BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION DR. NANSEN’S APPEAL. CHRISTIANIA, December 26. A warmly worded appeal for help has been issued by Dr Nansen to several nation? in which he dwells on the' frightful sufferings of millions of Russians from hunger and cold. He describes the statements that help sent is consumed by the Soviet Government and the Red Army as black lies contrived by human devils for the sake of political intrigue. Dr Naiiseli declares that the flood of thii lyihg is emanating front Helsingfors. He guarantees that all help sent to ,his and the American organisations reached | the famine centre exclusively. He j specially asks for bread and corn.

GERMAN GUNS. GERDIN, December 27. The Allied Commission discovered 247 more howitzers, concealed in the Rochstroh works, near Dresden, in addition to the 342 found in November, totalling seven-fold the number tlio Versailles Treaty permitted for Germany’s whole army. A QUESTIONABLE IDEA. LONDON Dec. 28. The “Daily Chronicle” gives prominence to a suggestion by the New Zealand Inspector-General of Mental Hospitals that where a plea of insanity is raised in criminal cases, notice there of lie given before the trial, enabling a special medical board to examine the accused and report to the Judge. A SAD CASE. LONDON, Dec. 28. Bradbury left an estate worth £140,000. He was formerly director of Bradbury, Son and Coy., coal merchants, Southampton, and died in prison. He was serving a sentence' of two years, passed in July 1920, for defrauding the Government of £52,000 by false income tax excess profits returns. The Coroner described the case as a hard one. Deceased himself was unaware of the frauds, hut he was legally liable for the actions of his employees.

DEBS’ RELEASE. NEW PORK, Dec. 28. The release of Eugene Debs (as cabled on December 23rd), bas been attended by extraordinary scenes of enthusiasm among the Socialists. Huge crowds greeted hint when he* left the penitenliiary at Atlanta, in Georgia. There were women throwing themselves about his neck and kissing him. Mr Debs then came to Washington, and consulted President Harding and Mr Dougherty, and declared that he would not put any limitation on his future activities. He declared himself a citizen of the world, and dedicated himself to the task of abolishing war. He predicted the Armament Conference would be. a failure. It would he merely cheapening the next war by the use of deadlier machines. Thousands crowded about his train before he fcft homewards for Terra Hauie, in ffOdiana, where a parade of 25,000 people is expected to greet him and escort him home.