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New York, May 13th.—Frank J Mar- ghall, of New York, retained his title as United States chess champion last night, when his eighteenth game with Edward Lasker of Chicago, ended in a draw after forty moves. The game started on Fri- day night. Marshall won five games to Lasker’s four, while nine were drawn. London, May 14th.—Willie Smith wn the professional billiard championship of England last night from R Newman, the previous holder of the championship, and the cup which goes withit. The el'mination contests have been in pro- gress in London for the past two months and the mateh betwezn the finalists be- gan two weeks aco. The final scores were Smith 16.000. Newman 15,180. Both men are Engiish. Dublin, May 13th.--Large captures of irregiiar troops throughout the south and the rounding up of several important columns of irregulars }in the western area, are repcrted in an ofileial army communication, issued last nigh', The co:nmunication also reporis the seizure of ten thousand rounds of Thompson gun ammunition at Louth. London, May 13th.--Labour organiza- tions tuday held a meeting in Hyde Park to protest against the uitimatum to Rus- sis. The meeting was of a similar char- acier to those which have become well known since the war. Meanwhile Leonid K yassin. Bolshevik Minister of Foreign irade, was rveported to be flying from Moszow to London, making a journey of theee stages, with stops at Konigsberg and Berlin. The Russian note in reply to the British uitimatum, which 1s to ke telegraphed to London. will eonsist, it is reported, of 8,000 words. In afficia’ eir- cles it was deelared todav rhat tois word- inz evidently would niean argument, and argumeit was what Lord Curzon had declared the Govt. would not indalge in. It was also stat»d that the Soviet Govt. coald not send a better representative to London than Krassin, if it desires to pateh up the trouble between Great Brit- ain and Russia. - Noiwithstand'ng the fiet that Keassin recently nas be:nin disfavour wirn the Soviet and reports of his resignation have beea aflsat, heis considered to have been a good agent for the Russians here, having stood well with official and businessmen, largely dus to tne belief that he is not sympathe- tie with the po'itical policies of the Sov- iot. The [bassz.an trale delegation has a large staif in London, with handsome of- see butldiags, and the members of the » mission are anxious to remain here, Loadon, Mav 13ih —-The text of the Govt’s. note to Germany, infreply .o Ger- many’s racent reparations offer was made pudiie today. it reads, “‘His Msajesty’s Govt. has givern carei: | atiention to the ® nomorandum ol your Kxceileney, eom- municated to m 2 oa May 2nd, in which ® he German Govt. puc orward ¢proposals ior a setilement of +e¢parations. This action on their part is well koown © S I. . U1 % 3%V = have asequelito the suggestion I made in debate in the British Parliiment on April 20th, and His {Majesty’s Govt. therefc e has special interest in the re- sponse to that appeal. Icannot conces! from your “xcelsney that the proposals of your Govt. car " as a graat disappoint- ment and taat the unfavourable jimpres- sion they made on His Majesty’s Govt., as well a3 on their Allies, is one which, in my opinion, the German Govt. might and ougnt to have therefore guarded against. Tae proposals are far from corresponding, either in form orin sub- stance, to what His Majesty’s Govt. might reasanably have exvected would be made ia answer to itie advice on more than one occasion they ventured to convey to the German Govt., through vour Kxeelleney, and to the more direc: indication to them in the specch refarred to. The main grounds for this legitimate disappointment are as rollows: Birst. The German wovt. offer in total pay- ment of their acknowied, ! debt a sum which, faliing far below tne moderate amount {orming the basis of the British scheme submitted to the Paris coafer- ence in January last, m»st bave been knowninadvauce to be unacceptacie to the Allied Govts. bFarchermore, payment of this Ipadequate sum is mads decpendent on the serizs of the international loans, the success of which, in the conditions predicted, must be largely speculative, s 0 much so that the scheme p oposed by the German Govt, actually contains pro- visions dealing with the contingeney of the loans and materiahising. Moreover, the arrang:=ments, under this bhead, In- voive financial conditions less burden- some to Germany than if the loans were to be successtul, so, no real incentive thereby 1s held but for her to attempt to raisa them. S»zond. That the failure of the German reply to indicate ith greater precis.cn the nature of the guar- antees they are disposed to offe:, ils .nore pardculacly to be revretied, and toe Allted Goves, instead of rlc¢ceiving concrete and svubstantial proposai 1o this respect, ave confronted with vague :s- --sutances and rejerences to future negoi- ations, which, in a business transaciion of this Kkind, are lacking in practical value, The disappeintment is enhanced by the belief, whica tlis Majestv's Gove, would lLike 0 entertain, that indications are 0 be ‘ound in the German memo that the German Govt. recoznise rhe re- sponasibility, resting on them tu muke an earnest effort to discharge their oblizations under the Versatlies Treaty, in a manner whicb the Allies could re- gard as botn eguitable and sincere. |lf germany did intend to open the way to an effec.ual and speedy solution of Lhe oroblem, the failure to settle, which is gravely disturbing the prosperity znd ccopomnie conditions of Kurope and in- dead the whole world, then it seems un- torunate that she should not have shown decner appresiation of the teims on which such settlement can be made. Ilis Vajesty’s Govt. is persuaded that, in her own interest, Germany will sce the ad- vantage of displaying a greater readiness to grapple with the realities of the case and discarding all irrelevant or contro- versial issues, will proceed to reconsider or expand her propesals in such away as to convert them into a feasible basis for further diseussion. in suveh a dis- cussioy His Majesty’s Govt. wiil at a suttnbile nmioment be ready o take part by the side of its Allies, with whom: they S are a practical interest in this question in a desire to terminate a situation of international peril, but they cannot con- ceal from the German (Covt. that the first step torward to a vealisation of any such hope must be recogrition by Germany that 2 contribution much wore serious and much more p:ecise in required than any whieh yet has been forthcomirg, Rome, May 14th. —TheKing aod Queen spent must of the last day <f their visit in Rome ¢n a sightsecing tear. Late on Saturday they lelt nilbout ceremony for Asiagro, to vizit the cemeteries in which British war <« ad are buried. They were bidé¢en farews!l by all the members of the itahian Royal Famiy and were cheer- ed by crowds in the streets from the Quirizai to the railway station. London, Mav 15th.—Sugar in stock on the :2th inst was 82,000 tons. Last vear 104 .00, Kome, Mav 14th, —ltaly's replyv to the Germ:an note on reparations -avs in part: Apart from the fact that the sum fixed for reparations Is mamiestly much in- ferior to anv. {icurey, however sreall, that might reasonally have been exjpected, an international loan, whereby pavment of that sum would be whoily covered, is only indieated, without necessary details and witheut it being specttiad what ade- quate disposition would be taken for placirg it and for its success. Jo addi- tion, there are no conerete indications as t) guarantees and pieages and o assur- ance tha tnev woild be properidy ror- nished. *'l'he German proposai thos does pot otfer a metbodical or complete plan, such as s indispensabie 1o form the b-sis of even discussions of prinei- ple. i resolves itself into a series of vague and maccurate indications, which are the more wor hless when comparey with tha great importance of the ques- tion to whieh iv reters’”’, New York, Mav Idth.--Ihe raw sucar matrket was easy eariy teday and prices were & lower, to the basis of €} cents for Cubas, cost and treighs, cqual w 8.03 tor centritueal, London, May 14th.--Mr. W. C. Bridge- man, toe Home Secretary, has resigned, accoraing to the Exehange Telegraph Company. His resignation, however, has not been ucecepied, Hotspring, Arkensas, May 15th—A ter- rific eloud-burst occurved beore this worn- ing. It is reported that more than fifty persons have been killed,