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CABLES:

LATEST CABLES.

[TABOUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

POLITICAL SITUATION IN

EUROPE.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S' WARNING TO FRENCH PRESS.

LONDON, May 18th, Mr. Lloyd Georgo, in an interview with Houter's correspondent on the subject of Upper Silesia, déclared that the almost unanimous

of approval

American, Italian and British Press showed thur-

the great nations who stood beside

France in the West meant to interpret the Treaty of Versailles fairly, and warned the French Press that the habit;

of treating every expression of Allied opinion which did not coincide with their own, sa impertinence was fraught with mischief. Such in attitude, if persisted in, would be fatal to say Entente. AMERICA DECLINES TO INTERVENE.

WASHINGTON, May 18th. With reference to the reports that the. United States will participate in the Upper Silesian settlement, it is officially

pointed out that the State Department has

alrendy announced that the United States

has no intention of participating in the settlement of an essentially European

question.

Poland has renewed her appeal for

American support. No official reply has -been made to it, Mr. Colby merely declin

ing it informally.

TONE OF FRENCH PRESS,

PARI, May 18th... The tone of the French Press in Upper Silesian controversy is more mant fest to-day as accentuated by the satis- Laction at Germany's payment of repara- tions, which is welcomed an the first evidence of Germany's good faith since the Armistice. The correctness of Ger-

by the Anglo-French differences on the subject of Upper Silesia is recognised.

The papers even declare that the inci- dent may be regarded as closed, stating that misunderstandings between 1. Briand and Mr. Lloyd George have been largely removed as a result of telephonic communications.bytween

Paris and

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 19TH, 1991.

LATEST UABLES. WAGES REDUCTION. PROPOSAL OF US. RAILWAY LABOUR BOARD.

CHICAGO, May 18th.

The Board will shortly hear proposals of the railways to reduce the wages of a

million killed workers."

EARLIER CABLES. COTTON SPINNERS BALLOT.

MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.

END OF FOOD CONTROL. MINISTRY'S RECORD.

QIGANTIC OPERATIONS,

THE

EXGERMAN ANI

AUSTRIAN CONCESSIONS. A DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE

THE SINO-GERMAN TREATY. TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT WITH

COLOSSAL ACTIVITIES. CHINA: RECIPROCITY IN TREATMENT: COMMEE-.

ine Ministry of Munitions was the CIAL CLAUSES..

first of the great" auxiliary war depart-

A. Chinese News Agency at Peking ha Mr. C. A. McCurdy, Food Controller, issued the tollowing statement: ments to come into being, baving been PERINO, May 19th...

gave 2 review, at the Ministry of Matters relating to the administration The United States Railway Labour The draft text of the Sino-German in hend was

established on June 9th, 1913. Its first Food, recently, of the work of the of the ex-Austrial and German Conces Board has announced a reduction in the torcourso pact (translated from the no.

the present Prime Minister, Ministry. During the past twelve monthssiops in China are now occupying the Mr Lloyd George, who, in fact, assumed he said, they had been liquidating the attention of the Inplomatie Body, which wages of a million' unskilled workers.be

nounced documents) is as follows:--

greatest trading organisation which has is discussing with the Chinese Govern office as Minister of Munitions before the ever existed in any country. The turn-anent various phases of China's adminis The Government of the Republic of department was in existence. ginning from July 1st.

Germany wishes to recover the friendly

It took over of the Ministry of Food, apart from tration of the ex-encory concessions which and cotumercial-relations which existed

over the duties of the special War Office the work of the Wheat and Sugar Com do not strike the representative of the in pre-war days between China and Cicer. organisation areated by Lord Kitchener missions, had amounted to £1,200,000,000 foreign Powers as being satisfactory, many, and which should be based on the to develop munitions supplies, and then Controllers to avoid losses to the tax over the Austrian and German Conces

