GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 30 July 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

: RACE R.IOT«S. FRESH QUTBREAKS IN CHICAGO. f NEW YORK, July 29. A Two fresh -outbreaks of rioting occurred at Chicago. Fighting between armed whites and blacks resulted in eight beingkilled and scores wounded. _The military police were unable. to» cope with the disorders for several‘ hours. - I THE R-lOTS SPREADING. B .' NEW YORK, July 29. Rioting is spreading throughout the ‘negro section of the city of Chicago. Fourteen were killed, of whom nine were whites. H‘,ospitals- are full of wounded, and hundreds of arrests have been made, THE BRITISH NAVY. INTERESTING FIGURES. ' LONDON, July 28. The Hon. W. H. Long, in the House _of Commons, in moving the Navy vote ‘of sixty unifilions, said gthe gplresent strength of the navy was 'lßo,ooo_, compared with 407,000 at the time of the armistice. EH9 stated that 0111?. 03 302 warships and 806 auzriliary being constructed at the time of the armisttice, 84; warships and 110 auxiliaries," ;which were essential to me‘et the ravages of war, were now being completed. It would have been bad economy to scrap themowing to their advanced state of construction. I BOLSHEVIK HORRORS. I CHI-LDREN’S SAD FATE. ‘ _ PARIS, July 28. I The Soviets decreed the socialisation ‘ of Polish chi_ldren..__at M'o_hilev._ vvhenw an epidemic arose, the Soviets _émi'el-ea tthe killin_gi'.of . all. siclgi children wgerehshotf V. J; L ' ' , rm: rsmzserca 3 , LONDON, July 26. ‘- Sir Thomas Lipton states"'that" he‘ has securedia "secret inventiorrbiy which the Shlazmrocklis ‘speed’ can ‘ - ' stantiaflly increased. ' * “ CYPRUS. HANDED -OVER TO GREECE. ' ATHENS, July 23. I ‘ General Allenby announced that‘ Britain is handing Cyprus. over to} Greece on the 29th inst. The island} has been ceded to Greece. . - ----- -------~ I RUSSIAN SITUATION. } ‘, CAUSE on THE -'MU'I‘IN'Y. V LONDON,’ July 527. ‘ Explaining the mutiny of the Rus-N sians on then/frrchangel front, the War Oifice stated‘ that the m-utineers "believed "K'oltch_ak.’s position was irretrievable and concluded that it was fuselessj to: resist the Bolsheviks if the Bl‘itish’were withdrawn, ' It is estimated, that the Bolsheviks on an fronts number half a million. The advance against Koltchak continues unceasingly.. Commanders are urging the Red Guards to recapture Denikcn’s -‘territory, which is richly supplied with cereals. 4 m .1917. THE VATICAN AND PEACE. .. PARIS, July 28. M. Ribot, interviewed, stated that the Pope at the beginning of August 1917, submitted proposals as a basis for overtures to Germany which Britair: and France declined, Britain declaring that the proposals did not contain sufficient guarantees regarding Belgium. The Vatican telegraphed Germany this reply, and suggested the commencement of conversations regarding the matter_ Britain put an end to the movement immediately. Erzeberger’s statement was a distortion of the truth. M. Ribot add.ed that he advised Britain not to allow herself to be drawn into conversations. HUNGARIANS AND ROUMANTANS. »- . PARIS, July 28. The “Matin’s Zurich correspondent states that the Roumanians resumed the offensive against Hungary and fought successfully to reach Turkevc. The Hungarian counter-revolutionary Go/vernment under Szegedin, has mob--392111-below the age of 50. V.» . 3'——'—»"'._.___.—""-'__._--_.—_-.-