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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1925.

POLICY IN IRAQ.

STATEMENT BY ME. BALDWIN

BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITY

(Reuter'a Servion.)

RUBBER CONTROL.

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A NOVEL COMPLAINT FROM AMERICA.

"MONEY FOR WAR DEBTS

· (Reutor's American Serviss.)

Washington, Dec. 21.

The House of Representatives has adopted Mr. Tilson's rubber motion.

PEARL HARBOUR.

MANY IMPROVEMENTS: RECOMMENDED.

NAVAL AIR STATION.

(Reuter's American Service.)

THE CHINA MAIL.

FANCY DRESS DANCE, ROBBERS OR POLICE?

SCENE AT KOWLOON

SCHOOL

THE PRIZE WINNERS.

ange

SHATAUKOK "MAN'S DILEMMA.

SHOT AT CONSTABLE.

con.

Hist

'The

Headmaster's

Prisoner's defence, in a case at. breaking up Xmas party at the the Sessions yesterday in which Central British School, Kow-a Chinese was charged with Washington, Dec. 21.

loon, again took the form of ashooting with intent at a London, Dec. 21..

Mr. Stephens, a member of the fancy dress dance. It was held stable, was that he thought his In the debate in the House of Commons of Iraq, the Prime

House of Representatives and one yesterday in the main hall, chairs house was being broken into by of the Congressional Committee boing placed around for parents,robbers. It was 5.30 a.m. and Ministery. Mr. Stanley Baldwin

the A supporter of the motion, in which visited Hawaiian muny of whom watched the dark and the villagers were con- in moving the 'Mosul motion, made

recom-scholars enjoying themselves stantly in fear of visits from #statement on British policy in speech, complained that Britain Islands last Summer,

Armed robbers, he stated. brack

He said that the under- was openly" proclaiming her In-mended to the House Committee trom the verandah.

Among those present, in add-wife woke him up and told him taking of the Government was tention to collect four milliard on Naval Affaire many improve

in in-ments to Pearl Harbour, includ-tion to the large number of par-robbers were breaking in and he given not for a definito 25 years, dollars from Američa But for what he believed wooks creased rubber prices in order to ing provision for berths for six-ents, were the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, fired at the first person who cross- taen battleships. Ha asked for Vicar of St. Andrew's Church,ed the threshold after the door be a far shorter period, namely, pay her war debt.

an appropriation of $2,218,000 the Rev. J Horace Johnston, had been broken down. (gold) of which a million dollars minister of Union Church, Kow The events took place at Sha- would be used to improve the loon, and Miss Holyoak, as officer taukok and the police raid was an undertaking to spend money SOVIET AND CHINA. channel seaward and 3684,000 of the Girl Guides, the organisa-carried out on receipt of certain for the construction of a navaltion recruiting quite a good per-information The police in ques- on or keep troops in frag, but to

air station.

centage of its strength from the tion (a European sergeant and contenue co-operation and advice

The committee also urged the School..

some Chinese constables) gave In mainmining a stable system of

contruction of a naval pier at

The scene presented by the evidence of giving warning to the government, H, after the ex-

scholars in their fancy costumes, inmates before they broke in. San Diego, California.. piration of

British-Iraq the

was a pretty one and some excel-They waited four minutes at the Treaty in 1928, a foreign Power

lent costumes, some of which were door for the inmates to open to attacked Iraq with a view for-

most original ware sean Fox them. ribly to overtorowing the bound- org fixed by the Counell of the Bougue, then the responsibility!

Unde Ir acquired stability stitying her admission to the League of Nations.

It was not

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:SYMPATHIES WITH THE

KUOMINTANG.

PROGRAMME WELCOMED.

Reuters Serqled))

-In of the League would be primary dominant. Our responsibility Chicherin

8:17

Berlin, Dec. 21. interview here, declared that

Mi the

necessarily would depend then on Soviet's attitude toward Chinn WAR friendly and correct the existing circumstances of world pure and the general con-although he did not hide the fact dition of the Empire.

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AMITY WITH TURKEY

STEEL INDUSTRY.

REQUEST FOR PROTECTION REFUSED..

TARIFF TROUBLE.

(Reuler's Service.)

