VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10276, 1 July 1911, Page 6

VARIOUS CABLES.

NAVAL PRIZES BILL. DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received June 30, 8.5 a.m.) June 29. In the House of Commons, Mir McKannon Wood, in moving tilie second j-eading of the Naval Prizes Bill, said that if we refused to ratify it we would run the risk of having food declared absolute contraband. We would then have to build more Dreadnoughts, and there would be an end of all hope of a limitation of armaments.

./He attached great importance to i the Dominions' Prime 'Ministers' approval of tlie Declaration of London in its broad, aspects, and added sarcaistically that the opponents of the Declaration liad said much less about the opinions' representatives since their approval had been gained. Amid cheers and counter cheers, he deprecated the use of the Dominions as pawns in the party, game. He said it was impossible to defer ratification until a Royal Commission had confirmed the Declaration. Mr Wood added that Admirals Wilson and Fisher, Admiral Slade, and four previous Directors of Naval Intelligence favoured the Declaration. Their opinions carried more weight than those of the dissenting I Admirals.

The Bight Hon. Sir Robert Finlay derided the notion that the Declaration of London would end the competition of armaments. The proposed constitution of the Prize Court, he said, was outrageous.. The Government had -completely surrendered British principles on questions of contraband and the destruction of neutral ships, though Britain had the support of America and Japan. Article 34 was simply the adoption of the German draft.

Ratification of .the Declaration, said Sir Robert, would he a national calamity. The debate was adjourned. SPEECH BY MR McKENNA. . (Received June 30, 10.15 a.m.) 'June 29. The Government has granted an extra day to debate the Naval Prizes Bill. It is hoped to,terminate the debate on Monday. Mr Reginald McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, said the Declaration of London would not hind Britain in the slightest in regard to allowing "belligerent rights to merchantman converted on the high seas. The Court had no jurisdiction between belligerents, and the Declaration affected neutral countries alone. He added: "If we should ibe at war with a Power which converted merchantmen into warships at sea, we are as free to deal witih those merchantmen as before sighing the Declaration."

SHIPPING STRIKE. RIOT IN~HULL. (Received June 30, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 29. "The mob at "Hull, hearing that the firemen had refused to strike, attacked'them. s ,-■ /._ 'despatched some of their ranks to the flour mills and BeckittoS'istarch and /blue mills, and rushed the buildings, i The • police ejected them, and the mob stoned the police and hroke windows. Women and children were trampled upon. When the police charged, they injured a dozen men, and finally turned the hose on the mob. The mews that Mr G. R. Askwith wias icoming to Hull to confer with the employers and the strike leaders had the effect of stopping the riot. THE STRIKE SPREADING. (Received June 30,. 9.57 a.m.) LONDON, June 29. The Cunard and: Canadian Pacific Companies have recognised all the Unions, including the Dockers' Union. Five hundred stewards on the combined lines at Liverpool have struck. The White Star liner New Zealand was uhaible to moor at the landing stage,' and' the passengers were landed hy tender. ■; .-.'.■• ■..'. '')'.•» ~;-/.The crew- of the Mersey lightship have strtick. Fifty: viesselsl .; including several Atlantic liners, are idle at Manchester. . /.:,: : .';': ? .. Crews at Dublin have struck. Flourmill hands at Hull have > demanded an increase in wages. There are now one thousand extra police an Hull. . . Mr G. R.' Askwith, Secretary to the Labour Department, attended the conference of shipowners and 'men'is representatives. The dockers at Grimsby have struck, and demand an increase of wages and also an hour less per day. ,s- ■ ' ' The Great Central Railway Company has arranged terms with its

own sailors and firemen. THE RECIPROCITY BILL. OPPOSED BY REPUBLICANS. (Received June 30, 9.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 29. In the Senate, Senator Borah, denounced President Tart because he had concluded a reciprocity agreement without consulting Congress. He declared that tlie farmers were the chief supporters of the Repub-1 licans, yet agricultural interests had J been basely betrayed. Senator Cummins said tihat President Taffc, in making the Agreement, did not represent Republican principles or the Republican Party. NEW SOUTH WALES ASSEMBLY. (Received June 30, 10.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 30. In the Assembly the 'Opposition is adopting Mocking tactics. It was after midnight before tho debate on the Arbitration Bill was resumed. Mr Wade ifchen asked that 'lie debate ishiould be allowed to stand •:\e." till Tuesday. The Minister declined to accede to the request. Mr Storey (angrily): Then it is war to the knife! The debate is proceeding WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. (Received June 30, 9.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 30 A deputation from the Chamber < t Commerce asked the PostmasvarGeneral to.establish small commercial wireless stations at vairous parts of the coast. \ The anomaly at present exited. it was pointed out, that whilst practically all the overseas steimers are fitted with wireless apparai'is there are no land stations. Mr Thomas expressed his ii:'! ' sympathy with the proposal, but said that 'certain legal difficulties had arisen regarding the installation, and it was not desirable to proceed''till these were settled. He intended to place a sum on the Estimates next session for wireless stations. ROYAL PROCRESS. SERVTjOE AT ST. PAUL'S.. > BANQUET ATGUILDHALL. L (Received June 30, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 29. The route of the Royal Progress ■ was lined with, great crowds, and the ■ weather was fine. The King went from Buckingham • Palace to tho Thanksgiving Service ■ at St. Paul's. < At a luncheon at the Guildhall I- there were seven, hundred guests, i Thence the procession proceeded > through North London. > The streets were lined by 17,000 • trops, the colonials being stationed in Pall Mall. Facilities were given to school children and afflicted persons to witness the procession. / The Prince of Wales and Princess Mary accompanied their parents, and Lord Kitchener rode beside the State landau. Fifty seats were assigned to Nonconformist representatives at St. \ Paul's. Mr and Mrs Fisher, Sir Joseph Ward, Bart., and Lady Ward, Sir Wilfrid Laurier land'Mr Botha, were " prominent among the invited guests, and "were accorded an. ovation in the city.