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ARMISTICE DAY AT HOME.

IMPRESSIVE SCENES AT WHITE- HALL CENOTAPH.

WESTORED WEATHER CONDITIONS,

CONDITIONS.

Lownox, November 11th With the passage of years, the celebrn. tion of Armistice Dag, heconies ever more reverently observed.

The day broke with torrential rain, sleet and thunder in London and snow storms throughout the country. But the pilgrimage to the Cenotaph at Whitehall began even before dawn." Sellers of Flanders poppies were early aloot and elaborate preparations were made by the aboritica for marshalling what is ex- pected to be a record assemblage Fortu- rately, the raia ceased p-couple of hours before the solemn silence.

AT THE CENOTAPH There was a most impressive wene at the Cenotaph. The whole of Whitehall was a solid sass of people. There were a few rays of sunshine ax the hour of silence struck.

The Guards, in scarlet with grey over. coats, and the "Marines, wearing white helmets, gave a touch of colour to an otherwise sombre scene,

was in khaki HLAL The King who uniform, and was accompanied by the Prince of Wales the Dake of York, Prince Arthur of Connaught and other Royalties took up positions opposite the Cenotaph, while drawn up alongside were ail the Members of the Cabinet, the High Commissionen with the Earl of Oxford and Mr. Lloyd George.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald was those in the second row.

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CERMAN DISARMAMENT.

BERLIN SENDS CONCILIATORY. NOTE TO THE ALLIES.

BARLIS, Novembar 11th. The Cabinet and Federal Governments have agreed on the German reply to the Note from the Ambassadors' Conference in regard to disarmament..

The Government assumes the reply will finally dispose of the disarmament ques tion and enable the speedy evacuation of Cologne.. It proposes to revise the

powers of General von Seeckt. Com- mander of the fleichswehr, and complies with the Allies' demand for the reduction of the number of police.

It makes counter-proposals in regard to the destruction of guns at Koeningsberg. whiell it is hoped will be acceptable to the Allies. The reply denies that German sport organisations ever had military instructors.

HOLLAND AND ROME. PROPOSAL TO WITHDRAW LEGATION TO HOLY SEE

THE HAGUE, November 11th. In the Second Chamber of the States- General, the Protestant Deputy (Mr. Kersten) proposed an amendment to the foreign estimates to withdraw the Legn tion to the Holy See.

Monsignor Noulens, on behalf of the Catholic Party, stated that, if the amend " meat was adapted, the Catholics would have to cptiskier whether they were able to vote for the budget or, support the Government which depended upon the group which voted for the amendment. The debate was adjourned.

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POLITICS IN FRANCE. among FREQUENT CONFERENCES HELD

WITHOUT RESULT.

PABIRE, November 10th.

in the Confusion reigns supreme political situation. Administrative and

EVENTS IN SYRIA. FRANCE FACED WITH GRAVE DIFFICULTIES,

PARI, Nornber 10th. The very serious struption in Limascus. is depicted by the 2'emps" in a beirut message that the rebele are trying to surround Damascus to provato a general uprising.

Rebel raida at Lebanon are increasing the rebel bands attempting the destruc- tion of irrigation works so as to drive the people to desperation. The curr

that tbt inot pondent

opinion

Proses will have difficulty in remaining in Damascus and preventing a rebellion

in Northern Syria, unless they win a decisive victory before the advent of the cold weather.

SUSPECTED COMMUNISTS. MR. PALME DUTT SET AT LIBERTY

IN BELGIUM

FAR EASTERN "CABLE

NEWS.

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WAR IN NORTH CHINA.

FROM MUKDEN.

PIXING, November. 10th. Marshal Chang Two Lin's reply to Moh Teh Hui's selegram, mentioned this morning, admits there has been some movement of Fengtien troops locally, but denies that this is accompanied, by hostile intention towards a certain faction

He states that he has communicated with General Li Ching Lin and trusts the latter will instruct his subordinates to refrain from acting so as to challenge the other party hand

BRUSSELS, November 10h.

