OUR SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 April 1914, Page 5

OUR SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS

[TIJIES AND SYDNEY SuN SERVICES-] THE "WHITE WOLVES." PROCLAMATION AGAINST PRESIDENT. I'EKIN. April 22. The "White Wolves"-have issued a proclamation urging that China, should be freed from the yoke of the traitor, President Yuan Shih Kai. MR. ARTHUR MYERS. ENTERTAINED IN LONDON. LONDON, April 22. The Macceabean Society entertained Mr. A. AI. Myers, a New Zealand politician, at a dinner at-the Great Central Hotel. Lord Emmott, Hon. T. Mackenzie, Sir John Anderson and Mr. Israel Zangwill were among those present. BATTLE CRUSSERS' RACE. NEW ZEALAND LEFT BEHIND. LONDON, April 22. The battle cruisers Lion, Queen Mary, Princess Royal and New Zealand started to cross the Channel and attained full speed as quickly as possible. The New Zealand was quickly distanced. All were nearly hidden under walls of water forced up in front of floating fortresses, which sternly raced for the Channel championship. The Queen Alary was first, being followed by the Lion, Princess Royal and (he New Zealand. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. NO ALLIANCE NEEDED. PARIS, April 22. AI. Glemeneeau, in his paper "Homme Libre," recognises the impossibility of an alliance between France and England at present. He says it will suffice that if in the event of aggression on the part of the Triple Alliance each of the three defensive Powers is in a position to make an effort corresponding to that of its two partners. TOWER OF BABEL. RETORTED DISCOVERY. BERLIN, April 22. German excavators on the site of Babylon are believed to have discovered traces of the Tower of Babel. They found a colossal staircase of throa flights, supposed to lead to the first storey. They also unearthed the four great gates of a town wall built by Nebuchadnezzar's father.