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.2 of the House. The exciting .atngs end2d an i the House settied d'en to a rourti:re dizcussion of the workmen’s compervsation biil in eom. mutee. which must be finished in the re- ro ving few days. 3don, Nov. 13th.—The labaur mo- vwon of censure, which Mr Ramsay Mae Donald, lead2r of the Opposition, an- nouncad todiy he would mave in the Commons on . Thursday, declares. "'This House censures the negleet of the Gov- ernment to dal with th2 pressinz needs of the unempleyment, regre:s i.s failure te devise and pursu2 a national poliey calceulated to restore the interests of the country abroad and re establish inter- national peace and trade, and eondemns the decision of the Government to leave millions of DBritish people in waat, In order to fight an election on an-undis- closed scheme of tarffs and imporial prefererce, conceived by seetions o° cap- itaiists in their own interests, thz etfect of which muas® be te increase the eost of iiving and encourag> the formation of aati-social teus:s and combines,”” The motion is interesting, as indieiting the line labour will pursue in the eoming e ectior 8. - Lon 00, Nov.l4th.-Dissatisfaction with the decision of the Governmen: to hold an immediate elecrion is manirest on all sides., The views express2d by press and public today indicate that the idea of an electicn is extremely unpopuiar. London. Nov. 14th.— he Kin ¢ has ap- rroved of Najor Chas. B. Wallis as Min- ister to Panama and Costarica, Stockholm, Nov. 14th.--The Nobel prize for pyssics has been awarded to Dr, Rob*. A.drews Miliken of Fasadena, (California. . Vienna, Nov. 14'h.--The ex-Du<e of Cumberland, has suff srec b stroke o” apo- plexy on his estate near Gouden, Upper Ausiria. His condition is serious. Moscow, Nov. 14th. —Tue Parliament of the S viet Federation closed yester- day with the adop ion of a new flig. The flag wi'l b 2 of red cloth with a gold sickle, a hammer snd a five pointed star in the corner, London,§Nov 14th.—Kn)wledgze in the financial distriet ot Londos that a 2ene- -lal election was imminent caused & loss of 52,000,000 peunds in the value of gilt- edged shares on the London Stock Ex- ehange in the short space of two days. Although prospects of an election a.ways have an unsettling effect on the market, the fact that the present pollis cnly a ~weck away, has had the most depressing resuit since the days of the Gladstone Government’sdefeat over | one Rale. An- other cause of the present uepres.ion has been the fear that a Labour victory would man an imm:giate capital levy. [Lhe selling of securities on ihe exchangze has greatly increased, Government consols, lvanseafld honds dropping from 63 to 24 points. ‘lhe loss in some of these issues has run as high as 15,000,000 powmnds. A ST 10l 25 tirn in the market is net expected until the elgction situation shapes itself more definitely. - Londo., Nov. 14th. —One of the out- ste Iding features of the election will be 1. e number of ¥oruzn candidates. It is us yet too early to givearything like a comp ~te list. bui it is-estimatsd that between hirty aed forty wcmen will seek admission to the House of Com- mons. } erden, Nov. 14th.— Meceral pressuie of the Allies on Hodand will prevent the ['uteh Go\'e:nn:cnt%rmn letting the ex- Kuiser follow his son to Germany, in the opinicn of ofeials here today. The Al- lies consider Holland bound itself by its action in refusing to hard over the Kaiser in 1919, not to let the war-Lord leave without their consent. Acticn to oust the ¢x-Crcwn Prince, who arrived last nicht at bis castle at Oels. Silesia, was beirg dseussed ivformally today. A repcrt is cunrent that France would occupy the great Germen port of Ham- burg if necessary to force Cermany (o expel the Crovn Prince. London., Nov 14ih.— There is a ru- mour in Amsterdam, says a despatch to the Excharnge Te'egraph from the Dutch City that ex-Ktag Frederick August of Saxory Fas arrivead in QOels to.weiccme ex -Crown Prince Frederick Wiiliam. Franktort, Germany, Nov. 141h.