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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925.

"INSULT TO FRANCE.”

ANNAMITE ASSASSIN'S MONUMENT.

STRONG PROTEST.

Demand For An Apology From China.

An Insult to France" is how a French dépaty regards the monument erected in Canton to the Annamite assassin who tried to kill the Governor-General of Indo-China lust year.

SOVIET

ENVOY'S WORDS.

(Reuter's Servite.):

Karis, June d

raise by the deputy, mid public

į debate would but impede the normal

progress of the pourpariers.

PASSED OVER."

FAMOUS ASTRONOMER

DSAD

BELIEF IN SPIRITS.

(Havas Agency,

THE CHINA MAIL.

PARIS, June 4, M. Camille Flammarion, the noted astronomer, has died here.

M. Camille Flammarion koown in the scientific world as the M. Briand nod than it was neemminent French astronomer and yet unconfirmel that M. Karakha author, is more popularly ns10- In the Chamber of Buties Mwould have hunded the alter clated with spiritualism and be Dutrey, the deputy for hiloutline, upon M. Merlin, but if the amefin a piychle world. notifies his intention to interpellate the Civirment in connection with ita pintest, to the Kinose Govern

M. Briand

1)

sidor really sid

ha French Government would instal on a penalty. M. Outrey said he him- Pell was satisfied.

www.

Earlier this week Deputy Outrey Finformed te Eresident of the Chamber of Deputres that be'would question thus Minister for Foreign Affairs what measures have been | taken by the French Government in under to protest to Pelang_con rerning the monument erected in Canton by the revolutionaries in memory of the Annamite who! (threw a bomb at the Governor of [Indo-China, “M. Merlin, and in order to demand indemnities for the victims of the criminal attempti

Frongkong and the whefs world wus startled by this outrage on the censión/of M. Martin's "visit to Shaneen, after galling hem on his | return to Indo-China trom Japan, M. Merlin was the guest, with famembers of his staff, at a dinner Įgiven by the French community of auto', at the Victoria Hotel. Shortly after the gathering had sat 4:14 regning the monument down, a voung Oriental Brow a in Canton My Artmumite unb at them from a window. He revolutionmrins to the memony of was pursued and fired at and was the Anamite who the a bonth Janus to have dived into the creek. at M. Merlin de torente Cirus Subsequently a lady, sofdently eral of Fridhism van: June 30 last believed to have been that of the killing Bvipapel wounding eight assassity, was found in the river. Frene huren.

It was stated that the assin who

Me Chitrey, an newyding.. M. Lenned the deaths of sevend Brian- aquest for gasipone, French residents and wounds to ment, of the interpolation pointed others, was an Annamite. A.men- ont at since the outrage the ord is said to have been erected Government had must obtained from to his memory by Revolutionaries, the Chinese Taverumen an apology M, Merlin escaped without injury and came down to Hongkong to

il for Indo-Chin

SIT MAKRrakhen

He described the erection of the monument

or au huletanuj,

Bar vult, to France.

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PIERRE LOUYS.

FRENCH "DECADENT'S "

DEATH.

NOVELS AND MORALS.

(Reuter's Service.)

PARIS, June 4, The death is announced of Pierre Louys, the French novelist and poet:

Pierre Louys was born la Paris on the 10th of December 1870. When he was nineteen he founded

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LECAILLE FLAMMARION.

His "chief work is said to be but it is Populär Astronomy doubful if this in his lifetime, at such a large circulation as his more recently published" Spooks" aid two other

any rate, bad:

books on Life After Death.

M. Flammarion was 83 years of age. His lame as an expert observer of double-stars, star drift and common proper motion was by no means limited to the Paris des Observatory and Bureau Longitudes where his experiments His opinion on were carried out.

...

THE LATEST NOTE.

GERMAN DISARMAMENT PROBLEM.

ALLIES AGREED,

The Proposals For a Security Pact.

