MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

tUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

RECOGNISING THE SOVIET. PRAGUE, .June 7

Russia and (zeclio-SlnVakia have signed a treaty recognising the Soviet t!<>\eminent.

TERRORISM IN EGYPT. CAIRO, June 7. Official coninmiiiqiic warns thp public that the police arc lining authorised I to search anyone for arms. Any re- | sisters will he shot. In the event of ■ any outrage, all the persons in the vicinity must remain. Anyone attempting fo leave until the police permit their departure will lie'shot without warning.

KOYAI, WEDDING. BELGRADE, Jim.

Princess Marie, of Roumnnia, was welcomed after a voyage up the Danube with the King and Queen ot Roumanin. There was astonishing military pageantry. Masses of cavalry an I infantry packed the streets to prevent nnv untoward incidents.

MURDER TRIAL. LONDON, -Itine 7

At the Police Court the trial of All iwav, charged with the mimic oi Mist; Wilkins (cabled on May ('•) has begun. Tire defence lias intimated its intention of attempting to prove an alibi.

I )ESECI 1A TIN C! TOM BS. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS. .Tune 8. The “Journal” learns that the Bolsheviks owing to shortness of mone> hare begun desecration of sovereigns tombs in Peter Paul fortress. Tin Empress Joanovina’s silver tomb was taken away and Catherine the Creat r opened, vines and neckla-ces of great value being stolen. Peter the (Jreat’f was opened, but no treasure was discovered . th ; ssia axn cnrncir. I OXPOX. June 7. The Russian Soviet Covernmcnt. '- plying to the Archbishop of Canter bui'y. who mmle a protest. denies t-iew has been an organised attack turn the Russian church. The Archbishop of Canterbury iuireplicd tr> Russia, refusing to withdra ■ his charges, but he requests penuissioi to scud a representative d-'oration from the liritish rhnrc'.w-s to Rus'-ia t examine the situation. a In the Russian Covernmcni’s nT-h. regarding the treatment- of Russian Churchmen, the Soviet says i 1 c hrsi si i i Patriarch Tikhon's group has be- - working with the Czar’s hiircaucrac-. and nohilitv. The Soviet adds that ermiders the Aivhhi-dmr. of C-.nte-lmry’s protest- was dm- to narrow raslc solidarity. The Archhislmp of Canterbury, in a further note, reiterates Ids protest and his request for permission for a sma.l c»inimiUce of English Churchmen l«visit- Russia to ''■i ■ ■ site-,tie -.

A MURDEROt'c r-,.\xc. NEW YORK, .lime 7. Felony indictment against Cl men. who nr*' members <’l ilic Ini Kltix I'll"*luis been returneil bi- Ibe Grand .Ini ' lit I,ns Angeles. The indict lueiit 1based 011 tlieir alleged I:i-vh-ss raids, organised by the KWn. none l.os Anpoles. The counts nlle.ee Inlse Imprisonment. kidnapping. assault with inteid to murder. The raids <v on • 1 ' neetion with the “exlrn-leenl uumsli-m-nt of so-called “undcse-hF <it.y.cus carried out by the Kbin.