MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

! (By Eleotric Telegraph—Copyright.) f AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]

I TIIE REASON WHY. j PARIS, June 26. i It is learned from an authoritative source, that when the armistice was arranged, Britain asked for the surrenj tier of the German ships. The French ■ and Americans favoured internment, in a | neutral port. Marshal Foeli urged that the armistice be arranged without delay pointing out that the asking of the surrender of the ships might cause a delay with the consequent great dnily loss of life. The British realised there was a reason in the arguments | and accepted the compromise to intern them at a British port.

| COTTON STRIKE SETTLED i LONDON, June 24. 1 i The Cotton strike has been settled on the basis of a forty-eight hour week ' and thirty per cent increase in wages. ROCK FELLER FOUNDATION, j NEW YORK, June 26. Rockfeller Foundation announces it has spent 22,500.000 dollars on war work and among the projects undertaken in 1918 were a campaign against tuberculosis in France, co-operating for improved public health in Australia in connection with hookworm research. „ DE VALERA’S AIM. I NEW YORK, June 26. Mr. Do Valera, the Irish Republican President’s Secretary has announced that the purpose of Mr De Valera’s present visit to the United States is to float a bond issue for the benefit of the Irish Republic. j