GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3454, 7 April 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ONE YEAR FOR SCEDITIOUS STRIKE.’

Received 8.50 11.11:. OTTAWA, April 6.

The Rev. Iv'é}i§ and four other Labour leaders have been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment on charges of sedition, conspiracy to o\‘m'fhroW the Government of Canada, and est:-fvlish a dictatorship by 1};-c pi-oictarizn by means of a strike in July, 1919.

CANADIAN WAR BONUS.

Received 8.50 am,

OTTAWA, April 6.

A delegation representing six War Veterans’ Essociations has petitioned Acting-Pyremier Foster for a bonus of two thousand dollars for every man who served'in France; fifteen hundred dollars for men who served in England, and one thousand dollars for those who served in Canada. CHINA ANi) JAPAN. ABROGATION on TREATIES DESIRED. Received 8.50 am. PEKIN, April 6. Several hundred Chinese, representing more than twenty" educational and commercial organisations, have petitioned Government to reject Japan’s proposal to negotiatq tregarding ‘theShantung question, and submit the matter to the League of Nations, and abrogate the Chino-‘Japanese joint defence pact, and other secret treaties. WASHINGTON, April 5.

Japan participates in the arrange? ment for a Chinese consortium, under which approximately 250 million dollars will be advanced to China to develop pulblic works and improve finances, but which is not to be used for military 'purposes » A

THE FINANCIAL CONSORTIUM

TOKYO, April 5.

It is reported that an extraordinary session‘ of Cabinet decided that_Japan will enter the Chinese financial consortium, but will not abandon the policy of demanding the exclusion. of Manchuria. and Mongolia from the scope of the Consortium, unless Jap-anese_i-ights in these provinces . are recognised, and . the ConsOl'til_lm‘ agreement excludes any future loan which may be. prejudicial to Tlapanese interests in the provinces named. Marquis'l'n‘cfilyl, Governor of« -the Bank of lapanj states ‘that .':‘ajsanese -banking groups ar'é.ffily determined; to enter the Consortium and an ex-1 change of views between the Govern-5 ments concerned - is progressingi favourably. ‘ » JAPAN AND THE PEACE TRBA'I'Y.i ADHERING TO CONDITIONS. I ' Received 8.50 a.m. ’ WASHINGTON, April 6. -The Japanese Ambassador, Shiedi iHara, stated Japan has not fortified any-former German islands in the 3 Pacific, and has ;no intention of doing ‘so; hence she is adhering strictly to the terms of the Treaty under which not only are fortifications not permit‘ted, but -the training of natives for military purposes is forbidden. __._........_.._ U'.S. AND PEACE. :gANOTHER EROPOSED SOLUTION. NEW YORK, April 5. ; The New York Times’ Washington icorrespondent says Senator Hitchcock ‘predicted that the League covenant would be separated‘ from the Treaty and offered as an amendment to the joint Peace resolution. Republicans } expressed "surprise that -Senator Hitch- ! cock‘considered it possible to separate tthc covenant from the Treaty, and ’ said they would offer the Treaty terms as an amendment to the peace resolution. Some Republicans said the icovenant would be rejected, since the iPeace resolution intended only to del clare peace between Germany and the United States, while the League, of which Germany was not yet a member, concerned the Allies and the United States. JAPANESE IN SIBERIA. . VANCOUVER, April 4. ‘ Japanese troops ‘occupied Vladivostock after eight hours’ severe fighting.