BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. STORY ABOUT RUSSIAN' GENERAL PARIS, October 18. *-jo Ala tin’s” special correspondent in Ksthonia alleges that General Kuropatkin was murdered by Bolsheviks. He says it was because of Ins refusal to assist Trotsky in a plan for a Russian invasion of India. Genera! Kuropatkin, he says, possessed an exhaustive knowledge of Central Asia which the Soviet desired to tap when preparing a special Red Army tor action on the India frontier m the autumn of 1920. AMERICA’S TROOPS IN EUROPE. (Received This Hay at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON. October 18. Senator McKinley, who recently returned from Europe, declared that American interests in European ■ affairs would require a nominal force. American troops will tend to restore the equilibrium in Europe. It would be a good business investment. QUEENSLAND LOAN. WASHINGTON. Oet. IS. Queensland loan money was paid over n foil to-day by the States American hankers, the National City Bank. j CONFERENCE NOT SITTING. (Received This Hay at 8 a.nt.l LONDON, October 11. Tt is announced that the exigencies of pubic business render a meeting of the Irish Conference impracticable today. No definite date lor the resumption has been fixed. It is understood that only preliminary matters, such as strengthening the terms of the truce, have yet been discussed, l ister representatives have not been called hut probably before next conference meeting Hon Lloyd George and Sir .1. Craig will privately explore the portion of the Northern Province.

QUESTION OF ARMAMENTS LORD BRYCE’S VIEWS. " the TIMES ” SERVICE. /Received This Day at 12.2.3 p.m.) LONDON, Oct, 17

Lord Rrvce who recently returned from America has contributed an article to “The Times” on the Washington Conference, in . which he says America lielievcs the prospects are for good. It will ho a severe disappointment if the Conference fails to reduce armaments. The cloud on the horizon is Japan. American opinion emphasises Japan’s military and naval progress. It is no use telling Americans that the Anglo Japanese Alliance cannot touch America. Nine out of ten Americans continue to repeat that England is Japan's exclusive ally, which makes Japan think sho is free to embark on aggressive policies, from which otherwise sho would shrink. No explanations will remove this impression from American minds. Americans believe that if Briain. with her dominions, France and America agree to reduce armaments Japan will not venture to stand out.

ICEBERGS OFF SOUTH AFRICA. (Received This Dav at 1.*3 p.m.) • CAPETOWN. Oct. IS. Ships on the Australian route, south of the Cape of Good Hope, are running the gauntlet of a field of icebergs about the thirty-eight parallel. Numerous wireless warnings have been received of the presence of icebergs unusually dose to land. FRENCH STRIKE COLLAPSING. PARIS, Oct. 18. The strike of textile workers at Lille and Rouhaix has partially collapsed Some workers have accepted the employers’ offer of a ten per cent, reduction in wages.

TURKISH RETALIATION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 18. Reliable foreign testimony states that 420 out of 72(1 prosperous Greek villages in the Black sea district, round Samsun and Bairn, were completely destroyed in the last few months, an<l the male inhabitants massacred or deported. The women were removed to the interior. The remaining three hundred villages were partially destroyed, and the inhabitants driven out. The principal organiser of the raids is Osman Agha, Kemnlist Colonel. BRITISH PARLIAMENT (Received This Hay at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON OctolUr 18th Hon A. Chamberlain in moving a resolution in favour of the whole time being devoted to Government business announced that Government would introduce fotiY hills dealing with unemployment. Some if not all were based on money resolutions which must be taken before the bills introduced; consequently Hon Link'd George would make a full statement of the Government’s policy to morrow. Replying to Charles Craig, Air Chamberlain said the motion was not to prevent the discussion of the situation in Ulster, but was partly owing to tip. delay in handing over the Government Department to the new Government.

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