BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN ANU N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. OBITUARY. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) 1 LONDON, July 10. Obituaries.—Charles Dawson, the billiardist. Earl Craven, sitting on the deck of

Earl Craven, sitting on the deck oT his yacht Sylvia, moored at Cowes, fell overboard at night and was -drowned.

DEFERRED CABLE MESSAGES LONDON, July 10

The Pacific cable is resuming deferred press messages from Britain to Australia. DISARMAMENT. NEW YORK, July 6.

Interviewed by the New York “Times” Air Penrose said:—l favour the general principle of disarmament and a large measure of disarmament on tho part of United States, regardless of any agreement or understanding with other nations. None can picture another war during tho present generation and perhaps tho next. No nation desires to attack United States, or could do so successfully. Let other nations go ahead if they wish to confer to reduce armaments. United States is big enough to settle her own question.

JAPAN AND AMERICA. TOKIO, July 6. ’ Sec. Kalcu, of the Japanese Embassy j at Washington, in a. statement said Mr Handing if lie had the occasion to |- express n. conviction that the AngloJnpenose Entente should bo made t! basis of world peace. My impression is n that Americans arc prepared to fight if challenged, hut otherwise will he the J last to take up arms against Japanese. JAPANESE ADDRESS. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) I - NEW YORK, July 8 The Japanese Consul-Genera! Kumiiski, addressing members of the .Japan--0 esc Diet scmi-officiully visiting America predicted an Anglo-American-Japancso 1 Alliance. Other speakers favoured disarmament. WASHINGTON, July !) | The democratic minority opposing the Fordney tariff have issued a statement pointing out this is not the time to , write it tariff which cannot remedy the last disappearing foreign trade and . collapsing internal commerce, with unprecedented idleness and unemployment. The statement adds that partisan polities strangled the one opportunity the world had to settle down and . i repair the destruction and loss by the . ' win", and now they were attempting to , hurt the world in another way. All El TING < HINA, i Received This Day a I 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, July 9 The t ept esentatives of the South China Government have received a i cablegram charging Japanese with >up.I plying officers arms and munitions to j Kwangsi militarists, who are invading Kuautung province, and calling l nited States attention to the violation ol the international convention forbidding the importation ol arms into ( hina. NEW YORK, July !). Secretary Hughes has replied to the j Chinese Minister’s inquiry whether ; America contemplated withdrawing 1 support from the Federal l elegritph i Comp'inv which laid contracted to eiecl ! wireless stations for the Chinese Gov--1 crument, in view of protests by Britain Japan and Denmark. Mr'Hughes states the Government has no intention ol withdrawing support, adding that eonii municatioms from the above Govomments tend to confirm the American Government’s belie! that the claims urging exclusion ol the Federal lelegraph Company were founded on assertions of monopolistic prelerential rig As in Chinese governmental enterprise, which cannot he recognised under the treaty rights of Americans in China, or the open door principle which America continues to support wholeheartedly. SERUM MANI'FACT H’ElC LONDON. July 9. The "Observer's” Geneva eonespondent says Spahlinger. inventor ot antituberculosis serum, requires two years lor its manufacture. Baris Academy of Science, having declared the discovery of the highest scientific imp"' Once is now inundated with world-wide applications. Spahlinger aims to prevent the promiscuous manufacture of ineflottive serum and desires that the manufacture and distribution he solely conduced by Government laboratories under skilled instructors. Three Governments have already signed contracts foi tin erection of own laboratories. The British Government is also negotiating.

A PACIFIC CONFERENCE. paius, July The “Matin” says the French Government is extremely lavourable to holding a Pacific Conlerence and had already communicated its views to Britain. INDIAN RIGHTS. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, 'July 9 The, P.remions Conference was n< unanimous regarding the League til Nations. Air Balfour and Mr Smuts were enthusiastic, Mr Meighon optimistic, Mr Hughes pessimistic and Mr Massey mildly sympathetic towards Sastri’' demands on behalf of Indians for equality of citizenship within the Empire, including the Dominions and colonies. The matter was referred to a committee representing Parliament, Colonial Office and India office to report to the Conference. AIR MASSEYS 10th. YEAR. LONDON, July 9. Air Massey received many felicitations upon entering his tenth year of the Premiership, Mr Llovd George insisted on being photographed with Air Massey, at Downing Street.