Two houses in London and several sin other towns collapsed during the recent storm, and many cases, of trees, hoardings and walls being blown down are reported, Roads. in several parts were temporarily blocked by fallen trees, and London-Bournemouth railway traffic was delayed three hours owing to a tree having fallen across the Tine, Flooding of the suburban line near Beckenham, Kent, necessitated cutting off the current for the electric trams.
A large number of telephone wires were brought down. The Newhaven-Dieppe steamer services were cancelled and the Folkestone-Boulogne services were diverted Dover.
Anxiety regarding floods in the lower reaches of the Thames was, ko to the Young Plan" is the motif of a long memorandum which Herr Schacht, the President of the Reichsbank, has addressed to the Government, He protests that politicians are trying to spoil what the economists built up and condemns the attempts of the governments of Germany and the creditor states to tamper. with the recommendations of the Young Plan. Finally, he declines all sponsibility for the enactment of the Young Plan if its recommendations are not respected by all countries Herr Schacht accuses the Govern-mont of doing nothing to reorganize Germany's finances.—Reuter.
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