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·AIR DEFENCE.
FRANCE'S ·" PRODIGIOUS" AIR EXPENDITURE,
LONDON, March 22nd. The question of air defence continues to be prominant. Lord Birkenhead,
interviewed by a representative of the Evening Standard stated that he was in favour of the formation of an air league,
to create an atmosphere in which the Government, would cease talking, but act.
He outspokenly asks, in connection with France's " prodigious" air expenditure, against whom, and those preparations madef and mys that France could, if she wished, destroy London and almos evory great centre of industrial popula- tion, withour warning,
The Pall Mall Gareffe declares for the one power standard in the air, and says that nothing less will satisfy the demand for safety: The newspaper asserts that, by the end of the year, France will have ́an sir strength equal to the rest of the
world put together.
IMPERIAL EDUCATION.
LONDON CONFERENCE
AGENDA.
LONDON, March 22nd.
THE HONGKONG DAILY
GERMAN REVOLUTIONARY
THE BUHR.
•PLOT.
FAR-REACHING CONSPIRACY.
BERLIN, March 2nd.
has been taken by the Prussian Minister of the Interior.
KERR CUNO DEMANDS AN UNCON- DITIONAL EVACUATION.
Musica, March 22nd.
SATURDAY, MAROH 2417, 1933.
BRITISH NAVY VOTE.
ABRANGEMENTS FOR OIL
SUPPLIES.
that
FAR EASTERN CABLE CATHOLICISM AN ISSUE IN
NEWS
(THROUGH REUTER’« LUKNUT.]
SHANGHAI POLICE OFFICIALS ARRISTED.
DEGREE.
SHANGHAI, March 23rd-
MEXICAN POLITICS. ADMINISTRATION CHANGES ITS POLICY.
Mexico Cert, January 31st. The Obregon administration has definitely broken, with the Catholica in Merigo, anch an antagonism that has been 'more or less abmerged during the past two years in Monsignor Ernesto Filippi, postolic delegate, for his alleged participation in an open air religious ceremony. contrary to Article 94 of the Constitution of 1857, has provided the issue upon which the liberala disagreement hich many observera believe in prophetic of a bitter strangle for political
and conservatives havo, coma to open
supremacy.
LONDON, March 22nd. In the House of Commons 'during the It is stated in certain quarters that a In the course of a speech at a recep- debate prior to the passing of the Navy plot to overthrow the Government has sign in the Town Hall, Chancellor Cand Tote, Lord Chiron mggested
many instead of building oil: Factories through- boon discovered, with the resuls that dwelt on the failure of the measures out the world we should ges private CHARGED WITH USING THE THIRD now road and apparent. The expulsion of action against reactionary" organisations adopted by the French and Belgians to obfirms to guarantee stores of oil for the tain coal and coke by invading the Ruhr Colonel Amory replied that we had
Navy, Made VON
area. He declared that the great majority fortainly arranged with private firms ta A detective sub-inspector and detective supply us at Shanghai Killiadrzi, It is officially stated that searches con of the inhabitants of the left bank of the Calcutta, Bombay, Colombo, Singapore sergeant of the Shanghai police appeared ducted in Berlin, Cassel, Hanover, Rhine did not desire to form a so-called and elsewhers for peace purppas, but not the British Police Court today, Magdebury and other towns revealed buffer state, in order to guarantee the top anything like the large quantities charged with employing the third degree
private firm could possibly afford to material strongly compromising the Anti-security of France. The Chancellor add required for stragetic purposes:
ed that any discusion regarding the According to the basische Rettung, the termination of the present confiot must conspirators had determined to over be accompanied by the unconditional throw the Governments of the Reich and evacuation of the invaded territory, and Prussia, also to assassinate the Socialist the fulfilment of Trenty obligations. Ho Ministers, dissolve the Reichstag, pro-aid it was unthinkable that up to the daim the Weimar constitution null and present the regime of lawlessness had not void, and to establish instand a so-called been definitely abandoned. national dictatorship with anti-Semitic and National Socialist leaders.
Semitic Party...
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A score of well-known Nationalist leaders have been arrested recently in Berlin According to a Berlin telegram vid Paris they include a general and, many ex-officers.
LIBERAL REUNION,
„NEGOTIATIONS DEFINITELY
BROKEN DOWN. “
LONDON, March 22nd Negotiations for the reunion of Liberal
The agenda of the Imperial Education Conference, to be held in London from groups, which have been the topic of June 25th to July 8th, has been completed. speeches by Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. It covers the widest range, and includes Asquith to their supporters for some time all the topics submitted by the Overseas past, have, definitely broken down. Governments.
