VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17324, 12 April 1920, Page 4

VARIOUS CABLES

» "PUSSYFOOTS" HOPES'. Press Association—By Tel Copyright. Australian and N.Z." Cable Association. LONDON, April 9. "Pussyfoot* Johnson is returning to America. Interviewed by the 'D^ily 'Chronicle,' lie said he was going back to tell the "soft-pedal wets" that there had been a big slide in British public opinion towarda Prohibition; widened by a panic in the liquor organisations, which I were spending enormous sums of money—' I most of which was wasted—in organised j rough-house work at Prohibition meetI ings. Also, it had done liquor a lot of ■ harm. "Among my converts," he added, "are j English titled folic, members of the Ecsae i of Commons, and representatives of the largest trade corporations. There Is akp a, '.great growing 6ecret army of men and women who are moderate drinkers", bub who would vote Prohibition if put'to the test." STRANDED " AUjSSIES." LONDON, April 9. Distress among Australian discharged soldiers awaiting return passages is becoming acute. A number of men are on the verge of starvation. The -Anzac Buffet fund is unable to give more than | a small dole to many discharged men who are averse to charity in view of the fact that they are ontitled to a gratuity. The Canadian authorities aire copirtc with a. somewhat similar situation by providing the men who are awaiting shipment with board and lodgings and charging it against the payments to which the recipients are entitled. A plan akin to this is needed to relieve the Australians. NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. ' Better's Telegrams. DELHI, April 11. The J)orejat column moved out on the 6th, its purpose being to penetrate the upper Teaches of the Baddar Tbi portion of the Mahsud hinterland. This almost unknown country was only once previously traversed by a British force, namely—in 1894. During the progress of the co'lumn the villages and property of anv section which completely submitted will be strictly inviolate, _ punitive measures being taken only against tribesmen showing unmistakable hostility. MURDER AND INSANITY. LONDON, April 9. The Heme Secretary has refused to reprieve Frederick Rothwell Holt,, an exl army officer, who murdered a. woman named Mrs Kathleen Elsie Breaks on December 24 of last year. Sir Marshall Hall, K.C., who-defended the accused, took the unusual action of I writing a letter expressing the belief that Holt was insane, and pointing out that the English law.. does not hang madmen. __ The Home Secretary states that a final decision was reached only after a special medical inquiry into Holt's mental condition. The execution is fixed for April 13. [The full story of this crime appeared in our issue of the 7th inst.] AMERICA'S PEACE GROPING 3. WASHINGTON, April 9. During the closing debate in the House of Representatives on the peace resolution, Mr Mason expressed the- opinion that President Wilson ought to have been impeached when he * permitted American troops'to be sent to Russia. Mr Longworth pointed out that President Wilson's purpose in inventing the League of Nations was that ho bright become president of the League himself. President Wilson had bartered away the American people's rights through his own personal ambition. The division on the resolution declaring peace with Germany resulted in 243 votes in favor and 150 against. The resolution with now go to the Senate. WASHINGTON, April 11. {Received April 12, at 11 a.m.) The House of Representatives having passed the joint peace resolution, it is now expected that the Senate will consider the measure- on April 12. Opponents of the Peace Treaty are con-fident-that a majority of the Senate will vote_ for the resolution, which will immediately render void many of the wartime powers of President Wilson. The Republicans are doubtful whether Mr Wilson will sign the resolution. THE UNITED STATES NAVY. WASHINGTON, April 9. Rear-Admiral Thomas, before the Senate Investigation Committee, said that desertions from the navy had been so numerous this year that the ships of the United States were manned by inexperienced boys. Admiral Frank Fletcher said that "in 1912 the United Stales worked out plans for the eventuality of war with a Central European Power. 'Consequently the United j States was not, as Admiral Sims had alleged, utterly unprepared when she entered the war. BOMB ON OLD BATTLEFIELD. PARIS, April 9. Nine farm workers were killed at Lille through the explosion of a buried 6c msn bomb, which was struck while ploughing- = A GAMIN'S FIND. PARIS, April 9. An errand boy in Paris found pearls worth £30,000 lying in a gutter. They were the proceeds of a recent robbery. AVIATION. PARIS. April 9. Henri Roget, flying from Paris to Lvons, recorded 245 kilometres per hour, utilising a French gas-pressure invention. " IRISH MURDERS. LONDON, April 9. A party lying in ambush at Nenagh f fired at three constables, one of whom is _ dead. A second is dying, and the third is in a serious condition. LONDON, April 10. 'j.he second constable .shot at Nevagh has succumbed to his wounds, and the third is dying. SINN FEIN HUNGER STRIKE. LONDON, April 11. The Sinn Feiners threaten to prevent the export of foodstuffs to England, especially butler and bacon, which are, toecom- | ing scarce in Ireland. Over 100 Sinn Feiners in Mount-joy* j Prison are hunger-striking. It is re? , ported that several are dying. ' ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIMENT- _ ROME, April 10. The Government have decided to give the Naples and CasteJ-a-Mare arsenals to the workers employed there, the workers to form corporations for the purpose of running the arsenals productively. TWO ELECTIONS. LONDON, April 10. The Stockport by-election (two seats) resulted.- $ Greenwood (Coalition Unionist) ... 22,84-7 Fildes (Coalition Liberal) 22.380 Sir Leo Ghiozza Money (Labor) ... 16,042 Perry (Co-operative) ..t , 14,434' Kinclell (Independent) " ... 5,644 Territt (Independent) '-5,543 O'Brien {Workers' Republican) ... 2,330 j The Dartford by-election resulted: Mills (Labor) 13,610' Wing (Liberal) 4,552, Miller (Coalition Unionist) ..£ ... 4.221 Applin (National Party) ... ... 2,952 ' Fehr (Independent) ... 1,802' DEPOSITS FORFEITED. LONDON, April 11. Three of the lowest candidates in the Stockport by-election and two in the Dartiord will forfeit their deposits.

CENTRAL AMERICA. SAN SALVADOR, April 8. Congress, after receivinz the "United State's interpretation of tb£»Monroe Doctrine, decided to attempt the formation pf p v Latm-Amcrican alliance, excluding the United States and abolishing the PanAmerican Union.