MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1918, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[pee press association.—copyright.] GENERALISSIMO RESIGNS. [LONDON TIMES SERVICE COPYJB-lOBtJ LONDON, Mjay 26'. A‘ Shanghai correspondent states that ■Sun Yat Sen has resigned the post of Generalissimo of the so-called Constitutional Military Government, owing to the chaotic struggle between the numerous military leaders for supremacy. CHINESE INSURGENTS. London, May 26. The correspondents in all . provinces tell a monotonous tale of petty warfare and brigandage. Even the,' Tibetans have risen and are besieging Chiambo. The contending sides in China are. so honeycombed with intrigue and dissension that anything like being centralised nnd authorised is rapidly dissolving into a series of petty predatory baronies. EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATIONS. [ AUSTRALIAN ifc N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION ifc RECTER.] 'LONDON, May 26. Empire Day was observed in London generally. The Union Jack was displayed in all public and many private buildings. Seven hundred thousand school children assembled at the respective schools were addressed on the duties of citizenship. The King and Queen attended a patriotic gathering at Albert Hall. Special services were held in the principal churches. A DUCAL VISIT. LONDON, May 26. The Duke of C-onnaught ( accompanied by Lieutenant-General Sir William Pultenev, the Earl of Pembroke, Montgomery, and party left for Washington to visit President Wilson. The Dukh of Connaught- interviewed said the American troops were taking a magnificent part in the great- battle on the Western m Front.