BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOUlAtflOi*.' UNITED STATES' ANT) CDMiMbtA,' WASHINGTON, April 2& . The Senate voted, the,ratification’ .At the treaty with Columbia, whereundrir United States will pay $25,000,G0f? iff settlement of the differences arising' out of the United States position in the Canal zone. 1903 special canal privileges were also accorded Columbia, by a vote of 69 to 19. * i BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED. /,ONWnV Apri) 2L _ In the House of Commons, lit. l nori * MncNamara announced that there’ riTe* 1,677,000 unemployed workers now registered as idle at the British Labour Ex-change. He added that there are also 964,000 additional idle workers receiving doles because they are working short tme. VEHICLE WORKERS USE FORCE. (■Received this day at 11.30 h.m.) LONDON, April 21 The rank and file of the Vehicle : Workers Union seized the transport j house unions central office, turned out the officials and decided .to carry on work in accordance with their own wishes. The action is the outcolnc ot protest meetings held in London, oii the ground that officials refused to carry out members mandates and had been secretly discussing matters referring to a reducction of wages, without notifying members. UPPER SILESIA. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) | PARIS April 21. i The “Petit Journal” says Hon. Uoyd George arid M. Brand will discuss the question of Upper Silesia during the weekend. It understands in the eVerrti of Poland receiving the industrial rii'ead Germany will demand that -Poland furnish a portion of the reparations, according to the district’s wealth. A TURK’S APPEAL. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, April 22. Pierr Loto appeals to England rto assist iii exterminating the Turks who are a toval brave race, by supplying money arid munitions id Greeks, WALT, STREET EXPLOSION, (Received This Day at 8.30' a.m.; NEW YORK, April 22. Chief Flynn of the Secret Service', ms arrested an Italian Tito Liiigio ct ’ittsburg. This probably marks at{ irtl- ? lortant step in the solution of the Wall Street explosion. Two persoris have identified Jriiigio ari the' driver of the ; .vaargon Containing the explosives', YAp am? WAR/ • (Received This Day at 8.30 ti.iS.j NEW YORK, April 22.^ Mr Daniels in a speech at Memphis, Tennessee pointed out that America r>ould not surrender Yap cables, even , : f it should mean war with Japan, though that was hardly possible. America would sacrifice every principle for whioh she fought in the war if she allowed one nation to control that single spot. He added that he did not believe the reports that Japan, during the next few years, would double her navy. He concluded —It would ruin Japan and brings a diet of corn bread to America, for nations to enter upon competitive battleship building at this time.

FEELING THE PINCH. (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, April 91. A surprise discovery of a coal seant under a clay pit near Bristol will yield sufficient to prevent the closing down of large works. > I'll ere is considerable distress in Northumberland and! Durham. Tho Lord Mayor of Neweastle-on-Tyne is inaugurating relief measures for hungry children. Bristol Trade Union Council are distributing 2'- weekly for each miners’ child. Durham Federation, by ninety-five per cent favoured a continuance of the strike until a a- national wages pool is extended. Two thirds of south Wales enginemen have decided to oppose the miners demands for a withdrawal of safety men, FARMERS’ POSITION. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 21. The National Farmers’ Union has adopted a resolution asking Congress to appoint « Commission to determine what is wrong wth agriculture, and to correct the eviE. It is stated that agriculture is suffering peculiarly from the present situation the farmers receiving small returns and their cooperative organisation being attacked.

THE COLOR LINE. LONDON, April! 21j. With reference to London reports regarding Brisbane seamen’s protest against the inclusion of Chinese and Japanese in the union, the Australian press learns that British Sailors’ Union possesses no colour bar rule, but though they have admitted a few Japanese, they always excluded Chinese on the grounds that it would be unfair to accept a subscription when the Unions’ policy was consistently aimed at the exclusion of Chinese from British ships.