MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ) JAPS STOP IMMIGRATION INTO MEXICO. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) TOKIO, Jan. 24. Viscount Ucliida, in a speech in the House of Peers, said the Government was prohibiting immigration to Mexico in accordance with the understanding with, the 'United States, reached in 1918. The prohibition of emigration of Japanese women to the United States is in the interests of Japan, not United' States.

lAN HAMILTON RETIRES. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, January 26. Sir lan Hamilton, has retired from the Army. RHODES SCHOLARS. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 22. The Rhodes Trustees announce that owing to the increased cost of living, £3OO a year is. no longer sufficient to cover the expenses, and holders of scholarships must he prepared to contribute £SO annually.

MOULDERS STRIKE ENDING. ENORMOUS LOSS OF WAGES. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 22. It is believed the moulders strike is settled in the Midlands, in favour of a resumption and in the north of England there were even better returns, than in the second ballot. The moulders loss in wages amounted to three and a half millions. Another seven millions were lost through unemployment in a short time, in Allied trades.

PAISLEY 'BYE-ELECTION. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 22. Hon. H. Asquith opens his campaign at Paisley on Monday. It is expected that polling will tak|e place in the second week in February. LEVER BROS., LTD. (Received This Dav at 0.25 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 26. Lever Bros., Ltd., are acquiring the whole of the ordinary shares in the Niger Coy. at 130 s. the deal involving £8,125,000.

ISSUE OF SHARES. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 26. The Orient Steamship Coy. is issuing 69,492 deferred £5 shares at par. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. (Received This Day at 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 26. ' Mrs Redmond claims £12,000 from Dublin City on account of her husband’s assassination.

KOREAN PLOT, (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) TIENTSIN, Jan. 26. An extensive plot has been discovered to dynamite the. barracks in Korea, in which 20,000 Japanese \yere accommodated. The plot i s not calculated to assist the movement for Korean independency.

GENERAL MAURICE’S VIEWS. (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON. Jan. 23. General Maurice, in the “Daily News” sajys a clear policy for dealing with Bolshevsim is essential at present. We had Hon. Lloyd George, Hon Churchill’s and Lord French’s policies. The three won’t, mix. The dread of a Bolshevik eruption into Western Eurbpo led M. Clemenceau to adopt a policy of a barbed wire fence, hut the! fence was flushed too far and Poland and other Republics took the opportunity to peg out new claims. This must be stopped. Bolsheviks within two months can overwhelm Poland-and if this happens, the position will he appallingly serious. While the territory of Soviet Russia is exposed to invasion the Nationalists feeling will he intense, hut this will decline if Russia bp giypn cloth jug and machinery. The great mass of Russians wants peace,

SPLIT IN CABINET. (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 23. Although there Is no evidence that Hon W. Churchill contemnlates his resignation, indeed it is stated in p<J't : cal circles that he and Hon. Lloyd George have composed their differences, the “British Weekly,” which has lw"» considered to be in close touch with Hon Lloyd George says:—“We are so suro that Hon Lloyd George and Hon W. Churchill are at variance in elemental, vital and fundamental issues,, that we wish to see Hon. W. Churchill out of the Cabinet, or at least out of the

War Office. He has a driving force, hut he must not drive us over a precipice.” CONFIDENCE IN FRENCH PREMIER. (Received this dav at. 1.30 p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 23.

M. Millerand had a promising reception in the Chamber. A vote of confidence was carried by 272 votes to 23, hut 240 deputies refrained from voting. The debate was stormy and confused. Claudets, son of the novelist, accused Steeg, Minister of Interior, with being a traitor and associate of Maloey. VATICAN ALARMKP. ROME, Jan. 23. The Vatican is receiving alarming reports of the attitude of Gzecho-Slovak priests towards the Church ot Romo. Three thousand Bohemian priests recent ] y sided and the movement is spreading in Poland and Jugo-Shvvin where priest clubs arc formed.