BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

BRITAIN AND ITALY. [“Sydney Sun” Cables.] (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.l LONDON, April 18. A Foreign Office statement declares that there is no question of England and Italy partitioning Abyssinia. Britain js solely concerned with the secuiity of the Soudan water supply. When an agreement is reached it will be submitted to tlu* League of Nations. ITALY IN SOMALILAND. ROME. April IS.' Italian troops from Buitres peaceably occupied Port fllig in pursuance of operations extending to the Italian sphere in Northern Somaliland. THE FRENCH NAVY. PARIS, April IS. The keynote of the Senate’s discussion on the navy estimates was the demand for a strong navy by the League. The Minister of Marine opposed the abolition of submarines and declared that France must have :i. navy in proportion to her maritime position in the colonies and general importance. The nation bad a right to sav the “ sea is ours.” SEVERE ACTION. TANGIER, April IS. On the eve of the peace conference at Oudjda, the Spanish launched a long threatened bombshell on Tangier in the form of a customs barrier round the international zone. The French comment flint this action is severe. SPANISH AIRMEN. LONDON, April IS. The Spanish airmen were expected to arrive at Calcutta to-day, but it is reported that they met with engine trouble and Fiave returned to Agra. PROLONGING LIFE. BOME, April 18. Professor Voronoif, at Florence, grafted a part of a monkey’s pancreatic gland into two patients suffering from diabetis. This is tho first time the operation, which has been successful in the case of animals, lias been attempted on human beings. It is considered it will prove superior to the insulin treatment. Professor Voronoff told the Florentine Medical Assembly that it should now be possible to prolong life to an average of 1 10 years. SPANISH AIRMEN. DELHI, April 18. The Spanish airmen have arrived at Calcutta. SOVIET AND MINERS. MOSCOW, April 1.7. The executive bureau of the Soviet trade union international suggested to the Amsterdam international that they should jointly organise assistance and support for the British miners, emphasising the international character of the British mining dispute. TURKISH ACTI VITY. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17. The Turks are taking a keen interest in Mussolini’s activities in Tripoli. Their anxiety concerning the reported Grceeo-Ttalinn pact which the Italian Ambassador denies has been followed by a proclamation calling to tlie colours all Turkish Army reserve- due for service this year; also recruits hitherto exempted from service, belonging to previous classes. RUSSIAN SHOT DEAD. WARSAW. April 18. Army Sergeant Cmielokski shot dead the ex-Minister of Finance, Linde, outside the law courts, where the latter was undergoing trial on charges of embezzlement. Cmielokski declared be killed Linde because be was afraid he might bo acquitted. PICKETS FTRED ON. HONG KONG, April 18. ft is reported from Macao that a party of pickets statioif?d at the barrier between Portuguese and Chinese territory fired on and wounded some Portuguese soldiers, who returned the fire. The pickets retired. The Governor lias protested to tho Canton Government. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. LONDON. April 10. Tlie children of John Brown, a fish porter, of Preston, had long been in the habit of playing with a Mills’ bomb, thinking.it was harmless, binally they put the bomb in the oven where it exploded, blowing the oven to pieces, the fragments being embedded in the walls and furniture. The mother and three children were seriously injured.