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Bathroom

Fiting

in the

Modern

Styles.

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Chian Building.

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Parisian unemployed outside

"seup kitchen" one

of many tablished in the capital

FRENCH DEMAND THE "DOLE."

PARIS JOBLESS

AGITATE.

3,000

ARRESTS.

Paris, Jan. 12. Paris, seethed with excite- ment to-day when the unem- ployed attempted mass demonstration, which was very effectively handled by the authorities.

Over three thousand alleged Communists were arreated In different parts of the city in tho courne of the police suppressive campaign, following an early demonetration demanding the dele for unemployed.

The leaders had organised their move to colnelde with the timo of the opening of Parliament, but the demonstraton was frustrated by the police, who thronged the Place de in Concorde and the Chamber, removing the demonstra- fers in lorries without disorder Reuter.

PEAK CINEMA

PARTY.

RULED NOT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.

A decision in favour of the de- Tonno w given by Mr. Schofield at the Central Police Court this moining oa ve summonses taken out against the Pathe Orient Co., Ltd., in connexion with the recent outbreak of fire at the residence of Mr. A. G. Langston of 287, The Peak, during cinematograph performance.

Mr. II. L. Dennys appeared for | the defendant company.

Giving his decision on the five summonses relating to the out- break of fire, his Worship sold that he had consulted the authorities on the matter and he had definite- ly come to the conclusion that the performance was not a public en- tertainment In the ordinary sense of the word; it

it was

Bs not a public entertainment according to the regulations Inid down under

the

Ordinance. The Ave summonses, therefore, must fail, apart from the point that the Pathe Orient

Ltd.

were not in control, in COB- any sense, of the premises cerned.

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THE REPARATIONS TSINGTAO

DILEMMA.

RIOT SCENES.

PARIS CONVERSATION: WAY OUT GRAVE CHINESE

SUGGESTED.

London, Jan 12.

ALLEGATIONS.

Tsingtao, Jan. 13.

A disquieting situation

at

ACCORDING to the noted Parisian daily, Le Temps, Tangtu has bean inte

Anglo-French Treasury experts have achieved a serious Sino-Japanese incidents: yesterday morning as the result fair measure of agreement upon some important of" a clash between Japanese suggestions for the solution of the inter-governmental residents, officials of the Tsingtao debts problem.

It is said that the plans provide for a two years' moratorium to Germany on the Young Plan conditional payments, and the creation of German Railway debentures, hearing annual interest, to the value of 660,000,000 marks. Part of the debenture issue will be offered to the United States as part compensation if the United States are prepared to relieve the Allies of their debts. REPORT EXPECTED TO-DAY.

The British Cabinet is meeting to-morrow to discuss reparations and the Report of Sir Frederick Leith Ross, the Treasury expert, upon his Paris conversations with the French Finance Ministry will be available for the Ministers ns he is returning to London late to-night.

This evening the Premier discussed the reparations issues, in the light of the Basle Report, with Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Foreign Secretary and the President of the Board of Trade, the three Ministers who are attending the Lausanne Conference.-Reuter and British Wireless.

FRENCH CABINET'S

RESIGNATION.

AN UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT.

Paris, Jan. 12. nounced that he was going to Just before half-past eight the Elysee to hand in the collec- this evening, M. Laval

an- tive resignations of the Govern-

M. Harrio1.

ment.

Manicipal Kuomintang and the Chinese editors of the Tsingtao Kun Min Daily News, the official organ of the Kuomintang.

It

appears that the trouble had its origin in the form of the publication by the Kuo Min Daily News of the new of the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Japan. The paper's treatment of the incident caused strong resent- ment among the Janances and the [leading Japanogo newspaper published special editions to counter the Chinese report.

Riot in Newspaper Office. Early yesterday morning, it in their way into the premises of the reported, two Japanese forced Kuo Min Daily News and fired two shots by way of demonstra tion, They then spread patrol over the premises in an attempt to Bet fire to the building. The business office of the Kwa Min Dail News was gutted although the editorial roots and printing departments were saved.

A big crowd of Japanese sur- rounded the newspaper office long ! after the occurrence.

Kuomintang Office Visited. Later, it is alleged, the

Japanese attempted to creato

n riot and this time the Munici pal Kuomintang was chosen as Its target. The Chinese alloge that

Japanese mob set on the Kuo- revolvers and knives, that they mintang oflice armed with

stayed at the Kuomintang Ofe M. Laval had then apparentls tang officials had made a hurried for half an hour. The Kuomin- given up hope that it would be exit, though one of them had the Fogg ble to reconstitute the nasty experience of "a narrow Cabinet to bring into being escape from being stabbed." Government of National Union. The Chinese Government 13 Two hours Inter, President prevaring a strong protest to, the Doumer was accepting the Govern-Japancac ometals-Rensho. ment's resignation and the future constitution of the Government Isi doubtful.

