stood
at 450.
The
partnership
between
Collins and Gregory
was
a brilliant affair,
the former making 203, lashing the South
African bowling unmercifully.
London, Nov. l4th.—Officials in Down-
ing Street
today declared inexactly
that
Mr.
Lloyd George
cordially
welcomed
the general principle of the United States
naval
restriction
programme,
as
laid
down by Mr. Hughes
at the United States
segsion
of the
Washington
Conference
last
Saturday.
The
Prime
Minister is
keeping
in close toueh
with the proceed-
ings
at
Washington.
Mr.
Balfour
al-
ready
has
submitted
a report
and it was
said
today
that
there
would
be
daily
communication
between
him
and
Mr.
Lloyd George.
Govt.
officials emphasiz-
ed,
however,
thatit
should
not
be
in-
ferred that
the policy of
the British
de-
legates
in
the United States
capital
was
being
dictated
from
London.
It
was
pointed
out that while
neither
Mr. Lloyd
George
nor Mr.
Balfour had
the requis-
ite technical knowledge
to approve
of the
United
States
proposals
off hand,
they
were both
heartily in favour of the gen
eral principies contained
in the proposal.
“‘The United
States
naval
restriction
proposal could be carried
out with great-
ar benefit
to Great
Britain
than
anyone
else,
because
of the
very
fact of our sea
communications,
declared Rear
Admiral
Mark Kerr,
head
of the
British
naval
mission
to (Greece,
in an article
published
by the ‘Evening Standard’’ today.
Ad-
miral Kerr
suggested
in his article
that
any nation not wishing to build up 500,000
tonnage might
spend
what
1t thus saved
on
{battleships
in
building
faircraft,
submarines
and
destroyers.
There is no
getting away
from the
fact that
battle-
ships
are of
no
use in
case
of war
be-
tween
countries
situated
with their base
thousands
of miles
apart and where
geo-
graphical
position
does not act
as it did
_in the late war.
It is obvious that Great
©-
n
has
more
than
enough
capital
suips
for Europe and the scrapping of ca-
pital ships,
which
are beyond
her home
requirements,
is entirely in
her
favour,
and is a great measure ofieconomy as well.
Therefore,
he declared,
the
flotilla must
preserve
the
ocean
routes
and
in
this
Great Britain
has
the
advantage
of her
enormous
superiority
in
the
number
of her coaling stations.
Melbourne,
Nov.
14th—‘‘The United
Qtates
is
to :be
sincerely
congratulated
on
its
practical
disarmament
scheme”’,
declared
Mr.
Hughes
tonight.
After
referring
to possible
difficulties arising
fromdifferent circumstances
in the differ-
ent countries, the AustralianjPremier{said
“The whole
civilized world must
rejoice
in the prospect
of lasting benefit,
result-
ing from this conference’’.
Wellingtop,
N.
Z.,
Nov.
14th.—The
Premier
today
expressed
satisfaction
over
the limitation of armament
proceed-
ings
at Washington
and
said
it should
be remeybered
that
Great Britain
took
SLTLOCROILX
AV
LI §
the lead in the disaimament
by scrapping
scores
of her
ships
and
reducing
the
personnel
of
her
navy
by
about
two
thirds.
The
Premier§
reaffirmed
his
views
that the peace
es the
world for a
lengthened
period could
be obtained only
through
a friendly
agreement
between
Great
Britain,
the
United
States
and
Japan.
Madras,
India, Nov.
14th.—Messages
from
Calcutta report
a big
engagement
between
the
rebels
and the Govt.
forces
near Kanara
Mosque at
Vayakad,
where
disturbances
previously
oceurred.
One
Gurkha
officer and
twelve soldiers
were
wounded.
Montreal,
Nov.
14th.—The
Royal
Board
of Trade
were in receipt
of a let-
ter
yesterday
from
Messrs.
Mae Donald
and
Co.
a
prominent
firm
of Antigua
B.
W.
I. urging
the
need
for
abetter
service
between
Canada
and the
eastern
group of the West
Indies.
The
present
service
from Halifax and St.
John
to the
eastern
group,
is not
in the
opinion
of
this
firm
sufficient
to
encourage
trade
with
Canada,
as
against
Canada
with
the
United
States.
The
Council of the
Board
of
Trade
decided
to
obtain
all
possible
information
with
a
view
to
ascertaining
whether
conditions
would
warrant
additivnal
expenditure
in
the
connection
on the
part of
the
Canadian
Govt.
London,
Nov.
16th.—Commander
Dawes,
Liberai
M.
P.
for Southwark,
died
yesterday.
Budapest,
Nov.
