BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

GREEKS SUCCESS. 500 PRISONERS TAKEN. * (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 19 The “Morning Post’s’ Athens correspondent states all heights around Kutnhia having fallen, It i| expected the •-town will be captured on Wednesday. The second phase ,which is a great encircling movement, has already begun. The Greeks arc established at y. many vital points. ’Hie Turks are fightiim sullenly, their officers shooting down fugitives. Greeks threaten to cut the Kemalist communications with Angora. The ,Greeks thus far have taken five thousand prisoners.

ANOTHER JAP VIEW. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) TQKIO, July 18.

Tnkahashi (Miniter of Finance), interviewed, said the Japanese Government and people heartily favour the disarmament convention, but we tn« be careful to avoid the P°_ y ,. such a convention causing ur agreement. Such a result would lead to more friction, rivalry and greater armament expenditure! America, England and Japan must either tliroug the conference or negotiations, come to some agreement prior to the date fixed for this convention. There oxis s much misunderstanding and some of it was inevitable, hut again some have been inspired intentionally wit i sims ter motives. The three nations must clear up all points at issue and all misunderstanding, before the general conference.

AMERICA AND GERMANY. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.in.) BERLIN, July 19

The American Commissioner is officially conferring with the Foreign Minster on the problem of peace conditions. It is understood America is seeking German suggestions in view ol making the peace most effective, as the pence resolution only slightly altered the position and left Germany pu/.sded over the complicated position.

FURTHER GREEK SUCCESS. ATHENS, July 19. Greeks have occupied Kutaliin.

AIR JOURNEY TO MELBOURNE

(Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 19

Mr Guest replying to a question in the Commons, said once a regular airship service was established, it- should he able to make the journey to Melbourne and return to London in three weeks.

TAR AND FEATHERS. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 18.

Two extraordinary tar and feathering episodes occurred at the week-end. down South. Mrs Beulah Johnson was taken from an hotel porch at Tenaha, Texas, by a dozen men in Kluo Klux ( bin robes, who motored her for several miles into the country, stripped her. and coated her body with tar and feathers. Later she was arrested on n bigamy charge. Tlie" other case occurred at .Miami. Florida. Rev Philip Irwin, a British subject, Archdeacon of the English Episcopal Church, doing church work among the negroes, was seized by masked men and carried to a wood, tarred and feathered, nut into a sack, and brought hack to town. Irwin told the police that the men said he was preaching the social equality of negroes, and advocating inter-marriage. They threatened to lynch him unless he left Miami in 48 hours.

SENATE ACTION

WASHINGTON, July 19

It is authoritatively stated tlie Senate will he represented at the American Disarmament Conference.

GERMAN SHIPPING

(Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) ! LONDON, July 19. j A Paris correspondent states two Navigation companies were formed during the past year by Stinnes Society, Germany nnd the Australian Company. Stinnes has already built three ships: Tirpitz, Ludendorff and Stonkarr, and six more similar vessels will he built be- ( fore tho end of the year. The Society Germany and Australian Company have ’ four vessels commissioned between 6000 and 12,000 tons and four more are ( building. German companies are negotiating with Danish and Norwegian builders to supply a large number of vessels which will voyage under the German flag. j