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THE IRISH TROUBLES.

British Officers Shot Dead.

(Reuter's Service, } (Continued from page 14 -

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Two British officers have been shot dead in Dublin.

London, February 20.

Later, One of the officers shot at Dublin is most seriously wounded, but is still living.

THE LATE SIR THOMAS SUTHERLAND.

Tribute from "T.P.”

In his weekly writings on "Men, Women and Memories,” Mr. P. P.O'Connor, M.P. saya:

Officers accompanied by a private ware riding in a motor-cartures, when a score of armed men opened fire. The driver accelerated sion speed, and the car outdistanced the attackers.

Attacks in Southern Ireland.

London, February 20. In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Mr. Churchill stated that since the signing of the treaty there had been 82 attacks on the police and 34 on the military in Southern Ireland. Eleven police had been killed and 32 wounded, while two of the military bad been killed and four wounded.

Sinn Feiners Released.

London, February 20. The Sinn Feia footballers who were arrested by Ulsterites have been released from Londonderry prison.

BY-ELECTION RESULTS.

Double Labour Gain.

London, February 21. A considerable anti-Coalition turnover of votes was recorded at the by-elections in North-Camberwell and Clayton. The former was captured by Mr. Ammon (Labour) with 7,834 votes against Mr. Meller (Conservative) with 6.717. At Clayton, Mr. Sutton (Labour) was successful with 14,662 votes against Mr. Flanagan (Co-Unionist) 11,038. Both these are Labour gains.

OPIUM SMUGGLING MENACE AT HOME.

Statement of British Customs Officer.

London. February 20.

The large quantities of opium that are being smuggled into

• England is constituting a menace, it was stated by a Customs officer as Hull today when Chinese seaman was fined £20, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment, for attempting to smuggle a pound of opium.

INTEREST ON DEBT TO US.

Budget Provision at Rate of £50,000,000 per Annum.

London.-February 20.

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If you had moet the late Sir Thomas Sutherland, who died. at nearly ninety years of age, at have any spot on the earth, you would

known him to bo. Scotchman. The rugged fea-

mixed expres vigilant shrowd- neas and good-natured irony, and the athletic robast figure were all characteristically Scotob. He was Like so many others of his race, a remarkable man in his way. be was ready to leave Bonny Scot- land for such remote regiona as the Far East, and there got that intimate knowledge of trade conditions in that region, with trade possibilities, which teeming with population and

made him an ideal chair. mas for the P. and O. Company. That wonderful institution- which plays in the Anglo-Asiatic life of the British Empire so great a part, carrying men and woman and children and the other incidents of life—is as flirtations and marriages, and all real and familiar & thing to every Britisher exiled to the East as hia own drawing-room and family circle; and it requires constant incessant solicitude and sound management.

Sir Thomas knew all about-it, and lived, worked, and spoke for it. I remember one night in the House of Commons be created quite a babbub by speaking of it as "a large but a poor company." Of course, he was pleading against taxation, and when a Scotchman has to plead about fiance direct- ed against bis pocket he has AD almost unequalled pover in mak- ing what the Irishman calls "a poor mouth. In later years Sir! Thomas was a good deal bandi-| capped by deafness. He was a rastkindly soul,and never refused any little concession that was fo his power to his fallow members. It was but natural that one great Scotchman should be succeedel

In the House of Commons, Lt-Commander Hilton-Young by another; Lord Inchcape was foreshadowed a provision of £25,000,000 in the coming Budget for the inavitable successor to Sir the purpose of paying off six months' interest on the British debt to Thomas, and he is something of America.

NAVAL CENSUS.

Carrying out Reductions of Personnel.

London, February 20.

the same type of Scotchman- vary able, very shrewd, very resolute, and very good-natured. I remember Lord Morley telling me when be was Secretary for India that Lord Inchcape-that, was not his name then-was the best member he bad in the

With a view to supplying data for carrying out early naval India Council. reductions, the Admiralty has ordered a census at midnight of the 28th. inst. of all officers and men alloat and ashore.

U.S. NAVAL WIRELESS FOR THE PRESS.

Extension for Five Years.

Washington, February 20. -

The Senate has passed a resolution extending the privileges of the naval wireless service to the Press for five years.

