GENERAL CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17780, 31 January 1920, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. President Wilson has a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury saying it is unthinkable that the United States should withhold exten. sion of liberal credits to Austria, Armenia, and Poland, and urging Congress to take speedy action on the proposed 150 million dollar loan to these countries. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. According to a. despatch received from Canton by a Chinese newspaper, the Chinese Word, published in San Francisco, the Chinese Government has despatched five war vessels to Macao to demand the removal of the dyke recently built by the Portuguese on Chinese territory, violating treaty rights. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Major Lloyd George, interviewed regarding the English purchases of American steel, said these had now been considerably reduced owing to lack of supply and the unfavourable rate of exchange. Japan was buying large quantities of steel in Scotland, mainly for shipbuilding. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Secretary Lansing, reporting to the Senate, said that the United States now holds the world's economic leadership. The European war broke out without the United States realising that it was coming. It would be necessary to reorganise the State Department, with a view to providing it with fuller sources of information in order to prevent such ignorance in the future. Mr Baker protests against the sale of former German steamers which have been included in the War Department’s army transport reserve. As a result the Shipping Board has deferred action on bids for these vessels, pending consultation with the War Department. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland have issued a statement deploring the dangerous conditions existing in the country through oppression and ill.advised curtailment of national liberities. The Bishops declare that the one true way of establishing friendly relations between England and Ireland is to allow undivided Ireland to choose her own form of Government. The Bishops ask the people to combine and abstain from deeds of bloodshed and prevent crime. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26. Spotted typhns is raging in Esthonia, causing 63000 of Yudenitch’s troops to return to Russia. Others have gone to the Lettish front. LONDON, Jan. 26. The London Tubes and Onjnibus Combine estimate their loss in the coming year will be £1,600.000 at the present rate of fares. The combine desires the Government to take control similar to the railways. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Mr Ronald Lindsay, Charge d’Affairs, in a speech, said tha 1 America will find' Britain by her side in any action to relieve distress in Austria and Poland. Senator New has been informed that Britain sold in a single order ten million dollars worth of aeroplanes to Japan.