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BREVITIES FROM
OVERSEAS
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LONDON, Thursday.
'J'HE Belgian Government ia consider
ing allowing American vessels to
fly to tho Belgian flag to overcome
thoir exclusion from European ports as
a result of tho neutrality law.
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The Assam Congress Ministry has re
signed. All eight Congress Ministers
in India aro now out of otlice.
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Mr. C. R. Attlee was re-elected leader
of tho Parliamentary Labor Party at'a
meeting at tho House of Commons to
day. Mr. Arthur Greenwood was re
elected Deputy Lender.
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Representatives of tho Dominion and
Indinn Governments, who hnvo been on
a, visit to Franco with Mr. Anthony
Kdcn, Secretary for the Dominions, ar
rived back in England on Wednesday
night. Thc visit lasted nearly a week.
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So that the Southern Rhodesian air
Coree, which lie commands, may, when
necessary, bo expanded with rapidity
and efficiency, Colonel C. W. Meredith
is in Britain making an intensivo study
of methods of training in the R.A.F.
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The Polish ambassador in London
(Count Edward Raczyuski) will broad
cast an appeal on behalf of the Polish
relief fund next Sunday in Hie B.B.C.
home and overseas services.
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A British cruiser seized tho Ger
man steamer Leander off tho west
coast of England. Tho crew was
landed and interned.
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Senor Castillo, Minister at tho Span
ish Embassy in l'a ris, after a visit lo
Spain, announced that tho I'rnneo-Span
ish tindo negotiations wero proceeding
satisfactorily. Ile believed tho new
agreement would be concluded shortly.
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Thc Bermuda Assembly is contracting
with United States Shipping Lines for
tho operation of the President Roose
velt on tho Now York-Bermuda service.
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A report from Washington states that
tho Belgian Ambassador called on tho
Acting Secretary of Stale (Mr. Sum
ner Welles) and inquired as to the pos
sibility of securing American merchant
men. Mr. Welles referred him to the
Marítimo Commission.
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The United- Stales is considering
the enlargement and modification ot
two planned SOOU-ton ermsers, to be
named tho Columbia and Cleveland,
which will incorporate "tho lessons of
tho Deutschland and Admiral Scheer."
It is insisted, however, that to date
tho latter havo failed to show any
great worth.
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Two of the four Dublin hunger
strikers have abandoned the strike,
and have been removed to hos
pital.
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I The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth,
sister ship to the Queen Mary, is ap
proaching completion at Clydebank, and
the first furnace has been lit under a
[boiler. Tho ship henceforth will be
heated by her own power.
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Slr
John Simon) told tho House of Com
mons that tho aggregate cost of civil
defence services, excluding the Ministry
of Supply, during tho current financial
year was £7S,870,000. Tho increase re
sulting from the outbreak of war could
not bo stated definitely.
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The Minister for Labor and National
Services (Mr. Ernest Brown) told the
Houso of Commons that the retail price
of food on September üO, compared with
that in July, 1D14, had increased 50 per
cont. Tho average increase in tho cost
of all items included tho computation
of the official cost ot' living at (iu per
cent.
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Tho Ministry of .Agriculture an
nounces a new schedule of wages for
agricultural employes. Increases range
from 2/ to 3/ per day.
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