THE
BRITISH CABINET CRISIS.
RESULT OF
ANGLO-SOVIET
SETTLEMENT.
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LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES UNITE AGAINST
LABOUR.
GOVERNMENT MAY RESIGN.
SPIRITED DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS,
The terms of the" Anglo-Soviet settlement, as outlined by Me. Ponsonby in the House of Commons, met with such, determined disapproval of a joins Opposition comprising the Liberal and Conservative members, that -Parliament was compelled to sit yesterday to consider the problem, .
Me: Ramsay MacDonald strongly pleaded for the House to accept the Treaties and to sänction their signature,
If the Government is defeated on this question it is probable that i will resign.
LATER.
According to a late message. However, immediate danger in regard to the downfall of the Labour Máistry was relieved by the Liberals agreeing to an adjournment for a discussion on the matter.
[TSROUGH BIOTER'S AGENOX-}-
LATEST CABLES.
A MOMENTOUS DEBATE. "ABORTIVE DRAFT TREATY MEST BE PUBLISHED.
LANDON, August 7th.
TREATY CAN BE AMENDED. Sir R. Horar said the world's belief that the signature of the British. Ministers should be confined by the Commons obviously did not appertaïned in the case of a minority Government.
DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST STH,
1924
HONGKONG
OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF SETTLEMENT.
LATEST CABLES:
LONDON CONFERENCE. THE GERMAN MEMORANDEM
Lospos, August - 7th.
Mr. Ponsonby paid a tribute to M Rakovsky's intense wish to reach à settlem ment. He declared, that the Government
The Allied Comeil, af. fourteen zon- bad not attempted to reach a settlement sidered the report of the conversations
LATEST GABLES.
WORLD'S SILVER
PRODUCERS.
ORGANISE TO END DEPRESSION.
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SALT LAKE CITY, August 7th. There quarters "of the world's silver
ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE POINTS IN THE DISCUSSIONS.
BY M. BARANANS IN THE “MANCHESTER
GUARDIAN.
in figures, but to establish the machinery between the Germans and the Allies with producers were represented at a confer.misgivings and is lending strength to
The com-
with a view to reaching the necessary settlement. Hereinred that the settle- ment, at the instance of the Governments international policy to avoid an aerimonieraging in character 'and as narrowing and to expand the market.
down considerably the number dis pointsmitter adopted tentative plans for the perfertim, of an organisation to act in conjunction with the Governinent. **
ARGENTINIAN WORLD
ens discussion of petty points, and tó segk a settlement on board liars based on con- ciliation, and epoperation, would convince the European peoples that Governments nt inst were using their power to establish price and brotherhood...
IRONICAL COMMENTS IN COMMONS,
The speeches in the course of the Rus- siau debate were mostly ironical.
Mr.
that require handling
The protected usure of the Anglo- Russiali Conference is arousing serious
ibe campaign of the reactionaries who reference in the Giernan mendvaithin.ence contened here for the purpose of urge that the British Government should The report is described as distinctly en-organising to end the depression in silver terminate the Conference and send the
Russian delegates home.". Moreover, this feeling, of dissatisfaction is begin- ing to find expression in Russia too. Tha departure of M. Tiansky-the second in rank of the Russian delegatës-is not without significance. "What is disconcert- ing about the progress of the Anglo- Russian Conference is not the time ac capied in actual discussions, but the long intervals betwigen these discussions, gapi in which no business is being done and which have obviously nu?tangille jusţi- fication. A brief account of these fruit Jess proceedings may be of interest,"
EARLIER, CANLES. IRISH BOUNDARY DISPUTE. BILL INTRODUCED TO RECTIFY TREATY.
MR, THOMAS OUTLINES POSITION
www.
LONDON. August 6th. Tu the House of Commons, Mr. J. H Thomas, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced that, after the fullest
FLIGHT
ALLAHABAD, Augusts7th,
Zanni has departed. MURDER OF MRS, EVANSI. REPORTED CAPTURE OF ASSASSINS.
