MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(By 'vhjcir.c 'leiegrapn-—Copyright) MESSAGE TO MOSLEM INDIA. DELHI, May' 14. The Viceroy in a message to Moslem India, regarding the Turkish peace, states the decision of the Supreme Council in respect to peace with Turkey was reached after careful anxious consideration of the representation of Moslems of all countries. Government is issuing with a summary of tho terms, a statement explaining the principles of the decision and the reasons for them. After thanking the' Moslems for tlieir war service it states although the terms are in full accordance, with the highest prnciple.s applied to peace, settlements with other enemies, they include terms, which, he fears, must he painful to all Moslems. He, concludes ■ that he is a confident the new treaty will quickly result in a renewal of friendship between 1 Turkey, and Britain, and that Turkey regenerated full of hope and strength will stand forth as in the past, a pillar ol 'lslamicfaith.

AMERICANS IN JAPAN. TOKIO, May 16. Great crowds welcomed the American banker, Vanderlip, and prominent American publicists on their arrival at Osaka. -The visitors delivered spec‘‘ms asking Japan to join hands with United States in destroying militarism, and fostering democracy.

3 A FIA XESE ELECTION’S. NEW YORK, May 1-7. 'flic Japanese consul General has tvpeived advices stating the general elections in Japan on tenth of May resulted in the overwhelming victory, for Sara and Seyukai party. Universal sulf•;tge was decisively defeated.

JOAN OF ARC. LONDON, May 16.. Sixty cardinals, four hundred Bishops and twenty-five thousand French pilgrims including 120 members of Parliament participated .in the impressive ceremony of the canonisation of Joan of Arc at St Peter’s, Rome. Scores of women swooned owing to the heat and fumes of incense. Pageants and commemoration services were held at Notre Dame, Paris, and Westminster Cathedral, London. PALESTINE OUTRAGES. CAIRO, May 16. A typical story of native outrages shows Syria. Mcticaßls tribe attacked three Christian villages in Upper Galilee because they had not paid the money demanded. They looted and burned the dwellings, churches and monastry, and mercilessly slaughtered the villar'csc. The most favoured method was to tie a coat over the head of the victim whom they would drench with petrol and set on fire. Nine women were killed in one town.

AIRMAN’S CRASH. CALCUTTA, ' May 16Ranza, while flying from Rome to Tokio, crashed and his machine was smashed. The aviator was slightly jured-M-YRiCONI’S DISCOVERIES. LONDON, May 17. Sioiior Marconi has arrived at Rome. He lias completed the first half of the Electra’s trip. He states he heard nothing from Mars. The mysterious signals had ceased. His discoveries include a. new wireless compass, which Will emit wireless warnings. CHINESE STRIKE. (Received this day at 10.35 a.m.l SHANGHAI, May 17. Three million Chinese students who rebelled on April Tlth. against the Pchin military Government’s direct negotiations with Japan regarding the Shantung settlement, have returned to their duties, and the strike is at an end, owing to the failure of support from crafts and unions. A wave of patriotism has swept over the country. COAL SHORTAGE. ADELAIDE, This Day. A deputation of coal consumers asking the Premier to make a move to relieve the coal shortage caused by the shortage of shipping on the Coast, stated the Gas . Coy. lias supplies for only six days, and if the Railway Department had. not made, special arrangements to procure coal, all public seivices and industrial concerns would have been paralysed. The Premier promised action.