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Show BRITISH TO EVACUATE BATUM ON BLACK SEA i LONDON, June 16. The British are about to evacuate tho Black sea port of Batum, according to the Daily Mall, which says the two thousand soldiers there are to be removed to Constantinople Constan-tinople on British warships within a fortnight Their safety, it declares, has been endangered by the recent overthrow of tho Azerbaijan government govern-ment and the seizure of Baku by the bol3hevikl. Belief is expressed by the nowspa-paper nowspa-paper that an additional reason for the evacuation is the recent treaty between Georgia and soviet Russia, whereby tho latter rccosnized Georgia's right to Batuni. oo Tho pa?sengcD rate by airplane between be-tween London and Paris is $60, and n chargo of 50 cents a pound Is made for freight. i 1 1 i r-r- ii i 1 1 1 1 1 1 i m |