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sterling a month compared with the nino

LONDON, January 30th. DELHI, January 30th. Mr. Havelock Wilson, on behalf of the Opening the Legislative Assembly, the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union has Viceroy, in a powerful speech said that telegraphed to the Premier pointing out the Government would continue to try that 1.200. German seamen from German and persuade the Government of theels have struck at United Kingdom ports Union of South Afrien to incline to the against their low wage of three pounds Indians' view. "He strongly denied the allegations pounds paid by shipowners in Britain and that the British and the Afghan Goy by other nations. The German Goverment ernment were at leggchents, and warmly has forbiddes the German shipowners to acknowledged the action of His Majesty's Government in giving Indig a full op-

gotiate with representatives of the Ger- nan semen. German ships are base, portunity as express further viewqueatly eating British ports seriously the Kenya situution. He declared that the Government

andermanned, thas endangering other was determined suppress outrages and conspiracies in German captains are making false declar- vesels tracing in British waters, "and the Bengal. He said he was finally examinations to the British customs authorities ing the

case of each individual now with regard to the personnel of their ginled.

crows Casos have been reported to the Alluding to the reforms, the Viceroy Board of Trade, but the Gorerament has declined to discuss certain matters until | taken we hetion to prevent this infringe he had discussed them with the Secretary of State and the British Government, hut be said that after profound study and reflection he was ansious, about the future of reforms.

to

He solemnly warned the Assembly that there was a possibility of a check to their process. No constitutional change could he effected without the consent of the British Parliament and people, and be. concluded by praying that cala judgment and goodwill w

would characterise the session.

M. VENIZELOS. EXPECTED RESIGNATION OF PREMIERSHIP.

ATHENS, January 31st. M. Venizelos's resignation of the Premiership almost immediately, owing to ill health, is considered certain. There is great uncertainty as to what politica development will ensue.

Losnos, January 30th. According to information from a Greek source in London, M. Venizelos is suffer ing from nerves, due to over strain. He will only temporarily relinquish the Premiership while resting. GLOOMY COTTON SITUATION *VIEWS OF NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE MEMBER.

Loxtes, January 30th. A gloomy outlook regarding the cotton situation is taken by Mr. Revere, amesaber of the New York Cotton Ex- change. Writing to the Manchester Guardian he says that the American crop will barely reach 19,000 bales and points out that Europe, Japan and China are showing a realisation of the approaching stringency by reducing their demands, but such half-hearted menaures are insufficient.

ment of the law, which the Union urges should be impartially applied.

ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS. MR. MACDONALD'S LETTER TO M.

POINCARE. --

LONDON, January 30th.

It is officially confirmed that Mr. Msc. Donald has stat a private letter to 31. Poincare, of a very friendly nature, hop- ing that the serious Anglo-French differ Puces will

soon be satisfactorily settle There has been no reply hitherto fran M. Poincare, but this is not surprising, as the letter was only despatched a day or two ago.

It is understood that conversations are still progressing with regard to Ang Russian relations, but at present there is no question of sending a mission to Russia.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET

CHAMPIONS

SYDNEY, January 30th.

Victoria beat New South Wales by eight wickets, thus winning the Inter-State competition and Sheffield Shield

New South Wales scored 217 (Andrews 08) with Hartkoff taking 4 for 49.

Victoria replied with 345 (Ponsford 10

and Marne 154 not out).

New South Wales Aext compiled 321 (Hendry 73 and Kippax Se), with Wallace taking for ♪ ·

Victoria then knocked up 150 for 2 (Ponsford 110 not out).

WINTER OLYMPIAD.

CHAMONIS, January 30th. 4, thus winning the curling tournament. Britain beat France at curling by 48 to Sweden is second and Francs third.

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NEWS.

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1924.

CHAOS IN CHINA. DISHEARTENING PICTURE.

WIRE ROCK" SALT.

STRONGER THAN STEEL

UNBREAKABLE METAL NEST?

[FROM THE TIMES."]"

The survey of the origin and circum-

A Paris message from Moscow - stances of the present situation in China,

The Petrograd Academy of Sciences which our Peking Correspondent, makes announces that Professor Joffe; a Russian in the two articles published a few days scientist, has discovered a method of since, presents a painful and "disfearten-making wire stranger than steel out of ing picture. In the eleven years which

have gone by since the Revolution which eaumon rock salt.

