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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1925.

NIGHT OF WEEPING.

GERMAN 'MINE DISASTER.

PITIFUL, SCENES.

Wives Waiting For Their Dead.

The whole world will, be shocked by the news of a terrible mine disaster which has just occurred in Germany.

LUCKY EIGHT.

(Reuter's Service.)

disaster has caused a profound sensation throughout Germany.

Herr Loebe, in moving terms, referred to the event in the Reich- stag, all members, including the Communists, reverently standing

Dortmund. February 12. One hundred are missing follow-up. ing an explosion of fire damp in the Stein mito,"

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So far thirty bodies have been recovered.

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Family's Terrible Loss. The majority of the dead were married, One family lost the father and five brothers.

The cause of the explosion is reported to have been fire dampe in The Minsterstein mine was re- garded as the most efficient and safe in the Ruhr, It employs 3,000 men and its yearly output is

Eight men were reactied alive.

Dortmund is a town in the Province of Westphalia, Prussia. It is the centre of the coal-mining industry, of the Ruhr basin with iron and steel works, and enormous manufactures of a million tons. machinery, instruments, china and earthenware:]

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Hope Gone.

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Dortmund, Februny 12.

All hope of rescuing any of the i

STONED TO DEATH.

136 entombed miners has been LATEST FRONTIER UNREST

abandoned.

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A number of would-be rescuers were overcome by poisonous gases. Harrowing seenes were witness.

ed all thay and all night long at the pit mouth. where weeping wives and children, awaited the bringing up of the holies.

Many of the dead were badly burnt, but scores showed no in- juries, indicating suffecation from the fumes.

The Chancellor, Dr. Luther, is proceeding to the Scene of the alisaster.

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SERIOUS.

RELIGIOUS FANATICISM.

PRINCE'S TOUR.

Labourite Opposes Expenditure.

THE CHINA MAIL.

DRUG HABIT.

PROTEST IN COMMONS.

CHILE AND URUGUAY TO

BE VISITED..".

(Reuter's Service.) ·

London, February 12. The House of Commons by 296 votes to 87 adopted a supplement- ary estimate for the Prince of Wales' extended four of Africa and South America after reject- ing a motion to reduce the vote by the Clyde Labour member, Mr. Kirkwood, who, strongly protested against the expenditure."

LABOUR LOYALIST.

Mr. J. H. Thomas' whose example Mr. Kirkwood might, we have followed.

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RAVAGES

OF HEROIN.

GENEVA DECISION.

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First Step Towards Total Abolition.

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Another blow has been delivered to the drug habit by the Geneva opium conference,

WORLD INQUIRY NEEDED. tion of heroin, as suggested in the

American plan.

(Reuter'a Service.):

Sir Malcolm de le Vigne (Bri- tain), in the course of a lengthy discussion contended it was not Geneva. February 12 desirable to alter the Hague pro- The second opium conference visions in this connection, spent the whole day discussing technical matters connected with the draft convention en drugs.

There was a division of opinion

The conference finally decided to favour the committee's sugges- tion that only on the recommends. tion of a medical world-wide enquiry could the entire suppres

on the subject of the tatal aboll-sion of heroin be decided upon.

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SPLIT IN THE RANKS.

FRENCH SOCIALISTS'. '

TROUBLES.

RUPTURE AT CONGRESS, (Reuter's Service.)

GRENOBLE, February 12. The question of the conditions on which the Socialist Parliamen- tary group shall continue to sup- port the Herriot Government was the subject of a lengthy and at the complicated discussion

here.

wanted things to remain as they are at present.

The commiftee, however, in view of the ravages of the heroin habit, especially in America, adopted a recommendation forbidding the selling in public of any prepara- tion containing even the smallest quantity of heroin without a medical prescription.

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CHINESE RAILWAYS.

'POWERS' STRAIGHT

TALKING.

Center's Service.)

(Reuter's Service) PESHAWAR, February 12. It was announced that further Considerable.

PEKING, February iz unrest among invitations had been received from Indian Moslems of the North-West Chile and Uruguay, which would

Sir W. J. Oudendijk, K.C.M.G. Frontler has been caused by news. very probably be included in the Socialist Congress now meeting

(Netherlands), Senior Minister, from: Kabul that wave of tour fanaticism, which apparently has Mr. J. H. Thomas, former The Left Wing demanded to-day sent the following Note to some official support, has resulted Secretary of State for the Colonies, greater

independence in the the Waichiaopo

Monsieur le Vice-Ministre, in two reformed Moslems being was one of the Labour members future. The Right advocated

Already The Centre stoned to death, in the presence of who voted with the Government, closer co-operation. Töll of the Dead.

the superintendent of police, him-

Mr. D. Kirkwood is M.P. for self belonging to the Qadian or re Dumbarton. He is General Secre- Cologne, February 12. formed community, and fifteentary of the Scottish Housing Ninety dead have been recover-constables.

