CABLES.
LATEST CABLES,
[THOUGH REUTER'S, AĞIOROT.)... THE WAR IN MOROCCO.
SPANISH GARRISON
SURROUNDED.
Manni, August 4th.
·Military crities attrilete the Spanish
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 1923
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS."
{THROUGH BLUTÁR'S MORSOY.]
DEINESE RAILWAY EROTRUTION.
REPORT REGARDING. ¡DIPLOMATIC COMMITTEE'S DELIBERATIONS.
'Pekinu, Augant ist.
AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
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MR. E. 3. MONTAGU ON LIBERALISH.
LONDON. July 29th.. Fifteen hundred Liberals of the Parlin- mentary Division of Cambridgeshire sub AIR.scribed for gifts which were presented to
Mr. E. S. Montagu, formerly. Secretary| of State for India, "and his wife, at a
garden party at Cambridge this after
noon.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(BEFORE. THE PƯINNY JUDOK HIS HONOUR 38, JUSTICE COMPERTE.)
"AMERICAN ̈¬DEBT.-
OUR ANNUAL" PAYMENTS.
The text of the proposal-signed by Sir Auckland Geddes, the British Ambassador at Washington, on June 18th-for the funding of the British debt to the United. States of Amerion, was issued as a. White Paper last month
LONDON TO BOMBAT BY
PIRACY OF A JUNK. Lowboy, July 3rd.
Eight Cho were indicted for picat Government in commencing the build
ing a junk on the high seas, and placing ing of a fleet of airships for the Imperial
Mr. MacCallum Scott said that Mr. the master and mariners and one other in In exchange for the demand obligations Air Service,
Commander Burney, interviewed, aid Montage had left his mark graven on the fear of their lives. An alternative charge held by the United States Great Britain proposes to issue Treasury securities, the constitution of the British Empire, and that each airship would be 700 feet long that it was due to Mr. Montagu mordas brought of receiving a junk knowing total indebtedness to be funded into
these bonds being $4,600,000,000. Th A prerutture report of the deliberations and 119 feet wide hat would be capable than to any other statesman, that India the same to be stolen property,
of carrying from 120 to 150 passengers remained the jewel in the Crown of the Mr. Dyer Hall, prisseulting, for the bonds will be dated December 13th, 1999. terest payable semi-annually on June 15th protection plans, appears in 'the Chinese capacity would be sufficient to enable the with increased brilliancy.
journey from England to be accomplished Mr. Montagu, returning thanks, vaid place off the coast of Bainan on June 19th and December 15th in each your at the Pres and ribs in the Peking Longer, in without it stop, Each sleeping cabin that he would always work for. Liber of this your. On the awning of that day rate of 3 per cent per annum from which it is stated that the committed yes would contain dressing and writing tables alism, as long as there was a danger of the trading junk Sun Tee Shing left Pak Documber 15th, 1822 to December 15th,
as well as toilet facilities while 00 people enthroning Diehard Conservatism as
19, and thereafter ntythe rate of a pee terday agreed to a recoinmendation for could be accommodated at one time in political creed, which could only, be stig Nam, in the Island of Hainan with cent per annum until the principal there the establishment of a bureau akin to the the lounge, which would be arranged in matised as the most stupid and short-cargo of squared tops, cocoa-nats, and of shall have boca repaid, The principal the Puilnuin style. Electric cooking ar-sighted creed possible. Liberalism had to planks. She had reached the Tal Ma, an and interest of the bonds shall be exempt from all British taxation, present or Salt Gabelle. in which foreigners" would rangements would be provided, and there formulate new programar, in a new uninhabited locality in the Hainan Island, future, so long as they are in the bene A Spanish military aerojilage. manned act as instructors and insprèturs, rather!f would be a cold storage chamber for food world, and to present to the electorate A when a three- munster junk drew near audificial ownership of the United, States, of
roverse in proveo to the holling if of the Diplomatic (Committee on railway to Bombay in five dags. Their fuel Empire, with every prospect of shining} Crown, told the Jury that the pirney took maturing December 13th, 1984, with in-
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hig salient.
