BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] ITALIAN DEBT TO U.S.A. (Received this day at 10.0 a.m.) WASHINGTON. November 12. The Treasury Department has announced that an Italian debt agreement has been reached.

TRAINS COLLIDE. (Received this day at 10.0 .ill.) NEW YORK. November 12. At least 10 were reported killed and several injured when the Si. LouisNew York passenger train crashed into the rear of the Washington-New York train, telescoping the last two cars, early bn Thursday at Plainshoro, New Jerscy. The accident occurred in a heavy fog.

ANTI-ITALIAN OUTBREAKS. (Received this day at 1J 25 a.m.) LONDON. November 1.1. Both Belgrade and Rome correspondents state in consequence of Italian. Fascists at Trieste on November sth. attacking and damaging one Italian and one Slovene newspaper offices and houses of Italians, there were serious anti-Italian outbreaks by students at Zagreb, Spiilats. Sehenieo and other town wherein the Consulates were attacked. The police with difficulty preedited an outbreak.

BELGRADE, November 12. The Jugo-Slaviaii Foreign Minister officially expressed regret in response to the protest by Mussolini, and according to the Romo correspondent, the perfect of Zagreb was dismissed and senior police officials punished. The students arrested at Zagreb will he tried and Jugo-.Slavia will pay an indemnity.

M. PA INLEY E’S DETERMINATION' (Received this day at 9.110 a.m.) PAULS. Nov. 11.

M. Painlcve. addressing the journalists at ii luncheon said; -‘I give yen my word, I am determined to defend tint currency with the same obstinacy as we defended Verdun.”

THE LUXOR TOMB. MUMMY REVEALED. LONDON. Nov. 11. The "Daily Chronicle’s” Luxor correspondent says that amidst the greatest secrecy .Mr Howard Carter lifted ; iie mummy from the innermost gold ovcrcil case and propped it up against the wall while Professor Derry of Cairo, submitted it to an x-ray examination. It is hoped that medical cxiniinatons will reveal whether Tutankhamen diet! of tuberculosis or violence is others snv. If there arc no indi-

cations Doctor Lucas, of the Egyptian Department of Antiqiiites. will analyse the internal organs in the euii;>pic jars for traces ol poison. Mr Carter believes lloremheb general of Aknatc.n and a heretic King, murdered Tutankhamen, hence the hurried burial of Tutankhamen. Carter found a luagiiilieient coloured papyrus roll one hundred feet long containing the first royal book of the dead. The •apyriis is embellished with hundreds if paintings in colours by Egypt's Greatest artist. The book may well •over file tomb's finest legacy and rereal the wonders; of the school of paining founded by Akiialon at Tollelaniirna in Egypt’s supreme period of Iccorative art. In most of the eollin n which the ninsi splendid of all have tee ii cleaned of black resinous mallei', Ino to the funeral lihrntions. the gold igures of the gods and other ornuinenntions, are declared superior to any limilar work in Egypt. 'I lie excavators till continue their task. Carter still inpes to find the crown of upper and ower Egypt.

CHINESE AFFAIRS. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) SHANGHAI. November 12. There is little autboral.ive news from Pekin, probably owing to the censorship.. It is learned that Tuanchijiii is virtually a prisoner in the hands of Feiigyusiaiig.

Another message stales Feng is alleged to have decided to disarm Tualtchijui’s bodyguard, with the object of taking Tuan into custody on the plea of guarding the Chief Executive. Reports of Feng’s attitude are still contradictory, hut the general beliel is that there has been a definite break between Feng and Changtsoiin, while Feng’s mo.-A powerful lieutenant Henan Tuupaii Yiielm ticliun is reported to have definitely thrown in his lot with the Allies.

SPANISH INSURRECTION. (Received this day at 11.2-3 a.m.) PARIS. November 12. The “ .Matin’s" San Sebastian correspondent states notwithstanding the censorship, it is learned that General Lopezoshon and Sousa, two Commanders of the Cooadonga regiment, and Colonels Panic, Scgundogareia and other officers whose names are unknown. are incarcerated in the military prison at Madrid. It i> believed to lie in connection with a movement to overthrow the Directory and constitutional guarantees to summon Parliament. There lias been agitation hy officers in connection with rewards promised by De Rivera to those participating in the landing at, Alhueemas hut the real object of the movement is understood to lie a revival of the programme of military juntas.