ENGLAND WILL
NATIONALIZE
ITS RAILWAYS
LONDON, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—TJae government’s railway
program, intended as an alternative
to nationalization of the roads, which
are now subsidized, provides for the
formation of the railways of England
and Wales into six groups, the main
groups to absorb all the smaller lines.
Present shareholders are to form the
majority of each board of manage
ment, but each board is to also in
clude members elected from and by
the workers on the railway. Direct
competition between the groups is
eliminated.
The government financial guarantee
ceases and rates and fares are to be
fixed, with certain safeguards for the
public, so as to produce a net revenue
subsantially equivalent on some pre
war basis to the net revenue of all
companies absorbed in the groups.
The state is to take a share of sur
plus revenues and use it “for light
railway development.”
Wages and working conditions will
be dealt with by machinery set up
under the control of the transporta
tion ministry. The National Wages j
Board for Appeals is to represent:
equally railway managers, workers, |
and ushers, with an independent chair
man. The state will have the powTer
to insist upon standardization of roll
ing stock and equipment.
A seventh group will control the,
Scottish lines. The program, issued j
by Sir Eric Geddes, minister of trans-1
port as a white paper, will be sub
mitted to parliament in a new trans
port bill. In case the amalgamation
is not carried out voluntarily the gov-1
ernment will seek power to compel ■
amalgamation within a specified time.1
Sir Eric’s proposals generally are re
ceived with editorial disapproval by
the newspapers. The Daily News says
the proposals “raise all the difficulties
inherent in nationalization without
conferring any of its benefits.”
AUSTRIANS RE-ENACT
ENOCH ARDEN STORY
—
VIENNA, Aug. 12 (by Associated'
Press).—Variations of the Enoch Ar
den story continually crop up in this
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part of the world with the return of
prisoners of war from far countries.
About the time of the armistice a
Vienna woman received a telegram
from Irkutsk saying her mussing hus
band was alive there. She dropped
dead at the long deferred word.
A friend telegraphed the husband
but the message was delivered to an
other man of the same name ill in the
hospital. Later the latter married his
nurse and returned home with her a
few weeks ago. He found his wife
alive and well and now they are trying
to straighten out the situation.
RURAL CREDIT SCHEME
TO BE INVESTIGATED
WINNIPEG, Can., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).-Manitoba’s rural
credit scheme, now in its fourth year
of operation, is to be investigated by a
government commission from Ontario.
Manitoba has 55 local rural credit
societies in full operation, having
started out with one society in 1917,
which had grown to ten in 1918 and
to thirty-nine in 1919.
Seventy societies are chartered at
this time, but 15 have not commenced
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operations. About $3,300,000 has been
advanced in the four years to Mani
toba farmers as loans to increase pro
duction, and the societies it is de
clared have yet to record their first
bad debt.
COURT OF APPEALS
INCREASES SENTENCE
TOKIO, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Professor Morit of the Im
perial university who was prosecuted
for the publication in Japanese of
Kuropatkin’s “Socialism,” had his sen
tenced increased by the imperial court
of appeals to three months imprison
ment and a fine of 70 yen. Professor
Hoashi of Waseda University, also pro
secuted for an article on “From Auth
ority to Freedom,” was likewise given
a severe sentence by the court of ap
peals.
WILL REGISTER
AND PUBLISH
ALL TREATIES
LONDON, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Sir James Eric Drumond,
secretary-general of the League of
Nations, has just notified the mem
bers of the League of Nations that an
office for the registration and publi
cation of treaties has been set up in
accordance with the terms of the mem
orandum approved by the council of
the League of Nations at its meeting
in Rome in May. A statement issued
from the secretary-general's office
says:
“Article 18 of the covenant of the
League of Nations reads: ‘Every
treaty of international engagement en
tered into hereafter by the League
shall be forthwith registered with the
secretariat and shall as soon as pos
sible be published by it. No such
treaty or international engagement
shall be binding until registered.’
“And the council of the League of
Nations declared in its memorandum
of May 19, 1920: ‘Publicity has foi
a long time been considered as a
source of moral strength in the ad
ministration of national law. It should
equally strengthen the laws and en
gagements which exist between na
tions. It will promote public distrust
and conflict. Publicity alone will
enable the League of Nations to ex
tend a moral sanction to the contrac
tual obligations of its members. It
will, moreover, contribute to the for
mation of a clear and indisputable
system of international law.’
“A treaty will have legal existence
after it has been presented for regis
tration by the parties concerned, to
whom a certificate of registration will
be delivered.
“In addition, in a second register,
a page will be reserved for each
treaty. All relevant information will
be entered therein, signatures and
ratifications by the parties and if
necessary, subsequent accessions, or
withdrawals.
“Certified extracts from this regis
ter may be delivered to states, trib
unals or individuals concerned.
“The treaties will not only be reg
istered but also published. They will
appear in a special section of the of
ficial journal of the League of Nations,
through which they may become
known to all.
“Moreover the council of the League
of Nations, actuated by the spirit of
Article 18, has authorized the secre
tary-general to register and to publish
treaties concluded between countries
not members of the league, should
they request it. The League of Na
tions .thus hopes to realize,- within
the limits of possibility, the system of
open international engagements.”
CULTURED WOMEN
WAITING ON TABLE
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press). — Many cultured Russian
women now are acting as waitresses
in Constantinople restaurants, accord
ing to work received here from an
agent of the American central commt
tee for Russian relief.
These women sitll wear afternoon
and evening clothes which they took
with them when they fled from Bol
shevist Russia.
“There is the spirit of the canteen
about it all,” read the agent’s report,
“and their compatriots and friends
salute them in the usual charming
manner of kissing their hands, and
everyone talks with them and helps
them in their serving.”
WOMEN OE CANADA IN
TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE
WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—The first triennial
meeting of the Federation of Univer
sity Women of Canada will be held
in Toronto August 26, 27 and 28. Win
nipeg’s delegates will include the dom
inion president, Mrs. R. F. McWil
liams,, Mrs. Luther Lennox, Miss Elsie
Moore and Miss Posephine Parkin.
It is expected that the meeting will
be attended by university graduates
from every part of Canada.
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