LATE CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 18649, 2 June 1924, Page 8

LATE CABLES

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUSSIA’S NEIGHBORS UNITE. IS AUSTRIA INVOLVED? HELSINGFORS, Jnn c 1. (Received June 2, .at noon.) ' The newspaper ‘ Scvodjna * says that Rumania, Turkey, and Roland have concluded treaties by which Rumania and Poland will jointly provide a million soldiers And*Turkey 250,000 in the event of anv of the trio being attacked. —A. and N.Z. Cable, LONDON, Jnnc 1. 1 (Received Juno 2, at noon.) The ‘ Sunday Express,’ traversing an official report from Bucharest, affirms that Rumania baa suffered a staggering blow (n Her military power. Austrians have recently been concentrating on the frontier of Bessarabia, and Rumania, is therefore increasing her stores ami munitions. Her factories are working at full pressure. A delayed cable to the ‘ Express ’ states that 10,020 people wc£i kii'c.d or wounded m an area of half a square mile, which was littered with live shells. The losses amount to £1,000,000. Small villages near Dewjt were wiped nut, and -eventv-fivc houses collapsed in Bucharest iteelf.-A. and N.Z. Cable. STEEL FOR SHIPS. IMPORTANT NEW PROCESS. LONDON, June 1. (Received June 2, at 1.1,30 a.m.) ■ The 1 Daily Mail ’ stab's that Mr Martin, chief chemist to Messrs Alfred Holt and Co., ship owners, announces that he has invented an improved method of making mild steel. This metal has a much higher elastic" limit, thus enabling .ships’ plates to he thinner without reducing their strength. Tim firm are building two ships with "the new steel, which will be much, lighter, enabling the ships to carry heavier cargo.- -Sydney ‘Son’ Cable. GERMAN POLITICAL CRISTS. MARX FAILS TO FORM A CABINET. LONDON, June 1. ißeceived June 2, at 11 a.m.) ' The. Timers ’ Berlin correspondent says: ‘‘ Dr Marx’s attempts to form a : ’abinet- composed of Nationalists and the Middle Parties has faded. !he Nationalists put. forward impossible, proposals, parMcnlarly in regard to foreign policy. They" even demanded that the. existing ■oaliti’ons in the Diets of the five Federal "-talcs of Prussia. Bavaria, Baden, Wurtcinbnrg, and Saxony should be Dissolved in order that coalitions to in•ludc the Nationalists might be formed in ••‘ach Stale. It is not surprising, therefore. that the negotiations broke down. There is again talk of another election,— 'The Times.’ AIR MATTHEWS'S ACTIVITIES. BRITISH COMPANY FORMED. PARIS, Juno 1. (Received June 2. at 11 a.m.) Mr Crimlcll-Mattliews returns- to Lonlun to-day. A consultation with his solictors resulted in the. formation of a, British company with a capital of £350,000, in which M. Royer, a scientist of Lyons, veined 16 per cent.. Mr Matthews bennies a director at a big salary, which will enable him to develop his ray and carry on oilier researches. —Sydney 'Sun' Cable. music at wembley. LONDON, Juno 1. Received June 2, at noon.)

