GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3463, 17 April 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NORTHAMPTON ELECTION.

Received 9.0 a.m. LONDON, April 16. The Northmpton election resulted: Mccurdy (Coalition) -- 165550 Margaret Bradfield (Labour) .17’-,‘3'49

MIN'E'RS ACCEPT GOVERN -‘V: ENT

TERMS.

Received 9.0 a.m. LONDON, April 35. The miners by a majority of 20,900 accepted the Government’; offer. Yorkshire is largely in f;w-zmr cf peace. Final figures of miners 1.-allot give a majority of sixty-five thousand ‘n favour of acceptance of "the Go‘vel-r.~-ment offer. Lancashire and Scuth Wales favoured a strike. FEEDING STARVING AUSTR!A.\iS.

ITALY SENDING VVi-lEAT.

Received 9.0 a.m.

ROME, April 15‘

Italy is advancing Austria, 20_.AO0Q tons of Wheat, to be paid after the arrival of American and Austral)‘.-.n Wheat, as ‘the ‘Austrians are on the point of starvation. Italy is also helping Austria to secure fifty t;housar;d tons of coal monthly. .

CA RAWA WRECKED‘

Received 9.0 am.

LONDON, April 15.

It is feared the Commonwealth liner Carawa will be a total loss at (‘ral:l- - The crew will probably land at Guayaquil.

SERBIANS OCCU PY TA-‘R RABOSCH

Received 9.0 21.11:

ROME, April 1:3.

“The Messagero” states the Ser—bians occupied Tax-1-abosch, opposite Seutar, and at the same time protested to President Wilson :I_g.'f-.11.='.t ]ta':— ian occupation.

BELGIAN TROOPS IN FRANKFURT.

Received 9 a.m

PARIS, April 154

Seven hundred Belgian tronps have arrived at Frankfort. There was great enthusiasm among the French garrison. Germans lined the streeis, but showed no hostility. '

RUSSTA AND POLAND.

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PA RIS, April 15.

The Russian Commis.;iol3zLw of Affairs has sent 2. wire‘-_«.=ss to M Millerand asking fhe Allies to intervene in the peace negotiations with Poland. LIVONIAN PEACE CONDITIONS. Received -9.15 a.m. LONDON, April 15. The Livonian peace conditioils com~ prise strategic guarantees, a war indemnity of ‘two millia-rd roubles in gold, the return of all railway material and bank securities carried oif by the Bolsheviks, and also demand a portion of Russian gold reserves as a. set".—oif against taking over a portion of the Russian public debt to the 801shevik regime.

AFFAIRS IN PAPUA.

Received 9.25 am].

SYDNEY, This Day.

Several prominent men connected with Papua, including the Bishop of the Catholic Mission‘ in the territory, write to the press traversing Captain Fitch’s statements regarding the cause of dissatisfaction. One sum~ maries the position, and says the trouble was caused through the Administrators policy of developing the country and safeguarding the interest of the natives, which clashes with commercial interests.

JAPS IN SIBERIA.

Received 9.30 a.m.

WASHINGTON, April 16.

Ofiicialv confirmation has reached the State Department from Harbin that the Japanese troops» have taken possession of several points along the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria. Japanrs reason for seizing the railway is not known here, but the assumption is. that it was for the purpose of protecting the Japanese forces at Vladivostock and keeping the road open for the repatriation of Czechs.

U.S..A. RAILROAD STRIKE.

Received 9.30 a.m.

NEW‘ YORK, April 16.

The railroad companies have Issued an ultimatum to the workers to refilm to work by noon on Sunday. Men returning to work will be reinstated immediately. However, the railroad companies reserve the right to refuse to re-employ thoseguilty of violence or seditious utterances during the strike. _

AMERICA AND PEACE TREA'.!I.'Y.

-Received 9.30 a.m. ‘WASHINGTON, April 16.

There is some indecision among the Republican Senators I'ega.l-ding the form of peace resolution to be reported from the Foreign Relations Committ.o.e. Senate lc-aders consider the House resolution too “’eTaborate and compli~ cated. Members of the Sena.'t.e C011’):mittee said there was no“ indications when, the ‘report would be a.\7zi.ila.b]e. KITCHENER-FRENCH SHELL CONTROVERSY. M.()RE LIGHT ON AN OLD SUBJECT. Received 9.40 a.ln_ LONDON, April 15.

To-du.y’s il!S'taJlll(‘]lt- of Lord Kitchoner’s life deals with the shell controversy in .1915. Mr Arthur quotes Fronch’s letter of Bth April, 1915, e.l'ranging a. secret meeting Wit‘ll Kitchener on the 17th, when in consequence of u long conversation, Lord Kitchener was able to assure Mr Asquith that Lord French would have sufficient ammunition for the next forward movement, wheroon Mr Asquith. based his Newcastle speech. A new letter from French of 2nd May, was published, in which he stated: “The ammunition will be alright.” French became dcspondent on 9th May, owing to the failure of the joint attack on the La. Bassee-Arras front, and wrote declining to accept the I'ospollsibility' of drawing on his stocks of ammunition in order to supply Dardanelles requirements. Kitchener replied the stocks. would be replaced. This was done within twenty-four hours. French sought further relief for his feelings by confiding his necessities to a representative -of The Times, but apart from French’s own suggestion it was not easy to trace the change of Government to shortage of high explosives and the momentary displacement on 10th May of some reserve ammunition.

HAN DING OVER MERCHANT VESSELS.

DEMANDED BY GERMANY.

Received 11.45 ai'.m‘

BERITIN, April. 15.

Germany has failed'to convince the Ropatl'i:ltions ‘Commission that the handing over of the mercantile vessels under the Versailles Treaty will paralyse her economically. The_Commission insists on immediate compliance with the Treaty. ‘The Government_. however, is making furt-her e-fl’orts to soften the Allies.

BOLSHEVIKS ARRESTED.

Received 9.45 a.m

MOSCOW, Apru 16.

A wireless message states three hundred Bus-sian refugees suspected of Bolshovism were arrested at Constanfinople. The .remaindel; are under close surveillance.