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INDIAN REFORMS.

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POLICY OF EXISTING ACT.

No Material Change In Spirit Of Law.

Rugby, Yesterday. The House of Commons passed without discusalon the second reading of the Indian Statutory Commission Bill.

A CAUSE CELEBRE.

Tampering With The Jury.

TEAPOT DOME SEQUEL.

Six Men Charged With Contempt

Of Court.

Washington, Yesterday.

THREE PRINCIPLES.

British Policy In China.

TRADE CONDITIONS.

Useless To Bargain With Chaor.

London, Yesterday.

The Federal Government has At the annual dinner of the brought proceedings in the District China Association, referring to the Columbia Supreme Court against Hankow agreement, Lord Feel, amid Harry Sinclair and William Burnseries of dissent, said he hoped that Earl Winterton, Under-Secre (head of the Burns Private Detec when China began to settle down it tary of State for India, in moving tive Agency) and four other men might be recognised that it was the the second reading, said that it for contempt of Court based on al- British Government which took the was necessary to alter the pro-leged tampering of the jury in the important step of trying to deal visions of the Government of first. Teapot Dome Conspiracy trial with Chinese nationaliam to the India Act, 1919, which provided in October.

best of its lights. Until a stable government was established, the Government would not depart from their polley of neutrality.

that a Statutory Commission wasi

to be appointed at the expiration of ten years. The present Bill proposed to substitute for "ten years" the words "within ten years." In addition, it would be necessary, under provisions of the Act. to ask Parliament to concur in the submission of the names to His Majesty the King. A re- solution to that effect would be tabled by himself and discussed on Friday.

HARRY F SINCLAIR

A Statement Cheered, Mr. Hilton Young was loudly cheered when he laid down as the three underlying principles of Bri- tain's Chinese policy: first, that the Interests of Britain and China, în the development of international

trade, were identical; second, that it was of the profoundest interest to Britain that the British Govern-[]] ment should assert itself and main- tain in China conditions possible for trade to British merchants' and | bankers; third, that it was useless in the 'presont conditions to seek to bargain with chaos.

[A cable published yesterday atat- ed:—At the China Association din- ner in London, Lord Southborough declared that until Chinese Nation-

Earl Winterton pointed out that the third Assembly under the Government of India Act would complete its period of life and the third Parliament would come to an end some time in the Spring of 1929, that was to say, when the Commission would probably have finished taking evidence and pre- sumably before it had written, its report. Therefore, the Govern- Associate Judge Siddons ordered alism could furnish some evidence, ment could claim that this Bill, the accused to show cause on De of constructive capacity, the safe- though making a change in the cember 6 why they should not be guards under which British trade letter, did not materially affect adjudged in contempt of Court for has hitherto been conducted should the spirit of that Act.

There was a recommendation of attempting to bribe the jury-Reu-not be further weakened. the Joint Act Committee of both ter's American Service. Houses which was recognised in this country and in India as being

Story of the Case.

The dissolution of the British concession at Hankow had been most harmful to. British Interests

unsurpassed in authority as the Briefly told, the story of what there and in the Yangtze valley

BELGIAN CABINET.

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interpreting policy of the Act. has been called "the most famous The safeguards represented by the The recommendation of the Com-political case since the imprach-concessions should be temporarily mittee was that no material ment of President Andrew John-maintained, and the negotiations for change should be made in the In-son" is as follows:-On November a radical change in the nature of dian Constitution within ten 80, 1921, Edward L. Doheny sent the British concession at Tientsin years. On that point he had a two- 100,000 dollars in cash to Mr. Al- should not be continued. (Cheers.)] fold answer to make. Firstly, bert B. Fall, who was then Secre- this particular recommendation tary of the Interior. The money had reference to an earlier re- was carried from New York by ference to an earlier recommenda- Doheny's son in a "little brown) tion made in the Montagu- Batchel" which for a time was Chelmsford report that, after famous in the annals of the case, five years' experience of the work- until Mr. Dobeny himself get the ing of the Act, proposals should matter right by calling the recep be invited for its modification. In tacle the "little black bag." effect, the Joint Committee did Five months later Doheny's Pan- The outgoing Premier, M. not accept the Montagu-Chelmns- American Petroleum and Transport Heuri Jaspar, forfed a ford recommendation.. The Company secured from Government Cabinet. Four Socialist Ministers second answer was that no change a contract for the construction of have replaced two Liberals and was likely to be made as a result oll storage tanks for the Navy at Paul Hymane will be Foreign Min-

