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the Dail Eireann to adjourn until Janu- ary ord was commented upon by all the Dublin newspapers today as favourable to the chances of the Irish agreements ratification. A note of regretis struck by the commentors, however. over the fact that the adjournment postpones the prospect of the release of the convicted political prisoners which is expected to follow the ratification of the treaty. Paris, Dec. 23rd, -The Council of Am- bassadors has granted permission to (yermany to retain until March 3lst three hundred diesel engines which have been the subject of Allied controversy since the armistice. In the course of its en- quiry into the matter the Council has been informed that Germany has secret- ly manufactured additional diese! engines since the Armistice. ['his would be in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty. Madrid, Dec. 23rd. —An official com- munication yesterday from (General Berenne, Spanish High Commissioner in Morroceo, reported that the Spanish troops had occupied all their objectives in the Beniaros district where a new Spanish offensive against ithe rebellious Moors was began a few days ago. Geneva, Deccember 23rd —The six- teenth session of the “Jouncil of the League of Nations will meet in Ge- neva on January 10th under the Presi dency of Mr. Paul Hyman of Beiyi- um. The ovder of the day calis for the nomination of an Allied High Com- missioner for Danzig and also four members of the Saar Valley Commis- sion. The Council also will consider the protest of the Lithuanian Govt. concerning the elections organized in the Vilna territory by Poland the situ- ation in Upper Silesia and mandate ques- tions. Washington, Dec. 23rd —Mr. Balfour, head of the British Arms Conference delegation tonight issued the foliowing Xmas message to the Americaxr People “I welecome the opgortunity which has been granted me of sending the Christ- mas greetinzs to American friends nown and unknown. [f this be the sea- son wai:h above 'all others suggesis thoughts of peace on earth and goodwill toward men, surely there are no Nations between whom that peace should be more secure and that goodwili more ar- dent than the two great people’s of Eng- lish speech. Such has always been my faith and never did it seem nearer com- plete realization than at a moment when under Ameriecan leadership so much is be- ing done towards diminishing ar naments and removing causes of International offanee.’”” A Christmas tide sp spent should be the surest pledge toa h:ppy New Year,” Cairo, Dee. 24th. —Disorders in con- nection with the Ezyptian Nationalist agitation brok2 out today in Gizeh, a su- burb of Cairo when a party of students raided the Govt. survey offices. British troops were rushed trom Cairo to cope S 1. LU X A ¥ . & I with the disturbance. The Students | were ultimately ejected. The native ? losses were given in the eanly reports as ~ five killed and 20 wounded. While the . disorders were proceeding in Gizeh, . Cairo itself remained quiet and no dis- . turbances from the provinces were re- . ported with the exception of minor trou- | bles at Tank, 50 miles north-west of . Cairo. Tac zathorities conveyed to Suez | today six followers of Said Zag Lour . Pasha, the Nationalist leader forcibly . removed from the City yesterday, when . Field Marshal Allenby, the British High Commissioner in Egypt had ordered him | expelled from Cairo. ‘ London, Dee. 24th,—Sir T. Allan | Smith, Chairman of the Managing Com- | mittee of the engineering employers | Federation, Sir Robert Kindersley, a | Director of the Bank of England and . saveral industrial eoncerns, Lord Inver- ' forth, prominent in shipping concerns, . W. Docker, a director of London finan- ' cial institutions, are the five British ex- ; perts who will proceed to Paris next week to work out wvith the French con- { frer>s, a scheme acceptable -to the Su. t preme Usuncit at Cannes for the econo mic reconstruction of Europe. [he Quin- . tette, whose position in commercial life is indisputable, have already consulted t Premier Lloyd George at Downing Street aad have received the British ard French . Govts. broad ideas on the questions of i general poliey. - Len on, Dec. 24th.—Presentation to ' the Warshington ©onference of Great , Britain’s plea ftor abolition of the sub- ' marine as a naval weapon has eroused the . greatest iaterest here. The newspapers . comment at leugth vpon the speech of . Lord J.ee of Fareharr before the confer t ence Thursday in: which he amade the ¢ proposal and outlined che reasons promp- t ting it. General opinion here undoubt- edly Yavours aboliion and there are i wmany regrats that there seems to b: no | prospeets of it being brought abous, but ' on the other hand there is some skapti- cism vregarding the probability o* pre- | venting the use of submarines even if | the Conference adopted Lord Lee’s pro- posal. The Westminster Gazette is :us- - ~ picious of France and says her attitude recarding th2 proportion in which sub: I marines are to be retained d:pends larcely upon her success or non-suceess in asserting her ciai ns on German repar- ations. A high diplomatic game is being . ~ plaved betwzen London, Paris and Wash- . ington, says the newspapers ''The Amer- | icans doubtless are aware of this and we mly notin the end find ourselves . quite so isolated on the subject as it ap- . pears at present. The Diily Chroniclebe liev:s that if LLord Lee’s arguments that .~ submarines are valuzless except for at- tacking mevchant ships could be establish ~ed it would coavert many to the abolition Parhaps we have overrated if, the news: paper says, but it has many facts in sup- ~ port. The Duily News thinks it entirely 24th. true that abolition of submarires wculd be a greater contributicn to the cause of humanity than the limitation cos capi- tal ships and ccntenmjtucusly refers to ‘“‘the world’s refusal to deprive itself of the blessed privilege of building sub- marines.’’ Jamaica, Dec. 28th.—Hcn, Major Woed M. P. Undersecretary for State for the Colonies and party railed on the R. M. S. Xaulerian' for St Kitts ot 81 m. 61 Monday. : » : Cairo, Dec. 26th.—Five persons were killed and four wounded by troops who were cailed out during an attack on the police station in the Themousky quarter this morning. The troops opened a hea- vy fire on the rioters. Naval units are stationed at Suez, Ismalia, Port Said and Alexandria. Minor acts of sabotage to telegraph and telephone wires are re- ported in lower Egypt. A majority of the Government officials have decided to go on strike, but it is not expected that th2y will remain out lopg. Cairo is without local means of transportation even the cabs suspending service on ac- count of attacks by roughs, early in the day. It is estimated that thus far 14 persons have been Kkilled and about 40 wounded in the Caire distriet. The French and Italian Consuls are reported to have made a protest to the authori- ties against the attacks on the property of their nations during the rioting. Riot- ing broke out at Suez Sunday aftemnoon. Several of the demonstrators were killed and a number wounded. Alexandria Egypt, Dec. 26th—Con- siderable excitement prevailed here on Sunday in consequence of Nationalist agitation. The police patrolled the city in armoured automobiles, frustrating aitempts by the agitators to stage de- montrations. A general strike is being planned and the Government officials are taking steps to preserve order. The British cruiser ‘‘C2res’” has arrived here. Peking, Dec. 2bth. A presidential mandate was issued to-day appointirg Liang Shih VI, Premier. He succeeds Chin Yunpeng, who with his ministers resigned a week ago. : " Allahabad, India, Dee. 26th.—Sixty- two more Nationalists volunteer and members of the All India Congress have been arrested and nine sentenced 1o three months imprisonment. The editor of the “Independeni’” was sentenced to avear’s imprisonment, Ahmed bad British India, Dee. 26th—- [n his presidential address at the All In- dian {(aliphate Conference held here, Ha- kimajalkhan reviewed the Moslem situa- tion throughout the world. He said that Asia Minor on the ore side and India on rhe otber were the two extreme lirks. in the ehain of the future Islamic Feder- ation. He complimented the Turks that, e, “their victory over the Greecks had eom- pietely smashed Britisi diplomacy.”’