GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1920, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

, f AUSTRALIAN £ N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION | JAPAN At A KING PEACE. (Rpccivpd this day at 9.30 a.m.) -WASHfWfW, May* 11. Japan has begun to niake peacq with the Bolsheviks in Siberia. Arrangements are concluded arranging for the wijtljdrawal of twenty thousand Japanese troops froju yin,divostock which may pave the way to a cpinpieig Japanese evacuation of glborio.

SOLDIER HONORED

(Received this day at 9.1)0 a.m.) OTTAWA. May 11

S General Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian i Army Commander-in-Chief in Prance has accepted the principalship of McGill University. AMERICAN NAVY AND WAR. (Received This Day at 10.35 a.m.l WASHINGTON, April 11. Mr Daniels disclosed secret .instructions to the Navy delivered aboard the >Atlanfie Wept on -11th. August 1917. • Mr Wilson ordered officers to throw traJ dition to the wind and strike the word “prudent,” out of their vocabularies, to act, audaciously to the utmost point ol risk and during. Alluding to the British Admiralty statements that certain things had never been dope, Mr WijsQii pointed out that it was just the reason why the American Navy ought to attempt. Then Mr Wilson referring ‘o the submarine menace said he was willing (to sacrifice half .the American and -British Navies, if they only could dcs. troy the German hornets nest. Mr Wilson announced his willingness 'to place himself at the disposal of any , officer of the Navy, who,'could show him how the war*was to he won. Mr Wilson concluded —Without disparagement of other navies, that he hoped tilings would begin to happen when the American Navy began to fight. j

fill’ Daniels asserted Admiral Sims, and the British Admiralty combined, delayed the North Sea mine barrage for six months. Sims attempted to give the impression that the plan originated from Britain, whereas the Navy Department ought to get credit.

rebellion successful. (Received tliis day at 10.35 a.m.) MEXICO CITY, May 11. i I'he revolutionists have conquered the whole of Mexico with the exception of : the outlying districts. jO’Bregon has ( granted safety to Carranza, although Carranza before his flight, signed O.’Bregan’s death warrant. j WOOL - PROFITS. MELBOURNE, This Day. It is understood the British Government is distributing £6,000,000, among Australian wool growers in September, on account of profits accruing at the London sales.