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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. LIBRAGON REUTER'S' AGENCY.}

THE IRISH QUESTION, PROSPECTS FOR SETTLEMENT NOW BRIGHTER

LONDON, November 30th, Bend Silence is maintained with regard to negotiations over the Irish Bounary question which continufil during the

week-end at Chequers between Mr. Bald- win and Sir Jamek Craig and threw

Free State Ministers.

FAR EASTERN

NEWS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 1925.

(THROUGH BAUTER'S AGENCY.]

SITUATION IN NORTH

JAPAN TAKES PRECAUTIONS AT

MUKDEN.

CHINA COAST SHIPPING.

IS ANOTHER STORM BREWING?

OFFICERS OPPOSE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF SALARIES.

FOUNDATION OF CHINA'S ILLS.

CRUDE POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AWAKENED BY FOREIGN EDUCATION,

The following article, from the English Race, written by one long resident in China where he occupied for years an important of post, gives an admirable' rezumi of the China problem.

SCOTTISH SPORT, *WATSONIANS FIRST DEFEAT.

RANGERS DOWN AGAIN.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]

CABLE EMIGRANT SHIP FROM CANTON. CAPTAIN IN COURT AT SINGAPORE. SHIP ARRIVES WITHOUT PAPERS.

The arrival of a Chinese immigrant ship at Singapore with b papers save It has be more or less an open secret

EDINBURGH, October 29th. the bill of health was investigated in the in shipping circles on the China Const

The outstanding result in the Rugby District Court at Singapore on November for some time, says the hily News

matches was the defeat of Watsonians by Heriot's F.P.-16 points to & This is TOKYO, November 30th. 19th, before Mr. Franklyn Robinson, when that Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Ca..

Watson's first defeat, and the verdict The Foreign Office state that 60 Captain Mayer, master of the Norwegian, acting as agents for the Indo-position in China, one must realize that was

To visualize correctly the present went to the side with the most grit. I Japanese policemen have been sent to Mr. Sulriken, was summoned for fait China Steam Navigation Co., have pro-

grent battle between the pack vbe Yass mass of the population-ths from ärst to last there was never dis Mukden frost. Dairen for the protectioning zo produce the certifiente required and to the offers guilds that, the peasant proprietors is not concerning moment, and the only flaw in Heriots aularies of all deck and engineer officers anti-foreign uproar which is attracting fence. Glasgow High School again came itself at all with the internecine nu play was an occasional weakness in de- be reduced by 10 per cent, in view of 30 much attention in the Western worki.a cropper in Edinburgh. They have de the losses, sustained by the Company in

The disturbers of the peace so far as the generated for the time being. On the aati-british (which is really anti-roreign) | whole they did fairly well itill want of recent times.

movement is concurumi, 'aro tae students training told it tale, and in the end it the various universities, colleges and Wanderers ran them off their feat. Edin schools which are situated near the burgh University, as expected, were un treaty ports and other centres of foreign able to check the career of the Cham- infusnes; callow youths and girls, just pions, Glasgow Academicals. It was b awakening to a crude political con

fast and well-contested game, and the va sciousness, seeing that their world is Elinburgh side, though so heavily beaten not what it should be, and expressing on points, were not so much out of the their dissatisfaction in accordance with gamp as the scure would indicate. Prin.. the traditional instinct of the raceal”

cipal results- aat of the Chinese race alone; it is someone else's fault; the foreigner la

of the residenta..

FIGHTING AT CHEFOO.

The Government has receivell numerous telegrams. urging increased protection, It is now widely agreed that the hut the Cabinet thus far has got com Commission's report will have force insidered sending additional troops. law immediately, it is issued. Hence it is presumed that the Commission will tactfully withhold the document pending efforts to get the North and South to agree to adjust the boundaries amicably, possibilities of which are contained in later's original refusal to appoint a Commissioner-inferentially preferring the status quo.. The Fre State will probably be content with n similar Solution, since it is known the Com-

missioners' undings, favour Elster; but both sides ILT Sensitive to their

respective publie opinions.

