1918-08-26 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

75,000 Oct Iron Crosses

More than 75,000 Iron Crosse S of the first class have been sward- ed since the war began," saya the Cologne Ganette." Those decoratel” it sade, "include 348 Princes, 032 Generale, 3,535 cilisers and men belonging to the air forces, and 4,335 officers and man in the service of various of the navy."

Presaving Art Objects,

A chemical for preserving st objects in good condition has been devised by Dr. Chikashige, Professor of the Kioto University. says the Japan Times. It has prov od very effective in protecting wall pictures and other fine arts. It is said that the chemical will ba¦ applied to all the wall pictures of the Kondo at Horynji temple near Nars. These pictures are ten -centuries old and are_szong the

national treasures of Japan.

Boy us Coach of Thieves. Three csess of shopbreaking and five others of stealing bicyclea were admitted by Arthur Marshall aged 18, at the Nottingham

-Juvenile Court. He was sentenced

to 12 months' imprisonment. Another

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A Disgraceful Episode.

Troops in India, The Secretary of State for India hae stated in the House of Commons that this year. India is raising half a million combatants and numerous non-combatants. In June the figures reached a

Book Built Into the Temple. record of 50,000. It was remarke

German office of the Bible, able, he said, that provinces from

The London newspapers wel-aid Chancellor Lias, at the which hitherto there came none or few recruits are now supplying come the exclusion of Pemberton Victoria Institute recently, claim. their quots. Kr. Montagn em-Billing from the House of ed that the Book of Deuteronomy phasised the fact that Indian Commons, and express the hope was a forgery written by a man troope are playing the chief part that he will not be allowed to who placed it in the Temple with in the operations in Mesopotamia, return this session. The whole the intention that it should be episode was disgraceful. He mistaken for an inspired book. Paleating, and Exst"Africa. Bishop of Kyoto's Appointment. repeatedly defied the Speaker, The speaker believed that a copy The Right Beverend . B. and clung to his seat until the of Deuteronomy was built into George Tacker, D.D., Bishop of attendants tore sway his bands the walls of the Temple, and ihst Kyoto, bas accepted an appoint-and bore him, kicking and this was the volume found antier ment with the American Red struggling, feet foremost, from the raine."

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Orosa unit in Siberia: The Bis the Chamber and handed him Large-Gift for Social Welfare. Indianapolis, Ind., Jane 19,-- hop will leave shortly for over to the police. Vladivostok, and will take charge Mothers Welcome the Queen, A trust fund of $50,000 to be When the Queen opened the held for 509 years, the income temporarily of the work of investigating conditions and look Lewisham Borough Connoil' from which is to be divided each ing to introduction of relief Maternity Home and Child Clinic fifty years and expended for for the civilisaat Rasbey-green, there was a social welfare work is set aside population. Dr. J. L. Macsperran, body of 40 mothers, with their froth the estate of. Charles W. for some time past in charge of babies waiting from the different Fairbanks, former Vice President St. Barnabas Hospital in Osaka, schools for mothers in the district, of the United States, has been appointed to service Her Majesty, in declaring the memorial so his wife, by his will with the American Red Cross in hospital open said she hoped it filed for probate here. The valné. Siberis, sad during Dr. Tensler's would prove a great success. Mr. of the entire estate is estimated absence will be assigned to service Hayes Fisher said it was greatly at $2.150,000, as enrgeon at the base in Tokyo, to the credit of Lewisham to be Former U.S. Military Attache St. Luke's International Hcapital. the first borough to establish a

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