BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 August 1920, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.]

SIX HOURS' DAY

Received this day at 9.10 a.m. GENEVA, ARugust.6—The World's Miners' Congress has .adopted the principle of a six hours' working day. PARIS TO BERLIN. PARIS, August B.—The direct prewar train service between Paris and Berlin via Cologne re-opens to-mor-row. LAMBETH CONFERENCE. LONDON, August 7.—At the conclusion of the Lambeth conference 240 Bishops will attend the communion service at St. Paul's on Monday. NO MAJORITY. NEW YORK, August 7.—ln an interview vice-Presid* nt Marshall slid that che Democratic two-thirds majority in the Senate was not attaint d. THE JONES ACT. NEW YORK, August B.—According to a despatch from Kobe, Japanese shipowners are ready to accept the proposal to raise freight rates to American level, fixed by the Jones Act. RAIL TRAFFIC. LONDON, August B.—Newspapers which have been watching the weekend railway traffic since the fares were increased a"rce that there has been a considerable reduction in> passengers especially in first-class carriages which have been almost empty. "BY DEFAULT." LONDON, August B.—An entirely new principle in international law has been established in the Permanent International Court under the League of Nations, providing that a State may be cited before the Court and judgment going by default in the tase of nonappearance. NAVAL DISPLAY. NEW YORK, August B.—The greatest concentration of sea power in the history of the United States Navy will occur by the conjunction of the Atlantic and the Pacific fleets next January probably in the vicinity of the Gulf of Panama for winter manoeuvres.

TO CHECK SPECULATION

LONDON, August 8. —It is reported that Mr. Norman, a governor of the Bank of England favours increasing the band rate to eight per cent, for the purpose of checking speculation and also attracting; foreign balances, particularly American, thereby reducing the* rate of exchange. AMUNDSEN'S VOYAGE. ROME, August 6. —Amundsen who Its sailing to the Pole plans to steer the Maud for Wrangell Island and thence to drift with the ice pack. Amundsen is confident that the project requires five years. DYER'S DEFENCE, DELHI, August 6.—The Government of India has instructed the Provincial Governments to inform officials that they cannot subscribe to the Dyer Fund under the Government Servants' conduct rules, but f a number of military officers have already donated to the fund raised by the. Englishman, which, it is stated, now exceeds £3OOO. CHINA'S OPPORTUNITY. § PEKING, _ August _ 6.—Speaking at the inauguration of the Pan-Pacific Association at Shanghai, formed to promote closer relations between America, Australia, New . Zealand, China and Japan, Dr Pimsch, ex-Minister at Peking, said that China's integrity and opportunity for free development.was the most important thing before the world today; more so than the League of Nations. DISTURBED CHINA. NEW YORK. August.B.—The Now York Sun's Tokio correspondent interviewed Dr. Sim Yat Sen, former provisional president of China, who said that the conditions now obtaining in China, following on the antiAnfu revolt are worse than ever before in the recent history of the rountry and that pro-Japanese reactionaries had complete control of the northern part of the Republic. The former Inspector, General Chantolselin with an army of three hundred thousand was master of. the situation and was holding Pekin, wherefrom all anti-Japanese Liberals were excluded. Peace between the north and south factions seems to be postponed indefinitely.

TRIBAL WARS

(Received this day at 11.20 a.m.) DELHI, August 7

A column returning from Diwaniyah under General Koningham has reached Jarbuiyah. The Arabs made elaborate arrangements to prevent the column reaching Jarbuiyah but the attack was beaten off by Deccan infantry. The Arabs left seventy dead. The Gurkhas had hand to hand fighting in the palm groves and villages. A final concentration of 2000 tribes with banners flying was successfuly dispersed by gunfire. The total Arab casualties are very heavy, and ours are about twenty.

MESOPOTAMIA

BRITISH MANDATE.

(Australian and N Z Cable Association.) (Received this day at 11.20 a.m.) DELHI, August 7. The first step towards the setting up of national institutions in Mesopotamia in compliance with Great Britain's mandate obligation was taken in Bag-*' dad on August 6th, when nineteen former deputies were summoned from various parts of the country by the present British administration. Their functions will be to frame proposals for provisional electoral law under which members will be elected to the General Assembly which will frame organised law for . the 'country.; This assembly will also provide a source to which the administration may. ..turn for advice connected with'the welfars and future of the country.