Mr. De Valera yesterday broke a long -silence at Ennis, when he declared that

he did not want any partition, but would not tolerate a worse partition than thaf contrmplated by the Treaty. WIRELESS OPERATORS STRIKE.

BOARD OF TRADE MAKES

CONCESSIONS.

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LONDON, November 30th. Three hundred wireless operators hitherto have refused to sign on, in response to strike instructions,

Marconis have dismissed all "strikers from their employ.

The Hoard of Trade, up to ili present, have permitted a dozrn ships to sail without qualified operators.

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ITALY'S CONSTITUTION. PRIME MINISTER RESPONSIBLE TO KING NOT PARLIAMENT.

ROME, November 20th. The Chamber without discussion sane, tioned a fundamental modification of the

Constitution. They passed a Government Bill. which makes the Prime Minister responsible only to the King, not to Parliament.

INDIAN NATIONALISTS, MODERATE CAMPAIGN TOWARDS

DOMINION STATUS,

CALCUTTA November 30th. An important step in a moderate "eam- paign was taken, when as a conference al Cakulta it was decided to forma a coalition of Liberala, Independents, and other wings of the Nationalists, and pur sue a policy of responsive co-operation and strive to establish dominion status by constitutional means, -

THROUGH SAVAS AGENCE)

FRENCH FINANCES.

M. LOCCHEUR MAY DEMAND FRESH TAXATION:

Paris, November 20th. Le Petit Parision believes that M.; Louchour's plans will be presented to the Chamber of Deputies on December 7th. They will specially include demand fur a vote of 35.000,000,000 franes in taxes. to be spread over seven years, and only to be reimbursed by short-dated bonds.

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]

A LUKEWARM RECEPTION.

PARIS, November such.

M. Briand's Caminet ban hud a tuxe

warn reception. The Bight and Centre are of opinion that the Cabinet tends too much to the Luft, and regret that

national union."

of

M. Loucheur's appointment to the" Finance Ministry has been received with considerable reserve. His ability is not -doubted, but his versatility is regarded

Charoo, November 30th. The Tsingtad marines mentioned on the 7th inst. arrived by gunboats on Thurs day and endeavoured yesterday to occupy the local harracks. The local soldiery sisted and fighting resulted throughout out the afternoon in the streets, the

mariars, getting the better

PheÐUNEAT.

of

th.

The ensunities are pafimated at 35 kill and 50 wounded, including several civilian Chinese.

The shops and banks remain closed The situation is now quiet, but the out come is uncertain.

PENG 18 - NON-COMMITTAL.

PERING. November 30th. Huang Fu, whom Tuan Chi Jui sont to Kaigan to confer with General Feng Yu Hsiang, returned last night and re- ported that Feng had no suggestion to offer.

Tuan is reported to have taken um brage at this reply and has now sunt su Shi Ying and the Vice-Minister of War, Chis Teh Yu, to Kaigan to make further effort to persuade Feng Yu Hsiang either come to Peking or to put forward a concrete proposal for the carrying on of the Government.

***I am ready to go, but I want to hard over to my successer, Tuan Chi

is stated to have declared.

INCENDIARISM BY MOB During the proceedings at the students' demonstration to-day, the speakers urged the formation of a Revolutionary Army to overthrow the Government. A parade was organised and the demonstrators later succeeded in setting fire to the offices of the newspaper Chra Pai, sau ing some damage before the Fire Brigade extinguished the blaze. The police dr

(rested the self-confessed lender of the in

crnïdiaries.

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under the Labour Ordinance.

The captain said he saw the British consul at Canton before he left, and was told that he had all the necessary

papers.

His Honour: Your mean that you do not know the regulations in this port p

Defendant replied that he thought he had all the necessary papers,

His Honour explained that Section 67 of the Labour Ordinance in this Colony made it necessary for the master of every Chinese immigrant ship, on arrival at any port in the Colony, to produce o certifiente from the port of departure.

Defendant said he had a Hongkong Certificate."

WAS

Mr. Thomas (Director of Intelligence): He produced sume certificate. but that had nothing to do with local laws.

a sort of general certificate, and His Honour: Is it a certificate that gives, particulars?

