GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3446, 27 March 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

FLIGHT Ol’ LUDENDORFF.

GENERALS TO BE PROSECUTED.

LQNDON, March 25.

The Daily Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent hears from a reliable source that Ludendorff has fled to Denmark. Trebitsch Lincoln was prevented from escaping _to Hungary. An indictment is being prepared, and his arrest is expected immediately. . The prosecution of numerous generals is also an-no-unced. It is officially reported that Ebert has accepted Noskes!’ resignation. _ VVIRELE-SS TELEPHONE. LONDON, March 26. The Daily News gives an account of a. message despatchedl from Chelten to the Rome newspaper Messengers, by a London representative, by means of a wireless telephone. The conversation was one—sided, its’ the instrument at Rome was not sufliciently strong enough to transiinit to England, though able to receive, ‘-but ordinary wireless confirmed the accurate receipt of the telephone message.

GOVERNOR OF CONSTANTINOPLE ARRESTED.

Received 9.50 am.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 24. The British have arrested Said Pasha, Military Governor of Constantinople.

AN UNUSUAL REQUEST.

Received 10.10 a_.m

PARIS, March 25.

TWO German officers have arrived to request the Allies to permit "the German troops to enter the Ruhr Valley, in connection with labour troubles.

DEPUTIES’ SALARIES INCREASED

Received 10.10 am‘

PARIS, March 24.

The Chanlb‘er, after a lengthy discussion, increased the salary of the Deputies to one thousand francs monthly to meet the cost of living.

The Builders’ and Navvies’;Unions decided, that as the Deputies increased their salarics,, the _ workers » should claim increased wages, ‘

SINN PEINERS CAPTURE ‘POLIC-E BARRAGKS. LONDON, March 28. Sinn Feiners captured the police barracks near Taum, Gralway. The Premier will reply to Mr Asqufih at the National Liberal Club on Friday. FUTURE Ol‘ EGYPT.

LONDON, Mare}l 254

It is understood that The Milner Commission will recommend a milder term than a Protectorate to describe British authority, 0-but Egypt. will not be allowed to receive foreign diplomzits, the Legisla-t'i'ire will be bi-c.ame-ral, the Upper House partly nominative and partly elective. Pdrliamcnt. ‘will not control Ministers; the Sultan will appoint -them‘. ' The Commission recommends .that many higher and junior ofiicials should be Egyptians. BIRTH RATE IN ENGLAND. RECORD RISE. Received 10.10 a.m, ' LONDON, March 25. The Registrar for England and Wales’ returns for the third quarter of last year show 82,000 marriages and thirty thousand babies albove the corresponding quarter of 1918. While the infant mortality has dropped the birth rate has risen in‘ record proportions. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. . SHILLING N MINUTE CHARGE. ‘ Received noon. LONDON, March 25. Owing to the chaotic congestion on the Angle—Dutch cables. .the Netherlands Chanlli'e‘r of Commerce has requested Marconi to investigate wireless telephones, It is understood the systc‘-In is adaptable to ordinary instruments. Both Governments] are favourable to a probable rate of one Shilling‘ :1 minute charge. WILSON’S THIRD PRESIDENTAL TERMS. Received Noon, WASHINGTON, March 26. The Democrats view with the Republicans in cheering the speech by Representative Humphreys, a Democrat, in the House of Representatives, declaring Mr Wilson should not run for a third term. No retort was made by any member, contrary to all precedent. V"

BRITISH COAL CRISIS.

A BLACK OUTLOOK‘

OWNER’S OFFER REJECTED.

LONDON, March 25‘

The Daily Express stafés that the coal crisis has entered a new and embittered term. The coal owners’ decision to reduce bunker coal prices 50 per cent. is a tactical move, diminishing sur'plus profits, upon which the miners based t-heir claim for 3/ a day advance.

Welsh con-esp‘onden‘ts report great restlessness in mining centres in South Vvales.

The Miners’ Federation rejected the 3/ scheme, and resolved to insist on an all-round rise of 40/ weekly.

GOVERNME.\TT OFFER REJEC‘/I‘ED.

Received 9.15 am. LONDON, March 24.

_The Government has offered the miners twenty per cent increase in lieu of the men ’s demand for 3/ per day. The Minei-s’ Federation rejected the offer of the percentage system, as differentiating between the: higher and lower grade men. The Federation was prepared to re—open negotiations. Meanwhile they are arranging to take a strike ballot. '

ANOTHER OFFER MADE.

Received 10.55 a.m.

LONDON, March 254

The miners ’del‘i2gates decide tomorrow whether they will resume negotiations with Lloyd George, who today met the delegates and made a. slightly modified offer.

TERMS OF STRIKE SETTLEMENT.

ALL IS QUIET.

Received 9.50 a.m.

LONDON, March 24

Berlin Independents and Plural Socialists have issued the terms of ending the general strike. The Pluralists pledge themselves in the Parliamentary programme to fight for La‘hour Union claims. The Government has expressed its Willingness to Withdraw troops "from Berlin to the line of‘ the Spree, and,end the state of siege. It undertakes not to attack the Workers, particularly in the Ruhr Valley, and negotiate with the_ Labour Unions for representation in the Defence Corps. Labour Unions claim to have a deciding influence upon the social laws. All administrative oifices must be purged of counter—revolutionaries. The administration must be reformed quickly on the lines of the nationalisation of industry, and must be commenced forthwith. Also better food supplies must be arranged. If the claims are not carried out the Independents will proclaim a general strike.

The ‘Australian Press leains the in dications are that yesterday’s settle-_ ment of the German strike will be generally 1-es~pected. The strikers have begun to resume to-day. Reports from all parts show they are settling down with the exception of Ruhr Valley, The situation there is causing anxiety. It ‘is feared the Communists will cross the Rhine and raid the occupied zone in ofiler to relieve the famine, which, owing to the breakdown of transport and the interruption of the administrative ‘services, is a grave menace.

Britain has maintained a firm neutrality, and has refused to consent ‘to an Allied advance in the Ruhr Valley, which public opinion in France instantly deiuanded. There has been numericus strikes in the occupied zone. All now is quiet.