BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

' -UsrilAl.lAS AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION NOTABLE DEAD. I'ARJS, .January 1-1. 1 Obituary M. Rib»t. ox-picniier m Era nee. I ... i SOVIET DEFALCATIONS. ■ COI’KNHACEN. January It. Moscoi reports the investigation of • the accounts of tlie third (.'uininiiiiists international discloses extensive delal,utinns amounting to nearly seven millions ol gold roubles. A number of valuables forming the basis of the intei'iuitioiudes fighting fund haw entirely disappeared. Rruiiiinent members of the executive arc suspected. CON ST'A NT INK’S BODY. ATHENS, January 11. Government refused to permit the reinov.il of ex-King Constantino's body to Greece, where the presence of so many refugees i- regarded as the victims of hi- disastrous policy, i- accepted :i> a sufficient j' si ificiiim, 5, Government's action. EG V DTI AN FINDS. CAIRO. January IT. Government, officially announced tied while not wishing to hamper Lord Carnarvon any arrangement he ni.'.v niaka with | rivale individuals, they po.-c; m si-t upon strict impartiality Hi tlie giving of inlol'iiiufioii coin erii'u,: !• - t'inkhaiiien’s toniti c°lit'.*nl- to :| d j-i rnalists at Their s. Cui narvni cnnlonlplates permit ting only one journalist with the party. ( (IN FI HENCE IN CUN'o. RERUN. January IL The Reichstag v ted coufidenee in Herr ('run. only lho Socialists opposing. Si: Icon Socialists did uol vote. ITALIAN EOLITH'S ROAIF. January LL Signer Mussolini, writing in his magazine “Gel'arcllia" declares lie ■J'iel defect in llie Gin ,'foment of Italy Ins 1(0011 the ft* <| iu'uI. unnecessary changes of the Ministry. X" statesman ever had time to finish what he began. Tt is believed that these opinions loreshadow a change in the Parliamentary system. Mussolini i - said to he preparing a hill under which future Ministries will remain in power for four years. Only the King has been empowered to denirnil their resignation I KTNG OF PALESTINE. I'. A rSANNE. January If. It is rumoured that .Emir Abdullah son of King Hodjaz. will he chosen King of Palestine. Abdullah agrees with Sir A. Balfour's plan regarding Zionists in Turkov and Mesopotamia. It is expected the Mosul question will he settled shortly. Tt is proposed that Arab territory shall lie attached to A|"s'>notaniia and Turkish Kurdish tcrritorv to Tnrkev.

BALKAN CAULDRON. LONDON. Jan. 15. The ‘'Daily Telegraph'' -lotos :- "There has been recent talk of militarv activities in Iho Malkaii-. 1’n.1.i.1.1v ir is due to the coincidence of frontier troubles, in Hungary, and Roiininnia. With the reinl'oreenients ol llie Bolshevik Army on the Bos-araboan ironlier. t-ho reappearance of Rulgarian hands near the River Doluudga and Serbian Alueedonia, the rapid growth of tlie Isemalisl forces in Eastern Thrace. the position is a tense one. and it may easily become explosive. Tin* Little Entente has energetically drawn the attention of the great power- to the The ".Morning Post's" Relgrade eor-iv-poiuleiit lias reported that an agreement has been reached between the Soviet Government and Rulgnrin that, if war breaks out. Rttlgal'ia will remain neutral until a propitious moment, when she will as.i-t Ru-sia with irregulars, Russia attacking llessa re Ida across llie Dohrtldga, and Rulgaria to attack Thrace. If sneces-l ill. this uoulil mean giving Thrace to Btilgatia and Constantinople to Russia. r.NCITINt. THE FO Yl’TI A NS. CAIRO. Jan. 15 Kemal Pasha. Turkisli Army leader, has telegraphed inciting llie Egyptians to throw off the Rritisli yoke, saying: "Tnrkev follows closely the fulfilment of Egyptian independence, and hopeall Egypt will occupy its right lid place among the nations.”

AIUSSOf.TNI CRITICISED. LONDON, January 13. The '‘Daily Chronicle's” Rome correspondent scathingly eritieKcd what hi' terms “the devastatingly floodlike speed with which Signor Mussolini is inaugurating reloi ms.” He says: “Signor .Mussolini and his disciple- are doing much good. I nt a lot of it in the wrong wav. The general nt mosphere therefore is unhealthy. For instance sixty tluiii-and railwnymen were dismissed only the Fas: isti being retained. The Government's only late for those dismissed is emigration. Signor Mussolini is reducing Parliament to the status of a helpless Reichstag under a Kaiser, making it a mere debating society.” LITHUANIANS EXPLAIN. LONDON. Jan 11. Advices received in London slate hat the leader of the insurgent movement. in a “parlianienlaire'' to the French Commissioner at Aleniel. informs him that the whole district lias surrendered without bloodshed. and that the hostility is aimed, not at the French or the Allies, hut at the German direetorinm. from which iln non-Gi irman members have recently withdrawn. FIGHT TNG A T MEATFL. BERLIN. January 15. The "T.-nkn! Anzeigcr” reports heavv street lighting at Afemel where the l.i thunnians are now in complete possession. AfOSrT. INSURRECTION. PARTS. January 15. An Angora communique gives further details of the Alosul insurrection. Tt says in Erhil District, Birtish planare throwing incendiary bombs. The rebels are burning the villages, destroying the corn and enltle.