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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

CONCILIATION STILL OIL AGREEMENT AT To-Day's Short Story.

POSSIBLE

GENEVA OPTIMISTIC OF

FINAL EFFORTS

JAPAN TO PRESENT MINIMUM

DEMANDS

LONDON, TO-DAY. ALTHOUGH THE COMMITTEE OF NINETEEN APPOINTED BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY TO ENDEAVOUR TO EFFECT A SETTLEMENT OF THE SINO-JAPANESE DIS- PUTE UNDER ARTICLE 15, PARAGRAPH THREE OF THE

GENEVA.

'Anglo-Persian Dispute

Settlement.

Geneva, Tu-day.

THE STOLEN BACILLUS

By H. G. Wells.

M. Benes' mediatory efforts 321: the Anglo-Persian Oil dispute have resulted in an agreement on prin- teriologist, slipping a glass appeared momentarily in the face "THIS again," said the Bac- A slight gleam of satisfaction ciple between the representatives |

of the two parties at Geneva for the slide under the microscope, "is ajof the pale man. "It's a deadly resumption of direct, negotiations preparation of the celebrated thing to have in your possession,” for the renewal of the D'Arcy con-Bacillus of cholora the cholerae said, devouring the little tube

germ."

with his eyes. The Bacteriologist

cession.

Until the agreement is con- firmed by the British and Persian Governments, however, no official statement can issued.

be

il

The pale-faced min peered watched the morbid pleasure in down the microscope. He was his visitor's expression. This man, evidently not accustomed to that who had visited him that afternoon kind of thing, and held a limp with a note of introduction from white hand over his disengagedjan old friend, interested him from It is provisionally arranged for eye. "I see very little," he said, the very contrast of their disposi- the matter to come up at the last | "Touch this screw," said COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE HAS FAILED IN ITS EFFORTS aitting of the League Council

thelons. The lank, black hair and on Bacteriologist; "perhaps the micro-deep grey eyes, the haggard ex- AND IS NOW ENGAGED IN THE PREPARATION OF A REPORT Friday afternoon.-Reuter,

scope is out of focus for you. preasion and nervous manner, the A Further Report.

Eyes vary so much. Just a fractful yet keen interest of his FOR THE ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH

Londen, To-day. tion of a turn this way or that." visitor were a novel change from Geneva reports state that as the re

"Ah! now I see," said the visitor. the phlegmatic deliberations of the

UNTIL SUCH A REPORT IS ACTUALLY PRESENTED.

Nations Council which considered the

FOUR OF THE SAME ANTICLE, THE VIEW TAKEN AT GEND" (sult, of the intervention of Monsieur "Net so very much to sea after all. ordinary scientific worker with VA IS THAT CONCILIATION EFFORTS ARE NOT PRECLUDED Benca, rapparteur of the League of Little streaks and shreds of pink, whom the Bacteriologist chiefly as dtepute between Britain und Persin And yet those little particles, sociated. It was perhaps natural, over the cancellation of Anglo-Persian those mere atomies, might multiply with a hearer evidently ao impres Oil Company's concession in Persia, and devastate a city! Wonderful" sionable to the lethal nature of his provisional agreement has been reach-

He stood up, and releasing the topic, to take the most effective It is stated that a draft plan of glass slip from the microscope, jespect of the matter. the conciliation will be submitted to held it in his hand towards the the League Council either to-day or window. to-morrow-British Wireless Service. said, scrutinising the preparation. "Scarcely yĺkible,” bo

Tokyo press reports state that as a result of a further review of situation, the Japanese delegate at Geneva, Mr. Matasoka, has now been instructed to present a final minimum in demands on Man- churian questions.

Meanwhile at their meeting at Geneva yesterday, the Commit- tee of Nine, to whom the

Committee of Nineteen delegated the task of drafting the report for the Assembly, completed the main part of their work and the draft report is now in the hunds of the parent Committee.

It is provisionally arranged that this Committee will meet to-morrow to, discuss a recom- mendation to accompany the report when it is submitted to the Assembly.

SIR MILES LAMPSON IN NANKING.

Two Visits Paid To Mr. Lo Wen-Kan.

Nanking To-day, Sir Miles Lampson, British Min- Ister in China who arrived here yesterday morning, has twice visit- ed Mr. Lo Wen-kan, the Foreign Minister, who, it is understood, re- ferred to the British stand at Gene-

led,

PRINCE

NOMINATED FOR

He hesitated. "Are these alive? Are they dangerous new?"

"Those have been stained and killed," sald the Bacteriologist. "I wish, for my own part, we could

HIGH POSTill and stain every one of them

in the universe."

Governor-Generalship with a

Of Australia.

י_

TO-MORROW'S STORY.

To-morrow's story will be "The Man Who Stole the Pelican," by I. A. Williams.

