MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ) EARL BEATTY’S APPEAL. LONDON, January 4. Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty First Sea 'Lord, in an interview, sait ! that owing to the reduction of nava /personnel 20,000 'long service nava: | Imen, who had fought gallantly in I the war were now unemployed and suf- , fering distress in spite of their pensions. | Earl Beatty gave details of the brave deeds of several men whose families were practically starving. He pointed out that skilled mechanics, electrician and engineers were handicapped in seeking employment by the Trades Union bar regarding apprenticeship. He suggested that this bar should not be applied to them, and appealed to employers to give_ discharged naval men an opportunity of earning their living. THEATRE DISPUTE SETTLED. LONDON, January 4. fl]hei theatrical dispute has been settled.

AMERICAN LOANS. COPENHAGEN, January 4. A New York banker interviewed in Berlin said Austria and Germany would share largely in the proposed big loans for Europe for which America’s official sanction was not needed. It was a case of business men lending for business purposes. The money would be useable for the purchase of food and raw materials.

RAIDS ON POLICE BARRACKS. LONDON, January 4

Unknown raid ere blew up the police barracks at Barrigtohill (near Queenstown), gassed the occupants, and stole £65 in cash.

Another party fired into the police barracks at Carriznnvar (near Cork). The occupants bad a narrow escape. A later message states that sensational details of the Carrigtohill outrage have been received. It is estimated that a hundred or more Sinn Feiners were concerned They converged upon the village on bicycles and in motor cars. The police were just able to communicate with Cork before the telephone wires were cut. The Sian Feiners commenied by firing volleys into the barracks. Six policemen replied, shooting into the darkness. The results are unknown. The Sinn Feiners were, able to place explosives on end of the barracks, and blew in the wall. They rushed across the debris and captured and handcuffed the defenders.

They then held council to decide whether the police should be shot forthwith, but finally decided that they should not, as they had made a bra.ve defence, ' The Sinn Feiners decamped with their loot just as armed reinforcements arrived from Cork. The latter released ithe handcuffed police, but no arrests wore made.

LIFE IN EXILE. A GERMAN PICTURE. LONDON, Jan. 5. The “Berliner Tageblatt” describes the ex-Kaiser in exile as much altered. The trembling in his right arm and leg has greatly increased, and now dominates the ex-Kaiser’s whole frame.

In appearance be grows stouter, though die eats ver little. He speaks slowly, in striking contrast to Lis old vivacity, and he only wakes tip when old memories recall the dead past.

Often in the midst of a conversation his face becomes blank, and his- gaze wanders, though sometimes when his good spirits are aroused, he freely shows his old decision ; but he no longer desires to return to Germany. He gards the Germans as lost, and believes that he has been deceived, betrayed, and deserted by his people and his advisers.

SIR JOHN MONASH’S DEFINITION LONDON, Jan. 4.

Lieut-General Sir John Monash, G.C.M.G., K.C.R., V.R., Commander of the Arpiy Corps in France, writing ip thp “Sunday Times,” says:— “There has been much stupied comment regarding the discipline of the Australians because the purpose of discipline has been misunderstood. Discipline is only a means to the end of securing coordinated notion for the achievement of a definite purpose. It does not mean lip service, obsequious homage to superiors, servile obedience to forms and customs, nor the suppression of individuality. Modern war makes high demands upon the intelligence and the initiative of the private soldier, and any method of training which suppresses, individuality will reduce efficiency. The Australian Army is proof that individualism is the best, not the worst, foundation on which to build collective discipline.”

FLOODS IN FR ANCE. PARIS, Jan. 4. The floods arte receding in France. The Seine river has now ceased rising in the upper valleys hut the streets in the outskirts of Paris are still submerged to a depth of two feet and boats have to lie used for the relief oft the populace. CASHIER’S HAUL. ROME, Jan. 4. A mesage from Trieste states that d’Annunzio’s cashier has fled with £4O 000 sterling.