GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3420, 26 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

LAN SING'S SUCCZBSSOR A ROOSEVELTIAN UROG'RESSIVE Received 10.50. ‘ WASHINGTON, February 25 Bainbridge -Colby, a Rooseveltian Progressive, has been appointed to succeed Lansing. MURMANSK REFUGEES. ARRIVE AT CHRISTIANIA. Received 10.50. CHRISTIANIA, February 25 Refugees from Murmansk -state that Bolshevik forces, which captured the town, are only five thousandpystroug. The losses on both sides were slight. FRANCE AND ITALY. DEMONSTRATE ALLIED SOLID- | ARITY, Received 10.50. . 1 PARIS, February 25 ‘ The “Echo _de Paris” says that France and Italy are sending warships to join the British in the Bosphorus, in order to demonstrate -Allied soild- ‘ arity. ‘ THE TURK JUBILANT. ‘ CONS'I‘ANTINOPLE’S SECOND CAPTURE.’ CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 25 The news confirming the Turkish‘ tenure of the city was hailed by the vernacular press as the second conquest of Constantinople, Which, probably, is not the effect that the Supreme Council desired.‘ Turks are uneasy at ‘the possibility of territory teminating at the Chatulja -line, but it is believed this frontier must be ex—. elude Lake Derkos, the source of the ctiy water water supply. I

BRITISH PUBLIC INDIGNATION: I_&GAINST_I—;I—(;r-H PRICES. TONS OF POTTING. Rec.ei-\—r:<-1-‘-10.50.

LONDON, February 25 I There is renewed outburst of public indignation at high prices while docks and cold stores are crammed with foodstuffs, and food-laden ships are |,unable to discharge. It is stated that 6000 tons of condensed milk and an enormous quantity of canned meats were recently desfibyed as unfit for consumption owing to lengthy storage.| Some Australian meat has been in cold ’ storage in England for 18 months. } EUROPEAN PUGILISM. I . ""',""

I CARPFNTIER BEATS THE BEL- ‘ GIAN GIANT. , ___._ Received 10.50. PARIS, February 25. , Carpentier defeated Grandheven, the §Belgi.an champion, who is a pewerful 'giant, in a four round contest, which

was held at Monte Carlo. THE ISULTAN SHOULD GO. I ''''-'‘''° 1 MR. BRYCE INDIGNANT. ' I WITH ALLIED DECISION. I HOTBED OF sCoUNDREI.Is:\I. { Received 9.1. K I LONDON, February 25 ‘ F Mr. Bryce, in an indignant article in ;the “Observer,” deals historically! with Turkish misrule, barbarities, broken promises of reform, extending] over eighty years. He declares the| permission for the Sultan to remain: in Constantinople disgraces the vie-I torious Allies; they have yet time to retract. It is untrue that Moslems re- ’ gard the city as s'a'c"f'e'd. The idea, that expulsion of the Sultan would offend a considerable section of India is grossly exaggerated. The reall, truth is Constantinople has served for " many years as a focus of intrigue and, corruption, in which scoundrelism of two continents accumulated, and it will-contiue the same under any form of Turkish occupation.

TURKO-GERMAN PLOTTING A TURKISH DELEGATION 'I‘O BERLIN. Received 9.1. . BERLIN, February 25 A deputlation of Turkish oflicers is visiting Berlin atfenmpting secret ill- - against thg Allies. They assert an insurrectionary movement in Asia Minor is completely ‘consolidated, and exerts powerful pressure at Constantinople, where the authorities no longer consider thesignature of peace possible. It appears that the German Government replied that it was unable at present to develop relations in Asia Minor. The press is enjoined to observe complete silence concerning the dnpu’tation’s movements.

JHANGING TREE or JERUSALEM. FALLS WITH TURKISIH, EMPIRE. I Received 9.1. ' JERUSALEM, February 25 The heaviest snor:Stol'm since 1860 occurred yester-week. It caused damage to the extent of a quarter of a million sterling. It brought down‘ the famous tree at Elbutini, where culprits were hanged. According to local tradition the fall of the tree synchronises with the fall of the Turkish Emipire, and the populace are most im« pressed by the omen. ' N THE GAME o}‘ G-RAB. l _...._... AMERICA WANTS GERMAN SHIPS THE ADRIATIC QUESTION. Received 9.1. WASHINGTON, February 25 President Wilson has informed the Senate that the Allies had agreed that the Powers shall retain, respectively, those German vessels which each‘ Power had seized, but where the‘ seized ships exceeded the losses suffered through sinkings by Germans the Reparations Commission will deduct the value of excess vessels from the amount of repartions Germany must pay. Wilson’s answer to the Allied Note regarding the Adriatic question is considered to be the President’s final word. One official said that Wilson thought. no further correspondence would be necessary. Rumours from abroad meanwhile indicate that Bri~ tain and France will accede to Wilson ’g desire.

_ CRUSHING THE MAHSUDS. DEVASTATING THEIR COUN'I_‘RY.. ' TRIBAL WARFARE DIFFICUTY. Received 11.30 a.m_ DELHI, Feb. 26. The destruction of Makai, the Mahsud capital, has begun. Gurkhas rushed the town and bombed the tribesmen out of their houses, where they Were sleeping, and drove them into the hills. Then innumerable towers and houses were demolished and the rich populous district will soon be a. mass of charred ruins. High explosives, howitzer shells» and gelignite combined create a scene of desolation. This destruction has been carried on under persistent sniping by tribesmen, and covering troops have been at times hotly engaged with mad rushes of the tribesmen, Who attacked in waves, but Were held up by Lewis‘ guns andgrenades. General Climo, commanding, visited the scehe and declared the difliculties of this cam-4 paign were greater than those encoun-* tered by any previous frontier expedition.

I IMPORTANCE OF STATISTIPCSJ A PROFITS TOO EASIL MADE. ADVICE T 0 MANUFACTURERS. Received 9.40 am. LONDON, Feb. 24. At a farewell dinner to the Oversea Delegates to the Imperial Statistical Conference 21 letter from Mr. Amery‘

was read empasising the necessity for fullest possible statistics with regard to trade, agriculture, mining, finance, population, cost of living, labour and migration, and their proper coordination in order to develop and utilise the resources of the T‘rnpire to the fullest extent. He W;.3 sure the de—liberations of the Conference would greatly contribute to the attainment of that end, which he would do every» thing in his power to further. Auckland Geddes, in a speech at the British Industries Fair, which opened. yesterday, and was visited by the King and Queen, -said he had urged the Fair since the inauguration in 1915. It had entirely changed its chal~acfér, it was no longer an opportunity for buyers to fill up -gaps, but presented opportunity to buyers from all parts of the world to secure goods of any class they desired. Government Wis contemplating further development, namely, showrooms on the Continent and elsewhere. Geddes stressed the point that the only way to win (back pre-war commercial prosperity was by development of export. At present the Home market was almost too a‘;— tractive, profits were easily made, while buyers were clamouring 1701‘ goods. but it was the overseas ma‘-ket: whereon British trade must rely f°l‘ continuing prosperity. He suggesffil the advisability of businessmen set—. ting aside a considerable part Of the? goods for sale overseas. Mr Geddes concluded by announcing flia-t the Go‘ vernmenti was contributing‘ £100,009 to a guarantee fund of “19 Bl'ifism Empire Exhibition, which would 139 held in London from Mn)’ ‘SO 'o°t°belTr_, 1921.