Inverell Times in Inverell, New South Wales

World News Briefs: Loans, Conflicts and Naval Plans

The Oster Indemnity Fund totals £1,000,000 while a £20,000,000 loan from Japanese and French capitalists is proposed over four years. In Bloemfontein General Hertzog's supporters push secession from the South African Party. Constantinople reports Bulgaria and Turkey eye an alliance. Rio de Janeiro rejects Greek purchase of Minas Geraes and Rao Paulo dreadnoughts. Enver Pasha becomes Turkish War Minister, with many officers retired. London builders end agreements with tradesmen, affecting 150,000 workers. A Peace Conference committee urges arms limitation and punishing false news. Canadian papers note naval indecision. A motor car accident kills Madame Puneat’s relatives. chauffeur jailed. Paris notes fears of landings at San Giovanni. international troops discussed. German official testimony on Zabern incident and von Reuter prompts troop readiness. British finance argues for faster expenditure cuts and improved Anglo-German relations. Hospital radium treatment reports show 21 cancer patients treated. 16 deaths but many discharged. Harland and Wolff seeks deep harbor work. naval depth targets vary from 20 to 45 feet for ports and ships.