GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12091, 28 June 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

United Press Association—By Elec trie Telegraph—Copyright. Loibe, a Socialist, has been elected President of the Reichstag. Rowing at New London, .Harvard defeated Yale by six lengths. Perth says that the French steamer Mannheim has wirelessed that her engines had broken drown, and She was in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin. Assistance has been dispatched. The “Daily Express” states that Roumania has stopped disbanding her army, and is recalling the men to tlm colours It is believed that the Hungarians are preparing to re-take territory. Archbishop Mannix has cancelled the arrangements for a demonstration in Maddison Square garden upon his arrival in New York stating that he did not wish any honours during his stay here. Lloyds report that the Shropshire, bound for Australia, has returned to Liverpool with a fire in her bunkers. . It will be necessary to discharge the bunker coal, and it is feared that some j of the plates have buckled. The cause , of the fire was spontaneous combustion. The Advisory Committee on civil aviation recommends that during the next two years the Government should give assistance to the extent of £250,000 on the basis of 25 per cent, of each company’s revenue earned in carrying passengers and goods. Trenchard considers fhe industry should bo self-supporting. The British Medical Association, at its annual meeting has decided almost unanimously that practitioners should not voluntarily disclose, without the patient’s consent, information obtained in the exercise of their professional duties. It has instructed the Council to devise steps in support of members maintaining professional secrecy. Signor Giolitti, in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, said that Italy was resuming her normal relations with the Russian Soviet as speedily as possible and without reserve. The Government would assume the King’s ■/fir in deciding future declarations o, war, and no treaty would be valid | without the approval of the Chamber .of the Senate. The secretary of the National Federation of Discharged Soldiers says that several soldiers are declining the King’s invitation to the Victoria Cross garden party, because they are too poor to obtain decent clothes. They have been advised to attend, as they would show the public their condition. Employers generally are avoiding Victoria Cross winners, thinking that their psychology unfits them for civil employment. The Argentine Government. after securing enactment of a, four peso super-tax on wheat, in order to obtain funds with which to purchase wheat for the manufacture of bread, is now attempting to negotiate for a wheat supply. It appears that the available supply has been contracted for by England. France. Italy and other foreign Governments, and the Government will be forced to seek wheat abroad. Referring to the forthcoming Dominions’ conference, General Smuts declared that he formerly believed that a Republic was best for Africa, but ‘he now was convinced that it would he best to, remain in harmony with the Empire. The Nationalist organ, “Deburger,” condemns the appointment of Prince Arthur as a political move by the British Government. General Smuts will exert his influence against the Separatist movement According to a dispatch from Tokio, an announcement has been made that British and Japanese diplomats, who are conferring in London, have decided to revise the entire AngloJapanese Treaty, in order to make it conform with the League of Nations. The dispatch adds that, it is planned to complete the revision before J Chanda leaves London for Japan, and have the Treaty ready for signing before the Prince of Wales visits Japan in the spring of 19 21. At the Japanese memorial service held before the House of Parliament for the Nikolaievsh victims, the Emperor sent offerings. Prince Tokugawa, president of the House of Peers, in a funeral ovation, said that all the Amur’s waters would not wash away Japanese indignation. He declared that the Nikolaievsh incident concerned the whole world as well as Japan. Kara, in a speech, said that the Government intended to maintain their national prestige to its utmost.