MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTHAMAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. NOTHING IN WRITING. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 25. .Mr Davis gave the Committee a Note from Great Britain stating that since there was nothing in writing to show we had made reservations Great Britain had ratified Japan’s right to the cable and the League’s Geneva meeting confirmed it. United States Government would insist that no agreement for the disposition of German properties in the Pacific can become effective unless America consents.

A member of the Committee also questioned Davis concerning "the killing of Lieutenant Lnngdon, and the Japanese occupation of Vladivostok. JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 2-5. It iH understood that negotiations between Shideharn and Mr Morris concerning the California question and the rights of Japanese in America had been sir.rcessfully concluded. The approval of the Japanese and American governments must be given before the conclusions of the two ambassadors became effective. Shidebara submitted a report to the Tokio Foreign Office, and Air' Corby will consider Mr Morris’s report as soon as he returns from South Ameri-

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been fully informed of every step in the negotiations, therefore there is nothing to prevent the Senate's approval should President Wilson decide to submit the matter in the form of a treaty, but it is not known what action either the President or the Senate contemplate.

LADY SWIMMER. (Received, This Day at 9.45 a.m.) NEW YORK. January 26

Tlu> newspapers express regret at’Miss Durack’s reported .retirement from competitive swimming. They declare if would be interesting to see the result of her race with Miss Bleibtry. The “New York Sun” says that even in this age of swimmers Miss Dnrack was an aquatic might he called a super-mermaid so amazing were some of her feats in the water.

All authorities contend she is one of the greatest swimmers of either sexover known in the field of sport.