Association, and a member of the Al from the, Dortmund mine

National Council of the Indepen-

Finally a sub-committee .com- disaster.

dent Labour Party Mr. Kirkwood posed of M. Renaudel (Right), was deported from Glasgow during. Leon Blum, (Centre) and M. the war for advocating a "down Braske (Left) drew up a formula tools", policy among the munitions embracing the conflicting view workers.]

points, and the Congress adopted the text by 2612 to 143 votes.

The anxiously desired unanimity was therefore not obtained.

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The total deaths will probably exceed thinse in the record Radbob disaster in 1908, when 230 mon were killed, a

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All the theatres in the Ruhr have closed. The news of the

BACK TO GOLD.

GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS

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PRINCIPLE.

AWAITING THE TIME.

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BRITAIN'S BURDEN,

THANKLESS LABOURS

INCREASED.

- : INDIAN "GRIEVANCES.

(Reuter's Service.)

DELHI, February 12. The Assembly has adopted a resolution urging submission to of Nations the the League grievances of Indians in the Tanganyika territory, particularly the requirement to keep accounts in English. A

JOINT ATTACK. MONDAY'S PROTECTION

"DEBATE...

(Reuter's Service.)

London, February 12. Labour and Liberal members both tabled a motion against the Government's safeguarding of industries policy for Monday's debate.

The Congress was thus faced with the danger of a rupture to the Party unity.

FRENCH SECURITY.

GERMANY'S LATEST

DECLARATION:

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on many occasions have the heads of Legations felt the necessity to draw the serious attention of the Chinese Govern- traffic on Chinese Government ment to interruption of regular Railways. This, interruption, has caused very considerable losses to the mercantile classes China, both Chinese and Foreign. At the same time, it has created very great inconvenience to the public generally. Deplorable as this state of things, was as were all other consequences of the recent state of internal war-the Heads of Legations trusted, that once the war operations were at an end, the Government would lose no time in restoring normal con- ditions on the railways and thus promote public welfare and heal the wounds inflicted by military operations.

themselves.

Not

They feel, however, greatly con- cerned to witness the continuance of a state of affairs which-if not promptly checked may threaten Mr. Rangachariar, as a member

to become permanent and not only London, February '12.

KARLSRUHE, February 13. of the Colonies Committee, and

throttle the economic development In the House of Commoùs, re Sir Sivaswamyaiyer, India's repre-

The former, is in the names of A significant contribution

of the country,but inflict lasting plying to a number of questions, sentative to the League supported Mesars, MacDonald and Snowdon. the discussion on the vital que Mr. Winston uphill, Gianedar, the resolution..

and interests. of the Esclusquer, said the foverne Government spokesmen, oppos. It declares that the Government's tion of French security was made injuries, to Chinese foreign trade These latter are not confined to ment fully agreed with the declared, ing the resolution declared, the policy as disclosed in the White by the Chancellor, Dr. Luther, intention of pravións" administny negotiations provided in the Paper, must lead to a system of in a speech last night in which

security pact the use of the railways for the of merchandise. tions to get to the gold standard Covenant proceeding had already general tariffs which will not en he declared no at the earliest possible time,. bore, results in the Colonial large the volume of trade or safe could endure without Germany's transportation

Asked whether the Government Secretary's assurances regarding guard the interests of the work co-operation, which could not be foot stuffs and coal. Foreign in

It was the railways world consider a discussion with the restriction of the language re-ers ns regards employment and obtained under the pressure of a terests are closely tied up with

prolonged. occupation. the Dominions regarding the mat- quirement, and his agreement to wages conditions.

was examine again the position.

The Liberal motion is in the impossible to link up the problem only are these railways indebted ter, Mr. Churchill s

of the evacuation, of the Cologne to foreign suppliers for equipment able to manke

They emphasised that Britain's names of Sir John Simon and Mr. zone with other questions with supplied and actually in use to definite

mandate involved a burden of Lloyd George It disapproves which it had nothing to do. the amount of tens of millions of “Salement at prENERE..

profitless responsibility in the the Government's policy as open-

dollars, but for hundreda-of-t millions of dollars. "are foreign, interest of civilisation.

ing the way to an unlimited

bondholders of all nationalities series of protective duties," in-

interested in the fate of the volving a method of inquiry by

Chinese Government railways. committee over which the House of Commons" would have no con-

Unless control of the railways trol, creating uncertainty, ob-

be taken without delay from the structing the developing of many important trades, and fail- The unprecedented boom in hands of the military commanders ing to give adequate opportunity stocks of all classes stace Presi-who now exploit them for their of securing the interests of con-dent Coolidge's election continues own account and the revenue be sumers and the poor.

unabated. An average of 2,000,000 again allowed to flow luto the

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LEAGUE OPINION,

Genera, February 12. The Financial Committee of the Lengne of Nations holds the opinion that nothing is inore likely to help the compinic ferovery of the work than a return to an effec five gold standard, of at least those countries which have "succeeded in stabilising their currency.

