BRITISH FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1926, Page 2

BRITISH FOREIGN NEWS

[Australian t fe N.Z. Cable Association.] GUNS FOR TURKS. London, Aug. 2./ The “Daily Chronicle” protests 'against Britain, thro,ugh a Birmingham firm, offering to sell to Turkey ono hundred thousand unused rifles and bayonets, and also Britain’s offer to sell modern military material (except for breaking up purposes). Other States, it remarks, have sold armaments for the purposes of bolstering up their ententes and alliances, but Brithiu’s rule of. abstention has been an influence for world peace. The arms offered to Turkey are of the 1914 pattern, and there arc also one hundred million cartridges.

“This,” the “Daily Chronicle” says, “is being done with Sir Austen Chamberlain’s approval. This offer lias not yet been accepted by Turkey, but it has not been withdrawn. It is true that tho offer does not infringe the letter of tho Covenant of tho League of Nations, but it is a deplorable departure on the part of Britain, which has always declined to cause iilarm in Greece, Bulgaria and Iraq. The price asked, however, for the arms. is £9O thousand sterling the payment to be made in advance.”

POSTAL STRIKE IN CANTON. . PEKING, Aug. 2. A general strike of the postal employees lit Canton has commenced.

BALTIC PACT REPORTED. LONDON, August 1

The “Daily Mail’s” Berlin correspondent says:—“The Russian newspaper “Izvestia” declares that Britain is trying to unite tho Baltic States, under the leadership of Poland, as against the Soviet Republic. , The “ Izvestia ” accuses Sir Austin Chamberlain of egging Poland on to attack and annex Lithuania.”

“ The interpretation of this statement,” says the Berlin correspondent,-

“is that the Bolsheviks have raised an Angle-Polish scare so as to divert attention from their internal quarrels, the Bolsheviks desiring to frighten Lithuania and Esthouia by suggesting an invasion by Marshal Pilsudski. Tt is hoped thus to induce the Baltic states to create a pact, or a guarantee, with Russia.

DAGGER. THROWN

AT SPANISH DICTATOR. MADRID, August 1. A dagger was hurled at General Jr Primo de Rivera’s motor car while he was en route at Barcelona to the railway station. The dagger ricocheted from the window frame of the car, ' and narrowly missed the Dictator. There was a police car closely following the General’s motor. The police car charged the assailant, who is an f anarchist, named Domingo Masacho. »• breaking liis leg. General de Rivera stopped his "car, and he then examined . the dagger. Then he proceeded to the station, doing so amidst wild cheering. Masacho has been previously in pris- j on for a lengthy term. VARSITY WOMEN. LONDON, Aug. 2. The fact that women are not taking full advantage of the many opportunities open to them was the keynote oc the speeches at the session of University Women’s Congress. Professor Caroline Spurgeon outlined openings existing. for women in the highest brandies of industry, commerce and finance, but she said that University women were often hampered by their academic mind. Women, she said, could make their special contribution to the higher branches of the wori work, but they must show that the University-trained mind was intensely practicable and progressive. The establishing of international travelling fellowships was reported, including two Australian fellowships, which would be awarded next week. These fellowships were the direct result of the efforts of the International Federation of Universitv women.