BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

vOTRAMAN* AND S. Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.

THE DEBT COMMISSION. .'Received ri,i- 0,-!v at '.'.HD a. n.) LONDON. Jan. 27. Air Baldwin interviewed, said the great difference between America and if ri Lai li was that ill the States the I’,mil -cLI lenient ol the debt quest ion was in the hands of politician.-. The *-.■;• i ‘a i v of the American Treasury euiild uiuloubtedK have arranged the s with British Government had it . desired, kilt the mailer hail been :n:u:onsrly complicated by getting into ! ■ iguids <f ('uue re.'S. 11 bail to he remembered that America, politically. ..... ! 1 ,i ci uutry people, the hulk of ..., j ,ii • j : id no I:nowledge of international ■ rade. If senat urs came from agricul-. . !•. ;1 1 I ; .f pastoral coiumunitic.s wheill d,.|,i was funded now or in It-, iutnre il con!,! only be tuudeil on . .j ■> a- eeuld !.* goi Iron! ( oii- . ss. There III!. | been an advance, in American iqiinion m a very short time regarding the debt, but il was hardly possible that Congress would he able to cat its own words and reduce the terms iro’m six per cent over all. to thr-r or three and a half for a period of years. It was a matter of opinion whether it would he possible to land she debt for many .'ears. Ihe Ameri- . till people as a ’whole thought they were behaving with extraordinary gen-ere-itv in making the oiler th.wy nuule. De was nfraid the English people would not think ml There was no hope it present ■! get ling Arueriea to oll’er better terms of interest. At three 1,,,,| 1,,,1f per colli il would amount to about thirty million. Mr Baldwin thought the strain m paying lour or live per cent on the whole debt would be greater than Britain could carry. If we had to pay live per cent, as we were bound to do by the original uoTOe’lueiil when the debt was conthe ■ umnla+ed interest -. .mid have to be 'died to the capital v . rhv year. Tb M would mean ihat Britain would only he paying on moiiil and the tie’ : would increase year bv year-—a ghastly tboinglil. REPLY TO CRITICISM.

iTNITED BEll VICE TELEGRAMS (Received this ,h;v at To a.tn.i LONDON. January 28. ft is understood the report to which Kir J. Allen objected, is lying rewritten and parts deleted, as a result of Lord Devonshire’s intervention. Hi disclaimed responsibility for some ( .- the statements which are regarded irrelevant, and wanting ill ae-urary. Mr Belcher, replying t» Kir J. Allen savs the report was a private document for the executive and impartinlly discussed various views conveyed to lurn while in New Zealand. H>- tnllowed the same plan in reporting on the other Dominions. He did not approve of the publication of extracts by the newspapers. As regards the inflation of laud valuations. .Mr Belcher says this was instanced in all the reports. Si also applied to Britain. No figures were given in the report except s 1 1: 1 1 ■.■.ere Mippiled officially Ihe general trend of the New Zealand report was to emphasise the variety of wealth and undeveloped resources and also the remarkable jump in the quantity and quality of dairy produce. No criticisms were made on any Dominion except those based on local expert information. GERMAN CD A L SUPPLY. ■ ' V 1 t ids da v af 9..’1D a.m. ■ LONDON. Jan 2 b

The "Suihß:\ Express" states France has dcciihd to most strongly urge on Britain the necessity of plneing an embargo oil the export, ef Briti-'i lonl ;e unnccii pied Germany. Large orders lor British l orJ ciail iiine to he roi ved from Germany dislriL-iilc-l ■••e,Yorkshire eoal-fiebis. payment till indo from German hiilanci-s in I onlieu anil N i. Y« rk. w liich < xpr.esi i -

mates ni three hundred million poll in I-. li is ii n i il’. el v Britain will

ceil i.: ila- French ib nianil. --.-liii-h would i-lieck the rem.it revival In the ioal indiislrv. GER.M.AN BOYCOTT. PARIS. 'J'an 28.

As a resiAll of prut wt.- fnim public inaangers of niiisic lull!-', il has been decii'i 'I to engage on more German artists. LORI) CURZ.o.VS ATTITUDE. I! •'■ i\.-Ii ibis 1 1,• yat It* a.m. ) I.A't s.YN.NE. -Bin It . lea'll ( iirr.ini in a ‘ peei-li in reply to Turkey’s decision regarding Gallipoli graves, -aid men tame from A u.-lralia and New Zealand llm cud- oi the earth to fight for the noblest of can' Cannot wc* allow them tie- dignity peace. The giouml is valueless to I i.rkry or any other human being. h:u to Australia and \t‘" Zealand r. is a matter of the deejiest sentimental cunsidoi atioii. It is impossible for anv nation to take a different vii w of Us dead. Wo will not haggle over our dead soldiers. Not a man will he removed from Gallipoli until this qne.stii'ii Is settled in decency and honour. [sin- ; replied that lie had the deepest rr-neet for all who fell on Galliji'.li. do prom --.1 to respect the - i-nu-teries. lon ibc area was taken hirin' Turk, and i-ey asked the right oi cm: tul. LONDON. Jan 28. , n. ws[inper- gcnerallv Mgre.-_tk.il ' n-il Ctirzon took the right attit.i e; ami struck the note regarding Gallipoli craves. The -‘Sunday Times” says th« whole country, indeed the whole. Ein pice, counts upon the Governnieui an liering unyieldingly to Lord (_i Ixoo ilecla ra t ion.