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LONDON, January 14th. The meeting of the railwaymen with Bir Eric Geddes this afternoon fated hours. It is reliably stated that the pron very friendly and
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THE NEW ERA..
LONDON, January 19th.
THE PAST GRIES OF MESOPOTAMIAU
General Beazley lecturing before the Royal Geographical Society re- cently, on Mesopotamia, recalled the The newspapers echo the King's prayer face har with his detachments he en- that the ceremony on Saturday will open tered Bagdad with the Allied advance an era of unbroken peace, but dwell on troops and shared in the welcome the anxious problems still awaiting sola from the inhabitants. Except for the
tion.
But once
Sir Eric Geddes stated that the Govern-The Daily Telegraph says:--This is river-froms, where the buildings were ment was prepared to make very sub ac rice for triumph on soaring hopes. fine, they were most disappointed with startial concessions, but was not willing The delay in completing peace with the city of Sinbad the Sailer. Out-
geld on the general principle The Germany is less disquieting than the Cabinet was anxious that the railwaymen grover questions involved in the omission side. the palm trees and glittering, should give the new scheme a fair triad.. of American and Russian signatures in domes and minarets gave the impres
Mr. J. Thomas thanked Sir Erie Saturday graciasibat. The problems sion of a beautiful city. Geddes for carefully considering the men's of re-settlement are in the East.
inside, the streets and alleys were objections to the Government's proposals,
The Morning Post says that the Get found to be marrow and filthy, the and said that the matter would fully are naturally anxious to discover sabmitted to a meeting of delegates this what their relations will be with Britain. houses mean and overcrowded.
runing, and the Nations Union of Rail- The unmediate isme being a business one, only access to the Sne river-fronts warmer would subsequently reply to the is essential that Britain's facal policy was by narrow ramps which lead down Gioveraraent's new ofer.
be formulated without delay
to the water's edge and by the Two The Daily Express, while insisting on Alias, if they wish to reap the fruits of victory, must permit Germany is a me sure to recover to enable her to fulfil her
Sir Eric Geddes emphasised that the non-evasion of the terms, says ebat the ridges, across the river, Cabinet war acrious to reach a settlement neceptable to all parties. Mr. "Thomas replied that the National Union of Rail- waymen would de alt it could to help
towards this end,
LONDON, January 13th. Afthoagh the railway position is in definite, the adjournment of the discussion upon the Government a reply is regarded as a hopeful sign.
The delegated participated in a very lively four-hour debate without coming
any decision.
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undertaking.
New York, January 12th. the Americans with the consciousness that The ceremony in Paris has impressed they alone are still warring with Ger many The Senators have been fooded with appeals to agree to a compromise on the Trenty.
BERLIN, January Fich
The
When the limit of effective survey from the ground was reached recon- naisance surveys from the air were commenced. Colonel Beazeley was
detailed to carry out the work. Five attached to a flying squadron, and
successful and exciting trips were As made over the enemy's lines. much as 400 square miles were sorme- The Lakal Antiger heads a special It was this work that Colonel times surveyed, in about two hours. peace supplement Lader the peace Joke
Beazeley was captured. While in the The Deutsche Megemeine Zeitung air the Colonel had ample leisure to larges on the limitation of Germdr study Mesopotamia in general. He sovereignty. AC-
Freidet talks about the woke, and sees
discovered traces of gelaborate irri- the hepe of the British worker alleviating gation system.
There were three main canal systems, but the whole and hopes the Treaty will be revised. It of feeder emak which distributed Forwaerts exhorts courage for peace country was covered with a network calia for a fast defensive straggle in con-water to the smallest estate. nection with the plebiscites.
Some of the delegates emphatically de- cluned that mere modifications of detail And the removal of certain anomalies would not meet the demands of the branches, and only the Government's reptance of the principle of standardisa- tion based on the highest wages play war Plans and the Government's abandon- nt of the sliding scale, would justify the delegatea voting for a settlement.
Meanwhile, the Lecial organ of the National Union of Railwaymen partially lifes the veil over last week's proceedings.
The
organ publishes an official report of the meetings, showing that only one item of the Garemment's offer was accepted. namely, the standardisation of railway work by the elimination of a large num- ber of grades.
it.
The Tayes Zeitung deals with Gerinun Irredenta..
The Targliche Randtechasi sags:- Our aim must be the removal of this work of
Most of the latter part of the 12c- ture consisted of a description of an- cient Samara, a city reputed to be hall the size of London. Coins, bottles, &c, found by the troops while digging trenches. caused Colonel Beszeley to believe the city was prob- ably built before the birth of Christ. Loypes. January 11th. of wages, plus the war wage, in each Scavini and
A Rome mostage states that Lieutste some 20 miles long and 24 miles From air photographs it appeared to Banaluni. grade concerned.
piloting A
The meeting resolved to demand stand- ardised wage based on the highest rate
ROME TO TOKYO,
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BOLSHEVIK CHAOS IN AUSTRIA.
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Its
Is rejected the pin-Caproni aeroplane from Rome to Tokio, vide in places, with a population esti ciple of a sliding scale based on the arrived at Valona and are proceeding to mated at about four millions. cost of living, because the cost of living Salonika immediately. is not the only factor on which wages should be fixed, and because it would tend to stereotype the present standard of romfors and prevent any improvements. being
obtained, irrespective of how the productive forces ef
f society may improve It demanded that a large rember of milwaymen excluded from the proposals should be included, also that any settle ment should be applicable, also, to Irish
railway
The decisions were communicated to Sir Eric Geddes, who wrote observing that the delegates had thrown over the raults of the whole three months' negotiations and reverted to the original demands, which the Government had decided could not be conceded.
