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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1925.

AGAIN THE IDOL.

HINDENBURG AS PRESIDENT.

ELECTED BY WOMEN...

Curious Sidelights of Surprising Election.

Will Marshal von Hindenburg use his position as President of Germany to influence the country's policy in favour of the former Kaiser?

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LOW HE TOOK THE NEWS. "(Renter's" "Servies.)

Berlin, April 27. Marshal von Elindenlog hour of his alretion while, staying with 4. *riend" in the country nes

He showed no great Hanover.

siasure is expected in Bérline un Thursday. Poohtless be will receive a tremendents regep, tion

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not likely that. Gemmar drew will be strikingly changed Poenig, Bankubing', prys Halbuer His advisors, any well navar 1 th ly safe foreigne reliev for Gemmey is the one she

The opinion is expressed that Germany umasked with Hinden- borg is preferable to Germany ramonfuged with Marx."

AN IRONICAL FACT.

Berlin April 27, Jubilation temper with onation Press comment on Marshal von is the keynote of the Righist idenburg's election, will the attics are taking their defeat with remarkable equivinity, ineres ly expressing a hope has the President will not liste

consels of the Monarchist entour

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HOUSE OF LORDS.

POSTS.

THE CHINA MAIL..

LATE MARQUESS CURZON'S

SUCCESSORS-APPOINTHI.'

(Bruter's Service.)

Jondon, April 27.

BRITAIN'S BUDGET. WHAT WILL IT BE THIS YEAR?

TAXATION PROSPECTS.

The Nation Still In The Dark.

Mr. Winston Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will Earl Bulfour has bedu appointed | introduce the Budget in the House of Commons to-day and specula-

tion is rife as to what it will contain.

£800 MILLIONS TO BE

Earl Balfour,

The Nationalist viewe fleted by die Krviz Zeitung" | and dayDeutsche Zeitung halls Lard President of the 'uncil and the section as the begining of the Earl Salisbury has been Germange's jekt-war dissings, appointed Fender of the Tonse of Both losk te Hindenburg to restore

respect for tamay ang 1 bations.

s os he

perion that kien slightest danger of a Momoljst reactions and as the the foreign pedics will remar mualtered.

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The Theorie Berliner Tage- Platt Thus altentio

ront of the fact that the "Paludue Ward 11" will love to take theth to the gable

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stitutions before. Siwialist Presi! deal of the Reichstag and under the Republica banner.

The Socialist Vern perts"> the Republicans Do had the Republic out of the danger to which it was exposed through the - Jetion

EARLTER CABLES.

London, April 27.

hers followed in the past year. Thongh most of the papers

The fre Clut

Marcover

Bichetag contains a majority the Left Parti's will also tend Check pitve possible aspirations Hindenburg's counsellors as gons a change in foreigu polim,

· MARQUAS

RZON

Amanget to "Stop Fress" Reuter's of anoncement of Ilindenburg' toeletion, there has not yet been. Both seeing the late of time for considered comment berquèss, Curzon, re-yond the, headlines. expressing Earl Hallone is a former Liberal Premier. The Fad of Salisbury is forme President of the Board

Trade, ]

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A QUIET LIFE.

maliy thought that Bandenburg Bill By to had a quiet Cafe, but ik alleged las reactiolary age any thy to lange the antenai tation,

If so they will be strongly op

socialists: by the

Astonishment at the result.

A message front Cologne save the turnover in the lineland was nust noteworthy. Hindenburg nearly equalled Marx in Dressof. art and am him closer sel

Soligen. He sentezt a heavy in ferense at Coblenz:

In und

first election, the 1,300.00, Rightist aggated Lentists 1,301,3000, and the Com

16 - 188,500.

Was them reengnised by many as the defes tion from the Democrats wonid prize e iletermining factore

Bengals comprising about ifty per cont. if the German elegtorate. Thuddenlang's victory by as many - 500,000 votes was expasted. the Perhaps it was partly due to fact that ad00 more electors volal than on March 29, mostly appananly for. Hindenburg. for

to Invi Videod en masse.

De Mars polled 200,006 mare vottun on March 29. bus Himlenburg's popsoarhty avES Tew strong For the Mars programme.

Mest of the citie,, choling Bertie and those in the Rhineland, East Patria voter for Marx.

Prussia and the country districts

voted for uleiurg

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REINSTATED.

FRENCH BANK FAILURED RECALLED.

HATAELŰT'S HONOUR. (Reuter's Service.)

FOUND.

