GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 September 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

I ENGLISH CRICKET. _ _ AUSTRALIANS V. -SOUTH OF ENGLAND. Received 9.45 am. LONDON, Sept. 4. Against Soulth of England, Gregory I took six wickets for 42 runs. . In the return match, South of Eng-. ‘land made 104 in their first innings. The Australians in their first innings have scored 2 for 23. LAWN TENNIS, Received 9.45 a.ln. LONDON, Sept. 4.. ' The Lawn Tennis Association is inI viting Beamish and Wioosnam to comFpete in the Davis Cup. V V__._ ‘T ' I ;WAR.NING AGAINSTAFLABBY ’ V ;’, ;IN'rnRNArIoNALIsM -« ‘ Iteceived 9.15 a.m_ ' T ‘ p‘ WASHINGTON,_ Sept. 5. 3Mr‘yLansing, addressing the American Bar ‘Association at Boston, warned it Ta-gainst flabby internationalism. Demo- ‘ cratic naltionalism wduld survive as the ‘ basis of world society. The reason th-e «United States refused to consider the punishment of the ex-Kaiser was because no law, written or unwritten, provided for the definition and punishment of crimes against humanity. THE FIFTH ARMY DISASTER. - GENERAL GOUGI-I’S APOLOGIA BY CONAN DOYLE. ’ . Received 9.35 21.111. LONDON, Sept. 4_ Conan Doyl.e’s latest Volume of the war history defends General Gough, Comxiiander of the Fifth Amy, _who was sacrificed without inquiry regarding the forces he had to face, or the method whereby he mitigated what might have been a crushing disaster. Many in best position to know atlirm nothing could ‘militarily have been Dc-t—----tered. Gough left nothing, undone and was compelled to extend -his"front at the express wish of-the French._Although the roads and bridges were. blown up, Gough had no power to destroy railway bridges, and his reserves were too far to the rear. Man power was the primary wealmess. The country owes a debt of gratitude to Gough. Had he hesitated to withdraw his army it might have b-,-0.11 isolated and destroyed, and the whole war might well have taken a sinister turn. INTER-SERVICE ATHLETiCS Received 8.55 am. . LONDON, Sept. 4. "An army team, including Australians and New Zealanders, won the InterService Championships at‘ Stamford Bridge, 42 points; Air Force, 37; Navy, nil. . 220 Yards—Scrgt. Lindsay (N.Z.) 2, 880 Yards——'Sergt. Mason (N.Z.), I,‘ Signaller Fraser (ADS-) 2- i 100 Yards—Sgt.-Mjr_ Mawby (Air Force) 1; Lindsay, 2; ADDlPg€il‘th, 3. Time 9 4-5 seconds.

440 Yards—-Private Johnston (Aus.) 2; Driver Hume (Aus.) 3. 120 Hlll'dleS.——Sel'gf. Wilson (N-Z-) 1. INDIAN AFFAIRS. NO NATIONAL MOVEMENT. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Sir Wiihaldas Thackerscy, representative of India, on route to "London to atfend the Imperial Conference, interviewed, said: “There is no nationalist moveinent in India. It is not the fault of the British statesmen that India is unable to obtain" p‘3litieal reform which will make possible a wide educational sysfCm_ British Acomercial classes in India. strongly opposes poliéioal reform.

DIRECT Aoi-‘lon. EALALOT CONSIDERATION POSTPONED. LONDON, Sept. 4. The Triple Alliance postponed con_sideration of the ballot on direct action until after the Trade Pnion Congress at Glasgow. DIRECT ACTION DECIDED AGAINST, HENDERSON’S VIEWS. - Received 9_55 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 4. Mr Arthur Henderson, in a speech at 'Walworth, said the people \VOllld be glad the Triple Alliance had decided practically unanimously against direct action for political purposes. Labour may shortly be called on to govern the country and could not allow a minorit_‘,~' L 0 dictate a programme of uncon.sti‘.u'tional methods. THE MEAT-PACKING SCANDALS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. *3 Attol'ney-General Palmer has an» nounced that criminal proceedings against packets will begin in Chicago -o-n September 15. Mr Lansing characterised as untrue a report that Britain had -asked the United -States to despatch 200,000 troops to Armenia. DEVASTATED FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 4. Var-rLous American ‘frellief organisa‘tions have combined. to offer additional relief to devastated areas in France. The promoters have already collected thirty. million dollars, which it is hoped to raise‘ to a hundred millions. - - . ; A LONG I‘LIGH'T. : ’ '.. PARIS, Sept. 4. Poulet, the aviator, starts from Paris, on the 29th inst, He hopes to reach .:Melbourne within a month. He will havcto us. srenr. runs-.r AND ITS ' EMPLOYEES. THREATENED STRIKE, Received 9.15 a.m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. President Wilson has agreed -to assist negotiations with a View ‘to a confer-' ence between the United States Steel Trust and its employees in order to avoid a national strike.