SEDITION IN THE STATES.
importance was derived from the fact that the limit of navigation was reach- ed at Eski Berdad. Here all the caravans converged, goods going south. being transferred to the river craft, PARIS 10th. Communists have discres the Municipal brought up steam was disembarked Reports from Vienna state that armed while merchandise which had been Council and have declared the abolition and loaded on to the empty caravans. of private property and the socialisation The city must have been a vast em
The demonstration of workers fixed for porium, with miles of wharves and January 18th, it is feared, will be a prevarehouses. Air photographs show up lude to Bolshevik chaos unless foodstuffs clearly the rich nobles and merchants" are supplied without delay.
of industry.
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estates. with their mansions, offices, and gardens. The whole city seems to have been laid out on the lines of a modern American town. The' mait soughfare ar Eski Bagdad was sixty yards wide, and was probably lined The Secretary of the Edinburgh Anti with trees, Roads gave access to Opinn Committee, → in aletter to the
Lostos, January Feb.
The writer advocates immediate redue.
WASHINGTON, January 11th margus the Government to adopt every part of the city, and along the The Senate has passed an Anti-8rdition the Associated British Chamber of Com-arrowest of them carts could pass Bill, providing for a maximum fine of meree resolution passer at Shanghai in cach other. Photographs were shown 8500 and seven years' imprisonment, and. Naber as regards the control of mur- of the ruins of the palace of Alaik. in the case of Aliens, subsequent deportaphia factories in Great Britain. tion, for acts nr propaganda with the
in the southern portion of the city. object of overthrowing the Government tion in poppy screage in India from to testify to is former. grandeurs The Sufficient remains of the building. by viclence.
into China by the sea, and the reduction situation is very fine and commands. which a portion of the epium is smuggled of morphin outpet in Britain by 73 per the Tigris valley. Zenobia, Queen He mentions that there are two morphin brought here. Very fine underground of Palmyra, is said to have been factories in Edinburgh and one London,
The measure now goes to the House of Representatives.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, January 11th. The death is reported from Paisley of Sir John M'Callum, Liberal M.P. for
| Paisley since 1006.
HAVAS REVIEW:
PARIS, January 15th. A. Havas message states- The interesting situation arising in next Saturday's Presidential election in France, and the fact that M. Poincare has now available his sent in the Senate, continues to be the main topic of dis cussion in Paris. A coup de theatre took place in the Chamber of Deputies when 1. Deschanel, after being re-elected Presi dent, was granted a tremendous ovation with shouts of "A Fernilles !!!
After the sitting of the Chamber. M. Deschanel said that he would not try to escape from the duties imposed upon him if he were assured that the Senate would give him as many votes as the Chamber,
M. Leon Bourgeois was elected Presi dent of the Senate by 147 votes against 16 votes for M. Antonin. Dubost
M. Antonia Dubost, had been President of the Senate since 1006.)
BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED,
LONDON, January 11th, The cargo steamer Trevent, from Cal- cutta, with a cargo of jute and rann- Kanesc,
off Weymouth.. was wrecked Seven survivors were rescued. It is fear. ed that 33 perished. Twenty bodies were washed ashore.
THE
WAR ON BOLSHEVISM.
COPENHAGEN, January 11th The Bolshevists are transferring their troops to the Lettish-Polish front, which is now the sole rampart of anti-Bol- thevism in East Europe,
The Lettish Army is daily getting stronger. Britain and France are help ing to provide equipment.
U.S.A.
AND GERMANY.
WABILINGTON, January 11th The United States ims formally notised Germany, in connection with the exchange of ratifications, that the conditions of the Armistice still govern the relations be tween the United States and Germany.
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THE ENLARGING OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY.
The decision to increase the
· Egyptian army from one to three divisions will create several vacancies for Brith officers. It haa heen decided at the same time to Increase the rates of the pay of British person- nel. A bimbashi (major), the lowest British commissioned rank, wil receive £800 a year, a colonel £1,000. This increase of pay maintains the high level, that it has been in the past the custord: to give British officers seconded for service with the Egyptian army-a level that had lost" some of its relative value when the home rates of pay were doubled.
in
chambers still exist, where the oc- cupants descended to escape the heat of the long summer days.
were
also
On the north-east of the cy is the Emperor Julian's tomb, a prominent landmark rising to 70 feet above the plain. Two fire avenues lead up to iit, Traces of Marathon course nine. miles long are also there. Remains of what was probably the Royal palace discovered, ornamental doorways, painted walls, marble pil- lars. Turkish baths, and central heat- ing apparatus being unearthed. There were also a reservoir and a fish pond, And some fine underground galleries.. The walls of the magnificent, mos- que or temple to the sun in another part of the town are still standing. It s a fine solid structuré, 160k, high, with a pavilion on top. A spiral stair- case runs round the outside. At a distance the tower looks like a huge corkscrew.
The list of officers who have applied to go to the Egyptian army is already so long that it is unlikely any fresh applications will be considered. Though service under the Egyptian Government often entails being posted for duty to lonely stations many days south of Khartoum, thế Egyptian army has always been. locked Upon -15 2.plum by British officers In addition to the pay being so good, leave granted on a generous measure, and there is always the prospect of active service on the frontiers of the Soudan:"
There is a tendency to confusion la people's minds as to the status of the Egyptian army. It is not a part of the British army, but belongs [7] solely to the Egyptian Government, to whom Great Britainy lends a certain number of her cfficers. The army first began to be officered by British in the days of Gordon Of the three divisions, two will be, recruited from the Soudan and one from Lower. Egypt.
The modern city of Samira is- a mere fragment of what it once was. and in the air photographs the streets of the ancient city can be faintly seen all round it. Semera in its day must have equalled in importance such places as Babylon and Nineych.
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