BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1920, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

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COBURG AND BAVARIA. Received tins day at 1.3 U a.mBERndN, February IV.—me treaty uniting Coburg and Bavaria lias oeea signed at ittuiucli. ARCHANGEL CAPTURED. LONDON, Feb. 2U.—lt is reported that the Bolsheviks have captured Archangel. ARMENIAN MASSACRES. ATHENS, r enruary iv.—ilie latest reports from Cilicia, show that, serious massacres continue. Tne population has protested to General Gou.ana, the Trench Oomniander-m-Clnef asking him to allow the formation of Armenian militia, the abolition of Turkish police and the right to arm themsel.es against me Turns. A KNIGHT’S COMPLAINT. CAIRO, Feb. 18, —Sir Ismail.Sirri Pasha, Minister of Public who recently resigned owing to the non inclusion of the Egyptian on the Nile Irrigation Prospects vu.-?nns-sion, lias informed Reuter’s agency that the Government nas accepted his conditions. He will thereiore withdraw Ins resignation.

NEW COINAGE. LONDON, Feb. 19.—The House of Commons read a second time the Silver Coinage Bill. Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that the Bill only affected the (coinage' in the Grated Kingdom wherever it was current, and announced his intention of moving an amendment making it dear that in the case of the Dominions, which were affected, this coinage was not made legal tender, except with the consent of the local Government. THE TURKISH DEBT. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Allied Council has appointed three Commissioners to investigate the boundary of the new Armenian Republic, also the Turkish debt to the Allies and Greece’s claim to Smyrna. The Council is now debating the question of the Dardanelles. the number of troops re--owired and who is to provide them, also what rights are to be conferred on Turkey In regard to Adrianople. Tr WE ARE TO BE IN IT.’’ BERLIN, Fob. 17. —The Germans, believing that Britain is arranging to trade viith Russia,, through Litvinoff, say that “if any business is possible then we are going to be in it.” The Soviet agent now in Berlin supposedly concerned in the negotiations for the exchange of war prisoners. He is believed to be actually arranging for the resumption of trade reLarge numbers of German war prisoners are remaining in RussK They are associated with the Bobheviks and are likely to prove valuable promoters of trade.

mine natives restless. r JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 18.~ The mine natives have lately been showing- unrest, and a strike in the East Rand Proprietary mine lias now spread to seven mines, involving. 33,000 natives. They have been told that if they do not

keep quiet they will be repatriated and cannot be given more wages. A large force of police lias been stationed in the affected areas maintaining order.

THE MAD MULLAH. LONDON, Feb. 17.—-An Angloyltahan force of Indian and African troops, with tanks: and aeroplanes, have quickly stamped out the Mad Mullah’s rising in Abyssinia, where the lias been preaching a holy war on behalf of the Sultan -of Turkey. The Mullah w/is heavily defeated, but escaped. .. LATER. In the House of Commons Mr. Amei v stated that aeroplanes participated with notable success in the operations against the Mullah. The Mullah escaped hut the positions were cap tured with great booty, and the powei of dig Hervishes have been 'entirely destroyed. * AMERICAN TRADE. Received this day at 10.10 a m Washington; Eeb. iS Alexander (TJ.S. Secretary for commerce) appeared in the House ot representatives and attacked the House Appropriation Committee s reduction of the Estimates lor the promotion of foreign trade by the United States. The reduction made was from 1,650.000 delays to 490,000. Air Alexander characterised the reduction as bemg a serious blow, aimed from within, against America’s foreign trade. • 0 JTHE GERMAN ARMY. LONDON. Feb. 19.—Mr. Lloyd George, as President of the Supreme Council has to-day written to St. Hanjer, the German Charge De Affairs in London, stating that he has received .an intimation from the President of the Commission of Control at Berlin pointing out the difficulty with which the German Government L confronted it the Allies insist on the reduction of mi’itarv strength under the Pence Treaty, to 100,000 31st March. This" date was’fixH in the belief that the Treaty would operate much earlier. The Supreme Council decided to permit the reduction to he 200,000 by April Ist and 100,000 by July 1.