MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16434, 30 January 1919, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

' 1 (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) The Greek occupation of Turkish Thrace continues. It is estimated that the war expenditure of Great Britain is now £4,000,000 daily. H.M.A.S. Australia fa re-fitting at Portsmouth, and will probably sail for Australia in May. The London insurance companies are alarmed at the increase in burglaries, which are now five times the- previous daily average. A Washington message says that the House Immigration Committee approved of legislation prohibiting immigration for four years after the war. It is reported from London that the Irish Government is asking for the release of Irish prisoners interned in England. Two Japanese cruisers and twelve destroyers are visiting London. The sailors are participating in conducted tours to favourite sights. The Finnish Government learns that France intends to propose the recognition of the independence of Finland. England has already assented. The battle-cruiser New Zealand is proceeding to India. She will stay there for a month and thdn sail for Australia, arriving at Fremantle in May. Buenos Ayres telegrams say that fourteen hundred prisoners, charged with Bolshevist activities, are on board a cruiser awaiting deportation. The majority are Russian Jews. The South African Government refused to issue passports to Generals de Wet and Groebber, two delegates selected by tlie recent Nationalist Conference to proceed to England to urge tho Nationalist claims. It is reported that .—o GovernorGeneral of the Philippines is returning to Washington to press for the ratification of tho plan to give independence to the Philippines. He expects to obtain President Wilson's support. A Viennna message states that under pressure from the authorities, the Russian War Prisoners' Commission, which was recently mostly occupied in disseminating Bolshevist propaganda, has left the country. Some of the leaders were arrested in Prague and Budapest at the request of the Commanders of tho Entente troops.