OTTAWA, January 31M It is understood that General Sir

TOKYO, January 31st. Arthur Currie will be offered the posi

The Diet has been dissolved, tion first Canadian Minister Pleni-

This news is not unexpected by those potentiary to Washington.

who follow Japanese polities Three big dian Corps in Franse in the War and elaration they declared that the Kiyours [General Carrie commanded the Catapolitical parties recently combined to

appose the Cabinet. In their joint de since 1920 has been the Principal of Me Cabinet represented only a limited num

His discovery came after a series of was to inform the most conservative of extraordinary experiments in the mut DIRECT DIPLOMATIC CONTACT. Gill University, Montreal]

ber of persons of the privileged classes, of Western democracy that situation bas begin to decay at a pressure of one and Oriental peoples with the newest spiritability of metals by structural chemistry.. and was formed against the wishes of the

Rock salt, the crystals of which mormally people at large. By trying to conduct an steadily become worse. Today it is at one-tenth pounds on 1,837th of an inch, Autocratic and aristocratic rule in utter disregard of the spitit of the age, the

the lowest point yet reached, and the resisted at a test a pressure of 3304 Kiyoura Cabinet was going against the prospect of improvement is obscure and

lbs. bequeathed will of the late Emperor, who remote. Tap Kus, the actual President State affairs in accordance with public is the choice of the Chihli group of the emphasised the need for administering of Chins, who took office last October, that such an undesirable Cabinet should former Peiyang Party. The mutual in opinion. It was most important, it said, be thrown out without delay An effec-trigues of this Chihli group and of the tive stop must be put to

intriguing" politics and true party politics must be brought into being.T

WABBINGTON, January 30th. The report that Sir Arthur Currie has been offered the appointment as Canadian Plenipotentiary to Washington, is con- striped to mean that the oft reported pro- ject of Canada for direct diplomatic con tact with Washington is in process of being carried out.

The appointment will not mean the establishment of an independent Cana diao mission, but merely a transfer by the British Embassy of jurisdiction over diplomatic matters affecting Canada and the United States.

The Canadian official, for purposes of negotiation with the State Department, would speak for the British Sovereign.

The change will be important for Cana dians, as communications would pass

directly between the Embassy and the Goverment at Ottawa instead of rid the Foreign Office in London.

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FIGHTING IN MEXICO. ANOTHER FEDERAL SUCCESS.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, January 30th. The Mexican Federal troops have captured Orizaba.

It is officially reported from Mexico City, that 1,300 prisoners were taken when Experanza fell.

TRAIN WRECKING EFFORT IN JAPAN

POLITICAL WARFARE.

TOKYO, January 31st.

were

An ineffective attempt was made last night near Nagoya, fo' wreck a train in which the leading members of the Parlia- mentary Upposition including Messrs, Takahashi, Ozaki and Imukai. returning from an anti-Government de monstration at Osaka, according to the "special" issued by the Hochi Shimbun, at present the report cannot be con firmed.

SINGAPORE

BASE

NAVAL RUMOUES.

LONDON. January 30th. Reuter is informed that the statements published with regard to Singapore or the Government's decision on the subject, are pure imagination. Hitherto the Cabinet has not even discussed the matter.

mitting the rock salt to high heat pres Professor Joo discovered that by sub-

began to decay, he arrested the decay by sure before the elementary crystals

the atoms and molecules. and this change increased the durability and ductability changing the structural arrangment of

of the substance three hundred times.

He is continuing his experiments with other metallic substances...

REVOLUTION.

If Professor Joffe's discovery can ba applied to metals it will revolutionise the world. It will mean-

Trains running at 200 miles an hour; Turbine steamers that could reach Aux-

tralia in ten days;

Aeroplanes so light that they could be

carried by one man;

Howitzers and "heavy" artillery that could be carried on a motor-cycle; Cheaper travel;

Cheaper clothing: Cheaper food.

