BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.

ANOTHER RECORD

HONOLULU, July 31

Warren Kealoha has set a, new world’s record of 109 seconds for the 160 yards back stroke swim.

KOBE STRIKERS

TOKIO. July 31. The Japanese Cabinet has been called to consider the Kobe strike, which has again assumed violent features. ”The police at. Kobe drew their sabres, C and iu a skirmish with the strikers, wounded more than 50 of them. Several thousand labourers in various industries have ceased work. They marched to the Shrines, singing Labour

songs. The Municipal Assembly of Kobe has earned a motion condemning the police for tlieir use of tlie sabres.

WAGE-CUTTING ON RAND. CAPETOWN, July 30

A meeting of shop stewards at Johannesburg, representative of every trade union connected with the mining industry and every mine unanimously decided to recommend the workers to vote in favour of a strike against the proposed reduction in wages.

ATTACK AGAINST JAPANESE

BY SIBERIAN REVOLUTIONISTS

TOKIO, July 31

Despatches from Vladivostok state •that revolutionists attacked the city, and also Nikolsk, dynamiting a. train and killing several Japanese officers including Colonel Miwa, Divisional chief of staff! The revolutionists were repulsed.

I \l’S AGREE WITH BRITISH. TOKIO, July 29

Some opinions here favour that the conference be held in London, instead of Washington or alternatively that the Pacific Conference be held in London and the Disarmament Conference at Washington. . Premier Hara will attend it Mr Llu>d George does.

M A LATEST A ACQUITTED. , ROME, Aug. 1

Malatesta and other Socialists charged with plotting against the State (as cabled 0.1 March 23rd) have been acquitted.

INDIAN PROPAGANDA(Received This Day at 8 a.m.)' BOMBAY, July 3!

In the presence of thousands, indelegates of the All Indin Congress Committee, Ghandi made a bonfire of an enormous heap -ot foreign clothes.

definitely settled. (Received This, Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 1

The Prime Ministers were definitely told to-night that there would be no separate Pacific Conference. The Far East and Disarmament question would he discussed together.

SUPREME COUNCIL AGENDA.

(Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) EON DON, August 1

Hon. Lloyd George, in the Commons, stated the first item on the Supreme Council agenda would be to decide whether pending the announcement of adjudication on the Silesian plebiscite, reinforeefments are needed or not. Meanwhile, British French and Italian Ambassadors had jointly notified Germany to he prepared to facilitate the transit of Allied, troops at any moment, when the situation in Silesia rendered it necessary. Hon. Llovd George added that he believed tlie question of the trial of war ci iniinals would he considered by the Council. A RACEHORSE RETIRES.

LONDON, Aug. I. Totratema has retired from racing.

TURKISH LOSSES

(Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) ATHENS, Aug. 1

It is estimated since the launching of the offensive that the Turks have lost 30,000, whereof 9,000 were prisonered, 9,000 deserted, , and 12,000 were killed or wounded.

GERMAN POLICE RAIDS

(Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 1

Tlie police raided a number of sporting institutions and betting establishments alleged to be concerned in serious tax frauds, amounting to many million marks. A casino in Hartz mountains was closed and several prominent Berliners arrested, accused of fraud.

THE KAISER’S FINANCE

(Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 1. A book published on behalf of the Prussian Finance Ministry throws some light on the Kaiser’s finances. Wilhelm saved 180,000 marks during the first year of his reign and steadily accumulated thereafter. In the first years he saved a million annually, hut towards the end the expenses exceeded his State allowances. When he abdicated, tlie~privy purse contained fifty million, marks, whereof half was invested in first class industrial shares. The Kaiser fiever held shares in Ivrupp’s though for a time a few hundred thousand marks were invested in debentures. He was moneyless when he fled to Holland and existed on credit until money was sent in December A9lB. Sixty-nine million marks were remitted him to the end of 1920, chiefly from the sale of personal property.

DIRECT ACTION. LONDON, Aug. 1. Speaking at the Social Democratic Federation, Mr Will Thome, M.P., denounced direct action as a means of achieving tlio ideal of social democracy . He said that sane, sound advocacy of the principle of social democracy would outlast all direct actlonlsts who were the will-o’ -the-wTsps who lead WE nvehlal MfftWp* MIS mOTMWL