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MODERN YOUTH,
RESULTS OF WORLD-WIDE INQUIRY.
SEX, FROBLEM PREDOMINANT.
Helsingfors, August 3. Two hundred and fifty boys are
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WAR DEBTS.
FRENCH AGREEMENT WITH BRITAIN.
STATEMENT IN COMMONS.
Rugby August 3. Mr. Winston Churchill, Chuneel- delegate 1.0 the lor of the Exchequer, stated in the Y.M.CA. World Congress being House of Commons to-day that he held here. The delegates, include
had been informed by M. Poincare, 245 Americans, 16 Australians. 20
the French Prem'er, that he would Chinese. 22 Indians, and four ask the Chamber to ratify the debt Japanese, and are presided ovir by
Dr. John Matt.
agreement with Great Britain as
soon as possible and at the latest as soon as the Chamber meets in the Autumn.
The delegates are working in 59 small international groups, which discuss the results of the world
The agreement would include the wide inquiry date de minds of youth conducted during the past two letters signed by M. Caillaux two years, Twenty-five groups are and himself (Mr. Churchili) which agreed on the predominant import- were an integral part of it--Eritish ance of the sex problem because Wireless Service. the growth of immorality, birth Centrol, the craze for dancing. the passion for freedom, and bad hous- Ing have weakened parental enï-| trol and are responsible for in- tate exeditation, suleient marriages for conomic reasons, and Freudian psychology.
Several boys groups" have des manded more information on
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FRENCH FINANCE,
BILL ADOPTED BY THE SENATE.
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Paris, August 8. The Senate by 250 votes to 13 i zaientific and from the right source and given at the right adopted the Finance Bill-Reuter?
aur.
Seventeen groups regarded the home problem as the most import-! ant since its solation involves all others.
All the groups are considering the problems in the light of prac-. tical Christianity.--Beuter.
AFFRONT TO POPE. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST A
REPETITION."
OFFICIAL" ANNOUNCEMENT.
Rome. August 3. The Vatican denies that Papall audiences to Protestants have been suspended, but adds that stringenti measures have been adopted to pre- vent a repetition of the incident cabled on August 1.-Reuter.
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FRANC RALLIES.
London, August 3 The rane opened to-day at 1181.60-Reuter.
Closing Prices."
London, August 2. The closing raid of the franes were--French. 177; and Belgian. 1764-Reuter.
RELIGIOUS LAWS.
SETTLEMENT HOPES IN
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Mexico City, August 3. President Calles has rejected
JA Rome cable er August '1 LIST OF SHIPS EXPECTED TO BE IN WIRELESS
stated: The newspapers announce the projected proposal of the COMMUNICATION WITH HONGKONG TO-DAY.. Hati Maru, Suisang Mausang, Hemmelia. Hellas, Daviken Aden that Papal audiences 1 Protestants Spiscopate for a truce, but it is Maru, Helios, Sydney Maru, Seangbee, Kalyan Kisshu Maru, Hakata have been suspended in consequence Maru, Tanda, President Lincoln, Shirala, Sarpedon, Danmark, Tenyo of an America: Protestant visitor Maru. Delta, Fooksang, Anking. Paul Local, Haining, President omitting to kneel during a general Jackson, Kiungchow, Lungshan, Vinstra.
TRANSFER OF RADIO COUNTER.
On and after August 1st. the Radio Counter in the Main Hall of the General Office will be closed, and will be transferred to the Radio Telegraph Office on the 3rd Floor of the General Post Office Build- ing. The Counter at the Radio Telegraph Offee will be open day and night for the acceptance of radio telegrams."
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earned that steps are being taken. which, it is expected, will result in informal personal negotiations between the Attorney-General and a high dignitary of the church.
settlement may whereby a reached.-Reuter.
SCHOLARS TOUR.
PARTY LEAVES BRITAIN FOR AUSTRALIA.