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of its sympathies with the Kuo- mintang. whose programme to create a free, independent, ant Ms. Baldwin declared that the modernised Federal Chinese Re Government was only too anxious | public was welcomed by Russia."Minister, Mr. Baldwin, said that

for up to live in relations of neighbourly amity and co-opera- tion with Turkey. He was in- viving the Turkish Ambassador to meet him to-morrow to pursue the question of trying to find ways and means, consistently with Britain's obligations toward Frag, of arriving at an agreement which would provide, on the basis of the League's recognition of the Eray just claims to her territory. a superstructure of a mutual and binding settlement. (Cheers.) The support of the united country was necessary to this end, and he appealed for a cessation of the vehement agitation which had Consistently misrepresented the Government policy, and which was calculated outside Britain to create a doubt in regard to the Government's resolution to hon- ugr its obligations and the sin. cerity of its desire for peace.

LABOUR VIEWS.

"

HAYLEY MORRISS.

trots and valses were danced, The jury unanimously. found potkas, military two-step and one-the defendant not guilty of shoot- step, some being, for the juniors Fing with intent, and guilty on: a unty and others open or for the second charge of being in possUE- seniors. Considering the limita-sion of arms... tions of the floor for such a large] assembly the couples danced very well indeed and they certainly enjoyed themselves.

The sword dance, danced by Lorna Tollan who has recently returned from Scotland where she has won several medals for her execution of Scottish dances, deserves special mention. The spectators were delighted with it.

Refreshments were served in

eight o'clock.

This morning Mr. Justice Wood ave prisoner the option of a $100 fine for 3 months hard labour) on the minor chargo. ·

is usual has one evening with A famous prizefighter appeared in

bw black eyes.

"Who give 'em to you, Fitz?” inquired a friend.

London, Dec. 21. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, the Prime the Civil Research Committee of the House had at great length considered an application from the steel industry for protection under the Safeguarding Indus- tries Act. It had heard many the course of the evening and the AN APPEAL AGAINST HIS witnesses representing employers happy event terminated about! Hi say,"responded Fitz, turn?

CONVICTION...

and employed. The evidence

ing to look at his interrogue" revealed a serious Situation, as

** '00 comid Mr. G. F. Nightingale, the for, us best he could, the result of pressure of foreign Headmaster, thanked all those black both a man's heyes but is competition, but the investigation who had assisted; the judges, wife *** had made it clear that the safe- Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Richards; guarding of a basic industry of the accompanists, Messrs. T. R. this magnitude would have reper-Rowell and G. Bond; Mrs. George, cussions in regard to conflicting who made the arrangements for Governments dechrations as re- the refreshments and Mrs. R. gards a general turi. There-Skelton who presented the prizes. fore, the Government was unable The prize-winners for the most to grant the application for pro-j tection.

(Reuter's Service;)

London, Dec. 21.

It is officially stated that it has been decided to file an appeal in the Hayley-Morriss case.

NARCOTICS.

BIG CONFERENCE IN JUNE.

Coralia's Amenway Servinr.)

Washington, Déc. 21. The House of Representativen Mr. J. R. Clynes (Labourite) said that Mr. Baldwin's motion has adopted a resolution authoris- deal with an international issueing the Government to participate of the utmost importance. The in the conference on narcotics to House of Commons was depleted] be held in Philadelphia in June. at the close of the session, and it

was to be asked to commit itself

to most serious commitments on

EMPEROR OF JAPAN,

HOVERY FROM FAINTING

FFF.

(Reuter's Sergioe.)

Boky: December 21. The Emperor of Japan had a heating from Salmulay. But, though the Count officials. are worried, it is officially stated that His Majesty's indisposition is not would make the settlement easier such as to use inch anxietsi.

the part of Britain. No opportu nity had been given to the Op- for Turkey.. position to consider the terms

of the motion. He asked Mr.

A PROTEST.

Baldwin to permit a discussion Mr. Clynes said that the pro- on Iraq by moving the adjourn-cedure amounted to undue coer- ment without passing the motion eion of the House, and when the for a division.

mction was reached he would ask the Labour members to leave and not participate in the discussions as a protest.

Later.

Porky's ballekin indicates that The Emperor has practically re covered.