15th.—Count
Stefab
Bethlon,
the
Premier,
yesterday
tender-
ed
to
Admiral
Horthy,
the regent,
the
resignation
of the
Hungarian
Cabinet.
London,
Nov.
15th.—The
‘‘Westmin-
ster Gazette’’
says
that
the
Past Office
schesme
of an fmperial
wireless chaln has
collapsed,
and
was
doomed
from its in-
ception by
the
aloofness
of
the domin-
ions
of
India,
It
is
averred
in
some
quarters
that
this
information is prob-
ably
correct,
as
the
Home
Govt.
hss
shown
lukewarmness
lately
towards
the scheme.
Washington,
Nov.
15th.—Mr.
Lloyd
George
today
cabled
the following
mes-
sage
to Mr. Balfour.
‘‘Government have
followed proceedings
at opening sessions
of
conference
with profound
apprecia-
tion
and
whole
heartedly
endorse
your
opinion
that
the
speech
made
by
Mr.
Harding and Mr.
Hughes
were bold and
statesmanlike
utterances,
pregnant
with
infinite rossibilities,
Nothing
could
ar-
gue better
for
the
ultimate
success
of
the conference.
Please
convey
to
both
oiar
sincere
econgratulations.’’
:
Demerara,
Nov. 15th—Mr.
J.
G. Gray
chief
clerk
of
the
Post
Office who has
been
acting
Postmaster
General
of
British Guiana
since
the
resignation
of
Mr. N. Farrar
at the end
of October
has
been confirmed in the appointment,
London, Nov.
15th —General
satisfac-
tion is
expressed
in the
: ewspapers
this
morning
at
reports
trom
Washington
that the British
ard Japanese
delegation
to the
armament
conference
are
pre-
pared
to accept
in principle the
Hughes
proposals
for
a ten
years
naval
holiday
and
the scrapping
of allebut
a
limited
number
of
warships.
In
its
second
thoughts
on
the proposals
set
forth
by
Mr. Hughes,
the press
shows
no lessen-
ing of the appreciation
expressed
yester-
day,
and devotes
more attentiop
to
the
probable effect of the plan
on Great Bri-
tain’s naval position.
It is freely recog-
nized that
the
United
States
offers
to
makz
sacrifices both
in money
and
as-
pirations,
which is greater
than
she asks
of other
nations.
At the same
time,
it
is remarked
that Great Britain,
as
a far
scattered
empire,
is in
quite
a different
position
than
the
self
contained
Uni-
ted
States,
and that
circumstances
are
conceivable
in
which
Great
Britain
might
becalled
upon
to defend
the Bri-
ish
Jsles
and
at
the
same
time
pro-
tect
the
outlying
parts
of
the
Em-
pire
as
well
as
guard
trade
and
defend
routes.
This,
it
is
argued.
must
be
considered
when
the details of
the plan
came
up
for discussion
in the
conference.
There
are
also
some
indi-
cations
of reluctance
among
the
naval
experts
to
agree
to
the
proposal
that
Great
Britain
scrap
the four
post-war
battle-s!
ips
of
the Hood type, contracts
for which were
recently
placed.
These
warships,
it
is
contended,
are superior
to
any
so
far projected
by
the Unitea
States
and
cancellation
of the
contracts
would immediately place
Great Britain in
an inferior position
to the
United
States
as regards
to battleship
strength,
as
the
United States ships
would
be
newer and
more powerful.
The point is
also
made
that
any
arrangement
made
in
Wash-
ington
should
permit
the
dominions
to
build
cruisers
in
addition
te
those
Great
Britain
possesses.
The
experts
further
contend
that
any arrangements
as
suggested
by
Mr.
Hughes,
c¢ nnot
satisfactorily
‘be
confined
to
the United
States,
Great
Britain
and
Japan,
as
otherwise
1
spurt
in
naval
building by
European
powers,
or
even
perhaps
South
American
nations,
might upset
the
contemplated
balance
of
sea
power
lead
ing to
denouncement
of the agreement,
a most undesirable
possibility which they
say
should
be
forestalled.
The
pros-
pect
of
an
increase
in
the
number
of
unemployed
workmen
by the cancellation
of the contracts
for
the
four Hood type
ships,
as well as
the
forced
idleness
tor
many officers and
sailors
through
serap-
ping of ships
row in
service,
is
deplored
but
1s not urged
as
a
reason
against
ac-
ceptance
of the
plan.
The
''Daily Tele-
graph’’
while
expressing
deep
sympa-
thy
with
the
seamen,
says
they
must
stee|
their hearts
against
the unpleasant
prospects
and consider
only
the welfare
of the nations.