HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16420, 14 January 1919, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

• BOLSHEVISM IN SIBERIA. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) TIENTSIN, January 10. Strong Bolshevist activity is roported at various points on the Siberian railway. GERMAN MARAUDERS. BRUSSELS, January 10. A number of German soldiers, disguised in khaki, held uj) householders at Gladbach, and an adjacent village, robbing them of a considerable amount of money. In one case £1500 was taken. Sixteen have been arrosted. SOCIALIST CONFERENCE. LONDON, January 10. Owing to the withdrawal of Mr J. R. Clynes, Mr Will Thorne, and Mr Bowerman (who refused to meet Bolshevists), the British Trade Union delogates to the Lausanne Conference will be Mr J. H. Thomas, Mr T. Greenall, and Miss Bondfield. MONTENEGRIN AFFAIRS. ROME, January 10. The Montenegrin Consulate states that the Montenegrins started an insurrection on January 3rd, expelling the Jugo-Slavs. SIR GEORGE REID'S WILL. LONDON, January 10. Sir George Rcid's will has bean proved at £8340 gross, and £7713 net personalty. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. NEW YORK, January 12. Twenty people were killed and 48 injured in a railroad accident at Batavia, New York State. PADEREWSKi WOUNDED. VIENNA, January 12. As a result of a Bolshevist plot a person entered Padorewski's room in his hotel and fired at him, wounding him slightly. Some arrests have been made. BREACHES OF LAWS OF WAR. LONDON, 9. The British committee which is reviewing the enemy's breaches of the laws of war has investigated 100,000 cases of ill-treatment, and has still to consider 150,000. WATERSIDERS' OUT. NEW YORK, January 11. The marine strike has not yet been settled. TO PARIS BY AIR. LONDON, January 10. The Right Hon. A. Boaar Law will fly to France on Saturday. Mr Lloyd George declined to make the trip by aeroplane.