SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14704, 3 June 1920, Page 7

SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

.At.P. IN DUNGAREES. LONDON, May 8. Colonel Pretyman Newman, CoalitionUnionist member for Finch lev. took his scat, in the House of Commons wearing dungarees. He was received with curiosity and Ijilarity. > Colonel i J ietyman Newman took this action at thi instance ol"' the .Middle-class Union, which is sponsoring the movement for wearing overalls, 111 view of the high of clothing. GERMAN SHIPS. LONDON, May S. The Times correspondent at Rio de Janeiro states that the President _of Brazil is resolutely withstanding France's claim to retain former German steamers impounded in Brazilian harbors in 1914, and is determined to deal with the question with firmness, born of a consciousness of the justice of his case. France has been requested to return ships whose charter contracts expired in March. So far she has not replied

J IRISH .INTERNEES. ! LONDON, May 8. ' Mrs Despard, the former suffragette leader, visited the lobby of the House of Commons and asked the Labor members to help organise a. demonstration in Trafalgar .Square to protest against the gaoling of the Sinn Feiners at Wormwood Scrubbs. Mrs Despard said that her brother, Lord French (the Lord-Lieutenant of • Ireland), was responsible for the continued internment of the Sinn Feiners. The correspondent of the Star at Belfast learns from an authoritative source that the Royal Irish Constabulary contemplate a general strike if the Government fail; to provide better protection for the force. i BRITAIN'S ZION MANDATE. • LONDON, May 8. A Helsingfors message states that the "Bolshevik organ Isvestia announces that the news that the British had received a mandate over Palestine, caused wild ;uul impassioned enthusiasm among the Russian Jews, who embraced in the streets and rushed to the synagogue's ' ; Similar demonstrations occurred in : Poland and Belgium. THE LIBERAL SPLIT. LONDON, May 8. Political correspondents agree that the decision of the Leamington Liberal Conference, at which' the Asquithian Liberals decided to have no further dealings with the Coalition Liberals, is irrevocable-. The Coalition Liberals foresaw the disruption Gome months ago, and started a separate electoral organisation, to which the critics now assign the role of Cinderella, attached to the Unionist forces. How will the Prime Minister handle the opportunity? At juesent he is a silent onlooker, ar.d is credited with a feeling of amused gratification. It is believed that he ; intends to establish a "national democratic party."' allaying itself with, and if possible absorbing, the Coalition Liberals. It is unlikeiy that this en- | terprise will be fully launched before the autumn, and meanwhile the Prime Minister will* clear eff his personal Share in the inter-Allied negotiations, and -will then go on a holiday under urgent medical r-l/ice. POLITICAL CANT. LONDON, May 8. Lady Bonham Carter (Mr. Asquith's daiighter), in a caustic article in the Sunclay Herald, discusses the prevalence 'of snobbery and humbug, which are crippling all efforts at social unity". "There are a hundred varieties of political cant," she says. ".For example, people denounce the iniquities of Labor who have never seen n slum or done a hand's turn in their lives. Similarly Labor cant pillories thfe capitalist as a top-h'atted ogre, with a huge paunch and heavy watch-chain. Canting socalled democrats, inspired by political opportunism, applaud Bolshevik rule; well knowing that*it is a grinding form, of tyranny." !