London,
D:e.
15th.—The
airplanz
of
Captain
Howc
11, one of
the airmen
in the
London-Melb
urne
flight,
was
wrezked
off St. George’s
Bay, Island of Coriu,
on
December
10:h,
and
there
is
no
hope
that either
C'aptain
Howell
or
his
me-
chanician
escaped,
according
to
a
des-
pateh
to Lioyds
from
Corfu.
The
des
patch
adds
that
the
log of
the
airnlane
was washed
ashore.
Cairo, Dee.
15th.--The
local committe.
of the Egypiian delegation
whica
.isiced
Paris
during Ithe
Peace
Conference,
is-
sued
a statenent
today saying
that
"'the
Egyoptian
nat
on had decided
to
boreott
the mission
hz2aded
by
Lord
Milner,
on
the following grounds:
That
the
Egyp-
tian question
is
International,
to
c¢nter
pour-pariers
vith the Commissicn
would
be
to classify
the question
as
domestic
That the Conx mission
wishes
te
corduet
poar-parlers
based
on
a
nrotect
rate
which
the
na io. dnes
not
accept.
That
the plebiseite
must
be held under
m:irtial
law.
Londo
,
Dee.
16th.
- Sugar
in stock
on
the i3tn. instant
was
77 000
tons.
Las:
year 282,009
tons.
Grenada,
Deec.
17th.—The
Hon.
H.
Ferguason,
Cclonial Secretary of Gro ada.
returned
to tie colony
on
the
12th
and
resumed
his
lutieson
the
13th.
inscant.
Consequent
¢n
this, the
Hon.
E. D
La
borde,
I. S. 0.,
and
Mr. H.
W.
Sharpe,
resumed
their
duties
as
Treasurer
and
Assistant
T r-easurer
respectively
(rom
the 13th.
instant.
His Honour
Sir
Thom-
as
W. Haycrift,
K. T., Chief
Justice
of
Grenada,
has
been grantcd
vacation
2ave
of absence
frr
three
months
fron
the
12th.
instart
to
be
followed
by
on:
month’s
leav>
on half salary.
The
Hon.
N. 4.
Paterson,
K. C.,
.ittorney
Gener-
al, has been
appointed
to
act
as
¢hies
Justice
anc
/..
W. Lewis
Esquire,
K. C.,
as Attorney
zeneral during
this
period.
Berlin,
!)ec.
15th.—'1he
bhiil
tor
the
prosecution
O
thcse
charged
with
war
erimes
and
o senses
has passed
all scages
in
the
Na:icnal
Assembly.
The
action
ot the Assen bly on the bill was
uue
nim-
ous.
Berlin, Dec.
15th —-The
German
Sec-
retary,
Herman
Muller, declared
ir
the
National Asscmbly
that the
peace
delega-
tion at Paris
was
dealing with the Baltic
blockade
anc
have
made
urgent
repre-
sentations
10 the inter-Ailied Navai
om-
ioission.
th» Government,
he
said,
ex-
i ccted
that
the blockade
would be raised
s
soon
as
ke
evacuation
of
the Faltic
provinees
v.as completed
Fiume,
ijec.
156th.—An
agreement
be-
tween
Dannuazio
and
the Gevt.
solving
the Fiume
¢it lation
has
been
siguned by
Premier Niit: and
Dannunzio,
according
to M. Pedr=z:ii,
head
of the Poet’s Press
Bureau.
The
formal trausfer of the city
is planned
‘cr the earliest
moment
pos
sibly, Tuesda;’,
or
Wedn=zsday.
F -znece,
Great
Britain,
and
Italy,
aeccording
tc
‘M. Pedrazz:,
agreed
to
the
anne<:.tion
of Fiume,
italy is to
have complete
sov-
81
ORIR
AV IS
|
ereignty
over
Fiume
and
all
the provi-
|
sious
of the Treaty
of London
are
to be
'
carried
out under
the terms
of
a compact
|
signed by Premier
Nitti and
Dannunzio,
.
according
to a statement
made
by
Dan-
.
nunzio’s press
representative.
Dannun-
.
zio
is declared
to consider
that all of his
-
amitions
which
resulted
in the
seizure
.
of Miume
have
been
attained
and
that
the agreement
signed
with Premier
Nitti
ful'y guarantees
their
realization.
I.ondon,
Dee.
15th.—Lzbanon,
Beirut,
Tridoii und Alexandratta
have been
haud-
-
ed
over
to General§Gouraud,
French
High
Conmissioner
in Syria,
according
to
ad-
vic s from Cairo under date of December
10t1.
British Military Pos.s
in
the
Mar-
ash,
Aintadurfah
and
Jenablus
areas,
wh ch have
been
inder Turkish
adminis-
'
traion,
have
also
been
relieved
by
the
French.
Damascus,
Hamah
and
Aleppo,
hai
2 been
handed
over
to
the
adminis-
tra ion
of
Arabs
under
Prince
Feisal,
son of the King of the Hedjaz.
All
Brit-
ish
troops
have
been
withdrawn
from
Syria.
The
withdrawal
and relief of
the
Briish forces
wera eacriad
out in accord-
|
ancz2
with arranzements
concluded
be-
tween
the Govts.
eoncerned.
London,
Dee.
15th.
-Tne Chancellor
of
.
the mixcheqguer,
detlared
10 the
House
of
-
Comamnns
today that
as far as
could
be
seen
the highest
point
in
the
national
dett
would
be reached
in the course
of a
molth
or six weeks,
He said
he
hoped
thereatter
to effect
4
gradual
reduction
of ihe gross
debt.
