BRITISH S FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1925, Page 1

BRITISH S FOREIGN NEWS

Australia & N.Z. Cable Association

SHAIK H i)V K r KLCX KLAN AIIAMI (Florida), December 15

-Mrs Alice Rhinelander, who recently proved to the satisfaction of the Court that her millionaire husband, despite his denials, must have been aware of the fact before marriage that she was a partly-coloured woman, is in hiding here, though the Ivu Klux Klan has publicly declared that it would force her to leave.

Klaiisineu strode into hotels last evening at the height of the dinner hour, demanding an inspection of the registers, but their search was fruitless.

vrsrr of a princfsb. LONDON, December 20. The "Daily Express” states that Princess Astrid. aged twenty, the pretty niece ol the King of Sweden, will be the guest of their Majesties at Buckingham Palace as soon as the Court mourning is over. AIR HALDANE’S DISMISSAL. LONDON. Dec. 30. Mr Haldane's dismissal is widely uiseiisseil in science circles, especially :u the light oi Cambridge’s loss of a brill in n i biochemical research worker. !l is understood flaldane will exercise his right of appeal to a Court o! rive judges elected by the Senate, lids privilege has never, hitherto been exercised. A SCANDAL RECALLED. AIOSCCAV, Dee. 30. Leaving the last poem written in blood. Serguey Essenin, who married Isadora Diitnean. a f-!assieal dancer, committed suicide at Leningrad. The dentil recalls i-he scandal in a Paris hotel where Essenin. who was always nervous and of eccentric temperament, smashed Ihe entire furniture of their idle during pore-die fits of rage. FRENCH FINANCIAL PROPOSALS. PARIS. Dee. 81). M. Donmer estimates the deficit in Du- 1026 budget a! nine thoii-and mill.un tram s, iin luding 2.501) millions

lor i lie aiuori i zillion oi the public del-t. and Ir.o thousand millions I'm- I lie ivniymont of advances made by the Hank of France to the treasure.

M. Roomer promises to meet the deficit ly a special tax of one twentieth per mil on all business payment;;. this being estimated to produce 3,80:) millions, and by applying the increases in the income lax. voted on the Jib December, to the budget instead of the reabsorptiou of inflation which is estimated to produce three I!io 11 sn7 11 1 millions and by increased tobacco duties producing one thousand millions. At. Roomer also hopes to recover three thousand millions from I lie tax evaded to save two hundred millions on Government expenditure, in obtain six hundred millions from lax on exports and one hundred millions from all increased tax on Mock exchange operations. The new taxes proposed by Al. Dntimor are. indirect taxes. The Radical members of the Cabinet, opposed the increase in indirect taxation on the ground that it hears unfairly on the poor. AL Doitmer expresses the opinion tb;\t three milliards of fr.-iiies of Al. J.oiichour'.s iaxos. which he is iilei;rI mating in the l!)2(i budget, will form lhe high water mark of direct taxation and direct taxes cannot he collected ipiickly whereas the money is needed i mmediatelv.

T'!u' tax mi payments. whereby, S”; ia - lor Doumer proposes to obtain nearly •10 pci- cent, of tlie estimated budget' deficit of nine milliards francs, np-pr-ars to bo. simply a disguised tax on business turnovers, which is opposed by (lie lfadicals. who, however, have azreed lo ihe tav in ord-r in avoid a ('.•ibiiict split on i’ll- eve nf the I’ar--1 iameiilary recess. Senator Donnn r. in exebant;i‘. I.as promised to introduce a llill lo reform ihe direet taxes in conformiiy v. ill: demoi-ral if principlos. tbn-. no-elinp; a I’adiea! demand for a widening ol the Cnbinei's agreement in reioird lo Senaior D.mmer’s proposals. M. Itrinnd said that they had introduced the [.marim spirit info tile .Ministerial Council, and an atrreemeni had been reached on all points in an atmosphere of pi rfecl cordiality. (.luesi ioiu-d in regard to his interview ui (It Mr Caiinine on I Iccembcr 2d. M. I’riand said that too nnich importance should not lie attached to Mr Canning.