M. Laval offered the portfolio of Minister for Foreign Affairs to M. Edouard Herriot, the President of the Radical Party, M. Herriot was inclined to accept, but said be

would have to refer the matter to

his Party.

The Government's resignation followed the announcement that the Radical Socialists had refused

JAPANESE BEING SORELY TRIED.

REINFORCEMENT

FROM TIENTSIN.

Tientsin, Jan. 13. A company of Japanese Infan-

to endorse M. Herriot's acceptancey left Tientala for Shanhaikwan of the Foreign Affairs portfolio. this morning.

Reuter.

U.S. In Splendid Isolation.

The mile long barraga at Sukkur to harness the waters of the River Indus is shown in the above plature, takan

when the eight your tack was nearing completion.

WORLD'S GREATEST KINSHAN IN

IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

VICEROY OPENING THE SUKKUR BARRAGE.

Bombay, Jan. 13.

COLLISION.

Panic Averted Narrowly.

CHINESE VESSEL BADLY HOLED.

Awakened in the early hours of the moming by a terrific bume and the shrill A MEMORABLE event in the history of India will tooting of sirena, a touring take place to-day when the Viceroy, Lord Willing- Party of Australian Univers don, will open the world's largest irrigation system, sity students had an exciting the mile-long Lloyd Barrage at Sukkur and the network

experience in the Canton of seven huge canals, by means of which a sun-parched The Kinshan, on which the

river yesterday. and backward area as large as England will be turned students

were travelling to into land where the agriculturist will be certain to reap Canton, came into collision with when he has sown.

the Chinese steamer Sun Wah, A lasting monument to British engineering on be- and although no injuries were sustained, both VCBsCls were half of India's masses in converting the gifts of Pro- damaged, vidence to the service of man, the Lloyd Barrage will The students were going to harness the waters of the four-hundred miles long River Canton in accordance with the sight-seeing programma mapped Indus (the Sind's only river) and will distribute the aut for them during their week's waters to a hitherto arid great plain.

SIX THOUSAND MILES OF CANALS.

The total area of this huge, sterile land which is to be thus converted into a rich granary ex- ceeds the whole of Egypt's fertile region.

The agriculturists owning the The

official explanation is that and will be enabled to produce they are rejoining their battalion | two and a half million tons of Ay the local altuntion has crops annually from the six million. quietened.

acres supplied, and the value will

stay in Hongkong, and boarded the Kinshan on Monday night. The party retired to their cabins about 11 p.m.

Shrieking Passengers. About 1.30 a.m. yesterday, sovere bump shook the Kinshan People have been flocking into and awakened, all on board. For Sukkur from all over ind 10 see a few minutes, there was to-day's ceremony, which marks the

сод

greatest achievement of one of the fusion, with the shrieks of the most notable enterprises of Bri- Chinese passengers on the Sun tish India, and the one most often Wah, and the ship's siron adding overlooked, the conversion into to the din. Some of the Kinshan'a frutiful farmlands of comparative-] passengers rushed on dock with ly desolate areas.. ;

lifebolts, but when it wAB SCOR that there WLA по immediate Twenty-eight million seres in British India alone are irrigated

.

It is, however, the opinion of approach £30,000,000 annually, authoritative observers that they! The schemo

was started eight by worka constructed by the State are being sent to rainforce the!

years ago, in 1923, and has cost since the British Government com. Shanhaikwan garrison which is £15,000,000.

mienced hør. Irrigation programme being sorely tried in their efforts

way outside the Great Wall- Router.

were not omitted to the perfor Holland Follows Anglo-French Lead on to maintain order along the rail-

mance and the mere fact that one

or two poople on special work happened to be present did not make

The

it a pubile entertainment. general publie had no right of ad- ET mission to the entertainment.

On two other summonses, one for failing to have a distributors' permit and the other for storing lims in a room on the company's promican which was not an approv- ed strong room, fines of $25 and $200 rospectively were imposed.

DOCTOR'S · MOTOR STOLEN.

TWO-SEATER WORTHI OVER $3,000,

Forking his car In Hankow Read. opposite the Peninsula Hotel Jast evening, Dr. J. E Gogan, who resides of the hotel. found at 9 a.m. to-day that the vch'cle had been stolen. A report this offect has been made to the to this police

Dr. Cogan's car is an Oldsmobile two-seater renʼator, painted light Blue, with bright motal fittings, A spare wheel is nt'athed to the rear of the car, which is valued at $8,800.

Nine-Power Treaty.

The Hague, Jan. 12.

The Netherlands Govern- ment, signatories to the Nine-Power Treaty, havO notified the United States Government that they are unable to follow America's lead in invoking the Treaty in the Manchuria dispute.

