NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 212, 22 August 1927, Page 6

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.

CABLES IN BRIEF A largely attended meeting in Sydney of the Engineers' Union endorsed the action of the strikers and decided to continue the fight against the daily hiring system.

it is reported that France and Britain have reached an agreement in principle regarding the reduction of the occupational troops in the Rhineland. but the figure is unavailable.

For the U.S.A, fiscal rear ended June 30, the net increase of immi grant population totalled 248,493. compared with 268.351 last vear, Canada contributing most. 81.606, Mexico 67,721. the Irish Free State 28,054, and Britain 24,160

The "Daily Mail’s” Riga correspondent says the Odessa “Isvestia’ reports that women reserves, armed and equipped similarlv to the regular troops, are being used in the Red army autumn manoeuvres for the first time. Their training is identical to the male reserves. In a sham battle in some districts male battalions are fighting female troops.

“1 do not believe the Old Country is decadent,” said Sir Josenh Cook, interviewed by the “Dailv Express." ‘‘l have seen no signs of it. On the contrary, the way Britain is bearing the burden is to me a source ol intense pride. England has enough statesmanship and business executive ability to bring the Empire through all her difficulties.”

Compared with Fridav a more hopeful feeling prevailed on Saturday at the faith and order conference at Lausanne. A report on the Gospel was received and adopted. A statement on the Sacrament was read on behalf of the Quakers, announcing that they would refrain from voting on parts ot the report on the subject. The Bishop of Bombay earned general applause bv declaring that while private views would be respected, they were going to continue working, putting aside ever? form of sectional opinion towards a better comprehension of God’s universal church.

Another boom in cotton buying sent prices to new high levels for the season in New York due to what is described as the most bullish boll weevil report ever issued bv the F 8 Department of Agriculture. Prices soared five dollars per hale and held most of the gain to the ft rush of buying being broken onlv by the closing gong. 801 l weevils in Western Arkansas are reported to be more abundant than since 1923. The weevils have increased in Alabama. North and South Carolina Texas and Louisiana, with infestation ranging as high as 67.6 per cent. The pest destroyed the entire crop in some sections of Alabama.

A message received in New York from Kellogg (Idaho') states that, taking the Canadian visit oi Mr. Baldwin for the purpose of building qp and strengthening in svery way the British Empire as the basis of Ins remarks. Senator Borah urged concentration on national effort to work out American problems of taxation, farm relief and conservation oi oil resources. He regretitu uie breakdown at the Geneva conference and cited this in connection with the pressing problem of oh conservation, stating: “While we are debating the cruiser ratio, reckless and criminal waste of the oil supply is literally menacing national security.”

As the army and navy refused them, the authorities decreed the destruction of 10,000,000 cigarettes warehoused in 1918. They would probably have been issued to the troops had the war continued. They we-v burnt in the King Pipe, at Liverpool a building in which all unwanted tobacco is destroyed in the presence of a customs officer. The process of destruction occupied several days, constituting a record smoke.

Fresh outbreaks of five have occurred north-east oi Marseilles, and fanned by a wind, are gaining ground Troops have been called out to assist the firemen. The flames reached the forest of Frejus. A'hospital and military camp were hastily evacuated. The combined efforts of soldiers and firemen failed to stem the fires in the direction of Vilescure. “Be Petit Parisien” reports that a shepherd arrested nt Ajaccio is alleged to have confessed that he started the fires recently devastating the forest of Bastia.

The “Daily Mail’s” Riga correspondent states that Trotsky, in other violent speech against Stalm, declared that the present Government was enslaving the proletariat. Unly a few of the advantages the workers gained through the revolution remained to-day. He warned Stalin that the opposition was aware that certain supporters of the present regime planned to execute leaders who opposed them. The French revolution failed when Danton was guillotined. The present upholders of Bolshevist policies resemble Jacobins more and more daily.

The Greek Orthodox Church which, under Patriach Tikkon, vigorously opposed the Soviet, has now completely accepted the Soviet’s civil rule. The present head of the church has issued a proclamation appealing to the people to “regard the Soviet Union as our civil fatherland” and demanding that the clergy give a written pledge of loyalty to the Soviet, under penalty of exclusion from the church.

The “New York Times’ ” ship news reported, setting forth an interview he had with Paderewski just before the latter sailed for Europe, said he asked the virtuoso which of the two countries he liked better during his New Zealand and Australian uour. The pianist, with a gesture, replied: “Oh, New Zealand! New Zealand very much more! The people there are nicer and more cultured.” Paderewski then explained that he had’ never been so sick in his life before as dunnir a storm in the last twelve days before his boat arrived in Australia

M. Poincare sent a message to “The Old Uontemptibles” as follows: “France certainly will be very happy it in a tew months’ time the British Legion, organised in association with the Australians, New Zealanders, and South Africans, will make a visit similar to that which the American Legion is making to Paris, and the ex-service men of the British Empire may rest assured of receiving from their brothers in arms a warm welcome.”