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er Premier Roughdi Pasha, in which Roughdi said he told Viscount Milner that not a sinzi: Egyptian with any dig- nity or honour, would consent to discuss matters with his mission on the basis of Field Marshal Allenby’s statement of November 15th. Roughdi said that he thought the best solution to the Anglo- Egyptian situation would be to transfer the protectorate into an alliance. | Paris, January sth.—The Seine has | risen more than a foot in the last day but reports irom up the civer with good weather, have caused the Government to announce that a few more inches rise will be the maximum which will continue for two days and then the rivar will sub- side. The Marne is also rising but the other rivers are stationary or subsid ing. Only two deaths are reported. Advices from the Provinces are mea- gre but it is known that scores of villages are inundated and many thou- sands of nomes flooded. The. pzople in the upper floors are being sup- plied with provisions by boats. This is tne case also in several o. the low quar- .acs of Paris and some of the streets of Meux. Twelve tramway lines ia Paris suspenled service yesterday morning in the low lying sections, but it is believed tha: th: danger from serionus consequen- ces, has passed with comparatively slight damage. There is no estimate of the prooeriy damage in the provinces. Gz2neva, .January sth.—Associated Press: Mor2 than 100 persons have been kilied or wounded in anti-dynastic mani- festacions a. Sofia, according to Belgrade advices published here. Large crowds o manites:ants, ‘includi g the leading Bourgay, is assembled before the Palace shoatinz ‘‘Long live the Republie.”’ “Down with the Kingdom’’. They at- tempred to rash th~ Palace but the trooys opened fire and the demonstraiors re- plial wizn revolvers and stones. It was in tae dghting chat most of tne casual- ties occurred. [Che serious situation is da- to inerzasing unrest in the cagical anl throughout Bulgaria because of dis- sari<faccion Hvéßr tne terms of the Treaty, especially the loss of land in the race. B.israde. January Stn. Red Cross . worcers who are still at work 1n Serhia | had oecasion on December 29th to su-~- { cour vicdms of a mysterious explosi wnica wre:ked one of the biggest ¢d a- mereial buildinzs in Belgrade, Tae ex :.o- ‘ sion 2xecalled in violence and effect che | most powerful shells used duriny tne . war. Dynamite is saoprsed t> aave ’ been us2d and the explosion to be con- nected with recent plots against the life | of Prince Regent Alexander. Twenty | six persons were kilied by the expiosion | and others, who were injured, were res- | cued by ambulances ol the Red Cross. | Oune effect of the explosion was to leave Belzcad: almost. without window glass ‘ at the heigit of the winter and no more | will be obtainable until ic can beinpor- | ted rrom Czacho-Slovakia. | £ LBl X AN 1S e« London, Jan. sth.—There is every ap- pearance that a new railway ecrisis is developing, Numerous meetings of the railwaymen in the leading towns oi the kingdom today adopted resolutions re- jecting the Government’s offer, although the number of men thus represented is small in comparison with the to- tal 400,000 membership of the Na- tional Union of railwaymen. Mr. J. H. Thomas,gand his secretary and associ- ates realize that they have a delicate task before them and are apprehensive of the result. The Government’s ~ffer is a compromise but comes at an unfor- tuna.e moment followirg upon the Sper Valley election which has given tremen- dous confidence to the whole labour movement and therefore are not in a mood to ac:ept compromise, Tne ehief ground of the objection to the scheme is that instead of taking the highest pay in the raspective grades, to which to add the war bonus of 38 shillings and rhere- by arrive a- a minimun wage, they have taken the pre-war pay of over 15 of the largest. raiiway companies. This the ~ men characierize as standardization in- stead of upward and is resented because in the prev.ous settlement for the locomo- . tive men and other g¢rades, the bonus @ was added to the highest pay. There ~are other objections, some opposec to the sliding scale. Others demand tbat the new scale be retroactive to August. A considerzble section ¢f the moderates -avour according to the compromise, bu Wednesday’s” conference which will de- cide the matter, is not looked forward to hopefully. Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. sth.—Herr Mathias Erzberger, Vice Premier and Minister of Finance, addressing several thousand persons at the invitation of the Centre Party, dectared the preseat Gov- ernment was not responsible for the chaotie concitions, and laid the respon- sibilty for the war upon the Conserva- tive Party. He added: ‘‘The armistice was asked for by Hinderbu g and Ludan- dorff.”” Re‘erring to the financial situa- tion, Herr Erzberger said that st biliza- tion of the Budget would be actaine i this year. He said the German p=ople vo ..d do all in theirpower (o pay tae reparauons due. The Russian probiem could not be solved without Germany hc assercea. With regard to the delivery of those guilty of war erimes, he said th: Count of Leipsic woald prosecute those guiity of inexcusable ac:s, .if Germany’s ene- mies would turaish iists of the persons to the German Government. London,(}-m. 6ch.—Raron Cunliffe of Headley, Governor of the Bank of Eng- land, died suddenly last night. He was born in 1855. London, Jan. 6th.—German warships sunk by thei- officers in Scapa Flow will be blown up shortly, it was stated here today. The decision tu dispose of the ves- sels in this way tollowed the completion of an investigations by a special commis- sion representing all the allies. Experts employed by the salvage Department of the Admiralty several weeks, taking soundings in Scapa Flow and the informa- tion they furnished the Commissicn was used as a basis to determine whether the ships should be raised or destroyed. Paris, Jan. sth. By decision of the - Supreme Council, a renewed and a press- ~ ing appeal will be made to the United { States for the credits necessary to re- provision Austria, the position of which ‘ from lack of food, is deplorable. At the present rate of consumption, Austria ; would be able to feed her people only to ' the end of the month on half rations. If . nothing were done in the meantime, it . was declared, the nation would face ‘ starvation. The delegation sad statis- tics showed that in Vienna alone, deaths i from starvation in 1919 had increased . over those cf 1918 by 150,000. | London Dee. 30th.—Sir William Goode, ! the British Director of Relief, declares | that Vienna is the worst of all the fa- | mine stricken places that he visited on a | recent tour through Central Europe. Al- i though more than 1,400,000 tons of food- | stuifs, ata cost of nearly one hundred ~ mill'on pounds hive been delivered in | Kuropean relief, since the singing of the armistice, by far the greater share of which, he said, had been furnished b | the Unrited States under tke direction of - Mr. Heover. Conditions are stil! so de- plorable as almost to '‘beggar descrip- L Hon, ’ | London, J nuary sth.—With the whole ~ east in a ferment and ominous threaten- . ing of a Holy War over the proposed re- .~ moval of the Sultan from Constantinople " and the evident helplessness of any mil- ~itary action of ‘he Entente, the situa- . ticn creates profound interest. No ~ troops can be spared from Ireland. "~ The Indian territorial troops are -be- ing sent to Egypt instead of being de- mobilized and drafis from England are being greatly strengthened. "here is also to he movement of a big naval forece from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea to hold up the Bolshevik plan to se- cure control of the Bosphorous and the Dardanelles. Washington, Jan. Lih. - Unobtrusive- ly as a citizen Viscount of Scapa Flow, Admira) of the British Fleet, of Jutland Faine, arrived here from New York for a visi® to I.e capital ss the guest of the Navy bepartrent, : ord Jellicoe was welecomed by Rar Adniiral Niblack, designated by Secretary [Daniels as Na- val Aide to the distinguished visitor dur- ing his siay. [ast night the Admiral and his staftf were entertained at dinner at the British Embassy after an extended afternoon drive about the city. San Juan, Porto Kieo, Jan. dth.—Com- munication. with Jamaica interropted midnight seventh. Traffiec will be for- wardced by the Freneh Company.