MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1917, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

KAISER AND TSAR. BERNE, Setp. 7th

Tho ‘Vossisch Zeitung” officially confirms the accuracy of the Kaiser-Tsar correspondence and adds: ‘ ‘Tho Kaiser acted aftor consultation with the Chancellor and the Foreign Minister.”

IRISH PRODUCERS ACTION. LONDON September 7. The Irish butter and bacon producers are refusing to do business on the Food Controller’s prices.

HOSPITAL SHIPS. (Reuter 1 b Telegrams.! MADRID, September lb Tho Foreign Minister has announced that King Alfonso has obtained from the belligenonts an agreement permitting the free circulation of AngloFrench hospital ships in the Moditranean and Atlantic as far north as the English Channel.

DRIFTING MINES. COPENHAGEN, September 0. Thousands of mines are drifting on the west coast of Norway and shipping on .several of tho coast i-outcs has been stoppod.

AEROPLANE SERVICE. STOCKOLM September 10. A banker has offered four million kroner to establish an aeroplane route between Sweden and Germany. Aeroplane stations are being established at Stockholm, Malmoe, and Gothenberg.

CHINESE BLACK LlS'!’. (Received This Dav at 12.25. p.in.l PEKIN, Sept. 10 The authorities have put on the “Black List” many German residents, for attempting and instigating crime:, in the past few months. A SCTTIEDMANN INTERVIEW. (Reeoived This Dav at- 12.25. p.m.l NEW YORK, September 10. Tho United Press publishes a Berlin interview with Herr. Sohiedinnnn, who states Mr. Wilson can bring immediate peace if ho acts in support of his words. Further bloodshed, is unecossnrr, if America accepts Germany’s assurance, that she will democratize herself within a generation. The interview is interpreted as indicating that Scliiedmann is still the tool of the Militarist 'Junkers.

Ais OTHER PEACE FEELER

IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS

(Received This Day at 10.15. a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 10. A report circulated among diplomats in Washington purporting to he the German peace terms, is attracting considerable interest. It includes the restoration of Belgium, Northern France, Serbia, and Itoumanin, to be paid for by the sale of German colonies to Britain. Alsace and Lorraine to bo independent states.. Disarmament and international police-

Freedom of the seas with Britain irontrolling the English Channel until the Dover-Calais tunnel is constructed. Tho report is generally regarded as a feeler.

SUBMARINE INTERNED. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) MADRID, September 10. A German submarine which entered Cadiz harbour owing to lack of lubricant has been intemol.