—-The return of the former Cirowrn Prirce to Germany is any hing but an susp cous omen and the German people have .he right to know why the Coverrment per- mittedit aurine the preseni situation, obsetves the F.ankfor er Gazeite, the leading Scuth Germar Liberal osrgan. The newspaper rejects the inference that the home-coming of Frederick Wiilliam st guests a suspicious relation 1o the re- cent Muwnich putseb, b t it obseives ti at if he find a welcome home sign upon the docr of kis ea tle at Qels, it witl reflect “‘urtrath as he s higisly unweleome tH the werman vecpie in the present per- turbed internal sitvation’’. New York, Nov, 14th. —The raw sugar market continued firm early today, but no bu ine s developed. C(Cuba’s were quoted at by cents, coust and freight, egual to 7.28 duty paid. Paris, Nov. 14th.—The Marquis of Ciewe, DBritish Ambassador, called on M. Poincare this evening and handed kin a pote containing a long .egal argu- ment furiher -stusiaining the Briush opinion on the effects the Rhincland Ve- jaratist movement would have on the Treaty of Versailles, The B:iish con- tention is that tne trraty, having becn signed with the Reich {or ali of the Siates composing it, couid not be im- posed on States which separated them- selves from the Reichs. This M. Poin- care considered unfounded. In turn the French Premier banded to the Ambas- sador a note denving the allegutions that Freneh officials had displayea partiality in the Separatist movement, This was | in reply to a mrmo which Lord Crewe | presented to Preniiar Puincare on No i vember 9th embodying reporis received by the British thut the French authori- . ties we:e involved in the Rhineland Sep- . aritist movemesnt, : Lond n, Nov. 14tk. —-Germeany hos i decided to repudiate the treaty of Ver- i sailles and not to comply with either the | reparaticns clause or any other jof the ! clauses of the treaty as lone as the | French and Belcians cecupy the Ruhr, | says a despateh to sthe Daily Mailfrom . Berlin. London, Nev, 14th.— The compiete . eessatinn of every (kind of reparaticn ~ paymeut by Cermany was semi cofficiaily announced tunich', aceording to a des- | pateh to the Central News from Derlin. This action was taken on the ground that ~ the treaty of Verzailies had been vioiated by irance and that therefore it could ~ not be ooserved bv Germany. | Coloz2ne, Nov, l4th.—Leo Deckers, fthe - Separa si leader, ha § en arrested at ~ Yerviers, just over tte peigian fioonrier, - accurding to adviees from Aix l 2 Cha- peile. : | Halifux N %, Nov., 14ib.—Mr. W A Black, se i member 81 the well known firm of Pickfor:d and Black, has been nominated as the Coaservative candi- date for the Fed-ral House for the va- ca ¢; in the representaticn f Halifu¢ City and enunty ereated by the appoint- ment of Mr. A. K. Mae L<an 1o the Ix- chequer Court beneb, Mr. Geo. A, Red- mond, merchant, is the Goivernment (Liberal) nomin-e. Lendon, Nov. 14th.—Pending Mr, Baldwpn's {urther exposition of his pro- tectionist velicy, whigh wiil be muade in the eourse of the aeoate on ihe labour censture motion in the House of Comimons tomorrow, political interest 12 wholly absorbed 1n _active prejarations in the various constituercies for a short eleetion camipaien The Cibinet had a long sit- tine today when it is believed outlines of the Governm nt poiey was laid down. London, Nov. Ibth--Ueneral Smuts, Premier of Souih Afriea, wants the Uni- ted States and Great Britain o go aliead with the reparations inquiry regardiess of Iraice’s attitude. In ar open letter, pubiished in the Times today, he again urged Great DBritain to cooperate with the United States in cailiag the confer- enee. It was General Stuts who fore- shadowed nezotiaitns for the proposed ingquuy that ended whb n France adhered 10 her eonditions limit ng its s2ope. London, Nov. 15ih.—The newspapeors ~ report the recant siznature of several - arreements be:ween the Russian ‘l'ade | Delegation in Londen and big DBeiash firms for macainery eleetrical equip- meat and construc'ion work. One of th: contracts, awardel to the Vickers Firm, is ftor rebuilding the railway stutions of Russia. 1t is reported that Ru=sia obhtained long eredit terms in s me instances,