GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

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

barga rebellion. TOKYO, Aug. 20.

The Government denies the Moscow charges that Japan is inciting the Barga rebellion in which the Nomads of the Helumpuir district, north-west of Manchuria, are fighting the Heilungsiang Provincial forces, as the result of agitation by agents of the Mongolian Soviets, and dissaisfaction by increased taxes, following the death of Changtsolin. The Japanese press considers the Moscow charges absurd, stating that the Soviets are attempting to draw a rod herring across the trail of their own provocative agents.

The latest reports state that the Chinese forces are restoring order. Twenty-eight houses were burned at the summer resort, Nojiri. No foreigners were injured.

DOMINION STATUS FOR INDIA DELHI. Aug. 20. Two members of the AH India Assembly have already tabled resolutions demanding immediate dominion status for India. GREEK ELECTIONS. ATHENS, August 19. , Early election returns show Venizelos secured large majorities in Athens, Piraeus, Crete, Thrace, ana other centres. The Kafnndrists, the Panaglos party, have practically been wiped out in Athens. General Pangalos was defeated. ATHENS, August 20. Tlie Venizelist majority is overwhelming. All the Venizelists have been elected in Athens, Salonica, Janian and Patras. It is expected the Venizelists will exceeed 180 out of 270. BRITISH LABOUR, CO-OPERATION WITH CAPITAL. LONDON, Aug. 19. At Labour’s Diamond Jubilee Trade Union Congress at Swansea in September, the principal consideration will he to give the Melcliett report on the joint conference between the employers and employees. Tlie report raises the issue of industrial cooperation, in opposition to the theory of class war, which had appeared to hold sway in the Councils and Unions before the events of the past two years brought disillusionment. A very large favourable ■ majority is anticipated for the General Council’s policy. It Is this new tendency to Industrial co-operation that is important, and particularly the proposal of the Transport and General Work-, er’s Union for an inquiry into the constitution of Tlie General .Council itself. This resolution welcomes the growing authority of the General Council in the Trade Union movement. A holder resolution to create a “speedy reorganisation” of the Trade Union movement will he - submitted by the Amalgamated Engineering Union. NEW GERMAN CRUISERS. LONDON, Aug. 18. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” reports that the Deutsche Works has received an official contract to start work at the Kiel shipyard with an armoured cruiser, it being the first of four armoured ten thousand tonners with which it is proposed within the provisions of the .peace treaty, to replace four of the six old battleships left to Germany. Simultaneously with this, ne.us conies of the “acquittal by their party, though not without reprimand of Chancellor Mueller and other Socialist Ministersifor concurring in the decision. However, the last has not been heard of the question. Ihe Communists intend to seek a referendum. Tlie technical arguments for the armoured ten thousand tenners arc open to doubt. There is more than a suspicion that considerations of prestige have played at least as important a part as considerations of national defence in the drafting of the naval pro-

gramme. Some experts ask whether it is worth while to build big vessels of doubtful utility at the expense of smaller craft that might Ikj much more valuable to Germany in the present day conditions.,

The whole controversy is a precious gift to the Communists. Nothing is easier for them than to point out the discrepancy lietween the CaTiinet’s de- > cision and llie wild denunciations of——' cruiser building in which the Socialists indulged in tlie election campaign. The referendum scheme cannot fail to embarrass the Government and the Socialists represented in it.