MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20043, 4 September 1920, Page 10

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. Australian and K.i!, Cable Association, LONDON, September 2. New Zealand and Australian journagave a farewell luncheon to Sir j nomas Mackenzie. Mr A. M. Myers was present. •MiM YORK, September 2. Congressman Britten, testifying belore a congressional committee admitted that he had no proof of his recent charge that British money found its way into tho Democratic campaign lund. ' A wireless has been received staling that the American submarine So submerged more than forty hours in twenty-eight fathoms of water off the Delaware Gapes. The crew of thirtyseven are still living. Two ships arc standing by pumping air into the submarine, and naval vessels are rushing equipment with which it is hoped to release the crow. MANILA, September 2. A _ typhoon did-much damage in the 1 hilippincs. The naval station at Cavite ivas unroofed. The American oil tanker Eastern Marina was driven ashore in Manila Bay. TGixiU, September 2. Labour organisations have called a general meeting for the purpose of terming a- national labour association tor economic and political aims. A telegram from ' Polish source® dated’ September 1, says that in consequence of the Soviet’s mobilisation orders, Ukraniau peasants revolted, ?md are forming guerilla detachments, which •no marching against the headquarters ot the Bolsheviks. I* stated that the provinces of Karkofl, Ivhcrsan. Kieff and Ekaferi-noshi-v arc in the midst of a civil war. vuiich is spreading to Yolhynia. and i oojia. A similar mm-ement lias also broken out in the neighbourhood of Odessa. , ."WARSAW, September 3. Hie SoAiet has accepted Riga, as the Aenuc lor reneAving the peace negotiations. The head of tho Soviet peace delegation will be Citizen Jetfe. r The Soviet demanded certain guarantees respecting the immunity of the Russian anil Ukrainian, delegation, and tko light oi unrestricted communion--1 ions, Aynich the Polish Foreign MinGtor, Prince Saphielui, has taken steps to secure. It j s understood that peace negotiations will lie resumed in tho course of next week. LONDON, September 3. l.olonel Sands, of Sydney, ex Commando nc of Internees, Ims returned irom the Continent. He states that many deportees from Australia have settled in Holland, ivhcro they are preparing to act as agents for" German firms t-rauing with Australia. Some said they had arranged representation before departure, in contravention of the Commomvealth law. LONDON, September 3. „ Iho Ciiatham, the gift cruiser to New Acalaml, has been overhauled, at a cost ot £73,000, and undergoes an eighthours 1 nil power speed trial, on September 10. She will then be nlaced in. commission for New Zealand. DELHI, September 3. Tbo situation inside Bagdad is still acute, but the bazaars are being cleaved nt agitators by periodical raids. Humours have been persistently spread about tlie coffee shops that the railway is cut everywhere and that Bagdad is isolated, which has caused occasional trouble in the bazaars. The trains, however, continue to run regularly. Reinforcing battalions from Basra, arc reaching Bagdad daily. The wrecking of the railway to the Persian 1 rentier was done by gangs previously employed by British ns labour corps. Supplies and messages continue to be deln-ered in Kufa, by aeroplanes. LONDON, September 3. A Polish communique states that , General Bndeny, after advancing beyond Zamoso, ivas attacked by General Haller’s army group in the rear. Finding himself surrounded he began to retreat* Ho undertook several cavalrycharges, despite enormous losses, in the endeavour to force a passage. In the course of the fighting the Red army A'as destroyed, with tho exception of a tew detachments. An acute position lias arisen bctAvecn Poland and Lithuania, oAving to Polish troops, on the pretext of cleaning up the remnants of the Bolshevik army, advancing into undeniably Lithuanian territory. A telegram from Ivovno speaks of Avar being inevitable if the advance continues. Clashes between Polish and Lithuanian troops, in which both sides suffered heavily, stimulated afresh the Jong standing ill-feeling between the two countries. The new independent Lithuania formed a part of the old Polish kingdom, and Poland only reluctantly and half-heartedly recognised Lithuanian independence. Ihe towns of Grodno and Vilna, have long been a bone of contention. Poland never renounced her claim to Vilna, Avhich tho Peace Conference definitely assigned to Lithuania.