"I suppose," the pale man said'

slight smile, "that you He held the tube in his hand scarcely care to have such things thoughtfully. "Yes, here is the about you in the living in the pestilence imprisoned. Only break BILL POSTERS' URGE.

active state?"

such a little tube as this into a "On the contrary, we are obliged supply of drinking-water, Bay o Melbourne.

to," said the Bacteriologist. "Here, these minutes. particles of life that The Prince of Wales, "as a mem-

for instance

He walked one must needs stain and examine va and hoped Sir Miles Lampson's ber of the Bill Posters' Union," has across the room and took up one with the highest powers of the return to China would help to con-been nominated for the Governor.

of several sealed tubes. "Here is microscope even to seo, and that solidate the ties of friendship be-Generalship when Sir lanc Isaacz

the living thing. This is a cultiva-jone can neither smell nor taste- First it gives the history of the tween' Chind and Great Britain.-retirea.

tion of the actual living disease say to them, 'Go forth, increase and dispute before the matter Was Reuter,

The Victorian Labour Party's

bacteria." He hesitated. "Bottled multiply brought to the attention of the

conference will be held soon, and cholera, so to speak." League and in regard to the events

proposals for the agenda paper have in Manchuria in this period, Is

already closed. based on the relevant parts of the Lytton Report.

It is understood that the report consists of three parts in addition to the preamble.

Part two traces the developments. in Manchuria and Shanghai since September 1931.

In the third part of the report

conclusions are set out, many of which follow the acceptance by the i Longue, of the Lytton Report.

Roferring to the events on the night of September 18, 1931, when the trouble began, the report states that while not excluding the possi

SQUALLS

FACE US.

CONGRESS

Problems To Provoke Long Arguments.

REORGANISATION TASK.

Washington. Three months of legislative strife bility that Japanese officers on the beginning in December is forecast spot believed that they were acting for the current Congress before the In self defence Japanese military newly elected 'wet' Democrat hoste action around Mukden on that night take over the next at the end of and Japan's military activity in 1933. Manchuria as whole since that date, Sure to be considered by the nar- cannot be regarded as legitimate rowly Democratic house and still self defence.

Republican senate are the annual The League Assembly will pro-appropriation bills, governmental bably meet next week to consider economy and of course prohibition. the report. British Wireless Ser-Any or all may provoke prolonged

vice.

MAN ORDERED TO BE A WOMAN.

Posed For Four Years As A Wife.

{struggies.

recent election.

The Bill Posters Union will sug- gest that the conference urges on the Federal Government the ap- pointment of His Royal Highness,| The Prince of Wales as next Governor-General of Australia, the reason for so doing being the fact that the Prince of Wales is a boun fide trade union member of the Bill Posters Union of Victoria.

SMOKELESS FUEL

Coke In Domestic

Use.

··

and replenish the cisterns, and death-mysterious, untraceable death, death swift and terrible, death full of pala and Indignity-would be released upon this city, and go hither and thither secking his victims.

"Here he would take the husband from the wife, here the child from its mother, here the statesman from -bis duty, and here the toiler Closely allied to the methods of from his trouble. He would fol- central heating are the much more low the watermaina, creeping along numerous examples of domestic streets, picking out and punishing The Prince was made a life mem-

boilers which serve to supply hot a house here and a house there ber of this Union in 1926, and ack water and in some cases operate a where they did not boil thair drink- nowledged the appointment in a let- few email radiators.

Ing-water, creeping into the wells ter to the secretary of the Union. Every type of fuel has been turn-of the mineral-water makers, get- Each Christmas, through his pri-ed to account in this direction. Itting washed into salad, and lying vate secretary, the Prince sends his will be a matter of prime impor-dormant in ices. He would wait greetings to his Union-Reuter.

GERMANY'S FASTEST

TRAIN.

tance that such fuels shall be effi-ready to be drunk in the horse- cient, cheap and smokeless. Here troughs, and by unwary children in we are almost limited to solid fuel, the public fountains. He would {heating with gus being an impor soak into the soil, to reappear in tant supplementary agency.. springs and wells at a thousand

Radiant Eciency

unexpected places. Once start him at the water supply, and before we Deprived of its smoke-producing could ring him in, and catch him constituents by carbonisation coal again, he would have decimated converted to coke also increases its the metropolis." radiant efficiency. Confiderable He stopped abruptly. He had attention has, moreover been given been told rhetoric was his wenk-Į to its grading, so that types are ness. available for all domestic purposes. But he is quite safe here you

If it lackks ease of lighting up know-quite safe." Germany's fast this can be remedied by the use of

The pale-faced man nodded. His

The Flying Hamburger' Touches 94 M.P.H.

-AL

Berlin..