"MAUD MULLER." ALAS FOR MAIDEN! ALAS

FOR JUDGE!!

Long years of experience in Chicago's Court of Domestic Relations have satisfied Judge William. M. Gammil that love

Mr. Baldwin agreed as to the importance of the motion and re- gretted its necessity. He added that as the matter had been sub.

Following Mr. Clynes's protest, mitted to the House only on the the House considered 142 amend last day of the session he would ments to the Rating Bill made by take the unusual course, when the the House of Lords. Mr. Neil House reassembled, of submitting Maclean (Labourite) said that the new Treaty and asking the he would speak on every amend and common sense are incom-

patible. House to accept or reject itment and on every one of the five On the other hand, he admits Whilst he was anxious to meet Bills down for to-day, challeng-that the man who sits down the desire of the leader of the ing a division on each occasion and decides what kind of a wife

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namely, "that the House approves time fixed for the prorogation of These are some of the observa- of the action, of the British re-Parliament. Mr. Maclean addedtions based on his practical study presentatives in Geneva in accept that he did not think the debate of matrimony which he has set ing the award of the Council of on Iraq would be reached to-day down in a book: the League on the Iraq boundary. Ent all

TERMS FOR TURKEY,

way.

A

Evangeline' or Muller, "he Hugh,

"We must continue to play the same old game in the same cld It is still 'blind man's buff.

"Falling in love is the most natural, yet the most extraor- dinary, thing in life. The most extraordinary thing about it is that all ordinary rules of com- mon sense are rejected:

"Life would not be worth liv. The Labourites walked out ofing if every fellow married an the House as a protest against

*Maud In the course of the subsequent Mr. Baldwin's refusal to permit debate Commander Kenworthy Iraq to be discussed on a motion said he understood that the Turks for adjournment not involving a were prepared to submit on the division.

The Labourites" departure was following terms, on which he urged the Government to nego- followed by a further vain at- tiate, namely: Iraq to have a part tempt by the Labourites to in of Mosul vilayet necessary for duce the Prime Minister to alter demili- his position. Previously a motion Irrigation purposes; a Larised zone should be established Was carried adjourning the dis on either side of the frontier;cussion on the Rating Bill and and a puct of security should be other Bills mentioned earlier until made between Turkey, Persia, to-day (Tuesday).. and Iraq. The Turks would guarantee the perpetual indepen- dence of Iraq and come to terms.

with Britain in regard to the exploitation of oil; and they pro-

MOTION CARRIED.

London, later. Mr. Baldwin's Mosul motion

posed the exchange of the Chris- was carried by 289 votes to 4.

The announcement of the lian population for the Kurds.

was and Turks left in the mandated figures of the division

The minority

"Some fall in and fall out a dozen times without seeming the worss for wear.

"If one can resist the first attack, it is easier to resist the second. The perplexing thing is to know when one ought to suc- cumb. It takes a wise man to know when it is the real thing

love."

territory. The Turks asked in greeted with loud Ministerial and when it is only 'puppy exchange that pars of Mosul in laughter.. habited by the majority of Kurds composed of Liberals.

The Labourites were absent. and Turks, including the City of

throughout the debate... Mosul

READY TO NEGOTIATE,

Mr. L. C. Amery, replying to the debate, declared that he was

SOVIET ATTITUDE,

Berlin, Dec. 21. In the course of an interview,

|

The

wife entered the young kitchen rather nervously, and, after hesitating for a few seconds, mid to the cook 1. 18.

"Oh, cook, I must really speak to yout. Your master is always com': phining. One day it is the soup, and

convinced that drag not only M. Chicharin supported the Turks next that is the fiat, and the t "yould pay her way during the fish standpoint in regard-to-the

ild, day 18, the tour; dr fast,

next few years, but would steadily Mosul decision. He laid stress it's always something or other shoulder the burdens that we on the dangers likely to arise, and

wore carrying for her. He em hoped that other GovernmentWell, mum, I'm sorry for you. The con réplied with feeling.

phasised the Government's read would use their influence to bring

ners to degotiate with Turkey Britain to a more conciliatory It must be awful to live with,

gentlendar lik's "thur, and make any adjustments which attitude.

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