Mr. Lloyd George had supported the In connection with one item, namely, suggestion that the leaders should meet visual instruction by the cinema, the to discuss reunion, and a meeting, pre industry has arranged an important ex-sided over by Mr. Asquith, was held
yesterday.
hibition to demonstrate the effectiveness
teaching through the eye. The Board of Education, and the London County Council are organising an exhibition of the work. "at their schools. The Irish Free State will be officially represented.
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· ́A new feature is the fact that Over. sen delegates will initiate all the import. ant discussions, except the debate on boy sconta and girl guides, which will be initiated by General Baden Powell,
EXCESS PROFITS. IMPORTANT DECISION BY HOUSE OF LORDS.
A resolution was submitted stating that, co-operation in the lobby and stituencies should precede the establish ment of formal machinery for reunion.
Mr. Asquith said that unless parlia matary co-operation was guaranteed as preliminary he did not see the use of appointing a consultative committee of the loaders of both groups
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operation was impossible without a con- sultativo committee.
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ECHO OF ATTEMPTED
ASSASSINATION...
Colobol Amery rejected a suggestion by Commander Bollaim that the naval have a Gibraltar about the removal elsers here,-ponibly Centa, saying it would involve enormous cost and there were few other positions where so valuable a bruse
could be created,"
KELANTAN DISPUTE. VERDICT FOR DUFF DEVELOP
AMENT COMPANY,
LONDON, March 22nd,
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in order to actor a confession from a Chinese prisoner, and thereby causing grievous bodily harm.
After evidence of arrest had been given, the case was adjourned Accused were
released on bail.
RENDITION OF WEIHAIWEL
COMMISSION SITTINGS RESUMED.
PEKING, March 23rd.
The House of Lords has dismissed: the
It is officially reported that the sittings appeal of the Government of Kelantan against the arbitrators' award that the of the Anglo-Chinese Commission on the Government was bound to construct railway and cart road within the Duft rendition of Weihaiwel were resumed at Development Company's concession within Peking on March 18th. Negotiations are four years from July, 1918, but falled to now proceeding.
Costanice, March 2nd Twenty-seven German Nationaliste have been arrested in connection with thedo so. The Lord Chancellor suggested attack on the Separatist éditor Smeets.
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GERMAN UNITY. APPEAL BY THE GERMAN
CHANCELLOR, "
BLIN, March 22nd. Dr. Cuno, acockmpanied by the Minister
of Defence, Gesaler, and Minister of Posts, toege, has arrived at tanich and was welcomed, by the Bavarian Premier and authorities and orated by a crowd. Speaking in the Foreign Office, Dr. Cano emphasised that the German policy of passive resistance to France must be continued. He later visited the Dies, and
replying to an address from the president, Dr. Cuno said that the victory of the Contral" Government depended on the
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support of the Federal Parliaments and the unity of the nation
A STEADY. MARK-"-
CAUSES GERMAN, BUSINESS FAILURES.
BERLIN, March-22nd.
The continuous steadings of the mark
that it was now incumbent on the THE HANGKOW POISONING CASE.
TWO COOKS MAKE A CONFESSION,
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Kelantan Government and the British Colonial Office to consider carefully whether and to what extent the plea of Sovereignty could justly, be insisted on in order to provent the anforcement of the award and the order of courts for pay ment of costs.
LITHUANIAN CONFLICT.. DESTROYS POLISH FORCE
LITHUANIAN POST.
Kovno, March 22nd. A communique asserts that Folish force of infantry and cavalry attacked and destroyed a Lithuanian post, five Lithuanian soldiers being killed and one wounded.
LENIN'S CONDITION,
HOPELESS. CONSIDERED
HELSINGFORS, March 22nd.
official Notwithstanding the recent bulletins, a Mosnow mesengo says that eficial circles consider Lenin's condition hopeless.
REDUCTION OF SILVER
IN, COINS.
MR. NORMAN EVADES PUBLICITY.
