BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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A JAPANESE VIEW

(Received this day at. 10.10 a.m.) TDK 10, February 17.

Apparently an inspired .statement pumi-hod in the newspaper Asahi says - No legal qucslion v.liatevei can he raised regarding the right to establish a great base at Singapore, which is outs'me the zone of the Washington agreement. Practically, howevm. Die liritill plan < (institute- a great menace to Hu* Japanese Navy. A belief i.s abroad, tlial the Labour Mini-try will stop l!u> Pieject, which will greatly relieve* the* |ni|oria! Navy, hut the projee-t is the* outcome ni the Imperial Conference and must he financed through Imperial ie;ceill 1 ee-s. Australia llllei otll-! ci>lnuict> ah m an.* unable to establish a base where*, in emergency, the* Asiatic squadron. and colonial warships mav mobilise with tdn- British fleet. P is scarcelt conceivable that tiie plan will he abandoned without the* consent of the colonics interested. Even its stoppage ly tile Labour Ministiy does not mean the final o[ I la* scheme. What .la; an wants is not a stoppage! hut abandonment. A British has.) :.: Singupi re would liirni-h i.u ii-e* for American pretensions m Hawaii. am! the* establishment on the edge; of rewlrkted zone tantamount to augmenting arinemcnt, contrary to the* .spiiit, of the Washington Treaty. Many Japanese nava| utfress regret exce'eelingly that England, at the* minute* the* A agio-Jap-anese alliance ceaseel planned the* enn-<-e*l'trillion of a great- fleet in the Far Fan. Others advocate the extension ot tl'e Japanese auxiliary licet, which i not only financially impossible, hut weiilii he a violation of the naval treaty.

PARDON TOO LATE. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 10.10 a.no) I.(IN I)()N. Feln ua r v 11. A pardon arrived ton late- in Fie'inTi Guiana fur Kuptisan Travail, a master criminal, who revealed on lii.s death lied that lie forced the strung-room of the Austrian Embassy in Berne during the w<"i to secure documents for the Allies. He refused a reward, because lie felt he uiis serving hi.s country, and did not disclose Ins identity when .sentenced lor lib* imprisonment for a subsequent exploit in Paris SCRAPPING THE NAVY. [R KCTKItS TKr,H(!UAMS.] ToKID, l-’chruaiy 17. The Naval Defence Committee announce the first period ol work ol scrapping ten warships in accordance with tcli naval treaty is completed. A TALE OK THE SKA. CREWS PRECARIOUS PLIGHT'. Received this dav at 0.15 a.mA LONDON. Fefo 17. A thrilling drama of the sea is related by Skipper Fames who was rescued from the wrecked ketch Goodwin Sands which ran on to Goodwins on Tuesday afternoon. The skipper and three men lashed themselves in the rigging. Two succumbed tmm fold and fell into (he sea on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon the .-kipper saw the Ramsgate motor liteboat app.roaeh and lie waved to h**r. but., upp;i ivn tly he was hidden by a sail as; the lifeboat went auwy. On I' riday

morning the lileboat again vi-iled the wreck and discovered Larues and a dcckbnn named Duties lashed 1■) •i he mas!. Roth, almo l lifeless, were taken to the Ramsgate fu Urinary where they arc making a good recover. despite their three daw ami litre eights’ cxnoiiiro to the icy *. *!*.* " - .-*'-.'i"i‘One of the lik-bonl': h, Uiouolit. he- romctli-rg moc !-*; the. must ill the grow!!’.' darkness up t\ ednesda v alteruoou hut the he a'.a seas prevented the hunt getting 'mat anti eventually In* and his companion concluded that it was only a flapping sail. NEW RUSSIAN CURRECNV. 'Received this day at ib-15 a m.) MOSCOW, Fob. J 7 The Council of Commissars has sLopped the printing of roubles which will be redeemed at IOLOOO to the pound and so all outstanding roubles can he bought for six millions sterling. The circulation of the new guaranteed currency is now tflirty millions steiling and new treasury notes arc being issued ai the rate ol two millions sterling monthly. THE VOROWSKV MURDER. iR-actived this day at O.To a.m.) GENEVA, Feb. KL It is announced that secret agentof the Soviet are engaged in a plot to murder Cmtrndi and Polouuini who were acquitted on a charge of murdering Yorowsk.v. The French and Swiss police have taken step.- to protect Polounini and Conradi. STUDENT'S AND POLICE FIGJIT

[“Tiie Times” Service.] Received this day at 0.25 n.m.) LONDON, Fell. 17. The I’aris correspondent ol the ■Times" reports t Hat lour hundred Indents besieged the office of the 'outnil Boor Law Authority to proest against tlie deduction ol tuent.tve per cent from the receipts ol tlie ~,11 thev gave recently in aid ot tic umU from which loans are made to li'ce-sitmis students. Tlie police wore idled and ejected them alter u ter•ihie si niggle. The students then eturned to their headquarters ami urued a lire hose on the party of ml ice outside the building. The Sul--1,.u- pelted the police with blocks ot i rewood.

The police then laid siege the building for ball' an hour when Guichnrd. chief of police, arrived and after lie had held a parley with the students order was restored. EX-NEW ZEALANDER DTES. (“Sydney Sun'' Cables). [R v iveil this day ni !).!•> a iu.) LONDON. Feb. 17. Obituary. — Lionel Abnickton, an oxNew Zealander and Magistrate ol New i.inon. STRIKE NTAYS. (Received this day at U. 20 a.mA LONDON, Feb. 1< • \ meeting of London National Stevedores and Lightermen's Cnioii decided to adopt a policy to stay m the event of the strike continuing, at tlie works during port hours only trom eight in the morning to five in the evenin'', on fw <k'. vs of Vam oieht in the morning till noon on Saturdays and go slow on piece work with no overtime. The national strike committee tu-sh-noted the transport workers not to haul to or from the docks, whnrveand warehouses during the stiike. A GAMBLER'S SUCCESS. CANNES. February Id. . James Bonoghue, son-in-law of the Weolwortli founder of American cheap stores, won tell thousand sterling by an afternoon’s play at baccarat. V\ hen almost hidden behind his piles of winnings he rose, linked arms with his wife and left, the casino his pockets bulging with notes.