BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

'CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LORD SALISBURY. - LONDON, June 20. Lord Salisbury has issued a letter in which he stated that the Coalition Government no longer possess the Unionist Party’s confidence. Lord Salisbury remarks: —Although we are proud to follow many of the Coalitionists in other political cdhnections, the Government has shown vacillation, has been unsuccessful in its foreign policy, has been mishandling the domestic crisis, and also Ireland. These have lately estranged public opinion and it is the duty of every Unionist elector to inform his member in the House of Commons that the latter has no further obligation to the Coalition. FAMOUS U BOAT’S FATE. I PARIS, tyne 20. | It is now anounced that the notori ious German submarine Deutschland j (the first U boat to cross the Atlantic), , was shelled and sunk by a French battleship outside Clierbourge. | BRITISH BYE-ELECTION. i LONDON, June 18. i At Hertford a bye-election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr Pemberton Billing resulted:— Admiral Sueter A.. 12,329 Sir Hildred Carlile (Coali.) ~ 5,543 1 This is regarded as another triumph for the anti-waste party, i ' j WRANGEL’S ARMY. ! LONDON, June 18. Messages from Gallipoli state Wran- ! gel.’s army is exasperated at France ? s { withdrawal of all assistance and threatens to exterminate the * French force, which are therefore being reinforced. CAN GERMANY PAY? BERLIN, June 17. Sir R. McKenna’s recent speech has aroused the keenest interest. Some newspapers interpret it as an adminsion fo Germany’s inability to pay the reparations. Others consider it as a diabolical plan to check Germany’s industrial power. THE LEIPZIG TRIALS. BRUSSELS, June 18. M. Vandervelde, Minister of Justice replying to a question in the Chamber said the acquittal of Randohr at Leip- , zig was a scandalous denial of justice. Tli e Belgian Government protested to the German Government against his acquittal. PROSECUTION OF CIVIL SERVANTS. WASHINGTON, June 20. In the past there has been some ■doubt as to whether the Finance Act made compulsory tfo, prosecution of all public servants guilty of misappropriation of public moneys. Sir F. Bell (Acting Prime Minister) in a speech to the Public Service Conference, made it quite clear that this point had been settled quite definitely. Prosecutions will follow' in all such cases.

NEW SETTLEMENT REPORTED. PARIS, June 20. if. Brfand, Premier of France, and Lord Curzon fully discussed during the week-end the position in the Near East. They agreed to submit a Note to Greece demanding her desistanee from her projected offensive against the Turks in Asia Minor, so as to enable France, Britain and Italy to mediate. It was also decided that Stnvrna should be given to Turkey. Eastern Thrace will now probably be granted autonomy, instead of going to Greece. Turkish rights in Thrace are being guaranteed. Italy concurs in the decisions. • ANTI-BRITISH DEMONSTRATION. BY TURKISH PARLIAMENT. LONDON, June 20. The “Morning Post’s” Constantinople correspondent states: A party of released Turkish prisoners from Malta have arrived. This has resulted in a further anti-British demonstration in the Angora Turkish Parliament over the treatment of the prisoners. Shereif Bey, a former prisoner, and the Vice-President of the -Principal Parliamentary group, made an inflammatory speech. He alleged that the Turks were.brutally treated and starved at Malta. He is'proposing that! the British prisoners in Turkey be not released till the late Turkish prisoners are handed over. ENGINEERS ATTITUDE. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. The Engineering trade workers at Barrow passed a resolution pledging resistance to the proposed reduction of wages and instructed the executives of tho unions concerned to take any action necessary to assist the miners In the fight to maintain a decent standard of living. AMERICAN ATTITUDE. » (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 20. The State Department has indicated that Government is not interested in the election of Americans to the International Court of Justice. The League Council’s action in this connection will not influence the administration in any way. ANGLO-JAP TREATY. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) HONOLULU, June 20. A Tokio despatch to the newspape,. “Nippo Jiji,” staes Britain has sent a note to the Japanese Foreign Office, proposing an extension of the AngloJapanese Alliance for three months from July Ist. * -