BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1926, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] INDIAN RIOTS. DELHI, June 15. Serious riots at Ecwalpindi between •Mussulmans and Sikhs over the projected construction of a cinema in the vicinity of a mosque. Eight Mussulmans wore killed and nine Sikhs nncLfourteen Mussulmans wounded. A grain market was destroyed and side streets looted. Police and military arc picketing the station. FRENCH FINANCE. PARIS, June 15. The Finance Minister. M. Perit, has resigned. , IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA. CAPETOWN, June 14. An action of international importance will be shortly heard at Windhoek by the High Court of the South West African protectorate. The exKaiser is petitioning for a declaration that the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles do not apply to the property of the Hohonzollern family in the mandated territory, and also for an interdict against the Administrator, restraining him from dealing with tlio family’s property, and for an order to the Registrar of Deeds to restore tho name of the royal family as the owner thereof. BULL RING TRAGEDY. . MADRID, June 14. Twelve thousand people saw Mari.me Montes, the most famous hull fighter, killed instantly in the Madrid Roll Ring. Montes engaged six extremely ferocious bulls. Tie missed the fiftfi, which tossed his body into the air several times, to the bonification of the onlookers. He bad been previously injured nineteen times in the bull ring. ADDITION TO N.Z. NAVY. LONDON, Juno 15. The mine sweeper Wakakura left Portland on Monday, and expects to join the N.Z. Navy at Auckland on October 25th. CRITIC OF AMERICA. LONDON, June 4. Lord Stradbroke, late Governor of Victoria, lias arrived from Canada, via New York. In an interview, Lord Stradbroke said that his American experiences bad profoundly impressed him with the importance of the White Australia ideal, meaning thereby not only the exclusion of coloured races, but of undesirable foreigners. America, be said, bad belately discovered that foreigners were swamping the real Americans, and were thereby converting America into a-dumping ground for the off-scourings of Europe and the world’s most criminal centres. Even the quota system was proving inadequate as a safeguard. Lord Stradbroke said that lie bad visited a Celotax factory in New Orleans. which was daily transforming thousands of tons of valueless sugar cane waste into valuable building boards. He saw five-year-okl houses that bad withstood all weathers, and were apparently as good ns the day they were built'. This was a splendid object lesson for the sugar-growing districts ■ of Queensland and New South Wales.

Lord Stradbroke said he had also obtained details of successful trials of the exterminator of the 801 l weevil in cotton, which he was forwarding to Mr Bruce, the Australian Premier.

■ FUTURE OF MOROCCO. LONDON, June 15. The “Morning Post’s’.’ Paris correspondent says: French and Spanish delegations have mob here to decide tho future of Morocco. They propose, in addition to the disarmament of tho tribes and tho prohibition of all traffic in arms, that military posts shall be established, in the ancient Roman fashion, in the midst of the hostile territory. The frontier will he modified in order that the Beni-Zeronal Tribe may be placed on the French zone. Tho Spaniards would have 'iked to try Ahd El Krim, in order to punish him for his harsh treatment of the war prisoners, but Krim surrendered upon a 'promise that he would not ho handed over to the Spanish, and he may he sent to Corsica, or to Madagascar. The latter is more proha ole, as the climate there resembles that of Morocco, and the Island is far enough way to prevent Krim’s escape or intrigue. SPATN AND LEAGUE. MADRID, June 14. The Spanish Cabinet have decided not to present Spain’s candidature for a non-permaneut seat on the 1 oague of Nations Council, and have also empowered tho Foreign Ministers to act as circumstances may dictate at Geneva. - IMPERIAL AIR POLICY. TO CHEAPEN DEFENCE. [“ The Times ” Service.] LONDON, .Tune 14.

The “Times" commenting on Ah’ Bruce, tho Australian Premier’s announcement regarding the erection of mooring stations, sn.vs: “This is most encouraging. Special attention will he paid to imperial air policy at tho Imperial Conference in October. At Home, we are running regular nilroutes of over 1500 miles on European territory, and Australia is running regular services covering three thousand miles. Sir Samuel Hoaro has expressed the opinion that within a decade the journey to Australia and New Zealand will bo reduced to ten or twelve days. In the building of this backbone of Imperial communications essentials are landing grounds for aeroplanes, and mooring masts for airships. We hlopo the other Dominions wil join Australia in co-operation in the scheme, thus cheapening Imperial defence.