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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 30 July 1919, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Vienna, July 20. The ex-Emperor Charles of Austria will shortly pay a visit to the King of England to arrange financial questions, and there is a possibility that he may reside in England. Paris, July 27. Tho "Echo de Paris" reports that M. Poincare is unlikely to be a candidate tor the Presidency, and will probably return to political life. Professor Gautier has reported to the Academy of Sciences that the use of fluorine (calcium fluoride) will increase the average 3-ield of wheat by 13 per cent, oats by 12 per cent, and potatoes by 58 per cent. Washington, July 23.

The State Department has announced that tho United States will sign the Peace Treaty between Turkey and Bulgaria and the Allies.

Paris, July 27. The Council of Five" discussed the blockade of Russia. The Americans urged raising it, in view of the fact that the. Entente was not :it war with Russia. The Council decided to direct President Wilson's attention to the, undesirable consequences of lifting the blockade, which would enable the exclusive revietualling of the Bed Army, to the detriment of the Bolshevik masses. London, July 20. A British gunboat threatens to bombard Onega, which was recently taken by the Bolsheviks, unless the British prisoners are released. Rome, July 27. Signor Dcvitto, Minister for Transport, admitted in the Chamber of Deputies that there as a grave situation in Italy owing to lack of coal. Other speakers expressed indignation at the ungrateful attitude of the Allies towards Italy. London. July 27. Thirty thousand discharged and demobilised soldiers took part in a procession in the street. They saluted the Whitehall cenotaph and participated in a memorial service for the fallen in Hyde Park. Sydney, July 28. Statistics show that the birthrate in Sydney in the past year was 24. 57 per thousand of the population, being 9.9 per cent below that of the previous five years. The death rate is also lower, being 4.8 per cent below the average for the preceding live years. London. July 27.

The Board of Trade points out that it is no part of the Government's policy to discourage competition with the world in t-iC German market. It is desirable that British traders should make every effort to >ecure a proper footing in Central Europe.

Mr Ward Price interviewed Marshal Foch, who frankly assumed the possi- j bility of another great war. He described the development and achievement of Kitchener's army as marvel- | lous. "Next time it will be better done; but England will not be ready. ', We must wait for her." ! Asked what should be done, Foch • raised his arms and exclaimed: "Oh. ! how can I say 1" But he added that ' in the next waT more than ever it will jbe a war of machinery. It will be esI sential to have reserves of material; j and laboratories and inventors must I keep abreast of the times continually. ' and if possible ajead on the mecharsi- ' cal side.. f Professor Lefroy, who investigated 'weevil in wheat in Australia in 191 S, assured an Australian pressman that as the result of experiments at the Royal College of Science a parasite whieh .controls the blowfly in England has i been dscovered. and the control of ' the Australian blowfly fan now be dei finitely guaranteed. A selected blow- • fly area can be cleared in eighteen t months, a large area in three years. - and the country in rive vears.

, Cairo, July 20. : Fifteen thousand rifles were recently; | seized in Upper Egypt. The Bedouins * continue to smuggle misceiiaricous arms in from Palestine. -