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Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRAI lAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. Si BM \itlX!■: LIMITa rtON. LtINDON. March -2d. The "Mamina Pin's" Paris < orrosi .iiidem says;—Tlu Washington agreement is not popular in Fiance. Tile average Ft euchiiiuii does not see wiiv his country should sign a d :cunioii t limiting its naval construction without- a return. ‘T.p Temps’’ points out- that tiie Glided Stales gives Fin lire no guarantee for the immunity of her island possessions in the Pacific and many Frenchmen do not see why they should not build sulimarines. “I.e Matin" recalls the fa'i tint 170 German submarine- held t'a- most colossal naval combination of the world in cheek, and ITo suhmnrinos cost only the same amount as six batth ships of tli:' latest type. The general idea is to add a el.(Use to the treaty, pointing cut' that France will not le bound by the Washington convention after 1030. as otherwise d will i.e r--sinned thfli Franco lias a'-sented to tin' pTmaiK'Ut limitation of her fleet. I 111 UTAH V. AMERICANS. LONDON. Mat"l, 20. Shell!. id lias in ken a remarkable revenge on the l nit'-d States lor the Fordney Tariff, which is directed against special British steels, by declining an American order for three hundred thousand tons of steel bar.-. This order would have gone to Germany. hut lor the Ruhr occupation hv Frame. The firm which refused lh*' order wrote that it was not prepared to hold up orders from British rivals who were now in difficulties because their former niaiiuiaeturers were unable to supply their requirements. J .VliOU’S VIEWPOINT. LONDON. Mat'd! 20. Mr Ramsay MacDonald, speaking at Newport sail the Tory party’s policy was one of grab. Their morality came after the grub. The Liberal Parry was inspired lit gnat ] rim ipics. but one section followed the Government and the other followed the Labour Party. There was n .\v less elianee oi peace in Europe for the next I'd teen yen's t'tan tli,.re was in 1010. There was less seenritv and more silent enmities. lie was going to stand by the right- ol purlin mein, so Hint a few men in London or Paris should not have the power to decide the late oi countries. INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE. DELHI, March 21. Operations uuninM the recalcitrant tribesmen in I’azmak and Watta distrieis i- proceeding umler difficult eotidition- . There have been a u.miher of casualties a- a i til, of enemy sniping. A eoiisid'-rahie nmnbci of tribesmen were rounded tip er have surrendered. THE BRITISH ON GALLI.POLT. j ■ 'TiIK TI.MKs" Skrvk k.J (’Received this day at 11.-lo a.m.) LONDON, March 2(5 The “Times'’ correspondent, who lias hist left Gallipoli writes llial light railwavs are being thrown out in all directions from the camps where l-~.,0'>0 British troops are stationed across the plains from Kolia. I in- railway runs ai m-s the Peninsula to Atyiae Beach. If hostilities were darted Anznc would lieeome the base.

The work mi the cemeteries which was held up for the time being owing to the Greeks (light, have now been restarted with Italian and Russian labour. Five p riiinaciit cemeteries in the Anznc area have hrvii completed with the exception ol the headstones. OP. ITGA I’Y. LONDON, .Mu ■ L ;M Obituary.— AdmiiaJ Fellowo-, (athei of tin British Navy, aged !■’•>. Fit i;'-.( II iNT OM.ES (Received this day at 11.-lo a.m ) PARIS, March 2d Official .statistics show there are R>7 persons in France with incomes exceeding a million francs. I hose pay on s quarter of the counti\’s total income tax. INTEREST IN VISIT. (Received this tlav at 11. lo a.m.) ROME. March 20 lii'iv Si in lies’ unexpected arrival can- (1 surprise. ImporiaiK eis attached to (.ho visit as it coincides with tinvisit of Gary ,Chairman of the United Steel Corporal ion) who had long interviews with high polil ici.iiis and financiers. INDIA AND SALT TAX. (Received this dav a( I I .-lo a.m.) DELHI. March 2d There was another exciting (b'haie in the Legislative Assembly when Ihe Einance Bill, including the salt tax, came back fur reconsideration. ihe Assemble devoted the whole morning almost to sa.lt. and eventually rejectotl Hie tax hv AS to L . Government now has no alternative lutf lo restore the tax hv the \ ieeroy's ceri ilicato-, which it is thought probable will he done immediately, despite Indians protests that it will wreck rrlorms. I lie rejection of the salt tax was ns oi ved with loud enthusiastic noil-official appliiuso.