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RUSSIA'S HIDDEN CROWN-- JEWELS.

TREASURE NOT SMUGGLED TO ENGLAND,

On the highest authority, the Daily Chronicle is informed that

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1800.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

NOTICES

TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY.

Roma, Sept. 9. Another violent earthquake occurred to-day in the province of the story which was published in Reggio Nellemilla. The damage was seriona in various Communes. a section of the Press that the

London, Sept. 9.

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Russian Crown jawala have been Details of the terrible tragedy which has bafallen Tuscany are muggled into England for sale in coming in and rereal its appalling nature, covering an area from Spesia to Pias and eastward na far as Piers and Pistoja. The up- The story was that the jewels|heaval was terrife throughout the seven hundred famous quarries at had been brought by Bolshevist Carrara, where enormous boulders rolled down and destroyed every- agents. What actually bas hap-thing. A tragic scene occurred at Marine. A priest was celebrating pened is that cortsin gems known ass when numbers around him were stricken down. The priest to have been in the passession of found it impossible to continue the service amidst the debris and the Bolsheviks, and wbleb at one groans of the wounded. News of the calamity was sent to the Italian time farmed part of the Russian King who, accompanied only by his aide de camp, visited the scene Crown possessions, are believed of the disaster. He personally helped in the rescue work. The scenes to have been removed from their

are likened to Messina in 1909. Whole regions are a nightmare of hiding-place.

disaster. Hundreds of bodies remain unearthed. Small villages | Inquiries were made whether

suffered worst. There, terror and ruin. reign. Roads have been they were being brought to Eng- obliterated here and there. It is a miracle that walls remain standing land, but the information did not surrounded by ripped houses, and pavements piled on each other. prove correct, and there is no intermixed with traces of broken furniture and household treasures. foundation for the story that the Russian Crown or parts of the

Rome, Sept. 10, [Regalia are in England.

The numbers killed in the earthquake at least exceed fve hundred, while over twenty-thousand are homeless. One estimate As a matter of fact, there is no declares that fourteen hazared were killed. The Government is law to prevent the sale of the Russian Crown jewels in this distribating money and foodstuffs. Doctors and nurses from all over country if they were offered by the country are hurrying to the devastated region. The Government the de factoGovernment in posses have established a special Earthquake Department and are building sion. But it is also obvious that huts. While the King and Queen were at Fivezzano another shock no Government would carry out occurred.

such a transaction openly.

PRESENT HIDING-PLACE KNOWS,

The present hiding place of the Crown jewels that remain in the hands of the existing Russian. regime is known to certain authorities in this country, and it is also known that they are still in a secret receptacle with mach other specie of an extreme ly valuable charactor the worth of which has been competently

estimated.

BOLSEVISM IN ITALY.

London, Sept. 10.

The grave situation which has arisen in Italy over the seizure of three hundred iron factories by the Metal Workers mentioned on 1st Sept. is now becoming worse and at present half a million workers are involved. The negotiations between the manufacturers and the workers have been interrupted owing to the former's demand for immediate evacuation of the factories. The manufacturers appealed A certain proportion of the to the Government, which, however, hesitates to order the men to regalis which was left in the leave the factories, where Bolshevik Angs are dying, as it wishes to hands of the revolutionaries was avoid hostility between the Socialists and Parliament, and fears to disposed of by the temporary test the loyalty of the Army. Meanwhile the workers are establishing Government under the leadership

iron discipine within the factories and are basily engaged collecting

of M. Kerensky. This was only

work them

a small amount, comparatively arms and fortifying the works. The Socialist Deputies are now peaking, and the Bolsheviks expected to demand the immediate assembly of Parliament to urge bave a very considerable sum of the Government to requisition the factories and gold specie sad jewels in their temporarily under State management. vaults should they desire to spend

it upon propaganda.

When the Bolsheviks came |into_power_the Crown jewels, which are of great historic worth and beauty. were kept at the

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RUSSIA AND POLAND.

London, Sept. 11.

