Soviet Refuses to Yield in British Demandsoverseas dispute
Moscow newspapers report the Soviet government will not yield to British demands in the Anglo Russian quarrel over propaganda and recalls. The dispute centers on recall calls for Russian envoys in Persia and Kabul and punishment for a former Persian envoy. Laboring Moscow notes Britain presses for action while Moscow signals firmness as two British cruisers and armed trawlers near Murmansk attract attention.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Pirela
Afghanistan
Leonid Krassin
London
Sys
Fevestin
England
Lord Carson
Shumatsky
Persia
Raskolnikov
Kabul
M. Rothstein
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Amadori
Haly
Cypher
Russia
Rome
Murmansk
Lords Reject Second Reading of Blasphemy Bill
The Lords quickly defeated the Earl of Russell’s bid to amend the blasphemy law by a 68 vote majority. The bill sought to bar criminal proceedings for atheism or heresy while preserving public order. Lord Phillimore warned the current law protects primary occasions, and the Marquis of Salisbury’s government spokesman argued against the measure.
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London
House of Lords
Earl of Russell
Jane
Russel
Phillimore
Marquis of
Salis- Bury
Prayer for Peace at Memorial Day Ceremony
President Harding spoke at Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre facing the wooded slopes of the national cemetery. He urged the United States to do its full part to make war unlikely and claimed we can avoid armament loss. He added that if war returns, the nation will mobilize every resource and common wealth to preserve the country.
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Washington
Arington Memorial Amphitheatre
Harding
United States
Great National Cemetery
America
Mr. Harding
Trade Treaty With France Ottawa Debate in Senate
The Senate gave second readings to the bill implementing the trade treaty with France and approved most clauses of the combines bill. Senator Beaubier noted two hurdles: franc depreciation and French unfamiliarity with Canadian products. He urged that once the franc regains value, trade with France could grow, citing Canada's canned salmon trade as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Senate
France
Tn Committee
Beaubolien
Canada
Bishop Warns of Global Lawlessness at Ontario Synod
In Kingston at the 57th session opening, Bishop Bidwell lamented rising lawlessness worldwide and noted Canada is not immune to the surge, urging church action from St George's Cathedral.
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Kingston
Bank robbers executed by Free State authorities
Michael Murphy and Joseph O'Rourke were executed at Tuaim County Galway for taking part in a bank robbery at Athenry.
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Dublin
Michael Murphy
Joseph O'Rourke
Free State
Tuaim
County Galway
Athenry
Colonization Association to Be Reorganized in Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports that the Canada Colonization Association will be reorganized on a new basis with equal representation from the Federal Government, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Canadian National Railway on a new board. M A Brown has resigned as president, and a Winnipeg meeting will finalize the plan with Augustus Nanton proposed to head the reorganized body. CPR and CNR officials named to DPR and board seats.
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Winnipeg
Canada Colonization Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railway
Lyfe
M. A. Brown
Association
Life
D. C. Coleman and Co
Western Lines
Canadian National
Br. W. J. Black
Mow
Canadian National Ratts
Augustus Nanton
D. C. Coleman
P. L. Naismith
Calgary
Col. J. &.Dennis
C.P.R
D. Robb
Ottawa board promotes domestic fuels to solve coal shortfall
A Dominion Fuel Board report says Canada spent over 580 million dollars on imported coal in the 1911–1921 decade and urges expanding use of British Columbia Alberta and Maritimes coals. It backs peat and wood as fuel sources and says electric heat is impractical for homes but electricity could free coal for heating. It also calls public education to reduce reliance on anthracite.
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Ottawa
Dominion Fuel Board
Boant
Charles Camsell
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
Barbot Brings Gider to America for Gliding Theatrical Flight
French aviator Georges Barbot arrived from Le Havre on a steamer to New York with his motorized single plane. He plans to attempt a New York to Chicago glide to demonstrate that air lifting over low distances is feasible and voicing his 25,000 francs prize win.
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New York
Georges Barbot
Atronaut
le Havre
Chicago
Train Falls Sixty Feet Into River in Chita Amur Region
A May 24 wreck in the Chita Amur region left many dead and injured after a passenger train plunged 60 feet from a bridge into a river near Moscow. Twenty eight bodies were recovered and about forty more believed submerged. More than one hundred were injured.
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Moscow
Chita
Far Eastern Republic
Chita-Amur
Hoppers Damaging Crop In Saskatchewan Fields
Grasshoppers menace crops west of Assipi bola Saskatchewan with record damage this year. Deputy Minister H F Auld says control hinges on farmer cooperation with Field Crops Branch and municipal officers using poison bait. Locusts may persist until late June or early July before flight reduces damage. Delorme trial for murder of Raoul Delorme may be delayed to September term in Montreal Court of King's Bench.