The contents of the telegram are being The fewspapers ahounes that the British communista, a man (Mr. Paljasteansmitted to Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang

Goternment. the by Dutt) and a woman, arrested on Novem-

Peking. ber 7th, have bear; released, D

RUBBER IN DE.I. DUTCH COLONIAL OFFICE IS NOT AWARE OF U.S.A. ACTIVITY, ̧

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OBITUARY.

DR JOSEPHUS JITTA.

AMSTERDAM, November 11th. The death is agnoured of Professor Josephus Jitta, the well-known inter national jurist

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BRITISH

GIVING WAY OVER THE TARIFF.

AMERICA'S PROPOSALS DESIGNED TO PLEASE EVERYBODY "WITH USUAL RESULT OF PLEASING NONE.

ABOLITION OF LIKIN A FLAT IMPOSSIBILITY,

`{By" RODNEY GILBERT ren "N.-C. Daily News."]"

The proposals which the American faction. China has lang since given up delegation of the Tariff Conference in all serious thought of earning her rights; Peking have maile, to give China cambut has been confirmed by fatuons for upon the abolition of kin and related forfeiting all claim to such rights as plete tariff autonomy in 1920, conditional eign policy in the belief that while busily internal taxes, and to which it is re-respectable independent state enjoys, sho ported that Great Britain is likely to has only to howl loudly enough for new give her support, were obviously drafted ones, and get the sentimentalists abroad with great caution and with the idea of howling with her, and the Powers will plensing everyour.

give her anything to quiet her.

To the Chinese it will be explained as a complete surrender to China's de mands with such minor reservations only

THE FREITS OF FRENZY.. Almost every step that we have taken as no ressonable people could dream offin China in recent years with the foolish rejecting unless deliberately desirous of alea of winning Chinese good will, with out care for her respect has served to wrecking the conference.

In this light can they also be explained confirm, her in this policy of going her Great Britain's senu-Bolshevist Labour for favours "Any Chinese in the street knows how utterly impossible at this. to America's silly sentimentalists and to own demoralized gait while yelling lustily champions of China's rights.

At the same time it can be pointed out juncture it would be for anyone but s to the foreign residents of China, whose conquering foreign invader to abolish natural fears for the security of their likin, whether under its own name or lives and property have been aroused by any of the dozens of new names that it the apparent inclination of all persons would assume as soon as it became the in high places to soothe China's school object of foreign official attention Nor THE HAICZ, November 10th: child frenzy by conciliatory measures would any Chinese by likely. to risk the that the reasonable conditions attached opinion that within two years and a half, sufficiently streng and business-like With reference to recent reports of an

to the promised revision of treaties to

and related internal American movement to establish rubber give China tariff autonomy are such that Chinese Government can be evolved to plantations in the Dutch Indies especial- China in a state of chaos cannot possibly abolish fiki

If China were therefore to accept the ly to supply American needs, it is stated meet, that no China, in fact, but a tuxes." that the Colonial Department is not highly centralized and efficient China, EARLIER CABLES.

aware of any direct negotiations between worthy to exercise sovereignty over her terms that Amerien proposes. it would own revenue collectorates, can fulfil, so be with the idea, two years hence, of [REUTER'S AMERICAN, SERVICE. }

the Government of the Dutch Iodies and

that nothing has really been given away making a gigantic pretence, at the

ordered interested parties in America.

but a promise of future rewards for very abolition of ikin Militarista and civil".

officials would be solemnly NEW YORK EXCHANGE

good behaviour,

Apart from carrying out the uncondi- throughout the land to abolish in. If tional pledges made to China af the there were any sort of check upon the MARKET.