Lostor, March 22nd. is causing considerable difficulties for unheralded from the Continent, and Mr. Montagu Norman has returned A well-ksown, Berlin At a subsequent meeting of the National business firms."
company dealing in precious metals has appeared in the chair at to-day's meeting Liberals, Mr. Lloyd George said that co-suspended payincut Its liabilities to of Bank of Engined directors.
si, akid to be 4,500 million marks and assete 2,500 million marks. It is reporteil that this failure has involved "other firme, The Vossssche Zeitung reports from | Hamborg the insolvency of several grain Fodder, "and cocoa firms. The fall in prices has caused difficulties for many other firms. Uneasiness in Hamburg i increasing, as
the ponsibility of these firms finding support is lessening.
RHINE NAVIGATION. ..... HOLLAND'S DIFFICULTIES BEING REMOVED.
MODERN NAVAL WARFARE
POSSIBILITIES OF WIRELESS."
DEMONSTRATED.
LONDON, March 22nd.. An important decision has been deliver- ed by the House of Lords in the appeal
New York, March 22nd. of the Merlimau Rubber Extates against
The possibilitics of wireless electrical the assessment of excess profita duty, The question at issue was, whether the pur-transmission, in dayal warfare wore strikingly shown when the battleship chase of an immature estate should be
Iowa, proceeding at full, speed, with no- regarded as the addition of a new asset body aboard, was perfectly, controlled by to the original property,
wireless from "tho' Shawmut, several thousand yards away. The appeal was dismissed. U.S. ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
REPAYMENT ALLIES SUBMIT
THE HAGUE, March 22nd.
LONDON, March 22nd. La the House of Commons the Rt. Hon S. Baldwin, rundying to Mr. Thorne, said the saving from a reduction in the silver fineness of token silver coins depended on the amount of silver zo coined, but it already amounted to several million pounds. He was not considering & return to sterling silver.
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SHANGHAI, March 23rd. It is reported from Hangehow that two of the cooks who wore arrested have confessed to poisoning the studenta. It is alleged that they were bribed to do so by Taer Heng, chairman of the Students' Self-Government Asscoiation, in order to conceal the latter's peculation of the
ociation's funds.
Yuer Hong has emphatically denied the charges,
PEKING FOREIGN MINISTER'S RESIGNATION ACOFPTED.
G
- BLOW AT CLERICAL. FARTY. Even the friends of Prezident Obregon sdmit that his order for the explusion of pernicious foreigner be is an Italian-was promp the papal nuncia ted by political experiency. * It Twin
mashing, direct blow they to check. the influence of the Catholics political body, not a religious or ganization. All quarters construo the act as an indication of fear by President Ob regon and his advisors that the powerful Clerical Party is again on ita feet and in motion to grapple for leader ship
with an administraion, which although more lenient than some of its predeces
Bors,
is funerally opposed to the
Church. And
expelled the Mon Mexico, although the latter was and is signor, personal representative of Pope Fins his personal friand" and was many times a guest at the presidential residence.
TWO YEARS AGO
"Smarting under years of regression dating back to the reform days of President Juarez, the Catholics were agreeably surprised short ly after President Obregon took office, two
57965 ago, to find that a
Numer ligious freedom was to be per degree of re- ous churches long closed were reopened; parochial schools were again
started;
priesta and nuns appeared on the street. In clarical garb, a thing unheard of in the time of President Carrama. President Obre-
reiterating his policy of freedom, often was a church visitor on the occation of some special function. The first lady of the land, Sra. Maria Tapia Obregon, is devout Catholic and is prominent in the charity work of the church
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POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
But a year or so ago there were rumours of activity in Catholic ranku pot all of which was of a religious character. Reparts were circulated of well laid plans to context the elections. The Catholic or Clerical
Party, which polled only comparative fow votes against Obregon or rate Catholics as such
in Congress Newspapers and of government
ment propagands being spread in the Intasor by priesta, and during the past year I dozen or more hava boon expalled, giring PEKING, March Sard. It is semi-officially stated that Huang some substance to reports of their activity. of the republic were mobilized to the clergy Fu's rosignation has been accepted, Monsignor Filippi arrived from Rome and though the resigration has not yet boobspread the doctrines of the Vatican.. Adany announced publicly. Li Yuan Hung is persons in the government aert they also
mixed in politics. urging Dr. C. T. Wang to take the post, but his acceptance is doubtful.
In the meanwhile, the Vice-Minister declines to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry
ADMIRAL. LIU KUANG HSIUNG RECALLED.
PAKING, March 23rd.
