BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

'Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) A GERMAN LANDRIL BERLIN, Sept. 21. Described as “the German Landrii,’’ Franz Begusat, when discovered, committed suicide by banging himself from a tree. The police had l>cen scouring the neighbourhood of Essen for Begusnt, who was believed to have been identical with a man who was noticed hiding a sack which was found to contain the legs and arms of a young girl. A search of his lodgings revealed three chests, filled with l.lood-.slaincil clothing, Iteloiiging to thirteen women. whose bodies are believed to have been burnt. AN AXIOM . GENEVA, Sept. 25. Herr Streseinann in the course of his speech said if Germany, once the greatest military power of the world had been able to disarm other powers could follow her example. THE FRANCO-RUSSTAX DEBT SETTLEMENT.

PARIS, Scot. 25. In the absence of Demonzie and others, no official or semi-official comment is yet available on Rakovsky’s proposals, which in plain language mean that Russia will pay France £2,400,000 anunlly for sixty-one years, on condition that .France gives credits for four millions annually for six years, 'the press comment is ironical.

The "Journal Des Debates’’ says Rakovsky will have no difficulty in finding other ocupation when he is not required as Ambassador. He is a humourist who will easily find employment in a sad world.

RUSSIAN DEBTS. PARTS, Sept. 24. AI. Rakovsky lias written to Af. Domonzie (the President of the French Delegation to the Debt Funding Conference), declaring that the FrancoSoviet delegations agreed on March 19th that a definite sum of sixty million gold francs should he paid annually, on the average as the Soviet’s share of the settlement of the pre-war loans issued or guaranteed by the former Russian Governments, and that only the questions of loans remained concerning which the Soviet delegation from Moscow had permission to diminish the amount, which it had first asked, namely 44 millions sterling to 21 millions, in six annual instalments of which two-thirds of the amount would he spent on contracts, and one-third on purchases from French business houses. M. Rakovsky states tho Soviet is ready to pay twelve hundred thousand sterling half yearly as interest due to bond holders immediately after the ratification of the agreement.

ENGLAND’S BAD SUMMER. LONDON, Sept. 25. Summer according to the calendar has ended. It is declared that it has been the worst in Britain since 1878. The sunshine was nearly two hundred hours below the average, while the rainfall was abnormal witli heavy storms and floods. Nearly every out-

door public function was ruined and holiday resorts suffered heavy losses. Great damage was done to crops.

JAP NOTABLE DEAD. TOKYO, Sept. 25

Obituary—Prince Tsaburo Yomagata, son of a famous statesman, formerly civil Governor of Korea. RUSSIAN TRIALS. (Received this day at 9.20 aim.) LENINGRAD, Sept. 25. Four Russians accused of espionage on behalf of the British were sentenced to death and a fifth to .ten years imprisonment. The prosecuting counsel was wildly applauded when he declared the prisoners acting under instructions from Captain Ross supplied tho most valuable information to Polish and Finnish espionage departments, receiving in exchange bombs, visas and money with which they plotted and participated in terrorist acts.

ITALIAN BOMB OUTRAGE. ROME, Sept. 25. A midnight explosion in Colfejuna station tore up the Tt is believed a Communist bom’' was flung from a train with ■’•".phiert of preventing a Inter H-nin earning American Legionaries from reaching Nice.

TRADE DELEGATION. LONDON. Sept. 25. Complaining that English Traders do not visit the Dominions in sufficient numbers to find things out far themselves, Mr Boyd Carpenter in an interview to the “Daily News” suggests an interchange of young men between England, Australia and New Zealand, enabling each to learn others’ needs and conditions. “We were told repeatedly” he sakt, “that we were the first specific trade delegation which had ever visited Australia or New Zealand, 'flic market is undoubtedly there, and it is up to us to take advantage of. it.”

OUTSPOKEN FRENCHMAN. PAIUS, Sept. 25. Baltliou (Minister of Justice) unveiling a monument at Pau declared there were some denials that history would never ncept from howsoever high authorities, for they were unable to face the facts and documents. Germany had neither pure hands nor a pur* heart in 1914, otherwise she would have accepted an offer of mediation and avoided war. After submitting to her cruelties, the world would never allow her to honour the dead who fell on their native soil devastated by the German so-called spirit of conquest.

A BELGIAN’S VIEW. BRUSSELS, Sept. 25. At the unveiling of the memorial to the statesman Berrnaert, Prime Minister Jasper said Berrnaert was fortunate to die in 1910 before the invaders had delivered an innocent country to fire, murder and ruin, inexcusably shooting old men and women and children in the cradle.

CO-OPERATION POSSIBLE. LONDON, Sept. 25

We may well hope a new era of relations between employers and employed , in British industry has arisen, says the. “Daily News,” commenting on the j Londo n-M id 1 a nd-Scottisli railway’s new co-operation policy, initiated by Sir Joseph Stamp, the company’s president. It embodies joint meetings of railwavmen and officials in the principal centres. Meetings already held indicate the men are willing by re-j sponding to the appeal for mutual effort to improve the company’s position. There is little reason to doubt, adds the “ Daily News,” that the lead given rnilwaymen is likely to be follow-; ed. Already there is evidence thereof as announced by workers in the wool industry replying to the employers, suggest the appointment of a committee "to consider the position of . dustry, especially the possibility ot closer co-operation of employers and trade unions. These movements significantly accord with Mr Hicks’ outspoken appeal for co-operation at the Trade Union Congress,