Mr. Thomas: It does not give all the particulars required by the Labour Ordi-

nance.

Defendant admitted that he had not a certißeate of this oature.

Evidence was then given by Captain G. Simpson, boarding officer, that he met the ship when she arrived from Canton on November 17th, and asked the captain for his papers. The captain replied that he had no papers, except the ship's bill of health. There were 243 deek passen gers on board, il fron Canton. The captain had neither the port clearance certificate nor the immigration certificate both of which should have been obtained from the British Consul at Canton.

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Our Shanghai contemporary goes on, to say

ち

It appears from the information our disposal that the proposit affects only viss

vessels of the Indo-China Company. and that no similar step is, contemplated by either of the other two big? Coast shipping companies the China Naviga tion and the China Merchants.

to

panics, salaries are based solely and entirely on services rendered, and are not to be affected by any fluctuations in the earnings of the ships.

We understand further that at a very

oppressing and robbing us; he is rich and prosperous; we are poor and wretch- ed Down with him!

OASES OF SAFETY. Amid all this muddle, chaos and unrest,

Heriot's (FF.), 16; Watsonians, 5. Edinburgh Wanderers, 14; Glasgow

H.S. (F.P.), S.

3: Edinburgh

Royal High School.

Acads., 3.

Edinburgh Institution, 6: Melrose, a. Glasgow Academicals, 25: Edin. Voi.

cersity, O

Kelvinside Aendi.. 8; Stewart's Coll

.(F.P.), 33.

Selkirk, 3: Hawick, 14. Gala, 9: Jedforcat, 8.

Glasgow University, 4: Hillhead High

School, 19.

Greennek Wanderers, o: West of Scot

land, 3

THE LEAGUE POSITION,

We are informed unofficially-though

The movement and the idea underlying we believe the information be

it is foolish in the extreme, China is absolutely authentic-that the proposal | sad has been for years, in a state of is. meeting with deterrained opposition chaos and civil war. The provinces are

virtually independent kingdoms, ear from the deck and engineer officers on under its own tuchun Military Governor. the Coast, who contend that the greatly Each tuchun has his own mercenary army increased cost of living since the present with which he wars, threntris war, apon the other tuch uns. There are constant scale came into forer calls emphatically combinations, shifts and changes among for. an increase in salaries rather than the military buccaneers (the tuchus is aften an ex-bandit), resulting in an in- reduction. What we are informed, is

cessant strife and much misery for the.

Senior League results generally were considered by the officers to be a strong helpless people. The leader who is on according to form, a notable exception point in their favour in the event of top for the moment imposes a govern. being the defeat of Rangers at Ibrox

ment of his matters coming to a head is that in

own pomination upon Park by Dundee. Amongst the leading- Peking. This so-called government, which competitors Celtic and Airdrieonians pro- accordance with the prevailing agree. ment between the officers and the com- governs, nothing at all, is supposed to refited most, each securing maximum present China before the Powers of the points, whereas the leaders, St. Mirren. world. In point of fact it is a puppet and the second club, Motherwell, lost n Celtic at Greenock played government and represents only the rpb-point apiece. ber chieftain who put it there. China brilliant football, and beat Marton by a is much as Europe was in the Middle goals to none, the biggest score of the argely attended meeting of the China Ages, in a state of seething arest, the week. Airdrieonians, after two successive reverses, secured victory against their Coas: Offcers' Guild and the Marinery of contending robber barons

county rivals, Hamilton Academicals. Engineers' Guild of Ching in Shanghai

There was only a goal margin in the win- an Friday last, a resolution was prissed

Ders' favour at the finish, but throughout to the effect that

the little foreign settlements at the Airdrieonians were the better balanced in view of the ever-increasing cost

The points porta stand-or have hitherto and more capable eleveg. of living in China contrasted with

stood as little onses; calm, well-managed, gained served to keep them in the run- conditions elsewhere, the China Coast

prosperous. They are the fulcrum of ning, as relatively they are only lour Addressing His Honour, Mr. Thomas

