London, Feb. 28.
In the House of Commo:
Si Laming Worthington-Ev ans, tes for the fortheom'n £205,000 Army. pay, 2,000 for suppl roid (ra remounts, £1 arks, lands and miscellaneous The increases ave £14 1,000 for general stores and £158,000' for halt-pay sd-pay and othe He pointed out that effective ex. penditure "had diminished froma 3,000 0 100,000 during th part five years, ay contras! ner eases in the United £51,000,000 to £59,000,000, Italy rom 18,000,000 Germany from £20,000,000 to ce From $4,000,000 £58,000,000. Indeed, he remark. Jed, Britain alone among the nations Jof'the world has curtailed her mii tery expenditure, Army but anticipated greater Drogrest owing to the sure foun tions that had already been Health Better in Shanghai On the estimate o¢ £119,000 for the extra least of the troops in China, Dulf-Cooper. Financial Secretary the War Office, said that the healt he troops th re had considerably improved, "It was not so at Shanghai id, is not an ideal place for troops. The' Government had considerably reduced the number of troops there, and might be poss the He sésded th discipline among th "troops in, China had been feeble and table absence of any regret! able incidents, The British troops Soviet Kerosene, ete. for Combine Headed by Royal Dutch Shell Group Moscow, Feb, A three-years! agreement is an= nounced between the Anglo-Ameri-me and Russian Oil Products Ltd., by which the latter be given an equal share in the Rrritish market with the other oil companies. The agreement also provides for the supply of larg: quantities of Soviet kerosene, crude oil and petrol to companies centering the combine, which is led by the Royal Dutch-Shell geo Router,
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