to have its hands
filled with
work.
All
these lab?
troubles
have
been
slowly
maturing
for months,
but opponets
of the
Labour
Government,
conneet
their
hav.
ing reached
an acute
stage
with the
ad-
.
vent ol the
Mac Donald
Government
the
Ministers of which daily have
to
sustain
questioning
and
attacks
in Parliament.
London,
March
26th.—Rep.ying
in the
i House of
Commons
to the
suggestion
of
Viscount
Curzon,
that
in
view
of
the
threat
of the tube railwaymen
to juin the
strike
of the
tram and
bus
employees,
the Government
should organize
emerg-
ency
charabancs
and lories,
“'in orden
to
minimize
the
intolerable
sufferings
and
hardship
to which
workers
who have to
depend
on
transport
to
earn
their
daily
breap
would
be
deiiberately
subjected
owing
to
the
continuance
of the
dis
pute,’”’ the Premier
stated
that
an
amer-
gency
committee
waa
preparing
to meet
immediately
to present
propesals,
but still
hoped
it would be unnecessary
for any
ac-
tion to be taken, particularly
as it is under-
stood the point in dispute have been consi-
derably
reduced.
The others of the House
suggested
immediate
steps
to organize
the
London transport
on the
lines
sug-
gested
and also that
a
commiitee
should
protect
the
mea
who
are
willing
to
drive
trams
during
the
strike.
The
Premier
replied,
‘‘the law
provides
for
certain
things
to
he
done
and
we
are
2
doing these
things.”’
Lyons,
March 26th.—The Britiso round
the world flyers took off toward
Reme
at
11 05 a.
m. today-
Amalfi
Italy,
March
27th.—Ninety-
one
persons
were
Kkilled
and
lives
of
many
tourists
impetilled when
a
series
of landslides
devastated
villages
on the
Gult of Salerno yesterday.
It
was offici-
ally announced
today.
lThe
tihree
towns
Vettica where fifty lives
were lost,
Pra-
fano
and
Caoca
Marina
were
partly
wiped cut.
Torownto,
March
27th.--Sir
E<mund
Walker
D.
C.
L,
L.
L.
D.
one of the
most
outstanding
figures
in
the
bank-
ing ancd
financial
world in
Cianada
and
who
was
internationally
well
known
died this morning
at
his
home
alter an
ilness
of only
a
few days
of pneumo-
nia.
Sir
Edmund
was
in
his
76
year.
Ottawa,
March
26th.——Hon.
1.
M.
Mac Donald
Minister
of Defence
today
furnished
the
House
with
coparrative
~
ber
capita
figures
of
expenditura
on
% Lilitary defence
in
the
diffe-ent
parts
£of the k.mvoire,
The figures
were Cana-
da
$1.45
per
head,
New
Ze:land $2.33
South
Atrica $2.92 Australia $..30
Great
Britain 1.32.
London,
March
28th.—The
race
for
the Grand National
Steeplechase
run to-
day
resulted
as
follows Master Kobert
first, Fiy Mask second,
Silvo tuird.
Loerdon,
March 27th-—The Cabinet has
met
to
discuss
the
gloomiest
industrial
outlook for
some
time.
It is expected
that a Privy Council will meet later today
and it will declare
that
as the situa‘ion
51,
LROIX
AViE
is
a
state
of
national
emergency,
the
Goverament
should
have greater
powers
to deal witn the threatened
extension
of
the tramway strike
to the subways.
Paris,
March 27th.—It is believed
the
Government
was
not
defeated
in
the
Chamber of Deputies
on the
pension
bill
and
that it actually
had a majority of
10
votes.
In
the
count
of
votes
these
10
were
adjudged
as
ing
to
the
minority.
M.
Poin
has
conferred
with M.
Deselves,
Président
of the Sen-
ate’s Foreign
Affairs Committee,
and
M.
Dariac,
President
of the
Chamber’s
Fi-
nance
Comrmittee.
After
these
confer
ences
he stated
he was of the cpinion that
he
would
have
a
new
cabinet
before
evening.
The
Morning
Dailies
sre
un-
animous
in urging
M. Poincare
to return
to the Cabinet,
declaring that all
France
supports
everything
he
has accomplished
since
he
tock
the
office.
M.
Millerand
said
that
the
new
ministry
would
con-
tinue
the policy of firmness
abroad
and.
economy
at
home.
France
will not eva-
cuate
the Ruhr until fully paid.
France
will abstain
from loans
and
will not
con-
sent
to expenditures
unless
fully covered
by
revenues.
Should
the
new
ministry
not
carry
out
the
above
policies
and
should
the
nation
oppose
such
a
pro-
gramme;
the President
will take
oppor-
tune messures
to see
that
the programme
is adhered
to.