Officers' Guild and the Marine En

points behind the leaders. Of Dundee's the foreign trade, and in all the troubles victory over angers it may be said that pointed out that the Labour Ordinance

gineers' Guild of China combined em- of recent years have merved points it was merited. In Cook they had the was not a new thing. It had been in

phatically decline to necept any reduc'appui through, which the foreign trade nest forward in the game, and if they tion of pay whatsoever, but considering on which millions of Chinese dependanght the champions under form, they operation since 1923, when it was reprint- had been coining regularly from Hong-

the prolonged boycutt al loss to ed from, another Ordinance, and ships

can be carried on. British trade it is agreed that, a de- these small foreign settlements-the result turn the short-comings of their opponents By the irony of fate, had the intelligence and the ability to kong and Canton with these certificatca. bat iately ships had been avoiding get-th higher cost of living shall be set

mand for an increase of pay to meet originally of Chinese contempt for and to full account. Heart of Midlothian are deaire to segregate the foreigner living one point ahead of the Champions, ani aside by these Guilds for the time in the country-bave become the only the progress of the Edinburgh club is one ting them.

being.'

solid thing in China, and places of re-

of the gratifying features of the competi but also for vast crowds of Chinese who vircing win over Partick Thistle, a side. ruge, not only for the foreign merchaut, tion. The Tynecastle club, had a con- have fcked in to the only places where whose erratic behaviour is the despair they can find decent government and of their followers. Hibernians succumbed protection from the cruelty and extortion to Queen's Park, and the source of the of their own officials. Chinese political Easter Rond club's weakness is" obvious- refugees also are found in large numbers from the fact that their forwards have in these settlements: theee arc the not seorod in six auccessive games. Be- political failures who seek sanctuary sults here, men who have ventured large things and failed; and political failure in China means despoliation, certainly; death, very probably.

SHIPS AVOIDING CERTIFICATES.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.

TIMES LEARNS OF PLAN FOR They carried 900 passengers on that trip.

CHANGE OF NAME.

Mr. Themas: Did you carry a doctor No.

We believe that a zesolution on similar

this was his first trip to Singapore. His The defendant, in the witness-box, said agents in Canton were Chop Lee Roon lines was passed by a combined meeting Seng, who had chartered the ship for of two Guilds at Hongkong some werks three months. He was new to the China ago, and that Emong the officers at hath Coast, having come tip from Australia Hongkong and Shanghai there is a very in August but he had made one pre-strang feeling against any reduction at vious voyage in the ship. That was to

the present time. Bangkok. when he WTH passenger. As no public statement has been made by either the Guilds or the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, the exact situation is not rry clear. We do know, however, that negotiations have

appear that the resolution of Friday Inst kives 儿 clear-cut view. "of the officers position, and that the next Strana, Navigation Company. mo must come from the Indo-China

LONDON, November 30th. Mr. Thomas: Nine handred passengers The Timex learns that an extraordinary from Canton to Bangkok, and no doctoren proceeding for some time. It would general meeting of shareholders in Paris-Yes. Witness added that they bad a ratified the title *Banque Franco- ductor ou board on this trip, who was Chinoise Pour Commerce et Industrie "engaged by the agents in Canton. for the old Banque Industrielle.

You mentioned a Hongkong certicate. It was decided to increase the capital Does that require you to carry a doctor

I do not know.” I am new Coast."

to 20,000,000. Imnes, by the issue of 20,000

shareholders,

shares of 500 franes cach to existing

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POLAND AND DANZIG.

IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS BETTER RELATIONS.

Warsaw, November 30th, The judicial agrevinent, signed to-day between Poland and Danzig, in regarded as an important step in the development of relations between Poland and the "Free City."

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MISSING DUTCH VESSEL.

ALL HOPE ABANDONED FOR

NAVAL SCHOONER.

AMSTERDAM; November 29th. Hope is abandoned for the survival of the crew of the schooner mentioned on November 27th.

the China

You did what your agents told you to do Yes. They told me that my papers were in order, and the British Consul also told me that. It was very drager aus to go ashore in Canton.

