BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ■ JAPANESE CRITICISM. (Received This Day at 12.20 p.m.) TOKIO, March 9 Commenting on Mr Harding’s inaugu- 1 ral address, the paper “Ivokumia Shimdun’’ says America must lie willing to make Some sacrifice on behalf of the princple of disarmament Mr Hardipg advocates, otherwise no power would ! accept, his suggestions. The newspapers generally are agreed concerning Yap, that Japan should insist on the mandate b ut make a concession relative to cable communication. REVOLUTION PROSPECTS. i (Received This Day at 12.29 p.m.* LONDON, March 9. Tom Skeyhill, cabled on the 2nd, thinks the counter revolution has been prematurely precipated and probably will bo unsuccessful, because food con stitutes power in Russia and the Bolsheviks hold food. Krondstadt can bo easily isolated and starved, similarly to petrograd. The Bolsheviks could bring up their mercenaries and exterminate the revolutionaries. Even if temporarily successful, the counter revolution only means that Russia would get out of the frying pan into the fire because the Whites are equally incapable as the Reds, of a constructive Government. It would merely mean the Balkanising of Russia. DELEGATION TO INDIA. (Received This °J 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 8. Plans for the delegation of the Empire Parliamentary Association, which is visiting India in November arc being completed. Ten British, six Australian, four New Zealanders, five South Africans, one Newfoundlander, and Canadians will lie chosen. INCREASED CABLE CHARGES. .Received this flay at 11.2./ a.m.) DELHI, March 9. Consequent on the falling exchange. Government-has increased the cable charges to Europe from one rupee two annas per word to one rupee four annas. Cables to'all other countries are enhanced on the same basis from Ist A pril. CHIEF JUSTICE CHANGE. UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 9. There has been another change regarding the Chief Justiceship. Owing to Sterndale’s refusal of a temporal' , appointment, Lord Reading has handed in his resignation. It is understood j Mr Hewart will he Chief Justice, Pol- | lock, Attorney General, and Leslie i Scott, Solicitor General. j AFRICAN CABINET. * reuter’s telegrams. ; ißeceived This T)«iy «it. Ih»i0 ji.ni.) CAPETOWN, March 9 Official.—The new Cabinet consists of j General Smuts, Prime Minister and ! Native Affairs; Malan, Mines and In- < dustries; Burton, Finance; Do Wet, Justice; Alontz, Defence; Sir Thomas Watt, Posts and Telegraphs and Public Works; Sir Smartt, Agriculture; .Logger, Railways; Duncan, Interior; Public Health and Education; Colonel Reitz, Lands. It is reported Sir Smartt will accompany General Smuts to the Dom iuions Conlerence. CUSTOMS CERTIFICATE. ; LONDON, -March 9. ‘ 'Hu* Customs Conference agreed noon ! a form of certificate of origin of invoice values, subject to reference to dominions and also recommended m extension of Commonwealth Customs icpresentation now existing between Britain and America to France. Italy and p* s sibly Switzerland. LABOUR PARTY’S HOPE. ;Received tnis (lav at 1390 m ‘ j LONDON. March 9. ; At the Labour Party dinner to Mr Storey, Premier of New South AA ales. Mr Clynes presiding, said he was hopeful that in the near future the Labour Party would succeed to power in Bri--1 tain. The temper of the people seemed to have altered, ns evidenced by the ' result of the recent three bye-elections. 1 Apparently they were becoming distrust--1 ful of Hon Lloyd George. COMMERCIAL. LONDON. March 9. 1 Exchange on Berlin is about 350 Owing to the poor demand, tallow sales are suspended until further notice. 1 Prices nominally are unchanged, tend--1 ing downwards.