SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14703, 2 June 1920, Page 1

SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

WARS ANI) MORE WARS. LONDON. May 19. Field Mashai .Sir Henry \\'iison. ( hid of the' General Start, addressing tho Union Jack Club.. ~.aid: '•'the lieopic were told that the great war was designed to end war. but not and could not do so. Between 20 and 30 wars are at present going on. "I adviso every branch of the British fighting forces to keep fit and ready lor the time tiip.fc is coming. In*? times are ticklish and dangerous, and our interest by sea. land, and air are lifiiig challenged in various parts ot the world. I hope you will remember this warning of an old soldier who knows what- lie is talking about.'" RIVALRY AMONGST Y\ 1\ Eb. LONDON. Mav 19. The railwavnien s c:laims ior an additional £30,000.000 in wages is largely based on the idea thai tlu- woikmg class generally is on a social ecju.ilitj. An employee giving evidence beioiethe National Wage Board artlessh sum- [ marised the position when he said. "1 am not complaining because the dockers get more, than 1 do, hilt because mv wite can t compelc against theirs."* Mr Cramp < railwaymen's president) insists on the pa> ment ot i an extra i. 1 weekK to iaih\a> work- j ers of all classes and ages, irrespective of ses. He frankly admits that .the claim is not based alone on the. cost ol living. ALLIED DEBTS TO U.S. • VANCOUVER. May 19. A message from Washington, reports that an afternoon newspaper says that the tentative decision reached by the British aud French Premiers at Hythe that the Allied debts to the United States should be paid off only as Germany meets her obligations, is held at Washington to be inconceivable and nnnreentahle to the United States Government. DOUGHBOYS .BONUS. VANCOUVER, May 19. \ message from Washington states i th-it Mr D? F. Houston, Secretary to j the United States Treasury, has pub- | lidv declared his hostility .to the proposed soldiers' bonus, no matter how lit is financed. Mr Houston said: "It wmld l>o unfortunate to lay any new obligations upon the Treasury through any such enactment." ! _ BRITAIN AND MEXICO. ! VANCOUVER. May 19. K. menage from "Washington states !th=it- Mr Charles -.Tones, describing liun"=elf as -i former volunteer .-tgent in the I Department of Justice, presented to the i Sen "to Alex lean Committee to-day 1 comes of correspondence purporting to 'tell of the transactions m 1917 between. I the Felix Diaz junta m New York and representatives of the .British Government regarding -the financing of a new revolution a-gambt Carranza,Tn o ne letter.- signed Pedro cle -Livillir to Diaz, the following appears,: "I have completed an arrangement with Colonel of the English Embassy, and 3\rr Ell> \«hmead Bartlett. By this arrangement the British are to hand over to: me as your agent. th£ funds necessar\Ifor the triumph of Y<>ur movement. The first instalment will be- £500.000.'"