LATE CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17314, 30 March 1920, Page 6

LATE CABLES

Press Association —Hy Telegraph—Copyright. Reuter’s Teiegrarns. LON-DON, March 26. . In the House of Commons Mr J. I. Macpherson (Chief Secretary for Ireland), moving the second reading of the Home Rule Bill, declared that the secession of Ireland from the United Kingdom either wholly or partially would never be tolerated. Mr Bonar Law atated that he did not | believe there was any chance whatever for '•self-government in Ireland upon the basis I that outrages should be allowed to continue. Australian and N.Z. Cibls Association. BOMBAY, March 28. The Harrison liner Botanist (7,688 tons) j grounded on the Komari Reef. All the i passengers were rescued. There is 16ft of water in the hold, and the salvage of the cargo is doubtful. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 26. . Halil Pasha’s Cabinet has resigned, and Damadferid Pasha has been requested to form a Ministry. PARIS, March 26. M. Henri Bidon,’writing from Mayence, declares that the whole of the old German military establishment is still intact. No ! fov rer than 2,500,000 men have been permitted to retain arms. Hie Eeichswehr totals 600,000, with an auxiliary army of 400,000, inclusive of 100,000 first quality troops. The Government could mobilise at least 400,000 fighting men. ‘ The Times's ’ Berlin correspondent states that a great explosion of munitions occurred in ' a store in South Berlin. It shook the entire city. Many houses were destroyed, and churches and the Town Hall were partially- wrecked. The casualties are unkown. AMSTERDAM, March 26. Dutch reports state that a motley army of Communists are spreading over the Ruor district.' They resemble robbers in a melodrama. They bars daggers and revolvers stuck in their belts, and have grenades dangling from their hands, there is little discipline. These troops confiscate all the motors and rob tbe stores. All the commanders are “sclusnvc.y Independent Socialists. The Communists are imbued with the real Bolshevik spirit, and declare that there can pe no question of discontinuing the ficht-