GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1921, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

. GERMAN MONARCHIST PLOT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright London, Nov. 23. According to the Morning Post’s Berlin correspondent Herr Maintike, secre- ' tary of the pan-German League, speaking in the Assembly, said a Monarchist coup was intended a fortnight ago by proclamations, with Rupprecht as King of Bavaria, but it was abandoned at the last moment owing to Rupprecht’s perception that the present time was inopportune for such an event. ANGLO-AFGHAN TREATY. London, Nov. 23. The Anglo-Afghan treaty, signed at Kabul, reaffirms the independence of Afghanistan and arranges the interchange of Ministers at Kabul anti London, with Consulates in India and Afghanistan, while the frontier demarcated in 1919 has been accepted. No further subsidies will be granted to the Amir, who is already accepting them from the Bolsheviks. The Amir undertakes not to permit Bolshevik Consulates on the Indian frontiers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A SOVIET LOSS. Christiana, Nov. 23. As a result of the Norwegian-Russian commercial treaty the Soviet is returning lan*; paper mills near Petrbgrad, which had been conijriandeered and nationalised, j the original Norwegian, owners.—Aus. N.Z. Cable A#sn. ITALIAN FASCISTI TROUBLESOME. Rome, Nov. 22. The Fascisti havfe become a separate party;. They have issued a manifesto Seating: “We are a voluntary militia at the service of the nation and will serve the State so long as the latter is the jealous custodian of the national traditions. We shall substitute ourselves for the State whenever the latter shows itself incapable of facing the elements of national disintegration.” AFRICAN GOLDiMINES. Capetown. Nov. 24. Negotiations are proceeding with the proprietors and employees of the Transvaal gold mines with the object of cooperating to secure increased efficiency with a view to reducing the cost of production. Sir Lionel Phillips, in an interview, declared that the low grade mines could be saved without assailing the standard of living or a. cheese-paring wages policy. If the negotiations prove satisfactory, capital will also ,’be forthcoming to open new mines, but, failing great efficiency and an increased output, a large section of the industry will be compelled to close.