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2 to the Duke of “arma, the cli- mate of Madeira not bein - favourable Budapest, April 10th.—Z %ho-Slovakio, and Rumania have notific. Hungary that they will oppose the returu of the Ex-Empress Zita to Huagary Yhrough fear of complications. , San Francisco, April 12th.—A verdic* of acquittal was returned by the jury to- night in the third trial of Rosene C (Fat- ty) Arbuackle, on a manslauzhter charga growinz oat of the d=ach of Miss Virginia Rapp:, moiion picture acwrass. The jury was out sixXx minutes. Dublin, Ap:il 12th.—The cominz con- ferenca batweoen th2 adhorents of Mi- chael Collins and D 2 Valera wiil not be conven2d with any expectation of politi- cll accommylation being shown. Thz ohject of the ecnference is to sacure the peace&;l conduct of the election can- paign\discouraze disorder in the eountry and facilitate fre= elections. [t)s now b:lieved .Rc D 2 Valara is more favour- able to joi\ action, ifit can be arranged without prejudicing the Republican caus2 but h 2 rizid y opdrses elections on the existing register, which would ex:lile many yoanZ n:n and wom:a way hava reachad the suifraze age since the ragis- ter was comyiled and who he believes largely support bis views. Arthar Criff- ith still expa2ts to hol'd the election early in June, on the existiug ragisiars, bat D 2 Valera will refuse to be a candidate on these conditions and his followers will imitate his example. An election without republican candidates might, it is be- lieved, be prevented by the dissident secetion of the Irish Republican army. Lord Mayor O'Neil of Dublin tonight in- formed the associated press that no rep- resentatives-of labour or of other organ- izations were being invited to the confer- ence. It isexpected the only participants will be Messrs De Va'era, Gwfiih, Coilins Burghs, Lord Mayor O’Neil, A:chbishop Byrne of Dublin and Stephen O’Mara, Lord Mayor of Limerick. London, April 13th.—The Bank of England today reduced its disccunt rate “ to four percent. The last previous re- duction was on February 16th last, when the rate dropped from five to 43 percent. The reduction, coming on the Eve of the Eagger Holidays, was an entire sur- prise to the money market and financial injerests. Business in Lombard Street had commenced this morning without the usual ‘‘subject to lower bank rate” which is usually quoted when there is a possibility of reduction during the day and the belief is expressed that the ac- tion was prompted by the Treasury, - which has been ruling the money mar- ket for some time past. The reduction " however was weicomed as another step in the restoration of more normal con- » ditions and the lcosening of money for rade purposes. New York, April 18th.—With the ex- otion of Switzerland, Great Britain has the lowest bank rate in the world he result of the Bank of England re- a1 C o 3 A YIS ducing its diseount rate to four par cent today. Switzzrland. cot its four per cent rate to 33 per cent on March 2nd, on ac- count of an excessive gold supply in that country. The present British rate com- pare- hieh of ten per cent on Au- £us. wuaxand a low of three per cent on January 29th 1914. London April 13th.—The Russians at Genoa will give all the financial guaran- tees demand-d in the ;Fogramme prepar- ed by the Allies cxperts, but flatly refuce to aceept the clause peovidiag for mixed tribunals to fix r2sponsihility, says a G=- noa lespatch to the Exchange Telegraph. The Russians consider the tribunal clause as an infring-ment of Russian Sovereign- ty- Genoa oril 13th.—Canada is repre- sented on two of the most important sub-commissions of the KEconomie Con- ference éntrusted with the preparation of reports for the four main commts- sions. A Professer, Edouard Montpetit is a member of the sub-commission of Russian affairs and trassport, and Sir Charles C ~don is on the economic and transport sub-commission. Genoa, April 13 h.— Nikolai Lenine, Soviet tPremier, will- come to Genoa to replace George Tchitcherin as head of the Russian delegation when the nego- tiations at the economic conference reach the proper stage, says the newspaper Secolo. The newspaper adds that an apartment is being prepared for Premier Pcoincare of France at the Villa Paggio and that he is expected here shortly. The meeting of the commissicn on Rus- sia has been postponed until tomorrow as Mr. Tehitcherin is awaiting instrue- tions from Lenine at Moscow with whom be is in direct culLLi.unication, Dublin, April 13th.