BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1926, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

{Australian & N.Z. Cable Association, CHINESE FIGHTING.' PEKING., September 3. Wupeifu is reported to have been deposed from command of the anti-Can-ton allies and is now virtually a prisoner aboard the war vessel Kangste. Wuchang is believed to have been regained, a.s a result of the offensive hy the allies, who opened a dyke, flooding the enemy area. Roth sides are preparing for a decisive battle for possession of Hankow, which is overcrowded with refugees. FR.ENCH ECONOMIES. PARTS, ' Sept. 3. In the interests of economy, the French Government is suppressing 228 local courts, and is closing 218 unit prisons. EMIGRATION. LONDON, Sept. 4. Between January and June, there were 83,508 emigrants from Britain, as against 72.413 for the same period last year, an increase of 10,195. The num- j her of emigrants to Australia increased ' hy 36-51, nml the number to Canada bv 7114.

AIR CRASH. LONDON, Sept. 4. The victim of the Leatherhead air crash,- Captain Letivey used to demonstrate trick flying at Crystal Palace. Keen, the third victim, was one of the first trick fliers in England. He frequently walked on the wings of a piano in mid-air. The woman victim has been identified as Mrs Lohvey (wife of the cap- ' tain), who carried on a dress-making business under her maiden name of o.nllard, which accounts for letters #*\ found in the wreckage hearing that name. They had a little boy four years of !ago. CANTON ADVANCE. PEKING. September 4. The Cantonese offensive has forced the “Anti-Reds” to retreat from Hankow which is now guarded by British, American and Japanese warships. A British gunboat is reported t> have been engaged for two 'hours in a bombardment of the Cantonese invad-L, ers on the south hank of the Yanktsekinng River, the bombardment being ill the defence of the foreign interests. Martial law was declared in Peking “

last night. Sun Oman Fang is rushing fifty thousand troops to assist the North Army in response to an Allied appeal. The fighting is now continuous. The contending parties are occupying Opposite hanks of the river YangtSe. ■ The natives are panic stricken. Foreign business is stagnant. The deposing of Marshal Wu Pei Fix is reported hut it is not confirmed. It is reported that the Cantonese forces are now blockading the Ynngtse. River. • * A GERMAN HOPE. (Received this day at. 9.0 a.m.'. BERLIN, September 5.’ The Reichs Finance Minister, Reinhold, declared he would endeavour to fulfil the Dawes plan, but would also try all possible means to obtain a moderation of the demands as soon as they became intolerable for economic life. He was strongly convinced the plan would some day be cancelled, since tihe whole world would demand deliverance from the uneconomic burden.