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s 1T L LD 1 a1 58.15. THIS EVENING 8.15. At Bethlehem Wednesday 7.30 THE LAST EPOCH CF “Jy ACCUSE” Do dlemd THIS EPOCH was Made with the Army of the 28. h American Division in the actu- al West Area. Show Will Conclude With A didesplitting Comedy: THURSDAY EVENING: ' “THE FLAPPER” ADMISSION Reserved Seats. ... ... .20, General Entrance....... ..Ibe. L en ... R A... IDe Jure Ist, as do>s also the substituted fax on carbonic acid gas. Some new addi- tions to the list of exemptions from the sales tax go into effect on the same date, June Ist. There is added to the list of exemptions, manuseript, raw furs, wool, not further prepared than washed, earthen drain tiles for agricultural pur- poses and syrups and molasses of all kinds. The mostimportant tariff *hange is that in regard to the dumping duty on sugar., As proposed in the budget spzech, this tax was not to abpy when the hame consumption value of sugar at the place of shipment to Canada was more than eight cents per pound. It is now proposed tkat the dumping duty shall apply but it shall not be more than three-cuarters of a cent per pound. Aec- cording to existing legislation the maxi- mum of the dumping duty is 15 percent of the value of the skipment, so that three-quarters of a cent a pound vou!ld be equivalent to the maximum duty on suzar as D cents 2 pound. The new clause put in to deal with crude patrole- um is varied, the duty under the general tariff being reduced from six-teaths of a cent to haif a cent. The drawbuck pro- vided in the budget on raw sugar for use in the manufacture of syrup is dropped. Dortmund, May 23rd.—Five persons were killed, including one woman and oae child and from sixty to eighty per- sons were wounded in conflicts botween seriking workmen and the police, accord- inz to the casualty lists issued by both the workers and the police. Loudon, May 23crd. —Art O’Brien, Sean Me Gratt, Sean O’Mahony and Michael ialvin, four of the men recently released from internment in [reland, appeared in #ow Street Court today charged with soditions couspiracy Ihe attorney for the Crown, Travers Humphreys, ex- plained that the eharge was one of con- so.cacy to compel by force of arms = cnange in the constitution of one of the self-governing dominions of the Crown and by force of arms to establish a re. public in a part of the British Empire, namely the Irish Free State, London, May 23rd.—Russia, in a note sicned by Leonid Krassin, the Soviet representative here, and personally hand- ed by bim to Lord Curzon at the Foreign Office. makes importart concessions to the demands made in the ultimatum to the Soviet Government recently. The note explains these concessions are made because the Soviet Government does nut desire to give ground for placing even the smaliest degree of responsibility for the results of a possible breach between Russia and England upon the Soviec Govt.. even indirectly. The note further declares that such a breach, it is feit, would dec!are a basis for action to curry out the aggressive aims of the militar st elements in most countrics, even ind..- pendent ci the will of the British Gov. ernment. The note offers on benall of Russia, the concession of a convention giving (Great Britain fishing rights oui- side the three mile limit off the Russian coast, but still insists that 2n internation- al conference lis n=zessavy to settle the territorial limit question. In political quarters the note is regardad as display- ing the moderate and conciliatory hanl of Krassin, who had a half hour ta'k with Lord Cuarzon on delivery of the note. The Soviet Government says it is ready to pay compensatiou for the seizure of Srit- ish trawlers and for the execution of Charles D. Favson and the arrest and detention of Mrs Harding, a newspap-r correspondent, but it refuses 1o recog- nize that there was any irregularity in the measures taken against ‘‘these spies’’. It oifers to withdraw the two Weinstein notes, written in reply to the British protests over the prosecution of High Church officials, which notes the British declared offensive. While deny- ing the charge of having infringed the Anglo-Russian trade agreemient by pro- paganda in the East the note suggests that the only way of co-ordinating the different viewpoints of the two countries 15 through detailed discussion by spe- cially delegated representatives of both Governiients. The Soviet Goverament is ready to reiterate the understand- ings of itrade agreement, provided Great Britain makes a similar un- dertaking. [t is also ready to investi- gate friendly representations regarding allied infringement of the trade agree- nment on a basis of reciprocity. 1! Great Britain agrees to a conference, itis stated Foreign Minisier 'l'ehitcherin will be cdelegated to rej resent Russia. The note generaly sets forth that the consequence s possible from the breaking of relations have caused the Russian Government serious apvrehension and that it is to avoid such results that the Savied is will- ing to make these coneessions, Otrawa, vav 23rd.—By the narrow st majority tie Giovernment has yet hac, the bidget provosals were carvied in the House tonight., On the amendment the govertment has a substantial wajority of 101. but on the motion which embo- died the budiser proposals the govern- ment majority was reduced to cight. The Goverrment had been caleulating on a majority of ten, but seetmed satisfied with what theyv gct. > London, May Zirh.--The Sussex XI today completed their first innings mak- ing a totai or 190 runs. Bowling for the West Indians Fraseis captured four wickets for fiftv runs, Pascall three for forty-six and Constantine two for twen- ty-pire. In their second inrings the West Indians made 75 runs. Nunes 16 Tarilton £ Challenor 3 Fernandes 11 Holt 17 Browne 15 Coastantine 1 Dewhurst 4 Pasealt Jrot vu.) 1 Franeis oex ra: 4 to- tal ©b. Austin was absent on acceour ¢ Liness. Sussex replied with 72 runs, Francis and Pascall of the West ..., X1 captared six wickets fur 33 aud iour tor 24 respectively, the West indians thus winning the seeend maten of their tour by 26 runs. ; Pelgrade, May 24th.—The Greek Gov- erntrent, it is reporied has asked the Juzo-Siav Gevernnient 10 siate what o titude it will adop: in the event of re- sumption of tostilities in Ihrace. In Jugo-Siav Government will make gncwn Its viewpoint at an earlv da.e. Copenhagen, May 24ih —a Moscow re- port byway of Berlin says that the Sov- It:t authorities at Petrograd, Moscow and Kiev have aicested several Swiss e zens. A number of Swiss shops have been wrecked at the first nawed eity while at Cyden three Swiss were atiae,- ed. The Sovizt Grvernment is szid to have prohibited visas tor Ewiss 1 usS- ports.