VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17368, 2 June 1920, Page 4

VARIOUS CABLES

V/ess Association—By Telegmph—Copyright. Australian- and N.Z. Cable Association. "BLOOD AND TREASURE.", PARIS, June 1. Commenting on the growing French mistrust of England over the Peace settlement, a Paris paper says: "Mr Lloyd George dwelt eloquently upon Australia's losses hi ' human capital' as the reason for_ the non-acceptance of' the French claims for reparation. , French opinion considers their own losses more serious than Australia's or those of any British Dominion." UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. WASHINGTON, May 31. The Senate Foreign Relations Commitreport in regard to the policing of Mexico adds that the recognition of the revolutionary Government should be withheld until it is certain whether General Huerta's administration is approved by the Mexican people, and whether he is able and willing to comply with the national practice. The claims of Americans against Mexico' for daniaso already total £100,000,000. LINCOLNSHIRE FLOODS. LONDON, Mav 31. Homcastle. 12 miles -south-west of Louth, was isolated from Saturday until to-day, the" roads being flooded to a depth of sft, and the railways being impassable. Great damage was done to property, but no Ijves were lost. Pedestrians in the district only saved themselves on the high roads by swimming flood waters. There is .terrible desolation in Louth, tons of debris lying everywhere amidst black mud, "including motor cars, pianos, and bedding. Several children were trapped on the ground floor of a house.. Tlie mother vainly tried to save them by piling up the furniture and putting the'm on top. In another" case a mother made her children climb a high dresser, but the dresser collapsed. They then hung to hooks in the ceiling, but three children let go the hooks and were drowned. The mother and one child were saved. GREEKS OCCUPY THRACE. ATHENS. May 31. -An official Greek • message states that Greek troops without incident occupied the railway line as far as Konleli Burgas and also the town of Demotica. The French have handed over to the Greek authorities the administration of Western Thrace. POLAND'S CAMPAIGN. BERLIN, May 31. A Bolshevik communique states • " Our troops occupied positions on the left bank of the Beresina, in the Borisoff region." (Borisoff, on the Beresina, is 30 miles north-cast of Minsk). WARSAW, Mav 31. The Poles captured 2,000 prisoners on the Beresina. It is believed that a- general action is pending. LONDON, June 1. A Polish communique Teports that the Poles encircled two Bolshevik infantry divisions and one of cavalry, between Ossowa and Jakszyco, taking 2,000 prisoners. The remnant fled in panic. A wireless message from Moscow states that M. TchitcEerin has protested to Austria and Czecho-Slovakia against their permitting tho sale of transport and munitions to Poland, and has declared that such action will have an influence on the fate of Austrian officers in Russia, and may also lead to the stoppage of an exchange of war prisoners. * TRADE WITH RUSSIA. LONDON, Mav 31. Messrs Lloyd George and Bonar Law received M. Krassin at Downing street. June 1. An official message states that the conference was confined to a preliminary discussion on the reopening of trade relations between Russia and Western Europe. It "is understood that Krassin has urged the complete removal of the blockade from Russia SINN FEIN OUTRAGES. LONDON, June 1. A cavalry charge frustrated an attack by 2CO armed raiders on a Kilkenny village, scattering and chasing the attackers a considerable distance. Sinn Fein raiders -dismantled Mizon Head, a fog signal station at the southwestern extremity of County Cork. This station is essential for the safety of transatlantic traffic, and mariners have been warned that signals must not be relied upon. ANTIDOTE TO THEODORE. LONDON, May 31. Lord Milner (Colonial Secretary) will receive a delegation headed by Sir Robert Philp, leader of the Opposition in the Queensland Parliament, on June 10. STRIKE IN SHEFFIELD. LONDON, June 1. Ihe members of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Union at Sheffield have struck against the three-shift system. The fire have gone out, and 20,000 workers are idle. [Evidently this message refers to stationary engines in the iron and steel works, and not to locomotives on the railways.] PLAGUE IN MEXICO. MEXICO CITY, June 1. &A.ll the public buildings in Vera Cruz have been closed on account of an outbreak of what is believed to be bubonic plague.