BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

(BY TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION']

ENVER PASHA’S EFFORTS

DELHI, April 23

Enver Pasha’s efforts arc meeting with some success. Simultaneous risings occurred east, south and west of Bokhara and in tiie city itself. Insurgents, however, arc not we 11 armed as they have been robbed by Bolsheviks, who will take shifting before a Mohammedan kingdom can be established in Bokhara.

MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION. LONDON, April 23

Bruce, of .Ml. Everest expedition, reports from Kampadizong, dated I.2th that tiie party had arrived at Yatung via Paridgong, where they found the advance stores collected. There was much difficulty in securing transport, and the animals eventually got, were a miscellaneous collection of 320 yaks, bullocks, mules and donkeys. They journeyed against driving snow which was most arduous, but the advance party succeeded in pitching camp near the nunnery at Takuni at a height of sixteen thousand -feet. Both men and animals were greatly exhausted. The last stage of the journey to Kampadzong is through undulating plains teeming with donkeys, goats and gazilles. All the party are well.

ITALY AND SOVIET. ROME, April 23.

The newspapers record a cordial conversation between the King and M. Tchitcherin, who said wo could easily appoint his Majesty as President of the Soviet, if he were a Russian.

DISABLED BOXING CHAMPION.

LONDON, April 23

Phillips Melbourne (Champion of West Australia Goldfields) who is arm. less below the elbow, reached the finals of tlm heavy weight hexing championship for disabled soldiers and was beaten bl Major Leahy (Army champion 1913' who has one leg.

LABOR’S PACIFIC AIM

LONDON, April 23

Tf the l abour appeal for a day long materialises, Ireland oidside Ulster, will be motionless to-morrow except for meetings denouncing gunmen. "Whatever mistakes labour may or may not have made in the past, they undoubtedly are strenuously struggling to impress southern opinion with the heinoiislo.sk of the present savgo conflict. It is believed the appeal is approved by the great mass of the community outside the gunmen, who continue ferocious intimidation of the loyal throughout the country wickedness. An outrage was perpetrated at new Lownards roads Belfast to-night. A bomb was flung into the porch of Saint Matthews Cathloic Church, killing a woman and wounding a policeman.

TURKEY AND ALLIES. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24. The principal Turkish Nationalist objection to the Allied peace proposals will lie the question of the education of the Turkish proposed by the Allies. The Angora loaders determined l v oppose disarmament, owing to their distrust of the Entente.

Kemal pasha recently addressed the Turkish Parliament, suggesting that tile Entente’s sole object was to deprive Turkey of her means of defence. CONST A NTT NOP LE. April 24.

The T\emalisl (Angora) Government, reply to the latest Allied Note, reiterates Turkey’s demand for the absolute independence of I’luace, and foi the Greek evacuation of Asia Minor simultaneously beginning with the armistice. The Note suggests an immediate conference of delegates f»r l' lo purpose of holding preliminary pourparlers and if ground for a mutual understanding is discovered, Turkey is willing to proceed with peace negotiations at once.