Washington to inform the U.3. Government that Holland shares the confidence of the United States in regard to the Lengue Commission of Inquiry.

OLD MAN BURNT TO DEATH.

The Dutch Government is con- PEASANT TRAPPED IN vinced of the desirability of an carly and friendly settlement of the dispute, but does not think it advisable to make representations

bas instructed the Ambassador in Nations.-Reuter.

It includes over six thousand under the stimulus of Lord Cur- miles of canals, several of which zon.

Britain's Efforts.

danger order was restored.

The Sun Wah had struck the Kinshan, bow-on, on the star- board side, the cabin in which Missca Emily and Florence Stirling of the Australian party were sleeping, being stove in. are larger than the Suez Canali

The sisters however were not The Barrage itacif is built of

hurt- white limestone and consists of Water pours own 67,000 milos]

The Kinshan's engines stopped 60-foot-wide sixty-six

arched of Government canals to raise weighing fifty tons under each | £105,000,000... spans, with two steel gaten each crops whose estimated value is immediately and stood by the Sun Wah which kept up an incessant The Sukkur Bar tooting on the siren, and dropped rage, the greatest in the world, anchor. One of the Kinshan's which adds to these figures officers went across to the Chinese only one of anveral others now in vessel in the 'fe-bont, and

arch.

Lord Lloyd Commemorated.

Lloyd, one of the firmest opponents

fea through its length is abar- lútely vital to its three and a half, million inhabitørts.

in

tho

to PABSOngera

the

The Barrage is named after Lord Progress, or just completed. answer to his offer of assistance, HUT.

The Suteloj Valley project, at ajit was decided to transfer Trapped by a fire which broke of the British Government's poli- capital cost of approximately £18.- Sun War's to China and Insan as suggested out at 6 a.m. yesterday in his hutical policy, who as Governor of 000,000, will bring 0,700,000 acres Kinshas

In the Deccan, the Bhandardara Bun Wah Badly Damaged, nvitation, the Dutch Government the matter le before the League of Chung Chuen, a septuagenarian to become a fortile niain, is prae- instrumental in converting great aboard, and the task occupied In response to the American by the United States, especially as at Sheungshui Wan, in the New Bombay contributed much to the of waste land under cultivation;

Territories district of Sheungshui, success of the scheme.

The whole province of Sind, now dam, 270 feet in height, has been There were about 120 Chinese peasant, was burnt to death.

The fire appears to have burnt tically rainless so that the supply tracts of deserts Into prosperous two or three hours, seven or eight trips being made by the Kinshan's bont. COTTON TRADE of accurity. The recent Increases for some time before it was detected of water from the Indus, which sugar cane gardens.

of our Chinese trade have resulted and the unfortunata fato of

40,000,000 Acres Reclaimed. Ultimately the Kinshen proceed. WARNING.

from causes gatirely outside the the old man, who was sleeping in Industry's control."

room at the back of the promizça,

In the same neighbourhood, the ed on its trip to Canton. leaving Thus a report by the China and callred. By that time, a portion of 35000 Mlles of Private Channels Lloyd Barrage-will feed an aroa badly damaged. Is, thought to bo Lloyd Dam-different from the only the officers and crew aboard The Sun Wah, which ・ although Far Fart Schon of the Manchester polles who came on the seems from the building had collapsed, and the

The wrters of the river, flowing of $75,000 acres. The Lloyd Da" capable of reaching: Canton under Chamber of Commerce en'ling at the local Station immediately upon from the Himalayas to the Aravan is the biggest mass of manonty its own steam. First tention to an improvement in the balug called by a chorus of police on will now be d'verted along the in the world.

Tha Kinahan has been damaged cotton trade with China due to the wh'ntion, found the whole building a 6.010 in 7.000 miles of cannis and baycott of Japanese goods.

In short, a tatol area of 40.000,-above the waterline, but an mass of flamas, Efforts to enter over 35.000 miles of private chan- 900, anras is bafnir or will be freyamination has revealed; that it The report ads that it would the building wore thus frustrated. salæ in the rich soil of this thinly r'gated by the great State systems will not be necessary to sold her shown to be our gains from the bon mistake to over-emphasise the

reagut altuation in Manchuria, infusco of the depreciation intim wore recovered from the ruins and. The scheme will alan no last few years British Wireless is to be no inta

- The churred remains of the vic- populated region all the ven completed or commenced in the to dock immediatal, Fland--theme the Lancashire cotton trade should sterling and the apneiation in after the fire had burnt itself out, much to prevent disastrous Adodel and Router. not be misled into false feelings the value of silver-Reuter.

TEMPORARY BRITISH

ADVANTAGE.

London, Jan. 12. "Whatever may eventually be