LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 March 1926, Page 5

LATE MESSAGES

LONDON, Anarch 5.. “The (Times’s” Rome correspondent states that two Greek Ministers have arrived. They are conferring with Premier Mussolini on file relations with Albania, also the possibility of a Balkan guarantee pact, involving an Italian, Greek, Jugoslavian defensive alliance against -ue German-speaking races. LONDON, March b. The leading items in . the Navy estimates for' the year are salaries and wages £14,718,000/ compared with £14,890,’00u in the previous year; repairs and maintenance £5,480,000 compared with £7,030,000, personnel 7,489,000 compared with 7,887,000, contract work to £7,427,000 compared with £6,194,000, armaments £3,436,000 compared with £4,372,000, victualling and clothing £4,333,000, air army £680,000 compared with £1,320,000.

PEKIN, March 5. Fengy Uhsiang has appointed a pacification commission of Chili, Honan Shensi. The mandate appoints General Chiatehyao as Premier, with a new Cabinet. Reports of fighting in Honan and around Tientsin show Wu Pei F-u and Chong Tso Lin so far have gained considerable successes in combination against Fengy Uhsiang. The Wu Pei Fuites, after capturing Kaifeng, pressed on and captured Chingchow and Yuenwichun. The Tupan of Honan suffered a decisive defeat. His troops are reported scattered westwards, and his whereabouts are unknown.