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M. P. Tullis
Assiniboia
Delorme
Montreal
Abbe Ade" Yard Delorme
Raoul Delorme
Court of King’s Bench
R. L. Calder
K.C
Reich Budget Adopted By Berlin Reich Council 1923 Deficit
The Reich council in Berlin approved the 1923 budget amid a deficit of 12,400,600,060,000 marks, signaling financial strain. The adoption follows Reichstag proceedings and reflects postwar economic pressures on the German state.
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Berlin
Council of the Reich
Reichstag
Committee On Agriculture Hear Protests On The Sale Of Oleomargarine
Ottawa hearing before the agriculture committee heard protests from the National Dairy Council and dairymen associations against continuing importation and sale of oleomargarine in Canada. W F Carroll of Cape Breton South protested the single-sided discussion and was ruled out of order. Speakers included D Arcy general counsel E H Stonehouse dairy council president BE Love secretary of Alberta dairymen and W A Wilson of the Regina cooperative creamery.
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Ottawa
National Dairy Counei
Dominion
Canada
Committee On Agriculture
Dairy Council
W. F. Carroll
Cape Breton
South
Carroll
Fred Kay
Mississquoi
D'Arcy
E. H. Stonehouse
BE. T. Love
Alberta Dairymen's Association
W. A. Wilson
Regina
Saskatchewan
Soviets Seen as Vindictive Against Swiss in Russia
Reports from Swiss residents in Russia indicate a retaliatory Communist program following the assassination of M Vorovsky. In Odessa the Swiss colony chairman was killed, two other Swiss leaders badly wounded, and Swiss stores pillaged. Arrests occurred in Petrograd, Moscow, and Kiev.
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Berne
Russia
M. Vorovsky
Lauganne
Odessa
Petrograd
Moscow
Kiev
Air League backs one power air force plan at Mansion House
London reports a meeting of the Air League at the Mansion House adopting a resolution for a one power standard air force for Great Britain and full development of imperial air rallies. Lord Birkenhead warned that the nation is defenseless in case of an air attack.
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London
Air League
Mansion House
Great Britain
Lord Birkenhead
Four British boys tour Canada to study farming
Oxford White Gordon Sain ter Joseph Murray and Leonard Grimmer, prize winners in Britain’s agricultural clubs, arrived by the Montcalm to tour Canada and Alberta colleges. Their diaries will be edited for the Daily Mail, inspiring other boys and boosting Canadian farming ties.
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Canada
Oxford White
Gordon Sainter
Joseph Murray
Leonard Grimmer
Canadian Pacific
Montcalm
England
Atlantic
London
Britain
United States
Brytleh Isles
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hig
Great Britain
Dominion
Alberta Agricultural College
Daily Mail
Belgian Plan for Reparations Through Monopolies
Le Matin reports Belgium's reparations scheme to form monopolies in alcohol sugar and tobacco plus railroad and state assets in the Reich. International syndicates would run these, with Allies well represented. Premier Theunis estimates 2.4 billion gold marks yearly, shifting Germany’s debt to a commercial owing within Germany.
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Paris
Belgium
le Matin
Theunis
Germany
Livestock Problems Conference In Calgary At Palliser Hotel
At the Palliser Hotel in Calgary a conference was held with representatives from the Canadian Pacific Railway government railways and western stock growers association. The meeting covered multiple livestock industry problems and the hearing for the stock growers was very satisfactory with optimism that much good will follow.
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Calgary
Palliser Hotel
Messrs
Todd
Stephen and
McKean
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fair and Rose
Riley
Cross
MacLeay
Dillon
Western Stock Growers Association
Armed Action Sought Against Brigands In China
Major Roland W. Pinger with 13 other foreigners held by outlaws at Paot zuku Mountain urged foreign intervention to quell banditry in China in a letter to the Associated Press. Meanwhile Major Robert A. Allan and W. Smith of Manchester were released after capture on May 6.
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China
Roland W. Pinger
U.S.A
Paotzuku Mountain
Associated Press
Shanghai
Robert A. Allan
United States Army
W. Smith
Manchester
England
Scottish firm closes big butter export deal
Andrew Clements & Son of Glasgow will buy Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries summer output. Sir Thomas Clements ordered the pact after talks with local creamery directors. The deal covers two to three million pounds of butter for Scotland.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan Co-operative
Andrew Clements & Son
Glasgow
Scotland
Sir Thomas Clements
Pilsudski Resigns From Polish General Staff
Warsaw reports Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, former Poland president, resigns as chief of the general staff and plans to withdraw from the army entirely. Radical circles react with surprise as the veteran statesman steps back from military leadership.
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Warsaw
Marshhal Joseph Pileudski
Poland
General Staff
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Enougeh
Inspector Storey
Rogers
Leo
Fred Lefebvre
John Urquhart
Agricultural
Bagith Bey
Raglead
Pilsudski
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