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STILL MORE TROOPS TO SAIL,

ENCAMPMENT WORK HALTS?

PIRACY MENACE,

SEARCHING AT SINGAPORE SUGGESTED.

COLONIAL OFFICE REPLY.

London, March 28. The ss. "Bellerophon" has ar rived from Shanghal and is taking In the House of Commons, re- on stores alongside the wharf. plying to Mr. W. Foot Mitchell If the loading is completed in (Conservative), who suggested time, the ship will leave this even-that all Chinese passengers" em- fing for Shanghai with the head-barking. ut Singapore for Far quarters of the 13th Infantry Eastern ports should be searched Brigade.

for arms and their baggage ex Work in connection "with the amined, Mr. L. M. S. Amery, transfer of guns and supplies, has Secretary for Colonies, pointed out e.s. that it was the prae ice to search heen proceeding on the

Vasna" since yesterday evening, Chinese passengers embarking at and when it is completed, the Singapore whenever information 1st Green Howards, the 156 giving grounds for suspicion was Brigade R.A. and the 4th Pack received, but to search every ship Brigade R. A. will embark for would cause a great delay to com- Shanghai.

merce and was opposed by the The "Vasna" will sail to-morrow local shipping agents. He was not or Thursday.

vet satisfied that the circum- It is rumoured that, owing to stances called for such a drastic the departure of troops from measure-Reuter. Hong Kong, work on the encamp- ment at, Shamshulpo (this was extimated to cost $500,000 and in- cludes the ditting of electricity and water mains, the construction of froads: etc., and the erection of hundreds of huts) will not be pro- cecded with further, but there is no confirmation of this

The destroyer "Stirling" and the submarines L1 and L5 let Hong Kong yesterday under seal-. led orders.

The crews of all warships in the harbour have been ordered to stand by. It is stated that the "Titania" and further submarines are to leave for the North on Friday.

Force.

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LAND FORCES,

EFFORTS TO REDUCE THEM FAIL.

DISAGREEMENT AT GENEVA.

Geneva, March 28. The Preparatory Disarmament: Committee discussed the limita- tion of land forces.

Mr. Sato (Japan) declared he was unable to agree to the British be very difficult to change the draft convention because.it, would present military system in Japan. M. de Brouckerc (Belgium) ad- vaented shortening the term of military service and reduction of military expenditure.

M. Paul Boncour (France) stressed the limitation of expendi store..

Mr. Gibson (America) said the United States had already reduced and forces. He favoured regional jagreements.

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Lord Cecil regretted that he was unable to persuade M. Paul Boncour, M. de Brouckere and: Mr. Sato to agree to the British view,

of the necessity of unanimity. Reuter.

PRESS. but he would not persist in view

STOP PRESS.

SOVIET AND PEKING AGITATORS.

AMERICANS CHANGE OPINION.

Shanghai, March 29

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Lord Cecil Foile.

Rugby, March 23. Following speeches made by the French and Belgian delegates at to-day's meeting in Geneva of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, Lord' Cecil said he recognised that his arguments. had failed.

A message from Peking states that allegations are being made in The French and Belgian dele- ARMY Y.M.C.A.

many quarters that the Soviet gates had maintained the position Government distributed consider that it was impossible to limit the Appointments to S'hai Defence able sums of money in Peking last number of the annual contingent, and that the nations represented month for agitation purposes.

Police are taking active mea-needed to train their whole man- The following Service intel-sures hunting out agitators and hond. ligence has arrived by mail from suspects and closely scrutinising Lord Cecil, in reply, said he ad- newspapers and news agencies to vocated limitation of the numbers Mr. D. G. Lees, General Secre- prevent the publication of pro-and limitation of the period of taly of the Aldershot Y.M.C.A.Southern propaganda.

service.". and Mr. E. Brown, General Secre-

Home:-

Numbers of Americans.hitherto, Some delegates adopted the bary of the Ipswich organization, pro-Nationalist, are modifying view that it was impossible, to have been selected to leave for their views considerably as a re- limit the annual contingent, and

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was desired to reduce the con- HONG KONG AMUSEMENTS, LTD.,

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We understood that before the

war the German Government only are celebrating their acquisition of

recruited sixty per cent. of their annual contingent/

Shanghai has learnt by experi- ence that it is unwise to be caught unprepared. The Settlement bor- ders are, therefore, ringed by barbed wire entanglement. Gates for zig-zag entrances prevent the tion caused by Dr. L. Handen (sentative, States required the

London, March 28. The North Southwark by-elec-

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limitation.

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G. Isaacs (Labour).... 6,167 'point in discussing methods of Home Manoeuvres. The Spanish cruiser "Blas de Dr. Handen Guest (In- dependent constitution-

Lord Cecil concluded by saying Lezo. which has been ordered to:

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It has been decider hat soldiers on the married quarters roll form- ing part of the Shanghai Defence Force may, as a aperial case, dur- ing the period of separation from their families, receive lodging, fuel, and light aliowances, at the Dentist. 8.30 am married rates, or the correspond- Noon

ing provision in kind, subject to. the normal déduction of 18. a day. 2.30 p.m. from marriage alce. Where, 8.30 am, however, families are allowed to 10.80 a.. remain in married artera dur-

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ing the soldiers' absence, no lodg. ing allowance will be payable, and the issue of fuel and light in kind máy continue, no rent being pay- able, but 1o, a day being deducted from marriage allowance. Fami-i lies of. recognised married officers and of all other ranks may elect to proceed at public expense to their selected place of residence in Great Britain or Northern Ire land, or if already in occupation of quarters, to remain in occupa tion thereat provided the quar- ters are not required for occupa tion by an entitled officer or sci- idler at the station.

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