AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1920, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

fiOHTBALIAN N.Z. DAHLS ASSOCIATION,

/ AMERICAN NEWS. / (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 18.

The Treasurer of the Democratic National Campaign committee has received a cheque for five hundred dollars from Mr Wilson, f\vho declared: —“I feel very deeply that the very honour and destiny of the nation is involved in this campaign, and all citizens who - its honour and covet for it a high in the world, should contrithe success of the candidate for the re-establishment our position among nations.” \ State Department has intimated that American forces in the Adriatic will shortly be recalled. The battleships Olympia and several cruisers who have been acting as custodians of Aus-tro-Hungarian ships there, have practically completed their mission. The State Department lias not received any official intimation of an agreement between Giolitti and M. Millerand concerning the Adriatic. It is pointed out that Mr Wilson favours an independent state between Italy and Jugo-Slavia and that D’Annunzio’s proclamation concerning Fiume independence fulfills Mr Wilson’s desire to seo Fiume under Italian instead of JugoSlavo influence.

NEW YORK, Sept. 18

The first American built, manned and registered trans-Atlantic liner, sailing Europewards in a generation, departed to-day bound for Queenstown, Boulogne and London. She will call at Queenstown, despite the British Admiralty’s orders to thq vessel to omit the Irish port,

A telegram from Trenton, New Jersey states Charles Hughes, in a speech declared the President could declare war under the League’s article 10, without consultation with Congress. He bitterly attacked Article 10 as the most dangerous feature of the Leagup. It is understood Palmer will ask the next Congress to appropriate extra funds with which the Department of Justice can institute systematic .widespread investigation into all forms of radical activites. This step will be taken as a result of the Wall Street explosion. It is believed Mr Palmer will take drastic measures against the Reds and other direct actionists. It is . felt the American people are terribly aroused over the New York tragedy which resulted ip killing or maiming working men, 'and women and will back any effort to rid the country of the .perpetratorg.