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October 1, 1991, Temperature 75
No. 18,942 二拜禮 琥八十月十年一十二百九千一英
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AMERICA'S AFFECTION.
NOTHING ANNOUNCED.
HOMAGE TO OUR UNKNOWN WARRIOR/
IRISH CONFERENCE RESUMES AND ADJOURNS,
INSPIRING æнEY CEREMONY.
LONDON, October 17.
General Pershing received an enthusiastic welcome i in London to-day when he laid the Congressional Medal on the tomb of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey and placed a magnificent wreath on the Cenotaph.
Large crowds heartily cheered General Pershing and the American Ambassador, Colonel Harvey, as they drove in open carriages from the American Embassy to the Abbey escorted by mounted police. Five hundred American troops from the Rhine wearing steel helmets and carrying rifles, and 50 sailors from the American warship Olympis," which will convey the remains of the American oaknown warrior from France to America, were drawn up outside the Abbey, also detachments of The guard, bluejackets, marines, and air force men. Duke of Connaught representing the King, the Premier, Mr. Winston Churchill, Air Marshal Trenchard, Lentic
CROWDS LOSING INTEREST.
LONDON, October 17.
The Irish conference was resumed this afternoon. The crowd in Whitehall was chiefly interested in the American wreaths on the Cenotaph but a small gather- |ing at the bottom of Downing Street sheered the arriving
Sinn Feiners.
LATER.
An official communique states that conference be tween the Government and the Irish delegates lasted two hours and then adjourned.
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LONDON, October 17. At the termination of the Irish (ecnference Lieut. Colonel Erskine-Childers told an interviewer that no date had been fixed for the retam of the delegates to Downing Street.
LATER
Reuter learns that failure to fix a date for the re-
of Farebam, and Sir L. Worthington Evans were song sumption of the Irish conference was due to the uncer- the distinguished personages present in the Abbey The tainty of Mr. Lloyd George's parliamentary engagements. assembly in the Abbey also included Earl Haig, Viscount Freach, Lord Allenby, Sir William Robertson, Sir Henry Wilson, the Earl of Cavan, and the high com. missioners and agents general of the Dominions.
A SOLEMN PLEDGE.
Colonel Harvey, in a speech, pointed out that the medal, which was the highest military honour that could be bestowed by the Government of the United States, comprised a message of fraternity from Americans to the people of the British Empire.
General Pershing, laying the medal on the tomb in commemoration of British sacrifices and as “a slight token of our gratitude and affection to Britain," said: "Let us profit by the occasion and under its in- spiration-plodge amonious fish in God that He guide our faltering footsteps into paths of permanent peace. Let us resolve together in friendship and con- fidence to maintain towards all peoples that Christian spirit that underlies the character of both astions."
SHIP PLATE PRICE 3.
DRASTIC CUT TO ENCOURAGE TRÅDE,
LONDON, October 17.
The north-east coast steel manufacturers have made a drastic cut of 70s. a ton in the price of ship plates which are now £10.10s. a ton compared with £24.10s. at the beginning of the year. A big manufacturer declared that they were not merely sacrificing profits but were incurring big losses in order to encourage trade.
GERMAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
SMALL MAJORITY FOR NON-SOCIALISTS) -
votes.
BERLIS, October 17.
The municipal elections resulted in a small majority for the non-socialist parties. This is attributed partly Mr. Lloyd George, replying, emphasised the im-to public resentment of the Upper Silesian decision. The perial significance of the tribute to the representative of extreme conservatives gained a remarkable increase of nearly a million British dead. He said that America's homage would be a perpetual reminder that the fundamental aims of the two democracies were the same and a solemn pledge'that the two mighty proples who were comrades in the great war had resolved to remain comrades to guarantee a great peace.
FRENCH NEWS.
WAR MINISTER ON FRANCE'S AIMS.
V.C. FOR AMERICA'S UNKNOWN WARRIOR.
PARIS, October 16. There has been much discussion of what honour the Speaking at Metz during the unveiling ceremony of British Govenment will bestos on the American un- & mouwen: to the French patriot De Roulede, the War known' warrior in return for the Congressional Medal | Minister, M. Barthon stated that French diplomacy acts Reuter learns that the medal will be the Victoria Cross in the open and has no us for intrigues. French
LONDON, October 17.
democracy wants nothing but peace. No nation aims more resolutely and more honestly than France at re- duction of the burden of military expenditures.
At a banquet given in honour of General Pershing in London, Sir L. Worthington Evans, at the conclusion of an eslogistic address emphasising the indestructibility TURKS RELEASE FRENCH PRISONERS. of Anglo-American friendship, announced the King's
Following an agreement between France and the intention to confer the Victoria Cross on America's Turkish Kemalist Government, French war prisoners unknown warrior. He hoped that the Earl of CavaDare to be released immediately. The first batch is ex- who will head the British military mission to the pected at Marseilles to-day. Washington conference, will be able to present the Cross on behalf of His Majesty.
KING'S MESSAGE.
LONDON, October 18. The King has sent a message to President Harding in appreciation of the gift of the Congressional Medal honour to the British unknown warrior as ʼn gesture of
PARIS AUTOMOBILE SHOW.
The Paris automobile show closed yesterday. The results were very satisfactory all round. Orden were many and important for all sorts of cars.--Havat,
TRANSPORT MINISTER RESIGN,
friendly sympathy and goodwill which we will not forget, UNDER SECRETARY CARRIES ON MEANWHILE.
He points out that the Victoris Cross which: Britain is sending to America has never before been bestowed on the subject of another race and adds his heartfelt good wishes for the sterling success of the Washington can ference in which the ministers of both countries will de all that practical statesmanship can achieve to per- petuate the comradeship of the war in the maintenance of peace.
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.
PREMIER'S VISIT STILL UNCERTAIN.
LONDON, Octobe. 17.. In the event of Mr. Lloyd George going to Wash- ̈ington be and Mr. Balfour will sail on the “Aquitania”
whose departure from Boathampton will be accelerated- a couple of days, namely to November 3, to enable them to reach Washington by November 11. The Premier's visit which is still-dependent on domestic affairs will kaybow ben beid one and when he returns to England Mr. Balfour will remain as head of the unimion. Bir Auckland Geddes, British Ambasador at Washington, will be appointed a third delegate. This res delegate, Lard Lee of Fareham, as)
apie" with three Foreign Office officials on October 28,
Losos; October 17.
Sir Erie Geddes the Minister of Transport has re- signed. Mr. Arthur Neal, M.P., the Under-Secretary carries on temporarily.
[The Rt. Hon. Sir Eric (Campbell) Geddes, P.C., G.C.B., K.C.B., has been Minister of Transport (£5,000 a year) since 1919. He was Director-General of Military Railways and Inspector-General of Transportation from 1916 to 1917, raamber of the Imperial War Cabinet in 1918, and First Lord of the Admiralty from 1917 to 1918. His brother Auckland is British Ambassador to the United States. A report was published in the London newspapers a few months ago that Sir Eric Geddes had been offered a position in the City at £10,000- a year.].
MARK'S LOWĮ RECORD.
ENORMOUS CONTENENTAL SPECULATION.
LONDON, October 17. Marks in the London market reached the low re cord of 750. This is attributed partly to Germany, in. view of impending higher taxation, selling marke for other currencies, notably Datch and Scandinavian and
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