Peyang Party dissolved on the death of Aubui group, into which two factions the

Yuan Shih-kai in 1918, caused the failure of their common attempts to reconquer Hupan. The Anhui group controlled Peking for four years, and founded the Anfu Club, which borrowed largely from Japan and spent the mozey он a Japanese-trained Army. This army was

vanced from Hunan to the support of routed in 1920 by Wu. Pei-fu, who nd-

his old commander, Tsao Kun, but with- drew after his victory, and left politics to Tano Kub. Two years later Wu, by the control of Chang Tse-lin. the power-long been engaged on experiments to din- another victory, rescued Tsao Kun from

Scientists throughout the world have ful ruler of Manchuria, and again retired cover why the strength of ordinary to his own province. As a consequence handredth of what it should be if their engineering metals is only about ano of Wu's operations, the Chihli Party is full molecular cohesion were developed- in control, but it is still divided Ain other words, why metals have such Tientsin clique, headed by the President's low breaking point. brother, is hostile to Wu Pei-fa, and it is supposed to be on good terms with the Christian General, Feng Yu-hsiang, who is stationed at Peking, and who is and perhaps Feng, sincerely wish to enormously increased, it is obvious that not friendly to the Hunan bero. Wu. "If the breaking point of steel is strengthen the Central Government of less will be required to bear the same dozen provinces profess to, support him, "peeds, owing to the lightness, of all President Tsao. The Tuchuas of half-a-strain. This will result in phenomenal

but they are quite untrustworthy, play- machines." ing only for their own hands and their Mr. A. Griffiths, who is conducting own pockets. In opeu rebellion against similar experiments at the research de-

Farnborough, said: the Central Government, Sun Yat-sen is partment of the R.A.F, establishment ab modern reform, as he has already de- vastated Kwangsi; but he is threatened by Wu Pei-fue generals, both in Kwang- and in Huban, and their success

If it can be applied to, metais it tow to Cave, has failed in his efforts to square inch we shall be able to s would restore mile region fronts means that instead of having to use steef

rescue the great and wealthy province of it to carry 1,000 tons to the square inch. kow to Canton to the control of Peking, which will bear the weight of 100 tons to

Szechuan from the clutches of the many Yunnan and its tyrant are inaccessible, generals" who prey upon it, while

The Federals are now advancing on Cor (BY COURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN." devastating Kwangtung, in the name of doba It is reported that several rebel trains fell into their hands.

WASHINGTON, January 30th,

SALT SUEPLUS PUNDS...

PEKING, January, 30th. Arrangements have been made for the

$20

"Once this is discovered, a new indus- scientists to a Daily Express representa- trial era opens up," said a 'famoUR tive recently.

of extreme importance.

"The discovery, if it is perfected, is

AEROPLANES.

Instructions, have been countermanded Chase Government to receive about for the withdrawal of the cruiser Omaha $3,000,000 of the Salt surplus funds of and six destroyers from Vera Cruz, where which a portion will be devet to the the warships have been ordered to remain Russian Reorganisation Loan coupons beld

aeronautics We should, by this means, "That is of extreme importance to til further orders. It is believed this

by Japan,

and Chekiang, with the great city and be able to build machines ridiculously change of plan is due to the possibility. of a conflict between the rebels and Feder release be based on the gold frune dilin appears to be the least miserable part high speed engines and turbines. There, port of Shanghai, is under the rule of an light in weight, which would be just a The former French objection, that such official who repudiates the authority of strong as those used to-day.

Peking. Manchuria under Chang: T30-" als in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, and the pute, has bewy, withdrawn. United States' desire to have warcraft in

this region to look after American inter-cut's New Year obligations are, not it is officially stated that the Govern-

benvy, and that the salt release itself will be nearly enough.

ésta.

of the Republic. The three provinces are

It would also be of importance in

The trouble "is that in this highly so brittle that dust falling on it from the "strengthened state the substance is

atmosphere will cause it to crack.

the Russian experiments have overcome It remains to be seen whether, or bow,

this difficulty.

wealthy; Chang pays his soldiers, and it is not so much a question of saving in the administration in the less wild dis-weight as of making the engine run trieta is fairly good. Chang has recon- faster." stituted his army since his defeat by Wa; Mr. Griffiths strengthening experi An El Paseo message says direct rail

it is said to be well equippe, but its ments" have been so successful with communication with Mexico City from the

fighting qualities are problematical. He glass that he has increased the ordinary is however, & factor to be reckoned with. breaking point from 10,000 lbs. to the border is again severed. The rebels have INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. rupt and irregular Parliament. It in no

So, strangely enough, is the utterly cor- square inch to one million. dynamited the track and forced a train

sense represents the Chinese people. It

southward, containing Federal troops

SIR A. ROBBINS'S DEGREE OF is, however, strong in the favour of 10 return

DOUBT.

