MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1918, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.]

RBN DA LL’S CHARGES

LONDON, May S

Sir Thomas MacKenzie, replying to Mr Randall’s charges, said that only twelve inquiries had been made at his Department over a period of twelve months for information about soldiers, and in every ease foil information was given. -

.JAPAN’S DETERMINATION.

TO STICK TO ALLIES

f AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

& RSUTER.'j

(Received this clay at 1.20 a.m.,) LONDON, April S

'The Press Bureau states Baron Goto Premier of Japan,, lias sent a message to the British Ambassador at Tokio saying lie has been charged with, the duties of Foreign Affairs, owing to the regrettable illness and consequent retirement of .Baron Motono. I need hardly assure you of Japan unswerving determination to stand by the AugloJbtpane.se Alliance, sharing my preIdt cessor’s implicit faith in the jinn'l ! victory for the common cause. I li. 1 pioud of being association with van in the great task before us. Mr Greene replying, welcomed Japan’s assuranqe. Britain always regarded and will continue to regard file Anglo-Japanese Alliance as the corner ‘■tone in the relations uniting the two countries. v

AM LB JOA NS TOOK PART. NEW YORK, May 8. The “Sun” says that the Americans took part in the Zeebrugge raid. A BIG ORDER. WASHINGTON, May 8. Senator Kenyon introduce! a resolution providing the cancellation of all French debts to America for the war credits, including interest thereon, lie declared: “I believe such action is fa.v ourcd.by the American people.”,

WHEAT SUPPLIES. [Australian & n.z. cable association & REUTER.] NEi WYORK, May 8.~ The Chicago visible wheat supplies east of the Rockies is 5,776,000 bushels. CAUCASIAN ATTITUDE. ' ' 'Received, This Dav at 8.50. a.m.) ’ . PARTS ATay !). The. President of the Union of , Georgians of Caucasus announces that the Georgians refuse the Brest Litovsk Treaty and are determined to resist to desperation, the German-Tnrkish invasion and to make any sacrifice in order to block the road to Baghdad and India. The Georgians will never suffer the German yoke. They favour a great Slav federation.

[■“REGTErV’ TELEGRAM.] LONDON May 9. An communication from Vienna, points out that Austria receives six hundred square kilometres south of C/.eniowitz, and Hungary five thousand square kilometres of mountain land as war damages. She primarily relies on the Edunianiipi destruction wrought in Transylvania. for justification of this annexation.

OFF TO SWEDEN. (Received This Day at 9.50. a.m.) BUENOS AYRES May 8. v Count Litxburg, aceoni]ianied by the German Minister to Peru, and Charge tl’Affairs for Uruguay have sailed for Sn'eden. SHIP BUILDING. . /Received This Dav at. 9.50 aim."; WASHINGTON May ,8. } Mr. Hurley made a statement that the American Shipbuilding bill for the year 1918-10 would he 2,223 million dollars. The shipbuilding estimates include general construction, 1386 million dollars; plants 652 millions. The figures show an increase of 800 million over the original estimates.

AMERICAN WHEAT. Received, this day at 8 45 a.m'. WASHINGTON. May Btli. The Agricultural Department forecasts the winter wheat yield will, he 572 million bushels, compared with 418 millions, last year. The authorities have discovered a Count Bernstorff code, whereby he directed thousands of messages that are now decipherable. A SPY ARRESTED. LONDON, May Oth. A German submarine recently landed a spy on the Irish Coast. The spy was arrested.