BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

„/ AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AN AFGHAN MOVE. DISCOUNTENACED A YEAR'AGO. & % reuter’s telegrajis(Recflived This Day at 8.30 »> m.) H DELHI, May 14. The Vernacular • paper at Simla recently published articles regarding the visit of an Afghan spy to India a year ago, alleging the spy first saw Pundit Malaviya and afterwards All Brothers and Gandhi. Ali Brothers and Gandhi have issued an emphatic denial. Malaviya who is a prominent Nationalist leader but an opponent of non-coopera-tion, states the Afghan came to him at Benares about a and said he had been sent by leading Afghans who with the Amir, were watching the Indians fight against the British Government sympathetically. The - ? ) ans were willing to come to the Indians help, but wanted to know how far they could rely on Hindu support. Malaviya replied that ,he thought the Indians line many grievances against the British Government, yet if Afghans invaded India, he believed every Hindu, and flic bulk of Mohammedan and every Indian State would array themselves on the side of Government to 'epeltheimmers, who would be easily defeated. Therefore he advised the men who sent him to abandon the idea of "'arand on invasion of India which would be a national folly and a crime on the pa it of the Afghan Government.

INDIAN FRONTIER. reuter’s telegrams. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) DEItHI, May 14 • ‘ The position ion the frontiei is practically unchanged. There ha. been n slight falling off in nods oiving n. the intense heat and the tendency of the tribesmen to migrate to cooler, better watered regions. The recent recrudescence of convoy attacks is due o a shortage of food and r propaganda; also the anxiety of tnb-s----xnen to secure supplies before moving to the higher hills for the summer. The Wazirs are still active, but General Matherson is taking every precaution to keep them in check.

RESULT OF AURORA

(Received This Day at 9.45 a.m ) NEW YORK, May 15 Violent earth currents, due to ihe Aurora Borealis, have crippled the telegraphic service throughout the country.

POSITION IN SILESIA. REGRETTABLE CON DITION S. (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. The “Daily Chronicle” correspondent in Upper Silesia says if anything can shock the conscience of Europe, the state of this province should. It is true that the Polish insurgents halted at the Korfnnty line, hut trained armed Germn volunteers are massing on the other side of the line. A relentless civil war is a dire possibility. British officers are shamed by the fact that they cannot keep their promises to the districts where they have been quartered. They had pledged the towns that Britain would protect them against any assailants. • Rebels have severed communication with the outside world, upon which the industrial districts depend. The miners have not _ received their wages. Germany will not send money ns she knows it would be seized by the rebels. Food is also failing. Meanwhile the rebel leaders have seized the castles of Silesian nobility and are living there in luxury. AMERICAN ATTITUDE.

.'Received Tliis Day nt 8.30 a.m.) % WASHINGTON, May 15. In responsible quarters it is said that United States will not participate in deliberations concerning the Silesian botindary settlement, which is regarded as purely a European matter. Officials are interested in the Llovd GeorgeBriand clash. The American position npprently inclines towards the British viewpoint, favouring a territorial settlement in accordance with the plebiscite.