BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

■ CABLE news,.

, ITIRTUMJAN and N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. J MINERS TROUBLE. ! (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) 1 LONDON, June 25. i The miners anticiate Government will ■ compensate for the abandonment ot the national pool, by a condition reinstating the ten million offer. It is believed in ! other circles that this question will be ! allowed to obstruct a. permanent settle- ! ment. He announced* a treaty had | been signed with Afghanistan. | CONFERENCE DISCUSSIONS. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 26. It is understood a good deal of the foreign policy discussion at the Conference centred round Bolshevism and Russian possiblities, in spite of tbe bitter propaganda of extremists, which is ' now being countered.' The Treaty of ! London was frequently mentioned. Tlie ’ New Hebrides Condominium question j is beginning to attract attention. Feeling hardening against joint control. Opinion favours the administration by I oiie country. Some consider the most j reasonable, solution would he to treat the Islands similarly to mandate territory. Franco might be persuaded to I surrender her interests in consideration j of an equivalent elsewhere, or a finan- ! eial arrangement. Then probably control would pass to Australia. The official discussion has not taken place, but -the matter is likely to he j considered before Ministers separate. A proposal that each Dominion be per- | manently represented at the Foreign j Office had a mixed reception. This and Canada’s determination to have an am- j hassador at Washington is regarded by j a m.i-Hgjuy til Prime Ministers as an in- j dieatiou for a like development, crent- j ing highly paid posts and adding to tlie I present expenditure without an adequate return. Mr Hughes believes in his plan to keep the Dominions’ leaders j constantly informed of world wide dc- , vclopments, instead of hearing of a 1 tiling to he done when it has been done. | His colleagues approve of the principle, : but are not inclined to assume an ad- : ditional financial burden by the multi- i plication of new appointments, which j are unpopular in the present economic ; times. It is considered certain if Canada persists in her Washington plans 1 that other dominions will claim similar i privileges elsewhere. j 1