ree seniratel the Rustin Grand' Pactiament opens today for a
caused a considerable stir.
important secret mission, has MOS" Muboriant session. plan Pale Hae London, Jan, 4, lished to-day prior to Mr. Asquith's German reports state that the speech to-morrow explaining the Allies at Salonika have arrested Ggvernment's programme.
1,000 enemy foreigners.
Athens, Jan. issued to the members ery urgent whips of all parties been The Bulgarians have imprisoned 600 members are advised to the British and French Vice-Consuls Within Up vice Bill hen floes bes at Sofia as reprisals for the arrest of Hy pre h baphleite ta a enemy Consuls at Salonika by the d: which is expected to take place sucked down and one of shoes caught in a rope but he disentangled himself, came to the surface and clung to some wreckage. He got a final glimpse of the Persia, bow in the air, diving downward five minutes after the explosion. Then he collected wréckage for the other people struggling in the water. The five boats which had got away soon pulled in amongst the swimmers and strugglers and rescued all whom they possibly could.
The overloaded boats subsequently redistributed their occupants and four of the boats roped themselves together. The fifth was further away.
Mr. Grant continued: "My boat, at 9.30 in the afternoon, separated from the others in' order to search a more frequented channel. We rowed for three hours, sighted cruiser and hailed her, shouting 'We are English.' When the man-of-war was near enough we explained that we were survivors of the Persia and indicat-jed the whereabouts of the other boats. The others were found at 7 o'clock in the evening."
Anglo-French troops. ithin a week. It is now practical-
Mr. Grant paid a fine tribute to Greece protested against the ar. ly certain that Ireland will be ex-the kindness displayed by the Brit-rests and has now sent a written cluded. j ish bluejackets. He declared that protest to the Entente a Mr. Lewis Harcourt and Mr. Her-Mr, McNeeley, the American Consul bert Samuel are mentioned as suc-jat Aden sat at the same table but at Salonika. cessors to Sir John Simon. he did not see him, probably because Paris, Jan. 4.
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