GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

By Ttl«jr»pJt—Press Assn—Copyright. It was announced at the annual meeting of the Marylebone Cricket Club that the club was still waiting for the Australian Board of Control's reply re the visit of an English team. At the Prince of Wales' request, the Lord Mayor is convening a meeting at the Mansion House to launch a British Empire Exhibition. The Government is giving £IOO,OOO to guarantee the fund. The United States State Department has been advised that Argentine has officially recognised Armenia, and published a decree creating a special department in the Foreign Office to handle matters relating to the League of Nations. The United States State Department has received an official invitation from New South Wales to send an American delegation to the Press Congress. According to ft, despatch from' Tokio, the Japanese Government has unofficially decided to appoint Baron Haysshi, at present Administrator of the province of Kwantung, of South Manchuria, as Ambassador to Britain, suo ceeding Viscount Chinda. Mr. J. Daniels (U.S. Naval Secretary) haa ordered six destroyers to sail for possible duty in Mexican waters. This was done at the request of the American Consuls at Vera Cruz and Tampico, who indicated it may be necessary to protect Americans. Berlin reports that Empire Guards attacked Red Gnards near the British zone of occupation, and drove them into the occupied territory where they were disarmed. A number of Reds were killed and many wounded. . The danger of a Red attack on Dusseldorf is thus removed. It is understood the League of Nations will probably choose Dr. Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, as head of an organisation for the purpose of rescuing WOjflOO German and Austrian prisoners of war held in prison camps in SiberiaIt is said that unless this is accomplished before next winter few prisoners ere likely to aurvjve. Herr Ebert has been ejected f.om the Saddlers' Union at Berlin because he endorsed a court-martial death sentence against a worker named Kopp, who dragged an officer from a cellar where he was imprisoned during the red rebellion in the Ruhr zone, and shot him in the stomach and allowed him to lie unattended, m Kopp said, so he might endure pain longer than if his throat wae cut Kopp robbed the officer's body-