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4 WEATHER FORECAST whereto go to-night Columbls^Th* Rainbow Trail For It hour* ending 6 p m. Frldey: l>omlnlo»—Tbr*e IWV* Oho**» Capitol—n*aui>"e Worth Victoria and Vicinity — Southerly Royal—Penrod Variety—The Foolish Age wind*, mostly cloudy and mild with rain. Prince»»—Charley'* Aunt =r VOL. 60. NO. 106 VICTORIA, B.C., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMAN-RUSSIAN MOUNT ETNA -r Soviet May Accept ASSERT TAX RATE TREATY NOT AGAINST RUMBLES; SMOKE THE HELD Peking Surrounded IN VICTORIA LOW VERSAILLES PACT FILLS THE SKY GOES p EFFECT Terms and Demand Paris. May 4. — The Allied Baton la. Sicily, May 4.—Mount City Hall Figures Show Rates Reparations Commission, it was Etna has broken out again in an Now by Troops of officially announced this evening, eruption of increased violence, Two Factions of “Republican in Other Cities has failed to find that the Rapallo and is emitting continuous roars, treaty between Germany and which can be heard for several Army” to Meet Full Recognition Victoria’s tax rate this year will be Russia is a violation of the Tregty miles. Dense black smoke is of Versailles. General Wu Pei Fu a heavy Increase over the rates of filling the sky. To Negotiate on Unification recent years but it will be below the rates in other Canadian cities. This Plans assertiçn of the City Council is borne • ______ Proposals of Allies Are Telegraphed From Genoa to out by' figures which have been col Dublin, May 4.—A trues between General Chang Tso Lin’s Army Scattered; Acting lected by city officials and given out. 200 Longshoremen the rival forces of the “Iriek Repub at the City Hall to-day. lican" Army hae been deelartM, it wee Moscow Leaders; French and Belgians Are Drafting These figures show the rates In Premier Sends American to Negotiate With Wu Pei typical cltiee-for 1921 when Victoria’s announced this afternoon. The truce Their Reservation. rate was 29 mills. This year Vic Out on Strike in •• operative from 4 o’clock this aftor- Fu’s Leaders. toria’s rate will be 32 mills on land »oon until 4 p.m. Monday, with a view ahd one-third of alt improvements, to giving both eectione of the army but Increases also are being put Into effect in most western Canadian -ci an immediate opportunity to discuss Peking, May 4.—The troops of General Wu Pei Fu, the*Centrah Genoa, May 4.—The Soviet representatives -here announced ties. The 1921 rates in the other Montreal Arrested s basis for army unification. cities from which information was The provisions of the truce are: Chinese’ commander, have surrounded Peking. General Chang that the terms of the Allies’ note to Russia had been telegraphed gathered were: Tso Lin’s army in the vicinity of Peking has been scattered. to Moscow, says the Exchange Telegraph, which adds: “ It is Clause 1. All operations except Calgary. 46.675 mills on land and Montreal, May 4.—Civic police raided a meeting of longshore training and ordinary army routine All railroad traffic out of Peking has been suspended. stated that posaibly Premier Lenine will accept, demanding simul 46.675 mills on half of all improve will cease....... ments. men this morning at union headquarters and placed approximately These developments followed the dispatch of eight train loads taneously full recognition.” Clause 2. All penetrative operations Regina, !43 mills on land and 43 200 under arrest. This action was an aftermath of Tuesday night's of Chang Tso Lin’s soldiers eastward, in the direction of Tientsin. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Soviet Russia said to-day the will cease. mills on one-third of all Improve raid on the docks during which two policemen were seriously Clause 3. Both sections will co Russian reply to the Allies’ memorandum would be delivered iu ments. (For separate school services the rate was 46.5 mills on land and wounded. operate to maintain order and pre Peking, May 3.—Acting Premier Chow Tzu Chi has sent Ray 1 s couple of Hays____ __________ ____ _ ____ _________:__ :_____ cne-thlrd oT aTl ImpTOYememg-T vent a-t« ef aggression against per Anderson, an American, to Fengtai to negotiate with Genera! Wu Local longshoremen are hdrworkihg 'because of a ten per cent, sons or property. Winnipeg, 30 mills on land and SO Pei^Fu’s epmmanders regarding their relations with the Peking mills on two-thirds of all I m prove- reduction in their wages imposed by the Shipping Federation, Tne document Is signed by Owen Paris. May 4.