EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
NURSE CAVELL'S REMAINS TO NORWICH.
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE,
London, May 16.
The journey of Nurse Carell's remains to Norwich was. as impressive as a Royal funeral. The schools were drawn up on the whole route, the boys and girls standing at atten- tion. Workmen of the industrial districta assembled with bare heads while troops in the military areas saluted as the train passed. For two miles on arriving at Norwich the procession passed along a densely lined route to the Cathedral which was packed. The final scene was most- impressive as the coffin was lowered into the fower- lined grave, which will be the site of a new chapel to Norfolk's fallen soldiers had sailors. The Bishop of Norwich delivered an address at the graveside.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
BOARD OF TRADE RESTRICTIONS REMOVED.
Loadan, May 18.
The Board of Trade notifies that general licences ars issued permitting the importation of coesa-butter, oleogarint, olive oil, and fresh fruit except pears 'and grapes, articles of- food containing sugar, sweetened aerated minerals, and gherkins' in brine.
A British p
POSTAL AEROPLANE, MISHAP.
Boulogne, May 16. hed into the harbour.” It was towed into dock and the.mails landed The bodies of the two officers, who were thrown into the sea, have not been recovered
THE AFGHAN FIGHTING.
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London. May 16 Reater learhs that the capture of Dakka fort by General Barrett's troops on May 13th is a most important strategio operation and regarded as a most serious blow to Afghan prestige. It has definitely stopped the menace to Lundiketal and it is militarily considered that it indicates that the move- ment will fizzle out.
ABYSSINIAN MISSION,
Paris, May lâ
M. Poincare has received the Abyssinian Mission.
CASUALTIES IN RECENT EGYPTIAN TROUBLE.
RESIGNATION OF PADEREWSKI.
London, Hay 1.
The "Morning Post" corresponden: at Warsaw reports (May 13) that M. Paderewski has resigned the premiership but his resignation was not accepted by the Diet. The crisis is dus to the refusal of the Diet to support AL Paderewski's
pledge in Paris that the Polish offensive would cease.
The Council of Foreign Ministers has refused the request of the Polish Government to have part of the German merchant feet allocated to, Poland.
PROPOSAL TO BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS REJECTED.
London, May 18
The Federation of Shiphailding and Engineering Trade Unioas at a meeting at Cardiff, rejected the Government offer to hand over the Beachley and Chepstow shipbuilding yards to be run under joint management of capital and labour. Mr. Wale x.e. said that if the Government made' a practical proposition ther would consider it
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In the House of Commons Mr. Harmsworth, in the course of a lengthy statement on the affairs of Egypt, quoted the following casualties in the recent outbreak: British soldiers, 27 killed, 70 wounded: British civilians. four killed; Indian soldiers, 9 killed, 40 wounded; Armenians in Cairo 15 killed, 30 wounded: Greeks in Cairo, 1 killed. 2 wounded He regretted that nearly a thousand Egyptians were killed He emphatically afirmed that the Government had no intention 'whatever of relinquishing the task of governing Egypt in association with the Sultan.
BRITISH PROTECTORATE TO CONTINUE. -
London, May 16.
Lord Curzon, speaking to the Primose League, said: All well-instructed foreign opinion interested in Egypt's prosperity appreciated the British protectorate. The Sultan had been assured that the Egyptians would be fully enabled to state their views regarding the definition of the pro- tectorate or necessary constitutional or administrative changes or other vital matters, before any decisions are arrived it. It had always been the Government's intention to send a strong commission to Egypt at the earliest possible. date to determine the nature of the new protectorate. The Government now proposed to despatel a mission over which Lord Milner was invited to preside. The Government believed the Egyptians "should be given an ever increasing share in the government and it was their desire to see Egypt under British guidance advance in prosperity and enlighten- ment and take her place, as the leading Islamic power.
BRITISH WARSHIP STRIKES A MINE,
London, May 16.
H. MS. Curacon struck a mine in the Baltic. There was slight. She is
were no casualties and the damage proceeding to England for repairs.
RETURN OF JAPANESE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
Malta, May 18. The Japanese squadron in the Mediterranean has sailed on its return to Japan.
ADMIRAL JELLICOE AT ALBANY.
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Albany, May 15.
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LEAGUE DE RED CROSS SOCIETIES.
London, May-16.
Lieui, General Sir David Henderson has accepted the post of Director General of the new International League of Red Cross Societies.
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FRENCH HELP FOR AUSTRIA.
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RACING AT HOME.
London, May 17.
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