BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1921, Page 1

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

lUSTKAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAUI.E ASSOCIATION. SOUTH AFRICA’S DELEGATE. CAPETOWN, Oct. 14. It is definitely stilted tluit General Smuts will not go to the Washington Conference. II FUSING FORS NEWS. HELSINGFORS, Oct. 15. Tli,. Finnish Minister has returned from a visit to Moscow. He states l hat the most striking feature about the Russian situation is the rapid development of a purely liourgeoiso social order. The administration remains in tho Bolshevik hands, because they are tho only powerful party, hut their policy is now liourgeoiso and the fanatical Communists no longer wield any influence

INDIAN REVOLT. DELHI. Oct. 14. Throe hundred armed Indian rebels attacked a force of tanners and weavers for helping the police against the repels. Nine wore killed and nine wounded. .Many children were mal tr.wited. CHURCH AND UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, Oct. 15. Mr Harrington Lees at tho Church Congress strongly appealed to the Clillroll tn take a live interest in unemployment, education, and other problems. Ho said the Prime Minister 1 aid lectured them over their interference. but the Church could not afford to lie merely a referee in the game. UG I'M ANI A AND RUSSIANS COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1 I .According to Warsau Polish) allsires. some armed Russian bauds crossed the Roumanian frontier and ad-I • 1 teed to Akerman. Another band Otli machine guns irossed the Dniopei River at Gholin. ’lhe Roumanian ' nuy fouglu and repulsed them after 'teiee fighting. ''FAR OF FURTUFR U.S.A. LOANS.

LONDON. Oct. Ui 'll le ‘ • Fina lleia ! N,"vV' -nxs: “We ! ‘lin'd Si; .1. Cook’s a iinoii neeineiii ■lint the ('oiilllu n tea 11 li lias deeided •111 a L'd.(Hill.CPl) loan I'‘ a; w 111 he float ■'d 111 London. There appeals le he some 1 1 1 spositio11 to believe that Australia would make lh" ipie t inn r horre'viiig in Louden or New V,.-k a oaiiy issue. Admit i <-i 11 \ uei er the ' oinmonwealth mu any Stale Goveintneiil is tied io London. I!• is open le hem to ho mm else.iheie oil Del tci rins. if i hey i ail. 11 Inis been assert",l that money ran new be obtained itioi e cheaply ill New Vork at the present rati* oi exchange. On tile contrary. ue consider Queensland N New 'or!, loan aa- the inosl expensive '.Pst ia linn issue iet coni rai led. There ■ ie:ld 1,, not a gieater inispike than to suppose that Ameiiean investors would lie less eritieal than those, in lintain. Of measures they might eimsider reudiatorv tbev uoitlil he miiih mote :i • ie:i I. us! I a lia II nedit. honever. I. pends on Australians themselves. Hie C, minion" cult li eieuit sLands Lip '■ - •r in the London inaiket than elschere.”

BRITISH MINRKS' WAGES. LON lit IN. (let. 11. The Arliitrator has ruled in favour ol the South Wales coal owin'! s and against the Govei'iimcnl in the matter oi devoting piolits to 11:.- tun intenan e of standard w age 1a t es.

A PSTIi A I.IA X I.Alton?. HI? I SHANK. Oct. lit. The A list u l.abolli unlrivnri; has concluded. Ii adopted :i icsolutinn in iaioin I. l' tie nliulil lull nl' the l-Vdeial Son:itc. It iilmi resolved tluil till- ('otnmoitwea 11 h (! 11 i'll incut lie eliipi nvi l rei 1 In eiente ii new Spile. It wns ie-i)lveil llint no further Impe ■in I liiiinnirs lie granted A; i -1 1 till.; n (it l '.ell-. It wns llUu lleeilleil til II TV I ’lit (I Ke,let-ill Hiirenit of Kilneiitiiiit he ereiiteil. mill thill n live I'Vilenil I nivei■,ilv lie established. a Th:i:i?iKio Kxn.ttsioN. lIIVII Altl'.ST October 1A A ten i lie explosion lies ocenried at i/urt liinleni Tin- lute nl the pen i ri-.m i- unkinm ii. M.niy per.-.inis ill'll' kilh il ill (111 adjacent vi I 111 ee. I lie lint, cnlltiiiin'il 19(1 iii ii ii i t ion \\ 11 pet ills mostly from I? ussin. K.xplnsions emit iinn il tliruilelunit the liny nml niphl. Snells mil In.min iiere thrown into \ illapee--. ■; 11 ili 11 pr tile sllfll'lliuliliv forest s.

ITS.A. CONKKIIKNOK A SITVKSS. WASHINGTON, Oet. 15. Moth I’resilient llmdine mill Mr S. (lumpers hnve praised the wnrk done mi (he ITS.A. ITieiiiphiytilent f otileretiee. I*resilient Hardin*; while pointing nut that lie <liil not expect the Conference to settle nil the niouted ipiestinns in the nntinii’s eeiiminiie life, ileehired the (Tinfereiiee had hrniieht rich rewards to the country's unemployed. Air (lumpers said: ''While it is true that, certain interests are artjjnted by selfish motives, and have prevented (lie accomplishment of more signal results, the representatives of the Anieriean r.iihoni- mnvenieiit. have been aide to pin' the priinonneemen(s of I he Conference their hearty support, hern use they are in nrem'danee with the prnptra mine ( ,f (lie American l.ahnnr l-'ed era I inn. and have idready proved a benefit hy ail actual test. PACIFIC I’I’KSS CONCItKSS. llOVOl.l'l.r. Oetoher 15. President Williams, nf 111" Pres, ('line- ess. has annninled a enmniil tee j to ,misider the crenlion of an ■l'.vnrv to exchange neenrale Pa. if"- news. T' l - committer is cnninived nl representatives nf the newsran is of New 7cd'-nd Ansfralia. Tfawaii. Canahi the I'nned States. China, and .ln| an The Cfi-'i'-man is Mr Alexander I’nrd nf llonolnlo. icom—aamettawer v.'ww’aii