CABLE NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18573, 27 November 1920, Page 9

CABLE NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. It is reported that Lord Carmichael has been appointed Viceroy of India. A Berlin message states that the exKaiserin is reported to be seriously ill. Her children nre gathered at her bedside, and the former Court chaplain at Berlin has been summoned by telegraph. . _ Tho Socialist newspapers m Berlin give prominence to a lotter from the Crown Prince saying that ho wishes to leave the tedious Dutch country with its cows and flat-footed inhabitants. He hoped that his cousin, Prince Rupprecht, would soon ascend the Bavarian and ho would thus bo able to join lmn in Bavaria. The Japanese military estimates for next fiscal year total 230,000,600 yep, an yipreaso of 10,000,000 yen duo to increased prices of supplies. A cable message from London announces the death of John Lawson, music hall artist. In the House of Commons Sir Gordon Hewart said it was not yet possible to say when _ the trials or the German war criminals would commence. The documents containing the charges and the evidence were in the hands of tlio Attorney-General of tho High Court of Leipsig, and were being - 'investigated, in accordance with the procedure of that Court. The* London "Evening Standard Btales that Archbishop Mannix is still aoting as a Sinn Fein propagandist in Lancashire. A more reptreheiisjnlo action by a supposed iiuthcr. itative dignitary'of the Catholic Church ooiild not bo imagined. It was a groat pity that the Church could not stop his mischievous talk. Dr Mannix should emi date tho Archbishop of Tuam, who was a strong Home Ruler, but _ was making a strong effort oh behalf of peace. A London message (dates that a meeting of Robert Bruce Siover s creditors was held at the Bankruptcy Court. Siover did not appear. Replying to a manufacturers’ deputation Sir K. S. Horne stated that a Bill dealing with dyes, key industries, dumping and exchanges, would bo the first Government measure next session.