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MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1928.

THE STATE OF INDORE,

MAHARAJAH DECIDES TO ABDICATE.

Last, Year's Sensation Recalled.

DUTCH POLITICS,"

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

The Hague, Feb. 20. Contrary to expectations, Dr. Limburg has informed the Queen that he is unable to form à.non- parliamentarian, Cabinet and his requested Her Majesty to relieve him of the task.-Reuter.

As may have been gathered by

Bombay, Feb. 87, roaders of the local Press, the play "I" is what may be termed

The Maharajah of Indore has Fantasy. Opening in a London abdicated in favour of his son. railway station, John Beal is seen The Government of India has

[Previous messages have stated approaching the platforma to catch accepted his abdication.

that as Heer Devisser had failed. his train. Ho is provented from The Maharajah of Indore made the Queen has asked Dr. Limburg, doing so by the porters and conse representations to the Viceroy of the ex-Liberal-Democratic Deputy. St. George's Bldg.quently misses the train. This is

a trivial incident that rankles in India suggesting that he spend two and a well-known authority on the This mind, never being forgotten.

years in England, during which the subject of International law, to en- The scene now passes to a period administration of the State will be denvour to form an extra-parlia 10 years later. John Beal now handed over to a Council of Bementary Cabinet.] appears as a prosperous City mer geney approved by the Indian chant, married and with a house Government. In the suburbs. Into this scene

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is ushered Ali, a dealer in carpets The Maharajah, it is alleged, is whom John Beal his assisted. He prepared to compensate for the has appoared to thank his bene loss and damage caused to British factor in person and to make him subjects by, natives of Indore and a small present as a token of his to hand over the Military and gratitude. This present takes the Police Department with n ̈view to form of a jade pendant, possess their reformation, and "administru-' ing the magical power of trans- tion by European officers approved parting its owner back in time.

the Indian Government. over a number of years to any

Reiter," particular incident desired. The one qualification attached to the free use of this power is that, if the person concerned in some

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Murder Recalled.

Delhi, Feb. 27. An official statement concerning particular incident wishes, on the abdication of the Maharaja of going back in time to this incident, Indore suys that the Maharaja ob

to take some action other than thut

Peking, Feb. 27. From reliable source it is learnt that Feng Yu-hsiang return ed to Kalgan with his staff on Thursday marning-Reuter,

Chinese Reports.

Shanghai, Feb. 28. General Fong Yu-hsiang, to come The Kuomintang has requested

out from his retirement, and Įtake command of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kuomin armies. At a meet- ing held at Bowtnu, General Feng. stated that he originally intended to go abroad, but owing to the request of the whole army, he bad decided to cancel this trip..

General Feng returned to

he took previously, he must be pre-ected to the appointment of a com- pared to accept all the conse-mission of enquiry into his alleged

connection with the attempted ab- Kalgan on the 27th inst., to take quences of this change.

duction of Mumtaz Begum and the command of his army, but out- murder of Bawu, and decided towardly is not assuming the post. abdicate.

John Beyl laughs at this and says that in any case, even if he could go back and alter things, he would 1'-bis wife was present, be it coted tactful man! All the same, there was just one ivial incident he had never forgotten, which was that he had been prevented from eatening that train 10 years pre- viously. That had always been a sore point, and just for a joke he. would test that magic power and see if it would enable him to go back and catch it this time. He takes the charm in his hand, wishes himself back to that Incident and in the next scene appears walking on to the platform and catching the train.

Mure than this of, the story of the play it would not be fair to relate; but the working out of the plot, showing the consequences hat follow from John Bon! catch- ng his train, gives full scope to the ingenuity of the author.

THE BRITISH NAVY.

ESTIMATES FOR THIS YEAR ISSUED.'

The Singapore Scheme,

The Governor-General accepted the abdication and no further ex- quiry will now be made into the Maharaja's alleged connection with the murder-Reuter.

JAPAN AND CHINA.

MILITARY MONOPOLISATION OF RAILWAYS,

Japanese LossEN.

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Tokyo, Feb. 27. Replying to a question. In the) lower house this afternoon regards ing inconvenience and loss saffered by Japanese residents at Shantung owing to the Chinese military monopolising the Kiaochow-Tsinau railway for military purposes, the Government spokesman stated that Japanese consuls had protested to Peking, but as thik had proved in- effective, the Government had de termined to take more effective. measures as early as possible.

Questioned as to the steps pro- posed, the spokesman stated that prudence forbade disclosure at the present moment.-Reuter

London, Feb. 27. The Navy estimates for 1926 Jambunt to £58,100,000, a reduction

The Nishihara Loans, of £400,000 in comparison with the

Tokyo, Feb. 27. current year, although provision The Lower House this afternoon for new construction is increased after a lengthy discussion unanim- from £7,235,000 to £9,083,000.

usly passed a Government bill for Provision is made to carry on readjustment of the Nishihara the new construction programine loans, expressing the hope that the submitted to Parliament in July, Government would use its utmost 1026. It was originally intended efforts to reach an understanding thut the floating dock for Singa- with China during the present pore, included in this programme Tariff Conference; that the loans should be provided by reconstruc- would be repaid as soon as possible, tion from the German deck, but thereby relieving the Japanese experience has shown that this is people's burden-Reuter. impracticable.

Therefore, the new dock ordered ingrely changes and not incre39E8 the cost of the new construction for 1926. Though the new dock wil be costlier than reconstruction Irom the German dock at present, it is indicated that the, total cost of the new construction programmu will be less than previously esti muted.

total

The reduction of the estimates is due to Admiralty

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adoption of a settled programme for new construction over a period of years and the favourable aspect of the political horizon-Reuter.

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