The base at Aiman, on the coast, is now
isolated, and Tifaratin is surrounded, though the garrison are holding out. Roinforcements are, proceeding to the help of the garrison.
by two offerrs, erished in rebel territory than as controllers,
near Tifarauin. The fate of the officers is not known. SPANISH REINFORCEMENTS FOR MOROCCO.
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would. August 20th: Seven garrisons have been ordered to send" reinforcements to Moraces. Offers on furlough have been recalled.
AMERICA AND EUROPE. U.S. SECRETARY OF TREASURY ON
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WASHINGTON, August 20th" Mr. Melun, Sveretary of tin Treasury. who has returned from Eurcpr, conferred with Mr. Colidge...
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Interviewed by Renter's, Mr Mellon said for left, pessimistic about the comple- kion of debt funding settlements in the near future, and also about European affairs"generally. He said he say no way in which America canid assist Europe.
THE FRENCH FOREST FIRE. TWO" THOUSAND PEOPLE- HOMELESS,
DRAGTIGNAN, Angust th.. The forest fires have abatel as the intrat is no longer blowing. Hage traets of forest have licen de stroyed, meinding the magnificent woods at a Gnilinrde..
**OHANGSHA " OF A REEF.
130 MILES FROM SANDAKAN,
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Sypsey, August 21st. The steaner Changsha is ashore on a reef, 150 miles from Sandakan. She is inne danger, but has eight feet of water the forepeak and eleven feet in number one hold. The other holds are day.
in
The hangat is awaiting refloating with the help of a walvage steamer. "All
are well aboard.
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COURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN." HONGKONG SHIPPING CONTROL
MR. MOLLER REPLIES TO GOVERN-
MENT'S DEFESCE.
SHANGHAI, August 21st.
Mr. Eric Molier, has published a very, lengthy letter in reply to the Hongkong Government's defence of the shipping control scheme, giving the full.correspond.
sence.
the
He concludes by asking. Did Hongkong Garernment conmanlleer anil use the ships for purposes other than those connected with the war and the proction of the Colony Did Hongkong take the caarmous profits during the ending with the "vessel. Did Hongkong have legal authority in any shape or form Can it be All the peanuts who wait in the mounto carry out such an act? tains to summer feed their cattle, were denied that Hongkong expressly created"] brought safely, to Straphael.
The Bars spread from the Maures Mountains to the sen, even laurning the
seaweed on the beach.
At Frejus hundreds of houses were the Indemnity Bill with a view to crush- burned a 2,000 people are homeless, but though eighteen miles of forest were ing the legal progredings and putting the Ablaze nt the height of the conflagration, claimants out of Court?" only four deaths have been reported,
The scenes at Mandelieu, which was totally destroyed, were reminiscent of the ments:It is clear from the correspond war during the invasion of North France.
instructions from Home Fifteen hundred inhabitants were fleeingehen that
to save their property.
The Surth China Daily Jews com
REMARKABLE TURF ACTION.
Lovooy, July 6th
Many racing culebrities, including members of the Tockey Clull, were attract-! ed to the King's Bench Division by a r markable turf suit arising from the death of Ironere.
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united front. The rank and file knew no disarion, and they would welconie Mr. opened Bre on then The crew were of a person firm, association, or corpora tion neither demociled nor ordinarily re Asquith, Mr. Lloyd Georgy, Lord Grey, frightened and ran below to hide shmusident, is the United Kingdom, All bonds, and all who could serve Liberalism. selves. A boat containing seven or eight which shall be payable to the United pirates put off and boarded the Sun Tee States of America order shall be issued; MINISTERS AND NEWSPAPER
Shing. They captured the men in hiding, so far as possible, in, denominations c "Purrs."
