AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1920, Page 1

AMERICAN ITEMS.

(By Electric Teiegrapn—Copyright.), AMERICAN FEELING. • WASHINGTON, June 4 Some sixty members of the Yale faculty have '.protested against the Congressional expression of sympathy with the Irish cause. BREAD PRICES. (Reuter’s Telegram.) - BUENOS AIRES, June 6. Owing to the rise in the price of bread ,the Chamber passed a Bill opposing to the end of November, a supertax of four and live pesos respectively on every hundred kilgrammes of wheat and Hour exported. All wheat products to pay super tax of 20 per cent ad valorem. At the time of shipment, exporters must hand over to the Government twenty-five per cent, of their wheat .and flour, whenever the price is increased by sixty per cent, or more, lhe penalty is a year’s imprisonment and line. ! _ - PRESIDENCY NOMINATIONS. NEW YORK, June 7. The “New Y'ork Times” correspondent at Chicago says With the Republican Convention only a lew days off, no one can e.ven hazard a guess as to who will be the Republican nominated for the Presidency. There is a considerable boom for Mr Hoover, but boomers have, not yet come out into the open, though it is whispered that the big interests are backing him. It is. argued that Mr Hoover is a friend of the League of Nations. Thus, it is said, League supporters would naturally back him. It would seehi to-night, however, that Senator Johnson is the Republican favourite. The women are expected to play a big part in this year’s Presidential nominations. AN APOLOGY. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June .7. Colby, Secretary of State verbally apologised to Sir A. Geddcs for the burning of the British ffag by Irish women Sinn Feiners recently. When the circumstances are fully investigated a formal apology will be tendered