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Damascus, April 9.

At the conclusion of prayere in connection with the Ramadan Festival, a orowd of six thousand marched in the direction of Lord Syrian gen- Balfour's hotel. darmes and police who attempted) to stop the demonstrators word attacked with stones. A fight onaned in which the Spahia parti- cipated. Two people were killed, seven gendarmes injured, and one Spabl officer and three men. In- jured. Disturbances also ocour frod in the Jowish quarter.

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***Damazous, April:10. Yesterday opened ominously MAM and quietly. Shop and offices. were closed and orowds thronged the streets, but abortly after mida day the roar of the crowd was audible from Lord Balfoun's hotel aquarter of a mile from the square...

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Despite the efforts of the mount- ed polios, a mob of five thousand, using sticks and stones, broke through the cordon and rushed

On Good Friday, the 10th inst.. Saturday, the 11th Inst.. Easter Monday, the towards the hotel, driving back 18th inst, the GP.D. and Branch Post Offices will be open as follows: The G.P.0. the small force of mounted police & Kowloon & Shum Shui Po Branches from 8 am, to 9 am on each day. Shoungwan and gendarmerie. A French gen-Branch from 8 a.m. to 9 am, and from 6.30 pm, to B p.m. on each day. Wantsai, darmerie officer, lying practically sigingpun & Yaumati Branches from 8 am, to 9 am, & from 5p.m. to 6 pm. on each day. There will be ano collection from the pillar boxes and one delivery of ordinary full length on horse back, singly correspondence each day as on Sundays, and also delivery of registered correspondenca charged the crowd and broke their each day at 9 am. There will be one delivery from the Branches sach day at noon. formation, enabling his mon to The Money Order Offee will be entirely closed during the Holiday. rally and push back the crowd a safe distance from the hotel.

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African cavalry were brought Canada, U.S.A., Japon & Shanghai up and the crowds flad. into side Europe via Siberia (London 20th

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swords. Eight armoured cars D.E.A., Honolulu, Japan & Shanghai were brought up in the afternoon Europe via Negapatam (Papers only.

London 12th March) and fresh Colonial troops march-

Manlio... ed into the town in the evening Australia & Manila and took up positions in the square to prevent the reassembling.

U.S.A., Canada, Japan & Shanghai.. mob's Japan & Shanghai

The civilian casualties were about fifty, of whom fifteen were. sent to hospital, three being most dangorously wounded.

Lord Balfour Inter motored from Damascus, his destination being unknown.

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Mauritius, B. 8. Atrich none of the rioters were shot Swatow & Bangkok

General Sarrail visited Lord Swalow Balfour at the hotel in the after Sandakan noon and evidently recommended Japan & Honolulu...

Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. his leaving Damascus, for

& 9. America & Europe vin bour later, while General Sar-

Victoria B.D. rall balted his motor car on the bridge opposite the hotel, cent- ring all eyes on bim, and there WAS further diversion by i aeroplanos flying overhead and dropping smoke bombs, Lord Japan Balfour left the hotel in a motor Straite, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Egypt & Europe oar, unnoticed, his destination

via Marsailles boing unknown.-Reuter.

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intense human drama yesterday ed his peroration, many realised said she could not possibly think when a Buddhistnun, charged with that he was not defending a mero of accepting the proposal. incendiarism, so charmed counsel client, but that, by some strange "I realize that I have sinned," for the defence, that he rose and intricate mechanism of ran part of the latter, "and until to high ranges of oratory, made Nature, ho was pleading for one I have atoned for my indisoration, a speech that will probably win whom ho believed Nature bad I cannot think of a congenial him clients for life, and, in the marked out for his mato. He home life. I think it is far better very moment when he was un- told the Court not to pass sent for me to bow to my fate, to cheer) consciously achieving greatness, ence of imprisonment and that the drab lives of my fellow- also felt tho, poignant pange of he would marry her immediate prisoners, and to try and lighton). true love..

ly if she was willing and would their privations.

"I am afraid to return to private

A young nun, belonging to the guarantee her future behaviour. Daitoji Templo, in old-world The Court, while sympathizing life and to the sacred dution of

Kyoto, was the accused. She with the lawyer, pointed out that

womanhood. I have to serve

was caught red-handed in the aot the law could not wink at a seven years. That is a long time

as in- and no one knows what may

of setting fire to the cloistered serious offence, such edifice. In the dock, shecendiarism, especially in a, land happen between now and then. made a clean brasst of the whole like Japan where people live in a So. it is no use my accepting your affair, and told the Court that constant droad of fire. The un- proposal. You ought to be able betrayal on the part of a monk fortunate nun was sentenced to to get almost any good woman to living in the same temple, drove seven years' rigorous imprison- be your wife. Forget me, and do hor to the act. The monk had ment, vowed honourable love and sbət

not let me be an obstacle to your happiness."

had stooped to folly. When she Not losing courage, the lawyer The run's mother asked her to became disillusioned, she grew sent a written proposal of marri- appeal to a higher court, at least reckless, almost mad, and, in aage to the nun, even after the to have sentence mitigated, but moment of temporary montal frowning prison gatos closed be- the nun persistently rofuos. "I aberration, attempted to set fire hind her. The latter was handed am not stubborn," she says, "but to the temple with the intention to the prisoner by the Governor I profer to atone for my fault."-- of destroying borself and all of the goal and, in reply, the nun N.C.D.N. corr. therein.

Counsel for the defence, a Mr Okuda, was so struck by the humility of the young nun and hor ovident ponitence for the sin she sought to commit, that he mado a stirring. appeal in v tenuation of the woman's guilt, appealing to the Court that she should be treated as a first! offender. People ware astonished | at the forvency of the dofonce,.atj the impassioned flow of oratory, and, before Mr. Okuda bad finish-

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