Washington Conference, it can be further matters. the signs would be taken down pointed out to the foreign communities, at all likia offices throughout, the coun- RECORD DAY IN HISTORY OF

that the new proposals provide for not try and new ones would be put up in immediate, change of any sort in the in their places announcing to the mystified mediate future bat deânitely postpone public that these were."offices for the all discussion of China's insistent de suppression of 15-in," to which all travel mands until May 1st, 1928, two years and ling merchants carrying goods of any a half bence, when the Powers will again sort would have to subscribe imali suma confer to determine whether China in proportion to the value of their goods, through the abolition of likin and similar for the upkeep of this new benevolent Chinese delegation to the conference of impositions upon inland trade, has eam institution. Then would the head of the

May 1st. 1999, turn to the representa Behold WILL CHINA REALLY LIKE IT?

tives of the Powers and say: ed her promised reward.

On the surface it would appear to be the Great President has ordered the ture, satisfying a reasonable people by ingly abolished. Give up our autonomy." giving them an opportunity to earn one Should the Powers then see at to quibble of the rights that they talk so much about the truth of this assertios, such an agitators, and at the same time furnish China about the imperialists and their ing an adequate safeguard to foreign broken, premises, that most of America interests. That it may not appeal to the and a good part of Great Britain would agitat and a few of the guns of the unprecedented wall would go an

New York, November 10th The Stock Exchange has experienced one of the heaviest days in its trading history, nearly three-and-a-half million shares having changed hands: The pre- riaus record was read on April 30th. 1901..

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MOTOR TRADE TRIUMPH. OLYMPIA SHOW RECORD. MANY FOREIGN BUYERS.

Loxpos, October 9th.

In future years the International Motor Show at Olympia, which opened to-day will, he remembered as the show in which the British motorcar industry came into its own Throughout yesterday, which was private view day for traders and agents, sales of small British cars, under

party conferences have beec alternately collapse. They pitilessly hammered down contract, to agents outnumbered all the wise, fair and tactful diplomatic ges abolition of kin and like is accord-

The King was the first to lay a wreath on the Cenotaph...followed by the Prince of Wales, the "Duke of York and Mr. Stanley Baldwin; then Lord Birkenhead | held all day long without result.

The Finance Committee has rejected for India; Mr. LCM. S. Amery for.. Painleve's proposal for a tax and the Dominions; and the High Commis rentes, and finally the Cabinet assembled sioners laid wreaths. This was just com pleted, when maroons announced the

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The market witnessed unprecedented scenes. Bear traders, after vain attempts to stem the rising tide of the past few months, fually started a sensational stock after stock, as the speculating. public vainly tried to cover part of their losses. Numberless small speculators were forcibly sold out, owing to lack of

margin..

and issued

While there is no definite reason to muniqué.

Earlier in the evening, the Left Cartel which the collapse is attributable, it of unity but adjourned to enable recently been bought over by speculators and that the cleaning ou: process had silence and the King and the other conferred and tried to get a semblanes is pointed out that the market had Malvy to see the Premier. They re royalties removed their caps.

commend recasting the proposals, but come. of the

M Painlevé has refused, declaring:- The subsequent service was bricfest. The Last Post was sounded, I am not going to run away: I shall succeeded by God our help in ages fail, if necessary, on the battlefield." past,” prayers, the benediction, re seille" and the National Anthem

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THE SILENT CHOWD. The dense crowd in Whitehall stood rigidly during the silence, the only sounds being the occasional wailing of

women, infauts and children.

Thon began the pilgrimage. Many had travelled all night long from the provinces under the wiatrist conditions to add their tributes to the huge banks

of flowers as the base of the Cenotaph.

WAS & solema Simaltaneously there service at Westminster Abbey, high mass at Westminster Cathedral, a Methodist commemoration at the Central Hall and similar servances at all provincial There were special services at the schools with parades of cadet corps. Already telegrams are coming in, show ing that the commemoration was general

hroughout the Empire.

