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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 311, 4 December 1918, Page 5

Britain.

i THE CASE OF CAILLAUX. ! London, Nov. 22. ; Aivi-rdlmj to a Paris message. I‘‘L Humami-.-" reports tn.-it .u. Caili iaux, who was accused of treason, !is not to be tried. ■ [Joseph Caillaux, a former Alinisjter of Finance, was accused of pioti ting to-biiug about a si parat? peace bet.veen France and Germany to the .detriment of England. Examined ■before Parliamenr, lie protested his '.innocence, but m Dee: mijer, 19i7, [th? French Chamber of .Deputies •agreed to waive bis Parliamentary 'immunity, ami m January ho was harrest'.'d on ;> charge of i.vasqn. He 1 was subsequently examined in connection wit h the trial of 8010 Pasha, who vas eoudemtu d to death.] MARINE WAR RISKS DISCONTINUED. (.Received 4, 1u.40 a.m.) Condon. Dee. 2. 1 lie Press Bureau staves t t,al llv Board id Ira de is discontinuing the I'-.a- 1.1 war risks insurance on carc'o.--<A. <c .\.Z. amt Reuter.; LONDON NEWS ITEMS. The .'.imiiralty will shortly begin efforts t<> raise the V inflictive, which was sunk as a blockship at the entrance to Gsicnd harbour... Experts ar- vontitb-n: rtiat the <iiflieuit.es vili l.c ox iTCoin". ii- prooaoi.ti.e Vindictive's ultimate destination will be the Tliaim-s. In the Louse of Commons., i'll’. Bo n.ir Law stated that th,’ Al i lit ary S-i'iiee Act would lapse .’rom the date of ' lie r;>ritiealion of th*- pem-e treat.. Tiie Government ha? u‘t hm fl to release conscientious objectors ironi | their present employments, as it would confer an advantage over the soldiers and sailors. Sir Leo Chiozza Money, M.P., has joined the Labour Party. An aeroplane was used in an elecyon eampaicn for the first time, on 1 Sunday. A candidate alighting in a | constituency near London distributed leaflets.

Mr. Bonar Law. in the House of Commons, outlined the gratuityscheme for ex-service men. A private will receive £0 lor the first years, and Ju;- monthly thereatter to lhe years. Tne maximum gratuity to non-commissioned officers will Le £39. Lord Curzon, when moving in the House of Lords for Lave to mtr--duce a bill to increase the staff of the Labour exchanges, said that a million people would be out of work in a week, and these might break out civic disorder unless provision were made to re-employ-them. A IV ashington report says President \\ ilson signed the Emcigeney Agricultural Appropriation Bin vutii a rider providing for national prohibition from July 1, 1919, imbii hrAmerican army is demobilised. The treasury has sanctioned the amalgamation of 29 Cr.tish explosives companies into the Explosives Trade Liimted, with a capital of £ 18.000.000.—(A. & N.Z.)