and confined them in different parts of the $4,600,000 each, and shall be signed for. Groat Britain by the counsellor of the LONDON, July 31st. ship. They then made the peaceful junk British Embassy at Washington." Henry Joseph Bonn, the
In the House of Commons, Mr. Pringle, follow the pirate vessel, and after some. It is provided that Annual instalments, Tranore, sued Michael Beary for 4500. alleging negligence leading to the mare's referring to the puff paragraphs re hours of ernising returned to the starting ranging from $23,000,000 in December,
Sir L. Worthington-Evans, Ronth. Mr. Bonm deposed that he paid lating £50 for Ironore. He described the fatal suggested that there were strong grounds point. They crew wor-next placed in a 180 to $175,000,000 in December, 1884 How these instalments will increase is in- race, alleging that Beary deliberately for believing that it was an Intelligence boat and stranded_ashore, the pirates shall be paid on account of principal. tried to cut out the jockey Lane, who was Officer in the Post Office who inspired the taking the Sun Yee Shing away with dicated in the fallowing table:
By means of friendly junks and riding Innere, apparently in order to get matter and substance of the communicathon.
tien made to the Press a better position on the rails.
Mr. Pringle asked Sir L. Worthington campans the stranded mei managed to Cross-examined, he said that he had
Great Evans whether he had communicated with ninke their way back to Pak Nam. been racing for two years in Britain, and previous to that for a year that official prior to publication, but Sir master then searched the loen sene for his in Johannesburg. He formerly managed L. Worthington-Evans repeated that he junk.. He eventually found his way to
wholesale importer's business in South had no idea that any steps were going to Africa, which he left about 11 years ago. He contended that he was thoroughly justified in taking action for fan! riding that feopardlived another jockey's life. "Losos, July-rth. Michael Benry, giving evidence at the resumed hearing of the Turf law suit, described the race in which Irmore met her death.
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He said that when Irenore dropped back, he was forced to the rails, and did not pre her again. The first he knew of Ironore falling was in the paddock after the race.
He admitted being before the Stewards on previous accusions on different charges, when, ho suffered fines and suspensions. He thought nobody was to blame for the Ironore accident.
Witness had been brought down on a core of occasions and broke his collar bone several times.
Herbert Smyth, of Epsom, trainer for Mr. Beam, estimated Trenore's value at guineas. He was pleased when Boam removed his horses, because he was
nuisance.
The Jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed damages at 300 grinens
ROYAL GARDEN PARTY.
along the main roads. They had no time were not big enough shirld to save along the brilliant throng. There was a
Hongkong ftain all blame, and that Hong. Mull.
to Mr. kong is morally committed
The
be taken to influence the Press. Many Hongkong and on July 6th discovered his matters mentioned in paragraphs were on boat in Yaumati barbour Ho repaired record and obtained without reference to to the police station and lodged informa
himself." He admitted conversing with the
publicity official, but had not the faintretation, but obviously he had been careless, idea that he would see the information for the junk had disappeared when the flaunted in the Press the next day. The police got to the scene. Thou a few days ufficial concerned had apologised.
Sir W. Joyuson-Hicks stated that a careful enquiry was being made into the Publicity Departments of various Minis trics, and, in two cases. Publicity officials were about to resign because Ministers considered that information could better be given to the Press by their own Secr taries.
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
LONDON, August 1st The Admiralty announces that it has decided to make a supplementary distri bution of Naval prize money beginning on August 8th. The full value of one share earned by thirty months' qualifying er vice is ten shillings only.
Those entitled to share in previous dis tributions should apply.
later he discovered the junk for the second time, in Aberdeen. He went to the police. again, and kept quiet about his discovery outside. Consequently the junk was suc cesfully boarded, and five of the eight prisoners captured about the decks. A Chinese constable was left on the boat, and he arrested three other men who came to the junk afterwards. Two arrived in the Sum Yee Shiny's sumpan. Four of the prisoners admitted being members of the pirate crew. On two of the others pain- tickets were found, and with theic the police redeemed property identified by the master of the junk as being his.
Witnesses were then called,
The Jury brought in a verdict of guilty against five of the accused, and acquitted
Payment to ex-ranks and ratings in the Royal Indian Marine and Naval Forces of the Dominions will be made by the the rest. Indian and the "respective Domininos Sentence of seven years' hard labour authorities. Offeers of the Indian Marine in each case was passed. granted Imperial Commissions will be paid prize money by the Accountant-General of the Navy.