Whatever the outcome of the dispute if such it can be called, it le strongly between the Company and the officers to be hope that there will be no breach likely to cause still further losses to British shipping interests on the China

t'onst.

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INNOCENT." CARRIER.”

treaty

Partick

Heart of Midlothian, ;

Thistle, 0. Queen's Park, 2: Hibernians, 0. Airdrieonians, 2: Hamilton Acade.

mírals, 1. Cowdenbeath; 1: St. Mirren, 1. Clydebank,- 2; Raith Rovers, 2" Dundee United, 3: Kilmarnock, I. Falkirk. St. Johnstone. 1." Morton, 0: Celtic, 5. Motherwell. : Aberdeen, 1. Hangers, 1: Dundee, 2

27 MILLION VISITORS:

And yet it is this treaty-port system which the students-and a large number of bankers and merchants seem to sympathize with them-seek to abolish. The idea is certainly a foolish one, aas no doubt to many foreigners knowing China must appear quite inexplicable. history there is much it it to account for And yet if one studies recent Chinese

these strange proceedings. The revolution of 1911 which abolished the Manchu His Honour: It was dangerous tá go

monarchy" and "established the so-called

The number of visitors to the British ashore there 7-Yes, for.& white man.

republic, took away the old government Empire Exhibition on the cloning day His Honour It appears to me that A TYPHOID EPIDEMIC IN ENGLAND better than nothing, and put nothing in during this year (1025 was 9,500, 21.

controle, which, bad as they were, were

was 168,221. The total number of visitors the captain of this ship is guilty of a technical offence. I must take into con

their place. The country has becom Last year's total number was 17,103,267, sideration the facts that this is his first

the plaything of the political and visit to this port, and that he was acting

and the grand total for the two years was military Adventurer; An extraordinary typhoid epidemic soldier, the brigand and the pirata

the predatory 27,102,498. entirely under orders from his agents, recently broke out The real persons who are concerned in southern suburban district of London. at Streatham, a

The highest attendance this year was. ravage the country; and the struggle to bringing these passengers here contrary There have been 2 cases.

on Whit Monday, when 213,292 people live, always a very serious matter in to the regulations are the charterers.

All the

passed the turnstiles, compared with Mr. Thomas: They unfortunately.can-Baptist Church. Two women have died, ever

sufferers belonged to the Mitcham Lane China, has become more desperate than

last year's highest total of 321,232, which was also on a Whit Monday. not be touched under the Ordinance.

including the minister's wife, while STUDENT'S ECONOMIC HANDICAP, A curious point is that the lowest His Honour: You can get the ship. several are in a critical condition. Doctora

attendance last year was smaller than Mr. Thomas said the only action open traced the source of infection to the milk democratic ideas from American and.

The student clas, imbibing a few crude the to the authorities was to get the captait, supply, but found the cows, the farm British missionary schools, find that 27,110 respectively. The Exhibition was lowest attendance this year. who could reclaim from the agents. The equipment, and the dairymaids to be free their political ideas elementary as they opened 165 days last year and 151 days attendances were 25,784 and latter undoubtedly knew the law, and from infection. Ultimately, they dis

are, are far ahead of the economic appeared to be deliberately avoiding its covered that a healthy milkinan was in development of their country. Economi. this year, making 318 days altogether.

nocently carrying infection. Although he cally, except for such small efforts as the believed to be held by a schoolgirl of The record' individuul attendance is had never suffered from typhoid, he con foreigner can make, the country bardly 15 from Cricklewood, who attended Wem- His Honpar said the law did providesented to enter hospital for treatment.

maves at all. Government does nothing bley fifty times last year and 39 times for the people, who are too backward this year. She has attended every to do anything for themselves. Boade, function in the Stadium. An old lady for saying that. In this case the captain things, where they exist at all, are due Empire Exhibition, has early equalled His Honour said there was no reason railways, mines, river-training all these of 87, who is a Fellow of the British

He had disobeyed the law, but he had no post for himself; what is there for a Soveral detentions were made on the was simply guilty of a technical offence.

to foreign initiative. The student finds this record, shown to His Honour's antisfaction that foreign educated man to do? There are closing night, by C.I.D. officers in the ernment is in the hands of the tuchun, by Exhibition detectives was brought up, He had only just came to the of the day

with jobs only for friends. There is only to 101; three times as many as last year, Mr. Thomas: I am not saying anything against the captain as an individual misery, starvation, and bitter discontent

provisions.

