BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1922, Page 1

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

ArSTIt.U.IAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION. ITALY MAKES TREATY WITH RUSSIA. ROME, May 25. Official.—An ltalo-Russinn commercial agreement lias been signed.

EGYPTIAN FEELING. CAIRO. May 24

An Egyptian shot from a revolver was fired at and killed Major Cave, Assistant Commandant of the I’oliec Force.

t;erman intentions. PARIS, May 24

“I/O Temps” says: There is good reason to believe that the German Government will, before May 31st, produce acceptable reparation proposals.

CHINESE CIVIL WAR. TOKIO. May 24

Cluing Tso Tsin is establishing his (.•nsi line at Shanhai-Kwan. He declares th; lt his retreat northward is due to a desire not to violate international Heath's. The Pith division, at Rodin, lias deserted, having a gap in Chang's

BOTTOMLKY'S EXCUSES. LONDON, May 21

Horatio lloUnmley, in i lie w itness bo\. said he bad ict ended 0318.001) ol the Victorv Bond Club money, and also £BO.OOO in l’ni-. 'lbis with depreciation. exceeded the amount paid by Victory Bond Club. "I am now £.,0.000 out of [locket,” lie said. "The stock dropped and most disastrously I decided to sell out. The expenses in dealing with the Club were enormous, as it dealt with 200,000 illiterates, who wrote letters of four, six. or eight pages about a L| certificate. The card index was soon not worth a raj), f nder the eit-Ciini-tanees, I told my staff to pay everyhedy in exchange for his certificates. I had a lot of lirplid cash at the time which \ kept in my bedroom. Mr Travers- Humphreys subjected Hottomlev to a searching cross-examina-tion. Bottomlov was continually llarmg up, an,[ protesting that he had only spent his own money. Counsel pointed out Bottomloy was an undischarged bankrupt, and he once requested the prisoner not to be insolent.

RUSSIAX TRADE. LONDON. May 25

si. It. Horne (t banceller of the Ex i lieqiien speaking at Glasgow , said the Government had decided to take a middle course in regard to Russian trade. They wore not prepared to give any credit to the Russian Government, but would give credit to their own British trailing people who were presum'd to embark in business and trailing in Rus-

colonial INSTITUTE DINNER LONDON. -May 21

Speaking at the Colonial institute dinner on Empire Day, Mr Walton (South Africa.) -aid be could only express astonishment at the unappreciative reception given by a certain section of flic British public to .Mr Lloyd George's work at Genoa, lie was proud Ilf .Ml 1.10.vd George's work there. Never was there a nine splendid woik-

i r on behalf of t' <• I! ilish Empire, but, first, and last, lie was cramped by » section of his fellow i mini i yiiieu, who hcri'.issc l and emb massed him conlineally. Tile results at Genoa weic disap-

pointing to .-(line cM<nt, bet it was lime. is, liable lo expect to settle problems of war in a few weeks.

Sir T. Connelly (Wcslralia) thought Russia expected to obtain substantial linanei: 1 assistanv •, but the (-.inference ileci.-inns meant she ivee veil assistance

only on the -.nine terms as other n: lions, and only when she created cn fidelice and gave seem ily.

Mr Meyer (High Commissioner I'm ludtal commended the work done b\ Mr Montague ;iiid I "id Chelmsford in India, which was well on the way to become !1 self-governing Dominion. Medical students utilised Empire Day for a monster street collect inn on behalf of Loudon Hospitals. Twenty Humsand pounds was collected by noon, and it was expected the day would end with <1 nations amounting to £oo,of>o. Special church services, parades, and I ageants of school ehi'dren marked Empire |)av throughout liriCin. A N’TJ-EA HOC II MOVE. I .ON I lON. May 21.

A Hill has been introduced in the House of Commons, privately, to prevent the importation of overseas money, securities, or property intended to he used for seditious purposes. .’nr .1. 11. Thomas, on behalf of I lie 1,-hour Early opposed its introduction and challenged a divisrn, hut leave wa s grante l by 200 \otes to 112 to iolreduce tile Rill.