GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3415, 20 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

BRITISH POSTAL RATES. GREAT INCREASE EXPECTED. I Received 8.45 am. 5 LONDON, Feb. 13.‘ ; In view of increased .rai~lway charges and the postal employees’ do’- ! mands, it is expected the Budget Will announce a. higher rate of postage; while the parcel post will be incresaed' [fifty per cent. E THE NEW TRAINING SHIPS. FOR NE\V ZEALAND. Received 8.45 zi.m. LONDON, Feb. 18. ' T-he cruiser Diainond, which has been presented to New Zealand as a train— R ing ship, is being fitted out at ChathamI I "INFLUENZA IN VIENNA. FORTY THOUSAND CASES. THE NUMBER STILL INCREASING. Received 8.45 a.m. VIENNA, Feb. 18. There are forty thousand cases of influenza and the number is iricrciexsing. Hospitals are‘ checked full. It is believcd the lack of coal has encouraged the spread of infection. An all-night service of electric coflin-cars has been inaugurated. Tl‘.-lll]C£ll's are specially fitted so as to carry thirty~two cofiins. PRESIDENT WILSON. STARTLING ALLEGATIONS. NEW YORK. Feb. 17. Dr Bevan, former president of the American Medical ‘Association, says‘ President Wilson ought to retire now, under advice of his physicians. and family redsons. One side of his body is paralysed, due to disease of the brain. This disease is. a -permanent, not a temporary condition. In other words, the President has permanently damaged his brain. , ' Washington messages pic-turé President Wilson as utterly indifferent to criticism. The newspapers openly discuss his mental condition. Ex-President Taft and other authorities absolutely uphold Mr Lansing’s System of Cabinet ‘conferences. '

A SIGNIFCANT PROPOSAL. ‘ NEW YORK. Feb. 19. The New York Times’ ‘WaShin£’*-011 correspondent states that a proposal -has been introduced into the House of Representatives fér a constitutional amendment providing that the Supreme Court, upon a request by the House and Senate, should decide whether the President of the United States is incapacitated to perform his duties. TURKS TO CARRY ON. ALLIES LEAVE CONSTANTINOPLE IN PORTE’S HANDS. " ‘ ' LONDON, Feb. 20. The British High Commissioner at Constantinople has been insructed to publish the fact that the Allies have decided not to deprive the Turks of Constantinople, but the Porte is warn\ed that if persecutions or Armenians ‘Econtinue the Turkish Peace Treaty {will be considerably modified. 1 .___—_.._r~-:u—a ‘ ‘ MARINE. "' 3 -. BERLIN, Feb. 17. f The Hamburger Fremdeublatt states Ethat Germany only retains (?) per icent. of her pre-war mercantile fleet. lshe does not possess a ship capable }of crossing the Atlantic or even of bringing Sewdish ore. Twenty-two large meetings protested against the separation of German territory by the {Peace Treaty. 3 ._.———_.._... ’ THE CONTROL or FIREARMS. ‘ LONDON, Feb. 17. In the House of Commons Mr Shortt |(Home Secretary), announced a Bill idealing with ‘possession of firearms consequent on the recent increase of burglaries and violent crimes. AMERICAN SUPREME COURT. SALE OF GERMAN SHIPS. PROHIBITED BY INJUNCTION. Received 11.0 a.m. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. President Wilson, in "reply to the Allied Note, is maintaining his previous stand regarding the Adriatic. The Supreme Court has issued to Mr Hearst ta, temporary injunction prohibiting Governmental sale of German ‘ships. in UNHAPPY AUSTRIA. _ FACED WITH FAMTNE. . ‘ VIENNA, Feb. 17. L Only-'fa..mon-th’s supply of wheat relmains to feed over six million ’Austrians. . Renner states that repeated rs‘-

