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Show oo WAR RUMORS CAUSE BOOM IN DIAMONDS LONDON, Nov. 11. The present boom in diamonds in Lngland ls at-trlhuted at-trlhuted partly to recent rumors of war In th. Near East. Experts in the trade na that this phenornenon lhas been notice,! before, and that when Ipolltlcal Iroubles are brewing the busl-Inesi busl-Inesi In diamonds revives. Not only 'in London ls this activity noticeable, but n Antwerp also diamonds have been changing bunds in large numbers, num-bers, somewhat similarly to the trade which occurred at the time, of the first Russian revolution. Another reason given for tho diamond dia-mond activity ls that new fields are being opened, rough diamonds arc-coming arc-coming to hand In larger iiuantltles. and customers want not only the finest sort, but also smaller stones for clus- |