BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association. 1 SIX DAY RACE. NEW YORK, December G. Alphonse Goose ns and Gerald Debates, a Belgian team won the six days’ bicycle race. BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. LON DON, Dciein her 7. Il is reported Sir Austen Chamberlain, through Al. Briand’s mediation will meet Al. Tehitehorin in \ ionna at Christinas. The " Daily News” points out AL Teliiielioriii recently intimated his desire to seek a reapproachmeut with Western Europe and hoped for an iuvtiatiou to London, but in vain. The ■•Observer 1 in declaring that Britain’s choice between Mosul ami Turkish goodwill mils! be approached in the l spirit of the- Locarno Pact, also in drawing attention to the Ulster boundary sett foment whereby it is proved that consent settles frontiers better than arbitration, urges Britain to begin direct negotiations with Turkov with a view to securing a compromise. If the Alosul dispute is not settled by arbitration there is little prospect of peace with Turkey. India or the Middle East, while the British people will certainly repudiate tin extension of the mandate. .Moreover. Britain’s relations with Russia and Turkey constitute the main barrier to European disarmament. Britain alone refrains from a resumption of relations with Russia. A quiet, talk between Sir Austen Chamberlain and Af. Toldteherin might work wonders. Britain’s foreign policy wfll best achieve Imperial security if it never makes an enemy where it can keep a friend.

KIPLING’S CONDITION UN CHANG ED. LONDON. December fi. Kipling’s condition is unchanged, hut his strcnglh is maintained. KIPLING RECOVERING. LONDON, Dee. 0. Air Rudyard Kipling continues to improve. A ROYAL MIRTH. TOKIO. December f>. The Crown Princess has given birth to a daughter. OBITUARY. LONDON. Dcwemlier 8. Obituary.—loliu Stephen Vaughan. CO-OPERATIVE Al lEKF.TINO WASHINGTON. Dee. 8. Convinced that co-operative marketing with Governmental encouragement offers the best possible solution of the farmer.'' problem President Coolidge intends to give Ids active support In a. bill embodying these principles, which will be presented tn Congress. USA. .SHIPPING LOSSES. WASHINGTON. Dee. R. The loss,— nu tli" Government's mcrelian Heel’s onerntinn in 1925 are c-ti-mated at tin’llv million dollars, according to a report presented bv the Shipping Board tn Congress to-day. The report urges Government aid. “either through preferential Infill duties, preferential tonnage dues, or subsidies more or less direct'." ill order to secure the operation and maunder private ownership. RACKET I'OODSTUUES. (Received this day at 9.0 a.m..) LONDON. December 7. It L forecasted Unit the food Commission with the purpose of defeating shell-weight frauds will recommend legislation abolishing the sale ol foodstuffs by packet and that they must be sold bv weight. MOCK BURIAL OE SECRETARY OK STATE. LONDON. December 7. One thousand sympathisers with the imprisoned ('oiiuiiunist- man-hod I rom Mdgate carrying a collined eltigy ol Sir \V. Joy nsoii-l licks with the Union Tack and held a torchlight burial service at Wandsworth. SOVIET SAILORS DRILLING HULL COMRADES. (Received this day at 9.0 a.m.) LONDON, December 7. The police in Hull discovered Russian sailors secretly drilling local comrades In the Co-operative Society’s llall, where they lectured and displayed Soviet films. The police immediate-

!v banned visitors going l" mysterious night carousals on Soviet ships.

POOR LAW HE FORM. LONDON. December 7. Proposals have been circulated among local authorities throughout the country by the Minister of Health (Air Neville Chamberlain) under which County Councils will absorb the functions of the existing Poor Law authorities. This step is a further phase in the process of revolutionizing and simplifying the administration of the law and lopping oil' historic anomalies. The proposals were inaugurated hv Lord Birkenhead, whose radical revision of the property law eom.es into operation nn the Ist .January next. HESSIAN wireless station. MOSCOW. December 7. A,, electric power station, declared to |,e the largest of the kind in the world, situated eighty miles from Moscow, was formally opened b,v 1 rot sky in the presence of the diplomatic corps. Russian. British and Herman firms shared in the work of equipping the

station, the capacity of which is do.ooo horse power. Turf Ino I is used. CHINESE FIGHTING. PEKIN. December 7. Telegrams from Mukden state the KuosungliiiL'ites, under ihc pretence ol surrendering, turned the Changtsolin-

ites left flank when their defence line completely collapsed and Chang’s troops are in full retreat towards Mukden. They may make a last stand at I’inn River. There is a complete breakdown all round Mukden and a general exodus from the city is in progress. Changtsolm has notified his intention

of retiring into private life and is preparing to leave Mukden immediately. PEKTN. December 7. Despite the news of the Mukden collapse. Liehindlin slated his reiterated intention of opposing Knomingehun. and a clash in the neighbourhood of Tientsin is momentarily expected. T-uh-inglin stated he had reached an agree-

ment with Wupeifu and Sunehunnfang. BYE-ELECTION. (Received this dar at 12.-10 n.m v LONDON. December 7.

The bye-election for Ripott. owing to the appointment of the lit. Hon. f . L. Wood as Viceroy of Tndin. respited:— Major Hills (Conservative) 1 (J.-IDO Murray (Liberal) 11.422 PERSIAN PARLIAMENT. (Received this dav at. 12.30 p.m V TETTER AN. December 7. Roza Tvlian, temporary ruler, opened with Royal state the new Constituent Assembly, which lie reminded the i House had l>oen elected by the whole nation, after the deposition of the Kn ; jar Dynasty. The Mcjliss had given him temporary rule hut to the Assembly was committed the duty of appoint- ; ing the final permanent ruler. Reza • Khan left at the conclusion of his i speech and the Assembly proceeded to official h’isiness.