The Cologne zone was to have been evacuated by the Allies in January but alleged disarmament defaults resulted in the occupation being continued.

GERMANY'S ATTITUDE. (Reuter's Service.)

The Note insisted that Ger- mapy has been disarmed so com- pletely that she could no longer be a military factor in European, Berlin, June 4. affairs, and concluded:The address presenting the disarma- the Evacuation Treaty, which re- Replying to Lord D'Abernon's differences of opinion arising over

ment note, Dr. Luther referred to sult in one-sided direction, cannot the German reples to the Allied be interpreted as lack of goodwill Notes in Germany in which the on the part of Germany, whereas, German standpoint on the ques--if the Allies continued to be guld- tion of the evacuation of Cologne

was laid down.

He added that the Government would immediately consider the new note after which it would' decide upon any further mea

sures.

(A PRIVATE CHAT.

Paris, June 4.

At the conclusion of the Cabinet meeting to-day, the Foreign Minister, M. Briand, announced that complete agreement had been reached among the Allies on the subject of the reply to Germany's proposals for a security pact.

M. Briand is going to Geneva at the week-end when he will per- sonally privately consult with Mr. Austen Chamberlain, British Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

Berlin, January 7.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain.

A German Note to the Allies on January 7 protested against the decision not to evacuate Cologne, and demanded at the earliest moment a communication giving details of the Allied complaints. It said that the Allies could claim the right to postpone evacuationed by the spirit of the London only if Germany were guilty of Conference, a settlement would be shortcomings, the importance of speedily reached.". which corresponded with the hardship of an extension of the occupation.

LABOUR PROBLEMS,

these and other astronomical NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL phenomena was sought from, all parts of the world.

FIRST SMASH.

AIRMAN'S UNIQUE

RECORD.

SAFE 250,000 MILES..

MR. ALAN COBHAM'S LUCK.

(Reuter's Service)

review, La Gonque, which

London, June 4. brought him Into.contact with the

After flying nearly 250,000 leaders of the Parnassians, and miles without mishap, Mr. Alan rounted Swinburne, Maeterlinck, Cobham has met with accident. Mallarme and others among its

He was accompanied by Mr. He won notoriety Edwards, Deputy Director of contributors. by his novel Aphrodite (1806), Civil Aviation, and was flying to which gave a vivid picture of Berlin in a baby plane de Havil-

at the beland, "The New Moth," in which | M. Outrey also hoped that the Alexandrian morals

ginning of the Christian era. Government would take action as His Chansons de Bilitis, roman Zurich and back when he was he recently few from London to regards a Soviel Government in

(1894). which pur- opancetion with Mr. Kurakhan'ayrique alleged statement on the morrow ported to be a translation from the forced to make a landing at

Middeharnie in Holland. of the outrage expressing his satis Greek, is a glorification of Sapphic faction at is perpetrulion.

M. Briand replied that if the authenticity of Mr. Karako-hira words could be proved the Govern mont could insist on respect for engagements with France.

F

TAKING ACTION. -

Havas Agency.

Paris, June 4. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Briand, asking the postponement of M. Outrey's interpellation, svið that in order to be given satisfac tion, the Government wna negotiat. ing actively about the questions

"THE KING!"

SHAMEEN'S BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATIONS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

The pilot and passenger were love, which in subject-matter is objectionable in the highest de not injured. They are continuing gree; but its delicate decadent their journey by train with the prose is typical of a modern French object of seeing the important literary school, and some of the light aeroplane competitions in

songs" were set to music by Berlin. Debussy and others. Later books are: La Femme et le pantis (1898);

ESCAPE MIRACLE.

Berlin, June 4.

Les Aventures du roi Pausole The round-Germany flight of |(1900); Sanguines (1903); Archipel light aeroplanes which has been (1906). Louys married in 1899 proceeding in stages since June 1 Louise de Heredia, daughter of the poet.

younger to-day resulted in two crashes.-

An Albatross plane crashed at Bamberg. The driver fractured his legs and the machine. was. demolished..

