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_Athens, Nov. 17th=<M. George Rhallis,
former Premier,
has succeeded
the Veni-
zelos” Govt.
defeated
in Sunday’s
elec-
‘tions, ‘and the
new
ministry is-to
be
swqipwak
- M. Rhallis,
who is 80
years of age,
will, besides thr-‘
mMe
the portfolio of “Foreign
Lioddon,
Nov. 17th.—A report that the
Haitian
Govt.
had
requested
Great
Bri-
tain
t 0 intervene'
with
vegard
to
the
alleged
killing of
Haitianst by
United
States
marines
was
raised
in
the House
of Commons
yesterday,
and
brought
a reply from Mr.
Cecil B.
Harmsworth,
Under
Secretary
for
Foreign
Affairs,
that no request
for intervention
had been
received
by
Great
Britain
on behalf
of
Haiti
Mr.
Harmsworth
said
that
he
‘was making inguiries regarding
the state-
ment of a Ynited States
journalist
to the
affect
that
Haiti
had
protested
to Great
itain.
and
that
he
had
required
this
jofiehalist to end such practices.
Londop,
Nov.
17th.—ihe
West
India
Committee
‘announced
gthat
Messrs.
Hames
Noarse
Ltd.,
have
agreed
to
carry nassangers
ior Barbadss
and Trini-
dad
on the
S.S.
“'Hughli’’, (previcusly
the
8.
8.
""Valeneia’')
a
vessel
of
5,227
tons,
which
is
expeeted
to
sail
Trom
Barry
and
Wales
early
in
December.
This .will turther
relieve
the
situation
arising from
the suspension
of the direet
trans-Atlantic
passenger
service.
‘
London, ‘Nov. 17th.—Ja the
House
of
Commons,
Mr. Montagu,
Secretary
for
India,
admitted
that
a
dangerous
situ-
ation
existed in that.country,
and
said
that
the Govt.
there would
be left
per-
fectly free
tc
tuke
whatever
steps
it
deemed
necessary
in dealing
with it.
Berlin,
Nov:.
i7th.-—Confidential
re-
ports - that the Poles
are
concentrating
“arge
masses
of troops near
the fronticr
of Upper Siberia,
have been
received
by
the German
Gowt., says
the Lokal Anzei-
‘ger. The
attention
of
Great
Britain,
France
and ltaly
has
been
called
to
the
situation,
the newspaper
declares.
.
Washington,
Nov. 17th.— More that 60
German merchants
have arrived
recent-
ly insapanto solicit trade, according
to
advices
to the Departinent
of
Commerce
frefnKioto.
..
°
:
L?),
Nov.
17th.—Mr. Bonar
Law
explainzd -ip the House
of Comimons
to-
night, the meeting of Prime
Ministers of
the empire summoned
forJune
next.
It
will be
a meeting along the
lines
of the
imperial war eabinet meetings
which tuok
place in
1917-18 to deal with urgent
pro-
blems of common
interest,
calling for
a
common poliey and
action by the
differ-
ent Govts, of the Empire.
It will not be
the special
constitution
conference
con-
templated
by the resolution
of the
Impe-
rial. War Conference
in 1917.
Mr.‘Bonar
Law added,
'There
is a
geuneral
agree-
ment
on imperial
defence
matters
which
will require joint examination
in the
near
ST.
CROEX
AVIES
future, bu' I am
not yet able to say
pre-
cisely what
arrangements
will be
made
for their discussion.”’
5
Berlin,
Nov.
17th.—Allied
armies
of
oceupation
in Germany
are being
main-
tained
at
a strength
which
is
uineces-
sary,
says
Herr Simmons,
the
Foreign
Minister,
in a speech at Cologne
today.
He contended
the Allies intention in thus
keeping
the
forces
in a high
state
of
efficiency
was not
defensive,
but
offen-
sive.
He claimed
that the Rhine bridge-
heacs
had
been
extended,
military
ba-
keries
capable ot
turning out 400,000
ra-
tions
daily had
been
ecstablished,
new
strategic
Rhine
bridges
have been
pre-
pared
and .Belgian
trpops
equipped
al-
most ready for the march,
have been
sta-
tioned in tactical positions
behind
the
ar-
mies
ot occupation.
Constantigople,
Nov.
17th-—Allied offi-
cers
here praise
the
hercism
of
Gener-
al Wrangel’s
troops during
the days
of
the
Crimean
disaster;
The
cavalry
divisions
of
sub-Genls.
Mapkoff* Bar-
bovitch
and - Skalon
-suffered
gerrific
jJosses
in
defending”
Perekop
whieh
it
is believed
would havegheld
out if Genl.
Wrangel’s
forees
had
not
been
out-
flanked
on
the
f{rosem
FPuirid
BSea,
while
prisoners,
particularly”
officers,
are
alleged
by
Russians
bere
to
have
be-n
tortured
by
thie
Bolsheviki.
The
Saloviki
regiment
. determined
to
flee
to the
mountains
and
earry
on guerilja
warfare
against
the
-Red
Army.
The
Niemetiki regiment
wag virtually wiped
out, there being only five survivors.
