GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14008, 12 March 1920, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

"«■ ' ' ■ •■■•■• fTf-'" - GERMAN SWASHBUCKLERS. ■few- ' (Aas. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) I*" Rccehtd March H, at 12.10 a.m.3 BERLIN. March 10. »" Savage assault* on Entente repreSK ? gentatives continue to excite the coun*4''" ifj. Eight ■ French flying officers, g memliers'ol the Aviation .Mission, were fc attacked at Femita. near Potsdam, by iN » mob of l peasants armed with hay- > . fork* and some firearms. The pea- " saats' accused them of poaching, and ngggxmed them to surrender. Four ' obeyed, but the others tried to escape. One was killed, two were wounded. ' and the fourth escaped. The Foreign 'Office is inquiring into the matter. A erowd .assaulted a British chauf- ' lettr attached tn the Boundary Com- . mission near Posen because he photo- ; graphed Wilbam t. statue. > - irince Joachim and Colonel Ton Platen have been lodged in prison as th<? result of the' Adton Hotel incident. i The commander Bremen has appealed to Entente officers not to wesrr u triform. According to a Karlsruhe official. it is estimated that 100.000 Germans ar»1 left b* Abuce-fjorrnine. Three Allied officers of high rank, members of the Military Mission, have been assaulted bv a large crowd in the fttreeta of Bremen. An inquiry has been opened. (Times' Service.) Received March 12, at 0.30 a.m. BERLIN. March 0. Herr Mueller has apologised_ to France for the Prince Joachim incident and promised that the culprits will be punished. , lie Government issued a proclamation appealing for the cessation of attacks. which are likely to lead to serious ~.. ...,-Hnroables and threatens stent punishment. CHINA TROUBLED AGAIN. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Asan.) Received March 12, at 1.15 a.m. SHANGHAI. March 11. Dae to * the efforts of the Peking Government to appoint Kwanghsin (»o~ rernor of Hunan Provinr**, warfare has broken out between Kwanghsin and Chaoyi, the present Governor. Chaoji's forces are moving upon Chengchow, and a cordon has . been drawn along "the Peking-Hankow railway, ready to oppose, the Peking troops. Refugees from the fightinc area are pouring, into Canton and Hongkong. PETROL GOING UP. 4 {Atjs. and N.Z. Cable Ass**.) Received March 12. at 1.15 a.m. NEW YORK, March It. Delegates at the National Petroleum Congress at Chicago predicted that the price of petrol in the United States would probably rise to 35 cents a galton in 19*20 and possibly 50 tn 1921. ™ They pointed- oat that in 19l.;» there w«e 2.250,000 automobiles in the United States and the erode oil production was 2*1,000,000 barrels at a cost of 58 cents a barrel, while there were 7,400.000 automobiles in 1919, and the crude oil production production whs 370,000,000 barrels, at a cost of 225 cents. Crude oil to-day is 3->0 cents a barrel. THE WORLD'S AFFAIRS. (A and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 12, at 1.15 a.m. WASHINGTON. March 10. It is understood that the State Department will probably propose to the * Supreme? Council the withdrawal of the trar-fcixne restriction* on trading between the Allies and Soviet Russia. American exporters will be allowed to trade with the the Soviet Government on the understanding, however, that they do so at their own risk, the State not aiding in the event of complications arising therefrom. The provision will be, stipulated since the United States does not desire to have any dealings with the Soviet Government. • HORRORS OF SIBERIA. (Ass. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March a - E ?- 1 • LONDON, March 10. British officers and other refugees en root* to Vladivostok describe tfa® sceno west of Irkutsk as surpassing all previous horrors. Pile* of naked frozen corpses of men. women, and children are stacked ait every railway- station, many gnawed by the dogs. The Owens took the engines from the horottal trains, leaving the sick to perish of cold and hunger. It was a case r.f human beings converted into beasts. The Czechs.' hetman has since voluntarily demobilised the army and pithKclt begged fonzrveness for the abuses and cruetties. inflicted in his name. The R«fe hope shortly to control the entire Siberian railway. The Chm-se dispose three thousand soldiers along portion of the tine, and the authorities have asked the Japanese commanders to undertake to guard other sections, replacing the departing Amertcans. MOHAMMEDAN FEELING. (Renter'* Telegrams.) Received March 12. at 0.30 a.m. CALCUTTA, March 10. Khalifate Conference passed a reKoltttron in favor of a final_ message to the Viceroy and the King-Emperor severing connection with the British Government if Mohammedan feeling in reference to Turkey is not respected. * A further resolution urged a Mohammedan boycott of British piece good?. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. fAns. and N.Z. CaMe Assn.) Received March 12, at 0.30 a.m.* CAIRO, March 10. Fifty-two members of the Legislative Assembly met »t the house of the Nationalist leader Zaghloul Pasha and passed a resolution protesting against the suspension of the Assembly .md also against the British Protectorate, proclaiming the independence of Egypt and the Sudan. FATE OF TURKEY. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 12. at 0.30 a.m. WASHINGTON, March 10. The Whrte House officials say that Mr Wilson will not hesitate to insist on the expulsion of the Turks from Europe. Received March 12. at 9.20 a.m. LONDON. March 11. The Supreme Council has completed many of the details for the military and naval action against Turkey, including the occupation of strategic points in Astatic and European Turkey. EXCHANGE TUMPS. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 12, at 0.30 a.m. NEW YORK. March 10. The exchange rate is 360. Wall street had the most exciting day of the year. Standard issues have gain«! importantly. GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS. (Am. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March It. at 3.20 p.m. PARIS, ifareb 9. The Mjitin bitterly criticises tee elimbdowtt of the Alliesr. who under M. MilTerand's signature demanded the surrender of "nine hundred war crimi- ' nals, and have now csprta&ted nnder Mr Lloyd George's signature and agreed to allow Germany to try the accused. Germany win thank, says the Matin, that France ajone wants reparation from the country which plunged the world into war. BOLSHEVIKS ABHOR LEARNING. fArm. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 11. at 3.20 p.m. ■ HELSINGFORS. 3larch «. The Secretary of the Russian Academy of Science states thai there has been a regular slaughter of Russian professors under the Bolshevik regime. He mentions eight leading educationists who have b«m kffled. THE PRINCE OF WALES. 'An» %ng ft z. jO»W» A.««n.l ■ Received March 12, art 9.20 ajn. i __ LONDON, March 11- -j _ Th» PrnKe and his entire staff, are < ntejg' naeoJated agimwt inffoenza, - ,>|g) ' >'"»«. i.*ivCs» r,., if >, :