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P. & O. INNOVATION. PROFIT SHARING SCHEME TO BENEFIT EMPLOYEES.

LONDON, November 11th. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company has instituted a profit sharing acheme, whereby employees in the P. & O. Company and the associate company the British India Steam Navigation Com- pany) will be enabled to make deposits bearing 3 per cent interest annually and also an additional 2 per cent, when the dividend of the P. deferred stock is not under 3 per cent per annum; or bearing 2 per cent. when the dividend is not less than 10 per cent.

The dividend on the deferred stock bas been 10 per cent. or over for very many years.

FURNESS WITHY LINE.

FAST MOTOR-SHIPS ON ORDER IN GERMANY.

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LONDON, November 11th The firet of five motor-ships of 10,000 tons dead-weight, ordered by Messrs. Furness Withy & Co. for the Rio to. Cape line has been launched at Ham- barg. It is named Japanese Prince These stips are intended for the Far Eastern service from the United States and it is stated they will be the fastest cargo vessels on the trade routes:

OIL IN PERSIA.

SIR CHARLES GREENWAY TELLS OF PROSPECTS.

TAXES ON NUISANCES. RECOMMENDATION IS MADE FOR

THEIR ABOLITION..

WASHINGTON, November 10 The Ways and Means Committee, according to a Committeeman, recom mends the drastic pruning of taxes and LONDOS, November 10th.

the abolition of the so called nuisance. Presiding at the meeting of the Anglo-

taxea, Thus the tax on all gradea of Persian Oil Company in London, Sir

on jewellery, Charles Greenway said that the Com-sigars will be reduced, the tax on alcohol pany was now firmly gatablished as one halved, while the taxes

camera lenses, photographic films, and of the leading of companies of the

of art will be repeated. competitor in the world market had of world. The advent of a new powerial plates, automatic machines, and works course aroused a good deal of opposition, They were always ready to enter into any arrangement with their competitors that would serve the purpose of reducing

costs to the consumer but it was essen- tial that they should retain their own individuality. :

Sir Charles Greenway stated that the Company's production of oil in 1924-3 amounted to 4,333,000, tons compared with 1,100,000 tons in 1918-19.

JOURNALISM IN U.S.A.

others.

Further, these small British cars were being bought by agents from countries most serious rival, the United States Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, me serious,ed the strongholds of our Sonth Africa, and the Irish Free State.

In addition to the £2,000,000 orders from Chinese in this way at all, is only too

"ALL BASED ON A SHAM. ing, in their present temper, that they usual, aho would get what she cried for

This whole scheme of making promises the opening of the private view, British have been cheated out of an opportunity firms yesterday roped with a steady to wreck the conference and put the abroad received by one company before likely. They are quite capable of feel aloud for China in chains and, as responsibility for its failure upon the to a hypothetical China, which does not stream of orders and inquiries from foreign buyers.

foreigner and therefore be much more exist now and is not likely to exist for A good many years in the hope of The Rover Company signed contracts.

the Occident, but is, all We are told by a great many auto-smoothing things over temporarily, might to deliver cars at the rate of 100 a month annoyed than pleased. during the whole of next year to Aus rities that the Chinese are a reasonable be sound in tralia and New Zealand and at the rate

£10,000 ORDER Within a few minutes of the opening the 100 cars from an Australian agent, this representing £40,000 Crossley Company received an order for

of 50 a month to India arul South Africa. people and they may be in their own wrong in the Orient where security is So it leniency does not elicit good will. In The company, which exhibits a 8-hp. way, but they are certainly not in our entirely dependent upon respect anek consider the acceptance of a conditical ligent foreign observers of the situation in China to expect any permanent good of 14h.p. also received an order for 9301 just as likely as not that they will has been impossible therefore for intel- family car and a medium-powered car way nor can they be made so.

promise, after demanding so much on the cars from the Irish Free State.

to come of this Tariff Conference, while ground of their abstract rights." as a more serious loss of face than a flat it seems inevitable that much eventank been and will commence agitating among with mutual agreement upon as reming- themselves now for the rejection of the ly fair and pleasaut a programme an refusal of their demands would have harm dust come of it. Even if it closses condition that they must ear their the American delegation proposes, its of un rights, on the ground that it is a gross only significance to the Chinese anti-

number ninety per cent. imperialistic insult to an antonomous foreign agitators, among whom one must people.

