MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1924, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[Reuteks Teleghams.] FRENCH CJIAAIBER SCENE. PARIS, December 17. There was a dramatic scene in the Chamber. M. Malvny made sensationtil revelations of Government payments to Roinietrouge. Mnlvy concluded— I was made responsible for what C abinet did. The country ought to know the I ruth of the frightful drama ol which I was the victim. I ask the Chamber to appoint a commission of enquiry.

An interrupter shouted—“ If Mnlvy becomes the accuser C'lemenceau will be accused. I.et the Tiger sleep, fur it be begins to move there will be a clamour 'throughout the country.” STOI.EX ANTIQUES. LONDON, December 17. The “ Evening Standard ” reveals that antiques valued at two hundred thousand, belonging to the Wcrnlier collection, have been returned to the owners. The police were always puzzled that the thieves took this portion of the collection, which though most valuables as antiques, tire not negotiable without revealing their character and origin, as the collection was known to dealers throughout the world. Tt is now believed the thieves did not intend to take the antiques, only modern jewellery. Lady Ludlow, owner of the collection, denies the report and says nothing has been sent back. The mystery is deepened in a statement bv the ‘‘ Daily Express ” that the valuables are in safety, though not yet in the bands of the owner. It is believed they have been hoarded secretly since the robbery and being found unsaleable were returned. The ‘‘Daily Express ” does not say to whom. JAPAN’S RRINC’E. TDK 10, December 17. It is learned authoritatively that Prince Cliichilni is going to England on 11 tli -May and is expected to spend two years there, part whereof as an undergraduate of Oxford and thereafter will visit European countries for further study.

103 AND FI 11ST MOTOR RIDE. LONDON, December 17. Mr Hayes, of Kingston-on-Thames, celebrated her hundred and third* birthday bv taking her first motor ride. ORITI'ARY. LONDON. December 17. Obituary—King's Counsel, Rltike Odgers. ORIGIN OF PARTY FUNDS. PARIS. Dec. 17. A surprising incident marked the opening of the sitting of the Commission appointed by the Chamber to inquire into the source of party lauds omplovcd in the election campaign last May, with special reference to the extent to which Moscow funds were utilised. The lirsl witness was M. Brilliel. Senator for the Seine, who is regarded as the political agent for the Union Des luterets Kcouomiqiios. lie ret used to take the oath on the ground that lie would be compelled to give the names of the men who had given him. or demanded money, or who had received election funds. Thus he would risk legal penalties. The Commission after unavailing pressure, decided to refer the point to the Minister of Justice, and adjourned. PROFESSORS HONOUR El). LONDON. Dec. 17. Professor Mason (Melbourne) and Professor Kiti-belt (Dunedin) and representatives of India, Canada. Soutli Africo. Bitrmab. Hong Kong and Malta were presented with congratulatory addresses at the Leeds University Jubilee celebrations. SURGEON’S CRIME. WARSAW. Dec. 17. A Polish Patrick Mahon, named Kraspr/.ak, justifies murdering and dismembering bis wife on the ground that lie wanted to show what a man can lie driven to if he is refused a divorce. Krnsprzak, who is a well-known surgeon. was accidentally diseoverd l>y detectives with parts of the dismembered woman in a travelling bag. As Ins professional explanations were not conclusive. the police instituted inquiries, and found that Its wife was missing. 'l'lie marriage had been unhappy, and Krasprzak, having sought a divorce, lost the case. He accordingly killed his wife with a hatchet, and was taking the dismembered body to Warsaw for disposal in a manner similar to that adopted by Malum in London, when lie was discovered. The police bad merely boarded 1 1 is train to examine the passengers’ luggage for contraband, and had not the least suspicion of the crime. Kasprzak. at the trial, pleaded not guilty, saying that the Divorce Court was responsible. Ife was .sentenced to servitude for life.

a whitn i.KAcri:. WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. Ileprcsontativc Britten. :i member of tin l House of Naval Affairs Committee, speaking' at a< public* dinner. aunouucod that lie "ill to-day introduce a resolution in the House requesting President Coo! idee to call a eon fere nee of all white races in the Pacific. r l he dinner was given hy the Pacific Coast Chambers in honour of Congressmen from "Oregon, Washington, and California. Mr Britten said: “Japan’s open preparation for war is a reason wnv the people surrounding the Pacilic should have a definite defensive policy tor their mutual protection, and the quicker that is done the* hotter. Australia has already indicated her desire to participate in any movement which might he organised for her tuture protecton and benefit, and it might he well to call this conference, either in Australia or Canada, or even at Honolulu, in order to take it. away from the political machinations of the city ol A\ asliingtun. Influential Japanese newspapers have recently objected to the manoeuvres of the United States navy in the vicinity of Hawaii. Australia, or the Philippines, notwithstanding the fact that the Japanese Navy has been manoeuvring constantly in waters many miles east and south of Japanese territory. The conference should he called for the purpose of promoting the solidarity of the white people ot the Pacific. It should discuss not only ways and means of promoting a hotter economic. commercial, and political undelstanding between the said nations, hut naturally should give serious consideration to the national defence of cacti country. The fact that the white peoples have agreed to support each other ill the event of emergency should have the greatest psychological oiled upon Japan, and will probably do more f'o,>tl than the expenditure ot millKMi-. of dollars. T believe the world will aeree that no single English-speaking even white nation bordering the Pacilic v should ever be compelled tr meet Japan in war without the support „f all the white nations bordering tin Air Britten added that if America did not call such a conference he hoped Australia or British Coumba would. He declared: ! lie attitude of Japan liefore the League of Nations, and in ijnpan itself the opposition to certain cherished principles of America, have provided sufficient justification for the introduction of my resolution in the House,”