AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1925, Page 3

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

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AN APOLOGY

WASHINGTON, Doe. 19. Hr Saunders lias telegraphed, ;ijkilo.'gising to the Argentine Ambassador lor the statement questioning Argen•tina s good faith in the .Argentine uJicat ero[» reports. 'Hie telegram .stated: “ i never had occasion to doubt '.the good faith, of the Argentine t.lovwrnment.” After expressing regret that the oomjnunieation in question should he so Jiiisunderstood by the press in this '(.Vour) country,” .Air Saunders said lie had considered the communication which ho received only as “ information and discussion ” current in Argentina which was given for guidance. f !Mr Saunders cotiduded: " [ made no I charge thereto, nor did I at the time publish, or authorise (lie publication thereof.” ARMOUR COM RANT'S REPLY. BUENOS AYRES, Dee. 19. In a communication to the Minister I of Agriculture, the Armour Racking Cimpany, of La Plata, admitted one of I its employees transmitted the absurd I reports to the Chicago Company. The (Company's statement expressed regret I ait the grave fault of one of its subordinate's who should’ have caused a ■scandal, which cannot in iiiiv way af- I

feet the reputation of any functionary ■of the Department of Agriculture.” Tho Company announced it would advise Saunders that lie had been the victim of a false and abusive communication. ROOTLED LIQUOR. XKW YORK. Dec. 21. l'*ive hundred thsive died from poison liquor this year, according to the official returns covering New York City," which admit that only one drink in fifty is safe. Efty .thousand samples were analysed and ninety-eight per cent, contained poison and all, except one sample in one hundred, were manufactured here from denatured alcohol. Forty million gallons of the latter were used to manufacture bootleg liquor during the year.

MOSUL AND IRAQ. POSITION" CRITICAL. PARIS, Dev. 20. Tewlik Bey said lie could not fore■cast the decisions of the Angora As'seinbly regnring the Mosul situation, ’which lie described as delicate, even ■critical. Tewlik Hew emphasised Turkey’s desire for peace, hut Turkey, though abhorring war, would, if necessarv act in national defence. Tewlik Bey said the Turco-Soviet relations were those of good neiglihoiirliness, tlio closeness whereof would continue to he developed in relation to events. RECEIVED WITH R EDI UK. (Received this day at 9.30 a.in.) BAGHDAD. Dec. 20. The news of the League’s decision was received in Mosul with feelings of relief. .Many houses displayed the Iraq flag. With the ): respect of the city remaining permanently in Iraq, business 3s already improving. Tho decision caused no great surprise in Baghdad, the politicians declaring the justice of Iraq’s claim was obvious.

Kill" Feisul is delighted, considerin': tliere will ho little difficulty in negotiating a twenty-five year treaty or even longer, provided the dignity of the Trnq nation is preserved. He prophesies great commercial developments ns the result of the security afforded by the Mosul decision, including the possibility of a direct trans-desert railway uniting Baghdad and a Mediterranean port.