GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1921, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITAIN REWARDS GERMAN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyrlgtt. Received Dec. 2, 5.5 p.m. New York, Dec. 1. Tile Consult eneral (Mr. Armstrong) presented, fci- the British Government, a loving cup and medal to Arnst Harzmeyer, a German officer, of the Deutschland, a German tanker, who, in a rough sea, rescued the captain twentyfour members of the crew of the steamer County Devon, which capsized in February, 1914. BOMBS IN TOKIO. Tok io, Nov. 30. Aiy explosion, believed to be from a bomb, occurred close to a Tokio station just prior to the arrival of Prince Saionji yesterday. This, followed by the news of the. recent explosion of a 1 -mb at the gate cf the country villa ,of Baron Sumitomo, a millionaire, in which the baron’s motor was nyssed, but a pedlar's cart following it was blown to atoms, is causing uneasiness. The police are gathering in many radical suspects, including a Russian born British subject named Boris Grey, a recent, arrival from Shanghai, who is accused of distributing Soviet funds. — Reuter. VARIOUS ITEMS. Delhi, Nov. 29. A fight occurred in the neighborhood of Pishni between 250 Waziris, tribesmen from Afghanistan and a company of 80 sent out to intercept them. The company fought gallant )y against overwhelming numbers. Two British officers in charge were killed and a senior Indian officer was wounded. Twenty-five sepoys were killed and. a greater number wounded, the enemy carrying off twenty. The attackers’ losses are not stated. It is understood the local Afghan Governor attempted to stop the raiders, and a strong official protest has been made to the Afghan Government, which is asked to secure the release of the wounded prisoners. Cairo, Dec. 29. y The Sultan of Nejd, in the south of Arabia, is attacking the troops of the King of Hedjaz- He has captures two towns and is approaching El Taref. This is despite the fact that Britain recently gave the Sultan a. subsidy of £60,00*0 on condition that he refrained from attacking Hedjaz or Irak. The King of Hedjaz is hastily arranging counter-attacks, using the aeroplanes which Britain sent recently. Washington. Nov. 29. Governor-General Wood, of the Philippines, and ex-Governor Forbes, have issued a report stating that the Philippines should remain in their present general status until the people there had time to absorb thoroughly and master the power already in their hands. They say: “We are convinced it would’ be a betrayal of the people of the Philippines, a misfortune to the American people, and a distinct step backward on the path of progress and discreditable to neglect our national duty, were we to withdraw from the islands and terminate our relationship there without giving the Filipinos the best chance possible to have an orderly and permanently stable Government.”