Moscow wireless reports that Russian peace delegates have gone to Riga, the Soviet having received all necessary assurances for the The Orloff diamond weighs safety of the party. The Polish delegates have already gone. Peace Dearly 200 carsts and has a not-pourparlers will doubtless begin forthwith. alle bistory. It came into the Fands of Queen Catherine of

Russia in 1776, being purchased for her by Prince Orloff.

Warsaw, Sept. 11.

Poland agrees that the Polish and Lithuanian delegates mest at Cawaria to discuss all Polish-Lithuanian diaputes except with regard to the demarcation line which the Supreme Council laid down on 3th

It is also reported that the re- December, 1919, galia contained a ruby the size of a pigeon's egs-

BAN ON LOOTED PROPERTY.

Some months ago the Daily Chronicle reported that an agres ment had been arrived at between dealers in objects of art and pre- cious stones to guard against jageinst valuable works of art and objects of rarity being smugled into this country from the Con- tinent by thieves.

Looted treasure was known to hava got into the hands of un- desirable persons, and the Councill of the Association of British Dealers

decided to take joint action azaina this illicit traffic.

More than 200 dealers of British nationality were warned by their association, and it was decided at a meeting to take prompt action in any suspicious circumstance.

GENERAL NEWS.

Berlin, Sept. 11.

A message from Kiel says the German Government has ordered the Cacal Authorities not to allow munition ships to pass from the North Sea to the Baltic. According to the Vossische Zeitung" the Government in the interests of neutrality has rejected the French Government's request to allow a Danish steamer with munitions for Poland to pass the canal.

GERATAN DISARMAMENT.

London, Sept. 10.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE MINERS" DEMANDS.

London, Sept. 9. The Conference between the Miners' Executive and the Minister of Labour, from which so much was haped; failed. Mr. Smillie in- formed Sir Robert Horne that the Executive were of the opinion that. there was no new proposal in his statement which in their judgment. would lead to a satisfactory settlement of the miners" claim. The Conference then terminated.

At to-day's abortive Conference of the Government and Hiners Executive, Sir Robert Horne deprecated the punctilio of convention which assumed that the side which first saked the other to me

displayed weakness. He defended the Government standpoint that plas profits from export coal should be put at the Exchequer's disposal and pointed out that Parliament itself had endorsed the Government policy to sell coal in Britain at ita economie price or at least at what it costs the Government to, supply it to the householder. No section of people ought to have the right to strike upon any such issue of common policy. He wanted to say perfectly frankly that along that road no solution was to be found. Regarding the demand for increased wages, the Government had come to the conclusion that. it had not been made good.

After pointing out the discrepancies in the claim on which the advance of wages was based, Sir Robert Horne urged that the subject be referred to an Industrial Court. He agreed that the anomalous - character of the coal wage situation ought to be got rid of and re- cognised that many miners find great difficulty in understanding their pay when they get it, owing to the numerous and varying items. making up the amount. A revised basis of payment would probably produce better results all round. It was generally acknowledged that the coal trade at the present time was not doing all it could for... the country. He did not assign the blame all to one side for that.

Sir Robert Horne suggested that Committees of the Minera and Coalowners should discuss wages anomalies.

Mr. Smillie, replying, rejected Sir Robert Horne's views a The latest official returns show that Germany is surrendering and suggestions and maintained the attitude that the price reduction of destroying arms in accordance with the Peace Treaty in an entirely 142 was inseparable from wages claims. He afterwards expressed satisfactory manner, especially guns. Twenty-seven thousand of the the miners' views at length. latter have been surrendered and at the present rate Germany, by The Miners Executive sat separately to consider the points November, will not possess guns beyond those allowed under the raised and then intimated to Sir Robert Horne that there was no Treaty. Twenty-re thousand machine-guns have been destroyed and new proposal in bis statement which they considered would lead to thirty-five thousand remain, while thirteen millions of live shells, and satisfactory settlement of their claims. fourteen hundred thousand rifles have also been destroyed. Germany,

The Conference sat nearly three hours.

