FPHE fest men of the British London, Dec. 10. Expeditionary Force to receive Christmas leave have arrived in England, They are all married men and will have ten days with their families before returning to the front.
It is officially announced that 238,000 men were registered in Great Britain yesterday for military service under the National Service Act.
Fewer than 5,000, or 21 per cent, of the total, have provisionally registered as conscientious objectors.
The Norwegian ship Gimle, of 1,271 tons, sank off the east coast of Britain following an explosion.
The crew spent three days in lifeboats before being rescued by another Norwegian vessel which arrived in Oslo yesterday.—Reuter.
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