MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

<jjy Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

INDIAN TROUBLES

(Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 4. ‘ Bombay telegrams report the widespread nature of Indian risings is disclosed in the latest evidence before the Hunter Commission. Aty classes at Kaur, an aggregation of fortified hamlets thirty niiles southward from Lahore attacked Ithe British shouting “English - rule is ended.” They beat two English soldiers to death. Forty leaders of the uprising were given eighteen strokes. Gallows were erected in a public place, but were not used. Mobs at Guijlanwald, forty miles northward of Lahore burned 'the railway station and British aeroplanes bombed and machine gunned the towns and neighbouring villages, for two days, setting fire to various buildings. A similar outbreak is described at fourteen places the natives always beginning with the destruction of the railway upon which the frontier armies are depending. The military used armoured trains which machine gunned various villages. The traffic manager of the north western railway stated the system was paralysed for twenty days a'nd British rule seriously endangered.

PERMISSION REFUSED. r r.ovnrw times service—copyright] (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) BERLIN, Jan. 4. The newspaper “Tagleblatt” desired to re-establish its office in London, hut "the British Govlernment replied that at present it is not considered desirable that a German correspondent should reside in England. The Foreign Office authorities in Berlin interviewed, hint at the expulsion of English correspondents, unless the privileges are reciprocated,

A BIG AEROPLANE, ißeceived this day at 1.30 p.m.) BERLIN, Jan. 4. Fokker is building an aeroplane pable of carrying sixty passengers. Tho machine will weigh 30 thousand kilograms, and be equipped with six motors and attain a speed of 120 kilometres. It provides berths, sleeping and smoking rooms untler the planes,

IRISH DETECTION. ’7'- (Received this cky at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 4. Scotland Yard and Dublin authorities are co-operating in the development of a highly efficient secret service for Ireland- Pickpd detectives are engaged in a battle of wits with the Sinn FeinOPS and admittedly have ji marvellous intelligence system, The “Sunday Times” Dublin correspondent says well-known suspects are continually watched and their movements recorded in innumerable dossiers. Where photographs are not obtainable tlie detectives stalk their quarry' Patiently and secure snapshots. The only / handicap to the authorities is tlie absence of informers who were available in former times.

,T() HEM \N BOLSHEVIKS. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 4. 4P Garvin writing in the “Observer’* iSfys the effective hemming in of the | Bolsheviks is possible only by co-opeva- * tion of Japan and India on one side, ••-■ 'and Germany on the other. He suggests that the Allies secure Germany s as Ist a nee by offering modification of territorial and indemnity provisions or the Peace Treaty which are untenable. In any case it is futile to ; deny that Lenin and Trotsky are thorough lea - ers and have proved brilliant organisers and strategists who have utterly outmatched their opponents.

\ NTEW" government. LONDON, January 4. ■A Bolsheviks wreless gtates owing to ’‘defeats; 1 q freiy Government has been established at Dcniken’s headquarters with’ Genera) 'Romanoffsky replacing Denikeß;

TWO VILLAGES DESTROYED. MEXICO CITY, January 4. Two vilalges, Teocelo and Courtzlan were destroyed by the earthquake, with heavy casualties. AMERICAN PUSH. LONDON, January 5. American financiers are not awaiting the ratification of the Peace Treaty, but are busy in Germany, arranging credits, preparatory to a great trade pqsh,