LATE WAR MEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1917, Page 1

LATE WAR MEWS.

(Per Press Association — Copyright).

MISCELI ANEOUS.

A . GERMAN DEXIA f.

COPENHAGEN August 1

Berlin officially' denies the “Times’” allegation/ of a meeting;, at Potsdam -on July Atfr 1914. It says neither t Uyn of aq any other time lias : spell a meeting been held. .

/TMUNITION -KXrTX)SJO>’. V ’ - . / . • LONDON., August 1. The IPless -Bureau reports that an explosion caused considerable damage in a, munition factory in South Wales. Six people were killed and three injured-;

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

LONDON, August 1

'l’bo Empire Producers’ Association has resolved that the Governniepi |hlist without delay give effect to the resolutions o ffehe Paris Conference of June 1916, and the-policy of Imperial preference outlined by the imperial Conference in March.

i.W.W. LEADER LYNCHED. VANCOUVER, Aug-. 1. Frank Little, a leading IAY-W----officer, has been lynched. CANADIAN CONSCRIPTION. OTTAWA, Aug. 1. Six new senators have been sworn hi the Upper House, ensuring a majority for the Compulsion Bill. ' ' \ . Cardinal IRgin, of Quebec, has miu- , afced opposiLion .(to oomsCription of divinity students', asserting it would be-a yiolation of the treaty assuring Canadian Catholics the free practice of itlieir felig'on, and would lead to a fatal religious discord. - HENDERSON'LIKELY TO RESIGN. LONDON, Aug. 1. The “Times” political correspondent says, the Hon. Henderson’s visit to Paris .with Ramsay MacDonald lias precipitated, a crisis in the (Labour Party. Heudeyson’s Ministerial colleagues anxiously await his re tutu. •The strongest will not follow him in his new fol e . There is a suggestion that liis resignation is tho qnnly solution. It adds that the Labour-policy has undergone a vital change slnto Henderson’s return' front Pefyograd. ... The “Times” says Henderson’s immediate ministerial resignation is expected.