GERMAN ARMY BILLS.
. 4 SOCIALIST OPPOSITION PAILS. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright, (Rec. May 11, 5.5 p.m.) Berlin, May 11. The Reichstag has carried the second reading of the Army Bill and the Supplementary Estimntes against the Socialists' rotes. g-i— r ",, e.'mi«i .17u« Kiam is one of the few countries tfhicli boasts of a corps of women police. The members of this Amazon guard are all old and.ugly. They wear a uiiforin, though they are not armed. Their chiuf duty is to uct ns gatekeepers of the inner. or women's, palace at Bangkok. They follow any stranger who enters the palace and remain with him until he takes his departure. They see that there is no mischief done, and that no one makes love to the Royal wives and Court ladies. The palace has some difficulty lin recruiting these guards, as the work is hard and the pay poor. ___
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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147GERMAN ARMY BILLS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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