Finally, if they do see fit to accept Chinese officials in responsible posts, will these proposals, no one who knows the he that the foreigner has retícated ac Cainese mind would suppose. for, an in- inch from his former position and that stant that they had any intention of it is therefore China's duty to herself meeting the conditions with efficient to advance an ell

The Alvis Company received one order from an agent for more than 1,000 cars, and the Clyno Company nearly disposed of its 1920 output of 13,000 cars. Many of these orders came from foreign agents, The Daimler, Rolls-Royce, Humber, Austin, and Bean companies also reported heaty demands from other countries.

A modest estimate of the number of cars disposed of yesterday to agents at home and abroad is 100,000.

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY. STONE FROM ST. PAUL'S FOR

COLUMBIA, 153, November 10th." In the presence of the British Am-

The exhibition is, of course, more than atone from Saint Paul's

a mere market. It is one of London's most popular autumn entertainments, and baseador, a nalists through the courtesy of Lord' Cathedral, presented by British jour Burnham, has been placed in the quad-to-day it will be the meeting place of keen

motorists from all parts of the world. rangle of the School of Journalism in

NO FREAKS. Missouri University. The stone is, sur- distances and directions of the world's ENQUIRIES IN EGYPT LEAD TO mounted by a brass plate sheving the

principal cities.

POLITICAL MURDERS.

SENSATIONAL ARRESTS.

CAIBO, November-th Exhaustive inquiries into political murders in Egypt have resulted in the sensational arrests of Abd el Halim and Bili Bey, Second Secretary to the Egyptian Legution at Constantinople, who recently arrived in Eypt, and bis brother. It transpires that "Abd el Halim was an associate of Mahmoud Ismail who was executed for the murder of the Birdar.

AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN. OPPOSITION IN ADELAIDE. TO NEW UNION.

ADELAIDE, November 10th. The local seamen strikers have called not to off the strike and decided participate in the proposed new Sea men's Union headed by. Mr. Walsh, on the ground that the formation of a third union in Great Britain would only lead to rivalry.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS:- FIRST OCCASION OF VOTING BEING COMPULSORY.

It is a remarkable show in many ways To begin with, there are no freak cars a healthy sign. The cars on view are good cars-much better, as regards, value,

HOW TO STOP GOING DOWNHILL. MR." HODGES ON A NATIONAL PROBLEM.

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SLAVE PHILOSOPHY,”

LONDON, October 17th. The spirit of the brotherhood move-

Congratulatory messages were received from Mr. Kellogg, Dean Lage, Mr. Ramanish, and mechanical refinement, than ment in its relation to social, economic, say MacDonald, and others.

ORDERS FOR BRITAIN. £1,500,000 CONTRACT FOR NEW MADEIRA PORT,

FUNCHAL, Madeira, October 11th A contract was signed yesterday by the Portuguese Government for the con struction of new port here involving £1,500,000 of British capital and the em- ployment of British engineers and fore

men.

waters.

I have seen at any motor-car exhibition and industrial questions was the sub in any part of the world.

Mr. Frack Hodges, the well-known The little two-stroke Trojan at £125 has ject of an address at Southampton by mechanical and coachwork: refinements which a few years ago could only be found Labour leader, at the second atual Brotherhood Federation. Last year the on expensive cars, and the same remark meeting of the Hampshire Pawar applies to the 7-hp. Austin at £140, and Federation was addressed by Mr. Lloyd to the many small family ears that may George at Portsmouth be bought at prices ranging from £160 to

50. Among the higher-priced cars there are some exquisite examples of British coach The metalwork bodies on the work. Barker stands, prepared to look like

richly grained wood, are a delight to the

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and guarding it to see that it springs up and provides the necessary food and sustenance for our whole population."