"public opinion, which may represent Sir Alfred Robbins, who is retiring population, and in that strength is has one-quarter of one per cent. of the from journalism after having attained baffled the President's attempts to form his jubilee in the profession, addressed a Government. In the meantime the the London Commercial Club a lancheou great majority of that vast. population, on December 14th on The Press and perhaps the most peaceful, orderly, and WASHINGTON, January 20th.

the Public Purse.

As to whether the industrious in the world, are suffering President Coolidge has appointed Mr. Press, had the influence which was often intolerable misery. They are incapable

claimed for it he said frankly be bad

Speaking in the City on December 12th, Thomas W. Gregory, a Democrat, former certain degree of doubt deepened by the of saving themselves, and in all these Lord Inchcape said a possible remedy for Attorney General ander Ex-President WiL A Lendon friend of his had divided those to save them.

events of the recent General Election eleven years no Cromwell or Museolini, unemployment was in the hands of trade unions. If they would stand aside with son, and Mr Silas H. Strawn, Re London Press into two parts: Those who China in the long ages of her immemorial minimum rates of wages, restricted hour Superficial thinkers argue that because their rules and regulations regarding publican and prominent Chicago lawyer, pounded exaggerations. (Laughter.) Of chaos, and has as often revived compara- economic conditions free play for a year Kerations and those who ex history has sunk at many periods into of labour, and limited output, and give. the world's record time of twenty-two cerned in the teapot dome oil case, on btunity of seeing the sane and scter pro- in time recover from her present anarchy would come down and that world market The Swede. Arne Borg, swam a mile in as counsel to prosecute the persons concourse, London peoples had not the oppor- tive order by her unaided effort, she will or two, he believed the cost of production minutes and thirty-four seconds,"

[The previous best mile was done by J. Thalf of the Government.

newspapers. (Laughter.) They

go to 3. America beat France by 29 to At ice hockey Britain beat Belgium by

i

seconde.

At skiing, in the Marathon over fifty Consumption must be kilometres, Haug (Norway) won in three relentlessly cut unless an end of the hours, forty-four minutes and thirtytwo stason price explosion is to develop.

At les hockey Canada beat Switzerland by 30 to ni.

NEW SWIMMING RECORD.

SWARAJISTS AFFIRM

ALLEGIANCE

Deht, January 31st.

The ceremony of taking the oath of

allegiance by the new Legislative As sembly passed off smoothly. The Swarajists, all wearing Indian-made clothes, made the prescribed affirmation in low voices, There were remarkably *few absentees. HE. the Viceroy open

the sustion to-day (January 31st).

GERMANY'S FINANCES. EXPERTS AT WORK

Bents, January 20th. Among the official data to be examined by General Daves and the Experts Committee, is the Reich budget for 1024, showing 5,254 millions gold marks revenue and 5,712 millions expenditure.

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ENQUIRY COMMENCING.

BERLIN, January 30th The first committee of experts enquiring into the means of stabilising German fin abces has arrived from Paris and held a meeting presided over by General Dawes It decided to request the Chancellor to enable the committee to establish points of contact with persons capable of imparting information.

GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT.

MILLIONS IDLE.

BERLIN, January 30th: The unemployed receiving relief in tha unoccupied territories have risen to or million and a half. It is semi-officially estimated that there are four to five million unemployed or short-time workers in the whole of Germany.

BYDNEY, January 30th

BOMBAY.

BOMBAY, January 30th: Ouly two mills are working, and they are expected to close "to-morrow. gether 140,000 cperatives are idle.

Alto No negotiations are proceeding and there is no sign of any settlement.

THE THREATENED DOCKERS STRIKE.

LONDON, January 30th has accepted proposals made by the Trans

The council of the port labour employers port and General Workers' Union for a conference to discuss the dockers, strike threat.

U.S. LEASE NAVAL PROSECUTIONS.

expounded

Mr. Fall's physicians having testified to

had

vincial

Ep

WARHINGTON, January 30th

"

BRITISH OFFICER SHORTAGE. PARENTS TOO POOR: SONS TOD IGNORANT.

1.1

would be found for an increased output

readepers of vast circulations if she is left to herself. But the argt of manufactured goods....