A BIG DISCHEANCY,
At the first meeting the Russina -dels. gates, asked the Council to name the sum
f Russian dirbt in their possession. To their surprise the Cinmeil then asked for an adjournment of ten days in order to The This simple information. our reply given at the trend meeting was to the effect that the Russian debt hebr by British bondbolders unanted to mething between £250,000,000 and
Ronald MacNeill" congratulated
MEXID CITY. August 7th. Mr. Ponsonby that four' month's onerona
It is announced that the assassins of negotiations had resulted in the informand frankest discussion with the South ation that the Soviets and bond-holders trish Government; it has been decided to Mrs. Evaus have been captured and taken had agreed to pegotiate. He said that ask Parliament to meet on Septemberta Puebla City, where 60 prisoners, mostly the whole thing was an utter farce, and, unless, in the meantine, "the North Indian farm workers from the villages in that the promise to guaranter a loan was Irish Governmeṛt nominated a Boundary | the vicinity of the Evans's hacienda, haye': €60,000,000. A discussion arose as to the a scandal:
Commissioner. The Bill rectifying the arrived.
Mr. Lloyd George complained of lack į treaty, which would be introduced to-day of information. He twitted Mr. Panson-would be pressed forward. by with going to siga to-morrow 'some- thing of which he hail not the ghost of an illea to gight. He asked how much
HEAT WAVE OVER EASTERN STATES.
PARKS AND BEACHES THROWN OPEN TO PUBLIC,
:>
NEW YORK. August 7th All the eastern States are suffering from heat wave accompanied by munusual
validity of this figure, since it clashed with figures of registered Russian bonds This supplied by the Board of Trade. "registration, which was started in 1922 and fnisheid in April.uf this year, on the er of the Conference, fixed the amount in question at 30 millions. The discre pancy between the two sets of figures was explained by the Council as due to the fact that a considerable body of in- vestors had not seen the announcement" in the Board of Trude Juurnal notifying that all bondholders who failed to regis ter their claims would be limitated from
servative aud Liberal opposition to the the Treaty, indicated that the Liberals would oppose the proposal to guarantee treaty before "Parliament adjournch, and humidity. Thousands are spending the the eventual settinel.
„Russian treaty yesterday. “
The Government will probally resign if defeated as a result of the debate on the Bussian Treaty to-day.
- Mr. Jowett (Liberal), „while criticising
were qulikely to support the Conserva- 'tises" effort "to deny the signature.
Mr. MacDonald then left the House. Mr. (lyhes asserted that the constita-
& leẩn which we would not grant to other
Allies.
1.
"OPPOSED TO AGREEMENT.
nights in the parks and on the beaches,
which have been opened to the public
..
U.S. WORLD FLIGHT. ORDERS" FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, August 7th.
Mr. Thomas stated that President Cos- grave wrote to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald of August 4th stating that after the fullest Mr. MacDonald interrupted, pointing Parliament, which should have nut That he pledged that this Treaty were we going to write down of delits consultation with his colleagues he must
and what was the extent of the proposed | urge upon the British Government "the", journed yesterday, was forced to meet could be amended, to-day in consequries of vigorous Con.
Jonn. He declared that the Liberals necessity for passing the Bill rectifying the
finally remove the grave doubts and sus
The discussion that followed revealed picious aroused in the minds of the irish
a readiness on the part of the Russian people by the long delay in appointing 4
delegates to recognise, in addition to the Boundary Commission, Mr. MacDonald
registered hondholders, all bona fide has felt that it would be impossible to
British bondhohlers who had failed to tional right of Government was to con- | The Russian debate was adjourned till call Parliament at the end of a session
register. But since, in their opinion this t consider legislation which was certain
latter class could not conceivably be plete the initial stage of an honest, su-to-marrow on the pressure of the Opposi- to be seriously opposed not merely in the
Dumerous-for even the most careles deavour to restore Anglo-Russian relation, who contradird that the debate House of Commons, but also in the House
bondholder would during the three years sins, and appealed to the Commons to showed that, the House were opposed to tion. Therefore, he (r. Thomas) and
of Lords, without allowing time for reflec
The Army Air Service has ordered the in which registration was going on be bound to consult some legal or financiat ass to an adjournment for discussion,
the agreement, which might not to be Mr. Henderson, had gone to Dublin, and fliers, to remain at Reykjavik until weadriser, the Russians insed. their offer
they had had the fullest and fenukest dis signed until the House had seen the text.ission with President Cosgrave and his ther conditions assure a reasonably safe
colleagues, the reats of which was that passage to Greenland, " the lovernment had decided to ask. Par- liament to meet on September 30th. in- stead of. Detsher 21st. The Governinent on September Both would move the second reading of the Bill, after which they would use all their powers to pass it into law. BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S HOPE. Mr. Thomas said he did not pretend that the Irish Free State were satisfed, Lot he hoped that, at least, they would be able to satisfy the Trish people that the British Government and people meant to keep faith. The Government
Government before September 30th would
At the onset of the debate today the „Opposition · secured the ruling "of the Speaker that the abortive draft treaty upon which the Hussian "negosiations broke down must be published.