Athens,
Nov., 17th:—I1t
1s
believed
here
that the Allies will make known
to
Greece
their
intention
not to recognize
ex-King Constantine,
should
he
be
re-
stored
to the throne.
L
Paris,
Nov. 17th,—The
chances
ot
ex-
King Constantine’s-
return
to the
throne
of
Greece
are
steadily diminishing,
ac-
eording
to eopinion
in French circles,
as
the
anti-Venizelos
party in
Athens
is
coming
to realize
the strength
of
the
Allied opinion against..guch
a
restora-
tion.
_Athens,
Nov. 17th.
-Constantine
is
o rightful King former
Premier
Goun-
aris,
leader
of
the successful
party
in
the Greek
elections,
told -a
correspon-
dent
today,
‘‘and
we. expect
him back
as soon
as
a plebiscite
is held,
showing
that the
people
want
him.
We
expect
to assume
the
Government
in a day or
two’’, he continued,
‘'when
the results
of
the
elections
become
official.
We
shall quickly ecall the Chamber
and
have
a
plebiscite.
It
was
the
intention
of
Constantine
to
return
after
the plebis-
cite
and
I have
no message
so far from
him
that
be
is
coming
earliecr
If the
plebiscite
shows
that
the
people
want
Constantine,
I
do
not
see
why Fragee
and Great Britain should
interfere.
. We
won the electior.s
because
the people
e
garded
the
Venizelisis
as
usurpers
..
7
force.
We
wish
to
a oid the civil
war
and
further
trouble.
We
shall-pursue
|
& policy of conciliation,
not
vengeance,
|
toward the Venizelist.
We
do not
anti-
l
cipate
a
revolt
in . the
army,
which
is
|
reaily Constantines’’.
-
f
Londor,
Nov.
17th.—Earl
Curzon
ex-
|
plaining in the House of Lords
last night
.
the Govt’s Persian
policy, anrounced
that
|
all
British
troops
would
be
withdras
‘
from Persia
by
next Spring.
The forces
!
in the northeast
and
southeast
of Persia
|
bad already
been withdrawn and
British
-
-
responsibility
for the Cossack force south
.
of the Caspian,
officered by English
offi-
gcCers
must
cease
by
the S ring.
The
-~ Govt.
said
Lord
Curzon
expected
the
" Persian
parliament
to
ratify the Anglo-
Persian
agreement
and would then
do its
~
best
to assist Persii‘in her independence,
-
but if ratification’ was
refused,
the
re-
sponsibility
would be
Persia’s
own.
:
Vienna,
Nov.
18th.—Siberia
is
one
.
~
huge
cemetary.
Os
500
men
ip
one
'
. camp,
200 died
of epidemics
or
melan-
cholia in 6 months,
according
to Ausirian
officers who have returned
here
to
tell
of
the
pitiable coixd@s
under
which
the 70,000
Austrian
an
| Hungarian
pri-
soners
in
Siberia
are
living
and
dving.
Counting
of the
dead
has
beeu
discon-
tinued,
the officers say, - but
30.G00
died
up
to 1918.
The bodies
are
left in heaps
unburied.
The
prisoners
have
received
no bread
since September.
'
The
Hague,
Naov.
18th. —The
Duteh
Government
has been
asked
to explsin to
'
Pariiament
why
former
Crown
Prince
| - Frederick
William of Germany
is permit-
|
ted to carry
on constant
communication
.
with the German monarchists.
?
London, No..
18th.—Lord
Robert
Ce-
|
cil who represents
South
Africa
at
the
I*
League
of Nations
conference
at
Gene-
~
va
pleading
for
a
bold
line
in a poliey
of veconciliation,
said,
according
to th%
|
“'Morning
Post’s’’
correspondent,
*‘T
~
stand
before
you
as
a
substitute
for
|
General Smuts,
who not
many . ears ago
-
was
one
of
the
most
redoubtable
and
|
successful
commanders
of the Boer for-
|
ces'iu
arms against
the British Empire.
I
l
am
the son of the Premier who conduet:
i
.ed
that
war
on the Empire.
Yet that
Boer General
goes
to the son of a British
Premier
and
asks him to appear before
- the
Assembly
as
the
exponent
of his
(Smuts)
views
om
internatiopal
sub-
jects””.
The speech
was loudly applaud.-
ed.
:
o
|
New York, Nov. 16th.~There
were
no «
|
price
changes
yesterday
in either raw |
.
or
refined
sugar
and the buying ofraw £
.
was
confined.
to one
loeal
refining in-=
|
terest
which
took
9,600
tons ¢t Pery’s,
.
afloat,
@ §%c.
cif and
6,000 bags Janiaica
.
centrifugals,
afloat,
at
the same
priece.
!
Refined
sugar
remained
unchanged and
|
while
there
was
a belief that po further
|
Dbrice
reductions
would be
made, locai-
|
refiners
had
fully
caught
up on oid or-
ders,
wholesalers
were
not
inclined
to
‘
rurchase
granulated
with
a possible
de-
t
cline close
at
hand
.