MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16987, 9 November 1920, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

ft ; Last week the Sydney police made 100 arrests, and recovered property to the value of £3000. It is reported from Melbourne that the Governor-General is ill of diphtheria. His condition is not dan£er c ous. Sir Ernest Shackloton says ho has .dono with the Antarctic, but intends to explore tho Arctic. It is reported from Pari& that M. Paul Cambon will retire from the Ambassadorship in London early in 1921, on tho of age and health. Tram conductor Thomas Gallagher hns died as a- result of injuries received in a tram smash which occurred on the Coogee line, Sydney, and in which 40 people were injured. Mr Justice Edmunds has decided to subpoena fifteen members of the New South Wales Assembly to give evidence before tho Commission enquiring into tho question of members' salaries. In response to the Allied demands for the ratification of tho Sevres Treaty, the Porte has sent a temporising Note, stating that the matter is not pressing, and that immediate ratification would defeat the chances of an understanding between tho Porto and tho Komalists. On behalf of the Allies, Marshal Foch and General Sir Henry Wilson have arranged that the Allied command at Constantinople shall bo held in rotation. For the first two years General Sir Thomas Harrington will act, and a- French general will succeed him. Ten (German university professors who are members of the Reichstag, havo replied to the Oxford professors' manitesto declaring that they oro ready to resume the common labours on behalf of science, and to relegate to oblivion everything offensive spoken or written in both camps during tho war. The Bolshevik demonstration in the Brisbano Domain to celebrate the anniversary of the Russian Revolution passed off without incident, though fiery outbursts at times threatened to bring trouble from soldiers. Ono of tho latter knocked off an Irishman's hat during the singing of the National Anthem, but tho prosenco of a*largc body of police ensured order. The "Matin" says the Allied Reparations Conference at Geneva,, to hear reporte on Germany's economic and political situation, and to estimate her capacity to pay,' must wait until the plebiscite decides whether or not Upper Silesia will belong to Germany, inasmuch as tho result will affect her resources. There are indications that tho plebiscite will be held on a date that will enable the conference to meet in the first half of February. A modification of the demands will depend on the result of the plebiscite.