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Adding the £35 millions for other Consolidated Fund services. and the £407,600,000 for the Sup- With the issue of the Navy ply services we arrive at a total Estimates for the financial year prospective: expenditure of 1925-26 it is possible to determine) £800,000,000, which is full £10. within a very small margin of millions higher than Mr. Snow- error the total expenditure for | den's original estimate of a year which Mr. Churchill will have to jngo. provide in his coming Budget,

(nancial stid" a

writers fr mail week: The Navy Estimates ai 260,500,000 show an increase of as much as £1,700,000 over the original estimate' of a year úgo,! with the result that after making allowance for small "cut" in the Army and Civil Service expendi Ture and for the increase of $1,000,000 in the Air Force estim ate there is the unpalatab fact

to be faced that the provision to he made in the 1925-26 Budget for the Supply Services, is some $2,300,000 "higher than the total. of last year's original estimates for the same services, as shown below:- Army

.: 44,500,000 45.000,000 60,500,000 55,860,000

Air Force 15,500.ong 14,511,000)

Navy

Civil Ser

vices and

Reverte

Depart-

ments 287,0001500 289,875,000

THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

Miastosi Yorncer Church Bi

Chancellor of the Exchequer.

To:51 Supe ply Ser- vices 407,500,000 405,186,000 To arrive at the grand total of expenditure to cover which "re- At the best the total revenue Eyenne must be found there must for the current year will not The added to the total of the Supply exceed this £800 millions—it is, in Services as given above the cost fact, unlikely that it will reach of the Nation Debt and also that figure.so, that it is clear Fecrtaiu "otiver Consolidated Fund that any margin_for_jax" reduc- services" which include payments tion which Mr. Churchill may be to the Road Fund. payments to able to call into existence must be heal-taxation accounts, payments, derived from an increased produc to the Northern Ireland Exche- tivity of the present sources of quer, the cost of the judiciary, revenue. and so on. These other. Con- solidated Fund services were estimated in the present year to Famount to close on $25 millions, a figure which is not likely to be materially reduced, if at all, in the coming year.

CHARGE.

FORGERY

BRITISH BARRISTER

ACQUITTED.

(Renter's Service.)

known barrister Mr

Shanghai. April 27.-The well- Lawrence

But, much more important, of course, is the prospective cost of the National "Debt. Mr. Snow den's estimate for the present Kentwell, who was indicted in the year was £350 millions namely, British

Supreme Court before £305 millions for interest and £45 | Judge Sir Skinner Turner on two millions for the Sinking Fund. charges of possession "and uttering The Sinking Fund will in the forged bank notes was acquitted Paris, April 27.coming year rise to £50 millions by the jury this afternoon on both

· M.- Berihelat has been reinstated under provision of the Finance counts.

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Renter called Com »

February

air to interpellats. By Govern

Reuter.

THE BIG THREE" OF THE CABINET.

SENSATION IN PARIS,

Paris. April 27. Tin pictions of General finden, the post of Secretary-General in Act of 1923, by which it was to burg has created sensation

Minstry for Foreign Allairs, be raised from £40 millions to £50

Paris, April 27.The Matin The Paris correspon which he held at the time of the millions by two successive incre- announces that the French naval dents of newspapers In Berlin attribute la result.

failure of the Banque, Industriellements of £5 millions, As Mr. aeronautic department is construct de l'arme,

Baldwin was the author of thising a gint hydroplane with a Soting on messe for 2our father. Hindenburg.

provision Mr. Churchill's Budget motor of 550 horse power with a The Matin" says the election In the Chenher of hepaties will, of course, have to stand the view of attempting a non-stop will calise a tremendous distrust of and Demonti Pation.

M. Varhegaray, of the Republic racket of this additional fight from Paris to New York.

asket millions. forma in France and that it will Best difficult for M. Paifileve Comment candidate Thael-to urge in the Chamber of Deputies the bjert of the amnesty

heh in ewn companyda rajchements with the Reich,

Langorded to M. "Philippa Keribelot. with March 29. Hoven stigladly

According to M. Vangaray, the "Jounal says, that any increased the all is stupe pipes, foreigner witnessing the German esloration of M. Bethift to posi “but "Communion does not seem to paljonalist manifestations which must be prunsidered as an of be making dy press its sip took place during the puustwenty-y, in the city- porty hapal for in Germany. Hope Bours ran Tardly beliey. In Banque • Indi-trielte de Chine, "GERMANY UNMASKED," the Pacific sentiments of Germany, especially M. Barthelot, Were ion-