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LONDON, February 12, Sir Josiah Stamp, in a speech at Edinburgh, said the resumption of the gold standard in England was not as serious and important as the farger and more permanent question of the stability of gold as

a measure of value. The fact was that gold had not been sufficient

Supporters of the motion uttered a warning that India was likely to abandon the League unless she benefited from her membership.,

JAPAN'S BUDGET.

OPPOSITION WALKS OUT

OF HOUSE.

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(Reuter's Service.)

TOKIO, February 12:

The Lower House passed the Budget after an Opposition motion

to return the budget to the

ly stable in value before the war Government had been defeated,

FRANC.

WAGES AND

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PARIS, February 12.

BOOM IN STOCKS..

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NEW YORK, February 12,

shares change hands daily. The public all over the country are and many wildly speculating fortunes are made and lost." The männer in which the value of in dividual stocks has improved over six months is 100 points in amazing. For example, a chemical manufacturing company has jump ed from 50 points last Summer to

proper channels, it is evident that before long, will become insolvent the Chinese Government Railways;

The railway equipment, much of which is as stated above, stil! unpaid for, is at present being destroyed or allowed to fall into disrepair. The very deplorable condition of the locomotives; passenger cars and freight trucks here described. ...

When the Chamber of Deputies 170, showing a profit of G.$12.000 a known to all and, need not be was discussing increases of wages to every hundred shares bought.

deputies

to prevent severe trade reactions whereupon the Opposition mem-for officials, several due to its movements, and bers left the House in a body so for the future it had all the that the final vote on the Badget Silicised the Government's pro- company has jumped from 64 last elements of greater instability if was passed by the Government posats as insufi:ient.

it was not intelligently and in- ternationally controlled with the single purpose of a stable price- level. Sir Josiah Stamp was of the opinion that the United'

parties only.

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States stood to gain so much London, February 12-In view -through England's leading Europe of the trade unions' boycott, the To resuming the gold standard that project for an agricultural çonfer- we ought to stipulate for an arranence mentioned on. November 27, genient in advince in order to has been abandoned.-Reuter. keep a uniform world value for gold from failing or raising un duly, Reuter.

Moreover, the tracks are neglect, ed; bridges, culverts and other works damaged and in some chies even have become dangerous. Both the financial and: material conditions of the railways are thus seen to have been made desperate.

The Foreign Diplomatie Repre sentatives cannot but express to the Chinese Government their grave apprehension at this deplor able state of affairs, whose far moment can hardly be estimated; and they feel it their duty to tender the most carnest advice so that steps may be Melbourne, February 12-The taken forthwith to re-establish agents of the German steamer normal conditions on all Govern ment Rallways In China, remove "Lueneburg" were fined £400 to the present military control from Toronto, February 12-Rus day, for allowing four German these railways, restore the rolling sian buyers have placed an order seamen to unlawfully enter the stock to the lines to which it for G.$1,300,000 worth of flour country, Reuter.

belonks and place the control, of with Canadian milling companies,

exploitation and the collection of revenues in the hands of the Law-

I avall, etc

while a cast-iron pipe foundry year to 250, owing to the fact that The Minister of Finance re last year's earnings showed a profit plied that tne, Government could not do any more, for it would of over G.140 per share.

The market manipulation of the follow Germany's example at the stock of one company which time of the slump of the mark, shared in these astonishing rises is and its policy tends to the re- publicly credited to the picturesque covery of the franc.

figure of W. C. Durrant, the famous speculator, who is reputed to have made over G.$10,000,000 worth of Washington, February 12-paper profits in this stock alone. reaching consequences, at this President Coolidge has signed the Reuter's American Service. Manila, February 12. The Appropriations Bill,, which in- Norwegian steamship "Tune," cludes the amendment requesting from Java, arrived here last the President to call another arms night on fire after steaming at conference-Reuter's "American Manila, February 12.-Gov. full speed for seventy miles from Service. ernor-General Wood has issued a Cabra Ieland, where the blaze proclamation to-day restricting was discovered. The fire is not the imports of beef cattle, for one yet completely under control year from April 1, to 2,700,000 Reuter. kilos.-Reuter...

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London, February 12. The claimed to be the largest order of Tsingtao, February 12.--The Manila, February 11. Two Board of Trade, returns for its kind even given on the con- strikte on the Kinotsi Railway was Moros-ran-amok at Cotabato-to-January-show the following-tinent. The deal is on a cash settled, yesterday afternoon, und day. They killed five persons and figures imports, £128,907,000; ex- Basis with further sales pending regular train service was resum wounded five others. One of the ports, 269,050,000. These figures The Soviet Government hased last night. The military in attackers was eventually shot and show increases of £27,719,000 and arranged credit in New York for charge agreed to the demand of wounded by the constabulary £4,815,000 respectively, compared this and previous orders.the strikers for the dismissal of Reuter

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