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AMIRCIS ARMY STRENGTH:

WAR NIWISTER'S REPORT.

"INADEQUATS TO NATIONAL SAFETY.”

WASHINGTON, December 1.

The War Secretary, Mr. Weeks, in his annual report to Congress, declares that the present army strength of 12,000 officers and 128,000 men is inadequate to nation al safety. "We can never again make mistakes, pecting good eoldiers to arise overnight and quantities of good officers to be turned out in three month period

Mr. Weeks recogniser that the pressat finend situation will prevent the War Department reaching its maximum requirements immediately, but advocates (1 creating the officers' corps to a minimum of 13,000 | early as possible.

He deplores the United States' backwardness in the development of air power and pleads for the establish ment of an effective force as soon as possible.

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COTTON SPINNING HOURS.

BALLOT AGAINST REDUCTION.

LONDON, December 1.

It is announced in Manchester that the necessary 80. per cont. not having been voted in the cotton spinners' ballut in favour of reduction of working hours in the American section from 38 to 24 per week, the former will remain in operation until December 31. Over 100,000 operatives are affected.

OBITUARY..

CONGRESS PERSONALITY DEAD.

NEW YORK, December 1 The death has occurred of James E. Minn, Repub lican Congressman for Chicago since 1897. He war formerly Minority Leader of the House of Represent atives. :

MINISTRY OF SHIPPING:

LIQUIDATION EXPENSES.....

LONDON, December 1.

A supplementary estimate of £7,844,000 for the Civil Service, presented to Parliament, includes £8,866,000 in connection with the liquidation of the Ministry of Shipping.

-KAPP-REVOLT BRIGADE.

LEADER ARRESTED."

BERLIN, December 1,

An official message from Munich states that Captain Ehrhardt, who commanded the Ehrhardt brigade during the Kapp revolt of 1920, has been arrested and trans ferred to Leipzig.

"YINGCHOW" ARRESTS.

REPORTED PIRATE PLOT TO .SEIZE STEAMER.

A reported plot by pirates to arise the China Navigation Co.'s steamer "Yingchow" on her hext voyage down south, was nipped in the bud by the local police is

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HUGE OIL PROFÍts,

ANGLO PERSIAN'S DIVIDEND.

LONDON, December 1. The report of the Anglo-Persisa Oil Company for the year ended March 31.abons a profit 1, 8, 130,000, to which a balance of £1,048,000 is brought forward from 1021and added. A dividend hasba, a declared on ordinary. phares at the rate of 20 per cent per annum lote income tax £1,739,000 is carried forward, subject to excess profits daty and corporation tax,

DAVARIAN OUTRAGES.

ALLIES' STERN MEASURES,

Pants, Deamber:1

The Conference of Ambassadors has forwarded w note to Berlin demanding an apology from the Bavarian Premier for the attacks on Allied m'aion at Passau and Ingolstadt and demanding a fine of half a million gold marks be inflicted on each towa which must be paid within a fortnight, otherwise the Allies will obtala thee euns from the Bavarian revenues.

TIN MARKET REVIVES.

"GOOD GENERAL DEMAND.

LONDON. Dicembar 1. Owing to the situation in America tin showed fairly heavy selling and met with good general demand, the present price proving attractive. In the spelter market a fosture was pronounced scarcity and prompt delivery. The present firmness is likely to continue, although son is developing under the Impetas of present

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IRISH CONSTITUTION BILL.........

LORDS COMMITTEE STAGE.

LORDON, December 1.

In the House of Lords, the constitution bill passed... the committee stage without amendment.

INTER-VARSITY SPORT.

OXFORD BEATS CAMBRIDGE,

LONDON, December 1,

At Cambridge in the inter-Varsity relay running does, Oxford beat Cambridge by 3 to 2 events.

satisfactory reason why they had the ship, and passengers had to un- come to Shanghii from Hongkong, dergo an exhaustive examination were taken into custody pending before they were allowed to go satisfactory arplanations. Eventually free. The crew and parrengere were most of these were released, but up separated in the search, and every to a late hour inthe night a cumber of article of baggage was taken ashore the passengers were still in the and carefully examined before it was custody of the Branch police.

allowed to be taken away.

PLAN TO BRIZE. SHIP.

The French police played the most important part in the affair but ther were assisted by several foreign and Chinese detectives of the Betdement palice, including some ex Hongkong Policeman who were quite familiar with the wiles of the Southern pirates.

Although no praise.dotails of the plot were revealed in the information caived by the local company there sufficient to take these drantic mesures. From the meagre Messrs. Butterfiell and Swire, the detail received it was assumed that agents for the China Navigs the intentions of the pirates who were OTHER PASSENGERS WATCHED, tion Co., Ltd., received reportare stated to be out 20 in number, into the afternoon and a large num travelling on the Yingohow "and who

The examination lasted until far from Hongkong that a number

mes to lamiliarize themselves with the bar of the 19 men and 10 women who pirates were travelling on pan of the ship on their voyage to at first were unable to establish their .. Yingehow from Hongkong. Sharphat, and then arrival boua fides ancceeded in convincing on arrival in Shanghai here, they would be joined the police that they were travellers

their band by heather members of the eng and and had no piratical inclinations. additions from local-sources, and on when tha voil was in convenient -On receiving the news of this re- the next voyage of the steamer Trans place from their point of view on her ported plot the police were not slow Shanghai to Hongkong they were journey authwards they would be to purceive the probabilities of other seize the steamer and perpetrate their able to seine be and ransack the hips being involves, and the pas piratical exorsses in the same manner vessel for every comp of booty avail subgris of the ..Taisang," an sa in the case of the Sui An" recently able. If leather that the whole Indo China Steam Navigation, Co.'s.

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gang wight be ég strong, and that, in steamer, which sailed from Hunt's The company informe the police up a cue the passagers and orew Wharf at daylight for Swatow. of the reported plot and the result would be utterly helpless at the banda Hongkong and Canton, ware given was that when the steamer put into of each formidatie gang med as carefal portaloageide the joty in they certainly would be. In such a the Fresh Bund. 200 pollermin case the pirate might not ly from the French police foros and her and totally destroy bạt.

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