TINIE King's broadcast Christmas message was made from his home at Sandringham, Norfolk, on Christmas Day specially "for all parts of the British Empire but was picked up also in many other parts of the world. It was in fact broadcast over a to storm a number of dars, night clubs, restaurants, and dancing halls in the two centres of amusement for the wealthier classes, Montmartre and Most Parnasse. " The police, however, succeeded in preventing the trouble from assuming t99 dangerous proportions and made about 200 fretir~frandcean oe Mis "Cease Fire" in Gran Chaco, Rome, Dec. 23.
Christmas will bring an order to) "cease fire" to the troubled region of Gran Chaco where bitter fight-Ing has deen proceeding between the Paraguasen and Bolivian armies, The Governments of. both coun-
SITUATION IN INDIA, London, Dee. 22, During the debate to-day on the adjournment of the House of Com mons for the Christmas recess, the Secretary: of State for India, Sir erning at the final session ence will be formally brought to Senet om heed London, Dee, 24. the altuation in India and the gs0: talning™' several Stree ads ated on [mai us peda repo ome [gress et the He'said that so far as he could Judge, the situation in. India was definitely better. The Ottawa Agree ment had been passed: by the Assembly by 77 votes to 25—very significant evidence of the goodwill between the Indian legislature and the The report suggests the creation, at the earliest "possible moment, of a reserve bank'for India-entrusted with the management. of-currency" and exchange.
It also suggests. that the -Gover-ror-General should be vested with 1 In the course of his speech the wider ares than probably any single utterance had hitherto been. Were adhering to: hie proposal for RS te Ger cet ney anda, he [oe Megeease? tthe. ore powers fo prevent-serious danger King said that it might be that
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