Paris, Apr. 11 All, British warships in the Mediterranean, not already stationed at British or French ports, have been ordered to put in at British or French naval-bases. according to "Lo Matin" The British cruiser Malaya, lying at anchor off Mentone, therefore left for an unknown. destination. Likewise the "British. warships, including the Warspite, the flagship of. the British terranean fleet, Barham. and Aberdeen which had paid a visit to San. Remoon. the Italian Riviera, weighed.. anchor yesterday.. Vessels already. stationed at or on their way to Malta include the aircraft carrier, H. M.S. Glorious; the heavy cruisers Devonshire, Shropshire and Sussex; the light cruisers Arethusa, Galatea and. Perciope; the first. and second, destroyer flotilla, the first submarine Alotitia.and several, hospital ships, "Lo Petit Parisien" claims to have received information from a trustworthy source ahout.the impending British naval demonstration in the Mediterranean, It will be carried out, it is stated, in collaboration with the French. Mediterranean fleet which has been considerably reinforced. It is unlikely, the paper declares, that British naval forces: will proceed to' occupy tne Iskind of Corfu—Trans-Ocean. be continued, "we lost about. three had time to settle their accounts, so that our total loss ís likely to be considerably higher".
Meanwhile it was understood that the taxi-dancer who, had been injured in the head and was subsequently admitted to the General Hospital, had returned to her home although she is still confined to bed.
All window panes and glass plates, which cover the tables, were new and had it not been for flower pots lying on_ the stairs, no-one would have thought that 24 hours previously, blood Kad been flowing there.
At the entrance, no special precautions had been' taken and when the reporter on coming down from the ball-room, found a group of American military policemen standing in front of the door, his apprehensions that something might be "in the air" were dispelled, as they proceeded to a patrol car standing in the vicinity. Italian Marines were conspicuous by their absence in most cabarets last night and, although this could not be confirmed in any way, it was understood that they had been confined to barracks pending completion of enquiries into the brawl which on Monday evening caused at least eight persons, two of them women, to be injured.
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