AIR MAILS I.OXDOX. Dec. 20. Civil aviation has "nt over its teoihino troubles in a manner eoiiferrinp .’.rent hope for I he future, oil Sir l-'.ric C.dd.-. ;ii a mce'.in;! of Ihe Imperial Airuays Council, lie traced the steady rrowlli of mail and troods services in

| addition to those for passengers win I wore steadily acquiring the habit ol travelling by air. Sir A. Geddcs pointed out though concern had hitherto been concentrated in Europe, most of the principal towns wore now rcpularlv linked up. and they were looking to go further afield in the near future. The first aeroplane would leave Cairo for India not later than the beginning of 1927. and thereafter progress would be made further eastward based on the experience gained in the new desert route. It was hoped that fast connection mails by air between Basle and Cairo might be possible, thus enormously increasing the saving of time between London and Karachi.

MRS BESAXT’S PROPHECY. DELTIT. Dee. 20

A fits A mie Besant, in a speech at Unclosing jubilee convention of the Theosopliical Society at Madras, said that she expected the early coming of a world teacher. The .world xvas at the beginning of a new age. "When this world teacher appeared,'he would found a now form of the ancient- truths, on which n now eiviliastion would he built. Now types of humankind would then hci horn. There was definite scientific evidence that a new type was appearing. and that, civilisation, as it grew and developed, would be a civilisation of brotherhood. The world teacher had slightly hastened the date of his coming, on account, oi the troubles and the almost helpless condition of the modern world. TI was the world’s greatest need that called him from his great retreat in the Himalayas to the rescue of tlm woild. which threatened lo perish for lack of him. IRISH AGRARIAN DISPUTES. LONDON. December 30. A wild remote district in County Clare, where agrarian disputes and traffic in poteen between the mainland and islands has caused the authorities considerable trouble, was the scene of an attack on a civic guards, patrol, which was ambushed late at night by assailants armed with rifles and shotguns. One guard was killed. The entire district is hc-ing scoured by civic guards and armed detectives, accompanied hv troops equipped with machine guns. GRI-.EKB AND SHORT SKIRTS. ATHENS. December 20. Owing to tlx- indignant outcry of the women over the police order against short skirts of December 7th. the Athens authorities have permitted dresses fourteen inches troin the ground.

MUSSOLINI AND SIR A. CFLY.MB UR LAIN. LONDON. Dee. 30. A meeting between Fir A. Chamberlain and Signor Alusvn ' has taken pi.,, o at Rapallo. It wa made convenient owing to both hein.', bricily on bolidsv at comparatively adjacent place.. The former i- at Rapallo. Ihe Italian [Vernier who ha.- been spending Chri-tmas week with hi- family at Mil'an. inr.arriipted 'his journey to Rome, meeting" Sir Austin Chamberlain last night, when, after a civic

reception. Signor Mussolini and Sir Y Chamberlain dined at- the Hotel B> istol, where the latler is staying. Signor Mussolini intends continuing his journos to Rome to-day for a Council of Ministers and a consultation with Signor Yolpi. prior to the latter’s going to London for war debt conversations. H is naturally assumed that this subicct was discussed by Sir A. Chamberlain and Signer Mussolini, and also disarmament, on which it is known Mint the latter holds decided views nut in accord with Bir A. Chamberlain's views. It is also expected that Ihe repercussions of the ’I urco-Rus-sian Treaty wore reviewed. The “Daily Herald" states: “Despite all al tempts al hush, there is no question Signor Mussolini is ill. His ilociors declare an operation is speedily necessary, and fhev ‘are not confident of the result.”

