GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 September 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL CRISIS. THE QUESTION OF DIRECT A ACTION. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 4. The Miners’ Conference decision to support the ballot for direct action at to-day’s meeting of the Triple Alliance does not attract much attention, though it is believed in some quarters that the miners’ vote will be'sufficient‘ to ljcarry the resolutions" -' To-day's motion" relatés*to’ ballot on "c'onscrip.tion ‘an't_l"‘il'itervehtion ‘in’ Russia". considere'd "‘linlik‘ely “that” ‘ the’ =* miners‘ would‘ desire ‘a national ‘strike’ on these .subjéetslvvhilelleavin-g the‘ question or -_direcl:E'aétioll”on the ‘nation'alisatio;l of ._mines"to t-lie" Trades‘ Uni'oll"CongreSs. The’ most likely" explanation is ‘found in fa ‘passage in ‘Mr ‘Smillie‘s speech yesterday, in which he denied that the executivefg ‘ recommendation ' meant the ‘abandonment of ‘direct action. They would never abandon the strike weapon, Mr Smillie said, and whatever the Trades’ Union Congress 611.1, ,the miners reserved the right to deal with this matter, and have another ballot if they thought fit_ The “Morning Post” says the miners’ leaders fear the men will'not strike, and other means of securing their aims must be found, -but the “Daily Herald” says the resolution means a general strike for a certainty unless "certain things are done. AUSTRALIAN CRICKETBRS TO- - AFRICA. \ . Received 9.45 a.m. . LONDON, Sept. 4. :The Australian cricketers sail for Capetown on board the Ascanius about the 20th inst. The /tour in South Africa will be about‘ six ‘weeks. STARVING FOR ‘WANT Ol‘ MILK. 3,500,000 OHILDREN AFFECTED. ‘Received 9.45 a..m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-. Mr Hoover, in an interview, said three and a-half million children and babies will starve unless provided with milk. This is only possible by private charity, mainly from Anglo-Saxon countries. THE TROUBLE WITH ROUMANIA. WIRELESS MESSAGES NOT RECEIVED. Received 9.45 a.m.V PARIS, Sept. 4. Signor lßratiano, Premier of Roumania, declares that the Allies’ notes have not reached him. He will reply as soon as he knows the situation. Inquiry shows that (of seventy-four official Roumanian wireless messages from Paris during the past fortnight, none have reached Bucharest. _ AUSTRALIAN MEA’l.‘_ REMOVAL OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL. MEAT SUPPLIES TO BE POOLED. Received 9.45 a.m. LONDON, Sept. ANegotiations are proceeding for the renewal of-the Australian meat con tract with the Government. It is understood large Argentine supplies will also be purchased. All the meat will be pooled for the use of Britain and the Allies, and allocated under the supervision ‘of ‘the Supreme 'Ec'onom.ic Council. A .

3 FOOD PRICES. % NO REDUCTION THIS YEAR. l _ LONDON, sept. 4. { Mr C‘. A. McCurdy, Parliamenta.l'.~»' lsccrctary to the Food Ministry, in an %address to the Consumers’ Council, lprophesied that there would be no re’duction in food prices during the winter because they were regmated by ‘world conditions. “An archangel could not do it.’.’ High prices were due to raising the blockade of Central “Europe; the fall of exchanges: il7’~‘T‘3as' ied wages, and diminished Dl‘odl‘-Cti°n-He would endeavour to eliminate speculators and all middlemen who were not normally engaged in trading lood. THE TURKISH PROBLEM. PRESIDENT WILSON’S PROPOSED , SOLUTION. _.' WASHING? ON, Sept. i. It is learned that President Wilson proposed to the Peace Conference a settlement of the Turki;-;h and Thracian questions through the establishment of a large international State, in which Britain, France, the Lnited States, Greece,. and other Powers should be represented. The State would. embrace Constantinople and Eastern and Western Thrace. Hither:to Britain and France have been opposed to the proposal, preferring that the United States should exercise a mandatory over this region. ' THRACIAN LEADLOCK EDNED. l —-_—. I LONDON, Sept. 4. The “Daily C-hronicle’s” Paris cor‘respondent says that the Thracian ,deadlock has ended. America consents to Greece occupying Western ‘Thrace in accordance with the Peace Treaty,“ but an autonomous banter {~Sta:te"-will be created in Eastern §:Thra'c'e."."Bulgaria will be given un.hampcr‘ed accessi to Dedeagatch. - -MUNITIONS_ - " ‘AA-VIGOROUS-=DEFENCE. ‘i ‘ LONDON, Sept.-3. ‘ Mr Kellaway was the‘-guest at a'= -luncheon at the Savoy. He vigorous-< ly defended the Ministrv of Munitions. “He said it was not Ludcndorfi:"s view. Our provision in supplying higher explosives and the excessive national factories, which were now described as wasteful and white elephants, crushed the life out of the German army. The Ministry’s headquarters staff was 25,144 at the armistic, 13,844 at the end of July, and would be 9800 by the middle of October. Terms had now been fixed for settling 30,000 outstanding contracts with a State liability of 347 millions under which the liability was reduced to one-hundred millions. The disposal board had sold eighty millions’ worth of pl'upcrt_v, and had also realised 105 millions on the tr-ar3.'ng account. T'n-9 Board was realis'n;:' two It illions weekly. li. recently arrive.-1 at an agreement xvhcre-» by Frame receives the surplus stores on the Continent at our valuation. CHINA AND JAPAN. JAPAN’S FAR-REACHING OVERTURES. NEW YORK, Sept, 4, The Secretary of the Foreign Department, Yosuke Matsuoka, en route from Paris to Japan, said the Japanese may within a few months open negotiations with China for the purpose of returning Kaiachau. M. Matsuoka. describing the terms of the restitution, said they would include: The territory to be opened to international ~tl-ado; the withdrawal Of all Japanese troops and police; and the operation of the Shamtung railway by Chinese and" Japanese in co-operation, with China participating iii the management_

THE SYRIAN TROUBLE. FRENCH PRESS MISINFORMED. LONDON, Sept. 4. French indignation at the Emir Said incident was apparently due to an innocent error. The British authorities did not consult the pl‘op(~,r French authority at Beirut. but designated a personage who was actually on leave in Paris. The latter circumstance aroused suspicions. r_ DBPIANT GERMANY. BERLIN, Sept. 4. German newspaper defiantly comment on the Supreme Council’s ultimatum respecting union with Austria, basing their arguments on the Germa.l.»_ Peace Treaty, They contend that Germany merely undertook to recognise Austria’s independence, and tllis« cannot be altered without the consent of the League of Nations.