-——The peace confer- ence, - ~d by Lord Mayor O’Neill of Dubiin, tegins its session in the Man- sion House bere this afternoon. The rroceedings will be private. All the leaders of Ibe opposing factions the Mzy- or had invited, in an e¢ffort to bring about unity, or an understanding, to pre- vent further disorders, were present. London, April 13th.— Formal official announcement was made yesterday that an Earldom had been conferred upon Sir Arthur James Balfour, former Pre- mier, and at present Lord President of the Council. Mr. Balfour now goes to tke House of Lords with the title of Earl Balfour of Whittingham. In the Upper Chamber he will retain his own name, as did John Morley on becoming Earl Morley. The elevaticn of Sir Arthur to the Peerage creates a vacancy in the important Parliamentary seat {for the City ¢f Lcndon. Lenden, April 18th.—S8ir Ross Smith, the Austrian aviator, who with his bro- ther, Sir Keiti, had yplanned to sturt from Croyden-on April 256th for an at- tempted flight arcuad the world, was killed when his plane crashed in a prac- tice flight at Brookiand. Lieutenant Bennett, an engineer, who was planning to accompany Sir Ross and his brother on their round the werld flight, also w; 3 kilied. The machine whien crashed was the one the Smiths intended to use in their flight. Captain Conkerill, of the Vickers Company, had previously flown it for a half hour, then handing it over to Captain Smith. As the machine was approachiug the airdrome to land it got into a spin and the fatal crash followed. The accident oceurveA fifteen minuies of- ter Capt. Smith ard Lieut. Bennett be- gan their flight, Sir Keith had intend- ed to make the trial flight with them, but he arrived at ihe airdrome too late and was among the crowd that wii- nessed the tragedy ‘The machine had climbed gracefully to a height of more than 4,000 feet when suddenly her nose dipped and she went intoa spin. The spectators thought at first that the air- men were attempting a stunt for the purpose of testing the wirgs of the machine,; but it soon became apparent that the plane was out of control. It started downward in a slow spin, which became faster and faster until the ma- chine hit the earth with sucha e rific impact that t e plane was practically splintered. Sir Ross was killed instantiy and Lievutenant Bennett died a few min utes after the crasb. Captain Smitl yesterday entertained at the Vickers works in Weybridge a large party of friends who came to wish him luck on his attempted world flighit. Eehad con - pleted all ¢f his arrancemenis snd lLe talked to his visitors with mecdest confi- dence in his chanees for success. Sir Ross was a pilet remarkable for his skiii re aer than for feats of the dare-d.v:l type. He never tcok chances beyond the necessary ones. ‘‘Safety flrst’” with due regard to the accomplishment of he task before him, was his motto in the air. Paris, April 12th.—The French Com- mittee have decided that the Olympie gam s of 1924 will take place at Colom- bes, near this city. They will ask the Government for a subsidy of fifteen million franes, instead of the twenty millions previously decided upen. 'The racing club of France will at oirce com- mence work on the stadium, which it is expected will be finished in October next, and the swimming pool and ten- nis courts will be ready in July 1923. Brussels, April {l2th.—The German Charge D’Affaires today appeared be- fore the DBelgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and demanded that Otto Habisch, arrested by the Belgian military on a charge of having assassinated Lieuten- ant Graff, near Dusseldorf, two weeks ago, should be delive 2d into the bands nt the German police. The Germnn Gov- ernment claims that ti e murder having been committed on (erman territory, Hibisch should be tr.ed in a German comt, but the Belgian Government re- fuses to surrender him into German hands before he hag proved an alibi which he has set up.