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Reports from the Rhineland show that the Separatist movement has made head way in some quarters, but has also suf. fered numerous

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ATHENS, October 23rd. general collapse of the counter- revolution seems to be imminent. Numer mus arrests and surrenders are reported

Colonel Plastiras, in a statemens which he has issued, considers the movement | în Macedonia has ended He is of the

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POPULATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT."

THE MAIL.

NO NEED FOR BIRTH CONTROL

This topical subject, was the theme of

by Bir Economia the

been arrested on a charge of having William Beveridge bafo Aman named Hermann Hossler has the presidential address

verpoal Ha aid those who saw,

setbacks notably, nt | opinion the same will be the case at were going to be a very great advant. Pas been ninde with the co-ordination of trade, and he purchased the surgery, and I dring the inference that there were to EBAY S Aix-la-Chapelle, Mayence, and elsewhere, Peloponnesus within a day however to what was called Imperial Pr defence of the Empire he exposition REST

where the Nationalists and Trade Union

ists are their principal opponents.. Fight- ing has ocurred at

different places with

vat ensities.

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LONDON, October 23rd. With the Washington Agreement and ent and the Irish settimanent as two tangible steps in the direction of world peace, to which the last. Imperial Conference opened the

in development. They did not amount the three forces responsible for the

ference

of the members' views has coveluded and

Each part of the Empire was repre- of the League of Nations powered suffisented at the Arst meeting, which was ent authority to deal with the matter. Ha unanimous as to the necessity for secrecy, foresaw that the decisions of the Confers

BARETER CAHLES." ence regarding the bolding of this confer

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE,

EMPIRE SHIPPING.

Parti, October 23rd

The slow spread of the Separatist movement is apparently due to inck of co-ordination between the different Separatist parties, rather than to the comparative indifference of lost popula tions. Taportant developments are, how-way, political observers in the newsence, negotiations as to which were afoot, papers are asking what the present Con might result in the parting of the ways, ference is likely to achieve in, the direc] The absence of any Power should not pres tion of re-asserting the pacific influence vert the rest from foregathering It wa

ever, pussible.

"PARLOUS STATE OF INDUSTRIES.

HERLIS, October 23rd,

Laxday, October 23rd.

The Economic Conference has resolved

ment

the

IMPERIAL DEFENCE BY GENERAL CONFERENCE OF EXPERTS MEETS

Loyday, October 23rik. BEN LONDON, Ektober 23rd.

The Naval, Military and Air Experts General Smuts made an unusually at Conference, is most impressed with the posed ladies medical specialist, spoken speech for a responsible statesman intimate knowledge shown by Ministerstice, and his surge contained a collec Hossler had a large, and exclurgre prze-

the South Africar Luncheon Club both British and these from the Domition of skulls and namercia photographs September At the outant he referred to the Imperialinions, on matters relating to Imperial days His face and body bear many wago Te

of duelling enixaries of his életed student as we now did more than a millio Conferences and said the preferences which

our industry for years. scars, which he declared he had received together was unable to absorb in produc defence. The most satisfactory progr in duels. He is really a bricklayer by tive employment might be excused if they the Government, had already announced

outht and paid a barber to burn cars) wnguarner in the country. The infer- on his body and face.

ence, though natural, was unjustified. Unemployment in Britain could in any A UNIQUE WITNESS.

"crae prove" nothing about the world na a whoir History showed that it did nak Loanos, September 22nd.. prove over-population even in Britain Dealing with the European atuation, committees are now being formed to draw For the first time in the bistory of the probleme of unemployment aut of he advocated a conference of the Governs up a definito scheme and to work out British crime a man who was sentenced over-population were distinct they were

to death was called as a witness in a two problem, not ous, Severy unemploy ments of the Powers mainly interested in and plan, the scheme. An Air Com-

Crown; case which arose in Liverpool an tout bad occurred, in the past without reparations, and declared that neither the mittes has already been formed post office, and a man was shot. Phelan Ganisation and methods of industry, bot Juce Eth, when two armed men raided fever-population as a function of the or- Reparatione Commision nor the Counc

