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Show . : - . r." - v v ; ,v: ;-; iiiiii: . ' , ' t, i ' , - I s s. ff t. 4i,.U t r - S U U, ' t i M. , J2jZ'.m!'mjXmm mi i i ll-. M ill. V.'Ll -..-.L'i''j ii' - -. ,i,r.r n irmnrr '-v...... n..-.-Hr j l.-Big herd of Tibet camels which arrived In New York utter journey of many mouths. 2.-Aukuochuu or ( I northern Chinese troops occupying Pukow to protect the Tientsin railway from the Cantonese. 3. Gun craw of j U. S. S. Memphis receiving cash awards for etlicicucy us marksmen. I : NEWS REVIEW Or GURRENTEVENTS British Troop Movements Check Negotiations With Chinese. By EDWARD V. PICKARD GREAT BRITAIN, Japan, France and the United States are all desirous de-sirous o negotiating new treaties with China that will do away with foreign domination and the inequalities inequali-ties of which the Chinese' complain. Both the Canton and the Peking governments gov-ernments demand such treaties, but neither will concede that the other is, the one with which negotiations should be carried on. Furthermore, the southern government, through Foreign Minister Chen, announced last week that nothing in that way could be done until Great Britain altered al-tered its policy of concentrating troops in Shanghai. So for the present tlu-re is a deadlock, although the Britisli government decided to divert many of the troops to Hongkong, which is British territory and whence they could be transported speedily to Shanghai should the necessity arise. As for surrendering the British concessions con-cessions to the Chinese, London more than intimates this can be easily arranged;' ar-ranged;' but that does not include the foreign part of Shanghai, which is an international quarter though mainly ruled by the British. Offers of the British foreign office, made to both the southern nnd the northern Chinese governments; are really very generous and probably will be accepted ultimately. They include recognition of the validity of the modern mod-ern Chinese law courts for cases brought by British plaintiffs or complaints, com-plaints, and of a reasonable Chinese nationality law; also the acceptance of modern Chinese civil and commercial commer-cial codes as far as practicable in British courts in China. The government is prepared to enter en-ter arrangements for n modification of the municipal administrations of the British concessions, so ns to bring them In line' with the administrations of the special Chinese mlministralions of the former concessions or for their amalgamation with the former concessions con-cessions now under Chinese control or for transfer of police control of tho concession areas to the Chinese authorities. au-thorities. It is conceded that British missionaries should no longer claim the right to purchase land in the interior, in-terior, und Chinese converts should look to the Chinese law for protection. protec-tion. Missionary, educational, nnd medical institutions should conform to the Chinese laws. Delay in the Cantoncse-P.ritish negotiations ne-gotiations concerning administration of the concessions in Hankow and Khildang caused a recrudescence of the anti-British demonstrations in I Informer In-former city with threats of mob violence. vio-lence. It seemed likely all the British Brit-ish subjects there would be rumpetled to leave. nnd there was renewed danger dan-ger for foreigners further up the Yangste river. Removal of Americans from the interior in-terior continued, and our ovenimont dispatched more transports mid marines ma-rines for purposes of protection. Among the American refugees arriving arriv-ing In Shanghai last week was a large party from the mission stalions In Hunan province. The expected battles between the Cantonese and the northern China armies ar-mies had not be-nju but the troops of Marshal Chans so-lin and his allies were reportea to be gathering in great numbers in Hitn'in province, anu there was some fighting In Cbeklang province, prov-ince, where the Canton troops were strongly placed near Chiuhow. LIBERAL rebels In Nicaragua were decisively defeated by troops of the Diaz government at Rivns and I Nac'aime en the west coast, nnd the I victory was made more complete by j the capture of Gcu. Christhtno Zapa-1 Zapa-1 ta, one of the most troublesome of the revolutionists. That the cause of Dr. j Juan B. Sacnsa, chief of the liberals, i is hopeless, is the opinion of Colonel j Messer. his military adviser, who was ' a German staff ol'Jcor In the World war. The colonel asked and obtained from President Diaz a passport, to .Mexico. Rear Admiral Latimer has Informed Sacasa that Washington will never recognize ill in or his government govern-ment and advised him to accept the Diaz peace terms. More American murines have arrived at Managua to, serve as a permanent guard for the legation. DISPATCHES from Tampa, Mexico, Mexi-co, say an anti-government plot has been discovered in that region and frustrated. Details are withheld but it is stated that several priests and members of the Knights of Columbus Co-lumbus are among those arrested. The' government has ordered that all unregistered un-registered priests must cease religious services. The war department announced that all rebels who submitted unconditionally uncondition-ally before February 10 would be granted amnesty, and ns a result many of them are surrendering, especially in the state of Jalisco. Elsewhere, however, there are reports of increased in-creased activity on the part of the rebels, with varying results. The conquest con-quest of the Yaqui Indians seems not to have been complete, but government govern-ment forces now control all the northern north-ern part of the Bacatetes mountains and the Indians are in flight aud without with-out food. ON F1CBRUARY 1 the Interallied military commission, which for seven years controlled German disarmament, dis-armament, turned the job over to the inquiry committee of the League of Nations and went out of existence. At its final session the eastern frontier fron-tier question was discussed and Germany Ger-many promised to demolish twenty-two twenty-two fortified places around three fortresses, for-tresses, the reichswelir to select seventeen sev-enteen and the allies five. The commission com-mission decided that the disarmament clauses of the Versailles treaty had been completely executed by Germany, and the lierlin government at once drafted a note to the allied powers asking immediate