GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

THE MAYOR OF CORK. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, Feb. 6. O’Callaghan unexpectedly appeared at Philadelphia and addressed an audience, asking the United States’ recognition of Ireland. He indicated that he was leaving Ireland shortly on his own volition. He added that the Labor Department had intimated a date when he must leave the country, but had granted him full freedom of movement in the mean-time.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KOREAN ATROCITIES. Washington, Feb. 6. The Korean Commission has issued a statement de tail in" atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers upon Korean residents at Chientoa during October and November, 1920. The report states that SI 28 inhabitants were murdered, 238 were arrested, 76 women were assaulted, while 2404 houses, 31 schools, and ten churches were burned, and 818,620 bushels of grain were destroyed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FENCING TOURNAMENT. New York, Feb. 7. It is announced that an international fencing tourna-jent, England v. the United Stages, will be held in America next autumn. A team of twelve men each will compete in four men groups, with foils, sabres and dueling swords, under the Olympic Games fencing rules. An international trophy has been sub-scribed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SUFFRAGE IN JAPAN. Tokio, Feb. 7. A Bill has been introduced into the Diet aiming to nullify the law prohibiting women from joining political associations or attending political meetings. The measure has the support of members of all parties. The extension of women’s rights in the United States is believed to have considerably accelerated the Japanese suffrage movement. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. SOyiET AGENTS ARRESTED. Paris, Feb. 7. The arrests of suspected Soviet agents continue.' They include the editor of L’Humanite who is charged with accepting Soviet money.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STEAMERS COLLIDE. New York, Feb. 7. . The steamer City of Auckland, bound for New Zealand, collided with the tanker Bethelridge in a fog off New Jersev. The bows of both were badly demaged, but they returned to port under their own power.—Reuter. GERMANY’S METAL KING Paris, Feb. 7. It is reported that negotiations are completed for Herr Stinnes to take over the Austrian State metallurgical factories which are now showing a deficit of eighty million crowns.