COST OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3482, 10 May 1920, Page 5

COST OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

eßce,ived 9.50 a.m. ' ' NEW YORK, May 9. ‘According to reliable information the League of Nations’ expenses up to date total 1250 thousand dollars, including direct and indirect expenditures and salaries 485 thousand, the International Labour Office 200 thousand Commission of Inquiry in regard to Russia 105 thousand dollars, AMERICA'S TRADE WITH GERMANY. eßceived 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, May 9. The United States ’exports to Germany since the armistice are‘ valued at 147 million ‘dollars, and Germany ’s exports to the United States 26 millions. ' _j PEKIN-TIENTSIN AERIAL SERVICE. ' Received 9.50 a.m. PE-KIN," May 9. ; An aeroplane mail service inaugur-I . ated between Pekin and Tientsin covered the distance within an hour. THE OIL COMBINE. VALUE OF BRITISH PROTECTION. Received 9.25 am. LONDON, May 9. The Sunday Express asserts the oil combine only places a very moderate portion of its properties under British control. ‘Many of these are in world’s storm centres, such as Russia, Venezuela, North China and Mexico, where British protection is more valuable to the combines. than the oil resource can be to Britain. The Royal Dutch Company maintains absolute control over properties in East Indies and California. where the ma3o‘r portion of petroluem is produced. ‘ PETROL -UNCHANGED. - Received 10.10 a.m. ~ NEW YORK, May 9. Petrol is unchanged. GREAT ENGLISH RUNNER IN U.S. Received 10.10 a.m. NEW YORK, May 9. Shrubb, the famous English runner, who came over as. trainer of the Oxford and Cambridge team, is remaining in' the United States. He will probably assume the position of trainer to some American college.

PRINCE TO VISIT JAPAN. Received 9.15 a.m. / HONOLULU, May 8. According to despatches from Tokio, the Prince of Wales is expected to visit Japan next year, also India and Australia a second time. ANOTHER GERMAN LIE EXPOSED' BLACK TROOPS AND WHITE WOMEN. Received 9.15 a.m. PARIS, May 9. M. Millerand interviewed, states the French Government formally categorically denies the truth of German statements that white women in the occupied regions wore forced to submit to the attentions of French black troops. There is not a single French black soldier remaining in the occupied region. PEACEFUL STATE OF INDIA. QUIETEST FOR YEARS. Received 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, May 9. The Chicago Tribune’s London cor- j respondent interviewed Sir William Duke, who said: India is more peaceful now than it has been for years, but I do not feel justified in saying all dangerous excitement is over until after the Turkish Treaty is published and some time has elapsed. Indian Moslems are excited over the question of the maintenance of the Caliphate. There is not evidence of organised Bolshevik propaganda in India, but we may feel sure somewhere in Russia Bolshevists are training Indians in the application of Bolshevist principles to the Far East.

REBBLLION IN MEXICO. PROTECTING AMERICAN .3 INTERESTS. {'3 0 Received 9.50 am. I ” NEW YORK, May 9. Twelve hundred marines have been ordered to be in readiness to proceed to Mexico to protect American interests. News from El Paso indicates that three State capitals have joined sfhe ,1 revolution, and communication be- 3‘: ‘tween Mexico City and the United -'1 .States_htls been cut off.‘ 1

WINTER WHEAT SUPPLY. SHRINKAGE OF 37 PER CENT. Received 10.10 a.m. NEW YORK, May 9. The agricultural bureau has estimated the United States winter wheat crop will be 384,647,000 bushels, or nearly 34 per cent less than last year.

N.Z. .laAMB FOR‘ AMERICA. ARRIVAIE OF FIRST SHIPMENT. Received 10.10 am. §_u\lEW YORK, May 8. The Evening Globe announces an arrangement. for the delivery of 36 million pounds of New Zealand lamb, and mutton Within a. period of six months, and that the steamer Armagh has arrived with 290,666 pounds. The Sufiolk will arrive in a few weeks. The lamb will be sold at 20% cents wholesale, the local wholesale price for domestic lamb being 34.

‘ WORLD-WIDE DYE MONOPOLY. . Received 10.10 am. WASHINGTON, May 7. Senator Thomas has declared a. contract between Levinsteins, of Mam chester, and Dupont, of America, is afmed to create ‘a world-wide dye monopoly, whereby Duponts would use Levinstein’s secret process in America and Levinsteins use Dupont’s processes in Europe. Levinsteins-, however, recently sued Dupont’s for breach of confract.

IMPROVED ABROPLANB WINGS. A_ GREAT STEP FORWARD. LONDON, May 9. Handley—Page’s improved design for aeroplane wings has passed oflicial tests. This will enable loads to be increased from twenty fo forty per cent, and also permit aeroplanes to ascend and alight within smaller grounds. The improvement can be fitted to every existing wing. It is regarded as a great. step in aviation, giving design-er-s a. bigger margin whereby the strength, safety, and comfort of aeroplanes will be increased.

SOLDIER SETTLEMENT IN CANADA. Received 9.50 a.m. OTTAWA, May 9. Parliament has appointed an additional expenditure of fifty million dollars, for repatriation work. Fifteen thousand soldiers have been settled on the land; tllirt.y»six tvhoiisand land loans have been approved, the average loan per settler being 3700 dollars.

BOMB OUTRAG-B IN CAIRO. ONE STUDENT KILi.ED. Received 10.10 am. CAIRO, May 9. A bomb was thrown at the Minister, Hussien Bay, when motoring home‘ wards, accompanied by two judges. All escaped , ‘but the chauifeur was injured, also a student standing in the vicinity was fafally wounded. It is believed the student threw the bomb, which, hitting the car, ricochet-ted before exploding. A fellow Student was arrested.. iAn Italian was fatally shot during «a. disturbance in the native quar-fer.

