BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 April 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

| AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. . „ A NOTABLE DIVORCE. LONDON, April 18. Lady George Cholmondely, who was Mrs Stirling, concerned in the Atherton suit and Northland divorce, has now divorced her husband. Mrs Stirling was acting with the Gaiety Company when she married Lord Cholmondeley. - t THE MONROE DOCTRINE. * NEW YORK, April 19. President Harding, speaking on the occasion of the unveiling of a statue of 0 Bolivar, the South American patriot, said: “The history of the Monroe Doctrine proves that we never intended it to he applied selfishly. The history of the last decade must convince all the world that wo stand willing to fight, if necessary, to protect these continents and their democracies from oppression and tyranny. No American State has succumbed to the temptation to fall under that militaristic ",) system which finally brought about the great war. I feel that we Americans, North and South, are entitled to hold our democracies which come as light into a world of international relations, and will show us the way out of the world’s present troubles.” ANGLICAN CALL FROM MELBOURNE. ' NEW YORK, Aprl 19. The Australian Press Association com- - municated with Archbishop Cody, who expressed pleasure at receiving a call --S-. to Melbourne, -but hesitated to comment on the matter since he had not yet decided whether to accept. Archbishop Cody, speaking at Hamilton, Ontario, to-night, declared that he would announce his decision on April 24th. SHIPBUILDING SLUMP-. 1 LONDON, April 19. The present'shipping slump is regarded as the worst in living memory. Thero have been approximately nine hundred British vessels, aggregating over a tonnage of two millions, driven to anchor by the industrial stagnation and dissention. A London City authority declares that ships to-day are unworkable and unsaleable, and are being given away with a pound of tea. The shipbuilding centres have been hit hard.

Recently a Japanese vessel of four thousand tons was sold for £IO,OOO. Last year this ship was withdrawn from auction at £32,000, while earlier her owners refused £90.000.

KAISER-IN’S BURIAL. BERLIN, April 19. A party of officers, with lowered swords, awaited the arrival of the exKaiserin’s remains at the Wild Park station, near Potsdam. The coffin was completely covered by wreaths, presented at stations en route. An all-night vigil over the remains was kept by officers of regiments of which the ex-Kai-serin was an honorary colonel. A great procession, including uniformed officers and privates, followed the cortege on the final journey to Potsdam, where enormous crowds of visitors gathered to pay a last tribute to the deceased. HOSTILITY TO BOLSHEVIKS. DELHI, April 19. Advices from Russian Turkestan ' state the Afghan Mullahs are preaching against Bolshevism, declaring it the .worst enemy of Islamism, advising Afghan subjects to refrain from co-opera-tion with the Bolsheviks. The Mullahs in Afghanistan itself have recently shown themselves suspicious of Bolshevik intrigues. AFGHAN MOVEMENT EXPLAINED. LONDON, April 19. The “Times” correspondent at Constantinople reports that an Afghan diplomatic mission has arrived at An-

gora. The leader is Ihmen Khan. He is delivering anti-British speeches. These are being widely published.

In an interview he stated that it was the duty of the entire Islamic world to assist the Nationalists as allies. Afghanistan, lie said, had not concluded any entente with England, who was daily finding it a more difficult thing to, cope with the Indian revolution. Afghanistan, lie' said, had unsheathed! the sword in the defence of her independence, and only when this purpose was attained would she return the sword to its scabbard. The correspondent declares that the pan-Islamic fever is also raging now with unprecedented violence in Anatolia, and anti-British propaganda there continues unabated. The propaganda has now turned also against the Italians, as a result of the alleged change in policy. The Nationalists are displaying a threatening and truculent attitude. It is reported from Nationalist sources that the Angora Council has

nominated Sheik Ahmed Elsenussi as a candidate for the throne of Mesopotamia. He has gone to Mosul. GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. CAPETOWN, April 19 The report of the Commission which inquired into the question of the future form of Government for the late German possessions in South-west Africa, recommends first, the establishment of a temporary advisory council, and afterwards that they be granted full repre- . sentatioh as a province of the South African Union; but not until the population includes ten thousand British subjects of European descent. The opinion is expressed that any intermediate form of Government would foster the aspirations entertained by the German population of the development into a State independent of the Union. The report recommends that every German adult male be proclaimed a British subject, unless within a year he declines to aeeept citizenship.