(a blacksmith), who was ons of the of its size. On the other hand, it was death, but, as there was no evidence that latin had ever shown itself or would raiders was caught and sentenced to very doubtful if excessive growth of popu he fired the fatal shot, the sentence was naturally show itself by causing unemploy- commuted to imprisonment for life Germany, defeated in war, wan Phelan's evidence was quired to-day in certainly not suffering from unemploy connection with the prosecution of two- men who were charged with having pro- In regard to Europe as a whole, we vided the firearms which were used in found no gro

ground for malthusian pessimism, the raid. When Phelan entered the box to shadow of over-population be he refused to answer any questions. The fore the war. Still less did we find them prowcution asked to be allowed to treat wilened our view to embrace the Chelan sa a hostile witnies. The case world of white men. On looking at the

distant future of the European ries, was remanded at the request of the pros{.

first though not the only point for con Luntouched er half-used rescurces in land and minerals, Enormous areas of the earth which were fit for cultivation were not yet Fultivátod, nt Fall, and at other

piled on romance in the story of the secret to demonstrate the material progress in

JO LONDON, September exhi

areas only the surface had been seintched. Romance, as the Dolly Express, is

Sir William quoted elaborate statistics

Campbell) to Mix Marie Reeves Hunt, in this new but not better world." Ha marriage of the Inte, eighth Earl of Britain, and then proceeded to general Breadalbane (lain Edward Herbert a revue actress. The marriage was cele pointed to the necessity of Considering our considerations for an estimate of prospects

years of age and the Fart 51. The late that no other country of cornrable wiza ted in a registry office on September population with reference to the popula h. 1916, when the Countess was 25 Lions of ther countries and submitted Earl had not then suceeded, to the title was so highly specialised Britain Bloomsbury and paying a quines a week the food that it required, or of the raw He was & naval heutenant living None produced so small a proportion of for the rent of a back room. The Coun- materials of its industries. Noue was o tres, after the Earl's death in May last, predominantly engaged in the advanced stated that the marriage was kept a range of eronomic activity: none was secret for financial reasons. She had destined to suffer so acutele from any gen- known the Eart for two years is Mr.eral disorder. At this moment perhaps Campbell !!" and was not aware that he none was suffering much. There were was the heir to any title. It was not other reasons, enough and to spare, why until some time after their marriage that we should expect now to suffer from he told her that one day the should Innexampled unemployment come a Countess The marriage was nut Ju conclusion, the present, said before disclosed until the Earl's a death. Be the way there was nothing to suggest that latives of the mie Earl then instituted Europe had reached its econom chuax. inquiries into the antecedents of the For the world of white men as a whole Widowed Counts and have discovered there was even less ground for pessimism; that her marriage in 1916 was bigamous, the limits of agricultural expansion were her husband Benjamin James Edwards, indefinitely far. No doubt the war damage ght of a photographer whom she married in was great and we were not Bristol in 1006 and from whom she had its end. Man for his present les, had

Nature or his own instinct of reproduc tion but other instincts as primitive and, in exces, a fatal to Utopian dreams. H«. had to find the remedy elsewhere than in his control. Cheers)

gaol.

AN EARL'S ROMANCY.

It is reported from Exsen: that all in of the British Commonwealth, saving vitally important that the United States | firstly regarding the established practice | secution and Phelan was returned to aderation was the extent of the world's dustries, except the mines, have dismiss Central Europe from chaos and Britain should attend as an active member. ed their workers. Eighteen thousand

from industrial paralysis.

workmen are affected at Gelsenkirchen alone."

COLDUNE, October 23rd.

In order to ensure a supply of coal, the regie of railways under the French "have taken over five mines at Reckling. hausen and elsewhere. Wages will ha paid in confiscated German money.

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DBERDON, October 23rd, A committee of action has been formed, -empowered to call a general strike in

Saxony

MUNICH, Cctober 23rd.

