BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. INDIAN TROUBLES. DELHI, October 12. Non co-operators at Madras adopted a novel method of picketing foreign cloth shops. They lay on the road and challenged would-be purchasers of cloth to walk over them. Following excesses resulting from the action of the authorities to meet the situation non-oo-operat r- le :!ers ordered the cessation of picketing. Negotiations between the Commissi* ner and A kali leaders give promise of a settlement of the trouble. Altogether seventeen hundred Akalis have been arrested since the trouble started.

FRENCH WARSHIPS COMING. PARIS, Oct. 12. Two magnificent bronze palms, to be placed, on behalf of the French Government, on t 1 e grave of an unknown soldi: r in Australia and New Zealand respectively, have been shipped aboard the dismantled French cruisers "Jules •Michelet” and “Victor Hugo,” which have sailed from Brest upon a world’s propaganda tour to spread French culture. The warships have been transformed. Instead of guns and turrets, the vessels throughout are furnished with French productions, such as silks, and laces, while the bulkheads arc hung with the works ol the best French painters. HONOR FOR*LLOYD GEORGE. LONDON, Oct, 12. Mr Lloyd George will receive the Freedom of Salford after his Mancluster speech. The organisers have boon deluged wi'h applications for scats. RIFLE SHOOTING. LONDON, Gel. 11. The annual meeting of the National lUflo Association commences at Liverpool to-morrow. The prizes total C 6500. There are nearly fourteen hundred competitors.

LORD MAYOR’S SHOW. (Received this dav at 8 a.tn.) LONDON, Oct. 1.1 The Lord Mayor elect conferred at the .Mansion House with officials representing India and the Dominions, with reference to participation in the procession. Australia announced she was prepared to display her products. Sir J. Allen wrote stating he was consulting Mr Massey and others in the Dominion.- A meeting is to be held again on Monday.

SPEECH BY DAME LLOYD GEORGE (Receiv' d' this dav at U. 30 a. n.i LONDON. October 12.

Dame l.hiyd George, supporting the Coalition candidate for Leytonstone, said the general election could not he verv fai" aw.iv. although she could not say exactly when it would come. Reently, when the issue of peace or war were in the balance, unscrupulous speakers and scribblers had had their fling, and played a most contemptible part. They had shown no consideration for those engaged in preventing the fires of Smyrna crossing into Europe. and in keeping the freedom of the Straits. Government and the Allies succeeded in inducing a moderation of the Turks’ demands. During the crisis Ministers were unable to indulge in domestic controversies, but when Mr Lloyd George spoke on Saturday his supporters would not he disappointed in his reply.

FRENCH FINANCE. (Received this dav at 8 a.m A PARIS. Oc-t 12

A high authority in tin, Ministry of Finance explaining Franco’s financial outlook says there is not the slightest possibility of Frailer 1 meeting any por--1-i of her war debts or interest thereof during the next four years, as all tlm receipts must he dcvrlid to rebuild,ing the devastated regions. France (niifil not arccpt the suggns-ti-in that, lie promise to pay on demand should lie replaced hv a series ol securities fixing a ill finite date ol repayment of principal and interest. France was earnestly -seeking a tormula. for a. settlement of the European debts and reparations, and will probably submit a. detailed scheme to the Inter-Allied Financial Conference at Brussels, suggesting the fixing of Gornianv’s indebtedness on the basis of reparations cnly, wining out pensions. n.iul allotment claims. This would reduce Frame’s claim by a quarter.