A Caspar plane met the same

· London, June 4-It is now fate at Wuerzburg. The pilot had announced that contracts for a marvellous escape unscathed. £3.500,000 have been placed in Britain for two 10,000 ton cruisers and two submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. The cruisers will be similar to the British "County" class-Router.

Sofia, June 4-The police are} very active against the Com- munists. They arrested 450 CANTON, June 4. person on the ground that they Shameen yesterday celebrated had no identity papers and no H M. King George's sixtieth fixed.occupation. The authorities birthday as in previous years. in Varna have arrested 140 alleged

From 11.

a.m. t noon, the Communists.-Reuter. Consul-General was At Home, to

all friends and the loyal, toast was

RUSSIA'S CREDITORS.

RIGHTS AGAINST. BANKS.

IMPORTANT DECISION.

(Reuter's Service)

Berlin, June 4.

The creditors of Russian banks. before the revolution are likely to Lisbon, June 4-In_the_Cham" be interested in an important

honoured at noon from 12:30 p.m. ber, the Minister for the Colonics decision by the Prussian Supreme

till 2 p.m... A

E

The Shameen was also At Home

to friends and the Consul presided.

In the evening, the Consul gave

a dinner to the Consuler Body

cadets, officers from HM.'s war

explained the reasons for the Court.

Governor of Macao. He read a oveda Berlin banking firin resignation of Dr. Rodrigues, A. Russian industrial bank document referring to the works 300,000 gold marks

of the port of Macao, showing that The latter sought to recover the the Governor was of the opinion urs from the Deutsche Bank who

ships in port and the Commissioner at 60 per cent of the capital of possessed a deposit belonging to

of Customs. At the Club dancing was ludpiged to til: a sm. wit the assistance of a his band from Hongkunga

"Thè gerbuata, in port (drazied ally for the odraslon, faire

the company constructing the port the Russian industrial bank watts should be Porterness and wr Court ordered the Deutsche

great divided amons Brittan and Bank to pay after da Chinnad/ST)

The

ELECTED.

(Reuter's Service.)

Geneva, June 4 Labour Conference has elected n new administrative council comprising the eight States laid down in the Peace Treaty as the highest industrialis- ed countries in the world- France, Germany. Britain, Italy, Belgiumi, Japan, Canada, and India.

The government, group also nominated the Argentine, Spain, Norway and Poland.

The employers' group chose Lord Lithgow for the British Empire, M. Pinot for France, Signer Olivetti for Italy, M. Carlier for Belgium, M. Hobac for Czecho-Slovakia, and Mr. Gemmill for South Africa.

The workers group elected M. Jouhqux for France, Mr. Poulton for the British Empire, Mr. Moore for Canada, Herr Muller for Ger-

und Mr. Thorberg for Sweden. many, Mr. Oudegeest for Holland,

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THREE DAYS' TALK, WORLD COTTON INTERESTS

MEET.

(Reuter's Service.)

The German reply to the Allies' Note regarding Cologne was handed to Lord D'Abernon, the British Ambassador, on January 27.

It said that the Allies" "formal reply" did not promote a mutual understanding among the Euro-

pean nations. It complained of not revealing the grounds on which non-evacuation

the Allies

Dr. Lather.

was based and of their refusal to discuss the matter.

It also claimed that Germany Vienna, June 4. had fulfilled the stipulations on The 12th international cotton which evacuation was conditional, .conference opened here in the pre- and repeated the request for the sence of the President of the Re-Allies' reasons for their action. public and Government officials.

The 320 delegates represent 21 ( states, including Britain and. Ger- many and other European indus- trial states, India, Egypt, Japan

and the United States.

The congress will last three days.

Brussels, June 4-The Catholic Vicomte Poullet has consented to form a Coalition Cabinet of the three principle parties on the pro- gramme of democratic reform, for. which a large majority exists i both Chambers-Router.

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