It had been the aim of successive. Food When the Chinese Government" took principle of perfect equality and recipro elty subject to international common law expanded with such incredible rapidity, payer, while at the same time keeping sions it assured the Diplomatic Body that as well as to the Presidential mandata under the spur of insatiable war needs, prices to the consumer as low as possible, foreigners residing in these concessiona promulgated on September 15th, 1919, by that soon its scope included every con- Ministry had not exceeded 134. 4d, for fore and that none of their rights and The administrative expenditure of the would receive the same treatment as be the President of the Republic of China on the occasion of the restoration of Ceivable branch of activity. Contracts, every £100 worth of food bought and suld, privileges would be impaired. This peace with Germany. Germany promises arms, explosives, optical glass, trench The taxpayer had suffered no losses; the assurance was followed later by the pub to discharge her obligations towards warfare Versailles Treaty concluded on June

supplies, inventions, tanks, rys voted by Parliament for the ser- tication by the Government in December, China regarding the articles of the

vices of the Ministry had been repaid to 1920, of a set of regulations governing the howitzers, chemicals and mechanical the Treasury with interest. The art administration of the ex-enemy concea 25th, 1019, which were to be put in forca transport, ons after another, were added profit on sales of £1,200,000,000 amourited sions. It is these regulations which are as regards the articles from 128 to 130. terminy hereby declares her abandon

to its cores. It came not only to provide to just about £1,000,000, about one penny now occupying the attention of the for on every £5 worth of foodstuffs handled. eign diplomats, who find in them many ment of the treaty concluded on March for the purchase and supply of muni-

To understand the actual nature of the points which are unsatisfactory to their 6th, 1896, between, Germany and Chinations, but to control the whole field of Ministry's work he as well as the documents concerning raw materials, the construction of fac example-the Ministry's dealings in mar accordance with China's assurance that gave one small home governments and which are not in Shantung Province together with all the rights and interests Anti concessionstories, the transport and storage of pro- 250,000 tons of margarine, representing would retain their rights and privileges garine. In one year they bought and sold the foreign residents in the concessious which Germany has secured from China, ducts; the supply, wages, and conditions selling price" of Germany's consular jurisdiction and Germany acknowledges the withdrawal of labour, and the limitation of profits with 20,000 retail traders. The losses on cussion between the Diplomatic Body and

of approximately as hitherto enjoyed. £8,000,000, They opened ledger accounts at the same time abandons, the entire it administered practically the whole stock amounted to five tons out of 250,000, the Chinese Government are the ques The two chief points now under dis rights and interests. concerning the engineering and chemical industries of the bad debts to less than 100th of 1tions of the municipal councils of the parade ground attached to the site of the country. the German Legation at Peking.

Some sense of the enor

per cent. on the sales effected. In the concesion and the right of foreigners to mous development of this new depart Commercial world the margarine depart acquire land in the concessions in per-

ment would alone have been one of the petuity. ment can be gained by a reference to greatest businesses in the country, but it the expenditure incurred in its working, was a very small part indeed of the work which saw the close of hostilities brought tude for the purpose of comparison, but 2994,300,323. Two years later it had of the Ministry, "It was difficult to find risen to £52,431,480, whilst the year any business concern of sufficient magni he had before him figures published by a

LONDON, May 17th.

The cotton spinners have decided to ballot on the employers' demand for a 30 per cent, reduction in wages..

MINERS' STRIKE. NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING.

LONDON, May 19th. Negotiations for the settlement of the coal dispute are reported to be ing satisfactorily.

progress-

THE THEATY TERMS.

The Premier has returned to London, in order to facilitate a settlement, which is being attempted an permanent lines.

The text of the Sino-German treaty is as follows:--

vide that the Chinese officials in charge The regulations of December, 1920, pro-; UNITED STATES' OIL POLICY. und thy President oneinde is present

cession, at least balf of the members of The President of the Republic of China

of the various concessions shall appoint a of the Republic of

municipal council of eight for unch con FREEDOM OF TRADE DECLARATION. treaty between the two countries on the A further slight increase to £31,377,800.

basis of the note announced by Germany, is that year headquarters and branch large co-operative society for the year tion is objected to by the Diplomatie the council to be Chinese. Thi, regulas WASHINGTON, May 17th.

in the hope that friendship and commercial offices alone were responsible for a um 1913. The Ministry might be regarded as Body because it gives the residents of Mr. Hughes states that it is the Ameri- that the only way to maintain the good tion, including advances to contractors, poses of the war, in which every house elect their own delegates to the council relations may be restored. Considering of over 4.000.000; expenses of produca co-operative society formed for the pur the concessions in question no power to can Government's policy to minke repre

relations between the two nations lies war materiale, and по in observing the principles of equality,906,958; while £9,669,984 was incur- being a shareholder, Those figures show affairs of the concessions in the hands on, cost hold in "Great Britain was for the time and, on the contrary,, leaves the entire sentations to foreign Governments

