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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1922.

PREMIERS MEETING ON SATURDAY.

Paris, Feb. 23

Mr. Lloyd George and M. Poincare are meeting-to-day at Boulogne. The meeting is ascribed to the instrumentality of Lord Derby. The meeting will be very brief owing to the necessity of the Premier returning to confer with Messrs. Griffith and Collina on the 26th. The utmost precautions are being taken to ensure the strict privacy of the Conference.

In connection with to-day's meeting between Mr. Lloyd George and M. Poincare it is stated in well-informed quarters that the main feature of the former's plan for Genoa is to establish a ten-year truce throughout Europe, every nation formally agreeing to mutually respect its frontiers during that period; abstain from all aggression, devote themselves to the stabilisation of dnance, commerce and in- dustry and agree upon a universal reduction of land artaments.

Le Temps suggests that Mr. Lloyd George contemplates a definite Treaty limiting in detail land armaments on similar lines to the Naval Treaty.

Boulogne, Feb. 26.

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M. Poinzare and Mr. Lloyd George had a four hour talk on certain problems, particularly relating to Genoa, and agreed on the pitical guarantees to be secured in order

prevent en- croachments on the rights of the League of Nations, on the postwar treaty and reparation rights. Experts of the different Powers will meet in London shortly.

The Premiers carried away the certainty that no political dif- culties will stand in the way of the two nations working together.

Paris, Feb. 26.

It is semi-oficially stated that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Pain- cure agreed that the Cannes resolution regarding abstention from aggression does not impair the right to inflict sanctions in case of the failure by Germany to fulfil the Treaty of Versailles. The mission of the Soviet at Genoa will not entail complete recogni- the Conference. which question is reserved for the end of The disarmament question will not be discussed at Genoa. The Estern question will be settled without delay.

Boulgrie, Feb. 26. The Lord George-Poincare meeting has been eraeluded. two Premiers reached a complete understanding regarding the nditions whereunder the ten a Conference will be held, and its postponement to luth April: also entire agreement in all essentials of the Franco-British port, whien will be ready for signature than a few days. The question whether disarmament will be discussed at Gen u. Was not mentioned. Both Premiers expressed

wreatest muti-faction at the result their talk.

London, Feb. 26.

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TO-MORROW'S ROYAL WEDDING.

Londin. Feb. 25.

Crowded Londa tak ng an ever-growing interest in Tuesday's royal wedding At Westminster Abbey feverish preparations are under ways The wedding cake was delivered yesterday. It stand.. six feet high and weighs over five hundred pounds. A feature of the cake is the representation of four fireman temples. Never has a Mogal bride seemingly received a more wonderful collection of pre- sents. Already they number twelve hundred, and the Princess is till busy daily receiving and are ously acknowledging its from all quarters. The jewelry alone, which has evoked much admira- ! wn from the kuesta at a series of briliant wedding reception: given by their Majesties, is p-tinted in value ut one hundred and fifty savesand sterling and is guarded day and night. The Princess. is devoting the larger part of the numerous funds sube unbed to charitable objects.

RUBBER DIRECTOR'S DEATH.

London, Feb. 21.

A well-dressed man killed by falling under a train at South Kensington station was identified as Mr. George Grult, a director at Harrisons and Crowfield and twenty rubber companies associated with He recently resigned the chairmanship swing to ill health. He suffered from neurasthenin.

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HOME POLITICS.

Londin, Feb, 25.

Bodmin by-election caused by the death of Sir C. Hanson, Coali- tion Unionist. resulted in the return of Mr. Iscar Foot. Independent Liberal, who polled 13.761. Major-General Sir Frederick Poole, the Coalition Unionist candidate, polleji 10.610 votes,

At the last election in December, 1918, Sir C. Hanson was re turned by a majority of 3,533.

BRITISH TRADE SHIP.

London, Feb, 26.

It has been decided to postpone the sailing of the British trade ship till more definite signs are apparent of the recovery of world conditions.

COTTON MARKET BETTER.

London, Feb. 25.

A feature of the improved cotton market is substantial orders from China ports.

LAWN TENNIS.

St. Moritz, Feb. 20. The Frenchman Cochet won the final of the men's singles world's covered-court tennis championship.

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THE FRENCH BLUE BEARD.

Versailles. Feb. 25. Landru (known as the French Blue-Beard, whos, leagthy trial for the murder of many women occupied the French courts for many months) has been guillotined.

Landru was executed at six in the morning without incident.

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Landru, was was executed at dawn, maintained his calm to the very end and never ceased to protest his innocence. He scrupulously attired himself. impassively submitted to the usual hair-shaving 2nd

wish to keep the executioner and his assistants waiting. beard-trimming and declined to hear mass as he declared he did pos Cordiza

of police and troops' kept back large crowds assembled outside the gaol

ANOTHER INSURANCE FAILURE.

London, Feb. 26. Yet another insurance concern, namely, the First National Re- Insurance Company, belonging to the City Equitable group, has Bled

winding-up petition.

