GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1919, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A FRENCHMAN SENTENCED. Paris, May 9. Ladoux, who was charged with hav- i ing communicated with the enemy, has been acquitted. Desouches has been sentenced ,to live years' imprisonment.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GEECIAN ARMY IN SMYRNA. London, May 16. Greek forces have landed at Smyrna. Greece has been granted a mandate to administer the city.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DIVISION OF INTERNED SHIPPING. London, May 9. Members of the House of Commons will press the Government to disclose whether it consented to America receiving 87 interned German ships in compensation for the debt of 20 millions owed by Germany. Shipping circles consider that the steamers, which include many passenger liners, are worth more.—Aus.-NJZ. Cable Assn. A LIGHT SENTENCE. London, May 16. Yates, a conscientious objecter, was fined £SO at Liverpool, or tovo months' imprisonment, for distributing leaflets addressed to British sailors, inciting them to revoluton. The police found* in Yates' house literature by Lenin and Trotsky.—Aiul-KZ. Cable Assn. ; IN THE PROPER PLACE. London, May 9. The captain of a German submarine, who was interned in Spain, was arrested ftt Falmouth en route to Germany, and f«nt to the Tower of London. It is C-eKeved he sank hospital ships'. Ansjther submarine commander is already there. It is understood that these and other arrests are in connection with the {seace terms demanding the trial of those guilty of war crimes.—Aus.-NJZ. Cable Assn. FOR FIREWOOD. London, May 16. Some- newspapers have raised a great outcry at the destruction of several thousand aeroplanes, many of which were new. General Seeley state* that the storage was insufficient. Many were obsolete and unsuited to civil flying, and would be used for firewood. Five thousand had still to be broken up. This action was the least costly to the State.—Ausfl-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNDESIRABLE RUSSIANS. London, May 9The Daily Express reports that Scotland Yard has. discovered a remarkaoi* plot to smuggle Russians into England, including many who were given the alternative of enlisting with the British forces, or fighting for Kerensky. After the latter's defeat the troops threw down their arms and deserted. Many lof these and hundreds of others have reached Scandinavian ports and secured passports to England. Scotland Yard took immediate action, and 40 have already been arretted.