·THE #KPLANAZEIN GIVES,
The Foreign Secretary, explaining to Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary to State, the reason for the expulsion asserted it was because "ander Moungnor Filippi's direc in the clerical elements were organizing politically, even c
even contrary to Christian
precepts Monsignor Filippi
When
at an outdoor, religions
| January 11th near
the government realized the
It is semt-officially stated that the ben violated, and that an Government has decided to recall Admirality to make an example of tha
ranking prelato Kuang Hsiung from Fukien, ings- much as Sua Chuan Fang has been made responsible for the affairs of the province
CHINA AND INDIA.
INDIA'S INTERNATIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.
LONDON, March 22nd.
In a speech at a dinner given by the Paraco Association in honour of Mis
vin Mexico was' offered: was immediately ordered to Land was
hound to quit the The apostilie delegato denieck any there was an intenti hal iolation of foderal or state law, and asserted his willing. ness to submit to any and all laws of the nation. Without opportunity for defense he was told to leave and he did so without protest
CATHOLICH ARDUSED
here, the Monsignor received the homage of During the last three days of his stay.
virtually, the entire Catholic population of the republic Hundreds stood for hours in front of his house in a futile effort to see
Arrived
INCREASED STEEL PRICES. LONDON, March 22nd: The Scottish steelmakera announce a In the Second Chamber, replying to a further increase in the price of certain Socialist relative to the difficulties of steel producte, loluding ten shillings a Tats, who is the first Indian woman to be. Telegrams, letters and formal protesta navigation of the Rhine and carrying on ton for ship platen, which will tend to The fora was twice attacked by the Dutch trade with occupied Germany, the check the recent improvement in the ship called to the Bar, H. E. Mr. Chao battleship Misnaripi, the vessels moring in Foreign Minister said that satisfactory building and stool trades. opposite directions and constantly chang-results had already been attained by the
The Gov FRANCS FLUCTUATE WILDLY Government's representations. ing speed.
ernment hoped the remaining difßculties
LOSTON, March 22nd. would be removed.
PROPOSALS.
The Missturigi, firstly at a range of six PARIS, March 22nd. At a meeting of the Inter-Allied Com-miles, fired, 106 rounds of five-inch pro- mitteo on the repayment of the cost of jectiles, scoring sixteen hils, and than, at
A feature of the exchange market is the wild movements of French and
69.90 and 79.45. Belgian franes, which finally,
faithful The thousanile The Catholic
of the nation, united in the open for Hain-chu said the Indian people were
the first time in many years, were not afraid conservative. like the Chinese, and he to show their sympathy for the prelato and congratulated the Parece on taking Thousands were at the milway station
their bitterness against. the governmen distinguished part in industrial develop to say farewell to the Monsignor the mens at what he termed the springtime possible trouble; bo slipped out of the ho-left, but, in order: 15 evold
af - India's fortunes He.... anticipated
city and took big place in a border-bound great things from the womanhood of the train in a suburb.
And
gratulated Miss Tata on her pioneering the
the situation resta to-day-- resentment on the part
Middle East, for which reason he como and vigorous defense of its
EGYPTIAN DISTURBANCE
the American army of occupation, the salves from her five fourteen inch guns,
much longer range, the fired sixteen POLICE AND NATITE SOLDIERE
ULASIL Allies proposals were submitted to the resulting in four hits The shells were
CAIRO, March 22nd. American delegate, Mr. Wadsworth It loaded so as to do very little damage, but
THE DYING ART INDUSTRIES OF courage and ability. He pointed out action by the government which is support
INDIA The newspapers report a fracas în an
that India was beginning to have ed by the radical and anti-clerical groups. Many see in Fresident Obregon's move a is understood the proposals suggest the at the end of the trials the Town was obscuro quarter of the town of Tanta
Some carious information is contaized consciousness of her international respon fear of the growth of the Fascisti more payment of £42,000,000 in twelve nanus! thros feet down by the bead. Sho will be between Egyptian polion and soldiers
ranka of Egyptain infantry regiment, insa saadustrial report on the Etawah abilities. China had, derived much from mont, which has many Catholics in its
Many predict that the
Clerical instalments from the reparations received sunk in torpedo practice.
which thirty were wounded, mostly District which has just bossued by the Tadis, and welcomed everything except Party will now start to fanction in the police, one fatally. It is supposed that United Provinces Government. It appears
dering whether the unexpected attitude open as an opposition force. All are won- Fresident Obregon against the Monsignor will be followed by others of a similar nature. In view of the fact that Mexico is normally a Catholic country, some interest ing developments may be expected
from Germany: the payments to have priority over all other allocations from
parations
It is reported that Mr. Wadsworth intoada to suggest to the American Government that the Allies themselves should undertake the responsibility for payment
WARSHIP PROPULSION, ELECTRIC DRIVE FAVOURED BY AMERICA AND JAPAN.
