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Police Not Seriously ';

Anxious.

Following the report that a conspiracy had been discovered to assassinate prominent membera of the Cabinet, comes official news that the police have "certain information" and are making further inquiries,

Was It The Premier?

STANLEY BALDWIN

Was

To-day's cables mention that the conspiracy directed against "some pro minent member of the Government. Was this pro- minent member the Premier? However, the Premier is always guarded by two deteu- tives. Even, Mr. Rarasay MacDonald had to submit to this rule."

Official Statement;

# (Reuter's Service)

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London, December 5. With reference to the statement in the Press with regard to the conspiracy to attempt to murder some prominent member of the Government, the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, states that the precautions taken to protect Cabinet Ministers should not be taken as implying the police are seriously-anxious;~

The police have certain informa- tion and are making further inquiries which it is not desirable at the present moment to reveal.

While these inquiries are pro- gressing, the Commissioner "of. Police, in view of the extent of bis responsibilities for the safety of Cabinet Ministers, felt he must advise the Home Secretary as a necessary precaution to authorise

hoped the result of the police inquiries would be to enable the precautions to be relaxed before very long.

..[Yesterday we received a Reuter cable from London stating that a sensational story had been pub- lished in the "Daily Mail" to the effect that a plot had been dis covered to assassinate prominent members of the Cabinet. News of the conspiracy was supposed to have reached the Government in a despatch from Lord Allenby, The receipt of the news' was said "to have been followed by a special meeting of the Cabinet. This was succeeded by a conference of police chiefs who arranged elaborate measures for protection of Cabinet Ministers. They gave instructions to armed detectives to act drasti- eally if necessary. The Commis sioner of Police is Brigadier-Gen eral Sir William Horwood, C.B., D.S.O. During the war he was attached to General Headquarters

Sequel To Sudan Mutiny,

THREE OFFICERS SHOT:

DEATH SENTENCE ON FIFTH COMMUTED

· (Reuter's Servios.)";

Cairo, December 6,

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25日十初月一十子甲决皇年三十國民邮中

WEMBLEY PROSPECTS.

EXHIBITION TO CONTINUE.

Will

OFFICIAL DECISION."·

Hongkong Participate Again 2

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The British Empire Exhibition is to continue next year. The question whether Hongkong shall participate therefore assuMNES definite shape.

As a sequel to the mutiny of the Sudanese battalion, a court-received from London this morn- According to a Reuter cable martial has been held at Khartum.ing, a meeting of the Executive

Three of the officers, who were found guilty, have already been shot.

Another officer, who was sen- tenced to death, has had his sen- tence-commuted to 15 years imprisonment.

Council of the British Empire. Exhibition has decided that the Exhibition shall continue in 1925. The Duke of Devonshire, former Conservative Secretary of State for Colonies, and Mr. J, H.

Thomas, former Labour Secretary of State for Colonies, have accept-

ed invitations to serve on the board under the chairmanship of Lord Stevenson, chief organizer

of the Exhibition.

[According to official ddils received in London, the mu ny in the Sudan was started on ve evening of November 27.

Will Hongkong participate? platoons of Sudanese with approached by the "China Mail" Nearly all the interested people Vickers guna were encountered recently were of the opinion that

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in Khedival Avenpe, near theif Hongkong is represented again Egyptian Army hospital, by two

next year it will be purely on British platoons, both forces of them are doubtful if these are! patriotic grounds although many! facing each other at a distance sufficiently strong to justify an of 150 yards... VA British officer expenditure even of the reduced unsuccessfully tried to persuade the permanent nature of much of amount that will be ensured by the mutineers to obey orders. A the buildings which took the greater part of the original outlay.

of the British Expeditionary black officer acted as "spokesman Force. He was mentioned in for the mutineers. Towards despatches seven times and holds dusk the Acting Sirdar arrived a number of foreign decorations; including the 2nd. Class Rising and addressed the mutineers. Sun.]

Someone in the darkness shouted

Although it cannot he said with any degree of certainty until the exhibitors return what are the amount of direct trading which actual figures with regard to the

EMPIRE'S SHOP WINDOW TO OPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

Bird's eye of the vast exhibition grounds at Wembley which represent a collossal. shop window for the display of the products of Great Britain, the Dominions and the Colonies. The site of the 'show, a short distance from London, is 400 acres in extent.

THE ENTENTE."

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the reimposition of some of the CONVERSATIONS AT PARIS

protective measures which have operated on past occasions, for example during the Irish troubles three years ago.

Sir

William Joynson Hicks, "

REVAL RIOTERS.

POLICE SURROUND HOUSE OF COMMUNISTS.

(Reuter's Service:)

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(Reuter's Service.)

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(Reuter's American Service.)

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has been done, the general opin- ion seems to be that it is small and that it is doubtful if the merchants themselves will be willing to enter again on a simi- lar undertaking. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce/will in all probability be the first body to discuss the matter and, the final word rests, of course, with the Government..

