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SENATORS BEAT NO NEW OBLIGATIONS BUBBLE BEGINS

ATHLETIC

President Roosevelt

Opens Season

T

GEHRIG'S HOMER FAILS TO GIVE YANKEES WIN

New York, To-day.

FOR BRITAIN

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As regards both the Eastern Pact and the..independence of Aue- tris, the position of their country has always been one of close and friendly interest, but that we have The President of the United incurred no obligatione, except States, Mr. Franklin Delano Roose velt, opened the Washington Sena- that of consultation in the event of tors baseball season yesterday the integrity and independence of when he pitched their first ball Austria being, threatened. None against the Philadelphia Athletics further were added at Stress, who were beaten by two ians,

season..

GREAT FIRE

Tank Explosion At Petroleum Works

SOUTHAMPTON BLAZE

A bubble is believed to have been the cause of the fire which raged all night at the Agwi Petroleum Works, Fawley, near Southampton, following the explosion of a tank.

This is the explanation made by an official of the company,

"Although we do hot definitely know the cause, we believe that the fire...may have been begun by a globule of sulphuretted hydrogen forming on the inside of the roof of

...

The Chicago White Sox secured Regarding the desire of Austria, a narrow victory over the Tigers, Bulgaria, and Hungary to obtain a while Boston Red Sox nosed out revision of the armament clause the empty tank. the Yankers, Lou Gehrig, one of

of the treaties by which they are "If this globule fell, its passage last year's most successful batters hitting his first circuit clout of the bound, the Conference decided to through the air would ignite it and

recommend that the interested set fire to gases in the tank."

Hundreds of men, women and The game between the Cleveland States should examine the quea- Indians and the St. Louis Browns tion with a view to its settlement children many of them villagere was postponed on account of rain. by a mutual agreement in connec afraid of going to bed lest the fire Only one out of four games was tion with general and regional should spread and cause further explosions among the other oil played in the National League, guarantees of security.

tanks at the works, waited up all Cincinnati easily beating Pitts-

jnight. burgh Pirates by 3 runs, Erickson hitting a homer.

The games postponed owing to intense cold were: New York against. Boston Brooklyn

'AIR PACT PLANS

The three, Powers further agreed They watched fire brigades from to continue actively the study of the works, from Southampton, the proposed air pact for Western Brockenhurat Hythe, Calshot and and Europe, with a view to the drafting Lymington fight the blaze. Philadelphia: and the St. Louis of such a pact as was contemplat Flames leaping 100 feet into the Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs-ed in the London declaration," and air, could be seen a dozen miles

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"With Italy, the other guarantor

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o when we signed that Treaty, and

the Conference ended with a de- 3claration of solidarity.

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CONTROL OVER KWEICHOW NOW ACCOMPLISHED

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THREE-POWER RESOLUTION CARRIED AT GENEVA

The resolution

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reaffirmed The Prime Minister ontinued "We went to Stress to consider past duties of all to respect the under- statements of policy in the light of takings they had contracted. new and deteriorated conditions. urged the continuation of the nego Without condoning her recent tiations initiated at the London Con- faction, but on the contrary, making ference;, with the participation of it plain that we regard it as a auch other powers as might usefully Eblow to any international organien- contribute. And it proposed the set- tion of peace and order, we have ting up of a Committee to examine kept the door open for Germany to measures to render the Covenant join as an active partner In the more effective in the organisation of movements we have planned to collective security and to provide for create system of collective the observance of those international sacurity in Europe. We have made instruments upon which peace de- it clear that our policy has diff-ponds.".

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culties they had to deal with; but The Council later appointed the the combination of States have following to serve on the Committee pledged to keep together and try for which the resolution provides, The recent visit of General to find peaceful solution for the pre- namely the United Kingdom, Canada, Chang Hsuch-liang to Kweichow sent danger in co-operation with Chile, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, was made by order of Marshal every state willing to associate it- the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, [Chiang, who has instructed Gen-self with their work."

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