BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1926, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Assoeiatiou.J PARLIAMENTARY TOUR. LONDON. June 26. The Labour member, Air William Adamson, lias been appointed a member of the Parliamentary party visiting Australia in August. COBHAAI’S FLIGHT. LONDON, June 28. Cobliam’s'- flight has been delayed until Wednesday and probably later. LONDON, June 28. Obituary.—Sir John Baddeley, exLord Mayor of London. QUAKE DISASTER,. >'-« ROME, June 28. Two distinct earthquake shocks with the smallest interval between them occurred this morning, lasting for twenty seconds. They were the heaviest felt for years. ~~ Reports from the province of Fogia indicate that over two thousand houses were destroyed by the earthquake in several villages.

AAIUNDSEN’S VIEW. WASHINGTON, June 27. A message from Seattle, Washington, states: Captain Amundsen, on arriving here from Alaska, said: It is virtually certain that there is no land on the route followed by the Norgs across the Pole to Alaska. “My work is finished,” he said. “All the big problems have been solved. The work that remains in polexploration is a matter of detail. Let others handle it.”

CANADIAN POLITICAL CRISIS. (Received this day- at 9.0 a.m.i OTTAWA, Juno 28. Premier King announced the- resignation of the Government. He added he had advised the Governor-General to dissolve Parliament, which he had declined to do. RUSSIA AND. U.S.A. (Received this day at 9.0 am.) WASHINGTON, June 28. United States and Russia which have | evidenced a mutual hostility for eight years, are being drawn together ■by the force of circumstances. According to -authoritative observers a favourable situation lias been created by the rapid increase in America’s exports to Russia and the reorganisation of the Russo-Ameriean Chamber of Commerce by the leading American bankers and industrialists, wherefore it is believed that diplomatic recognition is merely a matter of months. There are no signs of immediate overtures but the State Commerce Departments are displaying a keen interest in Russian affairs, which, formerly was lacking. A change in the administration policy is a matter of attitude rather than exact terms, there l>eing no disposition to change those outlined by- tiie Secretary- for State, Mr Hughes, namely that the -Soviet’s acceptance of the responsibility- for the Kerensky debt of 255 millions and of private claims for expropriated American property, with a pledge to prevent red propaganda in the United States .