BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BRITISH BYE ELECTION. * LONDON, Aug. ? The Cocrphilly bye election resulted: Jones (Labour) If.gSO Edwards (Coalitoii Liberal) 8,808 Stewart (Communist) U.S.A. AND GERMANY. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. President Harding has announced that the U.S.A. Peace Treaty with Germany will be signed soon, and a draft will be submitted to the Senate boieign Relations Committee to-day. It is learned at White House that tho Treaty provides for the resumption between Germany and TJ.S.A. of peace time relations. The only exceptions are some commercial understandings. No other treaty is contemplated. It is understood that the American Commissioner in Berlin has already been instructed to sign to-day, t le *- c "‘ . having given President Harding then approval. GERMAN-AMERICAN peace (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, August 20. The German-Anierican peace treaty lias been signed.

12 HOUR FIGHT. SPANIARDS V. REBELS.

.Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) Madrid; Aug. 25 A battle lasting twelve hours, is reported to have taken, place on the who e Melilla front, twelve thousand Spani.iuL against over five thousand rebels, who ' bandit desperately. Airmen horn bed the spots where they concentrated, inf nting heavy losses. About two hundred Spanish were killed. SWEDEN AND SOVIET. CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 2o A commercial agreement between Norway and Soviet lias been practically completed and is expected to be sigue in a few days. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 2o Wicks, a wireless man on the airship gallantly remained on duty till he ua« burned to death. He actually wirelessed Howden that the ship s back was , broken and she was on fire and tall 111 The King sent a message to Trenchant stating he was shocked and grieved to hear of the terrible disaster res..ltmg in the loss of many vnluab e Uu», American and British, with " hose relatives .he deeply sympathised. A COMING FIGHT. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, August 20. Lucas states that despite tremendous opposition he has arranged for Cook to fight Carpentier on llth. i ovembe . MR MASSEY LEAVES. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, August 20. Mr Massev was farewelled at Euston bv many New Zealanders and by Mr Wood under Secretary of the Colonial Office, Mr Lamliert Imperial Conference Secretariat, I>ord Wodehoiwe representing Hon Churchill. Mrs and Miss Massev were presented with many bouquets. ' Mr Massey in a farewell interview, with the Australian press expressed the opinion that the maintenance of the Japanese Treaty was the most important action In * the interests of New Zealand and Australia in recent years. It was unthinkable to denounce the Treaty unless replaced by an Anglo-Japanese-A inerica n agreement. Questioned as to what other results of the Conference were likely to be to the advantage of New Zealand and Australia. Mr Massey stated although the Conference passed no resolution regarding shipping, an informal undei standing was reached unanimously in favour o' accelerating mail passenger services Hon. 'Lloyd George undertook to <o operate. Apart from the conference.,, New Zealand benefited by a suecessfii' lan. He believed the wool position was bettered and regarding meat, it was probable the present accumulations would be cleared before the next season’s supplies reach the market. Ironsand experiments nt Darlington demon strated for the first time its practicability ns a smelting proposition was dependent on the cost of providing electricity locally. Mr Parr ex-chief cU'trieal expert for New Zealand, and Professor Harboard (metallurgist! test! fled that the results exceeded all previous experiments. WORLD’S WHEAT. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) ROME, August 25. The Agricultural institute estimates tho 1921 production of wheat in Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Finland Alsace Lorraine, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, India, Japan, Algeria, Tunis Morocco, Canada and United State.; will be 203,616,000 quarters, equal to ninety-eight per cent of last year. ' FLATTERING FRANC®. (Received This Dav at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. During the course of a speech at Amiens, Mr Hughes declared the Entente was a symbol Iwtwecn the nations which must not be broken. Franco was a great country, equally great in peace and war. Civilisation would have groped in the darkness but for this nation with its gorgeous record of arts, sciences and literature. The very name of France was svnonym of valour. WHEAT SUPPLY. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. Estimates show the wheat growing countries have an exportable surplus of 81,100,000 quarters. Europe’s probable requirements are sixty seven millions, with a possible addition of five njillioms for • Russia.