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GERMANY AND

REPARATIONS

A MEMORANDUM

CHARACTERISTIC ADVICE TO THE ALLIES

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS

Berlin, Yesterday.

A German memorandum on re- parations has been presented to the Governments in Paris, London, Rome, Tokyo and Brussels.

It emphasises that the standpoint of the Committee of Experts must be impartially to examine Ger many's capacity to pay and make proposals accordingly; also that none of the Allies should, in ad vance, make claims regarding the amount Germany must pay.

It requests that the Powers ap- point independent experts, who are not bound to any fixed instructions and decide the time and place of the conference-Reuter.

ANOTHER WRECK

GERMAN VESSEL SINKS IN MID-ATLANTIC

11th a New York, Bowden & Baltimore

Sir

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RUSH TO HELP

steamer

In

DUTCH NATIONALS HEAVY WIND STORM

ABROAD

DEATH DUTIES

OVER ENGLAND

80 MILES GUSTS

STATES GENERÁL REJECTS THE LONDON HAS FULL FORCE OF

BILL

CONTROVERSIAL' POINT

*

The Hague, Yesterday. The First Chamber of the States General by 21 votes to 16,, rejected the bill to levy death duties and gift duties on. Dutch subjects liv

Ing abroad.

The bill provides for an amount of duty equal to the difference be tween the duty in force in Holland and that in the country in which their national realded.

FRESH WINDS, FINE !

North winds, fresh, fine, is the weather forecast until noon to-morrow.

OVERSEAS TRADE

BILL RELATING TO GUARANTEES

AN EXTENSION

London, Yesterday.

THE GALE

SHIPPING AFFECTED

London, Yesterday. Exactly a week after the gale which caused serious havoc in Lon- don and on the south coast last Fri- day, another great wind and rain

storm swept across the country from the Atlantic to-day.

London aga'n had the full force of the gale, which blew at times in gusts at 80 miles an hour.

The air services between London and the continent have had to be suspended though early in the day they were running to schedule.

High seas are raging around the coasts and shipping is running for shelter.

Several ships have sent out dis- tress calla and Ramsgate, Deal and other lifeboats have been launched to go to the rescue of fishermen.- British Wireless Service.

HISTORIC FILM

| SCOTT'S EXPEDITION PICTURE

FOR THE NATION

BIG OFFER BY U.S.A

London, Yesterday.

The famous cinematographic re-

The House of Commons to-day passed the second reading of the Overseas Trade bill, the object of cord of the late Captain Scott's ex- which is to extend the period under pedition to the South Pole was which guarantees can be given un-yesterday purchased for the nation. der export guarantees, to a scheme It will be held in custody by the for two years until September, 1991, British Empire Film Institute, and and to extend the period during Efforts had been made by the which guarantee stready given American Museum to acquire the shall remain in force by three un til September, 1986-British Wire. lm, £50,000 being offered for it.

London, Yesterday. Austen Chamberlain, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, is a passenger in the White Star liner "Regina," which has dashed to the rescue of a German mid-Atlantic.

The "Regina" wirelessed to-day that she set off last night on a 60- mile race to the help of the 2,500-leas Service. ton cargo steamer "Herrenwijk" of Luebeck, Germany.

The distress of the German ves- sel was first revealed by a wire less message from the liner "Transylvania," which said that she was proceeding to assist the "Herrenwijk" In west-south-west gales and heavy scas.

The "Transylvania" on 'reaching the "Herrenwijk" found her sink ing slowly and stood by her.

After a hard battle through the seas the "Regina" found the

BIG FLIGHT

is the fint film to be acquired,

Mr. Herbert Ponting, photo- grapher to Scott's expedition and owner of the film, was, however, willing to accept a considerably smaller sum in order to preserve it

FLYING FROM AUSTRALIA TO for Britain.

LONDON

NOW IN EGYPT

Arrangements are being made for ita exhibition throughout Britain, the Dominions and Colonies, and a contract has already been made for Calro, Yesterday. its display in the United States Capt. Hurley has arrived here in As a background to this remark the "Spirit of Australia."Reuter. able photographic record there are

the well-known stories of Captain | Scott's death and Captain Oates', self-sacrifke as outstanding episodes In the history of polar exploration.

British Wireless Service,

NAVAL MOVEMENTS

"Transylvania" standing by and H.M.S. "Foxglove,"

#

sloop,

was informed that her assistance was not necessary.. She then re-caves Hong Kong at 3.30 p.m. to day for Wel-hat-wel. H.M.S. sumed her voyage to England.

"Bluebell," another sloop, left Che-| too yesterday and arrived at Wel- hai-wel

Later, the Danish steamer "Estonia" reported that she had saved 18 men of the German boat

and was still searching for wreck

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This mail should reach London about the 21st December.

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ANOTHER US. MULTI- MILLIONAIRE DIES

ENORMOUS WEALTH

New York, Yesterday, The death is announced of the Anancier, Mr. Thomas Fortune Ryan, whose fortune is estimated at $800,000,000.-Reuter's American- Service.

Mitsugi yesterday and arrived at H.M.S. "Kent" the flagship, left

Kusakabe in the course of the cruise in Japan.

Berlin, Yesterday.--Von Dirksen, head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office has been appoint ed Ambassador to Moscow.--~--Reu-" ter.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR

The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 2/0 5/16.

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ARMY SHUFFLE

Intelligence from the Upper Yangtze River, through Royal has been a re-grouping of the mill- Naval sources, indicates that there]

tary leaders in Szechuen province, who have been at war with each other on and off.

General Yang Sen, usually tho aggressor, has been re-admitted into the Nationalist Army and ap pointed a nominee by Nanking:

New York, Yesterday, Mr. George L Harrison, the deputy! governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank will succeed the late Mr. Benjamin Strong as Chairman.

Router's American Service..

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WEST

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