BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[ Reuter Telegrams.J TKI.KGRAM GIIARGKS. nd "s Paris, net. n. !I>l Suhjeci to the npproval of a plen--try conference. the Tariff Committee 111 if the liiiernatioiial Conference hare agreed that the increased terminal tran--it charges ini telegrams shall be ap* died on April Ist.. 1020. The increases, which are cuusidered certain to he foruallv adopted despite British opposinon, merely constitute the maximum rates , liargeable. and are not obligaiit t,)MV. THK DA.MASGFS RISING. BEIRUT. Oct. 20. The rising in Damascus has ended. Local notables agreed to pay a large ' line and to surrender several thousand tl. „ i’t lies. N ; LONDON, Oct 20. ’i he “Dailv .Mail’s’’ Paris correspondent reports iliai the French Garrison it Damascus has smashed the Druses rebellion w ith guns and tanks, is Parties of the Druses, helped by a cs majority of the Moslem population, barricaded the native quarter of Damaseus. and started looting and burii’r ing the various districts under French ,| "ontrol. Momentarily confined to puhs- lie buildings the French Military Goo versor thereupon ordered field artillery ''' to s|ie|| t 1,,. native quarter throughout ' the day. .Subsequently, tanks tiemolislicd the barricades. 'lke insurgents, while still bolding a few isolated districts, despatched ertiis- - v-arics asking for terms. i- Meanwhile the Daniascus-Boirut rail- •' way is interrupted. I ’f be !• r,uich have asked Paris for ftf- , fell thousand reinforcements. PARTS, Oct. 1.1. Replying to a mem tier of the Finance J ( ominiss'ioii. M. Painfeve stated that tlii> I'rencli losses in the Syrian campaign to .July last Were LOW. He promised to supply figures of tlte losses to - September Doth. ; BRITISH WORK MRS AND MOSCOW LONDON. October 20. Sir \\ . .Joytison Hicks, speaking at Lincoln. said: "A deiinite attempt t- being made to get liritisli trade unions within the domination of a. foreign power, namely the .Moscow Soviet. I do not believe the workers are suc.b lools as to desert their own tried leaders. Ihe Government i- alive to what is going mi. and can be trusted to lie ready in (be event of a general strike next year.” AT LONDON DAIRY SHOW. LONDON, October 20. Ibe Dairy Show entries showed a slight tailing off in colonial exhibits. Iti salted butter. Ontario makers took all the prizes with 07. 0.1 and 01 marks, out ol one hundred. In tlte unsalted butter, a Saskatchewan creamery with 0, 1 marks won first prize. Australia was second with Pdf and third with 9:5. hot- Cheddar cheese Ontario won all the Pi’iz-s. Australia won a gold medal for a collection of colonial dairy produce, i including bacon, dead poultry, and i eggs, heating Ontario, the onlv other J entrant. There were no Australian or New Zealand entrants in the colonial 4 - JHI f 1 ! i 011 »‘ V cl il SSO S . it: ot v.< ti n\ fo n ja p a xk.sk . PEKIN. Oct. 20. Hie Chanir T*=o Lin forces retreated to Nil liking. Sun Euan Chang's forces following, alter making prisoners of a few hundred. A mandate was issued ordering Sun to withdraw from Shanghai. as the departure of Chang’s troops had removed grievances that had Keen complained of. IWo Japanese destroyers are proceeding to Shanghai to protect Japanese residents, in view of the threatening situation.