AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 November 1920, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

(Reuter’s Telegram.,) WALL STREET FEAR. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. Bth. Due to threats of' another Wall Street bomb outrage, the authorities have surrounded the financial 'istrict with a cordon of police, who have been ordered not to permit any suspicious vehicles to stop within the district, and to demand credentials from all passing chauffeurs and drivers. The latter must furnish full explanations of their presence in the district. SENATE AND TREATY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 9. Senator Curtis (Republican Whip) and Senator Hitchcock, -agree that it is hardly likely Mr Wilson will return the Treaty to the coming session of Congress, but in the event of his so doing, the Senate will not consider it. The Senate would probably wait until Mr Harding .assumed office and then return the Treaty to him, thus giving the new President the first official opportunity to decide whether he wishes to retain any part of the League. OFF TO ORIENT. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) VANCOUVER, November P. Sir Arthur Brown has arrived eh route to the Orient. It is rumoure! that he is going on an important mission for the British Government. Fir Arthur predicted that within five yea", flying officially will be a commioplve feat, but dirigibles, and not aeroplanes will be used. REBELS SUFFER. NEW YORK, November 9. It is reported that 150 have been killed in a rebellion at Yucatan against the Mexican Government officials. JAPANESE VIEW. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 10. Interviewed by the Chicago “Tribune V Tiokio Correspondent reports Count Hara said: “Before the American election, I regarded the Californian referendum as a sectional agitation which did not represent the country at large and believed that even if the law were passed it would not affect- the relations between Japan and United States. I still hold the same view.”