Protest Over Chinese Immigration Restrictions Stir Ottawa
Ottawa reports describe a protest against new Chinese immigration laws. Dr. Wellington Koo and the Chinese government press their opposition, with remarks broadcast in Chinese outlets and a push from the Chamber of Commerce in Abanghal to justify easing restrictions.
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Ottawa
Cetra
Wy East
Camada
Chiten Tour de
Wellington Koo
Lin Hi
Chamber of Commerce
Abanghal
Ufl
China
Nansen to Tour Canada and the United States in November
Dr Fridtjof Nansen high commissioner of the League of Nations for refugees will visit America in November and speak in several Canadian cities from coast to coast. He has organized relief for one million refugees and prisoners of war and now engages the Greek Government in repatriating its subjects from the Ottoman Empire. He will be accompanied on the tour by Lose.
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Ottawa
Fridtjet Nansen
Avete
League of Nations For Refugees
America
Canada
League of Nations
H.G. Richardson
League of Katloos Society
Kansen
de. Nansen
Lose
Albanian Greek frontier mission massacre reported
A semi official note claims the Albanian Greek frontier mission was massacred by Greek forces. The Kellan Government says it has taken severe measures due to the gravity of the situation amid widespread excitement. A separate dispatch notes Canadian Doukhobors seeking farmland in Canada via Soviet grants from Moscow.
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Rome
Omevany
Hallan
Canada
Riga
Moscow
Russians Hold Memorial Service For Imperial Family Death Anniversary
A memorial service was held at the church attached to the Russian embassy in honor of the death of Czar Nicholas I and the Russian imperial family. Nobles to laborers filled the church as prayers referenced Nikola, Alexandra Feodorovna, Alexei, and princesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia. Police in Paris previously barred Bolsheviks from attending to avoid disruption.
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Sofia
Nicholas
Nicholas H. Ah
Nikola
Alexandra ‘Feodorovna
Alexei
Olga
Tatiana
Maria
Anastasia
Paris
New French Air Plane Trials Show 115 MPH Speed
French aviation officials completed strain tests on a new monoplane model mounting six machine guns and two rifles with four 250 horsepower motors. The craft tows fuel for seven hours and travels at 115 miles per hour. Unemployment in Britain rose by 11,000 last week. Oxford Ira settles a debt with a former undergraduate.
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Marseilles
Rumors of Bank Mergers Stir Canadian Market
The Canadian Bank of Commerce may pursue consolidations as rumors swirl about more bank mergers. Sir John Atch predicts two deals could occur, while bankers note that any sale of Bank of Hamilton shares to the Canadian Bank of Commerce requires Governor in Council approval. Public reaction remains cautious as authorities weigh the risks to shareholders and depositors.
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Toronto
Sir John Atch
Canadian Bank of Commerce
WS Fielding Ak
Bank of Haraiton
Mr Fielding
Areomictal Corp
Wales
Corneil
Fielding
Publc
Demand For More Wheat Contracts Expanded Publishing
Regina George W. Rotertaom of the Saskatchewan Cooperative Wheat Producers announces a further 25 000 wheat contracts to be printed for Sackateneman districts. The organization reports rapid inquiries about contract details and recording methods while keeping day by day acreage tallies to show progress.
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Sackateneman
Regina
George W
Rampelen
Regina Tricre
Russia Maintains Claim To Wrangel Island
Moscow reports that Russia still asserts sovereignty over Wrangel Island. The protest by Finland’s foreign minister against a flag raising on the island is noted, with Britain and the United States not opposing Russia’s 1916 declaration of sovereignty.
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Moscow
Uniiea
Great Brain
United States
Washington
Russia
Wrangel Island
Siberian
Jansson
Japan Faces Deep Export Losses Amid Chinese Boycott
Japan's exports to China have slumped since the boycott began, with a drop of over 20 million yen from January through May. Steamship firms report heavy losses and merchants urge firm action while the foreign office seeks Chinese cooperation to curb the unfriendly campaign.
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Tokio
Japan
Record Trip Made By German Pilot Pieper
German pilot Pieper completed a Berlin to London and back in one day as a record flight. He left Bremen via Hamburg at 11:00, continued to Amsterdam and London, and returned to Bremen by 6:20 PM before resuming toward Berlin.
