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THE UNIFICATION PROPOSAL.
PRESIDENT'S OPINION.
» [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24th.
In view of the opposition of the Army and Navy, President Coolidge is of opinion that unification of the two services under one head as recently recommended by the Dough Boys Convention meeting in Paris is unfeasible. An announcement from White House on the matter makes no mention of an indepen- dent air force to be co-ordinated with the Army and Navy in the defenes department as proposed ia the plans of the American Legion.
PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 1927.
UNION SENSATION.
SIX SEAMEX'S OFFICIALS EXPELLED.
INTIMIDATION -CHARGE.
(THROUGH REVTER'S AGENCY.]
"A TREATY OF FRIEND SHIP."
BRITAIN AND HEJAZ
TERMS OUTLINED,
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
LONDON, Sept. 24th Six officials of the National Unioa Seater, including the general
Rcour, Sept. Sith secretary, W. J. Davies, have been expelled from the Union by the of Friendship and good ander- The text is irsued of a Treaty executive for the intimidation of loyal officials and members and unetanding between Great Britain constitutional conduct."
and Hejaz Nejd and its depen
Mr. Havelock Wilson and his policy. dencies which น signed at
The executive voted confidence in This action is a sequel to the con ference money to the miners' non-political which decided to lead unio
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Jeddah on May 20th and ratified
with the notes exchanged rela- there on September 17th, together
tive thereto. The Treaty
THE AEROPLANE CRASH IN negotiated by Sir Gilbert Clayton and Amir Feisal, son of the Eing of the Hejar and Nejd.
GERMANY.
SIX PERSOAS KILLED.
THROUGH RECTED'S AGENCY.]
No Definite Programme. The President also opposed any nava building programme greater than that planned before the failure of the Gentva limitation conference. He had decided on no definite naval programme for recommendation to the next Congress and it is under-
BERLIN, Sept. 24th. stood he intends to refer the sub-
It now appears that six persons ject to the General Naval Board for were killed in the acroplane ace consideration. He would not sup-fdent mentioned earlier. port an extravagant programme, A passenger aeroplane proceed- hut favours the construction of only ing from Berlin to Munich crashed two or three cruisers annually in a near Schleiz. five-year programme, so that the! burden would not fall too heavily on any one year budget.
STERLING RISING.
AGAIN TOUCHES PARITY.
[RXUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
New York, Sept. 24th. The decline in American money rates, leading to the transfer of capital to London has aided the steady recovery of sterling which touched purity for the Brat cime since June yesterday.
SHELLS EXPLODE.
U.S. ARMY MUNITION DUMP. ON FIRE
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
BALTIMORE, Sept. 24th. Residents over a wide area were kept in a state of alarm by the con- tinual explosion of shells when a fire broke out in the army, ammunition relieved when the detonations died depot at Curtis Bay. They were
down, signifying that the explosives were consumed or that the fire fighters had got the upper hand,
IRISH POLITICS. GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS.
[BRITISH WIRELĖSS BERVICE.]
Brony, Sept. 23rd. The Executive Council of the Irish Free State has decided de- finitely to maintain the administra- tion of the country.
A correspondent of the Times understands that at a Cabinet meet- ing one or two Ministers were dis- posed to "compel. De Valera, the Republican leader, to take office but that the majority recognised the Government's large responsibilities to the State.
Mr. Heifernan, who
Besides Baron, von Maitzan, the dead include a high railway officia! sad Herr von Arnim, the traffic manager of the Lufthansa Avia tion Company.
An eyewitness says that the wings of the aeroplane broke.
Baron von Maltzan formerly oc cupied a diplomatic post at Petro- grad and Peking, and was the originator of the Rapalle Treaty with the Soviet...
HEAVY RAINS OVER BRITISH ISLES.
EDINBURGH FLOODED.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, Sept. 23rd. Heavy rains continue throughout the British Isles.
One of the cities which has been most affected is Edinburgh, many Earts of which are badly flooded causing considerable distress; .
WORLD TARIFF REFORM. U.S.A. TO JOIN DISCUSSION.
{THROVON REUTER'S AGENCY.}"
GENEVA, Sept. 3rd, The United States has accepted the invitation at the League of Nations to attend the International Conference at Geneva on October 17th, to discuss framing an inter- Rational convention to abolish ail prohibitions and restrictions imports and exports.
