BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AMI N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. ■A NGiLO-TURK AG REEMENT. (Received this dav at 9.25 a.m.) LAUSANNE, May IG. At a meeting of the political committee conference experts, it was announced an Anglo-Ttirkish agreement had been reached whereby no formalities will he imposed on Britishers visiting Gallipoli graves. G. J. GOULD DEAD. PARIS, May 16 A Mentone telegram announces the death of George Jay Gould, the lAmerican railway magnate. JAPAN’S REPLY. (Received this day at T 1.45 a.m.) PARIS, May 16. The Senate is expected to agree to the Japanese reply to Germany. The reply says that Japan is unable to approve of the proposd amount of the reparations or the method of payment. But in view of the fact that Japan’s interest in the matter is not so vital as the other Allies Japan refrains from commenting on the details of the German proposals but hopes that the German Government will take the proper steps with a view to facilitating a speedy and amicable settlement of the whole f|iiestion cf the reparations on an equitable- basis.

THE VOROAYSKY MURDER. GENEALA, Alav 16. M. l’olounine, Secretary ol the Russian Red Gross in Switzerland has been arrested and charged with complicity in the assassination of Vorowskv. It- is alleged that lie sent one hundred francs to a. comrade c-n the clay of the murder and that Poluimuie was carrying out Wraugel’s order in Geneva. SOVIET AGENTS ARRESTED. (Received this day at 11.45 a.m.) " DELHI, May 10. The Indian Bolshevik agent arrested at Cawnpore is being taken to Peshawar for trial on a charge of conspiracy. The .original Bolshevik documents discovered in his house giving hint instructions how to proceed with organising and engaging in propaganda. The authorities have also arrested a hand of Soviet agents, chiefly in the Punjab district who were trying to make their way into India. These are also to lie tried en bloc. They have been trained in the Bolshevik propaganda sell col at Moscow and wet g then despatched overland to India to carry out Bolshevik plans. dye works occupied. BERLIN, Alay 16. The French have also occupied tho dye works at Hoechst and Limburg. EX-PR KALI ER DEAD. PARIS, May IG. Obituary—Af. tie Fre.vcinct, an oxPremier. aged 95 years. FRENCH SUMMER TIME. PARIS, May 16. Despite a decision cabled on April sth.. the House of Deputies passed the Government Summer Time Bill by 313 votes to 2-16, after a lively debate terminating in a fervent appeal by AL Poincare, who pointed out it would mean a saving of twy hundred thousand tons of coal.