EMPLOYES" IN WAR OFFICE.
LONDON, August 1st
LONDON, July 27th. Six thousand guests attended Their Majesties garden party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace yesterday after Loris and Ladies, celebrities in non science, commerce and arts, diplomats, members of the Government with their wives and numerous Labourities. were
In the House of Commons, Lieut.- aurue of cars for 200 yards along the Colonel Guinness, replying to Mr. Thom Their Majestic moved freely among the son, aid that War Office employés 2,820, gursts on the lawn, and later took ten in compared with 1,550 before the war, and that there was no prospect of a reduction Indian, Japanese and other Eastern in the staff inasmuch as the permanent guests made brilliant patches of colour on organisation of the post-war army was the green grass. The Queen, was attired so much more complicated and technical;
of accounting was great. in mauve, with magnificent pearls, while such as tanks and signalling, and the cest H.M. the King was in a grey frock-coat, with a button-hole, and a silk hat. The Princess Mary in white.
BRITAIN'S NAVY. BULAIN SPEAKING BY PREMIER OF Moller a very long way? We have no the pavilion,
hesitation in saying that Mr. Møller kas NEW ZEALAND..
been very shabbily treated, and British WELLINGTON, 'N.Z., August 20th. Mr. Massey, the Premier, in a speech official prestige for fair dealing has been at a maquet emphasised the importance besmircheil. Unless the Molher Company of the British Navy. He said a second are recompensed to some extent the story chers of Turk was also in mauve, and THE ARMY CANTZENS SCANDAL class Navy would myan a wond class of their treatment is likely to have wil Empire. Great Britain was hearing an unfair proportion of naval expenditure results in the Far East."
and the Dominionis thould take their un share. He recalled the fact that twenty- sone vesels trading to New Zealand were suk daring war thor, which was a legson for the future,
GERMAN REPARATIONS.
FRENCH REPLY DELIVERED AT
BRITISH EMBASSY..
Paris, August 20th. The French reply to the British Note was hinded in at the British. Embases this morning.
EARLIER CABLES.
HARD TIMES. IN GERMANY.
KNORMOUS ADVANCE IN PRICES.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. TSAO KEN'S "PARLIAMENT SUPPORTERS -ACTIVĘ,
PENING, August 20th, General Wang Chen Plug and Wu Ching Lieu are co-operating in the advo- cacy of an early Presidential election.
Tsao Kun's parliamentary supporters are taking the initial steps, "cach member of Parliament having received a pro-
minary payment of $000.
the election.
EARLIER CABLES.
BRITISHERS MAROONED. ON AN ISLAND IN THE ARCTIC.
SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC HORALITY.
Lexoox, July 20th..
{REFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (SIR WILLIAM BRES DAVIES).}
THE MURDER CHARGE
The case in which Ghul Mahomed, a young Indian watchman, was indicted for the murder of a Chinese carpenter at Quarry Bay, was concluded yesterday.
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On the previous day the Attorney: General, prosecuting, suggested motive for the murder, hatred on part of the Indian, a Mahomedap,. for the Chinese because the latter used spoon belonging to him, and thus offend- ed his religious principles."
When the case for the prosecution was conclurled, Mr. F. C. Jenkit, counsel for
the Attorney-General
1023 1025
$23,000,000
24,000,000
1990
25,000,000
1028
97,000,000
1030
28,000,000
1932 1933
70.000.000
$2,000,000
19:37
37,000,000
$2,000,000
1944 .......
40,000,000
1247 ....
51,000,000
1950
53,000,000
1901
.53,000,000
1950
$7,000,000
1933
$0,000,000
1934
$4,000,000
1057
67,000,000
1038
70,000,000
1950
72,000,000
· 1960
74,000,000
1981
78,000,000
1003
83,000,000
1004
85,000,000
1965
89,000,000
1960 1967
84,000,000
96,000,000
100,000,000
127,000,000
150,000,000
1968
1074
1980-
1984
175.000,000
Conditions are given for the postpone ment of any payment of principal, and a Great Britain has the option, to make advance payments of principal in amounts of $1,000,000 or multiples thereof.
