London, Sept. 24 It is made known in London to-day that one of the British delegates to the International Red Cross Conference to open in Tokyo on October 20, is Lady Muriel Paget who is well-known for her work in organizing a. hospital behind the Russian lines during 1916-17, and who was trapped in Russia during the Revolution.
Lady Muriel is prominently connected with the Save the Children Fund in Europe, and was responsible for obtaining funds for the Chinese children left without parents after the hostilities in Chapel in 1932.
After. the Conference in Tokyo, Lady Muriel will visit Shanghai where she will stay with her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Chancellor who a resident there—Reuter.
Tokyo, Sept, 24 A. twocthird reduction of the '¥.600,000,000 army estimates for 1935~ 36 was predicted to-day by Ministry fof Finance offeials who will begin auditing the military draft budget to-morrow.
This follows similar drastic cuts in the naval estimates which have proclpitated eud protests from navy leaders.
While army and navy demands are being reduced to one-third of their former figure, the draft appropriations for farm relief requested by the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry and of the Interior are being. slashed to one-tenth of their original total, officials revealed.
Drawing the particular attention of the Finance Ministry's auditors are the army demands for ¥.160,000,000 for Manchurian expenditures and '¥.120,000,000. for improvements. in military equipment and the expansion of the alr force. The Army's basic budget, which includes running expenses for Japan's military establishment, totals ¥.810,000,000—Rengo.
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