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SUBSCRIPTION FOR M. POULET.

Paris, Dec. 16.

The "Intransigean!" has opened a subscription for M. Poulet, who was officially unaided whatsoever in his Australian fight. The first list totaly Francs 5.500 and includes rel known airmen.

THE IRISH TROUBLE

London, Dec. 17.

It. the House of Comments the reasons for the suppres sion of Freeman's Journal" were explained by the fact that the paper said that people enlisting as special constables to as let the police in patrol duty would be regarded as parked VIL Mr. Macpherson, amil cheers, said that the Irish meribers seemed to forget that the police ranks were being thinued rightly by outrages. The question was re-raised on the adjournment, when a motion of protest was defeated by 101 votes to me. The Daily News" Las offered Freeman's Journs two colume day in rder to anble it to give free »xpression to its opinton en constitutional nationalism during the puried of suppression." "Freemma's Journai" has accept- Daily News" to day »d. Its editor in an article in the declares that the offending arthie veus pot directed against the Dubian polier bat against what was tantamount to ca- forted police service by members of the Irish Civil Service, * It protests against suppression under an Act introdteed to meet the exigencies of war bat which had been-retained in Ireland to enable the Castle Junta to practise Prussikuism to the utmost.* The "Daily News in an editorial says: "English rule in Ireland has not yet produced its General Dyer. bat the warnings of every responsible English correspondent in Dublin wake the profoundest apprehensions of how the cumulative challenge of militarism to freedom may end."

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

Paris, Dec. 16.

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The new Chamber of Deputies begins its labours Tuesday by a meeting of eleven committees charged with the validation of credentials. The Chamber will validate the greater part of the non-contested elections in public session on Wednesday, proceeding on Thursday to the election of the President of the Charaber. M. Deschanel still appears to be the only candidate:Havas

ATTEMPT ON EGYPTIAN PREMIER:

The Premier was driving to the assailant threw the bomb and fired revolvers were found in his possession.

Cairo, Dec. 16.

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MORE CABLE DELAYS.

London, Dec. 13.

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of Spain have been interrupted and heary delays are. inevitable.

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HOME JOURNAL SUPPRESSED.

London, Dec., 18.

"Freeman's Journal" has been suppressed and the machinery dis- mantled by the troops and police.

FRENCH OIL SPOUTING.

Paris. Dec. 14.

The French Oil Controller is informed that a well sunk at Peschelbronn in Alsace is spout- ing thirty tons daily.

ARMY ESTIMATES VOTEL,

The

London, Dec. 16. House of Commons has

voted the Army Estimates of 2405,000,000, Mr. Churchill said the estimatea next year would not be one quarter of that sum. His action in Russia was the result of decisions of the Supreme Council. The Bolsheviks had been held this year by Koltchak and Denikin and if the latter's forces were destroy- ed the whole great Bolshevik pow- er would be available to strike through the Baltic States, menace Poland and Finland, and advance through Persia to the frontiers of India, disturbing the whole of Asia, Then we would realise that we had [not been fighting the battles of Keltchak and Denikin but they had been fighting ours.

·Single Control of Services. In the House of Commons Gen- eral Seely, in moving the reduc- tion of the Air Force vote, pro- | tested against the Air Force being under the control of the War Of- fice. The motion was rejected by 160 votes to 39. Mr. Churchill foreshadowed 森

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staff of the sea, land and air forces under single control. He said dis- cussions thereanent were proceed- ing among the heads of the three services.

ANOTHER BRITISH WAR ENDED.

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London, Dec. 14. Another miniature British war has just been concluded with the return of two columns operating north-eastward Of Mosul and south-eastward of Amadia in Mesopotamia, after successful ex- peditions against Zibari Kurds. The order as officially stated was to punish them for the committal The of outrages and murders. troops, consisting of four batta. Hons of Indian infantry, a moun- tain battery, and three companies of Assyrians, met enormous diffi- culties in country almost impass- able, but their health remained good throughout and losses in engagements were slight. Civil administration is now restored in the district and the troops have been withdrawn.

THE AMRISAR RIOTS.

London, Dec. 14. Mail advices from India state that General Dyer, testifying be- fore the Lahore Commission of En- quiry into the rioting at Amritsar, cabled on 17th and 18th April last, said he ordered the troops to fire on a crowd of 5,000 which had as- sembled in defiance of a proclama tion of martial law. Between 400 and 500 were killed and 1,500 wounded. He considered it his duty to disperse the crowd by rapid fire because he regarded the movement as a military revolt.

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London, Dec. 14. Telegrams from the Governor of Trinidad confirm the rioting which broke out at Tobago, where the cruiser Calcutta landed a force and the police fired on the rioters, killing the ringleader. The trou- ble at Trinidad began with a strike" of stevedores., One was killed. In the rioting at Port of Spain re- turned soldiers were concerned in the disturbances, which ended when wages were advanced The stevedores have resumed work. The country districts are still di turbed

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