MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1918, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[PER CRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] BUTTER CARGOES. LONDON. January 25. Two Australian butter cargos have arrived, allowing another distribution, on Btli Jan. of application consisting of equal proporions of butter and margarine. WAR PROGRESS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.

Mi - . Baker announces that he. intends to address the Senate Committee, detailing America’s war progress.

OUTSPOKEN IBERT. AMSTERDAM January 25. 'Fhe “Yowaerts” reports that Ibert addressing the Reichstag Main Committee, violently condemned the suppression of the paper for criticising Hoffmer, and reporting the general strike of which all the world was aware. Ibert added that the Gorman proletariat would salute the strikers. Labour must convince the German workers, where necessary to use their power to combat fully all efforts designed to prevent an early peace based on conciliation and right.

THE ATTITUDE OF JAPAN. TOKIO January 25. Teraugh in a speech, says that Japan 'holds responsible for the. maintenance of peace in the far East. If this is endangered she will not hesitate to take proper measures. He observed wit hanxiety that the infernal disorders in Russia threaten peace in the Far East. Japan’s relations with Britain and the Allies was constantl v strengthening.

SPANISH DISORDERS. , MADRID, Jan. 26. There are fresh disorders at Barcelona. The Government announced that it is determined to crush agitation.

MARTIAL LAW. MADRID, Jan. 26. Martial law is proclaimed in Barcelona owing to the strikes and disorders irising out of the high prices of food.

A BRITISH PROTEST. HELSINGFORS, Jan. 26. The British Consul has protested to the Senate against acts of violence and robberies of Britishers in Finland. The Senate sent an ultimatum to the Russian Government to cease supplying arms to Finnish hooligans, who were committing excesses, assisted by Russian soldiery. Otherwise, a state of war would he proclaimed atelv.

A WONDERFUL RECORD. LONDON January 26. Only two thousand casualties of troop <s afloat have be e n recorded since the beginning of the war. Approximately eleven million troops were carried overseas without a oi&sualty.

SHTPBftILDING TNCREASES

LONDON January 26.

'Fhe Admiralty has issued a diagram showing that the slijpbilding output of March, 1016 was increased fourfold j bv September, 1917, and sevenfold by j December 1917. j

THE MOST URGENT NEED. LONDON January 25 In the House of Commons Sir A. Geddes winding up the debate' said the Government intended to make the utmost possible uses of the Home forces for Agriculture and similar purposes. 'Fhe most anxious problem Tor the moment was not supplying. men for the army, hut the production of tonnage transport, agriculture, distribution of food. DEBATE TN THE COMMONS. LONDON, January, 26. Sir A. Geddes in the House of Commons said they emphatically refused to negotiate with the Engineers separately. He said that others negoGating for a comb-out. opposed a hole and corner conference. All the unions, participated in the 1916 agreement. !