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LETTER FROM PRINCE.
Rugby, August 3.
A party of forty public and secondary school boys left London to-day for Australia. They travel under the auspices of the School Empire Tour Committee and will spend the remainder of the year touring Australia. Before the train
the Prince of Wales, which said:-| left a letter was rend from H.R.H.
"Such tours are admirable from the dabution viewpoint. My own experience tells me how much there is to learn frem seeing other parts quate substitute for real knowledge of the world, and there is no ade-
More to be gained in this way. especially do I welcome the idea of tours for -school boys to the Dominicns from the imperial view- point. The boys will on this ecca- sion be in the position of represen- tutives---I-am-confident that they will see to it that those who meet ther in Australia will judge well of them and. through them, of the country of the schools which they represent."-British Wireless Ser-
vice.
PRINCE'S TOUR,
AN ADDRESS TO BRITISH SCIENTISTS.
NOTABLE GATHERING.
Rugby, August 3. The British Association for the Advancement of Science will open meeting. to-morrow its annual This year the meeting is being held at Oxford, and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who is Prezident] for the year, will deliver the pre sidential address. It will, there fore, be one of the most notable gatherings in the history of "this great scientific body,
The Prince has selected as the subject of his address, which will be delivered in the Sheldonian! Theatre, the impressions of his world tours-British Wireless Ser- vice.
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TERRIBLE DISASTER AT
KEMPSTON..
Economic Boycott, Mexico City, August 3.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED. The economic boycott, which is The local American Roman the outcome of the Government's
London, August 3... A terrible disaster occurred at Catholic Mission reports that the anti-clerical policy, has not yet release has been effected of affected the capital, but people in Father Cunningham, who was many small towns and villages, Kempston, in Bedfordshire. A cap- draping their houses with black,ting attached to the basket, the captured by bandits in West besides wearing mourning and live balloon parted from the net- Hunan on July 15.-Reuter.
[A Peking cable of July 27 are only eating sufficient food to latter falling to the ground, as a stated: A delayed telegram keep body and soul together, result of which four persons were from the American Consul at avoiding amusement, and pur-killed-Reuter. Changsha, dated the 22nd inst., chasing only essentials.
A strange incident occurred in briefly records that an American Catholic priest was captured by the city of Cordoba during a bandits in West Hunan on the parade of workmen in support of 18th instant, and action has been the Government's policy. The taken to secure his release. "No procession details are given.]
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STARTLING SUGGESTION BY
CHINESE.
Tokyo, August 3, The three-day session of the Pan-Asiatic Congress closed
NOTICE.
Cathedral when the noon Angelus FRANCIS GLASS, DECEASED. rang. The demonstrators uncon-
bared their ERSONS having claims against heads, bowed, and there prayed the Estate of the above named even whilst cheers for President deceased late of The Hongkong Calles were reverberating. Electric Co., Ltd. who died on the 31st day of July, 1926, are request- Reuter.
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Ban on Aeroplanes.
Washington, August 3. An embargo, has been placed on of commercial morning, after electing two Japan the exportation
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ese, two Chinese, to Indian and aeroplanes to Mexico-Reuter. one Filipinb directors of the new
Asintic League.
It was decided that the next Congress should be held at Peking.
Chinese delegates again inslated| upon the abrogation of the Sino- Japanese unequal treaties, this being regarded as essential for better relations,
The Chinese delegate, Kwang Kung Su, startled the conferenco by proposing that the Pan-Asintie Lengue asslat India and the Philip-| pines to regain Independence, espe clally Jadi "as it is the White races baac in Orient; consequently If independence were regained Western influence in Asin would') automatically be wiped out."
The Japanese delegate decried discussion of the proposal publicly, As he feared the police would break up the meeting if anything in- jurious to Britfah-Japanese and Japanese-American friendly rela- tions were debuted.
Consequently, it was decided to discuss the matter secretly later Router.
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