TheEcho de Paris"

dema d' merely do mondinat penal- says the Ardion shomes that the mentality. Yugi s excited, de M. al'ah-ya-ked whether of the German people bas

ha god and that there maiso by austling against the Banque longer any spustion of a mutualédostraddle, ma-murh as the hind tomate Trisily.

kou a linatog of the Company for Thr Nowy He says, 1st.

water and Navigation Which Geowiny

Bad boy and cap therein. M., is rolling dansar :1 pair the botten of which pit, mydkingg siddhe Banque ling the altes of empire anddastrell affair was still sub-

Laukai, April 27. We informed cirvins du London 26 reserving the "opiciants can read of the Pratis elegion, but apparently they any confident does not mear any change in "nun foreign" polies a

PRESIDENT OF REICHSTAG,

of the

guatiee, and The Government 10- tempor Too

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that the amel Sude ferd alrnly been said: Paineitai atouted by Heer flinden-1 About .1.

lant election will graily pre

Ar M. Philippe jaber Uermany as it will be - Bethel, he Promir read jusslili dera av Frisch Premier testy a in advorade Reconciliation with Ger virtuig of which M. Berthelot re- many.

EFFECT ON LOAN,

ceived attesty,aul the

evidence against him wie destroped. Laggal ja Lesports lind, deviled” that London. April 27. Jamon and probity of the accused As it result of the presidential, had not been impugned. election the "seven « per ceuk | willdrusal of M. Ylarnegaray's German on which opened in interpellation was voted for by Ludon at ainety-eight, fell to 159 to 91, votes.] - ninety-seven" and a

about wo points "lower Bàn Friday,

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AESTRAL NEW

Left to right. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Premier; and Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Ten Years Budgets.

Twenty years ago the normal Budget was about £150,000,000. How it has increased during the past ten years is revealed in the following figures:----

quarter, OF

Parls, April 26.-M. Doumergue Mr. Lloyd George interviewed will officially open on Tuesday, sen the election of General Hinden- the International Exhibition burg said it was inegible after Decorative Arts, where the art and the Rohr and Cologna nimriel industry of 22 nations will be policy. He did not think the represented in stands and build- election would profoundly affectings covering an extensive area on elther bank of the Seine.-Havas. German policy.

Year.

1913-14

Revenge. £193,242,897

Expenditure. £197,492,969

1914-15

226,694.080

1915-16

1916-17

1917-18

1918-19

HERR YOEDE, WIL

336,766,824 578,427,682 707,234,665 889,020,825

560,472,533 1,559,158.377

2,198.112,710.

2,696,221,405

AMERICAN OPINION.

Washington, April 27,

1019-20

1,889,571,981

1920-21

1.425,984,666

1921-22

1,124,879,873 914,012,452

1922-23

2,579,801.188 1,665,772,928 1,190.427,377 ***1,079,186,627 812,496,604

Official circles are not surprised Hindenburg's age and a snapicion But the tone of certain French at the Hindenburg election though of his royalist leanings, the early newspapers suggests that, the eleccomment is declined. The New rostomtion of the Hohenzollerns ís tion of Marshal von Hindenburg York press generally views the not likely, but the election will fmay not render easier the future results ashero-worship of a serve as à cover behind which thá The budget is the financial expenditure and income for the .conversations of Germany with military leader..

Kaiser could-patung Nevertheless statement-annually made in the gubsequent twelve months, with France and other governmenta.

The Herald Tribune" believes this would be running an enormous "House of Commons, by the Chan- proposals as to how any extra Paris, April 27,

lint Germany again turns towards risk by inviting unsettlement atcellor of the Exchequer. The expenditure or probable deficit has Franck onent circiter point out defiance, obstruction and isolation. home and distract brond igures in t

in this statement ure

e given to be met, either by-miditionał that the election of Marshal von It warns the rest of the world to Soustor Berah interviewed said under two heads-first, those taxation, by loan, or by suspension Hindenburg should at least have be on guard.

The did not think the election was relating to the actual expenditure of the sinking fund, or proposals the advantage of opening the eyes

The Times says that necessarily disturbing. He did not and income of the country for the as to how any surplus is to be of the world to this fact that as thusiasm has swept aside sound belove the talk that Germany was financial year; and, second, an utilized, by the reduction of taxa «Germans are militariat at heart. arguments. Based on General' preparing for another war.

estimate of the probable flon or extinction of debt..

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