New York, Oct. 30.
Mr. E. H. Sothern, the Shakes-Ipearean actor, died here to-day the age of 74—Reuter. om Cherbourg to New York and Jvack in ten days, seven hours, 18 minutes, is the new record for' the return journey actes the Atlantic Jereated by the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, when she arrived in [Cherbourg on Oct. 27.
As the result of a wide agitation an appointment for the ai Air-Commodore Sir Charles Kings: ford-Smith, following upon his record-breaking flight from England Australia, "the Commonwealth Cabinet has granted him £3,000 as suitable position is available for him, 'The King's police medal was awarded on' Oct: 28 to Mr. Philip Norton. Jones, "additional police superintendent' at. Midnapore, and fo" Mx. Charles Oliver Smith, "in spector of police at, the same town, The two men, in football kit and unarmed, showed conspicuous. Iantry in attacking the assailants lof the late district magistrate, Mr. B. E. J, Burge, who was murdered thres armed Bengalese as he was stepping out of a motor-car to play fin @ football match for Midnapore eleven, on September 2-—Reuter.
Returning the call of the Ttalian fleet, the Soviet naval squadron consisting of the cruiser Kaas Kavkaz and the torpedo boats Petrovsky" and Chahumian 0 October 30 arrived in Naples. Al amber of celebrations will be' held here on the occasion of the arrival lof Soviet warships which will stay, {in Naples until November 2.—Havas, Sir Herbert Samuel, formerly, Home Secretary, speaking at a Lis Iberal meeting, declared that, while would be wrong: to expect Great Britain to disarm in the face of the heavily-armed world, it would be equally wrong continuously, to ex. pect Germany to remain disarmed In view of her armed neighbours. The Disarmament Conference, he [pointed out, should not be abandoned and publ great Britain should insist on coming to an agrees ment which contains a reasonable offer to Germany which may be taken as a redemption of the pledge solemnly agreed upon ut Versaillesy—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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