LATE CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15091, 13 December 1919, Page 8

LATE CABLE NEWS.

Elec. Tel. Oopyi-tgi (—United Press Assn. (Australian a/ia k /,. CaDit Association* (Received Dec. 13, 1.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Justices Colohar, Burke, and Cochran as a deputation fromJlrish freedomists, appeared before th£ Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives m favor of a Bill authorising the appointment of diplomatic consular representatives to the Irish republic. The deputationists argued that such recognition was due to the Irish people m view of the organisation of their, own Government. PETROGRAD, Dec. 12. The Bolshevists claim that they have captured Kharkov. • (Received Dec. 13, 2.5 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 9. .In the House of v Commons, Sir H. Greenwood said) that the Supreme Council at Paris, had requested the provisional Government of Esthonia not to take dmstic action m regard to Yudenitch's army, pending the decision of the conference. Meanwhile the disposal of Bermondt's forces is m the hands of an inter-Allied ' military mission. ! Mr. Churchill, m reply to a question •as to what steps had laeen taken to .establish a battalion, of Overseas Guards, said that the representatives of all the Dominions had been consulted./A decision had not yet been, reached. Further consideration must stand over until the, future organisation of the army is settled. 11 In reply to Mr. Lunn, Mr. Churchill stated that one hundred Russian prisoners were held by the British as hostages for the safety of Britisher's m Russia. (Receive Deo. 13. 2.15 p.m.) ■ . , LONDON, Dec. 11. Meat 'cards will be abolished on December 15. Replying to a deputation, Mi* Churchy ill agreed, to the principle of assigning a. certain number of army commissions to rankers. The Italian Foreign Minister, -Sign'or Scialoja, confers with Mr Lloyd George and M. Clemenceaii m; London. There will be no •meeting of the Supreme Council m Paris during M. Clemenceau's absence. '..'..;■- , It is stated m Paris that the whole question of the Pea.cc Conference and Council, owing to -the departure of the Anierica-nrdo'egatioTi,..wiJ.l be one of the chief subjects of discussion , m London. • COPENHAGEN, Dec. 11. An '-agreement has been reached m a conference between O'Grady and Litvinoff, whereuhder ttoh o Soviet Govern>menii- permits 'the despatch of warm clothing, food, 'drugs, and money to British prisoners, m return for permission to load a ship with drugs for its •own use. Arrangements have also been made to exchange letters- at stated intervals, enabling British and .Russian prisoners to communicate with their homey Meanwhile the prospects of an agreement on |, he' jwhole exchange and repatriation qiieston ig not unpromising.