GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1919, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

THE SEINE IN FLOOD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—CopjTisbt. Paris, Dec. 27. The Seine continues heavily in flood. It 13 feared that inundations between Strasburg and Cologne will cut the railway. Other communications have been obliterated as well as landmarks, including bridges. "THE WRECKERS. ' ' London, Dec. 27 A deputation of Russian workmen from the Ural region has arrived in England and interviewed the Labor leaders. The deputation declare that the Bolsheviks have destroyed workmen's co-operative societies and converted the shops into communal stores. They have destroyed the manufactories and given the people famine and bloodshed instead of peace.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DANGER OF PARTY WARFARE. London, Dec. 27. Mr. Lloyd George, presiding at a lecture at Llanystumdwy, said that Ame-. rica's failure to ratify the Peace Treaty illustrated the folly of prematurely returning to party airfare before the difficulties resulting Ttrom the great war had been settled. ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING. New York, Dec. 27.

A United Press message from San Francisco stales that the Japanese delegation to the International Labor Conference has sailco for Japan. The members are uneasy concerning their probable reception there. The Labor delegate, Mr. Masumoto, has arranged to be spirited away from the vessel in order to avoid & repetition of the mob's demonstrations when they opposed the delegates' departure for America. Laborites are indignant at the news that the delegation obtained the concession of a O'/o-liour day for Japanese labor , against an 8-hour day for European and j American labor. .

U.S. TROOPS IN'SIBERIA. Washington, Dec. 27. Mr. Shidehara conferred with Mr. Lansing, and it is semi-officially stated that the United States intends to withdraw the 9000 troops, stationed in Si-beria.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. \ COAL FAMINE IN FRANCE. Paris, Dec. 27. The coal famine is increasingly serious in France, especially as coal from Germany is not arriving, and many factories are working short time. In order to prevent the excessive use of lighting and heating the Government prohibited New Year's Eve festivities in hotels and restaurants.

BOLSHEVIK PROPAGANDA. * " Constantinople, Dec. 27. The British military authorities have arrested a Bolshevik deputation which arrived from Odessa in possession of documents revealing the Soviets' preparations for propaganda work in all neutral countries; also proving that the Soviet intended to make Constantinople the centre of this activity, thus hoping to incite the Moslem world against the British. WAR AUTHORS. Paris, Dec. 27. It is expected that the French list of German criminals, whose surrender is demanded, includes the Crown Prince on a charge of looting and robbery with violence.

THE PHILIPPINES. Manila, Dec. 27. Bills have been introduced into the legislature in order to limit Japanese purchase of land in the Philippines. The Japanese pontrol the richest hemp districts and valuable sugar plantations.

THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Paris, Dec. 27. The Peace Conference will be resumed on January 1, and is likely to resolve itself into a council of three—M. Clemenceau, Mr. Lloyd George, and Signer p '. |( '"stead of the previous "Big CAPE STRIKE ENDED. Capetown. Dec. 23. The dock strike committee, alleging lack of support from the Railwavmen's Union and the Trades Federation, has called the strike off. PLOT IN BUDAPEST. * ~ _, , . Berne, Dec. 27. A Bolshevik plot to blow up military headquarters and also the Ministerial buildings, has been discovered in Budapest. There have been several arrests made.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

.AMERICAN AIftMEN MURDERED. San Francisco, Dee. 28. Army airmen, Connolly and Waterhome, were forced to descend in Lower California. where they starvci} for 19 days and were then murdered bv Mexicans. NEW MOTOR FUEL New York, Dec. 26. Ihe air 'mail service announces successful tests of a new motor fuel for "as pngines, better and cheaper than gasolene. It is composed of a combination of alcohol, gasolene, benzol and toluol —Beuter.