GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3317, 22 October 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITAIN ’S INDUSTRIAL POSITION. ' _Received 8.55 a.m-., NEW YORK, o'ct. 21. ‘ At the Trade Conference held at Atlantic Citfr; Sir‘ James Simpson, Director of the Bank of Liverpool, ina speech said: “We.do not come to ask help from any (Trganisation;‘ we ask only thatno obstruction be placed in the‘ "way of normal business transactions. No Government in ‘ England would stand which contempla'ted"for a moment any weakening in regard to the payment of our debts. The crisis in the labour situation had passed, and the labouring classes were tired of strikes. Employers were realising that workers must have larger remun_era’fion and agreater share in the management. The producing power of tile national industries was approximately the same as in pre-Wwar days-.

BRITISH LABO"U'R' MATTERS. _ ' STABI-LISING WAGES. - “ Received 10.30 a.m. '- ~ - - - LONDON, oer.-21. "T-ll'e-‘coal’ Output during the railway‘ strike 'Week'_vva‘s~2,B7l,6lo tons, corn‘-paredwit-l_l, 4,48‘1;434 the previous Week. , fßepresenta't-ive~;=,i of the -Enginererindg andt Shipbuilding Trade Unions interviewed Sir R. .S. Home, and demanded the present rates be stabilised for another year, as alreadyconceded to the railwaymen. Sir R. S. Horne will’ con. sult "Cabinet and ‘employers. LABOUR IN ENGLAND. DEMAND FOR I~‘.-"s.lt'2‘NE.‘R.£3l-iIP_ LONDON, Oct. 20; Mr Smillie, at Bristol, said that the miners claimed, and i-.lto*_-died to have, a fair share of the executive control of mines. Mr Harry Gosling said that he was not prepared again to confer with the employers unless the lattter realised that an employee was no loiiger 2. slave, but a partner. Mr Gosling added that arrangements were ‘being perfected to give workmen a better chance of fighting in future, including feeding them and their families by co-operative -societies.‘ ‘ Mr Robert Williams,‘ at Newport, said that the Government and the employers could make up their minds thatthe Workers would not accept any reduction in- earnings. ‘ Mr J_ H. Thomas, speaking at Derby, emphasised tlmt the right to strike was Labo-ur’s greatest bargaining power, which could not be relinquished. The railwaymen requested a. share in the management of the railWays, and he invited the Government to consider the .proposal. The railwaymen’s request was on the ground that they could contribute experience, brains and capacity to the management of the railways, which would be valuable to the whole country.

The Government is preparing a national scheme of’ compulsory unemployment insurance on a contributory basis, hoping to zibolizah nos-my .loles. The foundations of the new system are already laid in engineering and other precarious trades.

iBARNATO’S DIAMOND BUSINESS. ' LONDON, Oct. 21. i The brothers Sony and Jack Joel, directors of a- private company, ‘registered with a capital of five millions sterlingt, ‘no carry on Barnato Bros.’ Rand diamond enterprises. TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE. ~ Received 10.40 am. ‘A NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The American tank st-ea,-mer George H. Jones, and the British freighter Chic,ago—oity;, collided in New York harbour. The B'ritisllel' was bciaohed in a. sinking condition. PRINCE Ol‘ WALES AT NIAGARA. -Received 10.40 a.m. 0 OTTAJWA, Oct. 21. b At Nimgara,Fall.g the Prince of Wales presented ‘medals to thirtyilocal War veterans. Thou-sands of ATll,ol‘i(‘£9JlS crossed .the_ international ‘bridge and cheered tfie Prince even more heartily _fhnn the Canadiéns. 0 ‘ '

WILSON MUCH BETTER. Received 10.40 21.111. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Pl'oSid9llt Wilson passed a comfortable night, the indigestion not causing further trouble. SOLDIERS UN‘-LOADING VESSELS. Received 10.40 am. ' I ' NEW YORK, Oct, 21, Four -hundred soldiers have arrived to unload vessels ghqld up"b_v the longshorenlen’s strike. LEAGUE Ol‘ NATIONS. THE FIRST MEETING. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. The Tinies’ Paris correspondent states that the Supreme ‘Council voted to hold the first meeting of one Coun-3 cil of the League of Nations in Paris on the same day as ‘the formal deposit of the r:itific.ation of the Peace Treaty is made. President Wilson has been requested to issue the call, which would go to England, France, United States; Japan, Italy, Belgium, ‘Greece, Spain, and Brazil. The American delegation is positive that the United States will not be represented on the Council unless the Senate, ratifies the Treaty before the meeting. ' -It is understood an international syndicate of British, American, and probably French bankers, will extend a fifty million dollar loan to the All- - Government at Omsk, which will be requiredto deposit collateral security. ’ ' '

