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Paris, Yesterday. The topic of war debts has been revived by the statement of M, Poin- Cham to the combined ber committees of Foreign Affairs and Finance, dealing with a recent letter from Great Britain in which Mr. Churchill intimated that, if France paid America G.$400,000,000 for war stock due on August 1, a similar payment ought to be made to Great Britain under the Churchill Caillaux Agreement.
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"New York According to the World's" Washington correspondent, they declared the fruits of their mission would be a tremendous economic improvement in Europe. with a resulting stimulation of American trade and commerce Reuter's American Service.
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Canton, Yesterday. The sudden rising of the North, West and East Rivers, the three main waterways of Kwangtung due to beavy rains of last week, is causing much anxiety among the inhabitants, especially the farmers in the districts along rivers. Further rise of the rivers may cause wide inundation of towns and villages and the destruction_of dykes and rice crops.-Nan Chung Kuo News Service;
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London, Yesterday. The picturesque ceremony of electing a new Speaker of the House of Commons was completed to-day.
The King's approval to Captain Fitzroy's re-election as Speaker was communicated to the Speaker and members of the House of Commons, who were summoned to the House of Lords for the purpose.
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KING'S "FINE RECOVERY"
London, Yesterday. Arrangements are now complete for the return to Londor of the King and Queen on Monday next.
.Their Majesties will motor from Windsor Castle to Kingston and, on Un returning, the Speaker don- reaching Hyde Park, they will leave ned the official robes and made the the motor-car and travel the rest usual declaration, announcing, -on of the journey in a state landau, behalf of the Commons, that they drawn by two horses.
The route will Be through a por- "laid claim to all their ancient, undoubted rights and privileges, tion of the Hyde Park, Piccadilly, particularly freedom of speech, Saint James's Street and the Mall freedom, of debate and freedom to Buckingham Palace and, during the half-hour drive, hundreds of from arrest."
thousands of Londoners will have
Having returned thanks to the Commons for the honour conferred upon him, the Speaker took the oath and signed the roll.
Members of the Government, led
opportunity of greeting the King, who was last seen in London on February 9, when he left Bucking- ham Palace on sick-bed for Bognor. Since his return to Windsor Cas- by the Prime Minister, then filed. the, the King's health, in spite past the Speaker and took the oath of one temporary setback has steadi- Occupants of the front Opposity improved, and the Prince of tion bench next proceeded to the Wales, last night, declared that table and over 250 private members his father had made a "remarkably then followed.
fine recovery."
The swearing in of members will be completed to-morrow.
Cabinet Meeting There was a full meeting of the Cabinet this morning, at which ita is understood that a wide range of subjects was discussed preparatory to the completion of the King's- speech-British Wireless Service.
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BURMA FLOODS
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Rangoon, Yesterday. All communications in the Akyab district have been interrupted and several villages washed away, Many have silted up.
The damage is estimated at 15 lakhs of rupees.
The authorities are taking steps to relieve the distress and provin cial relief funds have been opened. Earlier News
Shillong, Assam, Yesterday. The Government has made a state- ment that the recent floods com- pletely destroyed the crops in the low-lying areas in the Cachar dis- London, Yesterday. trict. and did enormous damage to The degree of D.C.L. (Honoris | property. Causa) was conferred, at Oxford Tea gardens in certain areas auf- University to-day, on distinguished fered severely, and thousands of foreigners, including the Marquis acres of tea were submerged a "con-
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