Sir R. Borne evoked angry Ministerial cries and Opposition cheers by urging that the agreed, draft treaty should no be signed til Parliament reassembled,
Mr. MacDonald said he wished to sign
the Treang to-day.
PREMIERS PLEA
Mr MarDonald, emphasised that the Rigature of the Treaty did not involve the sanction of the formmons. The
· Kiovernment - pledged themselves to pret
DEBATE FIZZLES OUT.
* LATER.
The Russian debate fizzled out when
Me. Lloyd degree supported the appeal of Mr. Clynes to discuss an adjournment.
TWO
EARLIER CABLES.
TREATIES COMMERCIAL AND
GENERAL.
Loxnos, August 6th.
a settlement had finally been reached with The Russians this afternoon.
The first intimation of the settlement
LATEST CABLES.
SCORNFUL RECEPTION IN
COMMONS
"Lostos, August 7th.
FAR
EASTERN NEWS.
CABLE
N #
(THROUGH REUTER'S 4DENCY.]
IN SOUTHERN JAPAN.
TYPHOON
SMALE SHIPPING CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGED.
NAGASAKI, August 7th.
of settlement of the pre-war debt on the Board of Trade &pure, with a promise to agree to such corrections of it is migh be necessitated by the inclusion of the elaints of unti-registered indholders. -
THE REJECTED RUSSIAN OFFER. Another adjournment of eight days re- sulted in a written reply sent by the Council in which the Russians were in- A scornful reception has been given to
formed that their offer was rejected bat that the Council was prepared to listen the praised Angle-Soviet treaties Footh
to a fresh one. The meeting between the inside the House of Commons, and out
Lust and the Russian delegates that followed resulted in an admission by the In the House of Comingas,"Mr. Arthur side. Mr. Ponsonby's speech was several
former that some reduction of the Rus Ponsonby..Unter-decretary of State for times interrupted by derisive laughter.
sian pre-war debt was admissible, but failed to elucidate the nature of such a Foreign Affairs, who was greeted-with- Alr. Aloyd George's unsparing denuncia-earnestly hoped that the North Ireland
reduction or to give any hint of what Ministerial cheers, rose and declared that tion of the Treaty which he described as point a representative on the Commis
would satisfy the Council. To the Ras- A typhoon has swept the south asian Urlegates insistent demand that the lace the Treaties and lay them before
a fake, fitis consitierable though apparsion, rendering further progress with the ently not unanimous party support. The Bill annessary. Let there be no mis Japan, including Kyushu, and Formosa Council should disclose their counter- Parliament for acceptaner" or rejection.
the honour and good faith of Great The Goverment was anxions that but a was made by Mr. I. Clynes, Lordnservatives, contrariwise, are united intake that the issues are grave, involving Railway traffic everywhere in interrupted.posals the reply made was that it was Privy Seal and deputy leader of the condemnation. An adjournment of the Britain. They are too serious to be the and the telephone and telegraph system counter-proposak They were there only House of Commons, apologising for debate was pressed to enable Mr. Mac-sport of party controversy. should he operatire til the House had Pissonby's inability to make his pro-
Donald to attend to address the House unter cheers.) He said he hoped, there rush were paralyzed for many forthcoming which in their opinion was it to the judgment of the landholders. refrain from action calculated to infame Taihoku The damage to shipping is All attempts to get behind this formals sawtimed them. The House in fairness mised statement at the moment, because to-day. A peculiar fact was that sulfure, that the Press and people would hours. Serious floods are reported from satisfactory they were prepared to submpt
were necessary sequent to the Ponsonby speech in the old prejudices.
also considerable, but appears to be con had no effect on the Council sought to allow the Agreement to be sign of modifications whiel
owing to the fact that the Russian had Commions Lord Haldage questioned Lord
DEBATE ON THE BILL
This, then, was the result of three meet- ed; otherwise an extraordinary intoler signed at the last moment." alde preveslent would he established. “He evuld not assent to this. The position was unable to paint to a single thing that could come into opération as a result of the merr signature.
danse, provision of line of the Treaties
LIBERALS CONFER
The whole of the Liberal frogil bench, including Mr. Lloyd George, left the House resins to consult together regarding their "attitude.
