BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Reuter Telegrams.] SUCCESSFUL LOANS. LONDON, October 20. South Australian and \ ietorian loans uere over subscribed, I,ADY READING. LONDON. On. 27. Lady Reading underwent a serious operation and her condition is quite sal isfnetury. THE BROBAGANDA INCIDENT. LONDON. Oct. 27. The ‘-Daily News” New York correspondent refill Is General (liarleiiss assertion that lie was incorrectly reported. Tin- correspondent asserts lie telephoned Oeiiernl Chartcris who admit led its accuracy, adding the story teas an isolated instance of deliberate invention in the cause of British propaganda .

Mr Floyd Oeorge. interviewed, said: •\Vc Iv ih * w tin- story < oiii<{ mdl. !»<• t r »i • ; tlloleloi-.-. il was never oflii iatty issue'!. I ill'll mil believe il and will mil no" ('. F. M astenim 11. till- head of the propaganda, depart incut, said be bad examined tbe story and louiul tinword Kadavera did not apply to a human being. It was applicable only to horses. General Campbell says lie visited tbe St. Quentin tunnel and saw the vats and be "as convinced tbe bodies were being refined down. FRENCH CABINET CRISIS. BA R IS, October 2d. Cabinet is still discussing tbe financial project. There was a storms M-e?e at a meeting of M. I’ainlevc, Briumt. Caillaux and the latter’s duel suppoi ter Laval, in the Bremier’s private room before the Cabinet meeting. According to Havas Agency’s report. M. Rainlove asked M. Caillaux to resign and the latter refused, whereupon M. Bainlove is stated to have replied that he would be obliged to submit llu- coller• tive resignation of tbe Cabinet. -M. Caillaux objected to Ibis course being adopted, adding that the idea was elearlv to enable M. Bainleve to reconstruct the Cabinet omitting M. Caillaux. The trouble was ended by the adoption of a .suggestion of M. Brill nil’s Unit |lie question be deferred pending a discussion by llu- whole Cabinet.

FRENCH FRANC. LONDON. October 27. The French Irani- is quoted in London at 121 exceeding lasi year’s record of 12(H. FRANC S.I’ECU RATION. BAR [ft. Oct. 2ii. At a meeting of the Cabinet. M. Caillaux announced that be bud ordered an inquiry into tbe sale in France and purchase ot sterling by French citizens abroad. The Minister of Justii e would open an immediate inquire with a view to establishing the identity of tbe speculators in the franc oil the exchange. FRANC RECOVERS. LONDON. Oct. 28. The French franc in London has recovered to 112.12. WORK FOR THE SURGEON.' BA Rift. October 2d.

The newsiiapers are absorbed in the political crisis and express the opinion (hat after M. Caillanx's speech, only a miracle can prevent the ( aliinet s resignation. M„ llm riot in a speech declared the time for physicians bad passoil and it was necessary lor surgeons to intervene. As a result o! M. Brin ml strong supporting Caillaux because he does not desire a ministerial crisis at tee time of the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations in Baris, the crisis will i>roloilv!y be prevented or at lea si postponed.

LOXTRUL Ol- WIRELESS. LONDON, Uet-. 25. The first prosecution under tbe Act laying it <to"u that tbe owners ol wireless receiving sots must take- out license-, occurred tit Smith London, "ben a householder was bound over on a barge of installing and working wireless receiving apparatus without a license. ( IT ANG-T.SU-I.IN l-'EA RED. BERING. Oct. 25. The Eengtien furies have recovered Mam-how. driving out a Chekiang detachment. Chang-Tso-Lin is sending four divisions with aeroplanes to Shangtung. \iinouneing the independence ol Dtpei. so far as Belting is concerned. tho Governor id Hupei says that Chang Tso Fin purposes to declare himself Emperor or to testnre the -Maiieliu Dynasty. DAMASCUS IU'INS EXTENSIVE ■LONDON'. Oil. 20. The Times correspondent tit Damascus, lifting the. veil as to the actual situation in Damascus says: St- Baulks Street, .called ‘-Straight” Street: is al-

most destroyed. ;iml lies m rums as a result of the Kiciich bombardment. I'he roadway is torn up l>.Y shell-lire, bazaars and .shops arc destroyed, and the whole area round the street mote i,r less demolished. Bountiful domes of most,ties are hadly holed, and Mosaic windows shattered, and words fail to describe the spectacle which this sacred an: lent city presents, with some of the choicest historic spots in ruins. I here was much looting on the night prim to the bombardment, mainly by Druse cant's. The old city resounded far and wide witii the sound of rille shots. Krench tanks at high speed traversed the streets, firing guns for demonstration purposes. The bombardment lasted forty-eight hours, and only ceased «hen the notables agreed to pay n hearv line and surrender all the rifles. The National Political League m London, representative' of the l’nles-tine-Arah Congress, have reeeived :• wireless message from Jerusalem statin. ' that heealise of the Druses raiding jnntv at Damaseus. the Krench homahrded the eitv from the Citadel for lifty hours, the greater part of the city being demolished, and thousands rendered homeless, while thousands of innocent persons perished. The Krench armed Armenian immigrants, who carried out tenrlul depredations. The British Consulate - a- demolished. the Kremh suppressing the news. Fugitives allege twenty thousand women perished. The “Daily Kxpress" states the foreign Office has not received corroboration of the above report. It under-

stands some rebels entered a portion of the city, and were shelled out by the French, and the British Consulate is unharmed. | APPEAL R EEC'S ED. LONDON. October 27. The Privy Council refused leave to appeal in the ease of the Indians sentenced to death, in connection with the Mumtaz Hegum dancing girl's ease. FRENCH CRISIS. PARIS. October 27. The French Cabinet has resigned.