The first essential of the recovery-of England, be went on, was not so much particular political changes, but the bringing about of a new attitude na bo tween man and man. They must facs the economic facts of the world, and he was sufficiently an optimist to believe that things directly due to the history of man.could become controlled by the mind. of man. They must learn to recognise the common element of equality, and the first essential for the growth of the plant of order in this country was the open ro cognition of the manhood of men and of the workers in particulat

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There were employers and men today who were disposed to accept this view, Brotherhood in its individual impli and there were some who put into ope ration, and they wanted more of those. cations, mid Mr. Hodges, meant that The aim of Great Britain must be to they must be brotherly to fellow men, create a great pool of prosperity for but where misery was caused by social the people, at which all could drink to influences and forces it was important the fall. The pool at present was that they should be persistent in attack big enough for all, but it must be widen ing those social forces,so that men mighted and deepened if we were to have

was a big one, and we must face the The work, which is starting immedi eye..

Hitherto we have had nothing but drah rise out of their poverty, misery, and progressive life. The national problems chaos. The great problem was to find ately, will occupy dx years, and when it is completed Funchal will have the hoods for open cars, and it is pleasing how they could impose on society the fact that at present we were going dow finest artificial modern port in these to find that a number of firms have set idealism of brotherhood, so that society hill. We must seck in anewer to the

a new fashion. Cars are to be found

social morality A director of Messrs. William Muirhead, with hood covers to match the colours of might react to it and thus cadeavour to question whether this was due to some

Tation

The world to day," said Mr. Hodges, We still have in this country a alare Macdonald Wilson & Co., Ltd, of Parlia the conchwork, or to fit in with the put the spirit of brotherhood into one thing intrinsically wrong with our "is in great disorder. In my present philosophy, concluded Mr. Hodger ment-street, SW, the firm that has general colour scheme of the vehicle. secured the contract, told a Daily Mail All weather equipment has in many representative that it includes the couaies, beca materially improved. Side capacity. I have opportunities, more which makes some men dependent upon struction of a harbour big enough to take curtains are made to fit when not in use than I have ever had, of studying world some fow others. That is not freedom the largest Transatlantic liners into the sides of the body, and they can conditions, and I see this disorder is Tolerance, the acceptance of the fact of One part of the harbour will consist of be raised without either the driver or the widespread, especially in Europe, while the bigness of cosas men compared with Great Britain is in the greatest dificulty others? Yes, no man can dress himself a breakwater with Colt of water on the passenger leaving his sct. In one case

nless he has within the natural means. outside and a deep-water quay on, the winder is fitted, so that the car hood of all. There are those who, in order to inside where passengers will be able to can be raised by turning a handle. build up a new society, May, they will up for long in the robes of the lordling bring down the present one crumbling of scaring those robes, Society will Ent to the ground. That may be eloquence, him out, and is our common humanity. but it is not architecture. Our plain becomes more educated, more easy will duty is in the direction of cultivating the task. It is only a question he, watering it with our intelligence the bumbug and snob by instinct. the plant of order, frail though it might time when we shall be able to recognise

cinbark or disembark. Y

The contractors plant, consisting of cranes, dredgers, light engines, etc., cost ing more than 250,000, will be sent from England, as will a great part of the

MELBOURNE, November 16th Interest in the electoral straggle is intensifying. Both sides are confident The electors total 3,299,000. This is the Brat occasion that rating is compulsory. I cement to he used

On the mechanical side there are many new models to interest the students straight eight cylinder models, many new six-cylinder cars, new types of the sleeve valve engines, and various forms of four

wheel brakes...