BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

RUSSIAN PROBLEMS

reuter’s telegrams.

(Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) HAGUE, July 10. The week opens with an unsatisfactory outlook. The principal delegates spent the week-end examining the list of properties which the Russians are prepared to restore. The delegates agreed that the list was unsatisfactory, including only ten per cent the total. It is now explained that Ivrassin’s statement that ninety per cent of the properties of foreigners will be eventually returned is conditional on the conclusion of an agreement with the Soviet regarding credits and dependant on direct individual negotiations between the owners and Soviet. Thin is regarded as unacceptable, Simply meaning that the owners would be left to the tender mercies of Soviet. There was much plain speaking lit a meeting of the credits sub-eoniiiiissioii. The Russians in a final reply to a direct question, insisted that they wanted credits granted the Russian state, not individuals. They refused to recognise guarantees inscribed on the face ot bonds issued by the Russian Governments. GERMAN PO.MTJ.GS. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, July 11. Majority Socialists passed a resolution supporting a thoroughly Republican Government and opposing the inclusion of the German Peoples Party in the Coalition, declaring the Social Democratic Reichstag party cannot cooperate with a Government whose ranks arc extended to the Right Party. WiIIELESS ENQUIR V. HEUTKH'S TEUCO HAM*! ' (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 10. ' In the Commons, Mr Baldwin promised to enquire into the (rases of wireless inefficiency suggested by the question of Murray MacDonald’s that at least five vessels within range of the steamer Egypt, when she sank missed the “5.0.5.” signals, and nineteen others were not watching at the time of the disaster. Mr Baldwin stated that twenty-seven cases of alleged inefficiency had been reported since the adoption of the regulation regarding watchers, but the present was an insufficient case to justify an amendment of the regulations. ARCHBISHOP’S REQUEST REFUSED. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 11. The Soviet Government has refused the 'Archbishop of Canterbury’s request to allow him to send a Commission to Russia to enquire into the Soviet Government’s alleged seizure of Church property and the attitude of the church in Russia. CHINA -J AP A! i R ETCMEXT. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) TOKIO, July R>. A Chi no-Japanese syndicate is being formed to take over the work of two coal and one iron mine in Shantung, formerly included in the German concessions. The company will be formed equally of Chinese and Japanese capital, and will constitute part of the Shantung settlement, The Japanese Government now has a. claim for fifty million gold marks against the properties which will he credited to Germany as part of the reparation payments. There is every indication that tho Chino-,Japanese negotiations regarding Shantung settlement are proceeding smoothly and expeditiously. GERMANS IN SILESIA.

FURTHER, outrages reported. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) I LONDON. July Hh “The Times” Oppeln correspondent, states ghastly outrages by Germans in Upper Silesia, against Polish girls continue. Mobs of roughs are raiding houses and dragging out screaming victims, stripping, heating and drag" ~ them along by the hair which is tlun cut off. A mob of about a thousand Germans tried to break into an hotel and get a. single Polish girl, who was staving there. The “Times” correspondent telephoned the Allied Goner, who ordered out armoured ears. me order was heard on the telephone and communicated to the mob which hep to disperse, but sporadic outrages continued all night. Five hundred ext a police were brought from Bieslau. Twenty of the mob were arrested. Smiinr atrocities are reported Horn Oleiivitz, Beuthen and Itatisbor. The Allied evacuation of Oppeln carred out with the utmost caution, traffic was stopped and blinds on windows overlooked the street were lowered. Ihe people looked on silently. All Oppeln and German Upper Silesia is flying the forbidden red, white and black flag Telegraphic advices later state that the town was quiet, but there is an uneasy feeling in the air.

WOOL MATTERS. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m,) LONDON, JUly 11. 'l’lie Yorkshire “Observer” says Bawra’s statement is a foolish piece of special pleading to justify its policy. Everybody knows eross-breds decreased in Argentine and New Zealand, but as a. set off, there is the increase in Australian merinos. Moreover stocks of crossbreds in tile bands of tlie trade are so splendid that Bawra’s announcement unsubstantially affected the market. Its influence was more than counter-acted by the chaotic continental exchanges. In Bradford’s opinion Bawra’s move will have an unapprecilile effect upon July values, having regard to the present position of trade stocks and free wool offering. The Yorkshire “Post” says holders welcome and appreciate Bawra-’s withdraw of crossbreds, on the ground that tho fixture of definite quantities for sale-puts the trade in a better position to make buying arrangements. UNION FUNDS GONE. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 11. During the amalgamated engineers’ lockout, the general funds of the union were entirely' exhausted. Ihe mombciship dropped by IG-Ptip.