BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1922, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

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GANDHI’S TRIAL

PLEADED GUILTY

DELHI, March 19

When pleading guilty Gandhi made both oral statements, admitting the preaching of dissatisfaction became a pissiort. His trial hinged oil tour seditious articles published in Young WherCof Gandhi is editoi :

SOVIET AVAR PREPARATIONS, ' (Received This Day at M 0 a.m.) Copenhagen, atarch 20. Advices from Riga states the Soviet is busily preparing for war G' l! ' forces from Kieff *** f: larkoff hav * Been sent, to protect the Polish and Kotilnalliun frontiers. Troops ate also concentrating on the Finnish border. The whole of the 1922 class is being mobilised and military dor-tors have been called up. The Red fleet has also been placed on a war footing.

AFTER A PREHISTORIC REPTILE

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•Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 20.

The “ Daily Mail ” Buenos Avres correspondent recalls the Bronto Saurus by a message announcing that an expedition has left for the wilds cf Patagonia to search for the plessiosaurus. Urn was the outcome of hunters’ stories ot a monstrous prehistoric reptile seen reporting itself in remote pools at t foot of the Andes. Scientists ridicule the possibility.

PAINTER DEAD. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, March 20. Obituary—Edward Walton, the water colourist,

IN THE COMMONS. (Received Tins Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, March 20

In the Commons, Mr Lnmb e rt, replying to questions, said the Government did not know whether it was true that Soviet since 1917 had executed 1 766 118 persons, including 28 bishops 125 priests, 677-5 schoolmasters, 8800 physicians, 260,000 soldiers, 10.000 police officers, 48,500 soldier polic-e, 12.50 landowners, 355,250 intellectuals, 193,350 workmen and 815,000 peasants. The Minister said he could not undertake inquiries into the subject before the Geneva Conference. Hon. A. Chamberlain admitted the Soviet had obtained a further thirtylive thousand sterling. He was without. any official information that the Aland outbicak wu s due to Bolshevik activities,

travelling WINE shop. ißeceived This Hay at 12.25 p-m.; PARIS. March 20. French wine growers are proposing to send a ship round the world, laden with every kind of wine, from which free samples will be distributed. It is proposed to visit Atlantic and Pacific coasts of United States, remaining outside the territorial limits, and providing free tug tickets for those desiiing to visit the vessel.

BRITISH POLITICS. LONDON, March 20Latest Criceiets reports state Hon. Lloyd George has no immediate intention of resigning. He expects to return to ’London on the 30th., when lie will address the Commons on the prospects of the Genoa Conference, and demand a vote of confidence before going. Liberal papers significantly point out that Lie “Wee Free” door is "ide open for the prodigals to return, but suggests they would demand the aboli tion of the anti-Dumping Bill and a complete return to free trade, together with the reimposition of taxation ol land values.

IN THE COMMONS. flteeeived This Day at If> p.m.) LONDON, March 20. Mr Clynes moved the adjournment to raise the question of the Engineers’ lock-ou with the object of inducing Government to take steps to terminate the dispute. The lock-out was an astonishing aggression on the part of the employers. He condemned their action in refusing to consult the men regarding working overtime, as autocratic. Workmen could not longer allow capital the sole right to conduct the workshops in their own way. It opened a new era of undisputed authority on the part of emn'oyeis of industry. Without restraint, it meant that enslavement -ould he maintained. The men’s claims distinctly interfered with managerial lights. The employers’ effort to revive trade were being killed by the intolerable conditions the men sought to impose. The ballot taken was a tavesty, fifty thousand dotermm.ng whether 380 thousand were tp work or liotf