GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 10 June 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

iCARI.{.\.NZ.»'\ COMMITTED SUICIDE. ii Received 9.15. [~ MEXICO CITY, June 9. ‘ I Gu.-nral Rodalfo Herrera has arrived here bringing documentary €\'id€llC€ lproving that Cal'l'a.nza committed sui.cide when he found himself aballdmled I by his followers. ’. I ‘-"'-""""‘.'._. E A. }’LEBISCITE' ABANDONIQD. I Received, 9-50-I . LONDON, June 9. l The Echo de Paris learns the Polish [and Czecho-Slovakian Governments iagreed to abandon the Plebiscit‘-‘ I'9 _Teschen district‘, and refer the matlter to arbitration. The French Grov--1 ernment proposed the King of the Bel‘glans as arbitrator. ‘LABOUR TO BOYCOTT IHUNGARY. Received 9.50. LONDON, June 9.. ‘The Confederation of Labour urges seamen, railwaymen, (lockers and postal workers to join the boycott of Hungary. REDUCTION IN SUEZ CANAL FEES ‘ Received 9.15. PARIS, June 9. Suez Canal dues in the near future will be reduced twenty-five centimes per ton. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. Received 9.25. LONDON, June 8. In the House of Commons Mr. Wilson stated an invitation to consider the practicability of Imperial preference had been sent to all the Colonies and protectorates except those preeluded from doing so by international agreenients or in which preference was already enforced or impracticable. The replies hitherto received included Hong Kong and Sierra Leonne, both of which considered preference unnecessary; and Cyprus, where legislation in this connection was read. and passed‘ _ .

CARUSO ROBBED or HIS JEWELS Received 9.15 a.m. NEW YORK. June 9. ' 'Caruso’s summer home was robbed by burglars to-day, and half a million dollars’ Worth of jewellery stolen; _ REVISION OF ANGLO-JAP.‘ _ ALLIANCE. 6 : BRITAIN TOO BUSY. ‘ WASHI‘NGTON, June 9. . Anglo-Japanese negotiations to renew the allianceéhave not yet started. It is authoritatively stated that only preliminai-y Biscussion has taken place. The Japanese favour a.revision of the Treaty in the near future, butuit is stated Britain is facing too many urgent problems to revise the alliance I ’ TRIBUTE TO SIR T. MACKENZIE. ' Received 1..20 LONDON, June 9. y Sir Charles Lucas, at :1 meeting of l the Colonial Institute, paid a.warm triibute to Sir T. Mackonzie’s services as 1 High Commissioner. I LEAD MARKET. _ Received 10.20. . LONDON, June 9. Lead imports, 14,568 tons; Australian 6256 tons. Exports: 3317 tons. BRI'I‘AIN’S FOOD PROBLEMS. “AGRICUL'I‘URA‘L WEEKENDERS.” ENCOURAGING HOME PRODUCTION. Received 10.56. LONDON, June 9.

On the second reading of the Agriculture Bill, Mr. Boscawen, secretary to the Board of Agriculture, pointed out that before the war Britain only produced enough wheat to suffice from Friday night till Monday morning. The rest of the week Britain depended on foreign imports. “We are agricultural week-enders,” he said; “production had improved during the war, and the Government was determined not to let agriculture slip back. It would undoubtedly be cheaper to grow wheat in this country shortly than to import it. The whole question of the future was how to get our daily bread. The Bill might be called the “Farmers’ Charter,’ but was introduced in the national interest so as to make the best use o.i:"thc greatest national asset. The keynote of the Bill was security all round: Security for farmers by means of guaranteed prices; security to labour by means of a minimum wage; security to the State by giving it a. certain control of cultivation, so that a maximum amount of food might be produced.

