BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1922, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BEY AN, THE ABSCONDER VIENNA, July 11. Bevan, recently arrested in conncc ’ tion with alleged financial frauds in England, in an interview said he left England solely at the request of his wife who had information that a warrant was being issued. She ‘“P 10 him to spare her disgrace. it was against the principles and praetice o hi s whole life to flee from trouble. He also' knew that his flight would pre,u■Hilling that the alleged falsitjmg or the balance .sheets Gas mi ordinary, window dressing operation,

HERMAN REPARATIONS. PARIS, July 12. Germany will l>e permitted to. deduct from the July 15th-. reparations payments, a total of 18,000 000 g»M niarks being the interest on the value of the coal handed over.

SHIFTY RUSSIANS. THE HAGUE, July 11from M. Knwi»’« '•*“*. „,«t. oror, effort to ifficjt “ntae*finite from the Soviet, or P them down” to any clear understanding has failed, nor can information suppl ed to the non-Russian Commission bejelied upon. The attitude of the Russi n is dailv becoming .increasing y cilable" and recent adjournments hate enable, aim alternative been apparently tne oniy ‘TS-I. v*** i„ Ws revliod to -«»» 1— tions put regarding credits. .

HOUSE OF LORDS. LONDON, J«b’ - Lord Crawford in the House of Lords „ '“ld „t Hou* ford resolutions, which will be taken ou Tuesday. They provide that the House of Lords shall composed m addition to the Peers of r oyal the Lords spiritual and the laiv Lords also .f members elected either directly, or indirectly, from outside tlie hereditary Peers by their fellow Peers, and also of meniliers nominated by the Crown. The reconstituted House will consist of 350 members. . Another of the resolutions provides that while the House of Lords shall not amend or reject money bills, the decision whether a bill is a money i or not shall be referred to a joint standing committee of both Houses consisting of seven members from each House, whereof the Speaker of. the House of Commons shall be chairman. The number of Peers to be nominated by the Crown is to be fixed by statute. REVOLT IN BOKHARA.

LONDON, July 12.: A special correspondent of tne Morning Post states: The Soviet Government are hurriedly despatching troops to Bokhara, in Turkestan, where Enver Pasha’s anti-Bolshevik rising in gaining ground. All the railways in the Volga district are being utilised exclusively for the conveyance of the troops. SOVIET RAISING MONEY. LONDON,' July 12. The Soviet authorities estimate tlie jewellery and valuables looted from the churches will yield two bundled million gold roubles of which five millions are being allocated for the purchase of food for the famine areas. Th e remainder is being utilised for State necessities- . It has also been decided to sell abroad the Tsar’s crown and regalias, from which it is hoped to realise seventy millions sterling.

NEW BRITISH BATTLESHIP. LONDON, July 12

The First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Lee, seeking in the House of Lords, announced that the Government was proceeding with the construction of'two new capital ships. They were sanctioned, he said, under the Washington agreement. It wps possible to build the ships, he said, so they would be reasonably proof against any possible attack. The cost, he admitted would be fight millions for each ship..