CONSTITUTION FOR INDIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16896, 8 July 1918, Page 5

CONSTITUTION FOR INDIA.

REORGANISATION PLANNED DUAL CHAMBER SYSTEM. GRANTING OF FRANCHISE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. July 5. The Committee on Indian Constitutional Reforms reports in favour of the bifurcation of the Vice-Regal Legislature, the second chambei to bo called the Council of State, the creation of an Indian Privy Council and a council of princes. The committeo also favours the increased responsibility of the provincial legislatures, to which directly-elected representatives should be sent. The franchise should bo as broad as possible. GROWING FRIENDSHIP. BRITAIN AND AMERICA. FORGED IN FURNACE OF WAR (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.—Router. LONDON, My 5. The Press Bureau states that Mr. Lloyd George has telegraphed to General Pershing as follows:" America's entry into . the struggle is a sure proof that the mis- ' takes and misunderstandings formerly estranging the two countries are being transformed into genuine friendship in the fiery furnace of a common sacrifice." GRAND DUKE'S ESCAPE. BOLSHEVIKS TRICKED. BOGUS RED GUARD FORCE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rccd. 6.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, July 6. A Russian tolegram states that a number of men disguised as Red Guards assisted the Grand Duke Michael to esoape. The bogus Red Guards showed the Governor a written order from the Soviet, which stated that it was necessary to take the Grand Duke from Perm owing to tho danger of an attack upon him. The Red Guards took him away in a motor-car. The next day the Governor found tho order to be false. PROCLAMATION AS TSAR. DENIAL THROUGH BERLIN. (Received 5.5 p.m.) Router. ' AMSTERDAM, July 5. A Berlin message states that a report from Kieff declares that tho statement that the Grand Duke Michael had been proclaimed Tsar and was marching against Moscow is a pure invention. DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING NORWAY LOSES 20 VESSELS (Received 5.5 p.m.). Reuter. CHRISTIANS, July 5. Twenty Norwegian vessels, aggregating 26,223 tons, were lost during June as the result of the war. BRITISH VESSEL ATTACKED. SUBMARINE AND CONVOY. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Reed. 7.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 6. Passengers from England at an Atlantic port report that the Brit steamer Orissa was attacked by submarines off the coast of Scotland. . The submarine appeared in tho middle of a convoy of merchantmen. AMERICAN TRANSPORT LOST FORMER GERMAN n LINER. WASHINGTON. July 5. The American transport Covington homeward bound, was torpedoed and sunk in European waters. Six of the crew are missing. There wee no troops on board. The survivors landed at a French port. The Covington was formerly the Cincinatti, of the Hamburg-American Line. The Covington was ft steel twin screw steamer of 16,339 tons gross, built at Danzig in 1908. Tho Orissa is a steel screw steamer of 5436 tons, gross, built in Sunderland in 1897 and owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company. MUNITION WORKERS' STRIKE MAKERS OF AEROPLANES. A. and N.Z.Router. LONDON, July 5. The Press Bureau reports that a dispute regarding the dismissal of workmen at an aeroplane factory in London resulted in the cessation of "work. The workers' committee agreed to resume on Thursday, but the non-official body of workmen repudiated the recommendation. Other factories also ceased work. The Minister for Munitions announces that unless the work be resumed action will be taken under the Defence of the Realm Act,