Adding doubtful qualities to the |Congressional prospect will be more than 100 "lame duck" members. These are senators and representa- tives who will not be members of The motor driven "Flying the seventy-third Congress because Hamburger" of the Democratic landslide in the est train-did the return trip the gas poker. If, as is the case, eyes shone. He cleared his throat. from Hamburg to Berlin recent fair draught is necessary for off-These Anarchist-rascals," said But since the House is already ly, a distance of 180 miles, in 2 cient combustion in open grates, he, "are fools, blind foolato use! Alexandria. Democratic, la virtually certain to hours 2 minutes. A man has been ordered to be a lay the groundwork for the pro-

At times the fain roached the increase in the depth of the fire.

this can be catered for by a slight bombs when this kind of thing is

attainable. I think-" woman for the rest of his life, gramme to be pushed through with speed of 94 miles an hour. and has been forbidden to marry: velt. Ready at hand for the pre- during the next few weeks but the temperature of the water be-door. The Bacteriologist opened

For water-heating purposes' duo Further trial trips will be made care should be exercised to keep of the anger-nails was heard at the! full strength under President Roose-

A gentle rap, a mere light touch After four years of married life a "woman"

liminary committee work will be re- the train will not be put into re-low 180deg F. in districts in which Just a minute, dear," whis- at Beni Suports of special investigators. turned out to be a man.

gular service for three or four temporarily hard water is preva-pered his wife. He then discarded feminine at-

A Taxation Commmittee for in-months, Reuter.

lent. Otherwise scale formation When he re-entered the labora- tire, put on a fez and a man's stance, has found that if the short

occurs, with the need for frequent tory his visitor was looking at his watch. "I had no idea I had wast- ed an hour of your time," he said.. "Twelve "miantes to four. I ought, to have left here by half-past three. But your things were really too In- teresting. No, positively & kan- not stop a moment longer. I have an engagement at four.".

clothes from Helene to Michel

and changed his

name

Bession of Congress modifies the TRAFFIC OF WOMEN AND internal cleaning.

CHILDREN.

This tax on beer is $6 (£1-4-6 at

DOLLAR UNCHANGED FOR ONE WEEK,

Silver Shows Little Fluctuation.

No change is reported in the

He passed out of the room.relter- ating his thanks, and the Bacterio-! loglat accompanied him to the door,

Volstead Act to permit the manu- But when Michel

facture and sale of beer and light announced kis intention of seeking a wife, wines, the war time taxes auto

(Continued from Page 1.) the case was brought before thematically become effective in the Council General of the Copt event new rates are not imposed.

Referring to the movement of Community. The Council Gon-

barrel of 31 gallons. The Siamese women towards the| eral has now forbidden Michel to par) marry, and has ordered him to lowest levy on wine not exceeding Malay States, the report showe remain a woman for the rest of 14 per cent. alcohol is 16 cents that it is possible to cross the his life. Reuter.

frontier between Siam and Malaya '(8đ. at por) a gallon.

The Chief of the Joint Internal secretly by leaving the train bo- Revenue Taxation Committee estim-fore the frontier and crossing Ineal dollar, which has been steady and then returned thoughtfully ated that Federal Revenue would be the jungle afoot.

the passage to his laboratory, He It adds that cases of traffic in at 1/3% since its fall from 1/3 was musing on the ethnology of his Increased by £60,000,000 annually on beer and wine alene at the exist Malay women are almost non-ex- on Friday last.⠀⠀

visitor. Certainly the man was not Ing rate.

istent and that very few Hinduj

Spot silver experienced another Other investigating committees Perzian, Arab or Jewish women morning at 17 against 17-1/16 yea

slight decline, being noted this a Teutonic type nor a common La-

tin one. "A morbid product, any Jowa City,

which will give the House plenty to are victims of the traffic, Strong backs, shovels, coal and a work on cover gach subjects sa Reuter ved

terday Forward silver, however, how, I am afraid" said the Bacterio- logist to himself. "How he glost remained unchanged at 17-1/16.ed on those cultivations of disease furnace are laboratory, requirements veterans romperaation, government

The London on New York cross for a new course at the University competition with business and the of Iowa,

A and regulation of public utility holding Residents who employ university companies...

UNIVERSITY TEACHES FURNACE STOKING.

>

"WIN BACK YOUR RATES! rate quoted yesterday at germs!" A disturbing thought!

Budapest

struck him. He turned to the bench by the vapour-bath, and then very quickly to his writing table. Then he felt hastily in his pockets, and then pushed to the door. “I may have put it down on the hall

$3.39% improved to G$3.39%, while the Now York on students here have complained: that Both branches will face after! A proposal that lottery tickets Londen rate slumped from the youths know little of furnace March 4 the problem of reorganisa-ahould be handed to all punctual $3.89 to £-G89.88%, technique, wie of fu

tien, as the House must select its rate-payers has been made here by Now the flyersity has annound Speaker to replace Vice-President a city councillor.

elect Gerner, and Senate Repub- At the end of the year it is sug Fine weather with fresh N.E. table," he said.NET ON

cans will choose a lender to repinso gested that a drawing be held, the winds is forecasted by the Royal "Minnie!" he shouted hoarsely in dormitory boller room. No taltion the defeated James E. Watson of winners receiving back the amounts Observatory in to-day's weather the hall. will be charged-Router.

Indiana, Reuter.

od a course in furnace stoking, with

practical demonstrations in the

they had paid-Reuter.

report.

(Continued on Page 10.)

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