GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3406, 10 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITISH COINAGE. nickle to replace silver. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON, Peb. 8, Tlio National News states that the Government hag given a contract for large supplies of nickle tor coinage, replacing silver land hronze* BURGLARY PREVALENT. INSURANCE BEING REFUSED. BY THE CLOTHING TRADE. - « Recenved 8.45 a.m. LONDON, fer. 8. Owing to numerous burgl trice, insurance companies are heavily iusroas.’.g premiums ou shops and warehouses, especially textiles. They are refusing to* ensure the clothing trade unless watchmen are guarding the premises.

INCREASE Ol‘ SYNDICALISM.

HUGE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.

ARISING IN BRITAIN.

Received 8.50 am. LONDON, Feb. 7.

Business syndicates arc steadily buying up Lancashire shipping mills, of which six, involving several millions sterling, were sold yesterday at an average of five times the original capital. A similar tendency towards combination is observable in regard to retail stores, particularly in the West End drapery firms. Dcbenhams recently absorbed Harvey Nichols, together with Marshall and Snelgrove. The new company has a capital of eight millions. Harrodis, to-day, provisionally changed to purchase Edgar's, in Picadaily Circus, considered one of the finest sites in the world. Harrods and Selfridges recently acquired some of the largest retail stores in northern provincial cities. THE PEACE TREATY. Received 8.50 a.m. LONDON, Feb. ; 7. The Paris correspondent of the Chicago Tribune states that Apponyi returns to Paris on Thursday, to demand complete revision of the Peace Treaty. ‘ LEAGUE OF NATIONS. MONSTER MEETING OF LADIES. ROYALTY ENCOURAGES ECONOMY Eecoived 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 7. Twenty thousand women crowded the Albert Hall at a meeting to support the League of Nations. Lord Robert Cecil, Ladies Astor, and Islington, and Misses Eoydcn and Mary MacArthur were among the speakers. In order to give a lead to economy, the King and Queen have announced that peeresses will not wear plumes or the Turll© veil at the opening of Parliament.

AIR JOURNEYS. ROAD TO TIMBUCTOO. Received 8.50 am. ' ’ PARIS, Feb. 7. Gullemin, who is flying from Algiers to Timbuctoo, has arrived at Wargla, in Sahara desert. Van Ryneveld has arrived at Sollum, on ‘the coast, north of the Libyan desert. De Havilland arrived at Les Bourget, on Friday.

ROME T 0 TOKIO. BAD WEATHER ENCOUNTERED. Received 8.50 a.m. ROME, Feb. 7. The leading miachine in the Rome to Tokio flighit has landed in the Syrian desert, owing to adverse weather. Bedouin chiefs, are entertaining the occupants.

LLOYD GEORG.E’S VIEWS.

HAVE NOT CHANGED. Received 9.45 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 8. It is denied that Lloyd George has modified his views regarding war criminals. Biirkenhead visited Paris to consult th‘.e Allies, as the French list containing over two hundred, and the Belgrium list over three hundred names of «criminals, was not previous—ly referred to Britain, whose list contains one hundred names. BOLSHEVIKS IN KOREA. Received 9.45 a.m. WASHINGTON, Feb‘. 9. An ofiicial message from Korea. states that armed forces of Koreans, assisted ‘by Bolsheviks, invaded Northern Korea and fought the Japanese. There were heavy casualties.

THE GERMAN DEBT. ASQUITH CONSIDERS IT BAD. Received. 9.15 a.m, LONDON, Feb. 7. Mr Asquitb, at Paisley, said itwo thousand millions is about the outside that can be got from Germany. I am prepared To -write off our share as a bad debt. A NOTABLE CASE. MEAT WASTERS PROSECUTED. Received 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 9.

A curious prosecution is proceeding of -six Newcastle food oificials, charged with wasting 1325 carcases of Australian meat, received ‘in July, 1919, which were unreasonably detained until‘ September, when Jthey were unfit for food. The accused include a live stock commission.el', the area meat agent, and members of the Meet Distribution Committee under the Food Controller. The case was adjourned.

THE CASE DISMISSED

COMMITTEE ‘NOT RESPONSIBLE.

Received 9.25 a.m, LONDON, Nov. 8.

The Newcastle Magistrates dismissed the case against the live stock commissioner land others. The defence argued that Ehe committees only had power over frozen stores WhiC]’l'COllSiSicd of rclcasingtheni when there was ‘it shortavge of live sitock.

D’ANNUNZIO ARRESTED. TROOPS DEMAND HIS RELEASE. Received. 9.25 am. ROME, Feb. 7. General Daviglia has returned from Fiume. Armistice line has beer? proclaimed. Troops are denouncing D’Au—nunzio’s arrest at Nigra, and demand his immediate relelase. It is reported that Cavila, during his stay in Rome. received full power to deal‘ with (the situa'«tion. .

MORE ABOUT WAR CRAIMINALS. swxss NOT INTERESTED.” " ' Received 10.5 a.m. PARIS, Feb; B.‘ The Petit Parisie-n’s Zurich correspondent says, Swiss newspapers are unanimously ag*a;inst- the German suggestion that the trial of alleged war criminals conducted by a court of neutrals in Switzerland. The papers urge that ithe Swiss Government will not Associate itself with a matter that solely concerns the Allies.

