GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1920, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

I AUSTUAIiIAN & n.z. cable association] A ROYAL WELCOME. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, October 9. The King and Queen and Princess Mary, Queen Alexandra, have returned to London to welcome the Prince pf Wales on Monday. His brothers Will greet him at Portsmouth. A JAP VIEW. TOKIO, Oct. 8. Baron Koto in a speech said Japan should be condemned forever if it consents to the conclusion of a treaty Which will please anti-Japanese agitators in America. A WILFUL SINKING. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, October 9. The Board of Trade enquiry into the loss of the Glendalough, near Belfast Lough has delivered judgment at Cardiff. The Court found it was due to the wilful* act of Captain Plummer acting in concert with William James Jones, the owner, wliq insured the vessel for sixty thonsand pounds though the value, including the ipargo >vas only seventeen thousand. “Jones recklessly and wickedly gambled pot only for money, font in % !? ves °f men -” Hq was ordered to pay the costs of the enquiry, namely £2,500. plumper’s certificate was cancelled. The evidence is being forwarded to the public prosecutor with a view to bringing the alleged criminals to justice. ~A GERMAN’S CONFESSION (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, October 11 Lloyd’s Sunday News publishes a confession by John Hahn, a British born son of Germans released afier serving sixty three months in Portland prison. He was tried with Karl Frederick Muller at Old Bailey early in June 1915 on a charge .of espionage. Muller was executed on 23rd. Juno in the Tower of London. The Judges adopted Hahn’s plea that he was Mu I ler’s toolN Halm described liow, after tlip shop was wrecked by a. mob, l*o was faced with starvation, and was caught in Muller’s not. Muller spied on the Grand Fleet and reported the situation on the East Coast, leading up to bombardments. He asked Hahn to report on the number and size of guns turned out from Woolwich arsenal weekly. Since his release, Hahn has started a small business ip the country under an assumed name. A COMING MARRIAGE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 9. The approaching marriage is announced of the Master of Kinloss with Katherine Jackman daughter of a village blacksmith at Stowe. WARNING TO GERMANY. PARTS. October 9 The Ambassador’s conference has warned Germany that any further delay beyond the tenth of October for reducing her military forces in East Prussia would be refused. GERMAN BUDGET DEFICIT. BERLIN, October 9. The German Budget for 1920 shows a deficit of (37,700 million marks. Repatriation 'requires tjvpnty-five thousand million marks. The cost of the army of occupation is no less than fifteen thousand jpillion piarl.es> ZEPPELIN LINERS. ’ LONDON, Oct. 8. The first of two commercial Zeppelins will be ready for a flight across the Atlantic early in the new year. They are described as air liners, capable of carrying 500 persons. The initial fares are expected to range from from £IOO to £l5O, but later are expected to be lowered tq £6O. The Zjeppelip Company expresses the opinion that big air liners, with reasonable patr.opage should Memand a fare much in excess of that of a first-class steamship, and that furthermore the flight from London to New York should average only 48 hours.

EGYPTIAN REFORM. PARIS, Oct. 9. An Egyptian delegation is h,er©, snd is bound for England. They state Egypt will certainly accept a new constitution. though the delegation would, suggest alterations in certain details. JAPAN’S HOLD ON KOREA. TOKIO, Oct. 9. It is announced that Japan is malting plans to send additional troops to Manchurian towns near Korea. This is claimed to be due to bandit raids, which terrorise'the population. It is reported Chinese residents in the affected districts are disappointed at an of protection which .Chinese I troops and police are furnishing, and desire Japanese troops. ( SHIPS TO CARRY WHEAT • " LONDON, Oct. 9. The Baltic Exchange reports five sailing ships have been chartered for the carriage of Australian wheat at 120 s a tenBRITISH METALS. LONDON, Oct. 8. Lead imports during September jvere 16,872 tons, of which 9,160 camp from Australia. The exports totalled 7,866 tons. The strength of the price ot standard copper is attributed to the smallness pf stocks and consequent npm vousness of operators.

BRITAIN AND FRANCE. LONDON, Oct. 8. It is stated that the difference between Britain and France regarding the Geneva Conference is that Britain is in favour of an Allied Council being summoned to discuss with German delegates tho indemnity proposals, but Franco is said to bo unwilling to meet German delegates pn an equality. France also desires to limit any proceedings af Geneva to a meeting of financial experts from the Allied Repatriation Commission to draw up a preliminary plan regarding the indemnity for submission to the respective Allied Governments, The R-itish methods, it is claimed, would accelerate a settlement of the indemnity problem. The “Daily phronicle” says:—lt was a sharp surprise for the British Government to find President Millcrand has changed his views since the'Spa Con ference. He wished for a special meeting of the Reparations Commission to be held at Paris, instead of a joint commission of the Allies and Germans sitting at Geneva. Hie Government of Belgium supports France’s view. America strongly hacks up tlie British view. Britain might consider, the idea of a previous meeting of the Reparations Commission, but only as a preliminary to a Geneva Conference. The “Morning Post” Paris correspondent says:—The French view is that the Germans hope to gain concessions at the Genova. Conference. They hope to induce the Allied leaders to consent to modifications of the Peace Treaty, is not,.empowered to grant concessions. D is understood the French reply to Lord Curzon will insist upon a meeting of the Reparations Commission, but a compromise may be arranged when M. de la Croix meets Mr Lloyd George short Jy. 1