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Berlin
London
Pieper
Aew
Bremen
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Prince to Spend Quiet Holiday in Canada
The Prince of Wales will not accept public engagements during his Canadian stay. He sails to France on September 5 and will reside on his Alberta ranch for the visit, returning to London on October 20 as a private gentleman rather than on official duties.
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Canada
London
Prince of Wales
France
Alberta
Ada
Dominion
Duke of Cornwall
Airplane Crash Near Maidstone Kills One Passenger
An aircraft crash near Maidstone during flight caused one death and serious injuries to the pilot and nine passengers after passengers panicked and crowded the rear of the plane. Engine trouble necessitated an emergency landing.
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London
Maidstone
Greece Demobilizes Army and War Measures End
Athens publishes a treaty Lausanne device and conventions adapted to peacetime. A decree ends the state of war with Turkey and returns the Greek army to a peace footing while preserving siege and censorship. Other wartime laws are repealed. Dr W W Martin, claiming 90 plus years, suffers a stroke while lecturing in Enid Oklahoma on youth.
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Athens
Lausanne
Turkey
Dies
Enid
Okla
W. W. Martin
Glasgow
Scotland
Free State Government Leads Republicans by Clear Margin
The Free State government holds a strong lead over Republicans along the southern border with measures to safeguard farmers and banks. Commissioner H. J. Martin heads a boundary tour, with police detachments deployed and talks with bank managers planned to ensure defense and funds security. Election returns show the government ahead by a wide margin, while the Farmers and Labor groups lag behind expectations. Cosgrave expresses satisfaction as Geneva talks approach.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
H. J. Martin
Dublin
Lab 3
Farmer
Poesitem Cosgrave
Kingstown
Free State
League of Nations
Geneva
Henakde
Cosgrave
Desmond Pitagerald
Pr J. MacNeill
Exhibition Train Draws French Crowds and Canadian Links
French visitors packed Grenoble for a Canadian exhibition train with 6000 people per hour amid police cordons. The event mirrored Lyons attendance and echoed similar interest in Ames and Winnipeg. A long all Canadian telephone link connected Winnipeg and Edmonton for crop talks between Bracken and Smith. In Atlantic City a seaplane crash near Lake Placid claimed the lives of Frank Filsimmons and Gunner Linuhe.
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Grenoble
France
Chambery
Dominion
Savoie
Dauphine
Lyons
Ames Bains
Winnipeg
Edmonton
John Bracken
Manitoba
W. W. Smith
Alberta
Mr Bracken
Atlantic City
Frank Filsimmons
Legion Escadrille
United States
Gunner Linuhe
Lake's Bay
Here
English Co-operative Society probes Canadian wheat deal
In Winnipeg representatives from the Co-operative Wholesale Society of England review the possibility and desirability of buying Canadian wheat directly from proposed cooperative pools. The society, with 4,000,000 British members and annual turnover around £190,000,000, processes 500,000 bushels of wheat weekly.
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England
Winnipeg
Co-operative Wholesale Society
Ted
Enduet
Britain
Bandits Invade Chinese Town Meghien In Henan Province
Dispatches report bandit hordes attacked Meghsien in western Henan, looting shops and wealthy homes. About 100 people missing, including teachers and a town magistrate. Local official Lethbridge AP Hughes from Barons reportedly led capture of wheat from a Sucre field, with the first 50 bushel crop of the year recorded.
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Namen
Henan
Meghsien
Lethbridge AP. Hughes
Reparations Solution Seen No Nearer, Says British Note
London reports Britain's Foreign Office views Belgium's reparations note as failing to advance Ruhr talks. They fault the financial terms, question Belgium's emphasis on priority, and doubt Spa conference revis ions. A Ba won Poincare meeting could offer a path before vacation ends.
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London
Belgium
Ruhr
Great Britain
Poincare
France
Vfrm
Brussels
Spa
Ba Win
Freres
To Tour Alaska Boys Sent Off From Vancouver Station
Forty four Detroit youths photographed at Canadian Pacific Station in Vancouver BC en route to Alaska under George Buchanan. Each boy paid at least one third of the trip with remaining funds provided by long term loan. they earned through sales and campaigns with Wheeler and coal from Buchanan yards to Koerlot Alberta.
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Detroit
Vancouver BC
Alaska
George Buchanan
Donald Blaine
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