and reciprocity and in respecting; the red in respect of capital expenditure. wherever it appears that a monopolistic try, the Presidents of the two Republies and Mr. Churchill took over the depart-19s. 6d. for every £100 of sales, as com- It is understood in this connection that ed that the administrative expenses of of the Chinese Foreign Commissioner and sovereignty and territories of each coun After Mr. Lloyd George Dr. Addison the co-operative society amounted to a council arbitrarily appointed by him. petroleum: concession might be granted to rent capatch each his own pleniment, and to them Lord. Inverforth suc-pared with the IBs. 4d. of the Ministry, the diplomats want the Government to potentiary in order to discuss the follow ceeded after the war. The functions of Their net profit was rather more than consent to the election of municipal coun the possible detriment of Americans. Alling items:- American diplomatic communications vested with authority to "despatch a ganisation it became a central dispersing of 1 per cent. In contrasting the admin- cila to exercise the full rights and duties

Article Each Treaty Power is in.

the Ministry now underwent a complete per cent. on turnover, as compared with cils in the ex-enemy concessions, by the transformation. From a productive or the Ministry of Food profit of one-tenth residents of these concessions, these coun have emphasised that foreign corporn-formal envoy reciprocally, who shall agency. Its work involved the solling of istrative expenses of the Co-operative to which they are legally entitled and to tions and national, enjoyed equal privi-cognized by international law.

enjoy all the rights and interests re stores in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Society with the administrative expenses co-operate with the Chinese official in leges with Americans in the exploitation Treaty Power, at any town or city where kans,

Article in the domain of each

United States, the war areas, the ocea of the Ministry it must be borne in mind charge of each concession, who should pied area of Germany, Italy, the Bal that 134 4d. of the Ministry included not of American willields. Mr. Hughes hopes Treaty Power shall have the right in No fewer than 350,000 different types of ed with the purchases and sales of the by foreigners in the ex-enemy concessions consulates of other Powers exist, cach Burnia, East Africa, and the Colonies merely normal trading expenses connect

Egypt, Mesopotamia, India

carry out the functions of a mayor. that the Djambi Concessions Bill will he appoint consulates, vice-consulates and

The question of the purchase of land modified to allow Americans to parti- neng consulates who are authorized to

stores remained to be dealt with; they Ministry stocks; it included also the has been rendered acute by the fact that were uncatalogued, and in many cases entire cost of rationing, calorcement of many foreigners have attempted to pur- tainly go to. Dutch companies.

of other Powers of

non-commercial. Some 38,000 contracts orders, and the control of prices of food chase such land in perpetuity, only to corresponding stand. AUSTRALIANS' TOUR. Article 3-The Chinese who are living tame liable for goods which were not Ministry.

sccording to figures recently given, be commodities purchased and sold by the ber, 1920, provide that the land cau culý. in Germany shall observe her laws and required to the value of £30,000,000.

be leased for a period of 50 years, with DEFEAT OF SERVICES.

regulations, and vice versa. Both Chin- This

an option of renewal for another 60 ese and Germans are entitled to carry 120,000,000. The Accounts Liquidation the war the largest business ever con have, it is understood, instructed their liability Was settled for They bad, in short, carried an during years, Some of the foreign legations LONDON, May 17th. on commercs and industry as well as to Committee in its first fifteen months' ducted by any trading organisation in the consulates to register purchases of land Ia brilliant weather, on a good wicket, travel and reelde freely in each other's work settled 694,641 bills out of 715,851. world. before a small attendance, the Austra country in those places where the people Altogether the Disposals Board has re- the " Big Five," did not exceed the trad-stons in spite of the Chinese regulations; The American group, known as in perpetuity in the ex-enemy concea- lians scored 202 for 5, when they declared, the same. With regard to the property i masterial left upon the country's hands the busy years of its activities. m matic Body is to endeavour to settle the of a third Power are permitted to do alised so far some 2570,000,000 upon the ing transactions of the Ministry during but the general tendency of the Diplo Pellew making 50.

The Services were dismissed for 140 Power, they shall be subject to the juris-Telegraph.

and lives of the people of each Treaty at the termination of hostilities-Daily Ministry's figures of sales for the differ- question by friendly negotiation with the (Blount 60). Gregory capturing 7 wickets diction of the law courts of the placos

The Australians won by 199 runs.

where they live. The imposts they pay shall not exceed in amount those paid. COUNTY CRICKET.

by the natives of each Treaty Power.

many's attitude in not seeking to profit cipate, but fear that control wili cer- enjoy the same treatment as the officials to be settled, while the department, staffs, far exceeding in value the total find that the new regulations of Decem¬

Leadon.

