BRITISH & foreign ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1921, Page 1

BRITISH & foreign ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SENATOR KNOX DIFS SUDDENLY. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The noted C.S. Senator Mr Knox (called ‘‘EhelnndM'” Knox) is dead He represented I Vnnsylvania in the Senate. He died from a psiiwlyet 1C iti'oW'. while on till' way to the dining room in his home in New York this evening, lie had only returned from England yesterday after a three week's health trip. He was feeling well, lie is ail cx-Ser-rotary ef Stijte and served under McKinley. Rooseveldt, and Talt lie was the author of the l .S. Peace Resolution in the Senate. SILESIAN DECISION. RERUN. October 12. The German Cehinrl held a sitting listing fin several I"" 1 ,- It icnocd I'cpoi Is from it- \ mliassadorrs hut all were in the same tenor viz., that (hey w ete unable to oxen ise any mUucuec iii obtaining a favourable decision for Germany over Silesia. All added tbit titer.' was little prospect of tbe Allied Supi vie,' Council reversing its decision. The Berlin evening papers appeared with headings such as ‘lnjustice of Genera.'’ Under the inlluence ot this news, (lie Germ,m math tell n 0 points. The fury of tin German press and public over tin' (["cisiun is indescribable. csp"i ially as many believed that the threat that the Wirtli Ministry would resign would have-had some ell’evl on England and France.

JAI’ANKSK HI IM.OMATS. lIOXOI.CUT October 12. Tin 1 Japanese delimut ion to tin' Washington (‘nnlereneo has arri\ o-1 lii-iv. HaMm Kate. in jiii interview, :—“Wo ar,. a-uiiiL' to tin* Wnsliinlit I*ll Conference with n aiiifili' desire llilinolv. to 1 ‘O-o|JO l'll 1 1* w ith t 110 it 111'! Million' in the aci-innjilishnu’iit of <l' - armament. Wo must not iurtfet tha rc.i! success depends it|>on tin* sincerity ninl earnest in'ss ol all tho na tions participatin'.;. Shonlil any single nation laoK' sincerity. then wo cannot expect anything hat Inilnro. W* boliovo that it will tost with tin' «■ tiniis tin' stroiK'ost .U'Hih nts'to tako tho load in tin* limit:it ii'iii nt tlioir mvii nrmnmeuis "i order to serve as an exaninle to tic othoi" nations. There shonlil ho ■ n ititrosorvoil oxchantio of opinion wit i t |,o solo aim of ilovisintl measures which may lly oarriod out. To alfott nioro aioroonionts will not tnako limitations |'iissiblo nnh'ss 'ho oji'oninoiils aro practicable.

TIIK 1-Ori.Al! OOC X< Tl.l.OltS. I,OXI X IN. October TJ. Tho I’oplai' Councillors. wlm hnvolioon i-oloasod. assort that t hoy liavo iiivo ll no | loiniso to lovy any rato for the l.nitdon County Cuumil. ! tireeth tho i’ti* htr wnnion prisoners won' released I'rnni Holloway Oaol. llioy -tori'.l to 15rixti.il prison to ■ pool lln undo or. Minors. A' tin- women roachod the hi t ter prison, lliov raisod “(’no-oos!” which wore answered from itf-idc. Tin'll tho moll (iinnoillois nppo.iroil onlsido Hrixton. Tlioy wi'iy all siniiiinj: "Tho Hod Mao ” ltlilTlSU POLITICS. i.HMIII.V Ootoho, 12. laird lioliort t’ccil also s'lit a letter to his constituents. oovorino tho same o round as his lot lor to lho I’ioss. ||,. sirs; “Viscount- Grey's spooolt at rSorwiok on Monday dosorvos to bo oarol'nlly woipliod. No ono can donht (linl his or!tioisiu ol tho Government is well fottndod. It is not trno Llnil lboro is no altornalivo to tho present t Mivi'i'iiiiii'iil. 1 ndood. I cannot think ol any (iov'l rninont that i-onld lio wnrso. 1 Wiiat is waidod in M blisters is Idyll charm tor. snhor judonmiil and Irocdnm front all party pn'indii o. I am pro- ' | ai-e.l t,■ 00-oporalo with land Oivy, ilosnito lll'' fail that ho is a Liberal.”

UK KOI I AM’S KSTATK. I,ON DON. Oot. 12. Tho hankruptoy oxamilialinn of Sir Tbonias liooeltam revealed tlmt lie lust £IOI,OOO uvor opera productions. Ho ostimatod his intercut under his father’s will would produce nearly .1*90,000 a year, hut tho liabilities of the executors of the estate in eonnertion with the purchase of the Oovent Gardens cs_ late amounted to £1,750,000. Iho executors foil they must not pay the hetiificiiiries until they dealt, with the liabilities of the estate.