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-Opium Dens in Liverpool. "Forty Chinese were reminded Liverpool charged with keep- ing various premisse for opium hoking, or with frequenting such minen. The police in a raid tomoxed "many opium pipes and
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German War Finance. Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-Daring the Budget debate, the Secretary df the Imperial Treasury. Count Foeder, said "y Goanical Statement can be, brief, as no funds for war costs are sɛked in the Budget. The extra require men of 2,875 million ($143 750- (7000) in cumpared with the pre- vious year, is mainly due to in- ocessed infereat on loans,” The
ield from the war proffis tax, hewith the additional levy, would exceed five and a half mil Wilidi (£275,000,000). The coal 1x brought in 43,500 000 mouth- sely, Ha hoped in consequence.
of the votes of recent years to emerge from the war without uncovered deficita. Fresh taxa- tion proposals would be Isid *before the Reichstag by Easter. Whether they represented the first atsp in the extensive financial legislation made nesermary by the war or whether there might again beinterim legislation for the dars "tion of the war was still uncertain, bat in any case the enemy on the West front would not be left in doubt as to Germany's will and power. ficandially to stand the fipal battle on this front to):
German Poles in England. It has been decided by the Government that Poles resident | in this country who are tecnical Iy of German or Austrian nation- cality, but whosa sympathies are friendly to Great Britain, may, for the future, be treated as alien friende. By an Order in Council Hunder the Aliens Restriction Act, made on February 6, the Bome Secretary has power to grant s -certificate of exemption from the -provisions of the Aliens Beatric Sition Order, except stoh as apply to alien friends, to any alien eneme who, by a certificate from ths Polish National Committee, or otherwise, satisfies him that he is by rica Pole, sud is well die posed towards the Allies. The Polish National Committee, wai consticated in August, 1917; with headquarters in Paris and repre sentatives in Landop, Rome, Washington, and Barne, and hss bean'cfficially recognized by the Government. The Lendon office is at 2, Upper Moutague street, Basell-fquare, and Poles who desire to apply for a certificate of Exemption should communicate with the committee; The certifi. gato of the committee may be -applied for by Bassion False na
well as by those of German or Austrian :ationslity, and will be acourted by the British authori ties in proper cases in lieu of a national 2 gassport,
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