EARLIER CABLES:

FRENCH VIEW.

PARIB, May 17th. Twenty-four hours have, apparently enabled the French papers to recover Eran the shock of Mr. Lloyd George's speech, judging from the tons of the commeats today, which display cer- tain anxiety to minimise the aspects of French action in Silesia that seemed to indicate a Franco-Polish understanding. They deay that General Lerond, the French Commissioner, signed an armi- stuce with "Korfanty recognising the 'alatus quo, and declare that the armistice was really a submission on the part of Korfanty

for 52.5

Gloster beat Homerset by 110 runs. Esser beat Varcester by 132 runs.. Middlesex blat Sussex by 153 runs. Leicester bent Northants by 131 runs. The Lancashire . Yorkshire match was drawn.

SILVER PURCHASE LOAN. SECOND BRITISH INSTALMENT.

Ing.

German property in China together with 14,000,000 in cash and all the shares of chow Hailway as part of the the Tientsin-Pukou and Shanghai-Hang- demnity.

war in-

THE CUSTOMS, DUTY. Article 4-Each Treaty Power pro mises to observe the laws and regula tions of the other regarding customs tariff. The tariff of import and export cluding movables and immovables, shall (3)Chinese propers in Germany, in- duties as well as toll to be paid shall be completely restored after the ratifica not exceed that paid by the natives oftion of this present pact. each Treaty Power.

(4) The German Government will Article 6-The announcement made endeavour to give every possible facility this day by Germany and all the articles to Chinese students in Germany. of this present pact shall be the basis of the formal treaty to be concluded in the near futuře..

LARGEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.

32,148,000

..1,200,000,000

מ

Here is a gem from Sir William Orpen's book "An Onlocker in France." It shows the military mind at work, as the witty, and gifted artist saw it:

ent commodities during the whole period Foreign Office, of control were as follows:-

So far little progress has been made. Butter, cheese,' and milk

in the negotiations with regard to the products...............£125,856,000 enemy coaressions and their admin Meat supplies........ ...... 473,880,000 little inclination to yield to the wishes istration, the Foreign Office, showing Cattle feeding-stuffs, oils,

of the Diplomatic. Body. Foregn circles." oil-seeds, and fata"..

193,438,000 here hope, however, that further negotia Tea, dried fruit, and sun-

tions will result driese

80,180,000 operandi satisfactory to both parties.

an early modusTM Bacon, hams and lard

202,448,000 Vegetable and fruit supplies

and preservation

Approximate turnover (excluding wheat and sugar)

"I received a telegram from Sir Philip Sassoon, Where the devil are you To that total must be added the pur. Philip. Months later he sent me a great mission for the United Kingdom, amount- this telegram sent by the Private Secre chases made by the Royal Wheat-Com- parcel of correspondence as to whether tion to the legitimate b perfect protering to £1,900,000,000, and the purchases tary of the Commander-in-Chief could be man people in China and agrees not to £323,000,000, making

of the Royal seize German property again otherwise £2,723,000,000. The Royal Commission on by lieutenants,

Sugar Commission regarded as an official telegram, its than according to the principle of in-wheat Supplies was also responsible for colonels, sil ap to the last one, which was of language, etc. The minutes were signed tornational common law as well as to

captains, majors, the laws and regulations of China?

purchases made, for lied and neu-signed by a general, and ran thus: What (9)Ars German-judicial cases entitled tral countries amounting to another the hell are you using this disgusting. to be appealed to a higher court after £250,000,000. It was very hard to grasy language for, Philip?" that there is no chance of recogniELO the German envoy to the Chinese Minis lawyers and interpreters entitled to act/fected that this huge organisation warktice, began to find their way to the Bri- established law courts, and are. German they might well be proud when they re in the Colonica, which, after the "armis. being tried by new regulations at newly the meaning of such immense figures, and

in the meanwhile, the fact remains

WASHINGTON, May 17th." The Treasury announces the receipt of that Mr. Lloyd George's speech and M. $17,080,000 from Great Britain Hrand's immediate reply made manifest second instalment of $129,000,000 for the as the fundamental differences in the British sad, French points of view as regards purest in hides suring war-time. The Silesia, and the Entente has been sub-payment includes $4,088,000 as interest.. jected to an unprecedented strain, which can only be relaxed by a further confer- Gace This will take the form of a meet. ang of the Supreme Council probably at Paris on May 22nd.

