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LONDON, May 24 The Police have raided the offices of Sylvia Pankhurst in the East End, also the residence of Burgess, the manager of the publication works Dreadnought." They seized a number of pamphlets. Burtesa was recently arrested on a tharge of inciting disaffection in the Irish Guards. He has been sentenced to six months" imprisonment at Bow Street on this charge.

LABOUR AND GOVERNMENT.

STILL TOO YOUNG.

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LONDON, May 22.

PALS, May 1st.

It is understood in Paris has the

| Persian - Government his drawn the attention of the League of Nations to the bombardment and occupation of Eazeli

LONDON, May 21st.

bo

went on

The Times Teheran correspondent says that when they arrived at Enzeli Bolshevik warships bombarded the town. A deputa tion, including a British board the Bolshevik Aag bein, we

"The Bol theviies demanded the surrender of Deni kin' feet, and intimated that the future of Enzeli will be discussed between Lon- des and Moscow.

authnities

The Persian ngainst the gratuitous attack. tions are proceeding.

LONDON, May and.. The Ties Teheran caire-poident states that despite an armistie the Bolsheviks Landed tropps east of Carian and estab

road. The fort of Enzeli and the breech-

Lord Haldane, addressing a labour meeting at Stepney said the Labourished themselves across the Enwii-Resht Party was splendidly enthusiastic but was still too young to have full con sciousness of the enormous problems of carrying on the Government, parti-locks of Denikin's guts have been handed

ore to the Bolsheviks. cularly the foreign policy. Labour and Liberalism were not likely to make comfortable bed-fellows for a long time to come..

THE BOLSHEVIKS.

LONDON, May 24.

A Warsaw communique dated May 23 says the Poles are advancing in the Ukraine. The Bolshevists continue to attack in great force in the Beresina Dvina sector. Ten divisions are attacking a single sector. attacks have been repelled.

GOD BLESS 'EM.

All

VIENNA, May 23. Two hundred destitute children have left for England to recuperate in Kent.

TEWFIK GETS BUSY.

CAIRO, May 23.

Tewfik Pasha has formed a rew Cabinet.

POSTPONING TROUBLE.

BERLIN, May 23. The Allies have requested the postponement of the Spa Conference to June 21.

COAL COMBINES.

LONDON, May 22.

The Ebbvale Coal Company has secured control of the Lancaster steam collieries in Monmouthshire with an output of a million and a half tons, making a combined output of seven million tots. Another com- bine has secured control of 80 per cent of the briquette out put of the country.

A POLITICAL FUSION.

LONDON, May 23...

A Co-operative Congress has opened at Bristol to discuss a political fusion with the Labour Party.

PROFITEERING.

LONDON, May 22.

A committee has been appointed at Bradford under the Profiteering Act to investigate the cost and proft of Yorkshire woollens.

IRISH REBELLION.

LONDON, May 23.

A thousand armed Sinn Feiners raided Glin, County Limerick, during the night. They ordered the inhabitants to quit and burned the Court House and numerous houses.

The Sunday Times Dublin correspondent says the Goverment is sounding the Sinn Fein leaders for the minimum acceptable for a settle- ment. It is believed it has suggested the dominiop status, with local autonomy for Ulster. Free trade with Britain will be the subject of an Irish plebiscite.

BIZING.Į

NEW YORK, May. 24. Carpentier and Battling Levinsky have agreed to meet in a twelve or fifteen round boat on July 26. The place has not yet been decided.

THE BEPARATIONS COMMISSJON.

PARIS, May 22,

M. Dubois is plected president of the Reparations Commission, succeeding M. Poincar, resigned.

4SQUITH ON 'HOME' RULE.

LONDON, May 22, ˆ-

Mr. Asquith, speaking at Paisley, strongly urged that Ireland should be placed on a similar footing to the great Dominions, Instead of the

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TAS GERMAX REVOLUTION.

BERLIN, May 22,

British troops have been withdrawn to Resht in order to avoid contact with the Reds.

KAPP REVOLT AFTERMATH.

BELIS, May

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In consequence of participation in the Kapp reel Vice-Admiral" von Trotha, Admiral von Leverzow. Major von Falken- hauen pad twelve etter military and naval officers have been dismissed from the service. Twenty-five others have been re- tired The prosecution of all is being considered

The state of siege has been raised i Berlin and the remainder of Germany, except a few disturbed areas.

FRANCO-GERMAN CONFERENCE.

PARIS, May end.

The Fmoc-German Economic Confer- jence has been opened by the Minister of

·Commere:, M. Isane, who, in welcoming the German delegates, emphasised that every effort was necessary to increase werid production and hasten the economic povival of the nations.

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HUNGARIAN TREATY.

FAILLES, May 21st,

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BREAKING NEW YORK'S DEADLINE,

New York, May 21st.

The man. Armstrong, who is being tried for burglary in an offre in the financial district has made a confession revealing the identity of a dozen young cracksmen operating below the dead-line

protect- ing Wall Street, beyond which criminais are supposed not to be permitted to peno- trate. They got over a million dollars worth of securities.

SOLDIERS' RELIEF BILL."

WASHINGTON, May 21st. The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives has ordered a favourable report on the Soldiers Relief Bill, providing a 10 per cent. Stock Dividend Tax.

SOVIETE IN FRANCE.

PARIS, May 21st, As a rult of domiciliary searches documents have been discovered giving particulars of the proposed establishment of Soviets in France, proring the Asso ciation of Russian Bolshevik leaders with the French movement.

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FRENCH STRIKE MENAGE,

PARIE, May 21st- In the Chamber of Deputies, during debate on the strike interpellations, M. teer, Minister of the Interior, declared the strike was managed by extremists Tho aimed at interfering with the economic life of the country; therefore the Government had not been strike breakers, but breakers of divil war. He paid a tribute to the patriotism of the workers-(Chders)

Fante, May 20th.

A Hava message says:- The National Committee of the French General Labour Federation met in Parii yesterday to consider the situation which arien out of the failure of the general afrike,

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M. Tuhaux, the General Secretary, in long speech, attributed the failure to the Fact

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PARIS,

The National Federal Committes of the General Confederation: of Labour ha Speaking to the National Assembly the Minister of the Interior decided by as votes is 11 in favour of declared the Government had received information pointing to reroli: resumption of work.”

PAXIS, May tionary agitation directed by the Radicals of the Eight and Left. He said The Chambor

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