BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

KING OF JUGOSLAVIA. LONDON. October 12 The jprtris 'correspondent of the | “Daily Express’’ says a sensational i story has been published* that Jyi'ipi Alexander of Serbia lias abdicated in favour of his elder brother, George The correspondent says: “M. Pashitch had a three hours’ interview with Kiilg Alexander but failed to move him, despite all appeals, though the Serbian Legation denies the story, my personal enquiries at the Trianon Palace, where the Serbian King is staying, suggest that the story is true. The pliteO swarms with Eroikii aiid Serbian police I believe that Alexander never will be King except in name. He goes rn daily fear of assassination. It is true he has boon ill, hut not with appendicitis. The truth Is the King has not formally abdicated. but’has tolll his 111-other George he can have the throne if he wants it. Alexander prefers Versailles.” SPANISH DRIVE MOOIIS BACK. MADRID, October 11. Following the capture of Zeluan, a strong Spanish aerial squadron pursued the Moors indicting heavy loss. The bodies of 400 Spanish soldiers were found unhuried in and around Zeluan.

INTERK.STfXG BOOK. LONDON. October IV Brigadier-General Cordon has published a fai'v'- autobiographical book. ‘Chronicles of Cay Gordon;” dealing with his adventurous career in England. Spain, I rein lid and Australia, including a period when lie was an actor in Melbourne, and, a mounted policeman in Adelaide, and also his 30 years soldiering in Australia from Lieutenant in the South Australian artillery to chief of the Commonwealth General staff. WONDERS OF WIRELESS. CAPETOWN, October 13 A remarkable wireless achievement one believed to he a world’s record for a small ship set. is recorder by the steamer Riradhie, which arrived here this morning cn route to Australia. Press messages from a high power station at Bordeaux were received throughout her voyage to Capetown, the last being received at 8.30 this morning. The vessel is fitted with the latest Mare,mi three electin' (sic) valve receiving apparatus.

ENQUIRY OVER GERMAN NATURAL!* \TION. LONDON. October It. A Committee of Enquiry into Sir Edgar Speyer’s certificate of naturalisation opens in the Law Courts in Camera next week. Sir Edgar Speyer olferetl to resign his honours in DMS. Then lie went to America where he has resided since.

BATHING accident, LONDON. October 14

Miss Shallis. whilst bathing in the Frenchman Ponds. Surrey had a narrow escape from death. V 30-pom id pike seized her leg and the more the terrified girl struggled the tighter the pike’s iaws closed. Becoming exhausted with pain the girl sank, hut fortunately a party of other bathers attracted by her cries, iiiiio to the rescue and forced the pike to relinquish its hold on the lady’s leg which was badly lacerated. GREEK PLOT. LONDON, October 15. The “Daily Express’’ Athens correspondent says: “Owing to the collapse of the Greek’s Angora campaign against the Turks there is a nfovetnent afoot in Greece to secure the abdication of King Tino. It has commenced, and the dynasty is badly shaken. A crash may come at any moment. The Greek public is disgusted at the failure of Greece to acquire Constantinople, regardless of the fact that 80.C00 French troops are now in Cilicia, who would have intervened if the Greeks had attempted to secure the Turkish capital. The Greeks arc now learning that when they dismissed M. Veuizelos they forfeited the confidence of the European Allied Governments and got nothing but big casualties in exchange. King Tino (alleges 'tile correspondent) is likely to he the next victim of the habitual fickleness of the Greek nation.

AFRICAN NATIVE POLICY. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. Received This Day at 9.40 n.m.) CAPETOWN, Oct. 15.

Outlining the Party’s policy at the Nationalist Congitessin Bloemfontein Mr Hertzog said a distinction had to be made I wot ween natives and uoloured people. They are two totally different groups and could not be treated on the same basks. Natives desire education and civilisation and this could not he denied, yet the industrial development- of the natives would mean the ruin of the white man. The only honest policy is territorial segregation, to lead finally to industrial segregation. The native would then have the opportunity to develop and become a valuable member of the community. There always luid existed a colour bar hut there should be equality of rights for each colour in its own territory. Native segregation would open the way for iust treatment of coloured |>eople who were to be considered partly European and would finally have to be treated as whites. They could not ignore the awakening among the natives. He advised, therefore the segregation for' natives and final absorption of coloured people.

ARMJSTICE DAY. ißeceived This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, October 15. Cabinet lias approved of an arrangement for observing Armistice Day. A detachment of Artnv, Navy and Air Force will form a hollow square at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, when representatives o< the King, with the Prime Minister, High Commissions of the Dominions and India will place wreaths on the cenotaph Two minutes silence will he observed on the last stroke of eleven, whereafter the crowd at the cenotaph led by the Guards hand will sing “0 God our Help.” The sounding of the reveile will conclude the ceremony,