AMERICA AND THE JDGMINIONS. f INTERESTING L.[Gh'l‘ ON EX- ! CHANGE QUESTION. E '_lT‘Hlfl I’.-\Cll3‘lC ;\:[ENACIfl. 1 UNION wrrn Aiinnrcn. LIRGIQI). ‘ -—---' . ? Received 5.50. 0 srnnnr, This Day. Ml’. Uornforth, Illalls.g'l]lg‘- director of the \'-acnum Oil Company, returned from :1. six nionths’ visit to the United States. He deprecated the Australasian opinion that America did not care a fig for the League of Nations. He found she did care, but objected to the inclusion of a clause in the league which would inevitably‘ enibroil the United Etutes in war in Europe. Mr. Cornforth declared President Wilson was the best hated man in .America, and had no chance of being returned at the presidential elections. Regarding the Pacific, he found influential Arncriuan ‘opinion faxjoured an alliance between Australasia and America in View of their common peril there. The menace was Considered a very live one indeed, /and Americans look for some move on the‘ part of Austnalia and New Zealend towards a _union having for its object mutual protection against potential. dangers in Pacific waters. The source of wonder among Americans was that Australia and New Zealand failed to arrange direct exchange. with America instead of paying fifteen per cent. extra for goods owing to exchange through London. Industrially and commercially the United States was in a state of great unrest. Extl'enleßy hard *?times' were ahead, chiefly“as a result of the tightening of the money market and the scarcity. of raw material and shortage of labour. BREAD TFAMINB FEARED. ' ALARM IN EUROPE. "LONDON, June 8. The Press is sounding a note of alarm in connection with the world’s wheat position. The Times deal-arcls that a new food epoch has opened. Unless energetic steps are taken to meet the peril breadpromises to‘ rise to unheard ‘of prices‘ over a series of years. _ 0 ’ "I The Times urges drastic Govern-nl_cnt""action'-’in.the direction of increasing home ‘grown wheat..The Daily Mail estimates that Europe, on the latest figures, is likely t-0 be short by 1,000,000,000 loaves in 1921, and is undoubtedly faced with a bread famine of the worst kind. Every country in Europe is lmporlr ing, and none is exporting. Britain has been ‘left "in [the ‘lurch, 3500,o'Oo tons short. Experts say that on present ‘prices it is cheaper to grow wheat ‘in England. than to buy it abroad.’ There is likely to be a. Wheat growing campaign comparable with the great‘ war culture.

ONE HOPEFUL REPORT. . OTTAVVA, June 8. The outlook for the wheat crops in the Canadian prairie areas is regarded as the best for 15 years. . _ BUBONIC PLAGUE AT VERA CRUZ . WANING_ Received 9.15 am. .. MEXICO CITY, June 9. The bubonic plague at Vera Cruz appears to be waning. only four new cases being reported, with three dead since Sunday. After much alarm the city is regaining its tranquility. - TRADE WITH RUSSIA. NEGOTIATIONS C‘,ONTliN'[‘:ED. Received 10.56. LONDON, June 9. The second meeting held between Krassin and the British Ministers lasted two hours. Kl-assin gave various answers to Ministers’ enquiries regarding prisoners and propaganda, but there were other matters to be settled. A further meeting would probably be arranged. So far the general ‘impression created by the eon_t'erenee is satisfactory. GERMAN CABINET RESIGNS-. BERLIN, June 9. Cabinet. has resigned, but will conduct business until the elections are completed. LATEST ELECTION S RESULTS. BERLIN, June 8. Latest election figures show that therc is a prospect of the Governnient coalition commanding :1 working majority «against the extremists of both sides. Social Democrats hold 38 seats; Majority Socialists 86; and Centre Party 64;; whereas the National Conservatives have 4], mid Independent ‘ Socialists 61.

I FINLAND AND swnnnn. ' COPENHAGEN, June There are very st.rain<'<l relations between Finland mid »s‘~\'c-zlen owing to the dcspatch of Finnish troops to the Aaland islands to arrest two Swedes accused of treason in a.gitating for .‘~‘olf-(l(.‘fGl‘l1llllallOI] by plebiscite. U.S.A. PRESIDENCY. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ASSEMBLIES. NEW YORK, June 8. The Republican National Convention for the selection of a Presidenftial candidate has opened at Chicago ‘in unique circumstances in that it is impossible to iudicille Who is likely to be chosen. Johnson, Lowden and General \Vood are probables. Owing to the absence of the ‘party bosses, which is due to a desire to place unrestricted power in the delegates’ hands to select their own nominees, the convention is apparently at a complete loss to make a. selection. Senator Lodge. the chairman, was loudly [applauded when he criticised President VVilson for proceeding to the Peace Conference because he was unable to trust anyone else_ Senator Lodge denounced the Armenian mandate and the Government's futile policy towards Mexico. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. JOHNSON FAVOURITE. NEW YORK, June 8. Senator Hiram Johnson continues to be favourite for the Republican nomination for President. Other possibilities include Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes, General Leonard Woocl, ex-Commander -in Chief, Governor Lowden of Illinois. Senators Knox, Poindexter, Butler, and Harding. ' The Democrats will hold their con vention at San Francisco. Mr W_ M. McAdoo, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, is an undeniable favourite, though Mr H. C‘. Hoover may prove a dark horse. -A BILLSOF LADIN.G. ” ‘ "CANNOT BE SIMPLIFIED. > LONDON, June 8. A subcommittee of the London Chamber of Commerce reports that it is impossible to obtain afsingplification of the bill’ of lading owing to the diversity of conditions of the different trades. The committees approves of !the Australian and New Zealand inLCTGRSQS in shipowners’ liability to two {hundred sterling per package, and re-lco-mmends that it. he adopted for all lgeneral cargo trades. Pilferage has lbecome intolerably acute, and the unlderwriters now only pay 75 per‘ cent. lof the claims on this account, even for ladditional’ premiums. Pilferage is lchiefly due to the lenient sentences. ‘The sub-committee recommends imlprisonment. without._ the option of :1 lfine. .

