CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1921, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

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AUSTU.AUAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. 'illlv WILY GERMAN. ENDEAVOUR TO EVADE PAYMENT LONDON, November 8. Bankruptcy appears to be impending at no distant date, but German businessmen and financiers don’t seem deeply concerned. They are reaping profiteering advantages of the rising prices, which is the result of the heavy currency inflation. Some are looking forward to an early revision of the Peace Treaty, from a collapse of the market which may partially be duo to Reparation payments, tout is largely due-, o Germany’s refusal to meet exoend.ture out of revenue. There is every reason to believe Hint Germany is able to pay the reparation, if she chooses, and it is the duty of the Allies to insist upon payment.

BRITISH DELEGATION. OTTAWA. November 8. Hon. A. J. Balfour, Earl Civil, Sir John Jordili, S"’ Maurice Sankoy and other memlvcrs of the British delegation and staff, have arrived at Quebec, where they were welcomed by the Canadian Proinier Meighen, and then left for Washington. PUBLICITY WANTED. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. 'Dio Senate adopted a resolution moved by Senator Harrison requesting American delegates to use their influ-em-e to have representative of the Press admitted to the Disarmament Conference, and that a complete record of the proceedings he kept and that voting he viva voce. As originally drafted, Arr Harrison’s motion luotested against any form of censorship. When the motion was called on, a hot debate followed. Mr Lodge opposed the proposal as a breach of good manners. Mr Harrison then agreed to delete the latter portion.

CHINA’S DEBTS. (Received This Day at 8 a.in.) PEKIN, November ft. Government has replied to Ml Hughes, stating it is taking steps to reorganise its foreign obligations, and To ensure the prompt payment of all its foreign loans. AMNESTY GRANTED. COPENHAGEN. Nov. 8. The Soviet, in honour ol the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, have granted an amnesty to all the rank and file of the "White” armies and the Soviet are also arranging for, their repatriation.

BRITISH SYMPATHY. LONDON, Nov. p. Mr Bradbury’s report, as British Delegate to the Reparations Commission, l 'has been issued in the form of a White Paper. He expresses the opinion that the burden which Germany has undertaken towards France under the Wiesbaden Agreement of August ‘JO last cannot bo borne without prejudicing the execution of other German Treaty obligations. Mr Bradbury proposes, firstly that a time limit tie allowed for the deferment of Germany’s debit; seoondly, that tile deferred debit shall never be allowed to exceed four milliards of gold marks; thirdly that France shall have to pay into a General Reparations Acfount amounts necessary to ensure that the other Allies shall receive proper sums due from Germany.

\ RECORD majority. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Despite the strenuous opposition shown to hint by nearly all the newspapers. Mr James M. Hydan has been re-elected Mayor of New A ork City, h> an overwhelming majority. His plurality is four hundred thousand votes. This is the largest majority ever obtained by a candidate for the City’s Mayor. FATAL ELECTION RIOTS. NEAV YORK, Nov, 9. A telecram from Jackson, Kentucky reports " six killed, and 20 seriously wounded during election riots tu a small village near there. MARA’S obsequies. TOTvIO, Nov 8. M Mara’s body has arrived at Marioka, the late Premier’s birthplace. Ibe funeral train was met at each station throughout the night by largo crowds of mourners.

MAIL POIiBERIES. NEAV YORK, Nov 8.

Pol lowing a conference between President Harding and Postmaster Haynes it lias been decided to employ a thousand Marines to guard all the valuable mails throughout the United States. This step is the result of numerous mail robberies recently. CORNISH TIN MINERS LONDON, November I).

The distiess and destitution among the Cornish miners, due to the closure for all the tin mines, owing to the prohibitive price of t-oul, was discussed in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Sir R. Mond declared that if the tin mines continue to remain closed the Government will have to consider a scheme to transfer the miners and their dependents to other parts of the country, where suitable employment would In' available.

This proposal is regarded as unsatisfactory in Cornwall, where it is pointed out that tin miners are unable to find work at coal-mining, fort ]y because, it is a different class of work, mid secondly because no fewer than 180.000 colliers are already unemployed. Twelve thousand miners are affected in Cornwall. They have lieen unemployed in some eases for more than * year. The least period of unemployment has been nine months. It is estimated that 78 per cent of the Cornish ratepayers are unemployed. C.S.A. AVOOL GROWERS. WASHINGTON,’ November 8. AVitnesses testified before the Senate Finance Committee that, unless adequate protection were extended in the Tariff Bill, the United States sheepraising industry will be wiped out. They urged that a duty of 38 cents per lb lie imposed on clean wool, or an equivalent of 11 rents per lb. on greasy wool.