GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3484, 12 May 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

MEXICAN Rl.‘-BELLION.

A BLOODLESS VICTORY.

Received 9.45 am. WASHINGTON, May 11.

A message from El Paso states that O’Bregon Ila“§‘f6’t %very big city in Mexico under control. The revolution is practically bloodless, and rearrangements for the new Governr..o:lt are proceeding quietly.

CARRANZA. GRANTED SAFETY.

Received 11.10 21.111. MEXICO CITY, May 11,

The revolutionists have conquered the whole of Mexico with the exception of the outlying districts. O’Bregon has granted safety to Carruzxza, although Carranza, before nis flight signed O’Bregon"s death warrant.

"REPORTED EXEC UTIONS.

WASHINGTON, May 10.

E 1 Puso advices state that General Aquilar, son-in-law of~Carr-anza, and General Marguia are reported to have been executed in Mexico City. Aquilar was killed by his own troops. Murgua is credited with wholesale murder of leading revolutionaries last Thursday.

Thevrebels }l:?sé"cal)tul'ed Puebla

EX-GERMAN LINERS.

SALE To FOREIGNERS BLOCKED.

Received 9.45 am).

)VASHINGTON, May 11.

He.ars'f’s application for an injunction to prevent the Shipping Board selling twenty-nine ex‘-German liners f.o«-Britain and other countries has been granted by the Courts. It will operate perpetually.

WILSON’S MESSAGE TO NAVY.

CAST PRUDENCE TO THE WINDS.

ACT AUDACIOUSLY To UTMOST 1 POINT OF RISK. 1 Received 9.55 a.m. ! WASHINGTON, May 11. Mr Daniels disclosed Mr Wilson’s‘ secret instructions to the .-navy, delivered aboard the Atlantic Fleet-on 11th August, 1917. Mr VVilson ordered the officers to throw tradition to the winds, strike out the “word "‘prudent” from their vocabulary, and"act audaciously to the utmost point of risk in daring. Alluding to ‘the British A(llniral’ry statements that certain things had never been done, Mr Wilson pointed out that that was just ‘the ‘reason why the American navy ought. to attempt them., Mr Wilson, referring to the submarine menace," was willing To sacrifice half the American and British navies if only they could destroy the German hornet’s. nest. Mr Wilson announced his willingness to place himself at the disposal of any officer of the ‘navy who could show him how the war was to be won. Mr Wilson concluded: Withoiit clisparagement to other navies, he hoped things would begin to happen when the American Navy began to fight. Mr ‘Daniels asserted that Admiral Sims and the British Admiralty combined (lelaycd the North "Sea mine barrage for six months. Sims attempted to givlepthe ‘impression that the plan originated with Britain, whereas the Navy Dcpartmeut ought to get the credit.

BRITAIN ’ S HIDE-BOU ND METHODS.

Received 11.0 pan. WASHINGTON, May 11. M 1" Daniels told the Senate ‘Naval Investigation Committee to-day that Mr Wilson was dissatisfied with the manner Britain and her navy managed their end of the war to the summer of 191J7, and so expressed himself in a confidential message to the United States fleet. Then President Wilson said: “Every time we have suggested anything the British Admiralty replied it had never been done that way before. I felt like saying that nothing is ever done so systematically as nothing, and this is now being done. I was willing to sacrifice half the navy of the United States and Britain together, to crush the submarine nest. It took six months to get the British approval of the North Sea mine barrage, which would have been adopted much earlier had Admiral Sims urged it instead of airing his own objections. _._____....._.. McGILL UNIVERSITY. Received 9_lo a.m. OTTAWA, May 11. General Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian Army Commander-in-Chief in France, has accepted the Principalship of McGill University. RATES ‘OF EXCHANGE. , ‘LONDON’, May 10. Foreign exchanges on" London are quoted as follows: Paris 60 francs to £l, Stockholm 18.80 kroner, Christ» iania"2o.26 kroner, Calcutta, 24 pence to the rupee, Montreal 4:23 dollars to the £l, New York 3.83;} dollars. _ -

LONDON WOOL SALES. MR HUGHES SCHEME ROUSES DISCUSSION. LONDON, May 10. Mr Hughes’ Woofscheme surprised the Wool trade and has roused much discussion, particularly the proposal not to hold sales in London between September and May, which brokers freely' resent, regarding this as an attempt to continue control to the long? est. possible date. A leading Australian merchant thinks the demand at Australian sales may be restricted by shortage of buyers, owing "to dear money and the difliculty of arranging creclits; also the shortage of shipping, but in any case the stoppage of London sales can -only have the eifect of keeping up prices against the unfortunate public.

FRENCH CONTFEDERATION Ol‘ . LABOUR. Received 10.55 am. PARIS. May 11. The Council of Ministers has ordered the dissolution of the Cont'ederation of Labour as inimical to National defence. This is regarded as the most drastic measure since the railway employees’ mobilisa’fion in Panis. BUDAPEST AG-ITATED. Received 10.55 am. . VIENNA, May 11. Wild agitation against the Peace Treaty is reported from Budapest.

NEW GERMAN INDUSTRY. - SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. Received 11.10 a.m,. BERLIN, May 11. The Germans are developing the new industryof “Ersatz.” :1 sub.=_.titute for cotton, which may pay all her debts and re-establish German credit. “Ersatz” consists of Wool cellulose, which is claimed to be usable in the S{lTllo way as cotton for everything.

LEAGUE Ol‘ NATIONS. UNITED STATES’ AT'I.‘I'[‘UDE. ._ . WASHINGTON, May 11. ' Comment on President Wilson ’s telegram varies. Several Democrat Senators, who voted for Senator Lo(lge’s reservrrtions now fear their? posifion in the Democratic party is uncertain. Republican irreconcil§lb4.es declare that President Wilson is consistent, and that the Democratic par’r_v must follow President Wilson or break up. Other Republicans ‘declare that President Wilson's att.i’r.nde will cause n. split in tlle'Democratic Pl'iTt}". and result in defeat at the polls in November. LONDON, May 10. Replying to Capltain Wedgwood Benn, Mr Bonar T.aw"sf:l"tecl ‘(hat the Government dl'd‘n'ol favour the suggestion thnr the Supr'éme Council in any form shoulgl be made pornmnent as no co-equal or superior authority to the (Touncil of the Lezrgue of Nations.

GERMAN HONOUR!

ATTEMPTED SINKING OF ‘A CRUISER.

PARIS, May 11

The German cruiser Thuringen, alloted to France, arrived at Che:-bourg, When the German crew landed it was noticed that the T-huringen was sinking. A salvage corps, with powerful pumps, managed to keep the cruiser afloat pending dry docking.