MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1918, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

i GERMAN MILLIONAIRE INTERNED. (Reuter’s Telegram.) ' (Received this day at 1.20 a.m.,) NEW YORK, February 25. Eugene Schwerdt, a millionaire wool merchant, has been arrested on a charge of being a German agent. He has been interned. It is stated that he conspired to corner all the wool in America for Germany. He holds six , hundred thousand pounds worth of j wool, which is stored in Washington, i I (Received this day at 1.20 a.m.,) j LONDON February 25 j Tin is £314/10/- to £314/5/-' . Silver 1 !- rationing day. (Received this day at 1.90 a.m.,) LONDON February 25. Rationing Day was introduced with novel scenes in the restaurant and hotels. The majority adopted the system of exchanging vouchers for meat, with coupons, especially for fish. There was a great demand for vegetarian dishes. IRELAND’S CONDITION. LONDOIN February 25. In the Commons, Hon A. Bonar Law said the corfdition of part of Ireland was under Cabinet’s consideration. He was unable to make a statement regarding the measures for strengthening the Executive’s hands. A DENIAL. LONDON February 25./ Hon. Bonar Law denied that Germany had officially suggested giving up poison gas. He added that such a suggestion may merely be a blind. SUPPLY OF FLAN. (Received This Day at 12.30. a.m.) LONDON February 25. The Press Bureau says Lord Stanley, has appointed a Comtmittec including Lord Colvyn as Chairman, Sir Andrew Fisher, and Sir T. Mackenzie to investigate the increasing of the supply of flax for the Empire.

GERMANY WILLING. TO DISCUSS MR WILSON’S TERMS (United Service Telegrams.) (Received This Day, at 12.55. a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. 'ln the Reichstag, Herr Hertling agreed to- a peace discussable on Ihe basis of Mr Wilson’s principles, cabled on the 11th, if the Entente accepts. SINKING SUPER-SUBMARINES. ACCOUNT BY MB! HURD. (Received,'This Dav at B..‘if) a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. Mr Archibald Hurd writes:—We have sunk more than a few German cruiser-submarines. Each represents a severe loss to Germany, owing to the size and extended period required in building. They are driven on the surface by steam, giving an eighteen knot speed, and are equipped with telescopic funnels, which disappear into the hull before submersion. They ajre armed with s .ft guns. It is doubtful if a high-,, er surface speed and increased gunpower would compensate for the necessary corollary—a hugher target and slower submergance,.

- ROUMANIA’S MINISTER. (Renter’s Telegrams.l (Received this day at 1-20 a.tn.,) LONDON February 25. The Roumanian Minister in Britain has deplarted fqr Rumania. The Press Bureau reports than lie becomes Foreign Minister. HIDDEN FOODSTUFFS.. • ißeceiml This Day at 11,25. a.m.) BERNE, Feb. 26. Eighty million kronen worth of foodstuffs, withheld from the rationing, wore found concealed in various warehouses in Budapest. SOCIALIST SENTENCED. (Received This Dnv at 11.25. a.m.) BERNE, Feb. 26. Advices from Stettin state the secretary of the local Socialist League was courtnmrtialled and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for attempted treason during the strike.