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MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
ONLOOKERS DISAPPOINTED.
MONDAY.
MAY 2 1927.
CROWN PRINCESS JULIANA.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY IN HOLLAND."
The Hague, April 30. The city presents a gala appear ance on the occasion of the fos- tivities in connexion with Crown Princess Juliana's 18th birthday, the attainment of which entitles her to formally take her place in the constitutional life of the coun-
New Orleans, April 30. The expectations of the on- lookers of seeing a Niagaraliko rush of water through the enormous break, were, however, disappointed, as at first only three small fissuers appeared, through which the water trickled, but the engineers completed the tapk by charges of exploding two more dynamite in the two channels try. where the first explosion WAD effective.-Router's American Sor-
vice.
Floods Filmed.
Washington, April 30:. President Coolidge and members of the Cabinet put aside affairs of the State for a few minutes yesterday and looked at a film of the Mississippi floods thrown on the wall of the Cabinet room.- Renter's American Service.
200,000 Homeless.
TRADE UNIONS.
SUSPENSION SUGGESTED.
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London, April 30. Replying to the National In-
Allianco dustrial
proposal suspend the progress of the Trado] Unions Bill, the Prime Ministor says, in view of the arrangements made, ho cannot entertain the sug gestion. He hopes the alliance will recognise that the Government havo no other motive in introducing it than to deal in the interests of the The town is full of visitors, whole community with the situation) The festivities began by the lay- created by the events of last your It is not intended to prejudico the ing of the foundation stone of a monument in the square by Pre-wollboing or curtail any legitimate mier Jonkheer de Geer to comme-activity of trade unions, and ha morate Juliana Vanstelberg, six-dons not think that the Bill will bui teenth century maternal progenl-found, on examination, to have any tor of the House of Oranjennssau, such effect. He believes that when Princess Juliana and her parents the proposals of the Bill are more made a Stato drive through the clearly understood, it will be found principal streets in the afternoon that they will not hamper Govern to the Binnenhof where there was mont for industrial pence.-British a feestpel of old Dutch dances Wireless.
Queen and songs at which the Mother was niso present.
Procession of Ships.
cun-
-Memphis, April 30.--- The swollen Arkansas river has The Avondfecat included a pro- broken the embankment and is vir- cession of sewin ships, specially tually completing the flooding of built to represent vessels of the the South East portion of the Stato.sixteenth and seventeenth Air Force acroplanes have dropped warninga enabling the evacuation of towns lying in the path of the current. Army men have been working for days to strengthen the embankment. The reak came without warning half a mile below where work is pro- reeding.
The Red Cross estimate that 140,000 peoples are concentrated In is fty-eight refuse camps. The numbers in isolated camps, or marooned, on the embankments, are likely to make the total home less 200,000-Renter's American Service.
Little Effect.
New Orleans, May 1.. Despite the food of yellow water pouring through the three gaps of the levee at Poydras, the level of the water here this morn- ing was lowered only one tenth of a foot. Engineers have there- fore requisitioned two more tons of dynamite, which they are exploding at various points along the levee.-Reuter.
Clinging to Trees, Meanwhile, the main flood in the vicinity of Vicksburg is inundat- ing new Territory in Arkansas, Mississippi and Upper Louisiana. There are now thirty towns more or loss under water. Victims of the flood continue to be taken off from roofs of houses. Steamers rescued seventy refugees, isolated by the break of the levee at Dorna, Missouri. It is reported that many rofugees are clinging
turies. Two of them were man- ned by costumed representatives of the most celebrated Dutch ad- mirala, including Van Tromp, de Ruyter and others.
The ships alsb conveyed a hun- dred members of the Hague Song ters, who sang.well-known Dutch folk songs. The scene was gally illuminated. A firework display concluded the festivities.
The Birthday Banquet. There were eighty guests at the birthday banquet which was held in the evening. In a touching peech, the Queen addressed Prin cess Juliana and referred to her studies at the University of Leiden. She hoped the Princess would make herself worthy of the confidence of "our dear people' to whose happiness and welfare you will one day be called upon to devote your best talents and powers."Reuter.
NAVY AND ARMY.
TRIBUTES AT ROYAL ACADEMY DINNER.
London, May 1. The attendance at the Royal Academy banquet at Burlington House was as distinguished as usual. Frinee Henry was the principal guest. Mr. Baldwin was unable to be present but was re- presented by Mr. Churchill.
Replying to the toast of H. M.
to trees in the Mississippi delta-Forces Lord Jellicon, referring to Reuter's American Service,
DISARMAMENT.
MISREPRESENTATION,
London, April 30.
disarmament, suggested, a limita- tion of the size of ships and ex- pressed the opinion that one of the greatest mistakes of the Wash- ington conference was the placing of the size of cruisers at ten thou- sand tons, which immediately pot nearly every British cruiser on the obsolete list and enforced a stan- dard of ten thousand tops for every cruiser built in future. There was no reason why a much lower limit should not be settled.
Naval Restraint.
Wa3
In a speech at Edinburgh, Mr. | W. C. C. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, described as most fallacious the statement that Bri- tain was not disposed to consider the limitation of armaments and Lord Jellicoe sald they should said that we had faithfully ad- be thankful that the naval Com- hered to the Washington Agree-mander-in-Chief in China ment and were perfectly ready to such a distinguished officer as attend another conference in June Sir Reginald Tyrrwhit. He paid a with the other Powers. "It is high tribute to Admiral Tyrrwhit's false." he said, "to say that the tact, courage and discretion, which Government is unwilling to relieve were greatly needed in China at the taxpayers of any expense present, and also paid tribute to on armaments which it is possible the wonderful restraint of the
escape but it is unwilling to naval force on the Yangtse. agree to any standard which will Sir L. Worthington-Evans said. leave Britals in a position of in-a stupendous disaster was pre- feriority. If other countries are vented a China by the business- prepared to accept a proportionate like efficiency of the Army, proved reduction, we are equally pre- by the rapid despatch of a large pared."
body of troops to the Far East at short notice and the conduct of those troops since their arrival. Opec again "Tommy" had gone as a friend and Reuter.
to
Mr. Bridgeman hoped that other parts of the Empire would follow the example of New Zealand in helping tho Singapore bage. -Renter.
not an
enemy.
ECONOMIC CONFERENCE,
THE SOVIET TO BE REPRESENTED.
Geneza, April 30.
M. Litvinoff has telegraphed to Sir Eric Drummond that the So- viet will co-operate in the inter- national economic conference of May 4 in consequence of the Soviet Swiss settlement. The Soviet de- legation will be headed by M. 03- sinsky, director of the Centrali Statistical Board, and will include Commissar the former Finance Sokolnikoff-Reuter.
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