GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) IN MACEDONIA. FACTIONAL STRIFE. LONDON, Aug. 26. The “Times” Sofia correspondent states that' Macedonian sources report that fourteen ■■revolutionaries, supporters of the late M. Protogueroff, who were visiting the southern districts to investigate the popular movement against M. Michniloff. were annihilated by partisans of the latter, after a desperate fight, near Mekhomia. COMMUNISTS ACTIVITY IN INDIA. DELHI, Aug. 25. An alarming growth of Communist intrigue in India lias led the Government to frame a hill to provide powers for the deportation of Red agents. The Government state that evidence is forthcoming of subversive activities of the Communist International against India. The policy 'is to rouse a spirit of discontent and lawlessness among the masses with the object of destroying the Government and of subtsitilting a dictatorship of the proletariat. The Bill gives the power to deport Red agents who are not British subjects or are the subjects of Indian states. THE HUTCHINSON CASE. LONDON, Aug. 20. The rector of a neighbouring parish, preaching at Doddinghouse, owing to the departure of the Rev. Hutchinson, referred to the latter as having eaten his heart- out because lie could not get the people to church in crowds. Hutchinson was engaged in a struggle to make ends meet because of the obsolete system of compelling country clergy to live in extensive mansions. RTDER KILLED. SUVA, August 27. A racing fatality occurred at Buca Ray (Fiji) Races, when Poulsen, of Tuvamila, who was riding in the first race on Saturday, hit a coconut tree off the course, and was killed instantly. The meeting was abandoned. He leaves a widow and one child. A - SENSATIONAL DOCUMENT. LONDON, August 2G. The newspapers are featuring a British Foreign Office announcement that a sensational document purporting to be a letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain to M. Briand (French Foreign Minister) anent Franco-British cooperation on sea and in the air, which lias been given prominence in the American press, is a forgery. ' - The letter was cabled from London

to Now York, and it purported lengthily to set forth that Anglo-French cooperation in the Pacific and in the Fai East was a necessity, as well as urging consultation between the AngloFrench military and air exports for joint action in future disputes. According to New York messages received in London to-night, the affair has caused a sensation. The Foreign Office asserts that there was no communication, even remotely, in the sense suggested. The “Daily Express” points out that any strange feeling that Ame.itan interest is likely to he affected by the Anglo-French agreement may result in the''United States Senate wrecking the Peace Pact, just as it wrecked America’s participation in the League of Nations in 1920.

A FORGERY. LONDON, Aug. 27. »- Having perused a copy of Sir A. Chamberlain’s alleged letter to M. Briand published in the New York “World,” the Foreign Office describes it as a pernicious and immoral forgery, which might have had serious international consequenees but for its

quick exposure. FASCIST ANTI-FRENCH MOVE. ROME, August 26. Turati, General Secretary foi* the Fascists, has ordered branches to exclude foreign wines, including champagne, from banquets. The newspaper “ Impero ” declares that this is only the beginning of a boycott of French goods, and that it will soon extend to perfumes and dresses.

PORT NAPIER AFIRE. AMMONIA TANK EXPLODES. SUVA, Aug. 27. The Fiji Times correspondent at Pago Pago, states that the fire on the Port Napier started at seven on Friday morning in number four hold. The cause is unknown. After the fire was discovered, an ammonia tank exploded at 7.10 and a second one at 10 o’clock blowing open the door and bulging the deck. The captain sent a radio message to Pago Pago where the vessel arrived and docked at seven in the evening. The Navy personnel and civilians under the expert management of the acting Governor-Comman-der Leburgonies, tackled the fire immediately, and owing to foresight and heroic efforts, and in spite of the gravest danger, the fire was completely extinguished at three on Saturday morning. The cargo jettisoned included matches, tar, paint, bales etc. Upon receipt of word telling o! outbreak, the acting Governor irnniediatly recalled to Pago Pago the ship Ontario, from Apia, where it had gnu-, the previous day to convey guests to a golf tournament with Apia champions. The Ontario arrived at Pago Pago at midnight. The Port Napier is now due to sail for Suva on Sunday or Monday at the latest.