PEACE. TREATY. 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 20. ‘Senator Lodge. in a statement pointed out that in the event of the Democrats’ defeat of the Treaty ratification resolution embodying reservations, the Republicans would vote down the attclnpt.to .a'.econsider the resolution Senator Lodge -‘said 49 Republicans end six Democrats .Would vote in support of reservations. » - . ‘CHARGES AGAINST A PRIEST. OF USING SEDITIOUS-. LANGUAGE. Received 10 am. LONDON, Oct. 21. It is understood the charges -against Father O’Donnell (cabled on the 18th) allege that he attended the Sinn Feinn Convention in uniform. It is also stated he dined with Griflith, act~ ing-president of the Sinn Fein. O'Donnell, in an interview, stated he visited Dublin to consult a specialist, subsequently visiting friends and relatives is Various parts of Ireland. He soon discovered he was being followcd_ He. realised he had struck a listening post in a Killarney hotel when he began to talk to a man who professed deafness. He diswcussed current affairs, including the strike and Britains’ failure to solve the Irish problem, and chose his subjercts carefully in View of the fact that there were listeners in the room. O’Donnell met more mysterious strangers in Cork, who were anxious to con_versc with him. O’Donnell added that when he returned to Dublin the Assistant-Provost Marshal said he had received a report that he had used bad‘ and seditious. languagea at Killarney. O-" Donnell replied that was absolutely untrue. His arrest followed on a charge of conduct prejudicial to order and disciplinc_ , p RELEASE PROBABLE. ' Received noon. LONDON, Oc‘r_ 21. It is reported in Dublin that O’Donnell’s release is imminent. He remarked to an interviewed: “It is a strange climax to find iffyself in a traitor’s cell in the land of my forefathers, considering the part I played. in Australia in connection with the war, the recommendations wifh which I came to England, and the fact that I frequently risked my life in battle.” THE POPE INTERVPIEWED. «. THE WAR AND AFTER. THE SOLUTION OF WORLD PROBLEMS LONDON, Oct. 20. In the interview with the Pope Secured by Mr Philip Gibbs, in Rome, the Pope made no reference to his.atti~ tude towards the responsibility of the war question. He outlined the Works of mercy ceaselessly undertaken, and said the eifects thereof were enormous and incalculable. Few guessed that it would last for nearly five years. The Pope said: “That long period of strife of that terrific scourge will have farreaching and enduring results. The people must have made up their minds to endure war’s consequences. They must steel themselves to sufier. At the same time, we must do everything in our power to -alleviate sufferings -and ease the burdens of those who arelcast able to support them.” 3- . .The Pope ’s thoughts Ath-roupghont. the interview appcared"t'o be .concentrated on the conditions of the ,wol-king

classes. He said the people had been il'rj_t,a’c.cd by 3, sense of injustice. He continued: “There are many men who have made money‘ out of"the war. Those Rvho have thus grown rich will have to pay, and the b‘ul‘den of tax.at.‘lon"x\"‘lll doubtless fall héavily on them.” T»Hc Pope mentioned th'é' financial ‘situation »in various !cOunt.l‘ije‘.§;'_,[and feared there was no quick solution of the economic problems or immediate prospect of bringing down pl'ic._es to normal level.

Referring to the ‘Catholic Church ’S efforts to alleviate Europ'e’s war-time agouies, he said: “TVVE could do very little in comparison with the enormous suffering the war (mused, but as far as possible we to’o‘l{.‘eVery opportunity of relieving the people’s sorrow by works of cliarity. ‘We could do no iuore_ It was little, but it did bring comfort to many poor people——-wives, ‘mothers, prisoners, and wounded——and -also mitigated some severitie-s of mil‘:tnry acts.” The Pope recalled that it was the result of the Holy 'See’s representations that War prisoners were exchanged, civilian prisoners liberated and exchanged. -mid missing soldiers traced.- The Pope sent over 100,000 letters to Italiau families whose soldiers were either prisoners or mising_ He also secured refuge in Switzerland for sick and wounded prisoners, especially for consumptives. It was impossible for the Pope, to act in Nurse Cavell’s case, owing to the rapidity arid secrecy T" ‘m" execution.

The Pope repeated fhaf. wha’f. his Church could do vvgs very little, and only touched thegreat anguish of the war.

Turning ‘to the ‘pn'e\§ent qnssettled stafe of ‘rho world, the Pope said: “It is the dufy of all men to endeavour io 5-nlvc nn¢’r—war social problems in a. lawful and nnacelful way.‘ so that the bur«lon will be fairly shared. with goodwill and charity.” He e)':presse'(l fhe hope thaf the writings of" Pope Leo XIII. on tho relation of Capital and Labour‘ would be popularisecl. Their teachings was .5-ummed' up in two words, “Justice and charity.” The Pope concludecl: “If mefi behave 'juslIV, and Wlfh real Christian charify to-wax-c1,~,' one anotlmr, many of tlie worlcl.’s frnnblog wi'.ll,.ho rmnovcd. -but .withou’_c. jlfsfion "and el<m-ifv fll,e*'e will be no "r§o,ia.! pv-ogre’§s.” - l