BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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DISSENSIONS JN RUSSIA. [“Tur. Tim ns” Si itv;.- i . j (Received this day at IT 15 a m.) LONDON. December ID. Ili'-.sen-ioiis within the Ru-sian Communist Party have giowii to seiinus pioportions, says the “limes’ Riga correspondent. A faint but threatening murmur of discontent which recent!' forced t.!> Central Committee Party to niorDim an abrupt cliange in tin* polic,' regarding the organisation of the party, allowing the ia:ik and file to express oj minus more ireely. swelled inLo a._ uproar of mutual recrimination among tbe most intliii'iitin 1 leaders. Rail k deelaics the party has split into fat tions. Ossinskv, Siproimf!'. Smirnoff, and ethers ridii ill" the Central Committee's comiemnation ol the tendency ol members to split into groups, and declare that the Committee themselves are mere groups who have usurped authority and dietateii a policy without emi,suiting the lank and file.

NEW FRENCH AIRWAY. "‘Sydney Sun” Cables). ‘Received this day at (Mo a.m.) LONDON. December 18. I'he •’Daily Mail'' Mates that the Fnnch Air Ministry promises to support the shipping companm, m establi .hiug a .seven tlmu-and mil - air way fiom Paris to Rnenos A ires. via Rordi.aux, I.i-hun, (’a-ahlanca, Dakar. Pernamhuco. and Rio i|e .l.amero. ft will eventually he the richest airway in ihe world. Mail- and freight will initially he ear lied by -learner- to Dakar ami pernamhuco. hut huge multiengined seaplanes are being designed v-hieli will he aide In cross the ocean with full leads.

ANGI.O-PER.SIAN OH- COY. [Recthhs Tkm-'.cuamx.] .LONDON. Deot'inher 18. Sir C.iarles Grcenway. presiding at t'ue Anglu-l’ersian Oil Coy’s, meeting, said that the Government had not eonsuited the Company over the projected .sal" of the nation's controlling in-trri'-t. hut the intereß- id other slaneI'olilcis would he full,' protected, lie deseri 1 ed the imdartahing as the l.mI ge'-, higgesl industrial concern. Though the expenditure was colossal it was legitimate and es-mitial to the bidding up and maintenance ol the business as a felf-eniitaiiu'il organisalinn. according to the |oliey that was laid down when the Goveinmeiil entered tl.e partne, ship.

MR MASSEY'S FAREWELL .MESSAGE. (“Sydney Sun” Cables i. (Received tins dav at f).2-> a.m.) 1.0 DON, IKc, 18. Mr Mas-ey, on the eve i f lis departure, issued all expression of appreciation on behalf ol New Zealand and himself, of the warm hospitality shown everywhere; also thanks to the Government Departments which had done their inmost to facilitate Ids work. Although he was compelled to return nnme leaving a situation ol uncertainty regarding the late oi the Imperial Conference's work, he hoped that before be reached New Zealand to receive news encouraging the belief that the Conference's decision would not he jeopardised, lie lelt conlideiit that liiiieli had been done to strengthen thebonds of Empire. lie anticipated quicker mails ultei New Year. He had been urged to increase the immigrants, hut ten thousand yearly was Lhe maximum that was economically absorbable. “I don’t think Londoners will ever adopt the Continental Sunday.’ continued Mr Massey, “am! I am glad ol that. London i■- a gay city, hut I aiidoners Know how to kee| the Sabbat.i. Th"v arc orderlv Them is no It'vo.y. Lmg a- I live I will ri.niemh 'i' how Armistice Sunday wa- observed U was an old eft, lesson to the world I never saw auvthing like it. lhe huge orderly crowd's greatness, the entire absence of h.ud voices, the spirit hohiml it all. warn something to be tell rather than seen. This is something that is iTinracteristie of the British lace the world over.”

THE GREEK ELECTIONS. CLAMOURING FOR REPUBLIC. [Rkuteus Tki.kohams.] (Received tliis day at 10.25 a.m.) ATHENS, Dec. 17. The election has been a contest lietween the Liberals and the Republicans and according to the results s" far announced, the deputies elected to the Constituent asseinuiy compose almost solely of moderate \ emzelists and Republican Venizelisls. the former predoniina t.lng. A proportion ol the Republicans voted against \ emzelos. The Republicans are clamouring for the deposition ol the dynasty. It is mated that Colon"! Plasterus, too rcviilntioiiary leader, is ilelermined to prevent any untoward events. Mo-t orderly etiempi- h.v the op-po.-ition leaders to induce lolh.wers to Imyeolt the elections were , ulv parliallv successful. Venizelos was elected, many .s„tioimlis.s voting for him. ri.nsi.leriiii; that he is Die only politician able to extricate Greece from the impasse and i„ view of Ins moileraturn on the mistic question. tJR'KEK ROYALTY DEPARTS. |{KG ENT TO BE APPOINTED. (Received this day at 11.25 a.im) ATHENS. Decemher 18. Th ir Majesties are leaving for Rumania to-night. Admiral Kondounatl- is to be njipointed Regent. dynastic crisis imminent ATHENS, Dec. 18. II! is now reported that a dyua-tie crisis is imminent. The Kings <»v parture is helieveil to ht> a conclusion.

A BRITISH COMPLAINT. (“Sydney sun" Cables). (Received this day at 10 10 a.im) LONDON. De,. 18 Britain has intimated in the Ka m Goveriinieiil, grave dissau- action • *r : “is yt. ,l (im to K.d»ui, * . , | !,f Hie seriousness of the -ompnniu. I A vuneral'Tntkr hitter. ■r child cmdueted m tl.e nornussion i- x} C *°" > t>ravor. i Pi-otoiulmii to *jo'» tu pi . waiting auiomobi'.e and escape, H 1 r, idctifio.l as a member of a