MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1918, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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RAILWAYMEX STRIKE. LONDON ,Sept. 22

The Pekin correspondent of the New York “Times” states there is a strike on Chinese! railways, which continues. Engineers had to be forced 'at the bayonet point to man trains between Harbin and Vladivostock to maintain military connections. Horvath is conferring with other offieals with a view to establishing a hew railway administration.

CHINA’S NEW PRESIDENT. ' LONDON, Sept. 22nd,

Tho “Now York Times” Pekin correspondent states: Hsnh Slii Chang, the President Elect, is assiduously work ing for ponce with the South. The indications are that ho will succeed.

ENEMY DIFFERENCES. (Received This Day at 9.25 n.m.) ZURICH, September 2,5. Swiss Socialist newspapers report serious differences between South German politicians and the Prussian Dictators. UNSUPPORTED REPORTS. (Received This Day at 9.15 a.m.) ZURICH, September 23. Tlie “Schweiz Democrate’’ reports that an enraged Bavarian commander attempted to attack Hindenburg and German deserters say |tihe Bavarian Prince unsuccessfully tried to shoot General Hindenburg.

ALIEN CONFERENCE. (Received This Dav at 9.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, September 23. Czeeho-Slovaks. Jugo-Slavs and Poles held a conference here and agreed on behalf of the oppressed nations of Aus-tria-Hungary to submit to Mr Wilson a plan whereby a new central body shall be formed for the protection of the interests of these nationalists

against the furtherance of Gorman aims. Tho immediate object is to suppress Germany’s propaganda in United States, aiming at the creation of a split amongst the Polos. SOCIALIST MISSION. (Rp< 1 TM.' >»-• «• IM.tn . --- 1 NEW YORK, September 23. The American Socialist Mission that lias been to Europe has arrived at an Atlantic port. It states that, the announcement of Mr Wilson’s democratic aims stiffened llio British Labour’s morale, and prevented the adoption ol a defeative resolution at the British Labour Conference. There is a noticeable decay of defeative sentiment amongst- the Allies.