not diminishing employment and producing a striking international gesture of good-will are reported to have been weighed by the Cabinet when considering this year's naval Programme. Several newspapers state that the Government has decided to abandon the construction of si ines and their parent is also learned that the applitation made by Trotsky, the well-known Soviet leader who was recently banished from Russia, for admission to Britain will be refused.
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