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NOTABLE HOAXES.
HOW SCIENCE HAS BEEN BADLY BAFFLED.
It is not only the simple man in the atrect" who falls a victim to the scientific bons. Many a professor has been in- gloriously trapped by a "leg-pulling '
search of amusement layman in
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wraith...
Oue of the most pathetic cases was that of Professor John B. A. Beringer, of the University of Wurzburg, who lived just before the true nature of fossils was discovered Like the rest of contemporaries he called theni figured stones," and held them to be freaks of nature.
his
Seeing how keen he was on collecting them some of his waggish students carved fake fossils out of soft limestone and managed to hide them in places where. he was digging. Great was 'his enthu- siasm over these findes After long and patient study he produced a learned book,
twenty-one folio plates.
LONDON August 1st. "The charges brought by Lord Wolmer, Truth, and others that 'improper uses wore made of profits from Expedi- The Select Committee on the Matri- tionary Force canteens have not been sub the defence, had a short conference with describing them in Latin, illustrated by
is the finding of the Select menial Causes (Regulation of Reports) stantiated,' Bill has issued a special report on the Committee, whose report is now issued.
The Committee think that it wouldAt the conclusion he informed His Bill, the title of which has been changed to the Judicial Proceedings (Regulation have been impossible to wind up the Honour that the Attorney-Geural was canteene without losses. There were. of Reports) Bill
considerable petty thefts, and losses inwilling to accept an amended charge of transport in Eastern areas, but only manslaughter. This course was adopted. Mr. Jenkin's defence was that the ordinary, thefts and losses-
Major Valdembergh and Major Boyd,
This report says that while the Com- mittee regretfully accepts evidence that owing to competition the Press cannot agree among themselves to eliminate ob jectionable details of divorce reports, they
.
Then the "leg-pulling" students gave the show away. Poor Professor Beringer managed to buy back most of the first He died in poverty and sorrow. edition, but it cost him all that he had.
A NEW FORCE America has provided some of the most famous scientific hoaxes. Notable among them was the Keely motor hoax, when over 100,000 dollars was raised--much of among scientists-to launch a new foren so much more powerful than steam that by dint of proper manipulation a single quart of water could be induced to yield 1,000 b.p. of energy. The inventor's up- paratus was a bailing tangle of pistons and tubes and rods and boilers,
To allay suspicion he finally asked Pro fessors Marks and Barker, of the Univer
The accused was found guilty, and sensity of Pennsylvania to examine it at a
the Officers responsible for supervising shooting was an accident. The youth was The Peking members of Parliament think that legislation is needed, and the disposal of surplus stocks, "failed to tired of holding his rifle, and he wont are telegraphically advising their col-instatee the Russell ense as a proof that exercise ordinary care in disposing of the into the matshed for a rest. The gun
Tientsin and the existing law is not sufficient. They property of the Board, and it is a TP- leagues at Shanghai,
was at the slope, and he intended to drop Haukow to return to Paking to assist in say that evidence has been adduced that markable circumstance, that most of the
injury has been done to the British re-goods sold at low prices were sold to ex- the butt to the floor. As be made the putation in India and the East by the officials of the Board who were friends of motion, the gun slipped, and be put up reproduction in the vernacular Press of these two persons." It is also stated this his band to catch it. Then it was that reports of divorce cars in Great Britain a Mr. Blake paid £8,200 for cortain
articles, whorens he would have raid the weapon went off, quite accidentally, as typical of British life.
They think that the remedy is to be £14,986 if he had paid the price paid by and killed the deceased. found in the proposals in the Bill, with other people. Apparently the Cauteen amendments based on the principle of Board allowed the delivery orders to re- allowing maximum publication consistent main in Blake's possession, although they tenced to eighteen months' hard labour, ” with adequate safeguarding of public found difficulty in obtaining payment from him for a transaction completed. morality
The Committee Feel that the Board failed LORD QURZON'S BOOK OF TRAVEL. ic exercise proper care and supervision
in this matter. (..
