ilor,
whose
varied
political aud
1 duties necessitated
fifteen
hours
of daily
toil.
He stated
that
his eye
at-
fection
was not due t¢ any organic
weak-
ness.
Lord Lee, first Lord of the Admir-
alty,
replied with
some
piquancy
to
a
question,
drawing
attention
tO
recent
claims
in regard
to aircraft
possibilities
. by the "air Secretary.
Lord
Lee
said
1t
was the considered
opinion of the Admi-
ralty that nothing had occurred
in recent
air-craft
developments
to
substantially
reduce
the fighting value of capital ships
and
that
the
capital
ship
would
keep
pace
with any
aircraft
develobpments.
Regarding
the
United
States
experi-
ments
with under
water explosion
bombs
dropped
by aircraft,
he
said
there
was
nothing
in
them
when
the
conditions
under
which the experiments
took place
were
understood.
The
admiralty
were
devoting much
time
to experiments,
and
they were
hopeful by
means
of gun-fire
to make capital ships
practically immune
from
air®attacks.
London,
March
30th.
-In a long state-
ment
explaining
the
discussions
and
plans
of last weeks
Near
Bast
Confer-
ence of Foreign Ministers
in Paris,
Mar-
quis
Curzon said in
the House
of Lords
today
that
the
Tlnternational
Straits
Commission
wculd
remain
intact.
‘l'ae
Foreign
Secretary
added
that
all
ihe
great.
Powers,
including
the
United
States,
if she
cared
.to
join,
would
be
represented
on
the
Commission,
as weil
as Russia,
if she
fulfilled the
required
conditions.
He
said it
was also
antici-
pated
to
invite
Turkey
to
join in
the
League
of
Nations
when
peace
between
Turkey
and
Greece
had
been
ratified.
He
announced
that
the
conditions
ar-
ranged
at Paris
for
the
evacuation
of
Anatilia
by Greece
would
be
published
as
soon
as
the
armistice
had
been
ac-
cepted by both sides.
Lora Curzon saic,
Constantinople
would
be
evaruated
as
soon
as
possible
after
peace
had
been
concluded,
and
that
the Sultan
would be
allowed
to maintain
a
limited force there
sufficient for
a seat
of Government.
He
said,
it was
considered
urjust
and
im-
practicable
to
ask
Greece
to
evacuate
the whole of Eastern
Thrace.
in addition
to
Anatolia.
Moreover,
if the
Greeks
weregasked
to
retire from Thrace,
“‘we
should
be confronted
with a direct refus-
al’", and he
added
he was
unaware
of
any force
in existence
which
would
sue-
cessfully
expel
them.
London,
March
30th.—Horace
Jones,
the
Canadian
heavyweight
champion,
lost his 20 round
bout with Albert Llcyd,
the
Australian tonight,
on
a foulin
the
tenth round,
just as he
had
the Australi-
an practically
out.
Washington,
March
30th.--A
resolu
tion
requesting
President
Harding
issue
an invitation tonight to
represent-
atives
of Miners
and Operators
to meet
here
tomorrow
in an effort to avert
the
coal
strike,
was taken
up late
today for
"seussion
by the House Labor
Commit-
tee
in
exccutive
session.
Jou:
_.ure,
legislative
agent
of
the
united
line
workers
of £ merica,
toid a
bouse
com-
mittee
toaay
that
if the
miners
and
operators
could
meet tomorrow and adopt
a resol”
~xtending the present
wage
rates
auw- conuitions,
pending
negotia-
tions
of a new wage
contract,
messages
could
be sent
to all districts,
and
when
delivered,
there
would
be
no
stoppage
of work in the coal fields.
Indianapolis,
Ind.,
Marech
30th.—Ofii-
cials
of
the
mine
workers
of
Amerca
today indicated
a willingness to meet
tue
operato
's
at the
invitation of President
Harding,
but
no
hope
was
heid out
by
them
that
such
a
cenference
tomorrow
would
avert
the
miners
suspension
of
work.
Formal
comment
on the proposal,
however,
was
withheld
by
the
Union
leaders.
Washiagton,
March
30th.—The
nine-
power
Far
Eastern
treaty
toward
the
open
dcor policy
in
China
was
ratified
today
by
the
Senate.
No
reservations
or
amendments
were
proposed
to
the
pact,
and
on
the .final
vote
all
Senate
elements
joined in approving it.
Toronto.
March
30th.—Sir
John
C.
Eaton
lied tonight.
London,
March 30th.—The
largest
de-
crease
in unemployment
throughout
the
United Kingdom
occurred
last week,
the
number
being announced
by
the Labour
Ministry at 30,325.
