

(Reuter's Service.)

as

LONDON. October 28 Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is indisposed and unable to address

3 meeting, this afternoon a Derby.

Mr. J. H. Thomas, who took his place, predicted Labour would return stronger than ever.

He said the Labourites would not resign. A a result of the election, they would face Barliament with the King's Speech, in which the party policy will be set out and those Democrats and those progressive people be obliged to face partia ment and go to the lobby when not only will they be obliged to say they are turning us out, but also whom they are putting in our place. That will be ** very interesting division.”

ZIŅOVIEFF'S LETTER.

The most serious allegation of the Premier's critics regarding Ruusja was that the Premier had' Zinovic's letter several weeks strand' deli- berately withheld it from publication for party рагроѕев The Premier's speech'disarmed criti- clam on the matter but otherwise it has to nowise satisfied the opposition press, which caustically refers to the unusual spectacle of a Minister attack-. ing officials of his own department who are not privileged to reply.

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1924. 日二初月十子中大皇年三十晚事项:

STATEMENT BY ZINOVIEFF

LLEGED, LETTER “FORGERY.

“FABRICATED” IN POLAND.

CONSENT TO ETU.C. DRCISION.

(Reuter's Service.)

Moscow, October 28.. www.MI... Zinoviel in a stallment to the press declares the alleged letter is a forgery. He was undergoing the cure at Kislovodsk on September alleged instructions to the military section of the 15 and unable to sign ang official letters.. The British Communist Party are bonsenes. Such a section does not exist. The Party has far more Important things to consider than the creation of a British Red Army, especially the task of bring ing the views of the Communist International before the masses of Britlab workers. Mr. Ziborioff undertakes to abide by the decision of British Trade Union Commission with regard to the authenticity of the letter. Ho declares it was fibsicated in Poland.

JAMAICA'S TRADE.

REPRESENTATIONS.

PASSING INTO CHINESE HANDS.

TO GOVERNMENT.

(Reuters Service.)

KINGSTON, JA,, October 28,

....

4

Everybody is at present content to relegate Government by the Jamaica Imperial Association, Strong representations have been made to the authenticity of the Zinoviaff letter itself to the.. back ground but the utmost party capital is beingarding the passing of Jamaica's trade into the made out of Mr. MacDonald's Russian policy. The stoppage of allen immigration.

hands of Chinese. An appeal is made for the Conservatives particularly regard the whole episodes Many candidates will make the exclusion of as an electoral asset wherewith to spur apathetic Chinese and Syrians the chief plank in their voters to the poll.. The Liberals, however, thoughtform at the General Election to the Legislative dissatisfied with the reply, with their supporters Council in January. not to give undue attention to the uasian issue but Tather to concentrate to defeat the Conservatives?" protectionist ximsuits

Insurance rates at Lloyds during the past daya have veared in favour of the Conservative victory. The odds yesterday were approximately 7 to 2 on a clear Conservative majority: 19 to 1 against Labour majority, but Mr MacDonald's Anal appeal to the nation says At the end of the hardest- fight I have ever known the signs of Labour. victories are unmistakable.”

QUEENSTOWN QUIRÁGE

MURDER OF PRIVATE ABPINALL.

SEVEN SUSPECTS ARRESTED.

(Reuter's Service).

LONDON, October 28:

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Many arfeété were made In Dublin, chis morning following detective raids and a search for men wanted in connection with the shooting of British soldiers at Queenstown Last March

SEVEN MEN CHARGED,

Bad

"Seven men, arrested in Dublin this morala

LATER, were remanded on a charge of having murdered Private Aspinall, RAM at Queenstown o March 21, by shooting hins with machine-guns

_CHICAGO_VERDICT.

STREET JURY VOTES"

AGAINST IT.

SOVIET

FRANCE

PARIS GRANTS RECOGNITION.

(Beuter's Service.)

PARIS, October 28.

edcial recogalt

TION BY HERRI

MOSCOW, October 28.

M. Herrior's Note, conveying the de jure recognition by France of the Soviet, suggests the immediate exchange of Ambassadors.

- INDIAN"' 'UNREST.

BENGALI LEADERS ACTION.

APPEAL FOR

(Reuter's Service.)

CALCUTTA, October 28. Now that there have been 72 arrests under the to the whole country to observe. November 1 as new ordinance, the Bongal Leaders have appealed hartal, or day of mourning. The proposed observa- tion of hartal is in protest against the ordinance."

tíal criminals in society before STRANGE SACRIFICE. they actually commit crimes."

OHKAP SENTIMENTALISM." Death," said Mr. Henry A. Fisher, a New York banker, The verdiot would have been death in

A

Paris, Sept., 13.-By a vote or New York Cheap sentimentalism

has no place in such a trial.”. 7 to 5a jury of twelve-Americane,⠀ picked at random from the crowds Death, said Mr. Charles in the Paris, streets by a reporter Sitterley, a farmer, of Madison, of the "New York Herald, re- Wis. The judge admitted that versed the verdust of Judge Caverly there were no extenualuig circum in the Chicago murder trial and stances. There is bound to be pronounced sentence of death on serious reaction from this trial all Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, over the Middle Went

NA

WOMAN GIVES HUSBAND TO

NURSE

London, Sept. 14-One of the strangest bigamy cases is engaging an the attention of the legal nuthorities ut San Rafael, Califórnia.

Marius Miller, a man of social standing, has a wife of whom he is very fond, but she is an invalid. Tri, the two young sons of mi "Death," said Mr. Cyrus in his anxiety to give her the best fionaires who were sentenced to life MacDermot, of Philadelphia, of attention, he called in a trained imprisonment for killing a boy for have just come from Borland and Tinurse: Shortly afterwards he went sport

can assure you that the verdice through a form of marriage with The only two women who were would have bech 'death there," the nurse without the formality of gaestioned, said "Death," without

ALLEN getting a divorce. #Life imprisonment, qualifying their verdict, with any Lieut. Colonel Charles Kerwood. Koid

He is now charged with bigamy sympathy for the youthfulness of an American aviator, from Phila- but the authorities, are faced with the murderers

delphioT think that life im an astonishing situation-says-the Death said Mrs. Martha prisonment is a greater punishment San Francisco correspondent, of the White, of Dallas, Texas, We than death.""

Central News.** have too many degenerates in tha?

Miller's invalid and legitimate Life imprisonment, said Mr. wife 32ys, she sees no reason why

world as it is.

Why

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Ate sympathy, on two self-c Charles Smell of Chicago the law.ebould interest itself in the

feed murderers?

There has been too much news case since thered given her per- Death,said Mien Marion J. Per talk about this offer and mission for her husband to Jesters of San Francisco: These everybody in prajfidiced: Judge marry her attendant l two boys deserve the heavies Caterly knows the law. punishment that can be inflicted Death said: Mr. [Why should they escape the Blacken, of Pittsburg

Miller built model house in CE which to keep his second wife, and Any jury to it that his invalided wife was

illows when others are hanged in menica sould have convicted faken care of and wanted nothing

viwylliont a murinus for rimer miten ther

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