A financial statement shows a net profit LONDON, July 1st Marquis Curson is publishing in of £12,188,000 and n loer of £9.738,000. The Donaldson's departure was kept September a book of tales of travel, in- The total distributable profit, after ad secret in order to prevent its interception cluding an account of his experiences justments have been made, was £9,803,000, by the Soviet authorities, who recently among the self-torturing fraternity of reported that they had ordered the Kairwan, in the Tunis hinter and, and his captare of any British ship trying to journeys in remote parts of Asin, Arabia, reach the island, which the Soviet claims and America.
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BERLIN, August 20th. The Berlin public are ngimat at the prospect of coal being eighty-five million marks a ton in consequence of the Conl] Council's Warring of a forthcoming two
LONDON, August 20th. hundred percent. increase in price. This
Stefannsson announces that the schooner, comes on top of a two thousand per cent.onaldags sailed from Nome, Alaska, on increase in the transport rales just
ffected, already making the coal prices August 2nd, to rescue four Britishers
marooned Wrangelland two million times above the pre-war rate,
September, 1021. Electric light, gas and railway rates are Becoming prohibitive. The price of cloth ing, boola and food are advancing enor mously and already exceed world parity With the object of saving the Leipzig autumn fair from becoming a washout, the fair authorities have been empowered to issue emergency currency.
LATEST CABLES.
EMERGENCY ECONOMIC MEASURES?
BERLIN, August 20th..
It is officially stated that the. Cabinet yesterday afternoon, "after a consultation with the Party leaders, adopted resolu tion for the immediate enforcement of emergency economic measures.
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to be Russinn. The four Britishers were He recalls his.sigit in 1994 to Afghanis. landed in 1921 to preserve the British tan as the guest of the Amir, and his rights re-asserted by the Canadian Gov ride through the country on the track of ernment in 1974.
Lord Robert's March to Kandahar. 1.
BMA AUSTRALIAN TO
UNEMPLOYED EX SERVICE MEN. BE SCRAPPED, C
MELBOURNE, August 20th. Mr. Bowden, the Minister for Defener, announces that steps are being taken to dismantle the battle erakter destrutio.
LONDON, July Dist
HAVAL AIRURAFT.
SAYINGS, OF A WEEK.
Capital is the real employer--Mr. P. D. Leake,
Democracy standardisce human nature. Drap Inge.
No one ever fallet who did not deserve to-Sir Charles. Higham,
Litigation has been killed by counsel's fees.r. H. D. Haslewood.
public test. Their vigilance detected him slipping in a mysterious pipe at the last moment, and this they found to be a re- servoir of compressed air, which was what put all the pep into the con- traption
American naval and journalistic vireles still remember "Professor" Wingerd and
mysterious means of blowing up u ahip five miles away by means of "rays."" After a convincing demonstration off New Orleans, in we proserice of many scienti fe men, the inventor raised a large sumn of money and repeated the performance off Boston next year.
LONDON, August 1st An elaborate series of experiments of
It would be the greatest disaster to have dummy bombing of a battleship by naval the National Debt paid off in four or This time, however, things went wrong, aircraft of the Isle of Wight to-day ave years.—Hr. F. Wise, M.P."
and it was the two employees in the proved womewhat of a failure owing to No nation can prosper through the little boat charged with destroying bad weather.
destruction of another-Co-operative distant schooner wao blew up. (Wingard himself was in safety on a steam inunch.) Women's International Committee.
His invention was merely a skilful hiding of dynamite on the victim ship. and the subsequent touching it off by na electric current sent along a wire pre- vionaly laid in the dead of night by accomplices in a row-boat."
"The battleship Agamemnón was wire, lealy steered from a destroyer nearly a mile away and when travelling at 14 The raport of the King's Roll National knois was attieked from height of 8.000 Council, signed by Earl Haig, states that feet. High wind and storm clouds, how there are still 35,000 disabled ex-Servics ever, interfered with observation, and no
direct bits were obtained. men unemployed,
No community was ever get benefited in the long run by a policy which repelled capital-Sir George A. Touthe, Bart
Britnin has borne the barden long enough, and we must take our fair shero.
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