GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3431, 10 March 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

LONDON, Mm-ch 4.

In the House of Commons, NH‘ Bridgeman denied that Australasian meat stocks were held. up. He said the price of mutton would shortly be reduced.

The Daily Mail says: Cabient has decided to retain food control for five years. increasing the Food Min'istl-y’s powers to fix prices and control distribution.

A remarkable operation was perfomed at Wandsworth hospital. A two-inch needle completely embedded in a child’s hea‘rt was safely removed. The patient is recovering. The Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons has decided to admit women to fellowships on the same ‘terms as men. THE OAILLAUX TRIAL. A DRAMATIC ACCUSATIO-.\*.

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The first witness in the (fziiilallx trial was William Martin. Frencli Minister at Lisbon. H 0 S’£a»'.ed that when reful'n'ing to Fmnco in 1911 he was summoned to Madrid by King .’\.ii;l.3hol]S(), who said he had received an emissary from M. Caillaiix, who threatened him with death. King Al- - fold him he had wrifion down the emissary’s tlll’o'a.ts i"(!J5"ru:111y, in order that if anything‘ happened Prosfdoiit I’oinca.l'o would know who was rc's"ponsible. King Alphonso told M. hiartin that he had put the doc-.u~ ment in :1 sealed envelope into a safe. with an instruction to open the document if his (loath occiirred. M2ll-tin added that he acqiiainied M. J’oiu«=al'e with the whole incident.

M. Paleéloguc, an ex—'.\[inister and formerly Ambassador at Pcti-ogwad, gave evidence accusing Caillaux of Imdermining the Fmuco-Russiaii Alliance. The Russian Govonmient was constantly a'r :1 loss to umlerstaml the Fl-enoln policy (luring tho Caillaux rcgime. Addressing Caillaux lw oxclaimecl:“‘You are the St'urnmr of Franco.” Caillaux rushed fol'wal'J. affonipling to re-a.P.h P{ll€‘olo,Qfll(‘. but the l;}'sfzxll(lol's intervened. THE BRITISH CABINET. LONDON, March 8. The n¢'\\'Spa_per.<, 211:0 dist,-xlssing tho reconstl'uc.tion of Cabinet. They antieiputc that‘ Sir Robert Horne will b 0 president of {he Board of 'l‘radv, Ml‘ McNamara or Sir ‘L. \Vol'fln'ngfon Evans Minister of La.bolu'. aml Mr C‘. .\fcC‘urdy Minister of Food.

INDIAN TROUBLES.

COMMISSIONI’S REPORT REx»\l)V

Received 9.25 am

DELHi. Man-h 9. It is understood the Hunter report is nearly ready. There will pi-oba‘nl,V be 2». simultaneous publication in land and India at the erid of March. It is rumoured {fie report will cleclum that martial law was _iu:<tif_‘-ahie, and was generally humanely ::d:ninistered, with conspicuous oxcepiioiis, where officerg acted injlldiciollslv. and martial law was kept on foo long. This was }):—‘.l‘i7i')-' due to the Arghan waz‘. The report is believed not in he unanimous, as there are said ‘.O he <lii‘fui'— om°c.< of opinion of G(.'llL‘lai i)yer’.action, some icomlemninsg, others maintaining he only acted as any soldier would. Sir A. Hunter i'c‘.3.1.%(‘!.~'. for E‘-ngland in the middle of :Z~/la;-cli. IRISH CRISIS. EXTR.-‘-. ORDINARY S'3‘ATE OF THINGS. LONDON, l‘.;laz(:h 8. The Vxlatei-:'l[oi'd Cox‘DCi‘l‘-.'LiCn, with one dissentient, passed a iesoliitiori acknowledging the “Dali E'irarn” as the duly authorised Irish GOV(Z;]nn]_g],f, and proniisiiig to give efi’eCt to all its decrees. Copies of the resolution were sent to the Republican Minister for Irish Affairs, who was :.-.sked to transmit them to the Government..s of Ellmpe and America. ___________.. SHATTERED EUROPE" _.___... lAONDON. Mzzrch ti. Signor Niiti when leaving for Italy was interviewed. He emphasised that a 1‘:-iemlly solution of the Adriatic question would be found with the Jugo.Fs‘lavs. He urged the necessity of i-esioi-in:._: Europe and credit confi_ dence by obliterating W.fLl* _~:})j1-1'f_ The energies of ‘Europe would not be revived unless victors and vanquished realised they have it common task to accomplish. The vanquished could not pay‘ their indemnity rmjlm-.5 productivity was restored by the allocation of raw materials. Signor Nitci emphasised that the Allies were not going to suffocate the Turk, but to help him on -“his feet again like other ruined peoples.

as THE CAPE FLIGHT.

