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Berlin. Aug. 27,

A crowd of German Nationalists stormed the French and Polish Consulates at Breslau and destroyed the furniture and archieves Berlin. Aug. 23.

An official message states: A representative of the Foreign Ofee called on the French Ambassador and Polish Charge d'Affairs and expressed the regret of the German Government over the events at Breslau on the 27th.

BRITISH ARMY COMMANDS.

London. Aug. 23.

An army order announces that it is decided to revive the titles of Commanders-in-Chief of the Aldershot, Eastern. Northern. Scottish. Southern and Western Commands.

BRITISH AFFORESTATION.

Londen. Aug. 26.

V. S. ARMY.

A REORGANIZATION SCHEME

Washington, July 23-Am- erica's military establishment ia being practically revolutionized junder the terms of the now army reorganization bill, which became effective on July 1. Army officers say the work will not be completed for some months because of the broad scope of the measure passed at the last session of Congress in place the land forears on a partsa- [nent peace basis.

While the Regular Army will contain only 295,000 officers and men scattered over the country and the insular possessions, it will be so arrauged in conjunction with the National Guard and the reserve that rapid expansion of the Nation's fighting forces in time of emergency will be possible.

The National Guard will have about 440,000 officers and man, but the strength of the reserve has not yet been worked out and will depend largely on the enlist- ment of eligibles. The Regular Army reserve, as it formerly ex- isted composed of former enlisted me furloughed to the reserva to complete their enlistment period, cessed to exist as such on July 1. In its place there is established the enlisted reserve corps and the officers reserva corps. The members of the former, except veterans of the World War, are required to enlist for three years. Veterans of the World War, may enlist for only one year.

The Officers' Reserve Corps is composed of officers who held temporary or reserve commissions (during the war emergency and graduates of the student cfficers' training school.

NATIONAL GUARD

REORGANIZATION.

To accomplish the reorganiza- tion of the National Guard and the initial organization of the reserve, the army bill provides for a general committee to be com- posed of regular army General Staff officers and an equal number

officers.

Considerable progress is being made with aforestation in Britain, reserve or National Guard Forty-four thousand acres have been acquired for planting and negotiations are proceeding to acquire a further forty-seven tapusand The School of Forestry to provide training for ex-service men opens in September at New Forest and a similar school is already open at

Dunkeld.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

London, Aug. 26.

Sir Edward Thorpe, has been nominated President of the British Association which is meeting in Edinburgh in 1921. It is understood that in continuation of the policy of occasional visits to outlying portions of the British Empire the Association meets in Colombo ia 1922

MESOPOTAMIAN UNREST.

London, Aug. 26.

In addition, fifty-two other committees, represabling each State and Territory, will arrange. the National Guard or organization in each State and Territory. Some of these com- mittees bave not been appointed by the Governors and consequent- ly this work has not yet been put ander way.

While no full plan of organiza- tion has been made public. a tentative plan to be placed before the committees would divide the country into nine districts with

corps jn army

each. This corps would consist of one

Guard and regular, one reserve divisions, so organized that in an emergency the two reserve divisions, which theor-

an

two

In view of the unsettled condition of Mesopotamia the newstically would be the only ones administrator has accelerated his departure and left for Baghdad much below war strength, could to-day.

BANK OF FRANCE.

Paris. Aug. 23.

M. Palain has resigned bis post as Governor of the Bank of France and has been appointed Honorary Governor. M. Robineau, Director General of the Discount Bank, succeeds to the Governorship.

PORTUGUESE POLITICS.

Lisbon, Aug. 24. ....The newspaper "Opinao" states that the belief is gaining ground that dissolution and fresh elections are forthcoming.

GREEK STEAMER RAIDED.

New York, Aug. 26. Federal authorities raided the Greek steamer Themistocles and found aboard a quantity of cocaine, morphine and opiam valued at eighty thousand dollars concealed in the engineroom

BIG MINERS' STRIKE THREATENED..

London, Aug. 26.

be filled up with selective service Dez. A full quota of officers drawn from the Officers Reserve Corps would be available for these divisions at all times.

The new regular army strength provides for approximately 17,000) commissioned officers. To provide this number about 7,000 reserve and tempora17 officers have been kept on duty and it is the plan to reach the full officer strengtb by commissioning about 7000 such officers and enlisted men ja the permanent army. Officers and men to be so commissioned will be selected by a board, known as the Pershing Board, headed by Gen. Pershing and including six other officers.

PROVISIONS FOR INSTRUCTION.

The bill broadens the scope of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the various educational institations over the country, provides instructors and material for the schools and also authorizes summer camps to last six weeks for advanced training of the Graduates of

The returns of the miners' ballot hitherto published show over-student officers. whelming majorities in favour of a strike in support of the demand the training corps may be com- for a two shillings daily increase of wages and a fourteen shillings missioned in the organized re- and two pence per ton reduction in the price of household coal which serve.

The reorganization measure the Government is overwhelmingly opposing, The Welsh returns this afternoon were twenty-five thousand for and seven thousand against farther provides that the end of a strike.

WIRELESS WAGES.

London, Aug. 27.

the militis bureau of the War Department, under which under the reorganization has jurisdiction over National Guard and reserve affairs, shall be a National Guard officer not below

'The dispute between the wireless operators and the wireless the rank of major who will companies has been settled after prolonged negotiations. The men receive the pay and allowEDOUS have been granted an average increase of 156 per cent, over pre-war and have the rank while on duty: rates and the war bonas has been merged in salary as from 1st May of a major general in the army. at the rate of sixty pounds sterling per annum.

OLYMPIC GAMES,

Antwerp, Aug. 28.

In the water polo final England beat Belgium by 3 goals to 2.. In the final classification of the catch-as-catch-can wrestling contest the United States had 914 points, Finland 8, Sweden 5% Switzerland 6 and Britain 2.

The offices of Second and Third Assistant Secretaries of War abolished by the messures and their duties absorbed by the Assistant Secretary of War, who will be charged with the procure ment of all military supplies and plans for the mobilization of material and industria) establish iments needed in time of war.

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