In order to col daub" regarding the reasons for the fallure of the City Equitable, the Official Heever in a statement 97s the in- Vestigations nitherto show that the immediate cause has been the Company's highly speculative Financial dealings fargely by the act and under the direction of the chaman. Many investments were wholly unsuitable from an insurance standpoint, and many were un- reliable. The last balance sheet did not disclose the Company's true position on the 25th February last year,

THE INDIAN UNREST.

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Delhi, Feb. 26. The All-India Congress Committee has met.. Gandhi moved a resolution confirming the suspension of mass civil disobedience. but sanctioning practically all other non-co-operation activities.. including individual civil disobedience, both defensive and ag- Kressive, and pickering The discussion lasted until midnight. when the Committee adjourned.

Martial law has been withdrawn in Malabar. A civil.ordin- ance has been promulgated providing measures for the restora- tion and maintenance of law and order.

THE ITALIAN CABINET.

Rom. Feb. 25. Ex-Minister of Finaire. Facta, is forming a Ministry.

Rome, Feb. 26.

The King has approved ex-Finance Minister Facta's list of Ministers, comprising eight Democrats, three members of the Popular or Catholic party, one Agrarian, nne Socialist Reformist. and one Righ: Liberal. Signor Facta takes the Premiership and the portfolio of Home Affairs. Signor Schanzer that of Foreign Affairs, Signor Amendola the Colonies. Signer Bertone is-Minister for Finance, Signor Discales, Minister for War, and Signor Devito, Minister for Marine.

THE LATE SIR WILLIAM MATTHEWS.

London, Feb. 23.

Sir William Matthews has left £101,000. The late Sir William Matthews was a renowned consulting en- gineer for harbour and dock works and a member of the firm of Coode. Matthews, Fitzmaurice and Wilson whose report on the improvement of the harbour of Hongkong is awaited.

FAILURES IN NEW YORK.

New York, Feb. 26, Three comparatively unimportant brokerage houses have failed. The week's failures number seven.

CANADA'S GROWING POPULATION, ·

Ottawa, Feb. 26. Provisional census figures show the population of Canada to be 8,772,000, an increase in a decade of 1,475,000.

POLAND AND HUNGARY,

Prague, Feb. 26.

· ́The Polish Minister categorically denies the reported existence of a secret treaty, between Poland and Hungary,

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THE FOUR POWER TREATY.

Washington, Feb. 23. The Foreign Kelati.ns Committee has agreed to the reservation in the Four Power Pact providing that the United States is not com- mited to an armed force alliance or an obligation to join in defence

It is semi-oticially announced that President Harding, while not opposed to the reservation clarifying the wording of the Pacific Treaty if deemed necessary, would not sanction the reservation pro- posed by Senator Brandegee.

New York, Feb. 25,

The more sober elements of political opinion in America are annoy- ed at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's attitude concerning the Four Power Treaty and the papers do not hesitate to condemn the reservationists. The New York Times says the Committee ex- hibits a'must onedifying spectacle, its leading n;embers behaving more- like narrow-minded peasants than men of affairs. They suspect trickery in every phrase and challenge the good faith of the 'other nations to every agreement. The paper declares that the public is tired of the attitude of those Senators who act as if they alone knew how to draft a treaty devoid of traps.

Washington, Feb. 26.

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has ordered favourable report on the Pacific Treaty, with its supplements regarding naval limitation, and the submarine treaty The Com- mittee approved the sole reservation submitted to President Hard- ing yesterday by ten votes to three, Senators Borah, Johnson and Shields comprising the minority.

The reservation mentioned appears above. It is understood that before adoption it was submitted to President Harding, who did not object.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE,

Paris, Feb. 25. A demand has been presented in the Chamber for the appoint- ment of a Commission of Enquiry of thirty-three members to throw the fullest light on political responsibilities of every kind engaged in the affair of the Banque Industrielle de Chine." It is signed by twenty deputies, including M. Andre, Tardieu and Edouard Ignace, ex-Under-Secretary of Justice. The latter has recently been pub- fishing in M. Clemencean's newspaper a series of confidential docu- ments in an attempt to prove that the highest persons in the State are compromised.

Paris, Feb. 26. The Government has passed on the demand concerning the Banque Industrielle to the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Gov- ernment will decide the question of the appointment of an enquiry commission later.

EX-KING FERDINAND.

Paris, Feb. 26.

A message from Mayence says that two shots were fired without reant at ex-King Ferdinand of Bulgaria as he was leaving the opera at Munich. The assailant, a Bulgarian, was arrested.

SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE.

Johannesburg, Feb. 25. The Government has called for one thousand special constables. Spring's commande kidnapped and roughly handled a colliery official and two of his companions, but subsequently released them.

Johannesburg, Feb. 26, Five successive dynautite explosions occurred pear one of the shafts of the City Deep mine, but produced no stoppage,

GERMAN REPARATIONS.

Washington, Feb, 25. ̈ President Harding has written to Senator Frelinghuysen cam- plaining that Congress has tied the hands of the Administration in dealing with the Reparations Commission and suggesting that legis lative action should be taken to permit the United States to get its quota of German reparations and dyes.

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Lonúín, Feb. 25.

The Admiralty has issued a statement claiming that it has made further large reductions which have now been approved, reducing the proposed extimates for 1922-8 by twenty-twó millións to under sixty-one millions,