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lution, interpreting article 18 of tle covenant failed of passage. By this re- soluticn states retsin their sovereign richts to decide for themselves what mintary aid should be given to other c¢ouniries when attacked. The Preside: : of tke National Armenian delegaticen laid before the League Couneil tonight a plan to install 30.002 Armenians in the Soviet R-public of the Caucasus. The Cou. eil will study the question as to whether it will supervise th: mizration of the Ar- manians. New York, Sept. 26th.—There was an- otner advance of 4 centsin the local raw sugar market today, with Cubsas selling at 5 &, cost and freight, equal to 7.65 for centrifugals. London, Sept 827th.—The interasts of the colonies and protectorates will be represanted at the Economie Confzarence by Mr. Ormsby-Gore assisted by Sir James S evensen and Sir G. E. Grindle. An advisory committee is to be formed and will include Sir Edward Davson, representing British (Guiana and the West Indies, and Mr. E. A. Depass, representing Jamaica. Replying to a strong representation, through the West Indies Parliamentary Committee, the Duke of Devonshire, Secretary of State for the Colonies said. *'l regret it has been fourd impracticable to arrange for separate representation at the lmperial Economic Conference, even of the main groups into which the colonies and pro- tectorates natura'ly fall, to say nothing of territories ouiside these groups, it is impossible tomake an exception in favour of the West Indies which leaves other groups unrepresented.”” This the Duke of Devonsiiire’s r2ply to representations made by Lord Burnham, as Chairman and Mr. Perey Hurd, as Secretary of the Parliamenrary Committee, who forward- ed messages from authoritative West Indian bodies and urged that official re- presentation of the West Indies was not alone sufficient and that the legiiimate West Indian elaim should be pressed uron the conference by those with special qualifications and commercial knowledge for dealing with current problems. The Seeretary of State for the Colonies further replied that he is satisfied that M:. Ormsby-Gore with the advisory com- m ttse now appointed on the nomination of the West India Committee’’, will be in a position adequately to state the West Indies view to the conference on matters coming before it. ‘“‘The Canadian Gaz- ette, in its West Indies section, today says. ‘lt is a thousand pities that the Colonial Office was unable to develop sufficient elasticity of mind to evolve means whereby business communities n the Wes: Indies might aiso have their representatives at the conterenze. It is a great opportunity iissed. Represent- <tive businessmen in the West Indies must see to it that their owun spokes- “man puts their views before the next conference. Officialism even at its best ST (i 2 VIS has its limitations’’. Alahabad, B. 1., Sept. 26th.— Nine vi:lages were totaliy and twent, two por- tially destrayed by the earihquake wiich shook the vicinity of Bujcurd, Persia, last Thkursday, says a ncsage fiem Meshe !, northwestern Persia. tocav. The sh. 2k ecauset the death es 147 vper sopns anlthe injmyy of 146. The centre of the d: turbance was tha Atiek river along tb line between Mana and Shivvar Sefin, Ser:. 26th.— The decisive battle inthe Comsm nistuprising is being {cught in the city of ferdinandova and th» vil- lage of Berkowitza, which are four miles apart and hzalf way fiom Scfia to the Danube, according to a statement issued by the War Office. Five thcusand Com- munists and Agrarian Allics are besieg- ed there, after having preelaimed a So- viet Republic and established complete control over the area. r'our thousand solciers, aided by ecivilian volunteers, have been carrying out an enveloping operation during the past five days and have now drawn their line completely arotnd Ferdinandovo and Berkowitza. Cklahoma City, Okla. Sept. 26 b.— Oklahoma’s ‘‘rcbel”’ levislators were dis- persed by the militaiyv «f ncon today, when they attempted to convene a sjpe- cial session ¢! the LLow«r House to seek the impescl ment of Covernor Walton, There was no viclenee or blocdsll ed. The House members, ratlered b.fire t|° ertrance to ti.e Hcuse Chamber, vere given a firm and curt oider by Colonel Key, military comizarder of the City, not te attempt to assenble. Ccolonel Key ordered the Legistators to dispersc i nme- diately and refused to wmplify or ex: plain in any marner when appreachied by leaders of the Lower House. The law- makers bogan 0 disperse .nmediaely without show of res starce to the order of the military commander. At 12 05 p. m. a!l tha iegisiators kad le’t the corri- dor cutside the hcu-e chamber and the military were alone ia command of the building. Mo_nfreal, Sept. 26th.—The month of August was the biggest month for immi- gration that Canada has had for sone time. The arrivals of Immigrants at Quebee during the n.onth from Great Britain and European centres numbercd over sixteen theusand and from the Uni- ted States there came 2,692 people. Fif- ty percent of these were {arn ers and the majority of them went to the West. (algary, Sept 26th.—Regrets that he would be unable to aceept the invita- tion of the army and navy veterans as- sociation to attend their anrval bangquet, owing to having promised not to accept any public engagements on bis western trlp, was expressed by Loid Renfrew ou his arrival in the City on Tuesday af- ternoon from Banft. After a stay of about seven minutes at the Canadian Pacifie Railway Station, Lord Renfrew and his party continued the journey to High ri\'m',& arriving thee at 7 o'elock and then drove to the K. P. raneh Lord Renfrew looked extremely fit and cheerful when he deseended from his ear at the loea! station. Lord Reafrew had enjoved his trip to the mountain resort very much. He was completely captivae ted bv the roczkies and fairly fell in love with the golf links, Geneva, Sept. 26th, —The CGreco-Itali- an erizis was revivaed tonipht with stun- ning {orce by M® Politis Greek Minister of Foreion Afiairs and now representa- tive of his country on the Council of the Leagu>. of Nations, Assuming from nress foreeasts that security for indemni- tv, M. Paolitis deelarved that such a deci- sion on the nart of the Cohureil of Am bassad rs would be an outrageous injus- tice and would prove to th2 world that the big nations of Europe are in com plicity to strike a blowv at a small and defenseless country. M. Politis then ex- pressed the desire to see the journalists, and the corresvondents of 2all nations, the latter listened 10 hLis sca hing indiet- ment of the methods employved by the Amb ssadors to arrive at the reported dacision, he eharged e Council o 0 Am- lass i'ors with having reachd their con- ciusions without waitirg for the final rep rt of tne commission of inquiry into the murder of the ltalian membors of the Greeoy A banian Booundary Commission and insi-te! that several members of the mission weve convincead that the Greek cavorameant was not respon:ible and that the murders constitiated an aet of per- spna!l vengeance agains: General Telini, head of the Italiaay delegation, arranged in Albanian territory. It was declared hy M. Politis that the irvestigation was continuing, berause a bandit who surren- dered confessed to the Greek authorities that ten duays prior to the acsassinations he had been requested by the Albanian Chief of Police to organize the murder on Greek territory of a member of the frontier commission, which he bad re- fused todo. M. Politis contended that the ingquiry was entitled 1o be ¢oantinuzd until tomorrow and he said he failed to understand the haste of tte Council of Ambassadors. He compared the prisent situation to the celebrated Dreyfus case in Frarce, which he recalled was re- opened because Dreyfus was coivieted on the strength of a document which bad not been communicated (o his lawyers, OUbserving that Greece accented in ad- vance the decision of the Ambassadors Conference, M. Politis said that never- theless Greece would not fail later to ex- press her opinion ciearly in a commuui- cation to th2 Ambassadors., He recalied that M. Venezelos was shot several years agoin Paris and (hat M. Verovovsky, the Soviet representative, was slain at Lau- canne, bu' that the French and Swiss Governments did not ncll themselves responsible. He said he helieved world opinion would suport Greece ii such an indemnity was demauaded from her.