GREAT BRITAIN'S "ATTITUDE TOWARDS POLAND. It is authoritatively stated that the

LONDON, May 17th.

RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA. ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON, May 17th. The Government has notified the Boviet

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while Americans are imprisoned in Russia. There are at least seventy such,

whose condition has not been ameliorated. LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES.

GENEVA, May 17th. Secretary-General of the League of Red Sir Claude Hill has been appointed Cross Societies.

altitude of the British Government garding the Polish insurrection is a do- termination to insist upon fair play both to Poland and to Germany, Great Bri tada intends loyally to carry out her engagements, and expects in return' both parties to respect the Treaty of Versailles. Great Britain cannot tolerate any at tempt to forestall the decision of the Bupreme Council by confronting it with

■ fait accompli, whoever the offender.

NEW. U.S. AMBASSADOR. Great Britain's attitude on the ques tion of the partition of Upper Silesia

New York, May 17th. soso of complete impartiality, It is Mr. Richard Child, Intely Editor of pointed out concerning this, that the Collier's Weekly, has been attitude of the German Government has Ambassador to Italy..

appointed been perfectly correct. It is not connect ed with the German bands which have been entering Upper Silesia, and fighting the insurgents; on the contrary, the dilatoriness of the Polish Government in failing to close the frontier during the first days of the rebellion is regarded asznost. unsatisfactory..

ARTE, May 1816. The original Tho Reparations Commission proposal for informal conversations be nounces that Germany has handed over tween the British and French Premiers 150,000,000 gold marks, partly in gold on the subject of Silesia has been drop and partly in foreign bilis, on account ped, as it is considered most desirable of the demand made on May 5th ex that Italy, in view of the part played piring on May 31st, for a milliard gold by her troops in combating the insurrec marka. Lion, should have an opportunity to ex- A Berlin: semi-official message, refer Larcatening the peace of Europe, owing will be paid in cash and Treasury drafts press her views on the question which is ring to the above, states that the balance to the prospect of war between Germany at the end of May and Poland

DISARMAMENT DEMANDS.

Telegrams received in London show that there has not been much fighting in Stiesia rectly. The insurgents used artillery against the inter-Afied police on Alay 18th near Gogolin.

There has been lighting between Pyles sad German bands near Rozenberg, but this has not been serious

(Continued at foot of neat column.)

GERMANY'S PAYMENT ON

ACCOUNT.

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in

Article 6-This present pact in written Freach and German.

three languages, namely Chinese, ference in interpretation, the French In case of a dif- text shall be depended upon.

Article 7-This present pact shall be ratified as soon as possible and be noti- fied to the Government of each Treaty Power. The pact is to take effect from the date of ratification.

ADDITIONAL PROTISTONS.

GERMAN EEQUESTS. The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs is requested to give his replies to the following questions:-

(1)Whether or not, the Chinese Gov. ernment intends to give

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total

The following is the noto addressed by

to accept and fulfil the whole of the courts ter of Foreign Affairs.

Though Germany is not in a position for German clients, if they be sanctioned built up at a difficult period of the his-tish Isles. Last May the Ministry of Food story of the country. It was wonderful entrusted by the Cabinet with the Versailles Treaty, if she is in the future the caste concerning Gorman subjects at smoothly and have functioned success meat stacks, and had to face a situation (3)-How is China to deal with that it should have been it up so responsibility for the disposal of theso inclined to consent to the above Treaty or if she perceives any rights and in-

the Mixed Court?

(4)-Will China's Trading with the selves that they were able to demobilise overcome; stocks had been reduced to fully, and they must congratulate them of goute difficulty. That difficulty had been which arise and concern China Enemy Act lose its effect from the date so quickly. When the maroons announc comparatively small proportions, and the excepting Article 128 to Article 134 h of ratification of this present, pact? be amended the German Government will intention to participate in the Joint being considered in that building, but difoulty had been caused by the occurs the Versailles Treaty, in case the Treaty