—Premier Poincare and M. Barthou. head of the which has employed non-union labor. O’Duffey and Rian Lynch, the Chiefs Government, it was announced this afternoon. of Staff of the rival forces. French delegation at Genoa, have engaged in negotiations with Vancouver 31.66 mills on land and Fisheries, by Thomas Robb, man- Peking.-May 4.—General Wu Pei Premier Theunis of Belgium as to the future attitude of the French 31.66 mills on half of all improve A request that the militia reserves ager of the Shipping Federation of Fu. the Central Chinese leader, bril and Belgian delegations at Qenoa on ments. be called out to protect the harbor Canada, yesterday, and was en DEATH LIST IN liantly turned the right flank of Russian affairs, and ai^ effort is Edmonton, 39.90 mills on land and and to permit work to be carried on dorsed "on behalf of the respective General Chang Tso Lin’s army last being made to find a text for a 39.70 mills on improvements, peaceably was wired to A. Johnston. steamship lines trading in the port IRELAND GREW evening, according to to-day's ad reservation to the memorandum to Toronto, 33 mills on land and 33 Deputy Minister of Marine and of Montreal.” vices from the front. Chang’s troops Russia which the conference Is mills on all Improvements. < For sep Belfast. May 4.—Numerous cases of are now in retreat toward Fengtai likely to accept and which at the arate school services this rate was 27 rrson and other outrages continued from Chang Sin Tien. same time will satisfy the Belgians. mills on land and improvements.) to be reported yesterday from various VIEWTO PREVAIL Rates in western American cities 1 'aces. Two men were shot dead Debacle. v; Until some way is found to satisfy are: jesterday on Coal Island. The post Peking. May 4.—Americah official the Belgian delegation, the Frorich IL offices at Waterford and Clonmel telegrams state that the Chihli forces, Smuts Wishes Militarism De Seattle, 40.37 mills on half the value will refuse to sign the memorandum of land and a simitar rate on tiatf of vere seized by armed civilians, en after turning General Chang's right feated at Genoa to Russia. This means that France Accountant Edwards on Stand all improvements. tailing a cessation in the postal ser flank and defeating him at Changsin will hold aloof from the conferences Portland. 41.6 mills on three-quar vice, but the train service from Dub Tien, reoccupied Machang, having on Russian affairs unless the sub in Macarow Case ters of the value of land and a sim IE lin to the South was resumed. defeated Chang’s army on the middle Recoils From Idea of Two commission which framed the ilar rate on half of all Improvements. front. The debacle of the Mukden memorandum decides to withdraw In addition to land and Improve TEN WOUNDED general’s troops at Changsin Tien Armed Camps It. Two Others Assisted Him in ment taxes, various service taxes are Engineer Insists Builders Ob U. S. High Tariff Hurts Amer appeared to be complete, it was M. Barthou will leave Paris for Audit levied in some of the cities men serve Specifications icans Most IN KILKENNY added. Cape Town. May 3.— (Canadian. Genoa to-borrow morning. tioned. Calgary levies a service tax. Recaptured. Press Cable)—Premier Smuts of the Announced at Qenoa. Edmonton levies a tax on income. Dublin, May 4.—Ten member» of Tientsin. May 4.—Unofficial reports Union of South Africa, in a state Montreal. May • 4.—Cross-examin Genoa. May 4.—France’s decision Retina a service tax on dwellings Preston to Explain Bridge New York Herald Summarizes the regular “Irish Republican Army” received here to-day stated that the ment to The Cape Times on the sub to support the opposition of Belgium ation of George Edwards. Toronto, outside sewer areas and on coal forces were wounded during the two forces of General Wu Pel. Fu, the ject of the Genoa Conference, said he to the private property clause of the the accountant called ID by the Fin chutes and underground areas be Costs to Public Developments days’ operations in Kilkenny, says an Central Chinese leader, had recap prayed for victory for Lloyd George, memorandum sent the Russians was ance Minister of Canada to examine neath sidewalks, Toronto taxes In official statement Issued from the tured Changsin Tien, which for the for if all that resulted from the con announced to-day by the French come. Seattle levies 1 mill for the Union wages must be paid on John New York, May 4.—In a review Beggars* Bush headquarters. There past few days had been held by his ference was the Russo-German the returns made to the Government soldiers’ bonus and Portland has a were some casualties among their delegation here, on official informa son Htreet bridge work City Engineer of the effect of the United Stoics rival for the control of Peking.