MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

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NAVY FOR BLACK SEA. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) MALTA, January 19. ; British warships have sailed for the Black Sea.

GOLD CURRENCY CHARGES. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON January 16. Seven arrests were made in London comprising a barrister, goldminer, two diamond dealers, a contractor, a money lender and the goldminer’s wife and all were charged at Bow Street in connection with the illegal use of gold currency The police followed the woman carrying a heavy, bag and found it contained twenty seven hundred sovereigns, and another of the accused was found carrying eighteen hundred. They were remanded.

THE RESERVATIONS. (Received this dav at 9.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 16. Mr Bryan has advised that if a compromise is not obtainable, the Democrats should, withdraw from the Senate and permit the Republicans to pass the Treaty with Mr Lodge’s reservations, thus solving the problem. Meanwhile the Republicans and Democrats are continuing their conferences with the hopes of arriving shortly at a complete compromise.

GOVERNOR OF WESTRALIA. LONDON, Jan. 19

Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania succeeds Sir Elleson McCartney as Governor of Western Australia. IN MIDDLE EAST. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, January 16.

The “Daily Telegraph’s” correspondent, as a result of a personal tour in central and eastern Europe expresses the opinion that Roomania is faced with a. famine. Practically no wheat has yet been sown, though the seed should be in the ground early in December. Not ten per cent of the maize land has yet been ploughed. The new class of peasant proprietors are responsible for the delay. The peasants harvested enough of the 1919 crop for their personal use, and left the rest to rot arguing that they had been exploited by the townsfolk for centuries and were not going to support the rest of the community any longer. There is unrest in Bessarabia owing to Roumanian exactions and misgovernment. As Bessarabia adjoins Odessa, and Ukraine both of which arc under the sway of Bolshevism, an eruption in Bessarabia is imminent. (Serbian men have developed a distaste'for manual labour as a result of war, but land is fairly well cultivated by the women, whom the men have not allowed to come infected with the male ideas regarding work. A shortage of food is likely in Serbia, but not a famine, if Dalmatia, is fed from overseas. Bulgarian agricultural labour is so scarce that the Government is considering the possibility of forced agricultural labour, based on the principle of no work no food. There is much sympathy for Bolshevism among the masses and the governing classes are occupied with political feuds and intrigues. Indeed throughout central and eastern Efirope, the upper classes are behaving with disgusting extravagance and reckless disregard for their countries’ future.

HUNGARIAN TREATY. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) PARTS, Jan. 16. The Hungarian Treaty has been presented. It allows a fortnight for observations. TRAFFIC IN CURRENCY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 16. Observing extensive withdrawals of gold from the ißank of England, dining recent months by persons insisting on their legal right to receive gold for bank notes, the bank authorities instituted enquiries, which resulted to-day in the simultaneous arrest of seven persons by a. large number of police operating in various parts of London. They will be charged with utilising the gold currency for illegal purposes. The present commercial value of gold shows a profit of 28s per ounce of unmelted sovereigns. It is estimated the gang’s withdrawal from the Bank of England for the last few months was over one hundred thousand sterling.

WASHED OVERBOARD. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) y LONDON, Jan. 16. It transpires that six persons were washed overboard from the Ostend mail boat, cabled on the 13th. TSINGTAU. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) TOKIO, Jan. 16. Cabinet is inclined to favour Uchides plan for an international settlement at Tsingtau, replacing the military Government by means of a transitory administration. Oliata, Japanese Minister to China, has been instructed to confer with the Peking Government. AAULRICA’S NAVY.

(Received This Day at 9.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON January 16. Mr Daniels is claiming that no organisation in the world’s history did a better job than the American Navy during the war. The demanded that the Senate Committee investigate thojroughljy Admit I 'a I -Sims allegations, otherwise the Navy Department would appoint its own board of investigation. 'The Senate Committee agreed to Mr Daniel’s proposals. (Received This Dav at 3 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Admiral Koontz, Chief of the Naval Operations, recommended to the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives, a. naval force of 6389 ships. He j suggested the reorganisation of the 1 existing naval forces retaining seventeen dreadnoughts, thirteen pre-dread--1 noughts ,eight armoured cruisers, eight 1 cen"cruisers, fourteen gunboats, 299 destroyers, - tenders, 55 submarine chasers, 36 mine sweepers. He pointed out it would require a personnel of Jl,000 to keep the foregoing force ready fdr sea on a basis of 65 per cent. com. element Tt is estimated that the naval appropriation for 1921 will be 575 million dollars.