ERHARDT FLIES TO DENMARK. BERLIN, May 9. Captain Erhardt Fés"fésigned command of' the Naval Brigade, and it is believed he has fled to Denmark, owing to a warrant being issued for his arrest. OPPOSITION TO HUNGARIAN TREATY. Received 10.10 am. ' LONDON, May 9. Advices from Hungary state all newspapers oppose signing the Hungarian Peace Treaty. Possibly the Government will resign.

GENERAL STRIKE ORDER. Received 10.10 a.m_ PARIS, May 9. The Labour Coiffederation has issued what is practiéally .9. general strike order, to operate on Monday. Newspapers are doubtful whether it will enlist whole—hea.rted obedience. The Government continues to arrest the leaders.

DID SERBIA BETRAY HER - AIIILIES? 4 V ITALIAN ALLEGATION. Received 10.10 a.m.; E ROME, may 9. 3 The Trieste newspaper Vedetta de< ‘felares Serbia. betrayed thé Allies, jagreeing vyith” Austria to di'l_ninish. at--s'fzi<‘3ks,k dnabling Austria” tog? transfer troops to E‘!-_le Italian front. ~

THE SPA CONFERENCE. PARIS, May 8. It is understood that Germany requests the Spa Conference to loe postponed until after the Reichstag elections, which will be held on June 10. DISILLUSIONMENT IN GERMANY, PARIS, May 8. Reports from Germany indicate disillusionment regarding the Spa Conference. There was widespread belief that the Spa Conference meant Revision of the Treaty. Messages from Entente countries corrected this impression. Consequently the Government fears to shoulder the responsibility of disappointing the nation. AN IRATE MINISTER. BERLIN, May 8. Herr WirtEs, Imperial Finance Minister, in a speech at Dresden, said the Gormans were willing to go to Spa in order to convince the Entente that European solidarity is as essentrial for the future prosperity of the Entente as of Germany, but if only invited to learn what the Entente has already decided, then the Germans refuse to .attend.

GERMANY WANTS COLONIES. S BERLIN, May 8. ' The German Colonial Society passNed a resolution demanding revision of ‘the Peace Treaty to enable Germany ‘to resume her place in the colonial ;sphere, and urging the Federal and lstate Governments to secure the edulcation of school children in the importance of possessing a colonial emjpire. THE FRENCH STRIKE. UGLY POSSIBILITIES. \ PARIS, May 8. Miners in the Pas de Calais have decided to strike. Miners in the Nlord district are inclined to do likewise. If miners throughout France unite in striking serious developments are inevitable.

SIR ROBERT BORDBN. RESTORED ‘TO HEALTH. OTTAWA, May 8. ‘ Sir Robert Borden is returning cured. expects to reorgainise the Government. VALUABLE BULL'S FATE, ' LONDON, May 8. The Shm-thorn Society ordered the destruction of Mrs Ste Wart’s champion bull Millhi]l’s Rothes Prince, worth £SOOO, because it. was entered in the Herd Book as a March calf though born in February. As a resufi’ of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture’s protest, the Shorthorn Society reprieved the bull ‘on condition that it was made incfi’octive for brooding.

* THE VIRGIN QUEEN. HER CHARACTER VINDICATED. LONDON, May 9. Frederick" Chamibeg-lain, American historian, in a lecture at the Royal Institution, after years of research of Eiizabethian bibilography, sairi Elizabeth was physically frail and anaemic, and without the instincts of a sweetheart. He had im"es.tig_ated twentysix direct charges of immorality, and not one would stand careful analysis.

COST OF THE WAR. TREMENDOUS LOSSES ADMITTED. BERLIN, May 8. A semi-official estimate of the losses of German assets under the Peace Treaty include the following items (in millions of marks) : Saar mines, 1000. State property in surrendered area, 7000. Surrendered building material, live stock, and machinery, 1817. Coal, 740. Military material abandoned in France and Belgium, 7000. Value of commercial shipping, inestimable. Maintenance of army of occupation (from January to April), 2908. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. WASHINGTON, May 7. It is understood that the Senate has decided to resume discussion on the Knox peace resolution on May 10th. It is believed an amendment may be effered in which the Senate will be asked to approve of the principle that the League of Nations is the best means to prevent war, but it is expected that the Republicans' will defeat this, as well as. other amendments.

BELGIUM “S RULERS. LONDON’, May 8. The King and Queen of Belgium are visiting England. They aeroplaned from Brussels to Farnl3ol'ough_ A WAR TRAGEDY. GRIM DISCOVERY IN A CELLAR AT YPRES. _ BRUSSELS, May S. The bodies of forty-nine British soldiers were discovered in a cellar in the Grande Place at Ypers. They were evidently overcome by gas, and were lying peacefully, their heads pillowcd on their arms. The trago». npparenlxly dates back to the summer of 1915 when practically a plvatoon-dis-appomed in the vicinity, being supposedly wiped out by the bursting of :1 German 15-inch she'll.

TOUR OF INVESTIGATION". WASHINGTON, May 7. A delegation from Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom has arrived on a six weeks’ investigation tour of the United States’ trade and industrial conditions. JAPAN AND CHINA. WASHINGTON. May S. The American Ambassador at Tokio reports that Japan has withdrawn all objections to the Chinese consortium, and has accepted the terms as agreed by the United States, Britain, and France.