Singapore, Sept. 18.
serious situation has developed here as a result of the sprend the building strike to the Air Force base at Seletar, where 2.000 men have downed tools, making a total of 3000 idle on the defence works of Singapore.
The police to-day arrested 26 ringleaders after stormy scenes outside the Chinese Protectorate, 'A large body of police was obliged to charge 500 strikers who had spent the whole night outside the Protec-orate, which is strongly barricaded and guarded.
The strikers are demo Straits Settlements and an increase in wages—Reuter,
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