the present time and that date, deposi- ~tors in’ “he banks will be able to] demand more than ten per cent of their deposits . unless required for the payment of cus- toms duties and taxes. - London, Oect. sth.—The continual re- tirement of the Russians in the regions west of Minsk, where the Poles have been rapidly driven eastward, is report- “ed in Monday’s Soviet official statement from. Moseow. : London, Oct. sth. —Field Marshal Earl - Haig,- speaking at Glasgow, expressed a desire to see a yreat united Empire organization for helping ex-officers and men, two hundred thousand of whom “gre. out of work and their numbers are increasing. . The Field Marshal mention- ed ‘that he-would visit Capetown next Spring te-assist in forming such an or- ~ ganization. - A $ - Lendon, Oct. sth.—Canadiar Shipping “jnterests’ are making determined efforts “to captdre British trade ana for Canadi- ‘an’ owership .of ships. Capté#fin Smith, of the Canadian Merchant Marine, ap- -peals to British merehanss to deal direct . with Canada through Camadian agents, -and forget the idea that -the Canadian - market- is-best :approached throgh New York. He says legitimate attempts are 'being made to provide the necessary chips for' Canada’s -export. and import trade and ‘to op2n new’ avenues of-direct ~trade‘with - Canada through - Canadian t ports, and that much of Canada's trade isbeing carried on through'the medium of the United States; which has an ad- verseanfluence here on currency.. London, Oct. sthi—As a resualt. of Mr. - Mac Sweeney's long fast, lrish prisoners have ‘ceased to:'resort to' hunger-strike, says the Daily. Mail-today. The news- paper adds that there were more than three hundred arrests:in. connectioen with " Sinn Fein propaganda disturbances dur- ing Ser tember, but only four of the num- ber arrested attempted hunger-striking, and these abandonedit in a day or two. Berlin, Oct. sth.—The Steamship Bis- marek, which would have been the world’s largest vessel, -has been.burned at Ham- burg. The gross tonnage of the Bismarck -was said to have been 56,000,