AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1920, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

fAUSTRALIAN' & N.Z. nADLB kBB(JdIATION] CONVENTION RESOLUTION. (Received this day at 9.30 a.itt.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. A Tokiq telegram reports the. World Sunday School Convention resolutioned condemning racial discrimination. The resolution was designated to cover the Japanese situation. A. CHINA’S FINANCE. \ (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Consortium delegates here announced they would welcome co-operation of local Chinese capital in the development of "Chiba's public enterprises, railways etc. A resolution to that effect will be communicated to Peking in order that i the Government and people may knowj the consortium will encourage such cooperation. The consortium at the present time has not any immediate loan before it. but is occupied with the organisation of the loan question which, will come up lateri possibly in the near ' future, but only upon the application of China herself. CUBAN FINANCE DISORDER. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Messages from Havana state that despite various proposals to remedy the financial situation in Cuba, business remains at a standstill. Many firms are ~ paying off -their men, because they fear / they cannot meet their pay rolls. It is feared no one will be able to pay their employees if the moratorium continues for fifty days. The drop in sugar is considered only one element in ( the situation. A large number of re- ' pudiated rice contracts and wild speculations in other commodities, notably flour, are reckoned to be factors in the situation which is considered most serious. / FALL IN COTTON. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. The Agricultural Commissioner of Georgia has announced that the south is facing a loss of more than-five hundred million dollars, as a result of the drop in cotton prices from forty cents to less than twenty. SENSATIONAL LIQUOR DEALS. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. ( \ Sensational charges are being investigated at Chicago in which it is deelar- . ed that a large number of prominent men, including prohibtion officers are involved" in illicit liquor deals throughout tre country, totalling three million dollars. Their activities are said to ei - . tend to New York, Cleveland and other large cities. 1 A HAYTI TRAGEDY. , (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. . The Navy Department has issued con- ?

A lie "-r . j. il 0 fidential correspondence regarding killing of Haytian natives, cabled on “ft Wr, 1919 «£«d Barnett, ex^ommandant of United States marines reported tba * WmartiaVthe evidence .*£*£2 had been unJisenmmate tailing tives by American marines for som S« Barnett stated some tearmea waft sadly lacking » a ° f rle ! , and justice- Stringent orders sued to prevent a repetition o newspaper. are, «m»«d that the report has been kep seer so long. * (Received This Day at 12.20 p.m ) ' OTTAWA, October H. The Board of Commerce prohibits the importation of sugar into ana a and fixed the maximum retail price eraduated alt 'twenty-one cents per pound plus freight. The order remains effective till the end of the year. Board points out that the embargo recently placed on export to protect the Public, resulted in the accumulation of large supplies forcing several sugar refineries to close down.