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Day by Day FRIDAY. At a secret sitting of the Council of Five in Paris yesterday the main question dis- cussed was that of putting the Treaty of Versailles into force. A Note of remon- strance has been addressed to Roumania respecting its delay in adopting an attitude in Hungary "compatible with the common principles of the Allies." A further delay, expiring en December 8, is now granted, but Roumania is warned that this is the last concession the Supreme Council will make. Captain George Richard Bethell, R.N., formerly M.P. for the Holdernesa Division, died yesterday at his home, near Hull, in his seventy-first year. Employees of the Army and Navy Stores, Westminster, to the number of over 3,000, went out on strike yesterday. They de- mand a 35 per cent. general increase in, wages, a 44-hour week, & other advantages which at present they do not enjoy. At a conference of members of both Houses of Parliament and others it has been decided to form a Sound Currency Associa- tion, its objects being the restoration of the pound sterlirtg to its par value, getting rid of the inflation of the currency, and the promotion of a sound financial policy. SATURDAY. Marshal Focli and Sir Henry Wilson have been in consultation over the grave situa- tion that has arisen through the obstinate refusal of Germany to honour the pledges given at Versailles. Public opinion in France, says the "Morning Post" correspon- dent, is becoming exasperated at Germany's inaction, and there has probably never been a moment since the signing of the Armistice when there were so many storm clouds on the horizon. France is deter- mined that the terms of the Peace Treaty shall be respected. The Supreme Council decided yesterday that Eastern Galicia shall be allotted to Poland. A modification of the Minorities clause in the Convention between Roumania and the Allies will, it is hoped, remove the ob- jections held by Roumania against signing the Treaty oi Peace with Austria, as de- manded by the Supreme Council in Paris. The Jugo-Slavs have signed the Treaties M ith Austria and Bulgaria. Dr. Addison's new Housing (Additional Towers) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons this week, and published yester- day, fixes the aggregate amount of grants to be made under its provisions at not more than £ 15,000,000. It authorises the issue of local bonds, secured on the rates, and bearing interest at the rate of 5g per cent. per annum. A scheme is on foot to purchase by sub- scriptions from the British people the an- cestral home of the Haigs of Bemersyde, and present the estate as a free gift to Field- Marvshal Earl Haig. The libel action brought by Sir Alfred Mond was concluded yesterday in th" King's Bench Division. A verdict of B5,010 damages was given against the two de- fendants, Mr. IL MacLeod Fraser and Mr H. H. Beamish. It is announced on authority that Georges Carpentier and Dempsey, heavy-weight boxing champion of the world, will 5git for a purse of RZ5,000 in London next year. MONDAY. The Supreme Council, under the presi- dency of M. Clemeneeau, has adopted unani- mously the text of the reply to BaTon von Lersner's communication respecting the Allied Note of Nov. 1. The German Government is therein required to sign the protocol concerning Germany's failure to execute the Armistice terms. In case (i default the Allies will bt obliged to have recourse to military coercive measures. There is complete unity of opinion among the Allied Powers, and it is understood that everything is ready for immediate action, should the Council give the word. The troops on the Rhine have been so regroupea as to facilitate an advance. From Stras- burg it is reported that many heavy guns have been taken across the Kehl bridge to the right bank of the Rhine. The Russian Soviet Government has sent out through its wireless stations another peace proposal to the Entente, in which it offers to begin negotiations immediately with all the Powers, collectively or separ- ately. From the British Legation at Copenhagen comes an emphatic denial of the report that a British Mission is to nego- tiate with the Soviet Government in Mos- cow. Reinewed activity arriongi the National- ists in Turkey is reported from Constanti- nople. The anti-Entente tendency of the movement is apparent from the tone of "statements" just issued by Mustapha Kemal and his right-hand man, Riouf Bey, ex-Minister of Marine. Addressing the members of the Manches- ter Reform Club, of which he has been elected President, Mr. Lloyd George vigor- ously defended the Coalition. The time had not yet come, he said, to raise the party banner, as witness the fate of the League o' Nations in America. In the event of a dissolution of Parliament there was no single party which could get a majority. The Liberal Party in the Bromley Divi- sion of Kent has decided not to contest the seat made vacant by Mr. H. W. Forster's elevation to the Peerage. Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. Cuthbert James is the Unionist candidate, and Councillor Hodes, of Penge, will stand for Labour. The dispute between employees and direc- tors of the Army and Navy Stores having been satisfactorily arranged, the strikers re- turned to work on Saturday morning. It is understood that the arbitration will be one of the first cases to be heard by the new Industrial Court. TUESDAY. The text of the Note from the Supreme Council to the German Government was presented to Baron von Lersner last evening. Sir Eric Geddes, in the House of Com- mons, announced the formation of a new ,I Railway Committee, consisting of managers and Trade Unionists, who had agreed that no strike should take place for a month alter the question in dispute had been submitted to a National Wages Board. Dr. Addison, in moving the second read. ing of the new Housing Bill in the House ol Commons yesterday, said the subsidy to private builders would be on a sliding scale. Reporting on their inquiry into the dis- missal of Miss Violet Douglas-Pennant from the position of Commandant of the W.R.A.F., the Select Committeee of the House of Lords find that the charges brought by Miss Pennant were groundless and wholly, unjustified, and they regret that they have no power to award costs against her. WEDNESDAY. The new formula for the Allies' Note to uermany, which reached Berlin yesterday morning, was put forward, says the "Echo de Paris" by the British Govern- ment, and was in effect a modification of the threat of renewed hostilities if Ger- many did not consent at once to bring the Peace Treaty into force. The French Premier is due to arrive in London from Paris early to-morrow morn- ing to confer with Mr. Lloyd George. M. Clemeneeau will be the guest of M. Cambon at the French Embassy. Our Amstermam Correspondent says it is announced by a Dutch correspondent in Paris that the military differences between the Netherlands and Belgium have been settled, and that the delegates are return- ing home on Saturday. According to the Army Estimates issued yesterday a sum of 405 millions is required for the maintenance of the Service. The -original estimate of the full strength of the Army was 2,500,000 of all ranks, and to this another 100,000 ia now added. It is reported in Dublin that all the Irish Law Officers have resigned in protest against the provisions of the new Home Rule Bill.

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