two Christian

M. of the alteration of date until the Fearl Harbour base in Hawaii. ister. well after the ten years' period This work was to be paid for with

M. Jaspar also takes the port- had been passed. The Statutory oil which the Navy received as folio of the Colonies and M. Commission would not report royalty from drillers on the Teapot Hymans that of Foreign Affairs.--| until at least well in the Summer Dome and other Government ofl re-Reuter.

of 1929, and presumably Parlia- serves.. Finding that there was not ment of that date would not be enough oil available from this asked to deal with any alteration source, Government, about seven in the Act until the year 1930, or months later, signed another con- more than ten years after the tract giving Doheny's company passing of the Act.

drilling rights in the 82,000-acre

It had been made clear by the naval oll reservation at Elk Hols, statement made by members of California- transaction from the Government that in certain which Mr. Doheny estimated a prob- circumstances, it was intended to able profit of 100,000,000 dollars. accelerate the date of the Statu-

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[A cable of Nov. 5 stated, Inter sons had been given which had

alia:~~ led the Government to decide that all negotiated under the general the Commission should now be direction of the then Secretary of Hona sterling is reported from the

Damage amounting to many mil appointed. British Wireless Ser-the Interior, with only technical flood areas in New England. The assistance from the Navy, because towns of Montpellier and Barre are President Harding, by 201 ex- believed to be the severest suffer- ecutive order dated May 31st, era. Almost every town in the 1921, had transferred the Naval flood district has lost hundreds of Oll.Reserves from the Navy Depart thousands of dollara as the result ment to the Department of the of factories and bridges being

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APPEAL COURT COMMUTES SENTENCES.

A FRENCH CASE..

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FLOODS IN PERAK. Water Once More Invades Ipoh. Another disappointment was in The Appeal Court has commuted made the subject of a Senatoral store for Ipoh on the night of Nov. the sentences of Duclos and Marty Investigation, under the leadership 10 caused again by the break to 2 years and 8 years, respective of Senator Thomas J. Walah, of in the weather followed by the In-

Montana.

nevitable flood. There was fine [Reuter-cabled on September 27: In March, 1928, Mr. Fall resign-weather on Nov. 9 right up to The Communist Deputies, Duclosed from the Cabinet, and a year the time offices generally close for and Marty, now in prison in Paris, later the Secretary of the Navy, the day. The aspect looking north- have been sentenced again for in- Mr. Denby, who also had approved wards about that time was any

to disobedience, the contracts resigned. blotted out the distant landscape thing but cheerful. Rain clouds citing soldiers

In May, 1925, Fall and Doheny and within a short space of time Duclos gets six years' imprisonment

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on each of six counts, and Marty wore fudicted on charges of con- It was pouring in Ipoh." The rain five years. Imprisonment on each of spiracy to defraud the Govern- ceased about 8.80 p.m. and it was two counts. Each has also been ment, the accusation beling based not thought likely that it would fined 8,000 francs. The Communist chiefly on evidence brought out by cause the river to rise. This Henri Barbe has been sentenced to the Senatorial Investigation. thought was short-lived, for with- three years Imprisonment and a Their trial, which lasted 28 days in the space of a few hours the 2,000 francs fine, and three others began on November, 22, 1926. On river was noticed to have crept up have been sentenced to three years December, 16 the fury brought in a to a level with its right bank. An Imprisonment each in contuma-verdict to "not guilty." clam.3

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