LONDON, March 22nd, At a meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects, paper was read dea cribing the electric propulsion of battle- ships which, it was asserted, is now a feature of the United States Nayy. It stated that there wers indications that the Japanese Naval authorition proposed to adopt an electriu drive at an early
date,
UNITED STATES BUDGET. DIRECTOR ESTIMATES A BIG DEFICIT WASHINGTON, March 22nd. The Director of the Budges Bureau, Brig. Gen. Herbert M Lord, estimater that there will brai duidt for the fiscal year of $180,000,000 The Budget Bursan expected Great Britain to pay about #80,000,000 okch on the debt, before the end of the fiscal year, but it now appears Thirty thousand employés are affected shat any payments made by Great by a lockout in the Dandee jute trade, will be in Liberty Bonds, which owing to a dispute over the question of
noy be used to reduce the dottel
JUTE TRADE LOCKOUT.
THIRTY THOUSAND. IDLE IN DUNDEE.
doable spinning..
LONDON, March 22nd.
the trouble arose from reprisals carried that about ten farsilica living in Etawah her opiam. The two countries had many out by the soldiers fore the beating at the city are engaged in the mannfactore of attachments, and he saw no sigue likely police station of a non-om of theirs who fute from polcocks feathers. The to upset the continunnes of their relations, had been arrested by the police.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. SUPPRESSION OF TRAFFIC IN WOMEN.
JAPANESE COMMUNIST,
INTERNATIONALE:
RIGA March 22nd./
JOWA PHILATEIKĖS EXHIBITION.
of
feathers are imported chiefly from Ahmedabad and Jeypore, and to a small extent from Jodhpur, Alwar and Bikaner. Fans to the weight of sixty maunds are ~ KSTÚENS FRUM THIRD exported anually to the principal cities of Lodis, and some of them are sent over een from Calcutta to Europe And China.
Stamp collectors will celebrate the dia One man, it in said, esa manufacture an
manal jubiles of the cult during the pre GENEVA, March 22nd, -
A Japanese Commanist has arrived sent year by an international stamp many as 50 ordinary and 25 fancy fana The second session of the League of daily. The cost of making to ordinary from Moscow, where he participated inhibition to be held in London in May, Nations advisory committee on the sap tabs is stated sa Be 8-8-5, and their congress of the Third International. A Many of the best known collectors have prosion of traffic in women and children selling rates a 10-6-0 while 25 fancy fats Customs examination of his luggage entered for the event, and the value of the as opened. It deals, inter cha, with cort Re 4-12-4 and are sold for Rs. 7-13-0 revealed quantity of Communist collectingis exhibited will be $5,000,000 De the proposal not to employ, foreign women The writer of the report, Mr. Jagdish literature: in any capacity in licensed house.
ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE.
Babai Watal, mention the fact that sacrificial Instruments were made in Jaswantongar some tam years ago by one Baldu Tathora. But Baldu died and the industry has come to an end, as his son does not know the methods adopted by
GENERAL KIRKPATRICE'S FEW APPOINTMENTA
поте
Kesson:
The Italian post office recently issued A special set of postage stamps com
kol the Christmas memarave picture of Christ in ise midnt of His disciples. They are LONDON, March 22nd.
LONDON, March 2201. brought out in conjunction with the ter Router understands that the position
Institute for the Propags Germany is showing signs of steady pesimistic comment: The regrettable has been appointed G.0.6. of the Western ton of the improvement Both the Froach and instance of Baldu dying without teaching Command in India, con German authorities have made concessions the art of making sacrificial utensils even IL-General Sir George Kirkpatrick will be the sems of the four great religious
an every-day occurrence and is the root Houging, being appointed to the post in Carmelites and the Jesuite
This is the first instance of philatelic and the Rhineland Commission has to his son nota solitary one. This is K.OB., formerly 0.0.0 orders the Franciscans, Dominicana, arranged for free uninterrupted pamage
cause of the decline of many art industries 1920, and was succeeded by our present representation of the Saviour and non of British cosi inta Gerinary,
in India
10.0.0. Sir John Fowler.]
catholic stamp collectors are protesting/
regarding British trade in unoccupied his father. The writer makes the Lions Geoors Sir George Kirkpatrick | centenary of the founded by Pope Gregory
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