26 DECEMBER 1925
Fighting between rival Chinese forces has taken place on a considerable scale. The troops of General Feng Yu Hsiang have entered Tientsin.
Lord Lloyd, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, speaking at a gathering of Egyptian notables, advised them to eschew party strife and to care for the working people.
Litvinoff, acting Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, said in an interview that the consolidation of the existing friendly relations between the Soviet Union and Turkey was a serious step towards the consolidation of general peace. He denied that there were any secret clauses in the treaty recently concluded between the two Governments.
After three days’ discussion the fourteenth Congress of the Russian Communist party has adopted by 559 votes to 65 a resolution expressing entire approval of the lines followed by the Central Committee on home and foreign policy.
The Greek Cabinet, in order to combat Communism, has decided to make voting compulsory.
The Indian National Congress will be opened at Cawnpore to-day.
Impressive scenes were witnessed at the closing of the Holy Door by the Pope.
Pilot Officer Cecil William Woodbine was fatally injured, and Aircraftsman Arthur Thomas Groom seriously injured in an aeroplane accident near Neisha, Egypt.
A message from Charleston, U.S.A., reports a train collision in which four railway employees were killed.
New shipping launched on the Clyde during the year has consisted of 256 vessels of 524,185 tons. This shows a slight decrease from the tonnage of last year. While the output has been fairly satisfactory, the dearth of orders causes considerable anxiety as to the immediate future of the industry.
Shipbuilders on the Forth, as well as in other parts of the country, have again experienced a year of lean trade. Within the past few weeks, however, the outlook has brightened considerably. A number of important orders have been placed on the East Coast, and it is hoped that these are the forerunners of others. At present there is a brisk spell in ship repairing.