BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1922, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE EMPIRE’S WELFARE. - LONDON, Dec. Bonar Law speaking at the annual meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association paid a, tribute to the value of the Association’s work iu Imperial relations. Its work for the Empire’s welfare was never more needed thaii now. The Dominions could no longer ho dictated to for they have now attained their manhood. There was no special machinery to give them a larger share in the direction of the Empire’s policy to which they are entitled. McDonald said the Security in the future must depend on the very largo minded series of experiments. They must try to devise new means of meeting old problems. There is no better laboratory in which to study these experiments than in the self-governing dominions. ,

MR LLOYD GEORGE’S VIEW. IAI PORT ANT SERIES OF ARTICLES. LONDON, Nov. 7. The Australian Press Association has made special arrangements for the publication of an important series of articles by Rt. Hon Mr Lolyd George, wherein he deals with subjects of national and international interests. The first articles will be published on Saturday. It discusses the relations ,vith France, and points out how aggressive the French policy may imperil she pact with Great Britain. Subsequent articles will treat on reparations, international trade, the Irish and Turkish affairs, British and American relations, war debts and the menace of socialism. BRITAIN XND DOMINIONS. LONDON, > Dec. 6. At the annual meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association, Mr Bonar Law said that the war had completely altered the relations between Great Britain and the Dominions. But for the help they got from Dominions, the war could never have lieen won by ißrtain. Naturally, the Dominions now felt they were entitled to a greater share than ever before in directing the Empire policy. GERMAS SENTENCED. BERLIN, Dec 6. Hubert and Ulschaeger have been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for attempting to murder Dr Schiedenianti, ex-Chaneellor of Germany. RIVAL POLICIES. LONDON, Dec 6. M. Teliitcheriii a,t Lausanne said he desired to reply to Lord Curzon in detail later, but was ready to make now some general remarks. T'eFßussians were for full Turkish sovereignty, -any system of internal control always brought internal rivalry. Lor Curzon replied that he was glad to lienr Russia was peacefully inclined, and of her solicitation for the general rights of peoples. This obviously «meant that the greater part of M. Tchticherin’s proposals of two days ago would be torn up.

LINER’S ESCAPE. NEW YORK, Oct. !L The Red Star Gothland arrived here last night with a thrilling story of perilous buffetings she received in a hurricane from mountainous waves which, as witnessed during the height af the storm, even the captain of the Aquitania described as dangerous. For 42 hours the Gothland drifted, while seas of terrifying magniture swept here from stem to stern. She was blown 80 miles out of her course. Suddenly, through the blinding Spray, the captain .perceived the Atlantic transport Menominee bearing down on her 'less than n mile away. Soon, while the Gothland was on the crest of a breaking 50-foot wave, her navigating officers could see the Menominee through another wave. Collision, with the loss of both ships, seemed inevitable, both vessels rolling helplessly. Three barrels of oil were emptied on the boiling seats from the Gothland, whose engines had t& be stopped before the starboard screw could be reversed. In the nick of time the Menominee drifted across the bows of the Gothland. Less than 200 feet separated the two liners. As they fell apart a gigantic sea carried away the wireless apparatus, flagstaff and log line, smashed the windows of the Gothland’s bridge, and swept several boats from her deck. Then everyone breathed in relief; a collision had been averted.