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Germany had worn out the patience of her creditors and with regard to a re- duction of the amount, he said that France could not accept any settlement whien did not recognize her position as the principal creditor of Germany. *‘We cannot abandon or yield any pledge in our posession excapi to our own er-’ iturs, who may_ wish to take our pla. adding thg* "Tance would not leave the Rhenish ptg nces without having been paid, andgfoncluded by statinz it was necessary gaat some definite arranzement saould be reached concerning reparations by the app“oaching conference at Brus- s:ls otherwise France would be foreed to a2t by herself. Th2 Chamboar, “clivwing h s state nent, passed a vote oi coafi lence b - 452 votes against 671. London, Nov. 17c¢h. —The {following with 607 out of 615 is the present stand- inz of the parges. Coaservatives 315, Laboures 141, ‘iberals 62 Georgians 44, other 155. IXporing the infuznce of the Coalition, the former House under the present classification wouldi have stood. Conservatives 368, Liberals 35, Georgians 119, Labour 76, others 18. Berlin, Nov. 17th.—Herr Kuno, direc- tor of the Hamburg American Steain ship Line, was commissioned by Presi- dent Ebert yesterday to form a new Cabi- net immediately. He got into informal thuch with the party leadzrs for the par- pose of ascertaining their atti ude to- wards supporting a cabinet of work, *whizh he proposes to organize. This will co nprise members of the centre and Sceialist parties, but, according to Herr Kuno, it will not have a party complex- ion. Constantinople, Nov. 17th.—It is re- ported here®hat the Angora Govt. will make forma! representations to Great Britain for the returr: of the Sultan to the Kemalists, pointing out that only the Great National Assembly of Turkey has authoritv to direct the Sultan’s move- ments and deelaring that he must face his trial, as ordered by the Nationalist Govt. Paris, Nov. 17th.—The Sultan’s flight from Constantinople on a British war- ship, bound for Malta, was after he re- ceived information to the effect that the Angora assembiy had just voted to try the Sultan and his ministers for treason, according to a despatch received at the Foreign Office this evening. Rome, Nov. 17th.—The Italian Cham- ber of Deputies gave a vote of confidence to the new Govt. of Premier Mussolini today with 306 to 116. Paris, Nov. 17th.—The Allied Powers have informed Germany that all ques- tions concerning the withdrwal of the military control commission in Germany have been suspended until the German Govt. gives the fullest satisfaction for what they termed the flagrant violations of the military clauses of the treaty of Versailles, committed during the past six months, and shows a willingness to ek R O 1 X A VIS abide by the commission’s instructions. Dubiin, Nov. 17th.—Mr. Erskine Childers, the Irish irregular leader, who was captured by the Free State forces a week agn, was placed on trial before a military tribunal today charged with .eason. Tane proeeedings weare cioszld to the publie. New York, Nov.- 17th. —Piayvinz 34 games of chess simultaneously last night, Senor Capablaaca, the World’s Cham- pion, won thirty, lost two and drew two games. London, Nov. 17th.—The Manchester Guardian discussing Lacour’s great ad- vance in counnection with tha gencral " elections says it is important toremem- v * that this was .the first time that voung men who servad in the war, were able, execept nomins!ly, to vote. The Guardisn expresse, . oninion that it would be no surprise 1. _.he first great upheaval of labour in this century should be foand to date from the great strug- gle, in which, for lhe first time, the conmon people had feit distinctively - their lulers, on the whole, had fai'ed he day of trial and that the country ~as extricated from that failure ! ' the exertions of 'abour unider arms. regard to the failure of liberalism . newspaper thinks it heart breakin to find l.iberal breatb wasted in di liss- ing whether Mr. Asguith or Mr. _ioyd George was the man responsible for it and which wing of the Liberals did woise in the last Parliament and that until all these trivial animosities are abandoned, the Guardian says that Liberalism, for all serious; purposes, is out of action. FIND TRACE Or LOST NORSE ITRIBE. Donald Maemillan, explorer, is hc ne from the arctic with a tale of fincing traces of a Norse tribe lost 900 years ¢ 30. At Tunit island in a hitherto unexplcred region of Canada his party came across ruins of old ha»itations and hunting im- plements unlike anv used by Eskimos. Traditions of the latter say that an un- known race of people came to the western shores of Baffin land in the 11th century and caused a great deal of trouble but finally disappeared. The legend corres- ponds with the history of Norsemen who left Greenland about that time. Eskimos told Macmillan that no other white men had visited that territory within their recollection. Macemillan made the trip in a 15-foot auxiliary schooner, the smallest boat yet to explore the ice- bound north. Tle journey consumed 14 months and was made for Bowdoin college, Me. Explorations were confined to Baffin and Fox lands. Maemillan claims to have brought back the greatest collec- tion of scientific magnetic observation that any arctic explorer ever succeeded in making. He devoted much time to in- vestigating in the vieinity of the north magr.etic pole. ‘‘lt may not be general- ly understood,’”” he commented, ‘‘but as a matter of fact there is no north magne- tic pole. The magnetié¢ conditions extend a matter of say 50 miles.”’ Describing his trip, he said the party started from the southerly end of [Fox land and worked westward across Fox channel but found ir impossible to force the ice fields. However, they managed to reech a point 150 miles north of the arciic cirele. The present map of Fox land and Baflin !and were found to be incorrect. '*‘We discovered that where Dorchester bay, Cape Dorchester and Capz2 Willoughby should be, there is little trace of land,”” Macemillan leported. “‘lnstead there is a great bight extend- ing southward to a point below the are- tic circle. For days we wera sailipg over what should have been land, according to maps.’”” They found great herds of arctic wairus, now almost extinet. Eski- mos assured them that the country inland on [ox lund was great masses of mud broken up by lakes. “"We definitely proved that Fox’s ob- serva‘ions aete incorrect,”’ added Msze- millain. 1 doubt if the ice ever leaves ‘ox Chavnel. |am convineed it ils Ha- ~_sible to toree the Heela strait. From our oswn observations we are satisfied that the tides from Fox channel and Fury and Yecla straits mcet at about the Spieor .:lands nerth of the arctie circie We found the ice flures and fields around 30 to 4 “~et thick. ard the ice very dirty, indl ring bevond question that it never brok. up.”” The explorers ‘eturned with a v:'uable collection of .rd and animal sk..s_and rock speci- mens.- The Pathfind2r,\Nov. 11th. PLANE LANNS O Wa~ The first attempt to land an ordinary airplane on the deck of a man-of-war was successful in the test off the Virginia capes. Lieut.-Commander Chevaslier, in a two-seater A-606, landed on the U S. steamer Langley while she was traveling at a cpeed of six knots. 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