Empire Week at Wembley culminated with a colossal concert at the stadium, •omlncted by Sir Charles Harris (who ton red New Zealand with the Sheffield Choir). Ten thousand white-robed choristers drawn from the choral societies in all 0",!.s of the United Kingdom were s . aged around the orchestra, which consisted of 500 players. Rain did not damp the enthusiasm. Thousands of musical enthusiasts arrived from the provinces to hear their own famous choirs participate in a programme of the works of British composers.— Heritor. I lu re was a record at tendance of 169.202 at Wembley on Saturday. GLASGOW “ MINDS ” THE WAR. LONDON, Juno 1. 'Received June 2, at noon.) Karl (laid unveiled the Cenotaph in George Square, Glasgow, in (ho presence of 50,000 people.—Renter. LOAN TO RUSSIA. U NT A LATA CI ,E ST 1 IT L ATI ON. LONDON. June 1. ißeceived June 2, at, 1 p.m.) I'be ‘ Observer has had a special interview with M. Rakowsky. He declares: “The Anglo-Russian Conference has revealed a most serious crisis. The conference is divided on the subject of pre-war debts. We declare that it is impossible for an impoverished country like. Russia, to pay according to the nominal value of her liabilities. Oar formula is that payment of debts must be considerably reduced hi exchange for a loan. The British answer is to refer ns to the 'Oily.’ The City take?, its stand on the bankers' manifosio, and says: ‘Earn onr confidence first by reptidialing yonr Socialism.’ fn the. eirepmstancep no practical results are possible.”— A. and N.Z. Gable. TDK UGU M.AR.U. BRISBANE. Jnno 2. (Rorcivr.d Juno 2, at 1.15 p.m.) Examination by divers of the T'gu Afaru disclosed little damage. The ship was seaworthy, and she proceeded ou her voyage. FIGHTING 1 EGISLATORS. TURMOIL IN ITALIAN CTIAMHER. ROME, June 1. (Received Juno 2, at 11,30 a.rn.) lire Italian Chamber of Deputies was converted into a stadium, \vho.’4 the Fascists and Communists and other parties engaged in a free tight. They exchanged Hows with their fists, following a Fascist deputy's taunting speech. The increasing preponderance, of black eyes, swollen lips, and thickened noses prompted the President to interfere., and he adjourned tho sitting.—Sydney ‘ Sim ’ (table. THE PURSE TELLS. LONDON. June 1. (Received June 2, at noon.) Mr Stanley Baldwin. spp,aking at Worcester. referred to candidates’ election expenses. Ho said that he himself in three years had paid £3,000. Tie was only able to do it, by realising some, of his capital.— A. and !i. Z, Cable.. FRENCH POLITICAL FACTIONS. STRONG- FEELING AGAINST PRESIDENT. PARIS, June 1. (Received June 2, at 11.55 a.m.) A dead set against M. Millcrand by the Left parties is coniuderabiy aggravating the political crisis, and is likely to render tho formation of a new Cabinet difficult, as several sections oppose collaboration with tho President in the slightest degree.. The Radical and Radical Socialist Fedora-tion yesterday demanded M. Mitlorand’s immediate resignation, while to-day the Radical Socialist deputies, whose leader (M. Herriott) i? the prospectivc Prime Minister, unanimously passed a resolution that thq-now majority

in the Ohara her is unable to accord (M. Millorand confidence because ho has exceeded his constitutional rights. Only (be intervention of M. Hcrriott, who explained that ha desired to retain freedom of action if summoned to form a Cabinet, prevented the' meeting adopting a proposal forbidding any member of the Imft accepting tho Premiership from M. M.ille.rand.

Meanwhile the Socialist Parly in Congress, also tho Republican boc.ia.li.ste and Independent Socialist deputies, hold a meeting presidid over by a former Prime .Minister (M, Painlcve). They were uucompmmi.sing in their attitude'. The former instructed their parliamentary representatives to fight any Govoriimonl formed under M. Millorand’s aegis, and the latter declared that the loa.it collaboration with M. Millorand was inconceivable. Prior to M. Poincare’s resignation becoming effective,, the Council of State ratified the. decree laws, which were forced through tho .last Parliament in Mm tooth of strong opposition, reducing tho departmental expenses by 400.000,000 francs. M. Millorand subsequently countersigned the ratification. Unanimous votes were carried at a plenary mooting of the Left, bloc, attended hv .all sympathetic parties, endorsing the Radical Socialist, motion, adopting M. Painlcve as a candidate for 'tho Presidency on tho proposal of M. Hcrriott. and expressing unconditional confidence in M. Hcrriott.—A. and N.Z. Cable.