GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 9 October 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

BRITISH LEGIONARIES. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). BONBON, Oct. 8. Sir lan Hamilton told of how hy British Legionaries a fine piece of work Avas carried out by ex-enemy and Allied ex-servicemen at Luxemburg, where they met under the presidency of an ex-enemy General and passed a resolution against ex-service publications employing insulting terms towards ex-enemies. He said: “This is not a 'double sfliuffle by diplomatists. Compare this practical handshake with Locarno, which is endeavouring to attain peace by an agreement to fight whenever war breaks out. r The spirit of Locarno is founded on the recognition, that Avar is evaporating. The Luxemburg spirit Avill pouiout refreshment to mankind more and more abundantly. Propaganda factories cannot wash out Luxemburg. Six years ago the Legions Metropolitan Council asked me to resign the presidency because I advocated such an entertainment but I still hang on.”

WIRELESS HOAX. BERLIN, Oct. 7. A million German wireless listeners were hoaxed by the Saturday evenine programme, when it wins announced that the Socialist, Wplfga.no Schwartz, Avould lecture on the problem of ensuring peace, but listeners were amazed to hear the flaming eulogy of Communism and Soviet Russia, with a violent denunciation of Socialism, ending in an appeal to support Communism, demand a plebiscite and forbid the construction of warships. It Avas revealed later that the Communist had impersonated Schwartz., whom three .Communists kidnapped and eoiiA’pved at the point of a revol\ r er, to a lonely village several miles from Berlin, Avhere ho Avas left stranded. JOHN TUNBRIDGE DEAD. LONDON, Oct. 7. Obituary —■ Alderman John Tunbridge, ex-Chief Commissioner of Police in Ncav Zealand. He arrested Neil Cream. , CHINA’S CONSTITUTION. SHANGHAI, Oct. 7.' The ne\A constituton promulgated a-t Nafikng on October 4th, the full text of Avhich Avas published in to-day’s papers. It is regarded as an inteii-' esting political experiment, Avhich shows , the Nationalists recognise that China is not yet ready for a Democratic Government. NoAvhere in the new organisation is there provision made for officials to be chosen, by the process of election. . The new Govertfllient appears to be a frank dictatorship by Kuomintang, namely the party, .whose organisation is evidently being tightened . up, has an order has been issued forbidding local branches to express opinions on poli r tical questions, until these are approved by the Central Party headquarters.

TURKEY’S ALPHABET. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 7. Every inhabitant in Angora, man, woman, and child, must attend special courses at- extempore schools in coffee houses, casinos and other places of amusement, and learn the new alphabet, the . instructors being Ministers, Deputies and Highbrows, superintended by. Mustapha Kemal. One of the three officers arrested at Broussa for disparaging the alphabet was imprisoned for a year. The others were acquitted. AUSTRIAN CRISIS. (Received this day at 12.25. p.m.) LONDON, October 7. The Vienna correspondent of “The Times ” says : Though the Viennese breathe a sigh of relief because the threatened storm has blown over, there is little" cause (for congratulation, seeing that one-third of the Federal Army and two thousand police are garrisoned at Neustadt. . Despite the'warning of the July riots in 1927, nothing has been done to enforce internal disarmament. The Fascist organisation is at present the better trained, disciplined and armed, and also the more numerous, but the Socialists’ private army is becoming daily better organised, and more militant. Every Austrian knows the harm thus done to the country’s reputation abroad, but nobody attempts to stop the intolerable filibustering. The economic condi'tions—they mainly explain the creation and development of the F ascist army as a struggle for existence—are dangerously intense. The Fascist movement represents the conservative, religious countrymen’s hatred of the city s godless, predatory Reds.”

ITALY’S REJECTION LONDON, October 7. A message from Paris says: The Italian reply to the Anglo-French naval agreement has been received at Paris. It is expected to create a storm. The reply virtually accuses England and France of combining to conti ol the Mediterranean. The “ Morning Post’s ” Paris correspondent says: “ Italy’s Note‘makes it clear that the Anglo-French proposals are not acceptable to her.” ITALY’S REPLY. LONDON, October 8. A summary of Italy’s note telegraphed to Downing Street indicates tVit the naval agreement is not sufficiently 7 wide and should he extended to armies and aircraft. The full note arrives by mail to-morrow.