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NEWS OF THE WEEK

THE centre of interest in the European situation has shifted from Paris and the Ruhr to Berlin and New York. In the area of conflict itself there has been one very ugly incident at Essen, where a crowd was fired on and eleven civilians were killed and many injured. The Germans have attempted to rush eight trains Of raw material into unoccupied Germany by sending them full tilt down the line without drivers. Six trains are said to have got through, but two collided and were wrecked. The French continually extend the area of occupation and are now in the great city of Mannheim.

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