The general concensus of opinion revealed from the newspapers

by oders of rewards, is endeavouring to collect large numbers of rifles known to be hidden in variona parts of the country, but the is that while the mining situation is serious, the failure of yesterday's Reparations Commission realises the authorities' difficulties in this Conference was anticipated and there never was any great chance of respect. One hundred and thirty million rounds of small arms its success. Despite yesterday's failure a number of miners' CHECKING A GERMAN INVASION ammunition have been destroyed, but double that number still remain. delegates at Portsmouth are of the opinion that the strike will not Many applications from former The atmost vigilance is being exercised at Essen, but there is no occur. The miners" leaders are generally criticised. Many recently enemy aliens. especially Ger-reason to suppose that prohibited war material is being turned out declared publicly "Prove our case wrong and we drop it," but it is mans, to visit the United King-|secretly. dom had been received, according

to the Home Secretary, bat bad been at once refused, as the applicants could not show specia. grounds for admission. The (number of former enemy aliens admitted for short visits between January 1 and June 30 was 4,529. MADAME CALVE SO RETIRE.

BLACK PASTOR AND HIS WIFE. ·

London, Sept. 11. An extraordinary story is told in the courts. It appears that Madame Calve. Queen Peckham has got a Mission House with a black pastor, who previously Victoria's favourite singer, has obtained an amount of Police Court notoriety concerning an obnoxious definitely decided to retire from mission ceremonial relating to white girls. Yesterday, however, it professional singing at the end, of is stated, when going to the Mission House the black pastor's wife, her forthcoming provincial tour who is white, requested house-keeping money, whereupon she was for the Quinlan subscription con- thrown fourpeace. Subsequently, consumed with righteous indigna certs. Madame Calve has been tion and grasping the fourpence in her hand, the wife went to the singing in opera over 25 years and Mission. Seeing her and fearing disclosures, the Pastor broke off the has sung the part of Carmen at service and called on the worshippers to eject the woman. "So we

CO., 1339 peformances, is is carding to the law of God," the reverend black man told

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The Indersigned AGENTS for thre above Company sie

tion to return to her native France, the magistrste. where she has a castle.

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'MONSTROUS" AND INDECENT.”

At the Old Bailey. Londoo, recently Mr. Justice Darling. commenting on an ́application for two permilis by well-known West Bod Film Company to takej cinematograph pictures of murder ||

NEW YORK STRIKE

New York, Sept. 11.

pointed out that the refusal of the Industrial Court proposal means that the miners are afraid of the result of an inquiry and they depend. not apoa the equity of their claims but the fighting strength of their Federation. In the meantime some quarters revive the question of the possibility of a general election, with Mr. Lloyd George appealing to the country on the simple direct issue of Parliamentary Government versus Direct Action, and the Constitutionalists are confident that such a fight could have but one result. On the other hand it i stated that Mr. Lloyd George does not desire an election before the end of next session and consequently will exhaustively explore every alternative; but the miners may ultimately force the Premier's hands on the question.

ELECTRICAL TRADE LOCKOUT.

London, Sept. la Mala

In connection with the electrical trades dispute the shop stewards of the London generating stations have decided to give a week's notice to cease work unless the Engineering Employers Federation withdraws the lockout notices against the workers in other electrical occupations.

Inndon, Sept. 11

It appears that the electrical trade eritis serious development. Mr. Welby Secretary, of the The first serious attempts at pabutage during the trams and train the Zlectrical Trades, Union, hae Announced

prepared to _ACCEPT RISKS His characterised it as being conductors' strike, cecured at Twenty-second Avenue, when a motor po the Union ins against FIRE at Current Rates.perfectly monstrous and indecent car, packed with nine men, raced alongside a train, pouring in revol of the Union will be withdrawn His lordship declared that the ver shots. The blasts of the train whistle speedily summoned Palles facund by the Enginearing Empl SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. pplication only showed how low Motor Cyclists, who chased the fleeing car at a speed of fifteen miles people would fall simply to an hour, through the streets, add finally arrested the securmats advertise their businers/

uninjured.

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