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G. Hatfield, his time being 4 min. 64; secs.]

on one day to vota in one is not more important in the process of ment is not sound. It assumes that time the second day to think well Arne Borg is already the holder of the the inadvisability of bringing him to the before they decided; and on the third day recovery than it was when China lived 290, yards record-in 2 min. 20.5/5 s.) Capitol to testify before the investigation to that divised forty-eight hours pre that for the whole duration of the re- China. All of them are not likely t

to vote in

precisely the opposite direction down the, Tartar invasion, or when she BIG MILL STRIKE AT

ommittee, it was decided to appoint four viously.

assimilated the Mapchas: it assumes, too, They have sunk, hundreds of millions in physicians.to

Unfortunately the cat jumped mako independent the wrong way (Laughter.) There were generative process she will remain un sacrifice this huge capital, or to leave it examination.

on the other hand those sensation papers disturbed by foreign Powers. Probably indefinitely in jeopardy at the mercy of which were always discovering some pretty she would recover were these assumptions Chinese factions. The Chinese have suc giri

in some appalling circumstances. In true. The first, however, is manifestlyceeded hitherto in trading uporabe differ- The Senate has carried by 46 to 33 votes.com London paper quite recently he false, and the second is in the last ences of the Powers never more can a resolution by the Democrat, Mr. Walsh, found on one page three pretty girls in degree improbable. Time has completely spicuously than in their bland insolence repudiating the naval oil leaves.

almentes,

(Laughter.) That kind of changed its value in history, and the over the Lincheng outrage of last May. newspaper had no particular influence change is proceeding with intensified The incident revealed to thein the danger The

fluence that remained was with the rapidity. The world moves faster every Que accret that all the diplomatic ap- newspaper that had solidity, sterling decade. Science is constantly quickening paratus of the united Powers may le honesty, and a settled hear,y

policy. (Henr, the pace in material things, and these defied with impunity. He believed that this was the only

react upon the thought and the character The difficulty of obtaining officers for country in the world in which the public of even the most nonrefvative peoples. mon policy by the Powers would abater

The mere prospect of an effective com the Army is referred to at length in the purse did not pay or purchase the Press. Select Commities of the House of Com- Lobby of the House of Compots repre- ferment, by reason of the very age of to bring one, or several, of the Tuchina, third report, issued last month, of the For thirtysix years he had been in the effected in a lifetime.

Transformations which took generations this insolence in or even centuries, in- the past are now mons on Estimates, which deals with seating a well-known, and, in ita district, the old bottles, more violent than in the as the real possessors of power, to their week, and lead to serious efforts at reform by the Central Army estimates,

Nowhere is the Government, Or if the Powers preferred Sir Charles Harris, joint secretary, and that period he had been in the confidence which to raise herself from the inferno says, would set them all bowing like a rowerful British newspaper. During East. Cathay no longer has cycles in knees, the operation, our Correspondent officer of the War Office, told of every leading politician of every of anarchy to the purgatory she has more, china dells. But, in the absence of the Committee that the days when parents political tion, of the professional classes could put their received a hit or a suggestion that any remote ages she could take her time.

never had ho sons into the Army with a reasonable good, pecuniary

or less cojoyed in her normal past. In common policy, conferences on tariffs er allowance had come to an end. Many to the newspaper he representel, or to the awful Taiping Rebellion of the mid- fatility. There remains the faint hope

otherwise, would come

on anything else are foredoomed to admirable officers were formerly supplied himself as its representative because he nineteenth century proved that those days that in the sordid, scramble for place and by clergymen, who sent their sous into the advocated Service, but the clergyman was not now Government. There were the institutions verge of dissolution and only foreign tence of principle divides the Chihli fac particular policy of the were over. It brought her to the very for loot among factions whom no pre- in a position to give his son an allowance in the country of which the public had assistance saved her from the abyss. tion may prevail. It is in office, and on the old scale.

It was desired to make the Army personal honesty, of which whatever its isolation: modern China is in clone touch its away. It may be not more c

the right to be proud-Parliament, the Cathay long lived in a state of relative there is just a chance that it may exter career in which man without means composition, he had never doubted, and a could live and make his way, added Sir Prem not subject to corruption. So long powerful that her, who have immense one tyrant is better than may

with several foreign. States far more or less corrupt than the others of men, rich or poor, he came to Sand-

and political, in her good government. situation intolerable and Charles, but at present there was a lacks

interests, actual and potential, financial dominance might tend to hurst with a good educational standard.

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DUC DE MONTPENSIER.

LONDON, January 31st, The Duc de Montpensier has died at Clermont Ferrands."

and

they have purity in journalism, and, he as these traditions continuer long wout believed, excellence in public, life,