DR. MORRISON’S SUQQESSOR. Received 11.50. ' PEKIN, jiune 9. Mr. J. C. Ferguson, formerly Coun(gillor to thtia-F Chinese State GOVBTIP men't, has succeeded Dr. Morrison as tho Pl'esidon‘r’s political adviser. KING EDWARDS HORSE. REUNION OF COMRAD‘ES. Received 11.25. _ LONDON, June 9. ‘At, a reunion of the comrades of me First King Edw:n‘d’.s Horse, it was stated that over 550 young colonjals in its ranks had obtained. commis_\~ion_.3 in the British armies dLn'ill-g the war. A. xnemoriul in the sllupe of -an "elongated milestone, on which is inlscribed the names of eighty-two who fell, will be shortly unveiled at \VicflllC, (Eh-dpellc” where the regiincnt held up :1 German division all day long in "1018. ‘ GC]](§l.lll]' Herberyt La\vren(:e, in a itinue to link with the overseas DO- - , ___,_.___.___. } AIR FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. i i Received 12 Noon. 1, LONDON, June 9. i ‘Pam and Mjclntosli are uncertain kwhen they will be resuniing’ iheir flight 3 to J\llStl'2lii:l. '.l‘lley are waiting at Peniang for spare parts. and are proceed;ing to Singapore on Saiturday on aerial isurvey work. IMPERIAL TRADE RELATIONS. MAMM()’J‘H EXHIBITION TO BE HEILD. Received 9.50 a..ln, LONDON, June 8_ The Lord Mayor presided aha large meeting af. the Mansion House in connection. with Imperial trade relations and the forthcoming 131-il-jsh "_[‘}‘ade, Exhibtion. He read a. letter from the Prince -of Wales, President of '?ll'e

General Committee, stating the 00"‘ ernment had decided to illtl'odllC9 3 Bill providing £IOO,OOO to the exhibition guarantee fund conditionally 0n M least half a‘ million sterling being otherwise guaranteed. Lord Milner urged that the exhibition must be on a vast Scale, befitting the Empire, and thoroughly characteristic of the resources of the Empire. I-Ie emphasised the exhibition should have a social and national as well as an economic value, and make for the independence of various parts of the Commonwea.lth. Sir George Perly, High Commissioner for Canada, promised the hearty support of Canada. ‘ Mr Watt, Treasurer of the Australian Commonwealth, movedia resolution cordially endorsing the proposal to hold the exhibition in London during 1923. Sir Robert Horne said the Board of Trade and other Government departments were determined to give the exhibition every support in their power. He emphasised the‘ ‘ necessity of in every way developing markets for British products. ‘ The resolution wasi"caz'l-ified with two dissentients. ‘A ” COST OF 'r‘H‘E’wAß.' ’ HOW THE NA'I_‘I"CINS STAND. Received 12.20 am. 1 V LONDON, June 9. Mr Edward Crammo"n"d,' lecturing at the Banker’s Institute, estimated the real cost of the war as follows:—— Britain .. £3,500,000,0U0 France .. .£5,450,000,000 Italy .. £1_.§00,000,000 Belgium .. £soo’ooo’ooo ‘ Germany .. £8,700,000,000 Britaiu’s expenditure is equal to 12 per cent of her national wealth; 25 per cent of the French; 20 per cent. of Italian; and 26 per cent of German_ He pointed out the moderate decrease‘ of the wealth of the United Kingdom was set off 'by"'the substantial increase in the Overseas Dominions’ possessions. He estinlated‘the’wealtli ofthe :Empire at £44,080,000',000 compared with. ;£24,986,000,000 in 1910; the annual income £7,65,0.00,'000 compared with £3,332,090,09q. , ’.