‘lhe total unemploy:
ed now amounts
to 1,762,076,
as
compar-
ed with 1,811,338
on March first.
Berlin, March
30th:—A
resolution
de-
claring the demands
of a reparation
com-
mission
to be intolerable
and
expressing
approval ofiChancellor
Wirths statements
with regard
to the
commission
demands,
was passed
by the
Reichstag
today.
Londen,
March 30th.—Plans
for a pro-
posed imperial’airship
line from London
to India
and
Auswran.
were
forecasted
this afternoon
by comman.~ O
Dennis
Buruey,
at
a
conference
at
wu..'
the
agent
Genera]
of
Tasmania
presid
Commander
Burney szid hie bad
a defimte
financial offer to
the
Gouvt
and
ihat
the
largest of the Engineering
and
Oil Com-
panies
of Great
Britain
were
associated
with
the
project.
London,
March 80th.-Desperate
efforts
are being made by British
Capitalists
to
prevent
the sale
of four airships,
which
were recently advertised
in the American
press,
to foreigners.
The
time for action
on
the part of the
British
interests
ex-
pires
tomorrow,
and
tonighta bid
for
the operation
of the craft was
presented
to the Govt.
The interests,
which include
men
connected
.wita
the
vickers
and
gshell
oil
group,
bave
offered
to form
a
company
with $20,000,000
capital
to
take
over the ships
and
run them in
mail
and
passenger
services
between
England
In-
dia and Australia.
The plan provides for
a bi-weekly service
at first,
to expand
la-
ter into sailings
on
alternate
days.
The
combination
wants the Govt. to give them
the ships
and landing stations
in England
in return for the establishment
and oper-
ation of the service.
London, March 31st.—The
Minister of
Agriculture stated
in the House
of
Com-
mons yesterday
that in view
of the
raw
sugar
beet industry
in
this
country
and
the
present
conditions
of unemployment,
the Govt. had decided that no
excise
du-
ty would be charged
on
home-grown
su-
gar.
A provision for the removal
of
the
existing excise duty
will be
inserted
in
the nextfinance
bill.
This
decision
wll
not bind futyre Govt., but he hoped
that
until the industry
had
been
fairly
well
established,
no duty would be established.
London,
Mareh
31st.—In
the
Oxford
Cambridge
University
boat
race
on
the
Thames
tomorrow,
J.
Peddler,
of Wor-
cester,
weighing
twelve
stone
replaces
Barter
as
Oxtford’s
number
four.
Bar-
ter
strained
his
back
muscles
while
practicing for the annual
contest.
London,
March
31st.—R.
D,
Walker
the last of the
famous
seven
cricketing
brothers
of Southgate,
died
yesterday.
He was the
President
of
the
Middlesex
Cricket Club.
London,
March
31st.—The
decision of
the eommittee
on privileges
of the House
of Lords,
which
recently
allowed
Vis-
countess
Rhonda
to
take
a
seat
in
that
body
requires
ratification
by the
House
of Lords
itself, before
it becomes
effec-
tive,
The
matter
was brought forward
in the. Upper House
when Lord
Rirken-
head moved that the decision
be refevred
for consideration.
He said
there
were
many serious
legal
points to be consider-
ed.
He did
not desire
to
eommit
him-
sel.
either
way,
but
said
there
was
a
formidable
case
to be
argued
on the oth-
er side.
His motion
was carried.
Moscow, Mzrch 31st.— The pea'
of the
famine
in
the
Volga
has
been
passed
hence-forth
conditions
will rapidly
im-
prove,
Col Haskell, director
of American
relief
administration
work
in
Russia,
stated
vesterdav.
Barring
unforseen
d:fficulties,
he
believed
all deaths from
starvation
in the Volga will
cease
with-
in
a
month.
The
statement
says
that
Mr.
Hoover.
direcior
of
United
States
relief,
now
has
enough
foodstuffs
on
the
way
to
feed
nearly
ten
million
Russians.
No
food-stuffs
beyond
the
Hoover Programme
for
the
Volga
will
be required
to
prevent
starvation
until
the next harvest,
he
continues,
but the
carrying
out
of
that
programme
will
tax
the
capaety
of
Russian
transport
to the utmost.
Dublin,
March
31st.—The
agreement
signed
in Lendon
was
given an
enthusi-
astic
reception
ty
both
the
Uunionist
“Irish Times’’ and
the Nationalist
*‘lrish
Independent’’.
The
former
considers
that
the
terms
of the
document
signed
in London represent
a
broadminded
and
generous
effort to
remove
ali
causes
of
strife between
the North and South
and
lay the
foundation for a national
settle-
ment.