MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1917, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

(Per Press Association —Copyright)

BULGARIA’S DESIRE.

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LONDON, June 12.

Vienna advices states Radoslavoff interviewed said Bulgaria, will disclose her war aims when there is some pioopect of peace negotiations. Bulgaria will certainly demand Macedonia, which is already occupied, and Moravia Valley. There i s no reason why Bulgaria and Turkey should not be friends now the Macedonian problem is solved. The Bulgarian army is full of confidence and does not fear General Sarrail. CHINA’S PROBLEMS. WASHINGTON, June 12. Pekin advioes state the President has drawn up a mandate for dissolution of Parliament.. The Acting Premier Wung Fang refused to countersign it which-was n e c©s sar y to make it effective. , A dissolution would delay the declaration of war for six months. THE FOOD BILL. WASHINGTON, June 12. Th© Food Bill has been reported empowering the appointment of Mr. Hoover as administrator, with drastio pow ers.. It is believed that less than ten per cent-, of the men drafted will be exempted. The Senate and Judiciary Committee reported on a resoluton designed to amend the Constitution and permit na-tion-wide prohibition. THE SEAMEN’S DEMANDS. LONDON, June 12. Mr. Havelock Wilson states that seamen of the British ports refusS'to be satisfied with a written undertaking, and demand a special conference similar to that at Leeds, at which a public apology must bo tendered to the seamen Meanwhile tho Executive continue to move, believing that the neutral countries will join the Allies in demanding German reparation for submarine outrages. Mr Haoelock Wilson says that the seamen at Rotterdam at a great meeting upheld the British attitude for a special conference of the seamen of‘Norway, Sweden and Denmark to discuss ’the subject next week. This may pret tho German delegates travelling. British Seamen’s Union are taking action to secure a country-wide expression of Trade Union opinion on . Mr. Ramsay MacDonald’s mission. HASTENING PEACE. NEW YORK, June 12th. Tho New York Tribune’s London correspondent states that semi-official opinion is that President Wilson’s Note wil lresult in hastening peace. The recent political activities in Austria caused the belief that the Emperor is. more anxious for peace than the accomplishment of Germany’s war aims, though the Emperor i s working Austria into a position from which he will be able to enter uponuntrammelled newill result in hastening peace. PRESSED FOR CASH. ZURICH, June 12 German municipal finances are apparently in a desperate sta’ge and several towns are borrowing money from the Swiss hanks on extraordinarily hard terms. The towns have agreed to take loans in, marks at about seven-pence, undertaking to repay at the rate of over oneXshilling. SUBMARINE FAILURE. ROME, June 12. The German newspapers are permitted to speak of the failure of the submarine war. The “Deutsche Tage s Zeitung”. affirms that Germany cannot rely on tho submarines to secure the victory.

RUSSIAN ELECTIONS. PETROGRAD, June 12. The municipal elections are in'progress, the first free olcctinoa in Russian history by a universal direct secret vote. CHINA’S PROBLEMS. WASHINGTON, June 12. Pekin adviceß state that the President has drawn up a mandate for the dissolution of Parliament. The afctingPremior, Wuting Fang, refused to countersign it, which is necessary to make it effective. .A dissolution would delay a-, declaration of war for six months.

THE DELEGATES UPSET. [ “REUTER*'s” TELEGRAM.] LONDON, June 12. Messrs Mas Donald and Jowett have return© dto London. They have temporarily abandoned their efforts to leave (London. / Mr. H. Wilson states that the Seamen’s Union intend watching all ports till further notice.

LABOUR COMMISSION.

[“better's” telegram.] LONDON, June 12. Mr. Lloyd George addressing tho commissioners newly-appointed for the purpose of studying Labour unrest, announced that the Government had already started the most searching investigation of the question of the profiteering and the high prices of food, for which profiteering may be partly responsible. He hoped in a short time to make proposals which would substantially reduce tho cost of some of the necessaries of life The industrial machine had been working at exceptionally high pressure resulting in a good deal of overstrain, fatigue and irritation and the causes of disquiet. Th© efficiency of the industrial machine would be impaired unless the causes of unrest were removed. He hopd that the commissioners who wore to report in July, would thoroughly enquire into the food , grieveanoe an dinform tho Government whether the latter’s proposals were sufficient or whether more drastic measures would he necessary.