EARLIER CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14707, 7 June 1920, Page 6

EARLIER CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN. i ßy EI«CTRIO TBLKOSAPH-r^CkjPTKIGnT.* (Per' Press Association.) THE EMPIRE'S SHIPPING. ! (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6. at 5.5 p.m. LONDON. .Tune 5. ! The Government, in pursuance of tho Imperial Conference recommendations, is appointing an Imperial Shipping Committee to survey the whole question and <leai with complaints and suggestions also to devise a scheme for the future direction of efficient communications. The Committee includes representatives from the Dominions and trade and shipping interests, with a neutral chairman in the person of Sir Robin Goodfellow. AMERICAN CABINET DIFFERENCES. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received .June (5. at 5.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, .Tune 4. Owing to differences" with Mr Colby, Secretary of State, Mr Polk has resigned the Under-Secretaryship. The state of his health is given as the ostensible reason for the resignation. Mr Polk is the third official to resign from the State Department during the present year. OIL IN FRANCE. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6. at 5.5 p.m. PARIS, June 4. It is reported that two oil wells have been discovered near Bouncvillc and Haute Savoio. One, 450 metres deep, is yielding 20,000 gallons per minute. ENGLISH RAILWAY WAGES. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable As6n.) Received June 6. at 5.5 p.m. ' London, June 4. The railwayriien's award grants increases ranging from 2s to 8s Cd weekly. The Board recognises that much of the work requires high efficiency, but the advance of £1 per week demanded by the men would involve an increase in railway charges of 110 per cent, on pre-war rates. Received June 7, at 0.30 a.m. LONDON, June 5.

The report of the National Wages Board on the claims submitted by the railwaymen for an increase' of £1 weekly grants advances varying from 4s to 8s 6d per week for different grades in the suburban districts, and 2s to 3s 6d in rural districts. The increases are in addition to an extra 2s under the sliding scale arrangements. The men s claims in respect to overtime on Sundav and night duty are rejected. The sliding scale fjives an automatic Jtv crease"of Is weekly for every five points that the cost of living advances according to the Board of Trade's periodical returns. FRENCH PENSIONER'S LUCK. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.)» Received June. 6, at 5.5 p.m. PARIS. June 4. A man named Bogot. dirty and ragged. was arrested on the roadside gleefullv counting bank notes valued at over 100.000 francs. Bogot- protested that he was a marine pensioner and had won most of the money during three davs at Epsom, chiefly on the Derby. The police investigated and found this to be true and released him. COMFORT FOR CITY DWELLERS. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6. at 11.55 p.m. London. .Tune 5. The Inter-Allied Housing Congress adopted a resolution demanding a minimum standard of comfort in the home. With reference to town-planning, a resolution was adopted advocating the definite limitation of the number of dwellings per acre, not to exceed teu, and the decentralisation of industries.

WAR WEALTH LEVY. f.-Vie and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6. at 11.55 p.m. London, June 5. It is understood that the Government has definitely decided to abandon the idea of a lew on war wealth. It h expected that Mr Chamberlain will announce the decision on Monday.

RUSSIANS VICTIMISE JEWS. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) MOSCOW, June 4. Seventy-five Zionist- delegates attending a congress have been arrested. This is creating consternation in Zionist circles. ANGLO-JAP TREATY. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, June 4. The Daily Telegraph states that it expected 'that the Anglo-Japanese Treaty will be renewed automatically yearly until it- is reviewed by the League of Nations. PAPER SHORTAGE ACUTE. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6, at 5.5 p.m. LONDON, June 5. The rocketing prices of newsprint are seriously affecting the papers in Canada, while the editors of the German papers declare that paper in Germany costs twenty times pre-war prices. The United States continues to be badly hit, ,owing to Canada seeking to prohibiL the exportation of raw material to- force manufacture within the Dominion. The difficulty is in obtaining the necessary machinery, which aggravates . the position in Canada. The crisis there, as elsewhere, is regarded as only temporary, and will disappear when the machinery is available. GERMAN REVOLT FEARED. (ITnited Service.) AMSTERDAM, June 4. The Dutch police are watching every corner of the Doom Estate, the Kaiser's new residence. Detectives have assembled in the adjacent village-, and a commander of constabulary accompanies the ex-Kaiser when the latter goes out in his motor. The reasons for these precautions are not disclosed, but they are attributed to fear of a revolt following the German elections on 6th .) une.

