VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17489, 21 October 1920, Page 4

VARIOUS CABLES

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. EVACUAm T G~MESOPOTAMIA. DELHI, October 19. The first batch of women and children evacuated from Mesopotamia have reached India, occupying 100 motor cars. They were escorted by an armored car. They joined the railway at Shergat, and reached Bagdad two days later. They boarded a steamer afc Kut for Basra, subsequently embarking for Bombay. The journey occupied three weeks.—Reuter. THE HERO OP KUT. LONDON, October 20. General Townshend has announced that his retirement from the Army has been accepted.—Reuter (He is reported to contemplate joining General Wrangel's forces in South Russia.) ———————— ROUNDING UP ANARCHISTS. LONDON, October 19. Sylvia Pankhursfc has been arrested on a charge of.seditious publications in the 'Workers' Dreadnought.'—A. and N.Z. Cable. ROME, October 20. In addition to the Malatesta, many anarchists have been rounded up and imprisoned in various parts of Italy. Signor Giolitti had a long conference with the prefects. It is understood that the Premier intends that extremists shall be drastically repressed, and that he will resign if he fails.—A. and N.Z. Cable. AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS. VIENNA, October 19. The Austrian elections resulted in" the return of 78 Christian Socialists, 63 Social Democrats, and 34 Pan-Germans, while the Communists were nractically routed.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ' GREEK-RUMANIAN BETROTHAL. PARIS, October 20. It is officially announced that ex-King Constantino's eldest son. Prince Georee, is ■betrothed to the Rumanian King's daughter, Princess Elizabeth. It is reported that the Queen of Rumania discussed the matter during a tour of the western capitals which she made accompanied by Princess Elizabeth, and she encountered a number of objections, as Prince George Is still exiled from Greece and hates M. Venezelos (Premier); but the Rumanian Crown Prince Carol fought hard for a happy end-, ing to his sister's love affair.—A*, and N.Z. Cable. CHURCH UNION. LONDON. October 20. The Primate of All England, in opening the Church Congress at Southend, stated that the Church authorities were issuing a formal invitation to other Churches for a conference to discuss reunion. This step was a definite corporate act, but he warned them against impatience, which was one of the chief perils facing reunion.—A. and N.Z. Cable. TYPIFYING THE FALLEN. LONDON, October 19. It is understood that the Government have approved of the proposal to bring the body of an unknown British soldier from France to bury it with fall honors in Westminster Abbey.—A. and N.Z. Cable. COTTON SLUMP. -NEW YORK, October 19. It is_ said that the southern cotton raisers intend to form a great export corporation. They propose to open Central European markets, and thus find an outlet for their produce, the price of which has seriously fallen. The corporation would be prepared to sell cotton on lon°--term credits. ° It is thought, if successful, the same plan may be adoptedjn the marketing of American wool.—A. and N.Z. Cable.