CONSTANTINOPLE MANDATE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3377, 5 January 1920, Page 5

CONSTANTINOPLE MANDATE.

' MAY GO TO ITALY. I - Received 9.50 a.m. ROMS, Jan. 3. Th© newspaper, Idea Nazionali, that Italy is likely to secure a mandate over Constantinople In cxPi urn e.

BRITISH-AMURiCAN EXCHANGE. LONDON UNPERTURBED. LONDON, Jan. 2. The United Press Association’s London correspondent interviewed Sir Auckland Gcddes, who said that English manufacturers were undisturbed at the United States-British exchange. It developed upon, the United States to bolster up the exchange. He intimated that Britain’s future policy would be to purchase raw materials for manufacture from th.e United States, while securing foodstuffs from the Dominions.

CLEARING THE MINEFIELDS. BRITISH SEAS CLEAN. LONDON, Jan. 2. The operations allocated to the British for the clearance of all moored mines in Home -waters, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean Seas have been completed. Certain Black Sea ports have also been cleared. THE PEACE TREATY. RATHER HAVE RESERVATIONS. THAN A DIVIDED AMERICA. Received 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 3. In a speech at Leeds, Lord Robert Cecil dealt with the attitude of America. towards the Peace reaty. He emphasised that Britain wanted the assent, not of one party in America, but of the whole of America. He would rather assent subject to reservation by the whole opinion of America, than full and complete assent achieved by a deep division of American opinion. Objection to the Dominion votes was based on an entire misunderstanding of international matters. It was numbers that counted, but the weight of the object of the Dominions’ votes was not to enable them to support on every occasion the British view, but rather to enable them to express views or differences they mightshave with Britain, and get full weight whereto entitled. The subject had been used to create bad blood between Britain and the United States by enemies of both countries.

BENEFITS OF RATIONING. THOUSANDS WERE REJUVENATED. MUCH SURPLUS FAT ELIMINATED Received 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 2. Remarkable longevity records during 1919 have raised discussion on one more of th e pleasant effects of the war. Doctors and insurance .experts agree that rationing has rejuvinated thousands and eliminated surplus fat where there •w'as compulsory economy. High prices meant only a reduction of quantity of food not accompanied by a decline of nutritive qualities. Last year's obituaries in Britain included 284 . centenarians nonagenarians.

THE POPE AND JAPAN. REPATRIATION OF WAR PRISONERS. Received 9 a.m. ROME, Jan. 2. In consequence of representations of International Committees and Red Cross Societies at Geneva, it is understood the Pope lias communicated with Japan urging s Immediate repatriation of 200,000 war prisoners in Siberia. RECORD BANKING RETURNS. HIGH PRICES THE CAUSE. Received 9.35 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 1. Bankers;’ Clearing House"^operations in 1919 aggregated £28,415,000,000, an increase of £7,217,000,000 over 1918, and surpassing all records. The high cost of raw materials and the increased price of production caused greater demand for ißaMcing accommodations. This largely accounts for the greater turnover.

HUN PRE-WAR TREACHERY. PLOT AGAINST GIBRALTAR. Received 9.50 a.m. LONDON, aJn. 3. The Evening Standard discloses a German. pMt on the eve of the war to cripple Gibraltar with a view to establishing a naval base It recalls an aviation exhibition arranged at Malaga in the summer of 1914, in which Germany displayed great interest. Many aviators entered 1 , ostensibly as competitors, but were really in readiness to bomb Gibraltar, co-operating with the Italian and Austrian fleets, which were expccted~To quldkly dispose of the French Sect. Italy*.-; refusal upset the plaps., but, anyhow, the British learned of Germany’s intentions at Malaga.