OONGESTION 01:‘ SHIPPING. WAITING TO UNLOAD. Received 9.25 am. LONDON, Feb. 8. Congestion at the docks is unabated. There are 210 vessels at present in the Port of London; fifteen aggregating 625000 tons are in the river awaiting an opportunity to enter ltlie dock. ' A STARTLING STATEMENT. Received 9.25 a.m. . LONDON, Feb. 8. Mr Churchill, in an -article in the Sunday Herald refers to a sinister eonfederacy of international Jews for the overthrow of civilisation. He says that the majority of leading Russian Bolsheviks are international atheistical Jews, who accept Lenin. The predominance of Jews in Soviet institutions is even more astonishing. The same evil pl'ed-oniinvance was apparent during the Hungarian. reign of terror, under Bela Kun, and the Bolshevist outbreaks in Germany. Zionism is directing its energies with hopes :that Jews in every land may become a. powerful competing influence with the Bolshevists’ dream of world-wide communist State. Nothing was more significlant than ’l_‘rotsky’s furious attacks on the Zionists. Mr Churchill declares ‘that the struggle between Zionists and Bolshevist Jews is a struggle for the soul of the Jewish people. It is essential the national Jews of every country, who are loyal to the land of their adoption, should take a prominent part in every melasuie to combat Bolshevism «thereby making clear to all‘ -the world that the Belshevist conspiracy is not a Jewish movement, but is vehemently repudiated by the great mass of the Jewish people. FINANCE MINISTERS ‘TO MEET. . TO CONSIDER EXCHANGE PROBLEM. Received 10.5 a..rn. PARIS, Feb. 8. The Supreme Economic Council is caning an urgent meeting of ithe Finance Ministers of Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium, to consider the problem of International exchange. The Council ‘desires to encourage trade with co~operative associations in. Russia,

but is s"£ill opposed to recognition of ifhc Soviet. _

A: GERMAN WAR CRIMINAL.‘

OFFERS TO SURRENDER. Received 9.45 a,m. BERLIN, Feb. 9. The only German volunteering to surrender to the Entente is Auer Just, belonging to the majority Socialists. Owing to lack of accommodation in Berlin hotels the Railway Administration has placed at the of shelterless visitors sleeping cars containing 820 beds, promising- sixteen other cars.

GERMANS SAY NO,

‘ALLIES WARN GE RIVIANY‘

PARIS, Feb. 3‘

Newspapers state ihat the Allies’ covering letter warns. He:-?llan3r thug. if the criminals are not slll'l'end€-red the Allies may detach the Rhine provinces as a. neutral state. it is rumoured that Germany intends to retaliate for the “Black List.” by presem» ing a list of alleged Allied war crimes.

G-ERMANS REFUSE TO HAND O'VE~'R CRIMINALS.

BERLIN, Feb. 3.

A meeting to discuss the surrender of war criminals, attended by mpxesentatives of the Navy and Army, resolved against compliance with the Allies’ demand. Field-Marshal VOll Buelow declared that the men enumerated in -the Allies’ list only performed their duty to the Fathei-land. No German dared incur ignominy :n such submission.

Independents opposed the suspension of the sxittiné of the Diet, Herr Hoffmann declaring that Germany;,lsfate must not be endangered for the sake of individuals.‘ This declaration provoked a tumult.

GERMANY’S CAUTION.

BERLIN, Feb.

The Allegimeine Zeitung says: The surrender of the war criminals is a question for the whole country to decide. South German States must be asked if they are willing to be the victims of invasion. I 1 .

GERMAN CABINET DEFIES

ALLIE-S.

BERLIN, Feb. 9.

Herr Schiffer, Minister of Justice, sates that Cabinet unanimously decided not to surrender the War criminals.

ERZBERGEMRAGREES WITH CABINET.

BERLIN, Feb. 9.

’ Erzeberger states that he is in agreement with the Cabinet as to the -impossibility of delivering a. single German to the hateful revenge of their adversaries. _ ’ ' I

ALLIED AMBASSADORS STAND FIRM.

LIST TO AGAIN BE PRESENTED - TO‘ GERMANY. ?ARIS, Feb. 7.

The Council of Ambassadors unamimously decided that the list of German war criminals'be again hand ed to the German Government. It also approved the text M? the accompanying Note. .

Subsequently, Lord Birkenhead stated the Allies are in complete a"c-r;-ord on the points that the list be again presented in Berlin immediate--Iy. '

A later message, dated Bth inst., states it has transpired that the situation which has arisen regarding the Allied list is largely due ‘CO llliSlllldel'standing. It is understood the French and Belgian portion of the list was not seen in England. Thus there is no question of a British volte face, but of Britain being committed to the lists without seeing them, Happily the visit of the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney-General to Paris resulted in completely clearing up the affair. The British lists remain un~ modified._ FRANCE NOT TO BE PLAYED WITH. . _ PARIS, Feb. 7. M. Millerand, in the Chamber, said Gel-many’s non—delivery of her quota of coal in January constituted a flagrant failure to carry out the Treaty‘. The Government would secure its carrying out. If necessary it would have recourse to all military and economic eoercive measures. He considered time limits had already expired. ' The Government -received a vote of confidence by 513 votes to 68.

WAR CRIMINAL LIST. CONSIDERED ‘TOO LARGE. ' ‘ Received 9.15 3.112. LONDON, Feb. 7. Although the latest message from Paris sfates ffhe Allies h|a.vev sent a

final deinand for surrender of war Crimiflfi-13, the Paris and British press is excited regarding ‘Lord Bil‘kenhead’s mission to Paris. It is reported that Lord Derby was invited to join repre. sentations from Loifdon to give the British GoV'ernment’s views. The Wesitlninster Gazette says it is now fairly clear the? the attitude of Great Britain has been modified, and Lord Birkenhead has outlined Mr Ll'oyd G>eorge’s 'altel'ed views. It is believed in some quarters the Premier considers the list contains iloo many names, and that the demand for their surrender could not be carried. out without causing grave disturbances in Germany. Tlfat 'a.pal't from the Kai ser, only those should be demanded against whom there is conclusive proof of breaches of‘ inltern.afiona.l law, and fhose that are responsible for atrocities can be produced.