(5)-lias the Government of China the of how soon control could be removed was season's production. Some temporary 4g peace were being bred the question way cleared for the shipment of the new make no opposition to China's presenta tion of her claims in accordines with 208 in the Versailles Treaty in connectible to demobilise. Immediately there was Zealand, but this appeared now to haye Laquidation Office provided by Article prices continually rose, and it was imposrence of shipping strike troubles in New the present Treaty or with the amended lion with the consolidation of China's a break in prices they set to work to rea- been surmounted, and he hoped that the Treaty, granting some samendment be made in the future.

liability Another note tendered by the Garmen

tore freedom to British trade without trade would rapidly resume ita normal to the Chinese Minister of Foreign the Chiness Minister of Foreign Affairs Their great problem during the last few 20 per cent, of the bacon consumed in

The following are the replies made by risk to the consumer and the taxpayer, course. Aflors reads as follows:

and without injury to British-trade.

As regards bacon, before the war about (1)-Tht Chineso Government intends

WHAT CHINA INIENDS.

1, as a representative of Germany in obedience to the instructions from my

to deal with German people in China month had been to accelerate decontrol, this country was home and Irish bacon, in the same manner as the German Gov-and, on the other hand, to deal fairly by and about 43 per cent. tiovernment, make the following derament does with Chinees in Germany. by the British trader who had been con balance of 38 per cent. came from the Douncement to Your Excellency with a

Danish, The (2) German lawyers are authorized to trolled in his business by a Government United States and Canada. One of the announcement as well as the prescatos of the law court concerned. view to explaining the German official plead for German people by the permis department, and had not been allowed sosialta of the submarine comparsa dur dino German pack,

to make excess profits like people in ing, the war was that the Danish pig (1)-The

(3)With regard to judicial cases of ather trades or to accumulates great repopulation declined until the Danish passage referring to Article Germans in China, Chins will do her serves. It would not have been, fair to bacon industry practically went out of 4 of this present pact that the tariff of import and export duties and tolls shall to find some measures for proper thrust those traders back in the market existence. The hams and Trisk aupply not exceed that paid by the natives of each Treaty Power shall not prevent registered in Customs Houses, shall lose reached here and in Europe, and by the quently we were compelled to rely upon

solution. China from her utilizing the advantage their feat from the date of ratification end of this present month all substantial North America for 90 per cent. of our (4)-German trade marks, which were her the summit of rising prices cent. of our requirements, and conse directly prices began to fall. In Nove was only sufficient to satisfy about 9 per

(3) The passage in the German, an- be subject to the common tariff until a with the exception of wheat and flour. of Article 204 in the Versailles Treaty of this present pact. German goods shall control of the foodstuffs would disappear, bacon supplies. The position had so far penditure for China's accommodation of not join the Joint Liquidation Office. mont's during the war 92,000 tons of price of the very best qualities, but bacon

cement to the Chinese Government that C Germany promises to pay the axetatatory tariff is generally enforced.

improved as to allow of the complete de (5)China announces that she does Mr. McCurdy mentioned that in one trol might be followed by a rise in the

***WAR'S ** INCIDENTS,”

control of bacon on March 31st Decor Gorman soldiers will repay all the loss sustained by ment to the ellect that she repays part in one week 3,000,000lb of bacon and cheap, After the 31st the trade in butter menns that Germany In consideration of Germany's announce wheat were sunk by German submarinen; of good quality should be abundant and China, according to the fundamental of war, indemnity holding herself liable May 30th, Germany must endorse the 8 the oxpenditure incurred by the nc finested by Chinn, the Chinese Govern- quent. He went on to say that during the Government would be exhausted by the A new Allied Note stipulates that, by principle of the Vormilles Treaty as well for one half of German property con- 4000,000lbs of cheese were lost in the and cheese would be entirely free and alone are to be authorised to manufacus provinces of Chins The Govern of German property from the date of the period of the submarine campaign 31st. The world's production of augme Allies list specifying the factories which condition of Gorman soldiers in vari ment promises to suspend the liquidation

Bame way. Buch incidents wore fre- prices should be lower. Cheese stocks of turo munitions The Note also demands cat of Germany promises to hand over ratifibution of this present part and to becont impossible to ship meat fron was still much below the level of normal; the final dissolution of the self-defence

to the Chinese Dorompt one-half of organisations by June 30th.

restore the property confiscated to its Australia. Great stocks accumulated consumption. Sugar was dow completely (Continued at foot of neat column.) – proper owners-Eastern News Agency (Continued: a fool of next column) Ha decontrolled Allen, sem

BERLIN, May 18th,