evacuation of the occupied territory of the Rhlneland. It was presumed this demand would be discussed in March when the foreign for-eign ministers meet in Geneva in the League of Nations council, and that Great Britain and Belgium will persuade per-suade France to agree to the withdrawal, with-drawal, i President von Hindenburg didn't like the presence of Herr Graef, royalist, roy-alist, us minister of justice iu the cabinet, cab-inet, selected by Doctor Marx, and appointed ap-pointed Doctor Ilergt to that post and Dr. Walter von Keudell as minister of the interior. The Nationalists agreed to get along with three men in the cabinet. DISREGARDING the budget recommendation rec-ommendation and the opposition of the President, the senate, before passing the navy appropriation hill, amended It to provide $1,200,000 for immediate work on the three light cruisers authorized by the act of i24. The vote on the amendment was 49 to -'. Of the affirmative votes, 24 were cast l.y Republicans and 25 by Democrats. Demo-crats. The negative votes Included that of IS Republicans, 8 Democrats, and 1 Farmer-Lnhor member. As passed by the senate, the bill also al-so included an amendment providing increased appropriations to carry into effect the first part of the navy's five-year five-year aircraft program. This program calls for n minimum of "l.'i new plar.es each year, and the house bill provided for only 1,")3 next year. The measure went lo conference, with fair prospects pros-pects that It would be sent to the President with the cruiser clause Included. In-cluded. pvCDKN MILLS of New York was W nominated by President Coolidge lo be undersecretary of the treasury to succeed Garrard Winston, resigned, and the selection was approved by the senate. me State department Is preparing for the appointment of American min" lsters to Canada and the Irish Tree State, and is consulting with the British Brit-ish government. Secretary Kellog-has Kellog-has been considering Frederick V Sterling for the Irish post. Mr. sterling, ster-ling, who is now counselor of tlu-Amerlcan tlu-Amerlcan embassy in London., is r,i!y years of age and was -born In st' Louis, Mo. William Phillips, ow n,! bassador to Cerium, will bc the min ister to Canada, according to Washington Washing-ton advices. IN THE course of the hearing of the $31,000,000 Ford tax suit before the board of tax appeals John W. Prentiss, Pren-tiss, partner In the New York firm of Hornblower aud Weeks, testified that Henry and Edsel Ford had thrice refused re-fused an offer of one billion dollars for their stock in the Ford company. The offers were made by Hornblower and Weeks in 1924, 102.") and in January Jan-uary of this year. Prentiss said the Ford company was worth $2.j0,000,00f In 1913 and that his company 'would have been glad to purchase it for $750,000,000 in" 1919, wdien the minority minor-ity stockholders sold their interests to the Ford family on the basis of a total valuation of $250,000,000. He added that Ford had laughed at an offer of $500,000,000 for the Ford Motor company com-pany stock in 191G. GREAT interest was aroused In England, aud almost equally in this country, by the testimony in the libel suit brought by Capt. Peter Wright against Viscount Gladstone. The case really amounted to an -effort by the viscount to clear the reputation reputa-tion of bis father, William E. Gladstone, Glad-stone, from the charges of loose living, liv-ing, made by Wright In one of his. hooks, against the great commoner. Lord Gladstone has denounced the author au-thor as a foul-minded liar and coward, cow-ard, and forced his -expulsion from a club. Wright testified that various persons bad told him of intimacy be-' I ween Gladstone and Litlie Langtry. Olga Novikoff of Russia and other women. He asserted he still believed what he had written but was now sorry he had put the stories in print. Lillie Langtry, now Lady de Bathe, wired a denial from Monte Carlo, and T. P. O'Connor nnd Lord Malmeshury contradicted Wright's testimony. It did not appear that the author had much to substantiate his charges against thes dead prime minister, and the Jury ' returned a verdict for Viscount Gladstone, Glad-stone, AFTER hearing the claims of Frank L. Smith of Illinois to a seut iu the senate, the senate privileges privi-leges and elections committee found Itself virtually deadlocked on the question ques-tion whether It should make an Immediate Im-mediate report recommending the administering ad-ministering of the oath, as requested by Smith's counsel, or-proceed with a further investigation of the contributions contri-butions to the Smith primary campaign fund by public utilities operators. Several members of the committee took the position that It would be useless use-less to make a partial report siiu-e the vote of the senate refusing Smith the oath in advance" of an inquiry indicated in-dicated clearly that It would not accept ac-cept such a report. Then Smith's lawyer law-yer asked that the matter be postponed post-poned until February 0, which wua done. T TXITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, In session in Indianapolis, Indian-apolis, decided that In making a new scale for the bituminous miners of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio nnd western Pennsylvania there should be no question ques-tion of reduction of the wages now in effect In those fields. The Jacksonville Jackson-ville agreement expires March SI. and the operators nnd miners will meet in Miami February 14 to discuss a new-contract. new-contract. The mine workers In their convention conven-tion proceedings continued their policy pol-icy of suppressing the "reds" and even voted that communists should he excluded ex-cluded from membership hoivufter. O'llLIPPINE constabul.uy stormed 1 and captured the fort of the rebellious re-bellious foros on Jolo Island, klillng or capturing most of the garrison. But before the final attack, Prim-ess Tnr-bata Tnr-bata Kirnm. former University of Illinois Illi-nois student, nnd her husband, chief of the rebels, had slipped away to safely. six Moro women were unions those slain. A MONO those who died lnt week w Simeon K. Baldwin, twice governor of Connecticut and an eminent emi-nent authority on International law. He was one of the founders of the American Bar i:ssoe!:ilt,,u. Dr. G. 15. f-oi'don, 01li m(.lu.ol,;ist ,, ,i,-ec-lor of II,,. Unlversltv of I'enns Ivuula museum, died In Philadelphia. ' |
