RUSSIA

Taihape Daily Times, 16 June 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA

. ~.,, _ FAMJNE A DREADFUL DEATH ‘ROLL . LONDON, June 9. ‘ There have been many dea.t_}_ls ni prison at Riga, and [the food situation‘ is despers.te.- 'l‘here”are 220,000 people in need, and ‘-thousands _h a,ve. died of starvation and disease. b s _ 0’ Spojtted“ fever; smallfiox and influen-'zß-~Dneumon‘ia ‘are’ zampa;nt_

200 GORDON HIGHLANDERS. MUTINY; LONDON, June 14. ’ Two hundred Gordon Highlanders, also a few men of zt-he London Scottish Regiment refused to embark for service in India as a protest against sending oversea men who enlisted in 1915. A is ‘ NUMBER AND DISPOSITION‘ OF ARMIES, ‘PARIS, June 12. The Polish armies facing the Germans number 200,000. Hailer leads the main body, which is concentrated in the north ready to march on Danzig A number of disaffected AustroHungarian generals are employed in other forces concentrated towards the Silesian objectives, while armies watch the Russian, Czecho-Slovakian and Ukrainian frontiers. " _ SHANTUNG. " CHINA’S DISAPPOINTMENT. NEW YORK, June 12. The ew York Times’ Pekin correspondent states that the Anglo-Ame_ri-can Association of Peking passed a resolution expressing disappointment at the Peace Confer-ence’s decision to transfer the German rights in ‘Shantung to Japan, and the conviction that the transfer will result in discord between China and Japan. The Association addressed a request to the American and Erifish governments to devise a new and more just settlement THE VICTORY LOAN. Received June 16, 11.15 a.m. I . - ‘ LONDON, June 15. ‘The New York Times’ Pekin corressuf»jgol't to the Victory loan. He says the Empire’s security‘ and -prosperity depend upon substantial fina.ncial"fol'nl- - Unstinted support is necessary to set peace on a sound basis.

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Received June 16, 11.55 »zl.ni. LONDON, June 15. Hobbs, the‘, Australian professional swimmer, swam from Kew to Putney in 80 minutes. V ‘ BRITAIN’S FOOD MINISTRY. LONDON, June 'l4. The British Food Ministry estimates its "turnover for the year ended March. 1919, at 900 millions sterling. ' PARIS, June 12. Agitators at.iCoblenz", as a protest. against the Republic, called a strike. The American military, apprehending interference with the transport of food and munitions for’ the troops, gave the strike leaders the option of calling the strike oif or deportation, whereupon work was resumed. NEW YORK, June 12. According to the New York Times’ Washington correspondent, the Ameri("Cull Trade Commissioner in London reports that. many L‘3llC£lSllll'C cotton and textile nlanufactul'ers Wlio are unwilling to depend exclusively on the United States for cotton, have been sending commissions to Japan. India, and South America, in order to fiird new sources of supply. - __