CONDENSED CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 3

CONDENSED CABLES.

The South African Party Congress adopted a resolution against Bolshevism unci undesirable immigration, • favoured women's franchise, condemned the Itepublican propaganda as perilous, and assured the Government that it would support the constitution against all attacks. Chancellor Renuor" and a party of business experts are in' Paris seeking to raise capital to restart Austrian industries, and.to sell the Danubian ileet and'the Austrian State' rail way* for the sum of £1,600,000,000. The London Morning Post says there is a sharp diversion of opinion in Cabinet upon the scheme for Parliaments with a Senate containing an equal number of representatives for each, as a connecting link.

Air A. .1. Balfour, in the course of a speech defending the coalition, said that wo are now passing, through a stage of convalescence after the disease of war, and arc'facing more difficult and' more complex problems than those of war time. In Centra) Europe starving millions were reduced to despair. The Polish agoncy announces that 11. Paderewski has signed the death warrant' of the ; Polish millionaire, Brotheim, convicted of profiteering on a vast scale. The Socialist, P.renct, was elected President of'the Chamber against the Catholic, Dewb.nl..

A Government Iranspdrt will shortly sail from •v w York to Russia carrying'several handled deported Radicals. 'flic American Senate lias passed a Bill continuing the Government control of sugar to 1920, and providing for the purchase of Cuba's 1920 crop. .Mr Churchill agreed to the principle of assigning a certain number of commissions in the British army to rankers.

Tho air estimates for the year ending March 31 are £54.500,000. To Ireo herself from dependence on foreign countries for iron ore Italy has purchased Austrian mines in Styria capable of being worked for 2CO years ami producing I.OOO.CCC-tons of "steel annually! J. O. Anderson lias won tho New South Wales' singles' Tennis championship, defeating R, Neil. It is rrported from Washington that two Americans arid an Englishman are held for ransom bv Mexicans.

The American Shipping- Board delivered 6.000,000 tons in 1919, ai.fl recommends : the eon-'triiction of 70 Cargo vessels. The French paper Re Matin slates that the Allies are agreeable to accept some American reservations in view of securing American participation in the League of Nations.