Von Lossow has wirelessed to the Reichswehr garrisons all over Germany

not to discriminate between the fings of General Smut said the reparations shipping in Empire porta, that there be The persistence of the gloomy indus figure was generally & recognized as too no intention of departing from this prac trial outlook was the theme of Sir Eric high. but the most competent authorities ties as regards countries treating ocean Geddes address to the Federation of agreed that a reasonabla figure could he gaing shipping under the British flag on British Industries at Glasgow. He de discharged without considerable difficulty a footing of equality with their own ship clared that the restoration of pre-war if only political questions such as the ping secondly, in the event of a foreign economic conditions in Europe was bound Rubr occupation were out of the way country to take years, possibly generations, it. He strongly supported the British Govern against British shipping in fature, the attempting to discriminate Germany disintegrated He urged in- ment view that the the French occupation Governments of the Empire should con dividual firms not merely to press the was illegal under the Versailles Treaty, sult together to seek the best means Government to take every step to en- and warned British Industrialists against of meeting the situation. Two further conrage Empire trade in accordance with participation in the Ruhr spoile His resolutions concern the continuing of the the suggestions made at the Economic speech largely consisted of criticism of the Imperial Shipping Committee on an Im. Conference, but also to seize the oppor present French policy, although he went perial basis. tunities to secure export trade. He drew out of his way to express admiration and

A committee of the Conference this attention to the extraordinary position sympathy for the French people. He cu afternoon discussed the question of man and the circle of low exchange countries, phasised that however equably France dates, complete secrcey being maintained with the trade tendency to circulate in- might regard the prospect of Germany's as to their discussion dependently of the two circles. He ques. dissolution, it would be a first-clas irre

PORT OF LONDON TRADE,

Loves October 23rd.

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Appealing to them to rally to the Bavaritioned the wisdom of keeping one's eves parable disaster to Britain and the small

an Government in the defence of oppressed Germany.

BERLIN, October 23rd."

countries surrounding Germany.

THE EMPIRE'S OPPORTUNITY The Port of London Authority in its

The Vossiacht Zenung ruports that & exchange countries. He recommended. He suggested that Britain and the annual report for the year ended March been living apart for years, being still to accuse neither that, mogu

message from Gelsenkirchen

say yester

fixed on American exchange and ignoring the large volume of trade is the low-

that the Government appoint a commis day negotiations between Ruhr magantes sion of financial and economic experts

and representatives

ives of in

of industry and Jabour, to re-examine its monetary and bas pri currency policy;

and the French authorities broke down. The industrialists declared that the re sumption of work was impossible on the French term

The economic turmoil is increasing Herr. Stresemanu's preoccupations. Strikes It is ascertained that so far seven police have already broken out in the shipyards were killed and 19 seriously injured at at Hamburg and among coal miners in Hamburg The rioters suffered severely Central Germany for increase wages. The police removed 11 dead and 103 Berlin workers have jointly threatened, to

wounded, atriko within three days failing the intro- Juction of a scheme of payment in stable

currency.

Fighting broke out afresh at Barmbeck and Denaheide in the afternoon, Com munists firing from roof-tope. The police

States of Central Europe could give Ger 31st, states that the tonnage which enter- many most valuable moral support. Theed and left was 20,029,000, an increase Empire, which was entitled to an authori. of 4,289,000, including foreign 22,952,000, tative voice in the affairs of Europe, an increase of 2008,000, compared with ** maka it perfectly clear in friendly but the previous year. The total revenue unmistakable language to all whom it was £8,319,000, and the expenditure may concern that in the cause of certain £4,682,000. eventualities this country would have to regard its own interests and take whatever. steps be necessary to that end, irrespec- tive of the effect they might have on old friendships,

Is convection with the question of wiping out inter-Allied debts to Britain and America, he urged Britain not to

RUBBER PROSPECTS

LONDON, October 23rd. Mr. Zorn, speaking at a meeting of the Rubber Shareholders' Association in London, said the most striking feature of the whole position was the way the price

of rubber had steadied..

The unknown

A telegram from Eesen says thi Thyssen vigorously took counter-action and now lend aid to the further militarisation of factor-was the future American consump

works at Hamborn have closed down, owing to financial difficulties, rendering idle thirteen thousand personas,

All the bakeries in the capital have been Jooted, and the Government has now pro hibited the display of the red flag. The Reichstag member, Kanitz, has been

completely control the situation,

SEPARATISTS"

MEET WITH REVERSES,

COBLENCE, "October 23rd, The Executive Committee of the Separa tist Party has elected Her Matthes and

alarm.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

JAPAN'S NAVAL EXPANSION.

