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ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE.

INDIA DEPENDENT ON `BRITISH ARMY,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE:]

Ruoay, Jan. 0. The Conservative attitude to- wards Indian' claims to responsi bility with due safeguards at a federal centre was debated in the Federal Structure Sub-Committee

of the Indian Round Table Confer enco' to-day by Sir Samuel Hoare,

one of the Conservative' section of the British delegation. Conserva- tivos, he said, insisted upon safe guards, not because they wished to put difficulties in the way of India's advance, but because the difficulties were in India itself-hard fpots of

Xcredit, financial obligations, de-

MEAN THEFT FROM SMALL

GIRL.

SMART SENTENCE ON WOMAN

A Chinker woman was yesterday sentenced by Mr Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy to four months' imprisonment, for the theft of a pair of gold-carnings from a stnall girl in Waterloo Road.

Detective Sergeant Fitches said the defendant accosted, the girl in the street on Monday, and told her that she had been instructed by the child's mother to take her to find a woman in charge of some olub

money.

told the girl that the place to which On the way, the defendant they were going was frequented by had characters, and asked her to hand over her earrings for safe keping.

The girl did as she was requested and the defendant wrapped up the fence, and minorities. As India car-rings in a piece of paper. When was dependent upon the British they got to Pitt Street, the defen- Any, defence must be regardeddant made some excuse to get away. As a Crown subject. This ted to handed the girl the paper packet a whole series of problems in stand ran off. The girl, suspecting tempting to create a responsible the defendant, opened the packet executive, such as, should a defence and found it only contained paper. Minister be in the Cabinet, and, if She gave chase and had the defen- HD, how to reconcile his respondant arrested. gibility to the Crown with the re- spossibility of other Ministers in the legislature. So also with the -minorities question.

Formidable Doubts,

He pointed out that none of the -conditions which were associated with the idea of a responsible Gov- erament in Britain appeared to -exist at present in India. An In.

Sir Setalvad had declared that Moslems should have the right of the majority in the Punjab and Bengal; he had not defined that expression.

both

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ACCIDENTS IN SHANGHAI.

MORE THAN 10,000 IN ELEVEN MONTHS

The following is the programme The number of accidents in the to be given this afternoon at 5.30 Shanghai Settlement, according to p.m. at the Helena May. Institute: the figures compiled daily by the 1-South Wales Borderers Vonal8.M.P. Traffic Department, for the

Ocbette. (Selections).

11 monthe ending on November 30, were 10,082, about 100 more than 2) The Banks of Allan

for all of 1050, when 9,091 street accidents were reported. During November 15 persons were killed, 1g: by motor-care, and 322 persons were injured in a total of 974 accidents. The latter Bgure" ap- proaches that of the record month, October when 1,014 came to official attention, and is 30 greater than for November, 1920.

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DEPRESSION,

There have been 10 fatalities on Shanghai roads since January 1, and 3,710 injuries Whereas: 141 persons met their deaths similarly during 1990, the number of persons injured 11 months is greater than lor 1920, when 3,447 were hurt."

Last month 777 motor-cars were involved in accidenta, resulting in 225 injuries-122 tram recidents" and 138 bicycles.

UNDER-WORLD OF NEW

YORK.

GANGSTERS' IMMUNITY FROM. ARREST.

New York. The investigation of

the New York City Magistrate's

said that Moslems were prepared

Sir Muhammed Shafi, therefore, RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF THE Court, with its sensational dis to accept joint electorates in defer- ence to the community, and appeals to them provided the Hadus are willing to concede joint election dian Cabinet would not be unitary rates to the Moslems of Bengal and in the British scase. The more he | Punjab' representation thought of the difference between Houses of the Legislative Councils the Indian position and the British to their population. in the case of on a population basis in proportion the more formidable heenthe his the two provinces. That offer he doubte. It might be that he described as the inducible minimum. had exaggerated the difficulties, unable to accept Sir Muhammed Dr. Moonje, said that he was but he was certain that a gon-Shafi's conditions, and pointed out stitution such as that suggested by that if all the claims all the minori- Sir Tej Sapru would be so compli- ties had made were accepted the Hindu majority would actually be in cated and vulnerable to criticism a minority of about 33 per cent. of that it would be workable only on the seats. the basis of wide acceptance and good will in India itself, and they had not evidence' at present that auch would be forthcoming.

During the dehate Dr. Mocaje was invited to make proposals him. self and it was indicated also that further suggestions might come from

Moslems.

Ho doubted the wisdom of at- tempting to apply the British House

The Prime Minister said that be of Commons system to an All-India wan still hopeful of acttlement and Federation. He was against sot proposed that be as Chairman ting up a popular assembly on the should summarise the opposing lines of the House of Commons by claims in the form of a draft ro- direct election, because the huge port, on which discussion might be size of India. and the conditions of resumed. He urged them mean its population would make any while to continue their private

"conversations." imitation of the British political system impracticable..

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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closeures. of police preying upon unfortunate women, has revealed Winnepeg, Dec. 30.-Canada's also, according to Mr. Isadore Domition Government to-day mov- Kresel, the special Counsel conduct ed definitely to provide relief furing the inquiry, that Jack Diamond vast armies of her farmers who are and other wealthy 'Broadway gang- suffering from prevailing depressed stors have been arrested innumer economic conditions.

able times, seldom tried, and never To-night, Premier R., B. Bennett, | convicted. announced details regarding relief find out "how it was done," and leader of the Conservative Party, Kreeel says he is determined to

measurer which are destined to he anticipates his probe into the provide, food, clothing and fuel to records will involve the names of those now suffering in the prairie seven city magistrates Diamond's provinces."

record totals thirty arrests, and that of Larry Fay, now awaiting trial on charges of racketeering in. almost every instance the charge on the milk industry, almost fifty. In monts.

