GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3382, 10 January 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

CONGESTBD SHIPPING. ’ IN BRITISH PORTS. .. Received 10.50 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 8. The Ceramic has been ordered to resume her voyage. It ‘is hoped she may be berthed in London‘ on Tuesday. This vessel has been burning 50 tons of" coal daily for over a month to keep the refrigerating plant going. Congestion at Southampton is acute. ;The port did excellently during the war but facilities for dealing‘ with overseas cargoes are proving utterly in!3.de~ quate. -Ships are constantly arriving with" food and wool, only to find they must leave their cargoes rotting in sheds or seek another port. ‘The Suevic and Runic, from Australia, “thus left to find a less congested port.

I NOTABLE MEN DECORATED. I BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING. Received 10.5 oa.m‘: , LONDON, Jun. 3. The King has awarded Mr Asquith and. Mr Lloyd George the 1914 Star, I British War Medal,‘ and Victory Medal. I INTER‘-ALLIED CONFE-RENCE. I LLOYD GEORGE AND STAFF I LEAVE FOR PARIS. ‘ MOMENTOUS QUESTIONS TO BE I DISCUSSED. ‘ I LONDON, Jan. 3. Mr Lloyd George, accompanied by I fifty ofiicials, departed for Parisito attend the inter-Allied Conference, Iwhich will really amount. to a second I Peace Confere-nce dealing with momentous questions. The questions for decision include the trial of the ex-Kai-ser andhis acc.omplic'es. It is stated Ithat the British Government adheres t4O- the declaration of Mr Lloyd ‘George that the ex-Kaiser and other guilty I persons must be tried. Meanwhile Ger- . many is agitating against the surrendering of war criminals. Berlin is developing a society called, “Save Your IHonour League,’.’ and the Govern- ! ment is being urged to defy the Allies land tell them to come and fetch the guilty parties». If the Allies do, surIprises are promised. The future of Constantinople is another big question. llt is hinted that the British may adopt the French view, and leave the Turks at Cionstantinople, but ‘establishing machinery for guarding the Straits. VVAR CRIINIINALS. THE DEMAND ON GERMANY. I -"--"--" . I BERLIN, Jna_ 7. I The question of surrendering the lofiicers accused of war crimes to the Allies is the chief topic throughout Germany, and is likely to embarrass‘ Ithe Government considerably. The! _.Con‘servative_p'ress demands that thei oflicials should disobey the. orders to! hand over the criminals. I UNREST IN INDIA. I . —--—-—o—- ’ I HIGH COST O-F LIVING. . I I ALLAHABAD, Jan. 'B. I A wave of unrest is prevalent Ithroughout India. For some inofiths Ithere have been strikes involving] railways, the post oflices and factgrlies. The strike of mill hands now onl lin Bombay involves two hundred tllou- I sand, and has spread to Calcutta, where thirty-five thousand came outl on the first day, making, a similar deImand as Bombay for a 50 per ee.nt_. lincrease in wages-, increased grain al-I lowance, and 2. ten-hour day_ T-hel strikes came as a surprise, as no de-I mands had previously been promulgat-. ed. Troops have been sent to Bombay in View of the possibility of dis_ turbances. Rioting occurred at one, mill. I The newspapers have been compell-I ‘ed to cut down their issues o.wing toI Itrouble with their employees. ’l‘hel chief cause of the industrial unrest lis high prices. The cost of living has lincreased 100 per cent. The Governlineirt, however, is aware that BolsheIvik agents have reached India via the I Afghanistan border to foment unrest. It is stated that they have unlimit-' ed funds at their disposal. As a precautionary measure the Gover.-um-ant Ihas issued an order declaring rouble notes illegal tender. Anyone possesSing them is liable to imprisonment.l ANGRY INDIANS. I I I DELHI, January 7. I The treatment of Indians, in SouthlEaSt Africa has: raised an -angry dis°ll9Sioll 011 the racial questiofin the National Congress at Armitisar. The ilnmigration barriers are not made tlie Spccific Subject of a resolution, but the attitude showed that if the Imp-erl ial Government is unable to obtain fair treatment from, the,Dominions and colonies it must admit the Indian demand for retaliation. -