GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, 17 October 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

- AMERICA'S MORAL DECLINS. ‘ IDEALS LOST SINCE WAR_ 1 ‘ NEW YO‘RK, Oct. 15. 1 Ex-President Taft, speaking at the Unitarian Conference at Baltimore, said that Amcrica’g moral tone and‘ the patriotic spirit of the people had‘ decayed since the war ended. Ideals} no longer appealed as they did a yea;-1 agh. The country was politically and I industrially in the dnldrums, ~ ! SI-lANTUNG. JAPAN’S PROPOSALS TO CRINA. 3 LONDON Oct. 15. ~l ‘ Baron Goto, in a speech, said that‘ ;|J.-maxi would ratify the "I‘rc'l*y as scc-n ‘ ‘ .-as Germany handed over drczczieats re latiug to Shantung, and sh.- would then l submit to China definite liberal pro-l }_3Ol‘3.lg in reference to .‘Shal;'.x;ng. This’ would be done within a fear Il'.Ul1‘)llS. I A I':ris correspondent st u -:5 that it’ is rqcrted Japan has raotiie-l the, French and United Strras’ Govern-l ments the date on which she in; willing ’ to return Shantung to C:.‘l3n-~_. The} American Peace Dclegatzion has not "cceived such notification from Japan. ‘ - THE SINN ZFEIN. 1 Received 8:25 am. . LONDON, Oct. 16. I The Government has issued-a proclamation for the suppression of Sinn Fcin organisations in Dublin County. WHO CAUSED THE WAR? GERMAN)’ WONDERING. BERLIN, Oct. 15. A Parliamentary Com.m‘ltlee is sitting inquiring as to those responsible forlthe War. “Vol'waert;<" says that the guilty_ ones pitilessly . made ‘ history for millions, new history will pz-l.s~:' sentence pitilessly for individuals. ‘ I ~ THE GAR~RULOUS KAISER ! ' LONDON, o¢:. 15. ' The... Rotterdam town clerk supplies the latest sketch of the i{alser. Toe clerkvmet him at dinner in Count Bentinck’s castle-. Wilhelm was gar;-nlous and monopolised tlle'cem~ol-sation He proved that his memory was still‘ acute and that he was well posted ml affairs and current, political gossip. After dinner he produced a map of the Eastern front and proudly discussed the battles, telling of his commander-‘s exploits in beating back the Russians. BRITISH SHIP-BUILDING. U LONDON. Oct. 15. ‘ Lloyd’s Register states that there! were 2,8000,000 tons of shipping underll construction in the United Kingdom; on Scptzmber 13th. This represents‘ an increase of 293,000 tons compared with June 13th. A feature of the increase ig the number of bigger ships. Returns show that the tonnage building abroad is 5,232,000 tons, of which 2,584,000 is under Lloyd’s register. RE-CROSSING THE CHANNEL. 3 BRITISH RAILWAY ENGINES : AND WAGGONS. _ 1 .a.-..—-LONDON, Oct. 15. When the armistice was signed, ‘there were 458 locomotives and 30,253 railway waggons in France belonging to British companies. All the locomotives -have now been returned, and the waggons are returning at the rate of 500 Weekly by means of the channel ‘ferry. It is hoped to increase the rate ‘to 9-00 weekly, which would result in , all being back in six months. Governlximent munition factories in various pparts of the country are repairing the I waggons_ I _____.._.... JAPANESE NAVAL EXPANSION. & LONDON, Oct. 15.“ A despatch from Tokio states that according to press reports, the Govern. mcnt has decided to build two battlelcruisers and 21 other warships. The ‘estimates will be submitted next ses. slvon of the Diet. The cruisers will be ‘of 40,000 tons. ‘ 1 RASPUTIN ’S SLAYER. LONDON, Oct. 15. Scotland Yard declines to give information in reference to Youssoupofl"’s diamonds. A dramatic development is expected, and it is likely that the reve- ‘ latiovns will have an important bearing upon present-day events in Russia. The stolen jewels are worth over £37,000

A BLACK .oU'.m.oo”K. j NOTABLE WORDS BY CHURCH DIGNITARIES. _ LOI\IDON,, Oct. 15. Newspapers sar-e. giving prominence. to the Chruch C'o”n"gress at Leicester. Bishop Gore read a prayer, in which he pessimistically reviewed the outlookl for Christianity as judged by-the grow- } ing demand for divorce, acqiuescence in forfiication, -and race suicide. Dean Inge, in an address, dwelt upon t.he passing belief in a localised Heaven and ‘Hell, and said he did not pretend that belief as to the resurrection of the body stood Whre it did. He uttered a. warning against the revival of macromanee, in which many desolate hearts} were seeking satisfaction. I Dean Inge added that. spiritualism was pitiable necromancy. l Bishop Welld-on said that it was impossible to dismiss spiritualism as a. naueous fraud, because fraud could not 1 explain all the phenomena which had! won the attentiofi of tr-ained investiga- f tors. .»