A WHEAT POOT

\ AIFRTCAX PROTECT. OTTAWA. Pec. 29. A Winnipeg message slates Dial Attsualia. Argentina. Canada. Pnitctl Slates, and possibly (Front Pritain. will be represented at a conference of Cooperative Marketin': Associations, initiated bv the f'amwlian wheal pools, to hr- held al. SI. Paul. Minnesota, on February 10th.. when it is intended ihat a move will he made to organise a world-wide wheat market. The Canadian wheat pools have made a fhor-

ortgb investigation of the marketing situation in xlie various countries, and the results of this study will he placed before the conference. LONDON, Dec. 29. The International Institute of Agriculture gives the final estimate of the world's production in 1925, of wheat at ]0.037 million centals; oats 13.253 million. and maize 19.C9G million. AY] .- at cargoes are apathetic, at Gd to ;■ .-hilling easier on lower American cablegrams anil freer offerings of Australians. Bartels are in quiet request at 0d to Is fid decline, but they closed steadier.

EVACUATION OF THE RHINELAND. BEIRLIN, De". 20. The British will officially tako over Wiesbaden from the French to-morrow. According to the newspapers, the An-glo-French authortiie.s have evolved a plan of evacuation, under which no French Army Corps will remain on the Rhine after April. STEAMER’S S.O.S. LONDON, Dec. 30. A wireless intercepted at Lands End indicated that the steamer Coronado, en route from Avonmouth to Jamaica, is in need of assistance in a raging Imrni-cne. There are aboard one hundred and two officers, including Lord and l ady Invernain. Sir Archibald and Lady Kdmonstonc, and the Bishop of Jamaica. .SERIOUS FLOODS. THROUGHOUT EUROPE. ißeceived this dav at 8 a m.) LONDON. Dec. 29. There are serious floods' throughout Europe. One hundred were drowned in Transylvania. Special trains are sue: onring the refugees. Thousands of horses and cattle were drowned. Boats are plying for hire in Cologne streets. The Seine overflowed its hanks at many points and scleral low-lying parts of Paris are inundated. AYar-aw and Belgrade are threatened. There is wide-spread damage in Britain. where hundreds of miles of roads are impassable, while vast areas of agricultural land are submerged. The Severn and AYyre are overflowing.

Tim floods have assumed most serious proportions in Northern Yorkshire. REDS IN THE ARMY. LONDON, Dec. 29. The Army Council has circularised all. the officers commanding at home and abroad attaching a copy of a Communist leaflet that has l>ccn distributed among the troops throughout Britain, which the Council characterises as an insult to the moral character, loyalty and intelligence of ihe Army. The Council requests Ihnt the letter bo communicated to all troops. THREAT SUCCESSFUL. PARIS, December 30. M. Hi Land's plucky threat to form a Right. Wing Ministry if the Radical Socialists in his Cabinet continued their opposition to M. Dimmer's plans has been temporarily successful as the dissentient Ministers have withdrawn their objections, M. Dimmer ottering to withdraw hi- proposal for a double timmver tax. He will substitute instead an extraordinary temporary tax upon gross takings, thus bringing in 2.800 millions francs which is much the same as the turnover tax. The verba! exchanges enabled the dissentients to save their faces.

M. Doumerks plans will bring in in creased tnstation in!idling 8,800 mil lion francs.

M. Briand's respite lasis at least until the 12tli January when the Parliamentary discussion on the Budget begins. CHINESE M AND ATl']. PEKIN, December HO. ,\ mandate dated the 20th appoints Hsudiiliying Premier, while another mandate revises the regulations governing the provisional government. It says henceforth Cabinet shall ho responsible and shall devise and carry out any reforms in accordance with the wishes of the people. Tunnehijui will have no predilection or prejudice against any measure that- works for the salvation of the country or the consolidation of tlm Republican regime. KIPLING BETTE It. LONDON. December 30. Sir I’udyard Kipling, who was sixty on Wednesday, is making a good recovery .