Liverpool,
Dee.
15th.—Messs.
Lloyd
George
and
Clemenceau
in th-..
confer-
ences
last
week
took up th:
«...2ate
pro-
blens
concerned
with T'..xey and
decid-
-
ed
o internationalize Constantinople,
aec-
~ cording to the
‘‘Post’’
today.
°‘‘This”’,
|
says
the '‘Post’’, ‘‘may serve
as
an
in
|
ducement
to /imerica
to join the Zntente
|
in administering problems
she
re
used
to
.
take on single handgd.”’
-
Faris,
Dec.
156cth.~—'he
German
reply
?
to,the Entente
note
is
regarded
in offi-
cia.
cireles
as
accedin:;
to
all
points
.
raised
in
the
Allied
note
execept
that
concerning
the
sinking
of the
tierman
-
wa-ships
in
Scapa
Flow,
whiea
point
|
is reserved
with
a vjew
to keeping
the
.
negotiations
open.
&‘he general
terms
of he reply
have
been
known
for
sev-
eral
days,
according
t 0 one
the
com-
-
meators
and it was
the
subject
of par-
-
ticular consideration
at the London
Con-
'
fer:nce
last
week, with
the result,
it is
-
said,
that
it has
been
decided
not
to
- permit
the
Germans
to prolong
the
ne-
ootiacions
even
orally.
A
definite
an-
swer
is
likely to
be
formulaced
within
a b-ief perio,
the
note
taking
the
char-
-
acter
of
a
protocol,
and
the
exchange
ot ratifications
purting the Pecace
I'reaty
|
into effect.
.
London,
Dec,
15th,~-Another niniature
.
Bri ish war has
been
concluded
with
‘he
-
return
of two
columns
opzrating
to
the
'
nor heast
of Mosuland
:0 the southeast
of
'
Amadia,
Asiatic
Turkey,
after
success-
.
ful expeditions
against
the
Kurdis
in
.
order.
as
officially stated,
to
punish
the
-
mauraders.
The
froops
consisting
of
'
four battalions of
Indian Infantry and
a
-
Mounted Battery and three
companies
of
Asyrians,
met with enormous
difficulties
.
in
a
country almost
impassable,
but the
health
of the
men
remained
good,
and
'
their losses
in engagements
were
slight.
Civil administration
has
been
restored
in
the
district
and
the
troops
have
been
-
withdrawn.
\
New York, Dec. 16th.—Relaxed
money
,rates
further
pronounced
improvement
.
in
foreign
excharge
and
favourable
|
technical
conditions
were
the
princi-
|
pal factors
which
guided
today’s
mod-
|
erately
active
stock
market
to
mate-
.
rially
higher
guotations.
Sterling
or
.
British
remittances
rose
about
twelve
|
cents
co the pound
over
the recent
low
'
records,
and
discounts
on
France
and
.
Italy
also
eased,
dealers
reporting
a
.~
marked
reduction
in offerings ~f bills
on
|
London and foreign centres.
|
Halifax,
N. 8., Dee.
17th —A
special
}
bulletin from Paris
this
morning states:
'
M.
Clemenceau
annouces
he
and
his
'
entire cabinet will resign’’.
,
London, Dec.
15th.—Bolshevik
forces
~
have
attacked
the left
flank
of General
.
Denikine’s
army and
driven the
latter’s
i
volunteers
back
30
or
40 miles
along
a
|
front of 300
or 400
miles.
The
ecapture
|
of Kharkov,
which has
been the base
of
.
General
Denekine,
is
claimed.
On
the
-
Caucasus
front
the Bolsheviki have
been
|
repulsed
before
Taritzan
with
heavy
|
losses.
|
Paris,
Dec.
Isth.--Premier
Clemen-
ceau
as
President
of
the
Peace
Confer-
ence
has
replied briefly
to
the
note
ip
'
which
Premier
Muizar
of Hungary
ex-
.
plained why he
could
not send
Hugarian
|
delegates
to Neuilly ro negotiate
g peace.
|
The
reply
takes
note of
the
announce-
.
ment
in
a
Hungarian
communication
.
that three
persons
it
proposed
to celeet
were
under
internment
by
the
Rouma.
nians.
The reply
then
adds
the following
:
.
"TheSupreme
Council
is
not called
upon
|
to intervene
in
a question
of
this kind,
|
and it renews
to
the
Hungarian
Govt,
|
its invitation
to send
delegates
to Neuilly
|
as quickly as
possible.
|
Paris,
Dec.
15th. —Germany’s
reply
to
.
the Entente
notes relative
to
the
sign-
ing of the peace
protocol
does
not
con
.
tain
an
ac ceptance
couched
in
coneilia-
|
tory terms, according
to
the
‘‘Echo
de
|
Paris.””
It is said the Allies will have 10
|
send
a new
note
to Germany,
but the
be-
-
lief is expressed
that the Berlin Govern-
~
ment will yield and that the protocol will
.
be signed
about Christmas.
|
London,
Dee.
15th.—British
battalions
;
have
been ordered to
make
preparations
.
for proceeding
to Silesia,
Schleswig-Hols.
|
tein, Bohemia
and
Jugo-Slavia
in
Jan-
'
uary..
Itis considered
problaple the
sol-
|
diers
are going to these districts
in
con-
nection
with the coming
plebicites.