SYDSEY, October 23rd. At the discussion of Australian defence

Europe. People here are already begin-tion. He saw no ground, for ning to be seriously alarmed, about the French armaments on land and in the air.. The French Government has also Tent large cums to the smaller states around Germany, mainly with a view to feeding their ravenous military appetites."

Referring to military hysteria which is

alive.

KES THE LATEL LORD - MORLEY.

Loxnox, September 24th, following statement- Lord Morley's much as the population of the whole world Mr. H. H Asquith to-night made the Professor A. W Kirkajdy said max

death is not a tragedy, but it means the could be placed in the smallest English heroic age. He was my first political of over population would appens to have disappearance of the last survivor of an county with room to spars, the question

mentor, and for upwards of 30 years he hardly arisen. A more important matter. was a wise counsellor, and the best of than quantity was quality. In the indus comrades In his last years he was an trial towns the greatest increase of popu unfailing.ievoted and revered friendlation took place amongst the least desir Only last week I had a letter from him, able section of the community. Our own: which I shall always treasure. English literature and the great traditions of public life are impoverished by hie lo

MR. CARTER LEAVES FOR EGYFT

LONDON, October 3rd Mr. Howard Carter leave, for Egypt to resume word at: Tutankhamens tomb.

RICH MAN'S MISFORTUNES

Particular problem was how to effect a better circulation of goods and popula tion within the Empire.

Dr. ManeStopes (president of the Society for Constructive Birth Control) said statistic, meant much more to econ omists than they did in the real world,

where quality of life meant immensely more Malthusianism and constructive birth control were not the same thing Sir William Beveritige had fouted the Physiological facts of life, He forgot the unemployable, of whom there were very many At the present moment A remarkable story of the vicissitud £100,000,000 sum of money which even of a man said to be a millionaire comes an economist could not sleepine-(laughter) from Havre, Paul Botcize is a native of annually spent on the maintenance Italy. Following family feud or venor partial maintenance of diseased, enfee detta, in which his brother and sister

appointed Minister of Food, The Nation- Herr Dorten to act as a Directory with pping the depleted financial - resources by the National Conference, Japan, whose were killed, he fled to France, where he led persons whom the proper use of birth

alists demand the resignation of the full powers, Cabinet

BEELIS, October 23rd. The Separatists have occupied Bonn, Wiesbaden, Treves and Duisburg, Two persons were wounded in a skirmish at Bonn. The trade Unions have declared a Epneral strike at Wiesbaden. The Separa- tist movement hitherto lacks homogeneity, apparently through the divergent attitudes of the leaders Smeexts, Metthes, Dortea and Deckers.

A Mayence mensage ways the now attempt to establish a Rhenish Republic has not succeciled, owing to the hostility

of the workers,

Martial law has been proclaimed and the curfew introduced at Wiesbaden.

A Paris message says the Separatists st Coblence have taken possession of the place of the Burgemaster. The Prefect of Police has promised not to order, the police to use weapons,

worked for some time as a waiter. Later Control would have prevented from ever of the peoples, he pointed out that the naval expansion was characterised as thirty years age he emigrated to the black bordes of Africa had been called

United States, where he became agatur Sir W. Beveridge, replying said his in to redress the moral and political alarming was mentioned as the only allsed citizen and amassed a big for the in purpose, was not to show thas, there was balance of this mother continent of

About country expable of crossing, swords with states in California.

of over population, but that there was a a couple of been degraded. Finally, he appealed to Bowden, emphasised the necessity for tour, vinising France Gabole he he was not going to brash He was tion

Human principles everywhere had Australia The Defence Minister, Mr. years ago Bottize set off on a European parate problem of unemployment Be Germany, and, agreed that was a problem of quality, but France to resume her noble, historic replacing the present Australian cruisers, finally. Italy, where the

to wait until the

Thysiologists told mission as a great bearer of liberal tradi-which are rapidly becoming obsolete, and says, confiscated $700 in gold that he had song tinn in Europe.

