Warsaw, Aug. 3.
Economic and_ political circles hhere show the greatest interest in the development of the recently greatly intensified contest between English and Polish on the Scandi be remembered that in January last an agreement tween the coal-mining interests. the twe countries recommend the conclusion of a definite agr ment regarding the division of ecalplies to Scandinavia but this has ined without any practical results as Polish exporters have in the meantime been able to undercut British coal-prices to suck an extent and so far below the cost of production in. Enj practically the whole trade has now fallen into Polish han This shown ty the fact just published that of 30,000 quired by the Finnish state-nly 5,000 went to England and the vest to Poland while of 178,000 tons ordered by the Swedish railways the mines in Scotland got 10 Scotch term for "Tom." The records do not reveal where Sir Frederick obtained that name, He joined the royal navy in 1884 and was made a lieutenant in 1803, Seven years later he landed in China from the Barfleur to participate in the Boxer rebellion. He was cited in dispatches and received the China medal when, while taking the city of Tientsin he toiled for 48 hours unger gunfire and was wounded, Sir Frederick was promoted to Commander in 1902, Captain in 1907. In May, 1916 he was was in command of the King George V. at the battle of Jutland and was again mentioned in dispatches as having handled the ship with great skill under difficult conditions."
Since then he has been successively promoted to rear-admiral, admiral, third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy. Prior to the /world war Sir Frederick commanded the two Torpedo Schools at Portsmouth and Devonport and was superintendent of Signal Schoo'...
In 1924 while commanding 'a special service squadron that conducted a world cruise, he became the subject of a controversy that raged ross the Atlantic. Newspapers ported a speech he was alleged to. have made in Quebec, Canada, in which he urged the Canadians to build cruisers to look after their Jeommerce abroad and not to be dependent upon what possible help the United States Navy or the British ly suggesting Sir dleriek mind his own business." turn denied 1 attempted to intervene in mere 2,000 and the Polish full 1y domestic affairs of that nation and 116,000 tons. blamed the misrepresentation of his As to the reasons they are to be speech to the colourful writing of found partly in the low exchange: the reporter. On his return to rate of the Polish England, however, he received an-partly in the fact that the coal other promotion and the thanks of from the dormer German mines i the King for the good-will he had Upper Silesia is heavily, subsidize: promoted by his various speeches and. activities abroad. by the Pol Government in the Three years ago, Sir Frederick, form of a very low railway freight lu hen a vice admiral and a recognized thrift, authority on naval affairs, wa named as one of Britains three chief Jdelegates to the disarmament confer ence in Geneva. Here he revealed
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