quests have failed to secure Allied‘ help. Apparently the Supreme Couneil’s machinery had broken down. It is impossible to expect anything to eat from Germany. ______,.....__ BRITISH ARMY EXPENDITURE. A HUGE VOTE. LONDON, Feb. 17. An Army vote of seventy-five millions for four to five months is the heaviest. expenditure out of the year ’s total of 125 millions, of which fiftyfivo millions are for establishment on the 1914-15 basis. Twenty-nine and ahalf million are for terminal mar charges, including cemeteries, medals, and transport services, restoration of private property; forty and a-half millions are for garrisoning Germany, Constantinople, Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. The total British army provi-ded for is 525,000 troops, excluding India. It is expected this number will diminish during the year to 280,000. | ARMENIA AND TURKEY. SUPREME COUNCIL’S DELIBERATIONS. _ LONDON, Feb. 17. The Supreme Council appointed three commissioners to consider the boundaries 'of the new Armenian Republic; the Turkish debt to the Allies; ,and Greece ’s claim to Smyrna.

The Council is now debating the question of the Dardanelles, the numbar of troops I'eqnil'ed, -and who is to provide them; also what rights are to be conferred on Turkey, in. regard to Adrianople. COBURG AND BAVARIA. TREATY OF UNITY. BERLIN, Febé 17. A treaty uniting Coburg land Bavaria. was signed at Munich. '

BRITAIN'S FINANCES‘. LONDON, Feb. 17. Mr Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) s-t'3.ted that the estimated subsidy to railways for the current financial year would be over £50,000,OOO; coal £32,Q00,000; bread £56,500,000. I .- THE DEFENDER OF KUT. LONDON, Feb. 17. Mr Williamson has announced that General Townshend’s, resignation was tendered owing to a misapprehension, and has been withdrawn. FUTURE Ol‘ FRANCE. NEW PRESIDENT INTERVIEWED. Received 8.45 am. NE WYORK, Feb. 18. The New York Times’ Paris correspondent, interviewed Deschauel, who stated‘, it is» the union of the United States with France which will render peace fruitful. I wish to thank America for all she did for France economically, militarily, and financiLally. France and America should re‘main united in order ."to.cstablish a lasting peace, and a first guarantee that right is powerful and ever-ready to assist France morally and: materially. We must see that the Peace Treaty is completed ‘and ful-lfiled. The League of Nations is the supreme guarantee for free peoples. Fra-nee shall [overcome the diiiiculties pressing so 1 hard upon her, by enforcing all clauses lof "the Treaty, and developing our alliance of friendship, and by promoting complete union among all citizens of France. The first duty of everyone «in France is to maintain a spirit of unity, and not weakly forget that former forgiveness is not only an insult to the past, but a menace to the future.

THE COATES MONOPOLY, OF SEWING COTTONS. Received 11.35 na.m. . LONDON, Feb. 13. The Profiteering Act Sub-commit tee, inquiring into the alleged Sewing Cotton Combine, report that after exhaustive inquiries they find the manufacture of sewing cotton is virtually a monopoly of Coates, who have taken advantage of their monopoly to restrict trade, making it extremely dimcult for competing firms to obtain a footing. That in view of the fact that Coates last September, estimated that the total value of their manufacturing” Selling costs amounted to 3.8 pence Der reel, an advancement of the retail selling price to sevenpence farthing was hardly justifiable. The retail price should noo exceed Sixpence per reel. Contes increased their nett -pro~ fit per reel by 168 per cent. between 1914‘ and 1910. The Committee, however, expressed the opinion that when Coates’ present supplies of raw and manufactured cotton were exhausted, theprice of sewing cotton must; ‘rise ‘unless the price of cotton falls, '

GREAT PRESS GATHERING. ' AN EMPIRE CONFERENCE. Received 11.35 am. LONDON, Feb. 18. Elaborate arrangements are being made in Canada for conducting the Empire Press Union Delegates’ tour, and forthcoming Conference at Ottawa. The delegation will leave Liverpool on July 17th, and return about middle September. It will consist or 100 proprietors and editors of leading journals from all parts of the Empire. The tour will comprise the principle centres ,enabling vi"si-tors to make a first-hand study of Canadian conditions. Lord Burnham is‘ chairman of the United Kingdom Press Delegation and the Dominions will be well represented. ¢ «