CABLE ITEMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15519, 24 May 1918, Page 3

CABLE ITEMS.

Australian and N.Z Oh!e Association, LONDON, May 22. It was stated at the inter-Allicd Con-' ferenco to deal with fne after care of disabled soldiers, that 20,000 had been invalided out of the British Army suffering: from tuberculosis. There were also 80,000 invalided from the French Array for the same reason. PETROGRAD, May 22. A great fire is reported to have destroyed the dock and station at Archangel 40 miles above the junction of the Dwina and the White. AMSTERDAM, May 22. Workers’ delegates, representing all parts of Germany, held a conference at Bremin and discussed war aims. Thcv tele graphed the Kaiser and Count von Hertling demanding safety of frontiers, indemnities, territory for settlement, and freedom of the seas. LONDON, May 22, Official reports of the German recent ill-treatment of prisoners which will shortly be issued will show that abuses which were prevalent in the earlier stages of the war are still unmitigated