GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

TROUBLE IN CHINA, Washington, March 14. Reports from' Peking state that United States sailor* raided the .Japanese concessions in Tientsin, assaulted the Japanese Consul and damaged t,iie buildings. It is alleged that the Japanese previously drove out disorderly American sailors with fixed bayonets, wounding several.— Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn. POOLING OF WAR DEBTS NOT TO BE ATTEMPTED. New York. March 14. It is stated that i'rancc has definitely abandoned the plan for the interimtionalisation of war debtj.—Aus.-N.'Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK PROPAGANDA. Copenhagen, March 14. The Bolsheviks up to March 11 spent, three hundred million roubles on foreignpropaganda. It ia alleged that a large sum was devoteed to British newspapers. The Bolsheviks in the Baltic regions tiave sustained several losses. BATTLE MEMORIALS London, March 17. \ Battle Esploit Memorials Committee, consisting of senior officers representing the whole Empire. Ims bee;i formed at the Wat Office to consider the erection of permanent memorials on the battlefield, preferably to divisions or hisrh formations. It is pointed out that the exploits of smaller units may be recorded thereon. Tlw claims of Australia, New Zealand and India must reach Whitehall before October ],—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.