THE LEWIS-CARPENTIER CONTEST.

May Fixed for the Clash.

London, February 20.

The Lewis Carpentier contest has been fixed to take place Olympia, London, on May 11.

AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

THE WRITING OF HISTORY

L. 0. N. Union's Plea for Free Play.

League of Nations Union, has Mr. Maxwell Garnett, of the addressed the following letter to the Times-Professor Hearnshaw

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may be made of plant which will amount by 1925 26 to 633,000 kilowatts in all.

RIVERSIDE STATION.

is reported as having said at the One Supply for Greater London Historical Association that the

For development beyond the League of Nations Union tried to

first stage the Commissionera A gigantic scheme for the bave evolved a modified scheme, induce the Board of Education to amalgamation of the power sup which they say, shows subatan-. revise the textbooks of history to ply to London and areas in six tial savings over the schemes at the view of the Union.

make them more in accord with other counties has been approved submitted for a development of Without by the Electricity Commissioners, the "group" stations. The modi. embarking on the vexed question "What is truth?" it is important alterations, the provisionally de-of a well-placed riverside station. They confirm, with a few minor fed scheme involves the erection that no false impression of what termined district-known as the or the Union is endeavouring to do

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prepared to begin immediately colour their facts. It is also cleari without bias, since to one man 8,000,000,

the construction of a 100,000 that no one can teach history square miles with a population of kilowatt station. Frederick the Great is a hero and

London, February 20 The Victoris Government loan list was closed this morning. The loan is for £4,000,000 at 35% per cent., the price of issue being 90.]

U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW CONTINUED.

Washington, February 20.

The House of Representatives passed a resolution extending the present Immigration Regulations until June 30, 1923.

FRANCE'S WASHINGTON DELEGATES REACH HOME.

Havre, February 20.

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GROUP STATIONS FIRST.

to another be is a scourge. The League of Nations Union does not In their report, issued last night, desire to remove the bias of the the Commissioners say a Joint teacher; bat it does wish the Electricity Authority will be teacher to be free in the exercise established on the lines proposed

£1,000,000 A YEAR SAVING. As compared with the estimat- | ed annual cost of electricity sup plied to the busbars of authorised distributors-£7.262,700,or 1.1478. unit under the technical

signers' proposals should enable electricity to be delivered at a cost of £6,190,700, or 0.9788. unit.

The French delegation to the Washington Conference basof that bias. As was explained by the L.C.C. and the conference scheme submitted-the Commis

arrived.

CHINESE NEWS.

Money for the South.

A Peking telegram states that as Liang Sbib-yi's third extension of leave is about to expire, be is preparing to send in his resigna.

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Another Peking message says It is rumoured that Chang Jok-lin has joined hands with the South- West party and that he will supply Canton with $2,000,000, Kwangai with $1,000,000 and Szechuan,

Hunan, and Kwaichow with $500,000 each to meet military. Expenses.

A Shanghai telegram states that, in reply to a query by the mil- itary officials in Hunan, Wa Pui- foo has declared that he will not evacuate Tochow until all Can- tonese troops here left Kwangui.

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to Mr. Fisher, at the very deputa- of local authorities, and that the tion to which Professor Hearn-body shall be constituted as! shaw aludes, we do not wish to follows:- limit the freedom of the teachers;

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This will be an annual saving of upwards of £1,000,000 or 15 per cant.

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There can be no doubt that at Railway companies present most of the text-books' Chairman if elected from out- syllabuses, and examination sche

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dales are tending to impose, por- haps unconsciously, a limited sad narrowly national view of history.

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It is expected that under the new scheme (the report says) about 50 of the existing stations will be gradually closed down

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The removal of the pressure thus for the first stage of the scheme imposed is essential to the eman.which will terminate about 1925 cipation of history-teaching. It 26, the Commissioners agree with is for this and not for the substithe proposals submitted. tution of any special theory of its These involve some extensions own, that the League of Nations of existing plant and the grouping Union is contending.

of stations, so that the fallest use

It would be short-sighted, they say, to establish a smaller district than that provisiqually deter mined.

The Commissioners will sITE body their decisions in draft order, which will have to be the subject of a further inquiry.

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