BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE' “TIGER’S” VIEWS ’ (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) PARIS, October 1. M. Clemenceau, speaking at the unveiling of a statue to himself JSt Hemline in Yendnme said:—‘We made Germany bow the knee at \ ersailles-. We had her signature to innumerable engagements and with what -.'result. The War Criminals are not being tried by us. Instead they at< being carried in triumph at Leipzig. Yesterday we were conqueiois. 1 hope the time will not come when we shall have to ask whether we are still the victors.” Al. Clemenceau added that the 'Washington Conference might find its wayon an appropriate occasion to rediesS the mistakes made in carrying out the terms of the Treaty. ABYSSINIAN” FIGHTING. TtEUTFJt’s TKLEfiUAMS. (Received This Day at 1.33 P-in.) CAIRO, Oct. 2„ Details of the Xyalla (Abyssinia) fighting, show that mounted infantry and police repulsed an attack by tribesmen who are reported to have lost six hundred killed, including the lender of the rising. Abdullah el Saghayer. The British casualties totalled sixtv-one. Captain Chown of -the Army Veterinary Corps, McNeill of Soudan Civil Service, and three other civil employees were killed. AMBASSADORS’ CONFER KXCE. (Received This Day at 1.30 p.m.) BARIS, Oct. 2. The Conference of Ambassadors adopted the Italian Government’s proposal to invite the Governments at Vienna and Budapest to send' plenipotentiaries to Romo with a view to concluding an agreement in regard to Burgonland.