BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

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lUBTR*. LIAM AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. A HERMAN ACTION. ißccuitud this day at 8..‘M1 a.m.) PARIS, November HJ. It is reported from Frankfort that the Public Prosecutor of Germany has slaited pro.ceilings against Nathusius. Tile action is based on a section of German law relating to war criminals under which tin- Public Prosecutor is obliged to proceed against Germans accused ol offences against the | ciwm or propet ty outside of Gein.r.nv.

FINANCE FOR A .MINI),SEN

[Reuters Telegrams.]

(Received this day at B.JO a.m.) { lIIMSTIANIA, November fti. Ihe new spaper “1 idenstegn” says IHJ.OOO dollars have heen placed at the disposal of Capt. Amundsen to enable him to fly to the North Pole from Spitzberneli on May Gth.

A WELCOME CONTRACT. (Reeoived this day at 0.15 a.m.) LONDON, November Hi. A considerable contribution to relief ol unemployment in Marrow will follow the New Zealand (iovernnicnt’fi order given to Harrow Steel Coy., for steel rails, costing approximately four hundred thousand stalling. The railmill lias been idle lor mourns.

AN ESTATE. LONDON, Noveinher Mi. .Joseph Conrad hit twenty th'fm sand .sterling.

PERSIAN OIL COV. LONDON, November Id. Ihe report of the directors of the Anglo-I’ersiaii Oil Coy., for the year ending Hist. .March, states the profits exceed 2) millions sterling. U reeoninn'lids the payment on 2,lst. December, a divdend on ordinary shares of ten I J,, r cent, less income tax. leaving £1.7-111.011!) carried forward.

A FRENCH OPINION

(Received this day at 0. lo a.m.) PA RLS. November lfi M Millerand, in a speech explaining the political programme expressed the opinion that the work begun at (feneva should lie continued, though the only gun ran tee of the disarmament protocol lav ill its appeal to the good faith of each nation. He thought it desirable that Cermany should he admitted to the League, hut feared .she might take advantage of admission to demand a revision of the treaties, to which France would never agree, lie regarded the Anglo-Ereni h-I!e!gisn Entente as an additional guarantee of peace, Imt insufficient to enable Franco to reduce her peace time armaments, until she had obtained more effective safeguards. The cx-Presidonl condemned the (lovernmenl's action in recognising the Soviet which was unnecessary. British. lieigian and Dalian efforts to establish business with Russia had all failed. He also condemned the proposed suppression of Embassies to the Vatican.

BRITAIN'S I’ORT.i. LONDON. November Hi. The report of the Pert Facilities C'omlitteo. appointed in the autumn of 028 hv the Chamber of Shipping of he United Kingdom in consequence of lie complaints of foreign shipowners hat ports were in many respects hsolete. states the cost of handling ulk cargoes is sixty-seven per cent iglier at British ports than at Continntal ports, while with regard to Louon the expenditure has heen coiieenrafed on more distant sections like ilhur.v to the neglect of docks nearer lie city.

GERMAN 11A11 AY A VS. [Reuters Tei.eokams.] (Received this day at 10.25 a.uiA BER 1,1 X, Nov. 111. The control of the railways in the iccnpied territory is to lie handed over o tiie German Railway Company stablished by the Dawes Plan at milllight on the Kith.

SITUATION TENSE. (Received tl is day at 10.2 A a.in.) ROM F, Nov. 10. The fierceness with which the political passions are at present raging appear to have given the impression abroad that the Uaseist Oovcrnmcnt is tottering, but the tension in Rome contrasts with the general tranquility in the country despite sporadic demonstrations, acts of violence and wholesale duels between I'netioniries on both sides, these being mostly exserviiiemen, planning a monopoly :of patriotism.

The (ontiniial repetition ot such incid. cuts undoubtedly tends to weaken the prestige of the Covernineiit and the popularity ol Kaseisni but there arc* no indications of the curlv fall of .Mussolini, whose position in Parliament is unshakable, and a spill in the Kcscists ranks is unlikely.

I*'(H)TI!A 1.1, KNTII USI AST’S DEATH. LONDON, November IT. Obituary:—Alfred Davis, Vice-Presi-lent of llie Football Association.

TITK MOROCCAN TROUBU*

["The Times” Service.]

(Received this day at. 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, November Hi. 'Hie “Times” correspondent, in discussing the French policy in .Morocco, says that the completeness of the Spanish evacuation and the danger of further chaos in Spain, are not ta\ourable to Franco-Spanish agreement. The Spanish forces are precipitately retreating to the coast. So -swift i> their disordered retreat that, while courtesy forbids calling it a lliglit, yet tlie military observers cannot catch up with the movement by moving the Hags on their maps. The Rifts are being left to the free supervision by any Kurupean power. Abdel Erim ma\ well speak of independence, but France cannot permit the creation ot a native state which would seriously liampci her Moroccan occupation. 1 hereloio, France will inevitably have to decide on some definite line of action, although this goes against her grain at present when money is scare and men even more scarce. 'Hie “Times” adds that it h ranee considers it is in her own interests Britain must approve of a firm, policy towards Abdel Krim and whatever decision is taken liritisli consent and cooperation will be sought as a necessary corollary to the success of her Colonial policy in which both are equally interested.

GALLIPOLI. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. November 10. The only living things on Gallipoli are the graveyards said Sir Tan Hamilton, speaking at a war memorial service at Hornsely. There are no villages. cultivation, shepherds* flocks and every farmhouse is ruined. Only n few beachcombers are eking out a miserable existence. But, the cemeteries are a mass of flowers, tended as if each soldier hoy had been an Emperor’s sop.