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R. Thomas. The latter "expressed the belief that the exchange could only be stabilized by international, and not mere- ly imperial effort. Colonel Morden de- c.ared that he had fa huge amount of capital intended for use in Canada and it was held up through present financial conditions. Constantinople, Dec. 4th.—A British torpedo-boat destroyer today was damag- ed by gunfire from the Turkish batter- ies at Trebizend, which opened flre without warning when the destroyer was entering the port, presumably for the purpose of obtaining supplies. Geneva, Dec 4th.—-An amendment to the covenant of the lLeague of Nations eliminating article X, the most mooted section of the pact, was introducea in the Assembly of the League today by Mr. Charles J. Doherty, Canadian Minister of Justice. The a:rendment will probably be-referred to the Com- mittee on amendments. Lucerne, Dee. 4th.—Former King Con- stantine after learning of the con- tents of the note of the Allies directed to ithe Greek Government, made known through his chief adviser tbat he did not wish tosay or do anything wlich would be in tke nature ~f influencing or interfering with free expression of the will of the Greek people in the plebiscite to be held on Sunday. Constantine, ac- ccrding to his- adviser, has taken the po- sition of ‘‘let my people dacide whether they want me back’ and adopted a policy of ‘‘hands off’’. : Athens, Dee. 4tn.—Formal presente- tion of the joint note to the Greek Govt, from Great RBritain, France and Italy was made [here last night by the Min- isters of the countries. Earl Granville, M. Debilly and Signor Montagna, the ministers went to the office of Premier Rhallis, who notified Mr. Gounaris, Min- ister of War, who hurriedly left his office to call a council of the cabinet. The note disapproving the return of Constantine caused surprise if not con- sternation, in this ecity. ‘lt will be print- ed in this afternoon’s papers, aithough it will be given to the public in such a manner as to prevent trouble, w~hich the Government §is desirous of averting. Manchester, Dec. 3rd.—The section of the cotton trade that uses cotton from the United States has decided by a bal- lot, the result of which was announced this morning to reduce the weekly work- ing hours from 48 to 25. This decision affects .100,000 operatives. Attention is directed in conservative quarters to the point that the steel trade will probably recover from depression early next year by heavy railway-buying of all kinds of steel- supplies, following financing planned for January. : New York, Dec. Brd.—The Celtie, on board of which Mrs. Muriel MacSwee- ney, widow of ¢he late Mayor of Cork is a passenger, arrived at quarantine at five o’clock yesterday. Two hundred ST LRI X A VIS members of a women’s reception com- mittee appointed to greet Mrs. Mac Sweeney and headed by Mrs, Oswald Garrisson§ Willa*§ boarded the police boat patrol late this afternoon, and went down the bay to quarantine, where the Celtic was lying. ™7's. Mac Sweeney ap- peared at the rail waving the flag of the Irish Republic and was greeted with cheers and singing of Irish songs. Most of those aboard jhad the tri-colour of the “Irish Republic’”’ and waved it as they sang. As the patrol neared the Celtic, the women of the welcoming commit- tee shouted, ‘‘Three cheers for Mac Sweeney,’’ then gave them. Some of the passengers in the first class section of the Celtic responded with ‘‘Cheers for Lloyd George’’, and' others called for three cheers for the King. London, December 4th.—Mr. Lioyd George, speaking at the dinner in his honour last night accused his political ri- vals of making reprisals agairst him in an effort to get rid of him, depre- cated the encouragement given by his political opponents to the manifedta- tions of Sinn Fein. * Belfast, Dec. 4th.—Captain White, son of late Field Marshall Sir George White, defender of Ladysmith, Natal during the South Aifrican war, has been arrested in Dublin. The charge is not stated. Geneva, Dee. bth.—lr presenting his motion to the Assembly of the League of Nations yesterday for the stri- king out of article X from the League Covenant, Hon." Mr. Doherty, Minister of Justice for Canada, was acting ‘‘on Canadian initiative from a purely Cana- dian standpoint’. Mr. Doherty made this plain after the session at which 'his resolution was introduced in an inter- view with a correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press who asked the Minister whether his aim was to remove objec- tions to the league raised by the Unifed States. Mr. Doherty said: ‘‘ln intro- ducing the resolution for limination of ar- ticle X from the covenant of the league, I am only following the policy adopted from the beginning of the discussion of that article during the peace conference. We never approved it. We ratitied this cove- nant containing it because to reject it was to reject the treaty of Versailles, but we reserved the right to take up the ques- tion again at the proper time.”’ Asked regarding the report that one of the prin- cipal objects was to pave tl.e way for the entry of the UnitedfStates into the Lea- gue, Mr. Doherty said, ‘‘Of course if inci- dentally elimination of article X facili- tates the entry ofour neighbours we shall be delighted, but it is Canadian initia- tive from a purely Canadian standpoint. Geneva, Deec. bsth.—The Argentine delegation officially withdrew from the Assembly of the League of Nations at 3.45 p. m. on Saturday afternoon. Argentine will not resume her place in the Assembly until it has passed four amendments proposed by Dr. Pue- yrredon. These aim principally at se- curing compulsory arbitration by the international court of justice, the adeis- sio . of all states and elections of all mem- bers of the Council instead of only four as now. New York, Dec. 6th.—A cable received here early this morning states that the Argentina withdrawal from the League of Nations reveals that the Republic has been accused of having a secret under- standing with Germany and that the Re public was pledged to look after Ger- many’s interests and to help Germany to get admission to the League. The cable also says that certain members of the [.eague detected this and following the accusation forced the withdrawal of-—Ar—" gentina. The announcement has caused tremendous excitement here and the newspapers today will earry long stories on the Argentina break with the League. Athens, Dec. sth. The plebiscite held today has shown an overwhelming majo- rity in favour of the return of ex-King Constantine to the Greek throne. Constantinople, Dee. sth.—ln a refer- endum held in the Greek Churches here today, there was an overwhelming ma- jority of votes against the plebiscite in Greece. The result of the referendum, which was held for the purpose of learn- ing the opinion of Greeks here on the ad- visibility of the plebiscite, was made known to the Greek and Allied commis- sions. When the result berdme known, there were demonstrations in which per- sons known to favour the return to Greece: of ex-King Constantine were roughly handied. The note sent by the Allies to the Athens Government has caused a deep impression in Genstantinople. New York, Dec. sth. Hundreds of homes in the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn were virtually under heavy ar- tillery bombardment this afternoon re- sulting from intermittent explosions of six and ten inch shells on a steam lighter which caught flre while moored to the army reservation wharf, Gathering to- gether their belongings in the belief that the naval arsenal at Fort Lafayette on a small island near Fort Hamiiton, was ablaze, terrified scores who fled from their homes for safer zones, drivento frenzied haste by the series of detonations which were heard for miles around. An official statement from Hamilton tonight said no lives had been lost and that only four: persons had been injured slightly.” One - of the terrifying incidents of the barrage - was the 400 yards flight of a ten ineh shell over the reservation and into a house in Fort Hamilton parkway, passed through two.floors and buried itself in' the cellar. The lighter which was laden with 200 shells for shipment to Boston, was torn from its moorings by the vio- lence of the first explosion and torp apart in a second explosion. Women were on board but they escaped.