BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

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SOVIET-JAR RELATIONS

T< )K 10. September 28

The Soviet Embassy announces Ihv Government has decided in establish a brain'll of tli" Soviet Hank at Kobe. This, combined with the Russia-. Japanese freight service agreement, is expected lo contribute greatly to I lie restoration o! conimercia! transactions; hutween the two countries. GERMAN I'OI.ICT ENDORSED. BERLIN. Sept. 27. Saturday's meeting of the Reichstag foreign Affairs Committee virtmtllv endorsed the German (lovermnent'H security policy. Seven- eriiieism emanated Irom the in.ire extreme secle.in hut llie general impression is that Iho (I'ovcriimcnl is now assured of a strong I'arliamentary hacking; in t lie comi.ng i-onferenee. TOURING WKMBI.EYS. LONDON. Sept. 27. A movement is afoot to continue the Wembley Ex hihi I ion hv a twelve. month.-: tour of the representative exhibits l lirougli the English provinces, wilii the ohicei ol helping iiiter-luifa-r----iul trade. The Empire League, whereof promoters iiietiid-- Lord .Jellieoe. I-'ield Mai .hal Rirdwood, Dame Melba and prominent business people, have secured [iiomi-e. of a tile- collection of Dominion wares, and also of a selection from the Briti-li Government exhibits. In most eases Ihe town hath will lie utilised for the displays. A staff of twenty-live will travel with the exhibits, including an expert irom | each Dominion, in much with the tales! migration informal inn. S.-h'-ols w ill have special facilities to see films of life overseas. Tin- exhibition will -100 a week to three weeks- mi each place. , beginning at- Suiithampt >u in Decern- j her. |

‘ RED" MONEY IN .JAPAN. TDK In. Sept . 2S. The paper '.li.li" r.-poris the Japanese police discovered that lie- si.vi"! Labour d.-legnles handed tie Japanese Sof-iidi'ts thirl fen hundred ibnU'iiud yen In-fore coming to Japan. Most ol those who were am-sled during tinSoviet delcgat ion's visil have hi■ n released. ton a few ol t tie leaders are still, being held pending all ilivestieut inn. PRINCE Hi' VALUm BUENOS Wltl'iS. Sepi. A me-saire Irom Mar Del I’lma Mates that the Prince of Wales is homeward hound after his --i\ weeks visit lo South America. lie- Repulse, with tiePrinee aboard, sailed on Sunday morning. On tile eve of hi- di-nurture. the Prinee entertained I’resiih-nt, Alvei.r a boil I'll the It elm 1 1 >“ at a farewell hani) in -1, which tahi in ■ t Mini ter- and h c.M i oflieials all ended. A l-'EMALE RUI.U.R. . LON DON. Sept. 27. j There were piet uri-sipie s; cites at Victoria Station on the arrival of the I Begum of liophal. from India. Stic is | the only female ruler of an Indian ] State. She came with a large elitoiir- j age of till-bailed secretaries and at- j ienda li Is. They Were welcomed hv a | numerous euscmhlugc ot Indians. Hie visil is (Onueeled with an important i Anglo-Indian issue, whether succession , to tlie throne of Bhopal should he de- ! eided by the law of primogeniture, in ; which (-a.se nilei'ship will go lo lu-r grandson, owing to the death of her -eldest son. or whether the customary rule of nomination shall he enforced, when the liegum will probahv nominate her youngest son. Jhe Begum s rule is most enlightened, particularly as regards education. Her loyaltv t > the Em]iire in several crises has evoked l'rei|uent praise in Britain. | NO WAR WITH TURKEY. ' (Received this day at 9.90 a.m.) LONDON. 'Sept. 28. Tliere is no iplestion ol a war with Turkey, averred the Hon L. ('. .M S. | Vinery, wlm has returned from Geneva. Both sides Were pledged lo respect Ihe j provisional boundary until the re- : meeting of the Council in i leeenil-er. j lie hoped t tie pie- of tie- L.-ague',- j repi "'"ii Ia l ieves w ould nv.-ri frontior ; incidents. Britain was still prepared j to accept the League's decision if Tnr- j kev would do l lie same. i The I lon Amery poioled out that the ; so-ea I led Turkish offers were tania- ' mount to a demand for almost the i whole "f Northern Iraq, leaving llioj latter pi trilling concession on the | Upper Diala. The Turks, also offer a [ securitv pact, which, however, was on- \ ]\- worthv of consideration as a com- j pii meni to the frontier guaranteeing; the safety of the vital interests of the ' population.

KAIL\\ \Y CENTENARY. j LONDON, Sept. 27. A unique celebration of the railway j rentenarv lias lieen held ai Mam hostr } in which fifty thousand railway-men j mid their families are participating. I The centre was the Bellevue Cardens, hut the pro: eedilips were broadcasted throughout the country, so that tie- • public was able to participate though Hi., actual i elebrat ions were i unfilled ’ lo railway workers. Thirty-four spec- j iid trains came from Liverpool alone. | The clitetainmcllls included replicas | of the earlv passenger trains, with the officials in the enstunies of the year ; 182.7. lint there were numerous other , historical artistic pageants. reeallinfi the whole history of transport in addition to lie- rentenarv ot the railways. I Addressing the railwaynicn. Mr -T. | If. Thomas. AT. IV. recalled the fact j that in one year only three passengers j lent been killed in train accidents in ] Britain. being a proportion ot one m every f>l7 million passengers. I bey w t ie safer in the railway trains than j in their beds. j 'jTRKI'Y CAN.INC Cl> RESERVES 1 •-]>!■: ATI I TO KXOLfSIIMEX." COXSTAXTINOPLI), Bb.pt. 2!). The ratline up of the reserves ■ expected. Turkish mote are pa rad inji the street' shout ing. ‘lone; live Kemal." 'lon;', live Russia.' 'death t Englishmen.' YKI.I.nW RIYKI! l-'LDOD. i I'KKIN. September 28. ] A break in the main south dyke ol j the Yellow River resulted ill the worst j Hood .-I the river since NS7. There i are lo'AO sijtiatv mih’s already under water and two million people are atfoeted. I’iie autumn crops are ilestroy•ed and probably iiundreds have boeii drowned. (‘.very hour the tlooded alea is ini leasing. l iie tlovv ol the river is the only limitin'- lttetor to the extent of the catastrophe. COTTON MILLS 1! KSI’M E. RKKI.X. September 2'. All the Hriti'h cotton mills have re opened anil the 'trike ini' ended. Ihe Chinese Telegraph Administration operators .struck for increased pay and belter treatment. IN DISTRESS. LONDON. September 28. The steamer Pajinor wirelessed that I she had discovered the Cnitt teahled on Sept. 7th) otf PortUfial. tlyitifi distress sii-'tials. The motor had broken down and she was short of privisions. Water was supplied, also necessaries. Ihe Merganser is prnceedin.u to l errol foi repairs.