GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

PEACE TREATY SIGNED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Buda Pest, August 30. The Peace Treaty between the United States and Hungary has been signed. A RUSSIAN THREAT. London, August 30. Advices from Persia state that the Russian Government threatens hostilities if the defaulting Russian Commissary is not surrendered. MINERS ARMED INVASION. New York, August 30. West Virginia reports state that bands of armed miners are moving at intervals into Logan County, determined to carry out the intended invasion. The Cabinet is considering the situation. Though reluctant to use Federal troops the State forces are asking for aid, fearing a seroius clash. FIGHTING TN MOROCCO. Received August 31, 9.50 p.m. Madrid, August 30. A Tetuan telegram states that a considerable Moorish Force delivered a surprise attack on a Spanish position twenty-five miles from Alkazarbekir and carried advanced posts after sharp fighting. WHITE SLAVERY IN PERSIA. Received August 31, 9.50 p.m. London, August 31. The Daily Mail’s Reval correspondent states that reports from the interior show that young women and boys are being sold to Persian merchants for white slavery. Infant mortality in the first year of life reached 80 per cent. A STRANGE NAVY. Received August 31, 5.5 p.m. London, August 31. The Daily Chronicle says the strangest navy in existence belongs to La-fvia, a newly-fledged State. It decided that it needed a navy to protect its long coastline and prevent smuggling, so it commissioned three armed tugs, The flagship being the old German guardship sunk in 1917 in Latvian waters, which has since been raised and renovated.

NORWAY’S TREATY WITH PERSIA.

Received August 31, 5.5 p.m. London. August 31. The Daily Telegraph’s Copenhagen correspondent states Norway has concluded a commerce treaty with Russia, involving recognition of the Soviet, but not interfering with the question of Russia’s debt to Norway, which the Soviet does not recognise.