BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LEAGUE of NATIONS’ LONDON, Got: G: The “Times” i«. * leader reviewing th o League of Nations, takes the view that it Ts justifying its existence »»d -* „ ives an affirmative answer to the que - • S,-'®. the «' *» more secure than when the Leagiu «. «• to the conditons with which it is nP on to deal -’’ ~ -, V e niav well The “Times ndda.-A « - in he satisfied with what ™ dan . accomplishing to dati. , ~ t j aer ia ia attempting too much. If the w« got on without it. KIENArFF.IL I.ON’EON, Oct.. 6. Travers Wolfe, Crown Solictor of AVteAikli.,, of C.,k t/ », tatoWj l,v three men, who seized him at Sk hereei Hotel and motored him « al . unknown destination. AMEKU a and JAVAN. ION DON, October 0. Tl- “Daily fl--,:;r tS wSe Guam is the key to the _ f it is unfortified Japan is mi>ti..s the western Pacific. American When Guam becomes ail • "... i pass to the American battle flee . IMPORTANCE OF GIAM. The Navy Departomnt in ton in 1020. formulated a plan t« a base second only to K ■. i;” 1 ” „„ i.. quarters that tl» VnlMd St"*™ |J " ™ tell .„.t to -to Bill,. i»vnl hte. such promise as a proof that tin ted States (iocs not intend to me .tick a (, aiiLst her and "ill bt to arrange the mutual limitation of armament according to the (X isting building programmes. The danger time would come by tl end of 1023 if the Washington Confcrrnco fails. If Britain is <*> nnytHing at Washington she must <<> it now otherwise the deluge.

ENGLISH PRESS VIEWS. _ LONDON. ( ictoher /. The “DniW Chronicle’ under the heading “Press Alarums ami Excursions savs- -“Nothing hut mischief can i-oi'ne of the attempts to draw verge., interests which perplex America, and Japanese statesmen and which both aie honcstlv endeavouring to harmonise. At such a time a solemn responsibility rests oh the press and imhhe men to say nothing <■ > ' " ■' ‘ ll flame feeling or, stir up rs , s ' spieions. Those vim attempt to jnghten the puhlic hy prophecies of uea world wars are playing upon the credo latv of the nervous. Let us rather aid , in making the Washington ( m.ferenee a success. The worst course is to stmt tub-thumping with the destinies o "a tions.” ENGLISH MATCHES. LONDON, Oct. G. In the semi-final of tin- ’News of World” golf competition. Ganelin beat Ray, three up and two to play. • PJmoiir IK-at Wingate three up and two to play. WAR EXPENSE. LONDON, Oct G. The Royal Commission on awards to inventions considered the claim of the Wilton Motors Limited for £OOO,OOO on account of its aero engines. Eleven thousand Dragfonflits were ordered and one thousand delivered. None were used in the war. Sir Gordon Llewart said that two millions sterling of the tax-payers money had been spent in a vain effort to make the Dragonfly engine practical CAPITALISTS’ CON EERENCE. WASHINGTON, Oct- 6. A delegation consisting of leading Japanese business men will sail from Yokohama on Octolier 21st to entei a conference with American business men’s leaders on financial, economic, and industrial matters, in order to provide co-operative) understandings in future. aestro-hungahian war. LONDON, Oct. 0. The “Daily Chronicle’s” special correspondent at Oden burg states that 12011 members of the Hungarian gendarmerie under Lieut Oszenhurg, who is known to he Karlist in his .sympathies are now' responsible tor the maintenance of order in Odenblirg with its 40,000 inhabitants. Oszenhurg may at any moment go over to the Irregulars with whom he is in touch. fho irregular hands now numlier I three thousand but they can lie- expanded to thirty thousand under Col- - onel l’rona.v who is a ruthless terrorist and determined to with-hold Burgenland from Austria. All the irregulars however, do not favour the recall of Carl, and his return would probably result in civil war. | There was a time when a battalion i of Allied troops could have cleared ! the country, but now a division would . he required and soon three divisions j will be the least that eoirid cope with l the task. I GERMAN-SIIPER-CAPITA LIST HEREIN. October 0. Hugo St in nes is making a big effort to secure the mastery of the German shipping. Since he failed to conclude an arrangement with the North German Lloyd and failed toi secure election to the Board of Directors of the Hamburg Amerika Company, lie has been buying big blocks of shares in both companies, with the result > that Stinnes is now dominant in the j North German Lloyd, the shares of which have risen from 238 to 405 in a month and Hnmhurg-Amerika’s have risen from 255 to 270. Stinnes is also buying ships freely at homo and abroad. He has added 44,000-tons to his own fleet since February. By the end of the year Germany will bare afloat 20 per cent, of lier prewar tonnage. The building capacity of the German yards is now 80 per cept. of hep pre-wfir production,

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