In this connection it will be re- membered that Sir Edward Stubbs in his budget speech said: "No vote has been entered for the British Empire Exhibition. The question whether the Exhibi- tion will be continued next year is apparently still unsettled. If it should be decided to continue it, it will be necessary to consider whether Hongkong-should-again. take part in it. The point is one on which two views are possible. and I do not wish to commit this Government to any opinion until the Council has had full oppor- tunity of considering the matter."

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in Arabic that the mutineers re- fused to recognise the Acting Sirdar. The latter again asked if the mutineers would take orders and the answer returned

Reports of heavy seas encounter- ed continue to be reported by was in the negative. Orders were then given to round up the

ships arriving here from North and South, smaller boats from the mutineers. The mutineers re-

NEW YORK, December's. North having had particularly The firm of Messrs Morgan, rough passages. plied, to the British fire with PARIS, December 5.

rifles and machine-guns, They Bankers, are shipping gold colu The West Cajoot" which dur- A communiqué on this morning's then withdrew under cover of to the value of $5,000,000 to ing its voyage here from Manila conversations between Mr. Austen darkness. Their main body was Germany as a portion of the ran into the centre of the distur Chamberlain, and M. Herriot located in a building in a hospital proceeds of the recent German bance, reported in yesterday's states that agreement has been compound on the morning of Loan. It is understood the new weather report as being off the reached on questions requiring November 28. They fred on German Bank of Issue under the Pratas shoal, reports "typhoon immediate solution. Consideration approaching troops, hence it was Dawes plan has decided to weather" There are indications of other questions will be necessary to demolish the build- transfer about half the proceeds of that this depression is alling ap, pursued in a friendly spiriting by gunfire. An officer and· the loan to Berlin. and with the declared desire on 14 men in the building were REVAL December 5.

both sides to develop the relations reported, killed. of friendship existing between surrendered.] The police last night'surrounded France and Britain and ensure the a-house near here, where some maintenance of peace," participants in the recent distur The conversations lasted two bances had taken refuge.

hours, M. Clementel, the Finance Firing lasted all night long. 'Minister, was called into the con The police succeeded in enter ference, M. Paul Boncour, the the houre at daybreak. Thite Frence delegate to, the "League of Communists were killed, including nations, arrived at the Qui |ex-deputy - Summerling. Three D'Orsay during the conference.

policemen were wounded...

It is stated M. Herriot wished to know whether in view of "the approaching evacuation of the Cologne, zone, it would be possible. to consider immediate enforce

SINGAPORE BASE.

QUESTION ONCE AGAIN LIVE ISSUE.

(Reuter's Service.)

I ment of the system of investigation

Chamberlain to Prese

The survivors

BELGRADE TRAGEDY,

AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL

SHOT.

ASSAILANT KILLS HERSELF.

Service.)

BELGRADE, December 5. Mr. Henry Dayton, American

BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

ACTION OF LEAGUE RE PROTOCOL.

(Reuter's 'Service.)

GENEVA, December 5.- Reuter learns that the Protocol was sent to the Egyptian Govern- ment by the Secretariat of the League of Nations, and hence the British Note inentioned yesterday will be addressed to Cairo and' similarly to other capitals. |***

the "China Mall" learnt on en. quiry at the Observatory, and in any event the prospects of it coming in this direction are very small indeed.

Other ships' reports are:-

"Hulchow (from Wel-hel-well; strong N.E. moonsoon, overcast and misty weather down the coast

"Sunning" (from Swatow); Strong N.N.W. wind. ·

Elpener" (from Slagapore); strong monsoon.

'Pheumpenh” (from Saigon); Strong NNW. wind with rough sea and high northerly swell

2

Hydrangea" (from Swatow) Fresh to moderate breeze, overcast and drizzling.

by the League of Nations in Vice-Consul, was severely wound Germany Instead of by pie Inter. Ved to day by a young Lithuanian

Mr. Kipling has re-arranged allied Control Commissión.

woman who fired three shots At an extraordinary meeting the contents of his two Jungle LONDON, December 5.

from a revolver into the back of of the shareholders of Jelantoh Books" for a new edition in It is understood from well-Expressing delighter the resutrals nock

Tiar Ltd at the office of the one-volume, which Messrs |- informed but unofficial soure, that, of the general exchangs of views Takes «Own Life: Secretaries, Messrs Osborne and Macmillan, will have ready in the steps are likely to be taken soon with M. Herrlot, Mr. Austen She then comhalted suicide by Chappel, Ipoh, on November 10, it autumn. The re-arrangement. to push on the plan for the con- Chamberlain en route to Rome opasing the veins in one of her was unanimously resolved" to enables all the Mowgli, stories..... struction of the Singapore base, Issued a statement to the British", foreasmeen

accept the offer of $10,000 re- eight in number to be brought Probably the estimates for 1925 and French Press, appealing for "The affair has canaed

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