MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

\ AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.

THE OIL EXPLOITERS

LONDON, April 30

The United States has sent a Note to Holland, pointing out that the United States is vitally interested in obtaining the recognition of the principle of mutual or reciprocal accessibility to vital natural resources by American nationals along with the nn tionals of other .countries, believing that this is the solution of the future oil problems of the world. The Note adds that the United States is carrying the burden of supplying a large part of* the world's oils, and that Dutch capital has free access to American oil depositsfi save on public lands, where it is provided that similar privileges must be given to American citizens abroad. The United States therefore reminds the Netherlands that American capital is ready to assist in the development or the Djambi fields in the East Indies, and that a new Dutch company, with foreign capital other than American capi tal, is about to undertake the exploitation of Djambi. Tho Note concludes: “The United States is aware that the laws of th 1 East Indies prohibit a foreign company ns such, from developing the oil deposits.”

A PEACE TREATY ACT. VIENNA, April 29. As the time approaches for the delivery of West Hungary, over to Austria, tho Hungarian Government is making, it plain that it is not willing to fulfill this condition of the Treaty of Trianon. Colonel Lehar has been chosen to play the part that "'D’Annunzio assumed at Fiume and he will try to prevent Austria from faking possession of the oountry. FASOISTI COUP FAILS. ROME, April 29. The Fascisti coup has collapsed, and order at Flume has been restored. PRINCE’S VISIT TO INDIA. LONDON, April 30. It is announced that the precise da o of the Prince of Wales visit to India has not been fixed yet. It is expected to be announced by Lord Montagu luring the.lndia budget debate. The risk probably will take place about the end of June, or at the beginning of July. JAPANESE POLICY. YAP AND SIBERIA. TOKIO, April 28. Baron Kato, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, interviewed, declared that while Yap was a weighty matter, a solution of the question could not be expected from Mr Hara’s Government. Japan could never bear to he robbed of the mandate, which was properly accorded to her.

Baron Kato said ho believed America was bringing pressure to bear over Yap, because she disliked the Japanese activities in Siberia, and because America over-estimated Japan’s power .

The newspaper “Nichi Nichi Shimbun,” states that the Government has agreed to withdraw from Siberia m principle, but the Foreign Office has disagreed concerning the proper time tor withdrawal.