CAPETOWN, March 8.

k The Silver Queen crashed 3. mile from Bulawayo after starting for PreFtoria. The machine is badly wreckled, but the engines are intact. Van ;Ryneveld attributes the disaster to ‘being overloaded with petrol. The Government is considering the question of providing another aeroplane to enable the aviators to complete their journey. MARVELS OF TELEPHONY. SERVICE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. LONDON, March 8. Mr lsaacs, interviewed, said that wrieless telephony between Britain. and America. was approaching completion. A service may 'be opened in the autumn, enabling a Londoner to ring up. through the Post Oflice, a business house in any American town. Perfect distint‘/rness is assured, like telephoning locally or from London to Birmingham. The charge has not been fixed, but probably will be one shilling a minute. The company intends to link up the world.

‘GER MAN MAI LBOAT.

TRANSFERRED TO DUTCH.

LONDON, Feb. 24

Renter's correspondent at ‘Paris reports that Le Matin states that a large German mailboat, just delivel'<>.d to the Dutch Lloyd Company, has arrived at Amsterdam. ’

The paper vigorously protests against the transference, which, it states, is an attempt to redllce the tonnage available for dish-i.burion to the Allies.

It adds that the vessel was seen by a, _British destroyer leaving Hamburg, but the British commander receive-d no reply to his request for irl:‘.f‘l"u-3-tions. ALLIES AT CONSTANTINOPLB. ‘_’.o,('}o() TROOPS ARRIVE. VANCOUVER, March 8. Twenty -lhousand Allied troops landed at Constantinople. The Turks rosisterl, and figlltiug followed. UR LLOYD GEORGE’S MYSTEI-lI-OUS STA.’I‘EMENT.

LONDON, ml-ch 3.

Hpezxking in the House of _Commons, in reply to Lord Robert Cecil, Mr Lloyd (_w‘eol-ge szjxid, in regard to Constantinople, that identical instructions for immediate drastic action had been sent to the High Com.missionel's by the Allies, who were acting in complete accord. it was inexpedient to reveal the ell-.lracter of the i-ntstructions until the replies from the Allied representatives were received.

In the House of Commons, replying to Lord ‘Robert Cecil, in regard to the protection of Armenians in Turkey, Mr Lloyd George stated that the French Govel‘nmentv had taken prompt measures po\\'erfully to reinforce General Goux-and in order to I'e—estab‘llish Elle po.<itioll and prevent .t'u.l'ther ntta(:k>: on. the .~\l'menlians in Silieia. Fren<‘ell w:lrsllips have also been sent to Mersina.

’l‘l‘R»K]!~‘.}-1 ARMY TO BE REDUCED‘

LONDON, March 6

It is I‘(*}.)ox‘tc<l thati the Supreme ‘Council has decided that the Turkislr Arnry must lge I'(‘(ll.%CCd to insignificzlnt <linlelis§oxls. Figures from 15,000 to 25,000 are (liscussecl. It also sug--<Dr(>,~;‘rcd Ilxat only str(mg goml:lrmcl'ic, r_.fi‘i(;el'(‘(,l by Europr-ans’, shall be allowcd. but no «leri,~tion has been rouclwd. PEACE TREATY. .~'l‘.ar'l‘P::\lE..»\‘-1‘ BY I>Rl«:slDr;N'l‘ WILSON. WASHINGTON, March 8. President Wilson has written a lettor ‘to Senator Hitchcock regarding Article Ten saying that any League of Nations which does not guarantee the in(leper.dellce and integrity of its u1o111l»m~s would he a futile scrap of papen President Wilson's letter to Senator Hitchcock continues: “Article Ton represents renunciation by Bri~ min, .l’upan, Italy and France of pontical conqlw..s't and territorial aggran(li:<enleul_” A nloditied reservation was adopted by 49 \'ol.(:‘S to 26 afliruling the Unitefi" S‘:a~te~.s.( right. to (control its own armaments. Labour reservations refusing assent to the labour treaty, were re adopted ‘by 44 to 27.

’I‘LU ON H.M.S. RENOWN.

Received 11.55 am.

LONDON, March 7.

There have been thirty-three cases of influenza on the Renown since the beginning of Febrnary. All have been of a mild nature. There have been no fresh eases to-day. LONDON, March 8.

There are no fresh cases of influen7.a on board the Renown. Five clear days must elapse from the notification of the last case before the vessel will be permitted to depart.