BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Reuters Telegrams.]

COMMUNIST PLOT UNEARTHED.

SOFIA, April 5. 4 The Bulgarian authorities have discovered a mass of documents revealing a vast Communist plot. The tires include the operation of an order showing widespread risings timed for the 15th April. Simultaneously important railway points, telegraph and telephone lines, roads aild bridges would be destroyed; also attempts would he made to assassinate the Min- * inters and persons of responsbility. The planners evidently, had military experience and wide knowledge of local conditions. The Government is taking precautions.

THE BRITISH LOAN. ~

LONDON, April 2.

The British Government’s offer of thirty million pounds worth of 31 per cent, conversion stock, by tender, has resulted as follows: The tenders at £7O 16s 8d are receiving 33 per cent, of the amount applied for, and the tenders above that figure are receiving the full amount applied lor. The applications totalled £83,610,000. The stock i.s now quoted at from one-quarter to three-eights of a premium.

The average price of the conversion loan is £76 17s. The newspapers congratulate the Treasury on the success of the tenders in connection with the conversion luati. The 1' inaitcial Times'' says: "The possibility of a long period with the Government out of the loan market cannot fail to he of much assistance in getting the monetary and investment conditions dear from disturbance, and in allowing a more certain view to be taken of the questions ot national finance.

CATHOLIC TRADE UNIONISTS. LONDON, April 3. The “Catholic Herald” states that steps are being taken to arrange a conference between the Catholic trade unionists to consider means ot thwart- V ing the attempts to link up the trade unions with the Soviet,

ULSTER ELECTIONS. LONDON, April 5.

Progress reports on the Ulster geiteral election show that the follow ing have been) returned: — Unionists 14; Nationalists 3, Independent Unionists 2; Socialists 1, Republicans 1. "

BELGIAN ELECTIONS. LONDON, April 5. The “Times’s” Brussels correspondent reports that the polling at the ' Belgian elections passed off throughout the country in perfect quiet. . suits, will not he known till to-inorlTiV^.

Already it is certain that no party will obtain an absolute majority. The Socialists have notably advanced principally at the expense of the Liberals. The Communists appear to he swamped. They contested nearly every constituency.

CHINESE TURMOIL. PEKIN, April 6,

The China Inland Mission headquarters at Shanghai wired to Pekin Stilting that 1 toutin Government troops were attacking Shankiu, where a missionary, Mr Tomkinson and his wife* arc stationed. Tomkinson says their lives will lie immediately forfeited if the city falls. The Foreign Office ha# wired flic Honan Military Governor urging him to take all possible steps for the protection of foreign lives and property.