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COMMUNIST, MACHINATIONS IN BRITAIN.
STRIKING DISCLOSURES.
Rugby, June 24.
London, June 24, The Miners' International Com Grass-covered hills surrounding The Secretary of State for For- mittee, at its meeting in London, the cloistered seminary of Mun-eign Affairs, Sir Austen Chamber- adopted a resolution to intensity the delein. 35 miles north of Chicago, Inin, will be the principal spentor offorts of each country to prevent were the scene of the closing for the Government in the House coal extering. Grent Britain, to rites of the Eucharistic Cigress. Fof Commons debute, which is render every financial assistance Pilgrims to the number of being held to-morrow, upon to the British miners, and, regaid-700,000 at High Mass formed a the question of the money ing the attempt by the Govern- semi-circle mile a half deep," sent from Russia to Great ment to increase working hours nullifying the efforts of the Police Britain for assisting industrial as a serious menace to the miners to keep free the grounds reserved unrest. and workers in all industries for the clergy. which, if successful, would certain- ly affect the international struggle for shorter hours for labour,
The official report aces not refer to a general minets' strike on the Continent as envisaged by Mr. A. J. Cook-Reuter,
BRIAND'S TEAM.
STRONG IN FINANCIAL EXPERTS.
The proceedings wound up with a monster pageant, featuring 13 cars symbolising the major events in the history of the Roman Catholic Church-Reuter's Amer
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The time was allotted for the debate at the request of the Con servative Members of Parliament, who also asked that documents taken by the authorities when certain Communist agitators were. arrested last October should be published.
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A selection of these papers was issued to-day in a volume con- taining 195 pages.
Hail and Lightning.
Chienxo, Later. Hailstones half an inch in dia- meter suddenly fell among the throngs of worshippers at the
Many of the communications height of the proceedings at,three
show the relationship of the Com- a'clock in the afternoon.
munist Party of Great Britain, Lighting crashes and thunder re-the Young Community League, Paris, June 24. sounding through the vast Seminary and the national minority move The papers emphasise that the grounds sent the pilgrims scuITY-
ment to the Third Comunist In- rew Cabinet which is favourablying for shelter to escape the ternational and the Bed Interna- spoken of in the Parliament lobbies, severest storm for many months.
tion of Labour Unions at Moscow. shows mainly a technical' character, Reuter's American Service. as it includes, besides M. Cafflauk, five distinguished financial experts I MM. Pieri. Duboin, Chapsal, Nogaro and Dutrail, and it is ex- pected it will follow an energetic policy.
According to the "Echo de Paria, the Cuillaux programme comprises
drastic principally aconomies for the stabilisation of the franc, and a thorough exami- nation of the agreement with Washington regarding the French Debt.
London. June 24.
100 NOT OUT,
BRITAIN'S OLDEST LIVING GUARDSMAN.
TAKES GENERAL SALUTE:
One letter, reproduced in fac- simile, Is addressed to Mr. Inkpin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Bri tain, and signed by Dutt, who is: associated with the Indian side of the Communist Party's activities. It is cited as "illustrating the alleged participation of the Rus- sian trade delegation and of the All Russian Co-operative Society Arcosdated July 15, and the writer uses the following sentence
I received my instructions to make temporary change of occupation from proper author- ities of both Acros and the Delegation
Other Jetters. refer to the
nucleas to be established In factories and Unions, to the Com-
Rugby, June 24 General Sir George Higginson, M. Caillaux would be hostile to the oldest living Guardsman, who a certain article in the agreement celebrated his 100th birthday which would enable the United last Monday, had an enthusiastic States to commercialise the French welcome from the Grenadier debt, Moreover, M. Caillaux is Guards to-day when he visited conscious of European solidarity on Victoria Barracks; at Windsor, economical matters, and will con- where 80 years ago he did some aider the complete remodelling of of his early soldiering.
He was received by H.R.H. the transfer of funds, and to commercial agreements.--Havas...
Franc Rallies.
Duke of Connaught and the Off-plaints that monies promised had cers of the regiment. The Duke not been received,
Contemptuous references to Owing to the formation of the had just inspected the first
British. Labour leaders and the Cabinet the franc improved four battalion.
so-called British Socialists" are General Sir Higginson walked points to 157.-Beuter.
frequent-British Wireless Ser- unaided to the base and took the general salute, after which the battalion marched past,
Then the Duke of Connaught TELEPHONE JUBILEE. presented the Veteran General with a cheque from the First Guards Club, and the Secretary of the Grenadier Guards Comrades' Association handed him a basket of Rowers containing 100 blooms.
British Wireless Service.
POLAR FLIGHT.
HUBBARD MEDAL FOR COM BYRD.
Washington, June 24.
A distinguished gathering of citizen headed by President Coolidge, who presented the Hubbard Medals to the two air- men, welcomed the Folar fiers, Commander Byrd and Captain Barrett, in the Capitol...
Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Pre- sident of the National Geographical Society, declared the records of the flight had been examined by the Committee of the Society and found to have been carefully and aceurately kept, substantiating in. every way Commander Byrd's claim to be the first to reach the North Pole by air-Reuter's American Service.
LIGHTNING STRIKE.
A SERIOUS AFFAIR IN SHANGHAL
Shanghai, June 24./ There has been considerable unrest and agitation in local in- dustrial circles, and a lightning strike has been called in a Japan ese cotton m Six hundred downed tools, protesting against the arrest of a mill detective,
The strikera set fire to the cot- ton, and when the brigade arrived they were attacked by the strikers with bricks, spanners, and other Reavy missiles.
PEERESSES' VOTE,
REJECTED BY HOUSE OF LORDS.
BIGGER MAJORITY.
June 24.- Rugby, The House of Lords rejected by 125 votes to 80 the second reading of a B to enable Peereises in their own right to sit and vote in the House of Lords:
A similar Bill was defeated narrowly last year by 80 votes to 78-British Wireless Service:
SEA CONTRACTS.
DECISION OF MARITIME CONFERENCE.
DRAFT CONVENTION.
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London, June 24. The jubilee of the telephone is being celebrated to-day.
At the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Sir Oliver Lodge de- livered a lecture, which was broadcast, on the history of the development of the telephone.
The newspapers pay tributes to the memory of Professor Alex- ander Graham Bell, who is re- garded as the "Father of the Telephone."
The story is re-told how Profes. 30r Bell, who was a native of Edinburgh, married a girl who had the misfortune to be deaf and how he tried to invent an instru- ment that would enable her to
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The Police drew their revolvers, The draft Convention regarding but there was no firing.
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Twelve arrests were made, and the situation is considered most serlous.-Reuter.
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