MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1917, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

IN THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I LONDON, July 12. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour stated that Greco-Kalian nsgotia lions with a view of the Italians evacuating Epirus were progressingt He added that there was no under- ) standng whereby" in tho event of an i Allied victory, Belgium should obtain any territory in Europe beyond her original frontiers. ’ : Replying to a suggestion that there I should he a protest to Germany against the deportation of 3000 Belgian .girls from Antwerp and DRouifiania, Mr. Balfour said that no protest was likely to deter the Germans committing these atrocities which , were reprobated by the whole civilised : world. j Mr. Balfour gave an assurance that in any discussion of peace terms, the Allies would take into consideration the enemy’s exaction of money and goods from the occupied parts of France and Belgium. j DEPORTING LW.W. ; A BIG MOVEMENT. I [ AUSTRALIAN ct N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION j (Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) j NEfW YORK. July ia. | Thor 0 were unprecedented scenes at Bisbee, Arizona. Eleven hundred troublesomo agitators in a hundred cattle trucks were deported to Mexico. . The men were mostly strangers; who had. 1 fomented labour troubles and terrorised the workers for weeks. It culminated in Sheriff Wheeler calling out at midnight a meeting of citizens, when he enrolled two thousand deputies, and distributed revolvers, with orders not to shoot, except in self-de-fence. , At dawn the deputies swept down and reached the houses and rounded up the strangers in a park enclosure, where they wero kept till they were interned. Shots wore frequently exchanged, and two of the I.W.W. wero fatally shot. This is the beginning of a campaign to clear the country of German inspired plots to dislocate the industries. The I.W.W. have terrorism is rampant in many Western States. The situation is most critical.A STATUTORY TRIBUNAL. F “RF.UTER’s” HS.EGItAM.I LONDON, July 13. In the Commons, Hon. A. J. Balfour , announced that Government would adopt ft proposal for a statutory tribunal to deal with both soldiers and civilians. SIR E. CARSON. TO SUCCEED BONAR HAW. ("Received, This Dav at 8.50. a.m.) LONDON, July 13; ] The “Daily Telegraph’” says it is expected that Sir E. Carson will sueoeed Hon- A. Bonnr Law in the War Cabinet, relinquishing tho Adnaralfy. FRANCE’S DAY. / } TAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION’] 1 SYDNEY, July 13 Tho fine weather, excellent organise- i tio’n, enthusiastic public support and the £36,000 already.in hand combined to make France’s Day suceesssful beyond expectations. Whole sections of the city were given up to tho stalls and j there wero many varied attractions. ( There were thousands of lady collectors. Tho tricolour was everywhere. AX ABSURD REQUEST. MR BONAR LAW’S REFUSAL. :> LONDON, July 12. In the House oi Commons, Mr Boner Law declined to order an enquiry similar to those of the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia into the casualties oil the West Front since July Ist. Ho added that the commanders were as anxious as anyone to protect tho lives of the soldiers, A STEEL OFFER. WASHINGTON, July 12. As the. result of President Wilson’s speech tho steel concerns of the entire country have offerecl to turn over their plant to the Government at prices to be fixed later on the basis of patriotic profit. PEKIN SURROUNDED. TIENTSIN, July 12. A force of 60.000 Republican troops with 70 heavy guns are around Pekin rendering Chang Hsun’s escape impdssibflo. The Imperialists cite '.entrenching themselves in tho Forbidden City-