i GERMANY TURNING TO THE EAST. i POLAND’S’BAD PLIGHT. i Received 9.15 a_m. PARIS, sept. 5.' Padcrewski, speaking to an American i interviewer, said that Germany, defeatled in the West, was turning hopefully. lto the east, and ‘li'l"ging the Bolsheviks ion in every way to "harass Poland. iPol:and has few supplies, and little ielothing, and until the United States iratifies the Treaty little can be done. i HOLLAND AND BELGIUM AT } ....._.. 1 Reieived 9.15 am. 1 BRUSSELS, Sept. 5. The Dutch Government has detained the river vessels and cargoes seized by the Belgians in the occupied terr‘--tory on the ground that‘ they were stolen by the Germans. Holland requests Belgium to restore them, but Belgium demands the Vessels release, and threatens reprisals. ENCOURAGING TRADE. WITH NEVV NATIONS. Received 9.35 am. LONDON, Sept 4. The GOVel'nnlent has agreed to give cash advances to a maximum of 80 per cent. of the goods destined for Poland, Baltic provinces, Czecho-Slov-akia, lugo-Slavia, and certain Russian areas. AUSTRIAN ‘ACCEPTANCE EX. TENDEDReceived Noon. PARIS, Sept. 4. The Supreme Council has extendeq the Austrian acceptance period until the 9th. AUSTRO-GERMAN BOUNDARIES Received 9.15 a..ln. PARIS, Sept. 5. The German reply to the Allied ultimatum states that Germany has no intention of using force toimodify the ‘Austrian boundaries. Germany‘ de—sires, however, to allow Austria to join Germany spontaneously.

LORD Fl'sHEß's CHARGES. Received Noon. LONDON, Sept. 5. , Lord Fisher returns to the chagjge regarding the Adlniralty’s lack of loresight. He says the Admiralty was formulating precise I'e._=.,ru]ammS for Offleers’ dress when their hearts should have been filled with internal coml\'l.:tion engines. Fisher says he desires to repeat emphatically that the duct would be obsolete in a few years, ANOTHER NOTE TO ROUMANIA. I EIALFOUR TRIES HIS RHAND. Received noon. LON-DON, Sept. 5. ‘ Mr Balfour has drafted the latest conciliatory Note to Ronmania. The Note states that the Conference is always happy to consider her faithful “ally, and hopes that she will not break away. Explanations will be ‘given on any points causing uneasiness. The Note requests Rouniania to evacuate and ceéddq further rrequisliltioning in Hungary. THE SCAPA FLOW INCIDENT. ADMIRAL REUTER T 0 BLAME_ v Received noou. ILONDON, Sept. 5. Germany has informed the Supreme ‘Council tthzat Admiral Router was responsible for sinkingtlro G'erman Fleet at Seapa Flow, and acted without the Germ-an civil or military authorities’ knowledge. NO MEDALS FOR MUNITIONERS. Received 9.50 a.m. LONDON, b'ept. 5. The Ministry of Munitions is not issuing‘ the promised medal to munition workers on the ground that the whole country ’s resources have been devoted to war work, and it is, therefore, difiicult to diiferentiate between the different classcs of war workers. QUI EN ’S ‘COURT.e{.\IARTIAL. ' pp _ ißeceive_d noon. . . ’ PAIRIS, Sept. 5. V A dramatic episode ‘took place at Qui'en’s -trial. Quien"s‘: counsel last week requested the production of‘ evidence from Brussels which he _dec?lared was fav.oul-able to Quien. The Court .ac:cordingly ‘deferred. examinations. A

telegram from Brussels to~day states _that during the trials arising from {Nurse Cavell’s arrest, her betrayer was

dc-scrib=ed in 'tel'lnS exactly fitting Quicn. The latter protested her betrayer was a German policeman resembling him like a brother. The Court was so astonished by the telegram that it decided to" await arrival of the documents. 1

.fl ‘the Quien court-martial, the Governmellt’s I'epl'esen}afi\ve demands that the death sentence be passed on "the prisoner, not as Nurse Cavell’s betrayer, but use spy for the GPcrlnans_ .