AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1920, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

f AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE »BBOCIATION] MB COX’S VIEWS. (Received thi3 day at 9.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 18. Speaking at Syracuse, New York, Mr Cox declared “If America isolates herself from the world she must reduce production to a measure of her eon-, jsumption, which will send us back fifty years industrially. I believe dollar wheat is a serious business. Recession will come unless it is certain United States is going into the League. PRICE OF WHEAT. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 17. The National Wheat Growers Association meeting at Ponca city, Oklahoma decided to request all farm organisations in United States and Canada to suspend deliveries of wheat from farms to markets, after 23rd. October, until the price of wheat was established at"three dollars per bushel at terminal markets. AMERICA AND JAPAN. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) -WASHINGTON, October 18. The State Department announces the conferences with the Japanese ambassador are continuing smoothly and satisfactorily. There is no foundation fot the report that negotiations were discontinued. MR WILSON’S ENQUIRY. (Receved tills day at 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Mr Wilson has written to Mr Hurling inquiring whether the latter was correctly quoted as saying he had been approached by a representative of France who asked United States to tead the way to a world fraternity. The President points out that grave extrabrd)ina,ry inference can bo drawn from such a statement, namely, that the Government of a nation which is a member of the League, has approached a private citizen of a nation that is not a member of the (League, with a request that the latter nation lead the way to a, new 1 fraternity. CANDIDATES FENCING. . 7* (Received* this day at 1.30 p.ra.) NEW YORK, Oct. 18. In a later speech at Syracuse, Mr Cox 1 said if elected he could confer with < Messrs Taft, Root and Wilson and senatorial groups, to secure a ratification of the Treaty with reservations that would not impair the League Covenant. ■ i QUERY TO FRAUD. < /Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Mr Wilson has asked the French Government whether anyone qualified to speak for it discussed with Mr Harding j the formation of a new association of i nations under Mr Harding’s direction, i