Athens,
March
27th.—Despite
unoffi-
cial denials
unconfirmed
reports
come
in
from
Salonika
insisting
that
there
are
50,000 Jugo-Slav artillerymen and cavalry
men mobilized
in the
Kral district,
with
the
intention
of occupying
Greek
Mace-
d~nia.
The assemblyat Tirana
viriually
declared
in favour of a republic by
a
un-
animous
vote.
A committee
of
four,
with
a supreme
magistrate,
will be
the
governing body
until a
new
constitution
can
be framed,
Al Greek
deputies
sup-
ported
the Republic.
Rome,
Mareh
27th.—It
is
unofficially
announced
from
Amalfi that
the
number
of victims
toral, 91,
as
a
result
of
an
avalanche
in that section
of the
country.
Refugees
from
Vettica,
arriving
-at
Amalfi,
report
that
the
avalanche
of
trees,
mud,
debris,
bureda
section
of
the town, killingfifty.
The first rescuers
arriving
at Amalfi found
the
population
panic-stricken
and camping
in the
publie
square.
Later reports
from Amalfi bring
the
news
that
land
slides
repeatedly
threaten
the town
as the roads
have
been
blocked,
the rescuers
have
te climb rocks
and
through
trees
to
reach
the
hotel.
The
tourists
were
much
excited,
but
safe.
Troops ot rescuers
began
clearing
the
high ways
and
afterwards
repaired
the
lines
of telegraph
and
telephone
communication.
The Bishop from Amalfi
has placed
the seminary
at
the
disposal
of the
town
authorities.
In
it
many
people who were wounded
are recovering
under the care of army doctors,
but it is
said
that
there
are
still
manv
p rsons
buried alive.
Firemen
from
Naples and
Salerno
have
arrived at Vettica for
th-
rescue
of
survivors
and the
exhumaticn
of the huried
bodies.
Paris,
March
27th.—Wales
defeated
France
in their annual rugby
march
here
today by 10 to 6.
Paris,
March 27th. —M. Poincare,
des-
pite the fact that
he is finding
the
work
of setting
up
a
new
government
harder
than
he expected
and has
therefore
been
unable
to complete
it,
informed
Presi-
dent
Millerand this evening
that
he
ae-
cepted
the task of resuming
the Premier-
ship
and
constructing
a
Ministry.
M.
Poincare
this
afternoon
grappled
with
the difficuliies of organizing
his
cabinet
to fit the
uew
pelitical
situation
result-
ing from the Chambers
attitude
on
the
Pension Biiland
to acdord
with
the
poli-
cy
of economics
for which
he had fought
so hard for several
weeks in the Chamber
and Senate.
vusseldorf,
March
27th
—The
Socialist
members
of the City Council,
backed
by
the Catholics,
are endeavouring
to
have
the
name
of
General
Ludendorf
st:uck
off the
list of the
city’s honorary
citi-
zens.
Washington,
March 27th.—The
Hondu-
ran
revolutionary
leaders
have
agreed
on Fausto
Davilla
as
[Provisional
Pres:
dent of that
Republic,
according
to
in-
formation
received
in
official
circles
here.
New
Orleans,
March
27th.—Fausto
Davilla,
who
is
reported
to
have
been
selected
by the
revoluticnisis
as Provis-
ional President
of Honduras,
sailed from
this port for Honduras
on Tuesdav.
Washington,
Mireh
27
h.—Aun
unfa-
vourable
report
on the nomination
oi
M.
Samuel Knight to be special oil counsel
for
the Government,
was d cided
on by
the
Senate
Qii
Commitiee
today.
The
Ds
trict Attornev
has anoouncad
that
he will
present
the Sinciair
contempt
case
to the
Grand Jury here
today.
The
House
Ju-
diciary Committee
failed today to act
i,
the Senate’s
resolu
icn ¢
impeach
Mr.
Chase,
Customs
Colleeter
of
El
Paso.
Fexas,
who refused
to tostify
beflore the
Oil Committee.,
The Tieasuary
D
o
ment
yesterday
accepted
Mr.
Chase’s
resignation.
Washington,
March
27th.—Attorney
General Daugherty resigned today.
Sur-
rounded
by
an evergrowing
storm
of cri
ticism and under
the
pressure
of
mary
of his
ranking
party
leaders,
he¢
cor-
sented
to follow Secretary
of
the ..
Denby into retirement.
His resig
promptly
accepted
by
the Presid
rt,
clears
the
administration
of the
the Cabinet' members
who have
econe
centres
in the oil scandal.
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Christiansted,
February
21, 1924.