GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(Bv Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

RUSSIAN EXECUTIONS. LONDON. July 7. The Riga correspondent states that an unknown assailant fired two shots at the Secretary of the Leningrad Section ol the Communist Party, who was seriously injured. Tim assailant escaped.

A further hatch of executions is announced from Moscow, where three Red Army officers - were shot for delivering unauthorised political speeches to soldiers. .Eleven wore alleged to he Roumanian spies, and were shot at Odessa, and two peasants were sentenced to death at Xijninovgorod (or killing a. member of the village Soviet.

ROUMANIAN AFFAIRS. LONDON. July -. The •' Daily Mail's ” Vienna correspondent says: Reports from liueharest describe the use of extraordinary methods to ensure M. lirntuno's Party of a victory at the general election in Roumania. All opposition meetings are forbidden through the country. Their election literature has been confiscated. The Racialist candidates in Transylvania have been imprisoned and large numbers of the Opposition voters have been cal fed up for miltiary training. thus nntking their voting impossible. Others have been refused voting papers on various pretexts. SERIOUS INDIAN DISTURBANCE.

(Received this duv at 8 a.m.) DELHI. Julv S,

A set ions disturbance broke out :n the Nadia District, east of llengal. when the Moslems attacked a Hindu village. Many were killed and injured during the withdrawal of the .Moslems. The Hindus retaliated, hunting the M oslems houses. A number were burned tn death ami since isolated cases of stabbing have occurred.

The situation is now well in hand, and peace is restored, hut a groat danger has spread as the I lindu-.Muslom antagonism is great, in view of the fact that the whole of India is celebrating Mohurrug, the greatest Moslem festival.

DUKE AND DUCHESS WELCOMED. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON. July S. A brilliant assemblage of Lords. Commoners, Bishops, civil 1 and military dignatries welcomed the Duke and i/tichess of York at Westminster Hall under the auspices of the Parliamentary Association.

When the Duke and Duchess, the latter wearing a delightful pink dress, pink hat and cloak, appeared at the head of the staircase they were greeted with it spontaneous outburst of cheering and hnndelapping. Hull Aniery presented many notables and dominion visitors to the Yorks, who afterwards descended into the hall and mingled with the guests and chatted at length with lion. Aniery, Hen. Digville and Mr Ramsay MacDonald. The Duchess enthusiastically greeted old friends.

R.ULWA YMK.N. LONDON, Jury S. Mr 11. Thomas, in a speech tn a conference of the National Union of Ruilwaymen. said : " I hope Russia will immediately abandon the absurd idea that she is able to engineer a revolution in Britain and dictate to our movement how we should conduct our business. Russia's mistake is .subsidising wrong people. Neither a minority of the movement nor Communist, propaganda can divert the great muss of British workers from the constitutional’path towards social changes.”

The conference unanimously condemned the Government fur allowing political prejudice to interfere with the Anglo-Russisin trade, declaring the iesui’t. of the Arens raid did not justify a severance of diplomatic relations.