BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

GABLE NEWS.

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BANK OF ENGLAND. LONDON, Majroh 27. The directors of the Bank of England are pursuing a policy of widening that institution’s sphere of influence. They have nominated a Canadian banker, Mr Edward Robert Peacock, to a vacancy on the hoard. The city welcomes this nomination of the first colonial director. . „ U.S. AND MESOPOTAMIA. WASHINGTON, March 28. It is undersood Mr Hughes shortly will favour America's reply to the British Mesopotamia note, firmly supporting her position that the United States has not surrendered any rights or privileges obtained through tlie Allied victory over Germany, and otherwise, reaffirming Mr Colby’s views in the previous note. It is not believed' there will be any serious controversy, but the new administration intends earnestly' to represent the United States attitude in these matters. i

BRITISH LABOUR PARTY

LONDON, March 28. j

At the Independent Labour Party Conference, Mr Ramsay Mac Donn said he thought that the adherents 1 the Left Wing had received instructioi from Moscow to remain within the Li hour Party in order to disrupt it. The Conference rejected a proposi for affiliation by 521 votes to 97. The Left Wing announced that the would consider their position. The present indications are that th Left Wing will secede. CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S MOTHER NEW YORK, March 28. Mrs Chaplin, mother of Charle Chaplin, the film actor, has been tern porarily detained by the Tmmigratioi officials on the ground that she i suffering from a mental disorder, bu she was permitted to proceed to Los Angeles with Charlie’s secretary, aftei bonds were furnished. It is said Mr; Chaplin is suffering from shell-short due to air raids in England. Charles took up negotiations with Washington more than two years ago to obtain permission to bring his mother to Los Angeles, and declared he would gladly spend his entire fortune i! he could cure her disease. ENQUIRY’S FINDING. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.in.) LONDON. March 29. The Court of Enquiry into the 51 allow shooting, finds the railwaymen were not inhumanely treated nor fired on, as cabled on February 10th. The remainder of the allegations made in the Commons, cabled on February 15th. were not borne out by evidence. WRANGEL’S FORCES TO RE DISARMED. LONDON, March 20. Constantinople and the Allies have demanded complete disarmament of General Wrangel’s Army, which is now at Gallipoli. SUGAR REFINING. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 29. Schmidt, a'Danish chemist in Java, devised a cane sugar refining process substituting comminuted charcoal for lime in purifying the juice, one treatment resulting in clear syrup ready for evaporation into pure sugar. Ihe process is continuous. Charcoal is obtained from combustion and Alteration of refuse. The new simplified process greatly increases the yield.

AMERICAN TRADE MOVE

(Received This Ray at 8.30 am.) WASHINGTON, March 29. • ft is understood that United States is planning a commercial offensive in the Far East with the object of building up the trans-Pacific trade as an offset against 'losses in Europe and South America. The projecated programme includes the establishment of a new steamship line from both Pacific and Atlantic ports to the Far East. The campaign is to include heavy American investments in Australasia, Straits Settlements, China and Japan.