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tionist v.unreers, convictad of unlaw- ful assembiy. nave been giver sentenees varyiug froa one to six months. {he East Indian Railway has extended east- ward to within 115 miles of the ecity. Roine. Feb 17th.—Premier Benomis Cabinet was defeated in the Chamber of Deputies this evening on a vote of confi- dence. The vote was 295 to 107. Piris, Feb. 17th. —The German Gov- ernment today advised tae Allied repara- tions commission that the fourth ten day payment of 31,000,000 gold marks was made this morning to the banks designat- ed by the guaranteers committee. The payment is in accordance with the tem- porary schedule adopted recently by the reparations commission at Cannes. raris, Feb. 17th.—Lord Curzon, Brit- ish Foreign Secretary, has informed Pre- mier Poincare, who aiso acts as the french Foreign Minister. that he wished to meet him #to discuss the question, of Near Ea:t peace as soon as the Minister- ial sitvuation in Italy permits, an Italian Foreign Minister to come to Paris. Paris, Feb. 17th.—™oland and the lit- tle Entente countries wili participate in the preliminary examination of the Ge- noa conference programme by experts of France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and Japan, under an accord which it is semi officially announced, has* been reached by Great Bri.ain and France The inclusion of the little Entente coun- tries of Jugo-Slavia, Czecho Slovakia and Rumania, together with Poland in the conversations is the suggestion of France Mexico, Feb. 17th. -The Standard Oil Company has definitely suspended ail work at its refineries near Tampico and workmen numbering upwards of a thou- sand wiil be discharged i Imediately, ac- cording to advices from l'ampico which say otders to this effect were received, bu: pump workers will be retained, it was added. New York, Feb. 17th. —The coldest day of the winter in this section fonight was held responsible for several deatns, an explosion and temporary erippling of ore of the Newyork subways, besides a host of minor mishaps. Two of the deaths oce.rred at landingz in New Jer- sey when the dypamite packing house of the Atlas powder works blew up. The plani officials pointed. out that it was the third explosion to occur ia February in the last three years, and expressed be- lief that the extreme cold should be held accountable. With the mareury two de- grees below zeroin thisecity and as much as 50 below in ne Adirondacks, bloeks signals in one of the tubes connecting Manhatt»n., and Brooklyn =2iled and all signals shone red. Obeying rules, no motorman would pass a danger signal without first walking ahead of his train to investicate. All through the night and until noon the city shivered ana sui- fered. s Wi:o‘;l-don, Feb 17tn. —field Marshal Lord Allenby, hero ot the Palestine cam- g f Uil 8 o F paign has convinced the Cabinet that the proteciorate cver oypt must be abolish- ed as the firsr step to yard setiing up an Egyptiaa Cabinet at Cairo, it was learned authoritatively today. Lord Allenby was received by the King this afterncon to whom he set forth the principa! details of his plan for the revision of Egyptian affairs. It is learned officialiy that the scatement that Lord Allenby has been empowered by the Govervment to ter- minate the protectorate and recognize Egvptian i~dependence under certain guarantees is ‘‘substantially correc.’’. This signalizes a virtual return to the policy suggested more than a year ago by Lord Miloer and the abandon ment of the helief that the British should concede nothing until the Eoyptian set up a tfunctioning Government. It is un- derstood in well informed quarrers that Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha, E.:yptian Minister of Justice will »e called npon to form a cabinet at Cairo. He is inore ac- cepiable than Adly Pasha ex Eusyptian Premier, who headed the natonalis. del- egation t» London last November. Lord Allenby hasalso been empowered it is un- derstood to terminate the stute oi martial law in Egypt and to eall a meeting of rep- resentativas of the Egyptian Nationalists and the Govt to ennsider the future dis nosition of British troop zarrisons and 10 define the guaranizes, which Lond wants for the militarv protection ol tne Suez canal. Their guarantees which Great Britain wants and which will be discussed at this meeting a>2 manienance of the right to rotect foreigners in Egypt and the prevention of interierance in Kgyptian affairs by any power other than Great Britain. ford Allenby is vro turning to Cairo nrobably next Wednes- day and is expecied to take immediate steps toward the formation of an Egypt lan Government, including a ministry of foreign affairs and the convening of a constituent assembly. Until this has been done, British troops will re:nzin in Kgypre although it is possible that they will be redistributed within the aext rew days. Berlin, Feb. 17th.—The floating debt of Germany on February 10th amounted to 259,127,311, 000 marks, an increase of about 3,500.000,000 since FKFebruary Ist. Ottawa, Fe ' 18th.—Initial steps to- ward the bringing down of an immi- gration policy during the coming ses- sion of Parliament have been taken by the appointment today of a sub-com- mittee of the cabinet to deal with the whole matter of immigration ani re- port back io the Caninet Council. ondon, Feb. 18h. The shipping trade in Liverpool is dislocared and Lin- ers are unable (0 enter or leave port 10- day owing to strike of the tugboaimen says ¢ message trom Liverpool this af- ternoon. The strike: of the mine is against the owners demaod for increased hours with a reduction of wages. London, Feb. 18th.—The cost of living in the TTnited Kingdom continues to fall. The declin- in tte last month ‘was four voinis ta 80 per eent above the pre war level. The drop is mainly due te the re. duction of ivod prices. There hus been a conuinuous decrease since November 1920, apart ‘rom a slight interrupticn in the summer of 1921 and the figure now officiallyrecorded is the lowest since Jan- uary 1918. Philadelphia, Feb. 17th.— \n order of $4,150,000 a year for five years to the Seeretary of Commerce, Mr. Herbert Hoover, to become Director of thc pro- p :sed sesquicentennial exposition in Phil- adelphia in 1926 has been made by Ed- ward Bok, it was announced today by Major Hampton Moore. - London. Feb. 17th. ——Thebill establish- ing the Irish Free State passed its sec- ond readingin the House of Commons trday. after the amendment offered by Captain Charles Craig, lLeader of the Ulster Unionists, for aitering the boun- * dary provision of the Anglo Irish treaty had been defeated by a vote of 302 to 60. With the amendment decisively defeated .the second reading was adopted without a division. The amendment thus disposed ot stipulated that in view of the fact tha: the treaty provided for the ereation oi boundary commission and that such provision was in direet abrogation of Ulsters rights as secured by the Govern- ment of Ireland act of 1920 and a breach ol Liie pledges given by the Premier, the House declines to praoceed with the sec- ond reading until the Govt. had given assurance that the provision in questidn would be ~liminated, or that any decision of the boundarv commission should only take effeci after approval of the North- ern Parliament bad been given. New. York, Feb. 17th- Rulers of the Irish Free State, for both sentimen‘*al and practical reascns, will make a cloce study of the fgossibility of establishing financial relations in New York. rather than with Londcen, Sir Horace Plunket liinated to a grour of business men and bankers at a luncheon today. Sir Horace reminded the gathering, that Ire land, unlike Engiand, is an exporting country whotly self-supporting and with produciive resources enormous deveiop-* ments when satisfactory conditions pre- vail. Road transport, w 0 supplement the railways of Ireland, with possibly a larger utilization of canals likely will be an early development following a return to favourable conditions, he deeclared. A Dinner Sef of Royal Gopenhagen Ghina complete for 18 Persons also One Brass Chandelier. Apply to MRS. THORNBERG. ' Bonne Esperance.