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was a demoralizing defeat for the
drys. Prince Edward Island, Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick are the
only provinces of Canada that still
cling to prohibition.
FOREIGNERS in Foochow, China.
who are numerous, were in dire
peril for some days while the Canton
csc and northern troops were fighting
for control Of Fukien province. How
ever, calls for protection were speedily
answered and Japanese, British and
French gunboats were hurried to the
scene. To protect American lives and
property the mine detachment vessel
Hart was sent from Manila to Foo
chow. Latest reports Of the fighting
indicated that the Cantonese were
having the best Of 1t and would soon
capture Foochow. Chekiang and the
entire province.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British for
eign secretary, told the house Of COM
mons that the government opposed
armed Intervention in China and had
taken all the steps 1t deemed neces-
sary to protect British nationals In
the war zone. AS opposed to the re-
cent pronunciamento Of the Canton
csc commander is the report Of the
international commission headed by
Silas Ell. Strawn on extraterritoriality
in China. After eight months of study
the commission recommends that ex-
traterritorial rights be retained by the
powers for the present, being progress
sively abolished only as changing con-
ditions warrant, and that the admin
istration Of the laws be entrusted to
a judiciary independent Of the execu-
tive or the military authorities.
ECRETARY OF STATE KELLOGG
- has devised and formally proposed
a pan which he believes will settle
the age-old dispute between Peru and
Chile over Tacna and africa. He sug-
gests that those provinces be ceded to
Bolivia, now shut off from the sea.
and that Peru and Chile receive COM
pensation for public works constructed
there. The provinces, under his plan,
would be maintained as a perpetually
demilitarized zone. the city of africa
would be made a free port and the
Moro promontory would be estab-
lished under international control as a
memorial to the valOr of both Chile
and Peru with a monument on the
headland concentrating the friend
ly settlement Of the question.
Prompt resumption of diplomatic re-
lations between Chile and Peru would
be expected under the formula. which,
Secretary Kellogg explained. "does
not call for moral surrender or any
thing that can be so construed, by one
country to the other" Further, he
said, its acceptance would embody "a
settlement which South America as a
whole would welcome as one insuring
permanent peace and stability"
n 1OAhAOOA . uouUtcS are NOT
IN over by any means. Last week
General Sacasa. the former vice presi-
dent who was supported for the presi-
dency by the revolu .ionists, landed at
Puerto Cabezas with men and arms
and announced his cabinet. He ex-
poets that Mexico and Guatemala will
recognize him as president The press
of San Salvador is protesting against
the American recognition of President
Dlaz. Sacasa arrived with two schoon-
ers from Puerto Barrios. Guatemala.
and was escorted by Mexican gun
boat. General Moncada. commander
of the rebels, has rejected the govern
ment's surrender proposals transmit
ted through Admiral Latimer.