SHIP LIABLE TO FORFEIT.

a remedy which would affect the proper persons in the section which laid down that any ship which is used for the im- 1A cahie, dated November 27th, stated:portation of Chinese immigrants contrary Heemskerk are searching in the neighis Honour pointed out that if he fined torpedo-bouts and the cruiser to the section should be liable to forfeit. bourhood of the island of Terschelling the captain, who was liable to a fine of for the naval pilot schooner which left

Two

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RACING AT HOME.

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These

M. Briand has et formed a Ministry there early on Tuesday with a crew of $1,000 and imprisonment, the agents he had done so in ignorance of the law. I no professions in the western sense; Govegrounds, and the total number of arreste-

The Socialists are disgruntled owing thirteen including a captain, chief officer would not be affected if they refused to to their exclusion, while the radicals, en lost. A lifebuoy and the schooner's

and four pilots, and is feared to have compensate the captain.

Mr. Thomas: If they let their captain who have wicured the majority of port dinghy have been washed ashore. It is down like that they would find it very

His Honour The trouble is that if staring the student in the face.. No. folios and some of the most important, surmised that the vessel was sunk in" a

dificult to get another ship.

fine the captain he will have to pay it wonder that here is a field for the Bol- those who are his real friends, the trad would have preferred. M. Herriot sale at night by a British schooner.J

His Honour it will make it much out of his own pocket.. It was not a case shevik agent and that he has fully avail Premier.

more difficult if the ship is forfeited. where the captain has a lien over the ed himself of it. Point out to the half. ng countries of the West. The West That will bring it home to the agents ship. He has only a claim on the moral starved, half-educated student that it is the West. England hus, perhaps, more needs, Chian;' much more does Chind need and owners much more effectively. The feelings of his employers, which judging the foreigner who is, robbing him, and it than all other courtrics, a real strong FROST INTERFERES WITH DATES probably not prevent them from doing very much.

fact that the captain is fined $1,000 will from the facts, are not to be relied upon is eagerly believed. If he only knew it, ympathy with China. There is much in FOR BIRMINGHAM H

appears to me that the the foreigner is really his friend; his the English character that appeals to the same thing again with another cap proper course in this case is to act under enemy is his own rulers. If the Chinese the Chinese, and there are few English- tain.m LONDON, November, 29th.

could, turn the therub-section I have referred to, but student would, or Mr. Thomas said they could not touch that cannot be done without the author energy he displays in attacking foreig in China who have not a strong affection Bien indeed who have lived their lives Owing to the frost, the Birmingham these people with the ordinary prosecuity of the Attorney-Generane of 810 and country and establishing a government able to help them. Let them throw off nera towards reforming the miseries of his for the Chinese. We wish to and are races to be held to-morrow have been tion. The section mentioned by His His Honour imposed postponed. Tuesday's events are aban Honour appeared to refer more particu- costs (60 cents) but warned the captain worthy of the name, there would be great this foolish air of hostility and come doned

an earlier message announced the for deck passenger traffic were being ance of the laws of this Colony, and that begin with he must throw off his Bol them come to us with outstretched hand, Morewood at larly to cases where ships totally unfit that he had taken into account his ignor. hope for China in the future But to down to the realities of friendship. Let abandonment of Baturday's racing at usod

this would not serve as an excuse on the shevik advisers, and put his trust in and ask us to help them. Most surely, Manchester:

(Continued) on next column) second occasion --Straits Times.

(Continued at foot of next Column.) we will do so.

ng too chameleonje" The decision to create an advisory committee for the Finance Ministry is universally áp- proved.

Generally the parties are inclined to withheld judgment pending the dis closure of the Government's inancia programme, whereby the Cabinet, like its predecessor, will stand or fall.

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