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Evening Star, Issue 17311, 26 March 1920, Page 6

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SEA FOWER." Prei3 Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. Imperial News Service. LONDON, March 25. Sir Eustace Tennyson Deyncourt, Director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty, lecturing at the Institution I of Naval Architects, said that tho battle- ' ship Hood had been "reconstructed to with- I stand several torpedo hits without eori- I ously lessening her speed. America was I alreadv following the examples set by i the rfood. _ , " | Mr Archibald Hurd strongly deprecated i the view held by the Dominions that sea I power was a thing of, the past on account of the development in air craft. That would mean tho sa-criflcing of British naval traditions. THE YANKEE GRAB. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. .WASHINGTON, March 25. Britain intends presenting a claim on the United States for losses caused bv the detention of former Gorman shies I after the icmpletinn of the service for j which tlwy were allotted to tho United ! States. PANAMA BLOCKAGE. j WASHINGTON. March 25. Owing to tho landslide in the Panama 1 Canal it is believed that H.M.S. Renown j will be delayed. Twenty ships are wait- I ing to go through the canal. NEW YORK, March 25. Renewed landslides in tho Panama Canal have held up 20 steamers. An island is j now visible in mid-channel in the Cnlebra | Cut. Probably 11.M.5. Renown will be delayed. RUSSIA AND PEACE. MOSCOW, March 23. The Cossack Congress passed a resolution promising loyalty to Soviet Russia. LONDON, March 22. J The Bolsheviks have sent a second Note ! to Czeeho-Slovakia offering peace, and da- I daring that the restoration of economic' relations must greatly benefit both c-oun- ■ tries. The Czecho-Slovak Government are ! conferring with the Allies on the proposal. ANOTHER COAL CRISIS LOOMING. ! LONDON, March 23. i The 'Daily Express' states that the coal > crisis has entered on a new and embittered ■ phase. The coal-owners' decision to re- I duce bunker coal by 50 per cent, is a . tactical move in the "direction of diminish- j inc the surplus profits upon which the ! miners based their claim for a 3s a day j advance. " | "Welsh correspondents report -jreat rest-; lessness in mining centres. The South ; Wales Miners' Federation rejected the 3s j scheme, and resolved to insist on an all- ' round rise of 40s a week. DUBLIN RIOTS. LONDON, March 23. | The official account of the Dublin shoot- ! l'ng states that 120 soldiers of the Berk- ! shii-e Reiriment, none of whom were armed, ; were coming from the Hippodrome singing : ' God Save the King.' The crowd re- i seuted this, and coniflcts commenced, in j which a man and a woman were lulled by ! revolver shots, while a soldier was shot j in the chest and four other soldiers ! wounded. j When the call for assistance was received ! the patrol set out to extricate the soldiers, j but tho crowd attacked them, firing shots j at the patrol officer. After warning the > crowd, the patrol fired 10 rounds and . charged the mob. Three people were seen ; to fall. The mob were eventually driver, away and dispersed. BERLIN WAITS DEVELOPMENTS. LONDON, March 23. Thero is scanty news from Germany. A superficial calm exists in Berlin. Tho key to the situation is Westphalia, where the Spartacists remain supreme. Both the Ebert Government and the parties of the extieme left are awaiting events Ebert has reluctantly accepted Noske's resignation. Berlin politicians consider the whole situation very grave. There are no newspapers, food is at famine prices, and much unemployment exists. It is estimated that the coup d'etat has cost 2,0C0 lives. PRESS CONFERENCE. LONDON, March 23. (Received March -26, at 1.45 p.m.) Lord Atholstan arrives in England on April 12 ,to complete arrangements for the Imperial Press Conference. EUROPE'S MALADY. ~Pieuter's Telegrams. LONDON. March 25. Sir Aiicldand Geddes, at a farewell ban- | quet urior to his going to Washington, said that European civi'isption..was threatened with destruction. Tho Empire cor Id not bear the burden of nursing Europe unless she had tho world's sympathy and the support of America.