CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1930, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

DISARMED GERMANY. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] BERLIN, December 1. Herr Groener, in an interview, vigorously protested that France was not carrying out her solemn undertaking to disarm after Germany had done so. He said that this must result in an unbearable disproportion of armaments in Europe. Germany could now be overrun by tho French and Belgian standing armies of 740,000 men, 1600 aeroplanes, qnd 2000 tanks. ' SOME PURCHASE! NEW YORK, November 30. Doctor James Breasted, Director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, has disclosed the purchase of an “archaelogical treasure house” for the purpose of exploitation, comprising the site of the ancient city of Armageddon, and the surrounding territory, for the sum of 3,500 dollars, from an American widow, residing in England. POLISIfpOLITICS. WARSAW, November 29. Marshal Pilsudski is resigning owing to. ill health. President Mascicki • has invited M. Slamek; Leader of the Government bloc to form a MfSistry, pending which Marshal Pilsudski will carry on. BANK MANAGER’S JOURNEYLONDON, November 30./ Mr Montagu Norman, (Governor of the Bank of England) had no intention of going to America. He was anxious to have a farewell talk with Mr Harrison, the Governor of the Federal Re--serve system of the United States, .- who was sailing by the “Bremen,” and he decided to accompany him to Cherbourg. There 'ho transferred to tho Majestic according to schedule. LEVINE’S ARREST. VIENNA, November 30. Levine’s lawyer says he expects Levine to be free to spend the mas with his family in New York. Ho says the whole difficulty arose owing to the engraver being unable to understand Levine’s broken German. Levine denies the divorce rumour. He says it is all hot air. ______ SMOKING IN THEATRES. .-■ < LONDON, November 30. The London theatre managers are indignantly opposing the ban on smoking in the theatres. They declare, that they have already been inundated with letters from their patrons, urging a s vigorous protest. Tho theatre, they say, is already suffering frbm tho opposition of the talking cinemas; where smoking is permitted. The ban would do incalculable harm, “because everybody smokes nowadays.” " ,