Mr. Ponsonby, in subsequently an nouncing the agreement, stated that a Commercial Treaty and a General Treaty involved an
unusual departure. The Conungrcial Treaty was that we took Faccount of the Soviet's mumpoly of for
eign trade and granted to a limited num- ber of trade delegations diplomatic in 'munity for themselves and for the exist-
ing trade delegation.
DEBT CLAIMS.
Curzon in the Lords, and he professed ignorance of any agreement having been reached. The Government's only friends in the morning Press 'are the Daily News. which is mildly sympathetic, and the Daily Herald, which is in high feather..
THE HOUSE TAKEN BY
SURPRISE
(Cheers and
Rut the practice of the Council to make
to receive offers, and the moment one waS-
Mr. Thomas formally introduced the fined to small yessels. Osaka and Kobings in four weeks. The fourth meeting,
are unaffected.
Irish Free State Confirmation Agreement Bill, which was read a first time.
Heat immediately generated the en- Įsing discussion.
Sir John Simon asked a series of ques ions at the advir Mr. Thomas had given to the North Ireland Government. The speaker evoked Opposition cheers by saying that Sir John's questions sounded like argument.
JAPANESE DESTROYER AGROUND.
CREW SAFE
Toxya, August 7th. Destroyer No. 4 was deeply embedded in the sand but did not capsize, owing to the efforts of the relievers, who were hame
A Conversative member interjected "It is unfair; just like them!"
Air. Ronald MacNeill, referring to Mr. Pered by the rough seas. The crew is Thomas' appeal to the Press, asked if safe.
The official announcement of the failure of the Anglo-Sorier negotiations on Tues Mr. Ponsonby said that the debtay was followed by an official announcer. Thomas expected complete silence
for the next two months ? claus cerupied the chief place in the
Mr. Thomas, replying. emphasised his negotiatious! We were faced with Sovietment of success yesterday, but when Mr. Mr. Maclonald, after painting out decrees of repudiation and nationalisa Ponsonby stated the terms of the agree-deep indebtedness to the Free State
while we were determined that the
Government's appreciation of the dif). isitimate rights of Brities citizens ment surprise was that the House lad to accept or rejectį,
specceded by mystifies-culties. He was therefore entitled to ask The Keneral tion. Parliament had met for the penid that sections of the Press which had the Lausanne Treaty as it stood, gays a should be recognised,
treats "contained a Soviet admission finiate day of a remarkable session under announced the imminent proclamation of Fability to bond-holders ficud Opposi
an Irish Republic to refrain from encour State, but the enemies of the Empire.
The speaker disallowed further ques
which was to have taken place on Thurs day instJuly 3rd- was indefinitely post- poned, for the Council informed the Rus- sians hy a laconic letter that its decision to make no counter-proposals was unalter- able..
The postponement of the plenary sit- tings of the Conference to give the Mos- ow delegates an opportunity of settling the question of the Russian pre-war debt- by negotiations with the British bond- holders may then be considered to have failed in its object The Russians are supposed to explain the failure by the fact that the Council is not personally interested in a settlement, for of its twelve members only four are said to hold Russian bonds, and also to regard it as largely due to the opposition of those. who as custodians of extensive Russian Government property are obviously pro- The League of Nations is making its diting by a postponement. of settlement. second effort at financial reconstruction These explanations ung, of course, he countries are being invited to co-operate
بالا الابين
HUNGARIAN LOAN..
THE LEAGUE'S SECOND PLAN. OF RECONSTRUCTION. “
pledge that the Covenant would not tion laughter)-and he (Mr., Ponsonby) the impression that the Russian Confer-aging"not merely the enemies of the Free work in Europe, and investors in eight prompted by bias and resentment.
believed that they were in process of negotiating
in
follow the Lausanne precedent and would
with a very considerable num ener, after its final all-night session, led now insert a clause, that every word. line ber. The commercial treaty conferred resulted
upon Great Britain the most-favoured "and provision in the present treaty must be accepted en blog or rejected altogether.
The House could amend, consider, pass or reject what had been done,
J
He particularly urged the Couser- vatives not cashly, on the last day of the session, to set a precadent for negotia
tions.
LABOUR REJOINDER. Mr. Morel aid the whole of the Labourites enthusiastically supported Mr. MacDonald in refusing to be placed in & position of inferiority in the nego tiations compared to his predecessors, and characterised Mr. Lloyd George's attitude in attacking the Treaty and pretending to rupathise with the Bus sian people, as revolting.