Relief measures will be definite which the two gangsters was held and immediate. Food, fodder and was dismissed by the magistrate be- seed will be supplied, where it is foro it ever got to the Grand Jury. needed. Premier Bennett gave or the Trial Jury. suffer or be in want during the hard assurances that note will actually winter months.

So acute

Premier Bennett said that the Dominion Government will

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LONDON, Jan, G./ attempting the impossibilities of

Conservatives, like Liberals, do- a theory of Cabinet responsibility mand that the Viceroy's powers upon a Government that would shall by no means be whittled down, differ in all respects from the whatever new form of Government British Government. He feared it obtain in India. would end in weakening the Such ia the gist of the speech of Viceroy's position and in making Sir Samuel Hoare before the com- the Central Government of the mittee of the Round Table, Confer great continent in which there was enec, when he declared that he de much inflammable material unstable sired to see federation safely and at the very moment when they surely installed, but India at pre- were introducing the two great sent could not defend herself. She experiments of the All-India was dependent on the British Army, Federation and provincial anto-which could not be controlled by INCREASES DECLARED TO BE any other than a British Govern-

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U.S. VIEW OF CHINA'S TARIFFS.

racketooring.

· One of the latest victims of racko- teer warfare was Giuseppi Pizzi- gino, otherwise "The Hawk," known as the most sinister gang leader in the Brooklyn section of the city. He was takon for a ride. Eight months. ago Hawk took over Gun Kingdom and boast- ed that no one was cover enough. [to_put_hill on the _mot."

Hawk became wealthy from his blackmailing operations, kidnap- ping, alien smuggling, and latterly the grape racket. One bullet Washington, Dec. 30,-Increases through his temple fired at close reconciled to the responsibility of in China's import duty as revealed range ended the career of the other Ministers to the Legislature? in the just promulgated new tariff guerilla chieftain,

They had been appealed to. byment, and if there were a Defence Sir Tel Sapru hot to adopt a non-Minister in the Cabinet how could possumus attitude, and ho re-his responsibility to the Crown be sponded to that appeal, but be cause of his doubts he was bound to adopt a non-commitial attitude to the question of responsibility at the centre.

NOT UNREASONABLE.

It was necessary in the interests schedules are not unreasonable,

of the minorities for the Viceroy to retain his over-riding powers. The Sir Tej Saprn then asked Sir Indian Cabinet would not be unit Samuel Hoare: to contemplate aary as the word was understood federation without responsibility at in Britain, and if the Viceroy were the contre.

not the effective head of the Execu- tive Government, how could be exercise his reserved powETS.

Sir Samuel Hoare replied that he wished to see the completed picture before answering and the Chairman said that the committer must now start and fill in the picture. ¡

Moslems' Offer.

Conference to Fud.

LATER.

officials of the United States De. partment of Commerce and of other Government entities declared, to- day.

PLETE REPORT

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NEWS OF THE FAR EAST

Official comments on China's new tariff were made on the basis of COMPREHENSIVE AND COM Preas reports cabled to the United States from Shanghai by American newspaper correspondents there.

Washington officials do not regard Beuter understands that. in view the new Chinese tariff schedules as of the progress made and the fretmenace of any sort to Sino- When the Minorities Sub-Commit that all reports of the sub-commit American trade relations. Inform tee met again this afternoon Sirtees will be submitted about the ally, Department of Commerce ex- Mohammed Shad made an offer on end of next week, the Indian Round ports commented particularly on the behalf of Mosloms to forgo a separ Table Conference will terminate on import taxes applying to tobacco, ats electorate, but attached to the Jamury 91, the majority of the kerosene, motor trucks and lumber, conditions which Dr. Moonje de delegates returning on January 23, which, they said, are subjected clared were unacceptable, dir

only to mitior increases," Muhammed Shah said, although an overwhelming majority of Moslems still insisted on the retention of a separate electorate, the Moslem

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]. Lale Mahomed All.

Ruday, Jan. 7.

It was also pointed out here that numerous schedules of the new Chi-) nese tariff are low when compared to the American. duties enforced

delegates would accept joint slector- The Secretary of State for Indis under the terms of the Hawley- ates if one condition were added a Council has informed the rola Smoot tariff bill. Especially is it to the offer made by Sir Ohimanlal dives of the late Maulana Mohamed true that the Chinese tariff un-col- Sctivad, the Hindu Liberal, in his Ali of his wish that the cost of ton goods is much lower than that retalled, had announced that Mos the late delegate to India should taniffs are also higher than those recent speech. Sir Chimanial, he conveying the embalmed body of enforced by the United States. America's tobacco and chinnwaro Jems should have the reservation be met from the public revenues." that they retain their present 1 B the way that the imposed on the same produrta des

opathe in of micely provincer ceased political testament bei palapag an and that before a candidate be dictated only two days before his

Sonis. Experta, however, are ap declared elected he must have 40 dost containing suggestions for an prohesive that if China continuge per cent. of the votes of his own adrustment of the Hindu-Moslem to increase her tariff schedules community plus five to 10 per differences is being sent to the cent of the rates of the other Prime Minister in order that it may be brought before the Hound Table (Continued on yext Column.) Conference.

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