GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 September 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

.SEC‘URiITIE-S AND-JEWELS AT " THE VATICAN. LODGED BY BELLIGERENTS. Received 8.50 a._ln. ROME, Sept. 17. During and since the war many important personages in various belligerent countries deposited gold, jewels, and securities with the Vatican, in order to guard against post—war seizure. German and Austrian securities were especially numerous since the armistice. The Vatican charged an ad Valorem rent. It is understood the rent has supported the Vatican ’s expenses arising from the. war. IRISH NEWSPAPER RAIDED. Received 8.50 a..m. LONDON, Sept. 17. The military raided the Cork Examiner and removed essential portions of the printing machinery. It is un‘derstood the action is due. to the paper publishing an advertisement in connection with the Sinn Fein Republican loan. A NEWJWORLD WANTED. STRIKING SPEE-OH BY LLOYD GEORGE. Received 8.50 a.m. Lloyd George, speaking in the City Temple at the International Brotherhood Congress, dealt with the social problems arising; from the war_ He said that the.re were many men who had not realised that a great tidal ‘wave had swept away land marks, many of the phases of the ol dorder had gone for ever, and the world was richer and safer for their disappearance. Meanwhile we had trebled our electorates. changed the hours of labour, and altere'd the nation ’s attitude -1 owa-rds lab-our. To deal with similar problems, other great changes were inevitabl'e.'Slums must go. He hoped the greater armaments would disappear, not only in ‘Germany, otherwise. millions of gall-ant men had bled iii vain: He also hopedthe long drawn out wretched misunderstanding with Ireland would disappear, and a new Britain arise freeid of ignorance, insohriety, penury, poverty, and squalor. Lloyd George, concluding, used the idea. of fair play. To sum up. a. new spirit was wanted to revolu. tionise the world. He Said the League of Nations was an attempt to substitute fair play for force. Gcrrnany’s departure from fair pla_v_‘_had a. terrible retribution.‘ and would he a conspicuous warning to all peoples. There must also bejfair play between capital and labour. If labour sought to exercise its power without reference» tothe resources of each individual industry it \:~:ov.ld bring ruin to hundreds -of l’.ll()11.~‘aTl(l‘5 of citizens. Neither employer nor labourer had any right; with. out reference to the community, to say, “Am I my brother ’s keeper?” This was the policy of Cain to the brotherhood,

PIERCE FEELING AGAINST SERBIANS. g RISING IN MONTENEGRO. Received 8.50 am». PARIS, Sept. 17_ A I\lontenegrin communique states tliat the rising of Montenegrins against the Serbian grows daily more serious. The rising about Cattaro spreads, and in 8, fierce encounter at Zealenika sixty Sc-rbians were killed. o‘os'l' or LIVING. CHAOTIC S'l‘A’[‘E IN GERMANY. BERLIN, Sept. 17. The Gerinan 1t1bOl1If:l1]3l‘k€t is in a. chaotic state. The inflation and thg E:-creasing pill'elz.a(ixig Imlue of ‘slls6’ mark is creating a. most. serious condition, Although the Gernran workman is receiving an average ‘daily wage equivalent to six flollars thirty-five cents (American money)", against an equivalent of one dollar twenty-nine cents before the war, the purchasing power of the Present wage equals only eightyfive cents (Anieriéan money). SUGGESTED BASIS OF ‘LIVING ‘WAGE. SYDNEY, Sept. 18. The Board of Trade enquiry into the cost of living, remesentative of various unions, subinitted figures in support of the claim that the living wage should be based on the necessary weekly expenditure of £5 17/4 for 2.1. two-child family. REPORTED ASSASSINAT|ON. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Unconfirmed r€f)?J'rts from Santiago say that Leguia, President of Peru, has been assassinated.

GENERAL BADOG-LIO AT PIUME. Received S_so a.m. ROME, Sept. 17. General Badoglio. 1-e.pl'escnting the Italian \-n'er1:::;-r-nt. has ar:-ived ar Fiume. BALTIC PROVINGES. GER-MAN TROOPS IN LARGE NUMBERS. ‘BER-LIN.‘ Sank. 17. \Vriting' in Vorl\'aer’fs, 9. Socialist who recently returned from the Baltic provinces, says the German movement is rapidly growing there. Many ofiicers and men arrive daily from Germany. German troops are posted strongly over the whole of Courlandj where posters are exhibited declaring that they are fighting for the Kaiser and the Empire against democracy. These counter',revaolutilona.ries, in orfilér *to conceal their intentions, pretend to disband a few regiments, which are really transferred to the Russian anti-Bolsh.evis’c army, German troops in Courland are plundering the population.

ALLIED ULTIIVIATUM TO GERMANY. ' PARIS, Sept. 17. The Allies are sending an ultimatum to Germany to compel Generalivon der Goltz to evacuate the old Russian Ba.l- - provinces. FOCH GIVEN FULL POWER. LONDON, Sept. 17. The Council invested Foch with full authority to enforce the ultimatum regarding the evacuation of the Baltic provinces PEACE TREATY. DEBATE IN FEDERAL ' ' PARLIAMENT. MELBOURNE, ‘Sept."' 18. . During the i!Peaee. Treaty 'debalte‘ after Sir Joseph Cook had lengthily reviewed the terms of the Treaty and its probable effects on Australia, Mr Catt-5 moved an amendment that owing to the limited amount of information regarding the committments and responsibilities of the Treaty before the lILUSP, the whole matter be re:‘:r:—.d to :' committee for inquiry and report. Sir Joseph Cook expressed the opinion that the Pacifie Islands, which Australia would administer-very shortly would prove a source of profit. He hoped that soon a definite movement would be made to develop these new territories. _ The debate is unfinished.

UNCLE SAM. AS HE SEES HIMSELF. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. President W’ilson, speaking at San Francisco, said: No words are strong enough to depict the result of the world’s reliance on the United States leadership. Americans are trustees of humanity. If they desert it, all is lost. Shantung has not been taken from China now, but from Germany, and is now international. A policy for the protection of China. is certain to come upon the initiative of the great Powers, whereby China’s full integrity will be protected. - SCULLING. - , LONDON, sept. 17. Barry and Felton NW9 agreed 10 sign articles on Thursday to race in the Thames on October 27th for £SOO aside. Barry and Felton will row over the Putney-Mortlake course. ~'They easily. agreed regarding conditions, except the hour. Felton wanted 2 o’clock and Barry held out for 2.30. A long discussion threatened to be fruitless‘, but eventually a compromise was reached. ‘ F‘IELD-MARSHALL ALLENBY.‘ WARM WELCOME HOME. -LONDON, Sept. 17. Field-Marshal Allenby received a warm ovation at Dover and London. In a speech at Dover, he paid a warm tribute to his predecessor, General Mlll'l‘aY, who had Well prepared the way to victory.