GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

BACK FROM GOLD (OAST. LONDON. April 22

Commoner J. 11. Thomas and family arrived at Plymouth from the Gold Coast, where he opened Takoradi Harbour. His daughter, Doris, sttlFering from malaria, was carried ashore on a stretcher. His wife is ill and was assisted ashore by a nurse. His son also is ailing.

GERMAN VIEW. BERLIN. April 21. The official spokesman of the Foreign Office said the French draft seemed an attempt to weave niggling reservations into the United States proposals calculated to weaken the moral effect. Such finesse was an unsuitable method of realising a project which Germany welcomes.

MOSLEM PROTEST. JERUSALEM, April 21. .Moslem shopkeepers closed their shops and held a monster meernig ol protest against continued Christian missionary activities. FLOOD DANGER PAST. BRISBANE, April 22. The lloml danger is now past. RUSSIAN DENTAL. LONDON, April 21. A report from Moscow states Australian reports concerning the alleged appointment of a certain minister Rosing to be Trade Commissioner for the Soviet in Australia is absolutely without foundation. Neither the People’s Commissariat nor any General Government institution has entered and da not intend entering into relations with Rosing. LORD TERRINGTON IN COURT. LONDON, April 21. Lord Terrington appeared at Mansion House Police Court on twenty-one charges of fraudulent conversion, involving seventy thousand sterling, while acting as a solictor. Terrington was looking well and entered the Court accompanied by Lady Terrington. a doctor and a nurse. After questions regarding extradition from France, he was remanded till 30th April. Bail was refused, despite counsel’s assertion that his health was precarious.

THE FRENCH PLAN. (Received this day at 8.50 a.m.) PARIS. April 21. The following is a summarised text of the French plan for a multi-lateral pact—Firstly, signatories without endangering the legitimate light of defence within limits of existing treaties, condemns recourse to war and renoun-

ces it as an instrument of national policy: personal, spontaneous, independent political action in which they take the initiative, and not of an action in which they find themselves involved by application of a treaty of such League Covenant or any other treaty registered with th.e League. They engage themselves under these conditions not to attack and not to invade one another.

Secondly, all disputes and differences shall be settled entirely by peaceful

Thirdly, any breach of the treaty releases signatories from obligations in

regard to the guilty party. Fourthly, the present treaty nullifies obligations consequent upon previous

treaties. _ M Fifthly, the treaty will be proposedto all powers and only become binding

alter unanimous acceptance, unless an agreement to tbe contrary is readied.

COMMUNISTS ARRESTS. LONDON. April 19. The Times Helsingfors correspondent saws: Thirty Communists have been arrested in Finland, including two members of the Finnish Diet, newspaper men. ami the Secretary and other officials of the Communist Party; a Iso a porter of the Soviet Legation. The police have seized a quantity of Bolshevik literature which was printed in Russia. Some of those arrested were possessed of arms. One prominent Communist, Able A'ilhuen. who was in possession of compromising documents, has suicided by taking poison. The authorities are convinced that they have arrested an extensive Bolshevik plot. PARTS, April 19. At Valenciennes. the Communist Deputy M. Doriot. who was sentenced to three years in February, while in Moscow, for endangering the safety of the State, was arrested while leaving an election meeting. Doriofs offence is alleged inciting troops to disobedi-

COSIMEXISTS PROPOSALS. LONDON. April 22. The '• Wtfklv 'DispatGi ” says Communists have prepared a "Soldiers’ Programme. ’’ which they are endeavouring to circulate in barracks, urging rankers should lie allowed to stand as parliamentary candidates, and political parties should he permitted to form branches in camps and barracks, also soldiers in uniform should be permitted

to participate in political dcmoiistra tions .

RUSSIA'S ACT I Y ITU'S IN IRELAND. RUGBY. April 19. Major Kindersley asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the fact that the Bank of England notes found on persons dc-.-ribeil as Irish gunmen, who were arrested Iwfore Faster for being in illeeal possession of lire a tins, had ben traced to Russian banking institutions in this country, lie would make inquiries as to whether any trolleys standing to the credit of Russian trading organisations in this country

were being used in attempts to foment ami organise revolutionary action

The Home Secretary replied that .Major Kindei'sleyks information was ■on rivet. He was constantly making' enquiries and was satisfied that Russian money was being used in the way suggested.

HEDJAZ AFFAIRS. RUGBY. April 19. The Colonial Office announces that s'ij- Gilbert Clayton left London for Jeddah to-dv. where he will meet the King of Hedjaz and will discuss with !»iin. on behalf of the British Govern-

ment. various outstanding questions dfeeting the relations of the Kingdom if Hedjaz and Xejd with the lieigliiniiing States of Iraq and Tran.sjor-

He will have with him Mr Corncallis. adviser to the Ministry of the utenor of the Iraq Government. Mr Vntoiiius. of tho Palestine Service, and Might-Lieutenant Moore, of the Royal tir Force.

Before leaving London Sir Gilltert 'layton bad a personal interview with ir Austen Chamberlain and Mr L. C.