BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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x. 4USTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABX,E ASSOCIATION, JAP EDITORS SUPPRESSED. . TOKIO, June 25. The editors of Japan “Advertiser” and several other newspapers have been suppressed for discussing the AngloL * Japanese Alliance„ negotiations, of which the Government had prohibited mention. MATCH COMBINE. ' (Received This Day at 8* a.m.) s STOCK HOLME, June 25. A Swedish match Company has been offered a monopoly of match manufacture in Russia and takjSs over all j Russian factories in return handing a c portion of the production of the So--11 viot. 1 MISSING SHIP’S MYSTERY. 1 WASHINGTON, June 24. The weather bureau has produced rc- > cords which apparently quash other de- [ pnrtments theories, that pirates or so- ' | viot agents are responsible for the dis- j ! appearance of, vessels. The records show i [ that during the period in which twenty i ships vanished, violent storms raged j in that part of the Atlantic. It is also < stand that wireless distress calls were I picked up from certain missing vessels, j However there, still arc some aspects! of the case which the weather depart- i meat cannot explain. | SOVIET CLAIMS. WASHINGTON June 25. The Bolshevist and buccaneering theory to account for the missing ships ! has reeived a great impetus from the receipt of an official report of the seizure of a. Cnxhaveti steamer by a Soviet, crew and its confiscation in the name of ( the Soviet Government Th.- si*7j> re- ' turned and the : iugE-ader wn« sentcnc- ! er.l bill ihe ship was retaken by another | Soviet crew, who were also .'apVttrftS and sentenced, : DM [HAL SIMS REPRIMANDED. (Received TL is Day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 25 Mr Denby has published his repri- , maud to Admiral Sims which reads “Tlie Department deplores the fart that it is necessary to reduce a flag officer ' publicly, but you have made su. ac- I tion unavoidable. The Department ex- ‘ presses strong unqualified disapproval * of your conduct in having again deliver- ' ed a highly improper speech in a fo- * rein country, and you are hereby pub- 1 licly reprimanded. Admiral Sims has forwarded a written memorandum to Mr Denby, stating bis London speech was inaccurately quoted. . ’ AMERICAN AFFAIRS, i WASHINGTON. June 25. Cabinet had a leiigthly discussion on domestic and Internationa] problems. The President attended the eonferene on the railway situation which has become acute. As a result of tbe Cabinet s| session and conference of middle west bankers, there will be a great effort to | n arouse the nation from its industrial | 1' depression. The railway problem must i be settled immediately and financiers i 11 have promised eo-operation at once to prevent the threatened transportation '-‘I breakdown. , 1 111

MEXICAN CLAIMS. (Received This Dnv at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 25. Mexico is reviewing claims to the possession of nine islands on the Californian coast, including Santa Barbara and Santa Catalina. One group. Farallones is within sight of the Golden Gate. United States occupancy is contested, but Mexico will not claim possession, desiring compensation instead to he applied against American claims for damages incurred in Mexico, AMERICAN AMBASSADOR WASHINGTON .Tunc ‘25. t . B. Warren, a Michigan lawyer and business man. and Republican campaign hauler, has been chosen as ambassador to Japan. TOKIO June 2.3. Japanese and Bolshevik forces clashed near Nikolaievak and there were several casualties. Bolsheviks occupied Okhotsk. DEPUT Y TION REFUSED. LONDON, jum* 25.

Dominion Premiers declined to receive a deputation of Irishwomen who sent each Premier a report concerning the sufferings of Irish women and children, reprisals on women and treatment of women prisoners. DROUGHT IN ENGLAND. CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Jim©. 25. A prolonged drought is causing a catastrophe, according to the Ministry of Agriculture reports. Farms and garden crops are everywhere suffering intensely and some will certainly fail. Root crops arc already ruined past redemption. Hay will he light hut cereals may he partly saved, if there is an abundant rainfall without delay. It is feared most of the corn is already seriously damaged and that straw must he short, while winter feeding is likely to be scarce. The worst sufferers are the fruit-growers. Autumn fruit is dropping from trees in immense quantities. The berries are small and are unlikely now to improve. London’s water is running short and the capital is declared to he within measurable distance of a, water famine. The chief engineer of the Water Board says the situation is most serious, and is likely to become alarming. He is already utilising the autumn reserves and pressure in the mains were reduced in May, and the supply cut down at night-time. The forecast points to drier weather still.