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To. 17.762. 三拜禮 號一月十年九十睿百九千叠英

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The shipping board has cancelled all sailings to British" the British railway strike.

The shipping board's cancellation of sailings is stated desire to avoid.congestion.and bunkering difficulties and to action hkely to be taken by British owners.

PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS.

An official notice says trafic conditions are unchanged. running and an extraordinarily large number of forward...

TRANSPORT WORKERS, HESITATE TO SUPPORT

LONDON, Ser A meeting of the execuffy of the "Tram to-night decided to postpone, its decision untik tond strong difference of opinion obtains as regards sup strike

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NEWS, WAS NOT JUSTIFIED.,

LONDON, S Trains are now running, on nearly every railway. It bNNE per cent. of the Brighton company's drivers and firemen have return to work. An official states that the Great Western servi borinal. Many up-river residents are travelling to and fromy river. The London Electricians' Union has decided to take no present.

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MORE - HOPEFUL SIGNSZ

LONDON, SE

The position with regard to the underground railways is much more hopeful the power station at Chelsea is fully manned by yohanferty and trial trips are beington on the district railway and Hampstead tube. The resegral of power also enables the restarting of the Surrey trans, conside ably relieving the position of southern London Troops are being ported, to important centres by destroyers, which are also convision some. of the mails. A sympathetic strike by the sportery of Billingsuite ba erided. Plentiful supplies at fish are arriving Despite these signs, Mr. Bromley, the Drivers and Firemen's Union, secretar asse that the struggle will be most long and severe.

SITUATION APPARENTLY WELL IN-HAND,

There was an unexpectedly great improvementy _the throughout the Kingdom yesterday More exte shadowed to-day. The re-opening of some of the endon the manager of the electric power statiqu getting

ety relieve dhe cigestion trafic which were

The mak metriation Scing, tryofacialy stated, is working satis factorily. Road transport is proving in both London and the provinces. The organisation at Hyde Park is running smoothly. A supplies landed there up to six o'clock yesterday night have been redistributed. Flour and bread stocks are well-distributed. Arrangements for the distribution of refrigerated and eat meat are working well. The commissioner of police has issued an appeal to all citizens under forty to enrol as-specialcon- stables. Spccial magistrates attend at all police stations today for the swearing in of volunteers.".

Two Fyingboats left Southampton for Havre in the afternoon with passengers and mails. No boats are yet sailing from the docks, and food

is rotting in the sheds.

REPORTED CRIMES AND DISORDERS.

LONDON, Sept. 29. Two attemp to wreck the London and Brighton trains, by boulders placed on the linere reported. The rillitary now guard the line. Strikers in Scotland held up two trains. One freman was injured.

RUMOURS.

LONDO Sept

After a meeting the transport executive on Sept. lasting, 142 hours, the bus, tram and taximen visited the headquarters of the National Union of Railwaymen and consuited the executive, wherselfer the men decided to abide by their decision and await to-morrow's fall meeting. It is stated that MThomas urged the bus and tramworkers to suspend action. Their services alo-apparently assured until Tuesday,

ITALIAN PARLIAMENT

ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 16.

ROME, September 29,

入

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ened. Saturday, but to

eck in the Midland and Industrial districts, whare many"

on-x“ sinily renewal

CoolMany works eady closed dayi..

minera in Cons

CHOICE BEFORE

Under the above endure,

Gazette sare. that country is brind in the near to hate such a great

the destiny of the mar

Clunt. He goes on to say-

The dream of a senile Far East wan hastetet by time Jepune

of tire Busso

the begins mee

Cele

ved during the Basso de

Cintia only felt a necessity effort, and a more perfect to Western standande in order. with the aggressive supercilice of her younger sister. Undou thestanteipt was "becoming with lubility, owing to ber eg reverses More and more

tuning to the West helpmates, it as her protec tors, thressive mood of Juparken e perrod of ber 10, conesh tertia what the attitude-

Coming the war, but the was to herude awakening. The posi tion of the European, especially the Ace Powers, was, however, dif- cult. The friendship and the active -help of Japan in the Freific were.

absolutely eweedtial to them. Nor could Great Britain, who realised the importance of a strong havy to an island cumpire, deny to Japan the exportation of the 2nd "coul ince that with Japan could pot construct amodern Beet Theit aitafude towards China, was one of svanuths, with a continued expres sion of pious, hopes that Japan would not misuse her diango. No word- wurning, however, dare be spoken against the strong ally in the Paci fc. Chups was rapidly drifting to

dan. Chardber has dissolved. Elections are fixed for Noveufertis the cross-roads, and the choice

16 and parliament- eets again on December 1.

ÉOLSHEVIST NEWS;

LADON,

From Omsk General Koltchali has instructed the hempier to rea as soon as possible the formalities convoking the national congres.

It is stated from Polish sources that a Russian Bolshevist gavetipi ha agreed with the Germans to organise a revolution in Poland. The famous agitator Radek Sobelson has gaze to Russia from Berlin for this purpose.

PROPOSAL TO BLOCKADE. BOLSHEVIST RUSSIA."

PAIRS, September 29. The drafting committee has presented new proposal to the council regarding the peaceful blockade of Bolshevist Russia mentioned on Sept. 26. The American delegates maintained their objections.

LORD MAYOR AND LIVERYMEN:

WANT PARLIAMENT TO REA MBLE

LONDON, Sept

Sir Edward Cooper the Lord Mayor of London elect wa

les which pledged itself to support the governmer

reassembly of Parliament.

of live

the io

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before her to-day is deiz.

She can continue as she has done. hitherto in a state of semi-cvities- tion at the mercy of foreign In penge their hunger for con-- cassopandpheres of influence. She a tinure to furnish villars for foreign chan and cookies for foreign explotére, or she "may gruop the glittering standard that Japan holda out before fer. Unaided ale is meapablo in present circim- stances, of being a great or & self- respecting Power, and the only Power than can help her is Japan, and that ab s price. Cirina by her. self can get no active sympathy from the world which then not yet cessed praying to the Lord God of big bettalions. Why should she not har- news' herself to the chariot of Japan.

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