MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1918, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

rAUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] A 'RAILWAY CATASTROPHE. COPENHAGEN. Oct. 2. A wash-away derailed a train and caused a disaster at Alai nice. The wreckage caught lire. Three hundred wore killed, including fifty children. PR O-G ER MAN TSAI ALLEG ET>. WASHINGTON, Oct, 2. The State Department is conducting an inquiry into allegations of pro-Gei-manism made against American officials in Guatemala City. Grave charges are preferred. REPRISALS FOR VANDALISAt. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. The State Department are considering as to sending an ultimatum to Germany regarding wanton destruction in French towns. It is suggested that the Allies should hold German cities definitely accountable whenever they are in a position to enforce punishment. ROr At AN IA N DEVELOPMENTS. LONDON, Oct. 2.

In Roumanian quarters there is elation at the opportunity of liberating the country from German tyranny. .Most interesting developments are expected. The Allied command is now occupying the necessary points of strategic importance as the armistice provided. The Dubrudja province and the Coiistan/,a railway are receiving special attention. , ~ Northward of Constants the railway in the Dohrudja is under a condominium of Austro-Germnns, Rulgars and Turks, hut the territory south of t U railway was ceded to Bulgaria by the Bucharest Treaty, which the Allies non have not recognised. CUTTER LOST. 188 DROWNED. Received, this day at 8.45 a.m NEW YORK, October 3. The United States coastguard cutter Tompa ha s been lost off the English coast, 118 aboard being drowned. TRAIN ACCIDENT. NEW YORK, October 3. Twenty workmen were killed at Cleveland, many were injured when an express train dashed into a crown of men waiting on the track for a work tram.