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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS j TOXiEDO, Spain, July T. Fire has destroyed .1 i'g mill In ihe villkgt of Vlllaaeca, with enormous ituantltles of wheal .ml flour, H is rytmiateil thst Ihr damage will amount to four million mil-lion pesetas, leaving 16 villages In the province of Toledo without light, while lh( Irrigation works were dimaKed to such an etm thai quarter of a million acres are without water. BARCELONA, July 7 --Thirteen prisoners escaped from ihe Jail a I Tar-raaa Tar-raaa yesterday morning. Most of them :ire charged with serious crimes and were :iwa;tlng trial. The sole guardian of the Jail at the time of the escape was a seventy year old warden MADRID, Juh 7. The Spanish cruiser Itelna Kegente, manned by marine guard will sail shortly on voyage to Hio Janeiro, nnd a subsequent subse-quent tour of South American ports The crniMer will return to Spain from the Pacific bj way of the Panama canal SAN SKBART1 A.V. Spain July 7. King Alfonso and Qui'on Victoria arrived ar-rived hero today on their way from Mjidrid for a islt to Frnnre nnd England Eng-land After a short stop they continued con-tinued their journey toward Paris. SANTIAGO. Chile. July 7. The strike of port workers at Iqulque has been partly settled, according to government gov-ernment advices, hut the walkout of stevedores at Antofagusta and Taltal continues. Newspapers here sa that as a result Of recent labor trouble In northern Chilean ports nitrate ex-portatlons ex-portatlons for June were only one-half of those for May BUENOS AIRES. Jul 7 Treaties between Argentine and Ecuador, en-esu en-esu la, and Colombia providing for compulsory arbitration of matters at issue between them have been approved ap-proved in the chamber of deputies here. SANTIAGO, Chile, July 7. Joe Valdes Cue. as former member of the cabinet, has been appointed minister plenipotentiary to head a special mission mis-sion to Spain, which will Invite King Alfonso and the royal family to attend i br celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the straits of Magellan This celebration will be held simultaneous!) in Santiago and Punta Arenas. LONDON, July 7. The government suffered a defeat in the house of lords when Karon Middieton's resolution strongly urging retrenchment in na-tiiiim! na-tiiiim! expenditure was adopted by a vote of to it. The resolution also demanded that th government appoint ap-point special commissioners empowered empower-ed to wind up existing di p.irtments for special war services, and reduce l- a normal level other Inflated estimates. PARIS, July 7 An exchange of ratification of the peace irat with Austria has been fixed for July 16 PARIS. Jui 7 The council of am- i: , ' r Mrs notified the Polish and Ciecho-Slovakla de'egntion that since no aereenient hn been reached by (hem to arbitrate the Teschen question a plebiscite In that region Will be held. PARIS, July 7. The government has assured the chamber of deputies thai $00,000 francs would be given to the ministry of liberated regions out of the twenty million frane propaganda propagan-da fund. It was pointed out that propaganda propa-ganda was particularly desirable in the United States to show the task ahead .Mid encourage "a new outburta f general solidarity with wounded I'rnmc." on |