ጊ hopeless breakdown. nation treatment, in return for which Suddenly Mr. Clynes anounced early in Great Britain admitted Russia into the the evening that an agreement had been
export credit scheme.
renched aud ́signed The House gasped.
Mr. Ponsonby, dealing with
the gener al treaty, stated that both sides would Mr. Clynes' statement 'was subsequently appoint members to a commission, which denied and renfirmed in the lobbies. would investigate the property claims Messages few between the House of
and deal with the question of compensa-
Lions.
THE WORLD'S SPORT.
HOME CRICKET.
CAREY
6. SOUTH AFRICASES.
LONDON. August 6th. At the Oval, the match between Surrey tion: When the bond-holders were satis Commons and the Foreign Office. And the South Africans was commerged
and when the British Government were satisfied regarding the when they ference was still sitting and that a con
the lump sumsport came back that the resumed Con-ig fine weather, on an easy wicket and
before 4,000 spectators,
Surrey scored 200 run's. Sandham com- the latter occupying three hours and 6fty five minutes, and included 10 Laurs.
Nourse took 3 wickets for 27 runs and Blanckenberg 3 for 37.
for
were agreed upon
ENCOURAGING SIGNS.
in making the second scheme, which relates to Hungary, as successful as the The question of the settlement of Ras- Austrian. The British portion of the sian pre-war debts will, then, he sent back Hungarian Reconstructing Loan was to the plenary sessions of the Anglo- offered for subscription last month. Russian Conference. Obviously no Bri-
The amount of the British issue is
tish Government can compel British bond £7,902,700 in Seven-nd-a-Half. per Cent holders to accept a particular scale of Sterling, Bonds, which at of Whitz, however, it can are repayable as reduction of the deist or a particular mode
is 68 per cent, the yield in interest to do is to agree to a formula, and the the investor being. £8 10s. 6d. per cent, future business of the Conference, in re- while the total average yield over 20 spect of the pre-war debt will probably formula. for bonas a redemption, he the discovery of such a years, allowing works out at £8 188. per cent. The pre-Ard such a discovery will
apparently be ceeds of the four are to be applied, under a matter of to great dificulty, Indeed. the supervision of
the League of place between the Russian delegates and Nationa, in balancing the Hungarian British politicians and bankers indicate. Badget and placing it on a durable bisis accordance with the scheme drawn by the Financial
Committee
settlement regarding clusion had not been reached. Later in piled 51, Fender 56. and Shepherd 127. General appointed Commissioner; | jurparterk which have recently taken.
the property claims, these agreements
the evening. Mr. Ponsonby arrived at would be embodied in a subsequent treaty, arising from which the Govern the House from Whitehall and announced ment would submit to Pariament a pro-
an agreement had been reached. It had posal guaranteeing a loan to the Soviets Meanwhile, both Government debts and been a race against time. He was of intervention claims would be put into cold viously ik at ease in explaining the nature storage.
Mr. Ponsonby said he hoped that the of the preliminary agreements designed treaty would be signed to-morrow."
to lead ultimate to the agreements...
Mr. Ponsonby stated' that the defini- tion of territorial watera must be left for international settlement, but we had secured a satisfactory fisheries agree. ment.
ip" up by
marked rapprochment between the two of the partice concerned. The Russians seem to ready to extend the application of that hy the
be
The South African scored 44, runs for League, which has been approved com-recognition of the debt which was incor- the loss of two wickets.
BRITISH RUGBY, TOUR.
DEFEAT IN ORANGE FREE STATE.
KRONSTAD, August 8th. An Orange Free State country districts representatives are outlined in sunther team defeated the British touring rugby
team by d points to wil.
[Points in the various discussions 'be tween the British officials and the Moscow
column on this page-1-
and also by the Rep
mission. The
Ser
General will porated in the trade agreement of 1921.
the while even some of those British bankers until. in of the Cou
the financial situ
situ who signed the notorious memorandzim ation in Hungary is assured. Other por are said to be now inclined to the view tions of the load, which is for a total that some measure of financial assistante amount of about £11.702,000, are being to Russia is a decessary net-off against raised in the United States. Carcho the burdening of that country with slovakia, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Swit obligations which are beyond ber present.
zerland, and Hungary, the
strength to sustain. "
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