VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17192, 6 November 1919, Page 4

VARIOUS CABLES

Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyrigab Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

STARVING EUROPE.

LONDON, November 4. Austro-German Professors Brentaso, Guttman, and F. Oppenhcumer have «u - - rived to attend the “Fight the Famine’ 1 Confer. no©, which will open. in. private to-morrow. There is much secrecy about the movements of tho enemy delegates, who refuse to be interviewed, though it is st ted that thev have brought a mass of confidential information regarding tho economic conditions of Austria-Germany. BIPOETS FROM GERMANY. LONDON, November 4. In the House of Commons, Sir Auckland Cteddes (President of the Board of Trade) stated that £196,000 worth of goods had been imported from Germany and Austria during October. Tho import's comprised chiefly the cheaper Gass of goods. THE LANCASHIRE ROOM. ‘The Times.’ LONDON, November 5, Manchester messages report a wave of speculation in the Lancashire cotton industry. Syndicates arc buying mills at high prices and floating companies, whose shares soon reached a premium of six figures. Fortunes have been made, while hundreds have reaped tens of thousands from tho boom. CHILE AND BOLIVIA. Australian and N.Z, Cable Association. ( WASHINGTON, November 4. Chile has ceded the territory of Ark-a to thus giving tho latter country access to tne- Pacific coast. ’1 he territory contains large nitrate supplies. Further messages state that the Bolivian Legation discredits the report- of the cession. SIMS AND SINN FEIN. WASHINGTON. November 4. Mr Daniels, Secretary of tho Navv, has refused to discipline Admiral Sims for his articles in connection with tho Siuu Fein. Admiral Sims was accorded fK'nuissfoti to u rite tho book, but the Navy Denartnicnt is not responsible for his statements. UNITED STATES ARMY DISCIPLINE. W ASHINGTON, November 4. In the Senate, speaking on a mesasure recommending changes in American courtmartial procedure, .Senator Chamberlain alleged that officers who darcci to criticise their superiors in the American armv usually lost promotion. -Mr Baker (Secretary of the Annvl warmly repudiated the charge, aliening that Senator Chamberlain was" lying. Senator -Chamberlain retorted "that even the Judge Advocate-General lost his position owing to disagreement with MrßaW himself. INDIAN REFORMS* Australian and N.Z Cable Association. Routers Telegrams. DELHI, November 3. iho. 3 iceroy, in opening a conference or 1 tiling princes and chiefs, announced iiiat it was the Government's intention .19, I r eatc a permanent Chamber of Princes, inis would be a consulting und not- an executive body, and attendance and voting you.d be voluntary. The resolutions passed oy it must _ inevitably exercise influence on the relations of the Government with durbars (native princes’ courts) not participating in (he deliberations of the chamber, which should not discuss the internal affairs of any -Stare or the actions of individual rulers. SOUTH AFRICAN INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM. , r , CARE TOW N, November 5. p Industries, at the opeuin; of the National Conference of Em«£mp]oye€s at Pr etoria, de-f-i.-ud -.hat the countrv was getting furGrM a ” d lnr , t: ? er '. nvolv ed in a “ vicious Z-j 3 T V'^- ln hi ? h ami intm U of - h r m N futile to atTtmpt to .top it. by fixing prices or wages The T c?L IemCl, M waa product?,™.’ 11m State could not be a passive onIj.okcr in squaboles of Capital and Labor, f ne reduction or tho working hour-; cnubl not be allowed to travel beyond the poffi of profitable production. ’ DIAMOND CONTROL. C-APC TOWN, Novomber 4. liie combination of tho south-west diamoml mines, under the auspices of an Vr =' t : ™ e . rlcan corporation controlled bv TIL • i Ple M -y°rgan, is confirmed. P h G ’ u’T S * of , lhe Deutsche Koloniaie je.eilachaft are also provisionally in the uew «.™Pany, with a capital !(: —-’jOCu.OOO, will do registered at Cape town under tne title “Consolidated Diamond Mures of South-west Africa/’ As f S BU J* . € 9 nlrol is changed from Berlin to .South FARMERS’ CO-OPERATION. , LONDON, November 3. bmish lArmers aiv. inaugurating Inipenal farmers’ co-operation, and ° have arranged for direct dealings in maizo with Rhodesian farmers. 1 he British fanners propose also to cooperate with Australian and New Zealand larmers in the matter of securing corn sacks at Bombay and supplying them direct- to farmers. PAD’S REPORT. LONDON, November 3, i General lan a Mission report acknowthe cordiality of New Zealand’s reception and hospitality. The war had cm, bled New Zealanders and Frenchmen to know and admire each other. The development of commercial relations winch "’as mutually desired would be the most practical method of establishing permanentfriendship. Commerce follows tho flag, but it should be equally true that commerce follows the banner of interallied victory. New Zealand mav readily become the, exporter of produels to France, and liken Bo tho buyer of French manulacturos. Direct shipping facilities were necessary, which the Germans had fully realised, but -to secure these was still » difficult matter. Tho mission recommend the appointment of a commercial representative in New Zealand to encourage trade to mutual advantage. AN UNPLEASANT SCANDAL. LONDON, November 3. At the inquiry into allegations regarding the Women’s Air Force by Miss Pennant, Lord Stanhope withdrew the chief accusation of immorality contained in his speech, and added that he would apologise in the House of Lords later. AMERICAN STATE ELECTIONS. WASHINGTON, November 5. (Received November 6. at 8.55* a.m.) In tho elections for State Governors the Republicans gained several governor-baps. Kentucky defeated a Prohibition amendment. Ohio decided -to remain “dry.” The “ wet ” candidate won the New Jersey Governorship. 'The anti-strike Governor of sett? was returned by a record majority Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was returned as an assemblyman for New York State. His election synchronises with the birth of his son, who has been named Quentin. Tho Tammany ticket was defeated heavily in New York. The Socialists gained no seats. NEWFOUNDLAND ELECTIONS. ST. JOHN’S '.Newfoundland). Nov. 5, J.he defeat of the Gag-bin Government is conceded.