GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, Republican sandidate for the United States Presidency in 1018, speaking at Marion (Ohio) after a conference with Mr. Harding, said.if the latter were eleeted President a tribunal of international lustice would be established. Mr. Stuart McGregor's report to the British Government on trade with Australia in 1919 has been published. It is largely the same as already cabled and adds that it is probable that the full effects of the war expenditure will not be felt in Australia for about another two years. Although ready money is plentiful and apparently freely spent on amusement and luxuries, • tb*r» is no doubt that. the high prices of necessary commodities*are having a restrictive effect on consumption. . A settlement has been Teached in the wages dispute' in the West Riding (England) woollen worsted industry, affecting 200,000 operatives. The" workers now receive increases of 26} per. cent, on the basic rates and 10 per cent, on the cost of living wage, owing to the cost of living figures reaching 155 per cent, over 1194. The British Embassy at Washington terms as "sheer nonsense" a charge made by Representative Britten, of Illinois, that a sum of 87,500 dollars furnished by tho Ambassador (Sir Auckland Geddes) from the British Government found its way into the Democratic campaign chest. Sir Auckland Geddes will later make an official statement in denial. It is announced that the United States cruiser Pittsburg is due at Reval to protect American refugees in' the Baltic States. Women's suffrage has been formally proclaimed part of the United States Constitution. A telegram from Mexico City reports that the Government so far has declined ' to negotiate with Zamora and his bandits for the surrender of tho American and Britons who are held for ransom. Ten thousand troops have been concentrated at Jalfuks to advance against Zamora. Later advices from Mexico City to the U.S. State Department report that the Mexican Government will negotiate for the immediate surrender of Zamora and his bandits, who are holding an American and a Briton for ransom. The International Finance Conference is fixed to be held at Brussels on Sep- ' tember 24., The Serbian Government has sent a strongly-worded Note to Albania with regard to tho recent attacks- on Serbian frontier troops by Albanian bands, which have their headquarters at Rushtukula and are completely out of hand and are preparing for a big attack on the Serbs. In view of the increase in his territory, and with the assent of the Cossacks, General Wrangel has issued a decree nominating himself Commander-in-Chief of the Russian. Army, and describing his Government as the South Russian Government. Soviet newspapers report a continuance of devastating fires in many partsof Russia. Thousands of .acres of forests have been destroyed. Five hundred houses were burned in Vologda, involving the deatli of 150 persons. Enver Pasha left suddenly for Moscow, where he is carrying on an agitation to raise the wholo Mohammedan | world against Britain.