BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1922, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

*UsTKALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOOi^jJION EGYPTIAN MANIFESTO. CAIRO, Jan 24. Eight prominent Zaghlulists have issued a manifesto demanding the boycott of the British people anc? British 1 goods. They urged the natives to follow the lines adopted by Indian non-co- v operators. The authorities immediately ordered the arrest of the eight siguar tories and four are now in custody. A leading native pape was suspended for publishing the manifesto.

GENOA CONFERENCE. COPENHAGEN, Jan 24. The “Politiken’s” Moscow correspondent contrary to former reports, states Lenin and Tchiecherin will both attend the Genoa Conference.

SOVIET MOBILISING. MOSCOW, Jan. 24

The Soviet is mobilising all reliable communists among 1899 and all later classes to fight Karelians declaring unless the rebellion is completely crushed it will menace Petrograd. The Soviet will not tolerate any intervention c mediation.

REPORTED SOVIET DEFEAT. HELSINGFORS, Jan 24. Karelians have recaptured Kilmasjaervi and defeated Bolsheviks on both northern and southern fronts, with great losses.

ALLIED CONVENTIONS. PARIS, January 24

It is understood that the French Government desire that the military assistance which both the British, and French nations are to render to each other under the Pact, should be embodied in a convention a s . 'between the respective military headquarters st for a period of approximately twenty years. The French newspapers believe that Tangiers will be placed on a neutral basis, also that the English, French, and, Italian Foreign Ministers will meet early' in February to arrange the Greco-Turkish situation.

BRUSSELS, January 24,

The Belgian Premier, M- Theunis. in a statement in the Chamber regarding the Cannes . Conference, said he welcomed with joy the. Anglo-Belgian agreement. He added that Belgium had agreed to do her bent to ensure her own defence 1 ; but sbe could not repulse a German attack unaided.

JAPANESE NAVY HALT. NEW YORK, January 24

The “Philadelphia Ledger’s” Tokio correspondent states:—The builders have definitely halted the construction of the Japanese battle-cruisers Otago and Takao, and the battleships Kaga and Tabo; and also the preparatory work for a projected battleship.

Work will be continued, however, in connection with the cruisers Amagi and Akagi, which will be converted into airplane carriers. , It is learned that Messrs Takahashi and Shidehara have now urged ■ the Japanese Cabinet Diplomatic Advisory Council to accept British and American views regarding fortifications', lest the whole naval agreement bo wrecked.

MERCANTILE MARINE CRISIS. LONDON, January 24. There is a crisis in the British Mercantile Marine.

The shipowners have intimated to all ratings that if there is no settlement on the wages question reached within a day or two, they will have uo alternative but to make their own 'arrangements when engaging men. The owners declare they must insist on their proposed reduction of £2 per month per man in the case of the sailors and the firemen.

OBITUARY. (Received This Dav at 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, Jan. 26. Obituary.—At Leipzig, from influ- • enza, of the great conductor, Arthur Nikisch. . , RUSSIAN RECONSTRUCTION. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 25. The Russian Trade delegation received a telegram from Moscow stating plans were being elaborated for a large foreign loan and concessions in Volga region, as the reconstruction committee realises the restoration of agriculture is impossible without foreign capital. VIENNA, January 23. After a dispute in the Austrian Diet M. Gaal (the President) and Deputy Benitzki fought a sabre duel, M. Gaal had his thumbs sliced off. The combatants then parted friends. SIR. A. PEARSON’S ESTATE. LONDON, January 25. Sir Arthur Pearson left £93,926. In liis will he points out that owing to the fact that he for many years devoted practically the whole of his time, for the assistance and benefit of charitable institutions, and spent considerable sums for the advancement thereof, therefore he had refrained from making bequests to charities.