BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[“Tn- Timms” Skrvicr.J TRADE UNION CONGRESS NO USE FOR EXTREMISTS. LONDON. Sept. 7. Labour writers agree the I fade Union Congress, opening at Scarborough in Monday, will be unusually important. as there might ho a possible split in the Labour Party. The ••Observer" says a clash is expected between the moderates like Messrs Thomas, dynes, who stand for the amelioration of the workers’ conditions wit!ii:t the structure of the existing industrial system and the loft desirine to organise a. movement lor the definite purpose of overthrowing tiho whole structure. The newspapers therefore display a rebut!’ to tho left wingers on the eve of the congress in the shape of a letter from the soeertar.v of the congress telling Mr Pollitt. who forwarded the mmuritv movement resolutions, that, the council reiterates last, year’s decision to act on!v in accordance with the views of properlv accredited representatives affiliated to the trade unions. Tl.is is interpreted as an intimation Quit the congress will _ ret use dealings with extreme organisations.

AVIATION IN GERMANY. LONDON, September 7. The "Morning Post’s” aeronautic or re spun dent says that statistics rereal an alarming growth of Germany’s •ommvreial air domination. The Imperial German Airways are, operating ive services in Germany. Out of 132 i,ii lines in the world. 12 are under British control, while sixty-two are under German control. In addition, the German machines are ol such fine const motion that they can he left in the. air for indefinite iwriods undamaged. There are signs that Germany intends to flood the world with Iter aircraft. As the result of intensive reseaivh she possesses knowledge which is ti e first need for the building up of ■ rent air fleets, either civil or mtlitarv. The correspondent adds: “Notwithstanding the high cost of the Royal Air Force and the large stalls, the Air Ministry of England is unable to spend time and money on aeronautical research. The fruits of this policy arc oltvimis.’’ TRAGEDY OF COLLISION. LONDON. Kept. 4. The pathetic story of a ship's captain !tl ,il his wife going to their death tooulmr on a sinking vessel was revealed at an inquiry in connection with the collision of the oil tanker Aeasta wit!l_ the pennant, a small vessel, bournl for France. The collision occurred at tho mouth of the ilmmos. Ihe Pennant had sixteen souls aboard, including women ami children. Khe sank in eight minutes. Captain Owens managed ito leave the crushed wheclhouso and join his wife, when the vessel t'celed. over, and sank. , The remainder cl the crew. imdu<r*g the women in their night attire, were rescued from the water after climbing rope- lowered over the sido of itm Aeasta.

A COLD SNAP. < - LONDON. September (3. A sudden cold snap has descended mi Britain, where many holiday-mak-ers were caught unprepared. The conditions in Scotland are colder than in Iceland. Heavy seas at Scarborough and Gleethorpe swept away summer beach lit tings. The south const is strewn with the wreckage of summer camps and regatta boats.

PRESSMEN OUTRAGF [Reuter Telegrams.]

(Received this day at 8 a.mA SHANGHAI, September 7. An outrage was perpetrated at Canton Oil two British journalists J. Cox (••Daily Express” and I. Oliver O' Morning Post ”). They went to Canton as special correspondents. They were pursued by a crowd of a thousand strikers, brandishing sticks and attempting to surround the newspaper men. Finally the Britishers took shelter at the headquarters of tho Labour Army where they suffered added indignity. Surrounded by Whampoo cadets with fixed bayonets, a heavv chain, ten feet long, was tightly clamped to the necks of the newspapermen. who were then impiisouod with fourteen Chinese prisoners, who had been incarcerated in a filthy, stench-ridden prison for more than a month. I'he crowd clustered round the prison elammouring to kilt tho foreigners. The pressmen had no food fur fourteen hours. Later, three official- ordered the removal ol the chain and tool: them to the cadets headquarters where they apologised profusely for their treatment. Later, Cox and Oliver were conveyed to Shameen. REPORTED FRENCH REVERSE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) DAMASCTS, September 7. It. is reported Sulida has fallen. ’I ho Druses ambushed a French punitive column killing til teen hundred and eaptiiiing a complete regiment of artillery. The situation is serious in Damascus.