also insisted on the importance of build in his possession In a state of destid him what was undesirable stock to breed about until at length children were the children of the working from If did not follow that because | sng suhrmarines

and

there. for some con- sidérable time, be exped Frithan the children of others. Ha emph

clames they were, therefore, less desirable FEARS FOR A BRITISH

livelihood by selling, newspapers in STEAMER

Blop

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street. His story of wealth in Amritically disagreed with Dr. Marie wax freeieved on all hands with insuggestion that the unemployable, were credulity, and some lettera that he wrote in

of the unemployed. appreciable part to people there remained for

same unex There might be a certain number who

lovable, big tit be interested the United States Congal in primary fallacy to emfuse that his eage with the result that he received employment. If the sole object of Dr. a first remittance of $500, and was later Stopes was to prevent the unfit being born credited up to $150,000. He has now been why did ehr provide so many benice wr "able to leave for Amoriendu Jer attractive titles for all and sundry for

UNFINISHED 5.0.8.20 LONDON, October 23rd. "Sensational "" impressive power SERIOUS BIOTS AT HAMBURG

grave are among the ful and

NEWPORTS NEWS, October 23rd.be adjectives applied by the morning news The British steamer Festmoreland Disturbances have broken out at Ham

HERLIN, October 23rd. papers to Ceneral Smuts speech, which from Boston, with a crew of eighty of burg over disentant with the food prices. The Separatists have been expelled from was made available too late for much cere and men, has sent an 8.0.5.

detailed comment Nevertheless, the message which broke off in the middle. Crowds plundered the food shop, and Aix-la-Chapelle by the trade unioniste salient points were featured by all the It is feared that all aboard have perished, stormed and captured the police stations, after receiving a tevery handling.

newspapers, and are certain to provoksoda bott The considerable discummon, expecially, then THE RETURN OF PAPFEES being later ejected by reinforcements, flags of the Rhenish Republic were hauled coupled with the speech made yesterday

BERLIN, LATER down and burnt in the streets, the people by the Americau Ambassador, Mr. Har pagna vey, in which he declared that there nɛcd The riots at Hamburg are the most serious singing patriotic songs.

The Belgians not be any question as to his Govern since 1918, The Communiste Incited the

remained neutral. A crowd stormed the ment's willingness to participate in a popalace, who erected barricader in the town hall at Muenchen-Gladbach and reparations, if requested to do so by all conference on the question of German

suburbs. Eierce' fighting continues. - The

expelled the Separatists who took refuge the Powers chiefly concerned.?? casualties are sorious. All works in the

Such comment as has up to the present in a restaurant, firing on the crowd and appeared cordially welcomes harbour are at a standstill, and the rail-

General

NEW YORK, October 22nd. Papyrus han sailed for England

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

اور عورتوں کے ام

'SENSATION:

_____ CLUB FINED £1,000,

Losdon, October 23rd."

general consumption. He did not want anything to be spread before the wo Leking and jenism, says a paragraph

had told them what was 155 in a Northern paper, are likely to be invaded in the near future by the Harbin fleet of this restriction of fertility. motor-bus companies that have sprung up during the past two years and are doing very profitable, husiness with ten-cent fares. Ten buses with Russian

William Alexand drivers are now operating in Mukden and if this proven successful they will invade Hull trawler Night Tintain and Teking The Chinese are Hell, on September afh, repor patronizing this mode of travel more and had a narrow escape from, a

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way between Hamburg and Luehantounding several persons. Thereupon the Smuts analysis and proposals and pays The largest fae in the history of-foot more and of the hundred motor cars in the North Seamed The was torn up to prevent the Reichswehr police disarmed the Separatists, who distribute to his sincerity. The only critic ball was imposed by the Scottish League operating between Kalgan and Urga he said, was great

sterism levelled concerns what the new management committee at a mesting in nearly all are driven by Russians. It as of water, which rose from reaching Hamburg, but was repaired appeared. The Belgians here also kept papers consider his tendency to under Glasgow this afternoon, when they fired possible that within a few years most his seemed to end in the cloud almost immediately. The centre of the neutral estimate flermany own share in the Cowdenbeath a thousand pounds sterling cities will have

stor bus sysappeared as if it would ove responsibility for the present position for illegal payment of their goalkeeper tema This "city is quiet, and is patrolled by police.. The British zone is quiety being nonfice His appeal to America is whole heartedly The Chairman of the club was severely developments

Csurgruing its finally, crashed into. bina show quarters of a mile away, (Continued at foot of next column)ted by the Separatist movement.

approved..

reprimanded, and requested to resign,-*||ing har fapidly

ings are