BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CU.STHAt.IAN and N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SHIPPING COLLISION. LONDON, Oct. I The steamer Mantua collided with the Norwegian ketch “Star” off St Catherine’s Point. The ketch sank, but the crew were rescued. The Mantua proceeded undamaged. HAVELOCK WILSON'S UNION. ’ LONDON, Sept. 30. A conference of tho Sailors and .Firemen’s Union endorsed the decision of the Executive in regard to a withdrawal or the Union from the Transport Workers’ Federation. The National Federation of Colliery Engineinen and Boiiermen lias overwhelmingly hallottod in favour of seceding from the Miners’ Federation. BRITISH MINERS’ WAGES. LONDON, Oct. 1. Some of the Lanarkshire collieries havo offered to accept reductions of 1s (3d per shift in preference to short time. ANT A RCTIC EX I’LOU ATI( »N. LONDON. Septemher 30. Sir .1. Cope has returned from the Antarctic. HX' declares that he has made some important discoveries. He expects to return to the Antarctic in December, accompanied by his wife. CHINA RESISTS JAPAN. PEKIN, Oct. t. It is understood in official circles that the Chinese Cabinet has approved of a Note rejecting Japan’s Shantung proposal!. CHINA’S PROTEST. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. The New York “Globe’s” Pekin correspondent states: “The Chinese militarists arc alarmed at tho activities in China of the Salvation Army, on account of parades being held in which uniforms, banners and hands are being used. General Wangitek has asked tlm Chinese Foreign Office to approach the Foreign Legations and ask them t/' ■■miGder either the disbanding o' the Salvation Army or else forcing it to cense using of the military equipment and to abolish its military titles. The protest alleges that the Salvationists in China are a military organisation and are using religion as a subterfuge. ITALIAN REVO! FT]ON. A NTT-FASTISTI A( HTATION. LONDON. Septemher 30. The “Daily Express” Rome corI e:.pendent states: "Sigldfi art pobti•al m inociivies arc going on. Signor Nitti’s paper. "II '' !- vigorously attacking the Duke of Aosta, the King’s cousin, whom the newspaper ae.•uses of protecting the Fnseisti. and if using them to promote liis ambitions for the throne.

“It is rumoured that the Duke promises support to d’Aiiimnzio. It may become necessary to ' counteract the mihnjrJivcj propaganda now flooding Hilly. The big hanks are supporting 'ignor Nitti’s return to power, believing that even a Socialist Government would be better than the present un"ost. Many well-informed Italians exert a change of regime and talk openly of a Republic with the Duke af Aosta as President and d’Annunzio as Premier. D’Annunzio is starting i 'rent daily newspaper to complete with signor Nitti’s propaganda.

rFST OF HORSES' ENDURANCE. LONDON, Octolier 1. In the Arab Horse Society’s test of -•ndurance and fitness over a hilly course round Lewes, horses carrying thirteen stone were ridden sixty miles hilly on five consecutive days, with ;wo halts of thirty and ten minutes respectively. The winner was H. Clarke’s llelka.’’ which oovei'ed the distanlce in 37 Tours 38 mins., 40 secs. Eight started and two finished. “llelka’’ was placed third in the irevious year’s test of AO miles daily for five days. JAP WOMENS MESSAGE. (Received This Hay at 8 n.m.) TOKIO. October 1. Madame Kapiko Kajima. 89 years old. President of the Japanese women’s Betterment Association which has a membership of half a million, has left T* America carrying message from Inpaiicse womanhood which prays for success of the Washington Conference and the dawn of a new epoch and higher and Ix-tter understanding he-f,v-K'u the nations. On Armistice Day Kajima will distribute handbills in Washington entitled “'Messenger of (Joddess of Pease,’’ 1 declaring 'Japanese woman have a strong aversion to war. and believe in tlie Conference's .supreme importance. TOO MUCH VIOLENCE, l ’Received This Hay at 8 a.in.) | LONDON, October 1. Heinnteide presiding at Liverpool police Court, where the leader of the unemployed disturbance cabled on 12th September was prosecuted, declared that the police used unnecessary violence. One defendant’s head was badly broken in three places, another had in arm broken and his head smashed. The police’s evidence showed these two were urging the unemployed not to resort to violence. HILLS OF LADING. LONDON. Sept. 30. The British Bankers’ Association has appiovled of the addition made bv the Hague Conference to its roeommendiitions as to all hills of lading after January .list., 1922. IU STROMIUNG (RIAN DISPUTE. VIENNA, October 1. Herr Friedrich, a former premier of Hungary, has proclaimed a republic in West Hungary, for the purpose of preediting the territory being handed over to Austria in accordance with the Pence Teaty. A HUNGARIAN MOVE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) VIENNA, Oct. 1. Stupefacation has been caused in Entente circles by the declaration of the independence of Burgenland. The arc-h plotter is a Hungarian legitimist politician, Friendrich. Austrians demand intervention of Entente troops.

FAMOUS RUSSIAN SINGER. LONDON, Oct. 1. M. Chaliapin, the famous Russian bass singer, lias arrived in London on a concert tour. Thereafter, he gives 20 concerts in America. The proceeds will be for the Russian Famine Fund. Ho described London as heaven, after seven years in Russia. M. ’’Chaliapin is on leave from the Soviet until December. Flis wife and family are held in Russia as hostages for his safe return. He told an interviewer that the Russian famine conditions are worse than England imagines. He would not discuss Bolshevism. It is recalled that M. Chaliapin sang with the late Signor Caruso in Milan in 1900. SIR JOSEPH WARD, f Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 1. Sir Jioseph Ward in letter to the “Sunday Times,” states he recently visited Germany and investigated tho economic* conditions. The Germans had embarked on a policy of commercial development, which would gradually and effectively make thorn more peaceful competitors of Britain than before the war, unless we alter our ways and work harder. There was a pronounced feeling among German business men and workers against recreating a large army and navy. They want a peace policy. GERMAN CHANCELLOR’S APPEAL (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) BERLIN, Oct 1. In the Reichstag, the Chancellor trounced German Nationalists, declaring Mouvers werei not conductive to country’s welfare during the present crisis. Their attitude of nloftness was detrimental to Germany’s foreign policy. Reactionary plottings were even more serious than feared. A secret organisation had been discovered stretching from Baden to Upper Silesin, aiming at the overthrow of the constitution. They had recently endeavoured to accomplish another Kapp insurrection. The Chancellor declined to give further details as the problem was under investigation. He appealed to Germans to protect Hie Republic from downfall.