(Times Service.) LONDON, June 4. Well-informed authorities anticipate that tho German elections will show a marked swing tpwards tho right. It. is estimated that the Conservatives, PanGermans. Militarists, and People's. Party will g:tin 30 to 35 scats, that the Majority Socialists will lose heavily, possibly 70 seats, and the Militarist Democrats lose a third of their holding. The Independent Socialists will gain perhaps 50. Tt is feared that whatever the result the Socialists and Communists will raise trouble. FLIGHTS. (Times Service.) LONDON. June 4. The French airman Boussoutfot Bernard flew for 1459 minutes, a world's endurance record. The aviator encircled Etapes and Orleans at a speed of 60 miles an hour. THE POLISH CAMPAIGN. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6, at 0.20 a.m. LONDON, June 4. A general Bolshevik offensive has begun. Between the Pripet and Dneiper the advanced Polish posts were driven in, but so far the Bolshevik success has been unimportant. The Red attacks northward of the Pripet were repulsed. Received June 6. at 5.5 p.m. LONDON, June 4. The newspapers state that General Brusiloff has been arrested by the Bolsheviks. owing to the heavy* losses suffered by the Reds in the recent fighting. Received June 6, at 11.5 p.m. LONDON, June 5. Reports from. Warsaw state that the Polish armies are advancing victoriously between, the Dwina and Upper Beres'ina, taking many prisoners. They-re-pulsed the Bolshevik attacks on fortified positions at . Bzoevca, inflicting great loss, and forcing the enemy to retire in confusion. The Poles captured two armored trains which had . been bombarding Krygepol, in the Ukraine- .

RUSSIAN GOLD

(Times Service.) STOCKHOLM, June -1. A';tcaiijload: of. .valued .'at 17 million kroner, has been sent from Petrograd to Reval for the payment, of Swedish tradesmen. The French Ambassador has warned the Government- that Russia's creditors might claim it. It Ts Questionable whether a definite demand for sequestration would lie legally tenable, as the gold is delivered' under the threadbare - , fiction that it belongs to the Russian cooperatives. HUNGARY SIGNS. (Reuter's Telegrams.) LONDON. June 4. The Hungarian Peace Treaty has been signed. The ceremony lasted two" minutes. ' GERMAN CLAIMS FROM FRANCE. (Reuter's Telegrams.) BERNE, June 4. The German Government intends to demand 925 million marks from France for damage during the French occupation of the Mainz district. DUKE OF YORK. (Times Service.) LONDON. June 1. The title of Duke of York lias been, conferred on Prince Albert. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Rcuter.) Received June 5. at 2.15 p.m. ' LONDON, June 4. In reply to further questions in tlio House regarding the Russian negotiations, Mr Lloyd George said that the Government wanted guarantees that, British interests in the East would ' not be attacked while negotiations were proceeding. After these questions were cleared up, negotiations in regard to trade would be conducted by representatives of all the Governments. Representatives of the French and Italian Governments were in London, and were prepared to proceed with negotiations. Replying to Mr Palmer, the Premier said that lie was not aware that there was great perturbation in France. Ho was aware of the fact that certain French newspapers were trying to foment trouble between the two friendly Allied countries, whose friendliness was essential to the world, but that did not prove French perturbation. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 6. at 5.5 p.ui. VANCOUVER, June 5.

M. Painleve. who is en route on a special mission to China, in the course of an interview, said that France is entirely in accord with Great Britain in opening trade relations with Russia, provided adequate financial and political guarantees are given. France had previously suffered by the Bolsheviks' repudiation of Russia's foreign debt.

BOLSHEVIKS IN THE EAST. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received .June 6. Nt 11.5 p.m. LONDON, June 5. It is officially announced that at the ret]u est of the Persian Government th" Council of the J.einnue of Nations will be convoked-to meet in London on the 11th instant, to discuss the situation created owing to the action of the Soviet forces in Persia. Prince Firoris has been appointed spciial representative of Persia to attend the Council

The War Office, in the weekly review of operations, states that in Siberia the Japanese are conducting a converging movement from Castries Bay and down the Amur River against the Russians entrenched north of L"ke Kisi. Seaplanes, based on t'ne 1 >ke. are veconuoitrinn- the Russian position. PARIS. -Tune 5.

The Echo de T publishes the correspondence lietwctvi Lenin and the Hindu ,revolutionaries.- The latter express profound admiration for the-Rus-sian Soviets, who have heard flic cry rf 350,000.000 Hiiidns laboring tinder the imperial yoke. Lenin, in his reply, says: "Russia is carefully watching the rc-av.a:;eniiig India."

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Received June 0. at 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, June 0

The rain has practicaliv cleared. Though much more is required in the dry areas thoroughly to break the drought, almost the whole of the State has greatly benefited, and the outlook has vastly' improved. It is claimed that the rain has saved the wheat cro;> from disaster, and hundreds of farmers from bankruptcy, and will enable the pastoralists to save much' of their breeding stock, which otherwise* would have perished or been sacrificed.

Received June 7. at 0.30 a.m. SYDNEY. -June G

The steamer Havre, f rom Dunedin tj Newcastle, was reported by wireless on Saturday short of coal, having only just- sufficient to keep steerage way She asKed for assistance, and the tu;i Champion was dispatched from Sydney at 1.3D on Saturdav with coal. She expects to pick up the Havre at nine tonigbt, and will taw her to Ncwcast.e. Received Juno 7. at- 1.30 a.m. j SYDNEY, June 0. The steamer Main sailed yesterday for Rotterdam, via New Zealand, with another batch of deported .Gcjuaus aboard.