Alexandria, July 18.
Most ships of the Mediterranean Fleet will leave here this morning following the closing of the Abyssinian" affair. The Queen Elizabeth, Barham, Devon-hire, Resource, Woolwich, Shropshire, Galatea and Sussex are all going to Malta, while the cruiser London will sail for Greece. "Only the Repulse, Valiant, Glorious and the Destroyer Flotilla will be here after to-day.
Meanwhile, the withdrawal of warships from Gibraltar con-Unues space. HMS, Rodney flagship of the Home Fleet, and the Escapade, Echo and Eclipse, of the Sth Destroyer Flotill have already left, and more are expected to sail ina few days, Reuter, founded to promote adoption of the famed "Townsend Plan."
Mr. Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for the presidency, braved the Faucous derision of the' aged dele= gates to assure them their plan was unworkable, Smiling pleasantly through a barrage of angry and disgusted booing, Mr. Thomas declared that the Townsend Plan was impractl+ cal because, firstly, a two per cent. tax on all transactions in the United States would fail to raise sufcient Fevenue to pay every citizen over 60 years of age U.S$200 monthly and, 'Secondly, operation of the plan would necessitate currency' inflation to such an extent that $200 would possess the purchasing power of no more than $20 to-day, do not think," Mr, Thomas concluded, "that you can keep the eapital-{atic system and still make capitalism pay you twice as much for not work ing after 69 than they paid you for working before 60."—United Press,
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