GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

By Ttltgripb,—Ptms iiuw^fioforlim. New York reports that arrangemttU. for meeting the Anglo-French five kan*, dred million dollars loan on October IS are virtually completed, both Engtwd and France being ready to meet their shares. \ The Merchants' Association of Kingston (Jamaica) passed a resolution favoring preference with Canada, It is learned from Washington that the United States, at the International Communications Conference, will seek & nations' agreement not to gTant exi elusive rights for landing cables on shores. The Ambassadors' Conference ha" warned Germany that further delay be*' yond October 10 for reducing the mili- i tnry forces in East Prussia would ba refused. An Egyptian delegation at Paris* which is bound for England, Btates that Egypt will certainly accept the new constitution, though the delegation would suggest alterations on certain dotaila. Tchitchcrin has telegraphed 1L Jonescu urging peace negotiations between Russia and Roumania. According to cable advices from Japan to the United States Department of Commerce, Japan's foreign trade during the first nine months of 1920 resulted in an unfavorable balance of approximatelj 198,000,000 dollars. The United States Government is distributing 4W,000, dollars to 100,000 wool growers for the 1918 clip. It was arranged that though the Government was handling the clip, dealers who bought wool were required to hand excess profits to the growers. Twenty persons were killed i"n a railway collision on a causeway across a lagoon at Venice. The U.S. State Department announces that two Bolshevik submarines were reported off Esthonia, bound for Danzig to intercept munitions shipments to Poland. The American naval forces in the Baltic have been instructed that the submarines should not be treated as hostile vessels, because the United States is not at war with Russia. It is announced that Japan is making plans to send additional troops to Manchurian towns near Korea. This is due to bandit raids, which are terrorising the population. It is reported that Chinese residents in the affected districts are disappointed at the inadequacy of the protection which Chinese troops and police are furnishing, aijd desire Japanese troops. Coal and fuel regulations similar to those of war-time have been re-introduc-ed in Canada. Coal rationing is due to a shortage. The Chief Rabbi (Mer. Hertz) left Eng-: land on Friday. A report from Teheran states that the Rolsheviks are evacuating Persia, and will evacuate Baku. A ballot of t'lie Sailors' and Firemen's [ T iiion in London resulted against nationalisation of shipping, but in favor of affiliating with the Labor Party. Mr. J. M. Cos (Democratic nominee Cor the Presidency), speaking at Nashville, said: "Next year, if we enter the League of Nations, we can save 45,000,000 dollars in our navy alone. With: this sum we could reclaim 23,000,000 acres of arid land in the west. I favor stopping the building of battleships and giving every soldier boy who desires it a farm."

The Portuguese Legation states the strike reports are exaggerated. There ia only a partial railway strike. Many trains are running, and there have been no disturbances. Strong Turkish armies are overruns ing Armenia, and demand possession of the Kara and Ardalian provinces. The Armenians havo piteously appealed to the Powers to interfere. The committe of the Y.M.C.A. gave A luncheon in London in honor of Mr. Virgo after his Australasian tour. Mr. Virgo paid a tribute to the great work the association was doing in Australasia. It was getting hold pf boy life .with splendid results, llig memberships had been secured in Sydney and in Auckland. He believed that the Association's Empire Union would become a potent factor in binding the Empire together. What the world needed now was not a religion of and the Y.M.C.A. would do its part to assist the various churches into one great union. It. is announced that the Paris-Lyons Railway Company of France has placed an order for 5000 Pacific type locomotives with American firms. Berlin, Oct. 7. According to the demand of t]M Entente, the militarily organised Prussian police have been disbanded and replaced, by local civil police, numbering 85,000, each armed with sword, revolver and hand grenades. A rifle also is. provided for every tiiree men, and an armored car and two machine guns for every 20.—r Reuter.