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Ruhr miners, locked out by their employers (TIME, June 2), accepted the award of Dr. Syrup, arbitrator of the German Ministry of Labor, for a 5% increase hi wages, a special overtime agreement valid until Nov. 30. The miners returned to work.

Admiral von Trotha, once a powerful figure in the Imperial Navy, recalled with mixed satisfaction "Germany's victory over the British fleet" off Jutland. The occasion was the eighth anniversary of the famed battle. Said the Admiral: "England's powerful fleet, the instrument with which she placed the world at her service was defeated by the young German fleet." But he complained that the brilliant victory was not utilized by the Military Commanders for winning a decisive victory in the War.

According to Major General Henry T. Allen, onetime Commander of the U. S. Army of Occupation, now head of the Committee for the Relief of German Children, 1,000,000 children are being fed by food purchased with money subscribed by the American people.