LATEST CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1924, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. <J>\UBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION, niay (ii'ini'.a Aii.mini.-tkatiun. AX K.M.HiIIY DK.MANDKI). (llcttived tl vs (lay at 10.LV5 a.m.) I.ONDOX. September .lollm Shut, editor of tlic “Socialist H.‘vi( v." in a lot ten to the “.Morning Post" in referem t* to the New Ciiiinoa , ha• pres points out that ( anoint' spout iiioh r;■ moilt!i at Now t-111110:1. and of that lo'iiMooii days wore spout at l!a----l.iil. i 11.- halaiioo was .s] out in onii-iiip; at oil la 1 t lie ( a-t. In t!u‘ eviilen taken <oi oath, of litty 'iircc whiles oxaniiiio I. t a enty-livc wore (flhial.s. In addition to . .idoiuo (|tiotod hy the "S', inlist Koviow” fmlher loliahh* inl'oi inatinn is provided hy K. A. Presoott. a inoinhor of the I !ritis.li Soioutilio Kxpeditioit. who states that at .MarioiihiirM lie witnessed the (oiisioniup; of lilt) slaves for forced work; and hy JJcatricc (Irimshaw. who was srrprised to find how brutally the whites treated the natives at Sepik Hirer. .Mr 11. If. Cameron. medical assistant at liahnatti Island, a'so reputed cn the i!I-Licalnient of natives hy the Comnii'siouer. 11. (•artleit. who ordered an investioalion; hut. it has not. taken place. The letter (|linles the lion. .Mr I’, a 1 e's statement to Pardiaiucnl on the 1 Till, .lime: "It i- impossible. nwino tu (hdiherate departmental (.Isinielion. to sheet home charces of a crave nature against ollitials in the mandated

territory.’’ Air S.-tiiT adds : “Alter this .leelarntion it is imperative that a real impartial inquiry should he held, and it is to la* hoped the I.rogue will undertake it fearlessly."

RIFF All'll DISK FRENCHMAN. [“The Times” Service.] (Received ttiis dnv at 9.2;A n.nt 1 BARIS. September LA. It is ‘ reported that llilf tribesmen have murdered Al. Harold, a Frenchman. emj loved on the Tangicr-Fez railway. and curried oil' Ids wife. The Fren. It Ambassador at .Madrid has asked the Spanish Government to aeon re the release of the wife and also to ensure the effective protection of French subjects in Spanish .Morocco. .MARTIAL LAW BROCI.AIMED. [Reuters Telegrams.] BAGHDAD Sept. loth. .Martial law has been proclaimed in the districts of Xu lies and Amadujali. north of Mosul, as the result of a raid by Turkish Irregulars. Aeroplanes, armed with machine guns dispersed the raiders. A communique issued h,v the Traq Alinistr.v, says the proclamation is a precautionary measure to prevent similar agressions in the Iraq In rder in the lilt are. BULGARIAN SENSATION. SOFIA. Se .tend er l-A. To-l*o 'Ahcxandroil'. head of ihe M;i<ed niiaii Revolutionary orguuisnt inn Has killed -oiiie days ago by 1 1,0 followers. who reeel.tly joined ihe Federalists, a rival Aberdonian jarlv. His death was kepi se let. The annonnoelli ill to-day laused a ven.sa.t i ill. 11 i.s reported that nerisal. oe.iined in Gurnadjiiitmaja and Sofia. AIOROC (AN FUHITTNG. (Received this day at, I..'ll) p.m.) BARIS,' Sep tend er DA. News t'l'oin .Maitriil is that the situation in the western zone of Aloroeio shows an improvement. The road between Ceuta and Tetttau is cleared of rebels. The military diie tory do not intend to abandon Spain's rights in AL.'o .1 Inn j -1. -. ue cell to ii-'liee lb'* Illoii'.fO- ~|" ;v-'U"ll- lobl INDIAN CASUAI.ITIKS. DKI.il I, September LA. It is estimated there were lil'ty rn.-ii-alities during the Kabul riots. The fires hare been qindled hut the main potions of the eitv are destroyed and the place is practically deserted. There has been looting mi all extensive scale and many wealthy residents are rendered penniless. I.iirlnnw is in the hands of the military and the curfew is in operation. ITider the noses of the pat rolling military, victims are stabbed by rullians and the city’s hospitals are full of wounded. These and uothcr instances of communal bitterness are causing anxiety.