GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1919, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

i -ppTfgravncs IK THE STATES. 8? TelegrnptL—Pr«ss AB3n.—CopyriaW. . New York, Deo. 22Bolphevik sympathisers, led by a wo* man, attempted to rescue deportees ternpqfttrfly confined at Ellis bland immi* mtioii station. Daring the riot which sons «f the police we injur-ed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MUTINY BY I.W.W. SAILORS. • New York, Dee. 22. A mutiny which occurred on hoard the tJnited States steamer America, conveyJag Anwrloan peace delegates home* Waiid, imperilled the voyage. LW.W-1 toOott tttei opted to stop the steamer, JtttoiHfig tie fires and boilers to die out. "Hie men were arrested and placed in irons. . PROHIBITION IN THE STATES. Washington, Deo. 19. Th* AtfortMy-General. Mr. Palmer, ]im autoonced that President Wilson eanfiot lift wartime prohibition until t' * Treaty !* ratified and the proclamation for demobilisation issued.-=Reut«r l

BIOTS IN EGYPT. London, Dm. 20. A delayed message from Cairo reports serious riots at Alexandria and Cairo On Deoenkber 13. Policemen were killed, trama, shattered and shops stoned. Troops with pickaxe handles restored ?rder —Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn. MUTINY If A STEAMER. Received Bee. 23, 7.35 p.m. Washington, Dec. 22. .. it is denied that the mt\tiny on the steamer Immerica, had any connection with the I.W.W. It is stated that the mutiny was due to the crew's dissatisfaction at the refusal of shore 'Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.