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THE PROPOSED INDUS- TRIAL ALLIANCE. TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION DECLINE.
(BRITISK WIRELESS SERVICE.]
The
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Ruasy, Sept. 93rd. Transport and General Workers' Union has declined to be associated with the proposed in- dustrial alliance of the Miners, Raliwaymen, Transport Workers, Engineers and other Unions.
be the new leader will probably Farmers Party which with five representa- Mr. Bevin, General Secretary of tives in the Dail supports the Gov- the Transport Workers Union, in erament, disagrees with this deci explaining this decision, says that sion on the ground that a few in the general strike of last year months of office would expose the the General Council of the Trade futility of De Valera's programme. Union Congress virtually assumed Public opinion as a whole, how-powers which the proposed indus- ever, accepts the Government's trial alliance would have to possess continued tenure of power with and the result was a breakdown. sincere relief.
U.S. LEGION AND M. CLEMENCEAU.
EX-PREMIER IN LIVELY
MOOD..
[THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
PARIS, Sept. 23rd.
SEAPLANES DAMAGED AT BOURNEMOUTH.
RESULT OF "HEAVY
WEATHER." "
Article one provides British recognition of the complete and absolute independence of the dominions of the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd and its depen
dencies."
"Article two provides for peace and friendship between the con- tracting parties, each undertaking to use all available means to pre- vent its territories being used as a base for unlawful activities directed against the tranquillity in the ter- ritories of the other,
Pilgrimages.
Articles three and four provide that pilgrimages of British sub- jects and British protected per sons and property will be safe. guarded while in the Kejas and that in the event of the death of any such pilgrims their posses sions shall be forwarded to the rightful heirs through the Britian agent in Jeddah.
Article five provides for mutual recognition of national status of subjects, it being understood that the principle's of international status in force between independent governments shall be respected.
Article six provides for the main-i tegance of friendly reations by the Hejaz and Nejd with the territories of Kuwait and Bahrain and with the Sheiks of Qatar and the "Oman Coast, who are in spécial treaty relations with the British Govern- ment in the suppression of the slave trade.
The Slave Trade. In notes exchanged Great Britain adheres to her definition of the frontier between Hejaz and Trans jordan, and while the Hejaz finds it impossible in the present circum- stances to effect a final settlement given to maintain the status quo in of this question an undertaking
the Mean Acaba district and net to interfere in its administration until favourable circumstances per mit a final settlement.
In a further note the British Government express their inability" te rencunce the right of manumit- ting slaves which has long been
practised by British Consular ofi-
cers and which enables them to liberate any slave who freely pro seats himself with a request for liberation and repatriation to his country of origin. It is explained that the British Government's in- sistence is safely based on humani.. tarian grounds and is not meant as an interference with Hejaz affairs.
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buy. Axis Bank ES East tion with him which was carried on aged while attempting to make for China Underwriters. nom. 1570 sol. in English.
Poole Harbour for safety.
North China Ini. Tls 143 M. Clemenceau was sprucely dressed, and in the gayest of other landed on
One of them foundered and the Union Insursace $293 nom. "
a sandbank, bat Tanglaze Insurance 840k buy. spirits. He even seized General Pershing's hands and danced across No-lives were lost.
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121 L Kong Tags Indo-Chinsa (Prot);
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313 sel. Malabon Bugars 350 l Bengueta Kailah Mixing Ad...31,70 kom. ↑
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the room."
A big bunch of dahlias was pre- sented to M. Clemenceau, who yas also presented with thirteen hand- somely-bound books from the Mili tary College of Culver, Indiana.
THE POLICE AND DUTCH
INDIES RADICALS.
[THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 23rd The police at Ameterdam, Ley den and the Hague raided the apartaments of certain Dutch-Indies students suspected of being a- Toived in recently-discovered Communist plot.
A number of arrests were made. The police took into custody Mohammed Hatta, a member of
LEAGUE ADOPTS POLISH Hong
RESOLUTION. 7-
[ZHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
GENEVA, Sept. 94th The Assembly unanimously adopt ed the Polish resolution outlawing wars of aggression
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