BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AN INDIAN PROPOSAL. - (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m ) i_ DETLHI, May 7. I Kaya Ali who recently asked Gandhi to stop non-co-operation temporarily t _ to give the new Viceroy a chance, has j. given notice of a resolution which he !S proposes to move at the next session of , e the Council of State—That a confern ence, attended by members of political thought, including leaders of the nonr co-operation movement should be con- [. vened early, under the Presidency of the Viceroy, with a view to a free disq cusison of political questions, and that . no resolutions be adopted by - the Conference and no minutes kept. A FRONTIER FIREBRAND. REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. i Baceived'Tins Day at 9.45 a.m.) ! DELHI, May 7. ; Maji Abdurrazac, a notorious fire- , brand to whose influence the tion of resistance by the Waziristan h tribesmen is largely attributed, has issued a formal desclaration describing himself as head of the Independent country of Waziristan, and supported by Ministers duly elected by the people He expresses the intention to carry on i the war till the British Government is 1 driven out of Waziristan. Tribesmen excepting Mahsuds and Waziris, are practically ignoring these and other fanatical agitators. Their chief concern at present is the severe drought on the frontier and eastern Afghanistan. FISHERMEN STRIKE. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 8. Hundreds of the Firth of Forth trawlermen have struck against the proposed reduction of 121 per cent in wages. A fish famine is threatened, failing a speedy settlement. HELP FOR AUSTRIA. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) VIENNA, May 8 It is understood that at the request of the League of Nations Finance Committee, Government proposes to seek a * credit from the Entente of five hundred million francs secured mainly on a six \ per cent mortgage op all private land and property. Government will also provide for an uncovered deficit of | seventeen thousand million kroner by interval loans. It is estimated it will require 21 years to reconstruct Austrian finances. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. STOCKHOLM May 8. Parliament lias abolished capital punishment. f b GERMAN VOLUNTEERS. J <Received this day at 11.25 h.ihj BERLIN, May 8. Thousands of German volunteers are c< forming detachments in Upper Silesia a,rid have already met with some 1 success near Ratibor driving the Poles OI across the Oder. ni

POLISH REQUEST. WARSAW, May 8. The Polish Government lias prohibited volunteering for servic# in Silesia has appealed to the Allies to hasten a settlement of the question, under the Versailles Treaty.