BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ATLANTIC LINER AFIRE. LONDON, July 2fi The Atlanie liner, Mauretania’s fire has been- extinguished. Fifty cabins were gutted, including the saloon and library, and the smoking room badly damaged. The reconditioning of her will occupy several months.

A FATAL EXPLOSION. LONDON, July 26

- There was an explosion in a laboratory of a naval shell establishment at Gosport, four men being blown to fragments and four badly injured. A quantity of detonators were being wheeled on trucks when the explosion occurred.

GREEK-TURCO AVAR

ATHENS, July 26

After consolidating the A "linn, Kara Ilis.sar, KUtah in iKskishehr, Biledjik line, the northern and southern Greek armies effected a junction, where as the Turkish front is broken, troops r.t Angora are cut off from the trooos at Koniafo.

Constantinople reports British prison ers at Angora were, transferred to Sivas preliminary to the evacuation of Angora,

A GREEK SUCCESS . ATHENS, July 2fi

(Leek warships have captured a Turkish ship conveying troops and munitions; also a quantity of Russian and Turkish gold coin.

BRITISH POLITICS. LONDON, July 26

There is considerable opposition to Government’s determination not to 1 -/Id an autumn session on the ground that it is undesirable that vital questions like Ireland, the financial position aml Washington Conference should be loft entirely to the executive control, without parliamentary supervision. Mi Chamberlain said if necessary Par'vment would be summoned to deal with the Irish situation.

WARNING TO PERSIA. LONDON, July 2fi

! Cord Ourzon in the House of Lords, said the Bolshevik Minister of Teheran carried on propaganda lacked hv financial promises. The Persian Government had deliberately rejected ihe chance of recovering their fortunes with 1 Britain’s aid and had fell hack on the familiar game of playing off one foreign country against another. As an old friend of Persia he warned her that she, and not Britain, would suffer.

I A TURKISH REQUEST

LONDON. July 2"

Turkey has requested the Allied Po vers to intervene and veto the Turkidi

AIR HUGHES INTENTIONS. LONDON, July 27

It is ilincertn.in yet whether Australia will he represented at the Leag e of Nations meeting at Geneva in Septemlier. Afr Hughes certainly will not attend and may appoint a deputy. Questioned to-dav he implied that ho had not made up his mind hut pro-

bnbly would visit France in August 11 tb. to settle the New Hebrides question on lines already indicated and make a presentation to Amiens Cathedral and also discuss commercial matters with the French Government.

JAPAN ACCEPTS

TOKIO July 16

• It is understood Japan’s formal acceptance of th t . Conference has been dispatched to Washington. The Japanese Naval Department are prepared to draft a suggestion for disarmament based on the freedom of the seas and non-fortification of any Pacific islands including Hawaii, and Guam. Japanese acceptance is based on the uggestion that a preliminary conference of Powers he held to prepare an a ..enda for the normal conference.

SOUTH CHINA REPUBLIC. TOKIO, July 26

The Vice-Minister of the Department of the Interior in Canton Republican Chinese Government, arrived here to seek Japanese recognition for the South China Government. He states that the Canton Government is sending Mr Mateo, the Secretary to Dr Sun Yat Sen, to Washington to watch the Pacific Conference on behalf of his Government.

FRENCH LABOUR CONGRESS. LONDON. Julv 26

The recent scenes at the Labour Congress held at Lille were unparalleled. The Congress was held in an immense winter garden under a glass roof. The affray began by certain Bolshevik extremists trying to eject a moderate named Domolin, from the tribune. The Moderates rushed to protect their comrade, and the whole Congress therupon was transformed into a seething mass of struggling, perspiring humanity, resembling an enormous football scrimmage in fronts of the tribune. Mourn outheau, the giant, bull-necked secretary of the Parisian Federation, used his fists and feet against the-Mod-erates nearby. Mqninoutheau’s supporters then seized iyon chairs and hurled them into the' ranks ol the Moderate defenders. Half a dozen revolver shots were fired. Four fight ing delegates fell wounded. ITALIAN CLASS WAR, ROME, July 27. • A Communist party of peasants ambushed and attacked a gang of the Fnseisti at Roccastrade, killing one. The Snscisti retaliated and killed nine. Then they burned Communist houses. ' SUPREME COUNCIL. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, July 27.

\I Briand announced the meeting of the Supreme Council on 4th August would only bo held on condition that Hon Lloyd George agrees to the question of reinforcements for Upper Siles_ ia having first- place on tfie agenda.

SPANISH REPORT. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) MADRID, July 27

Official reports indicate the Spanish have re-established authority over the whole valley of Melilia. Troops at Nador and Selunn will shortly he relieved, TRe moorsin tbe north nrp returning to tßeir usual peaceful nvwa■FfOTW.