AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1921, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. hugeTirship. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The United States War Department lias announced the purchase from _ the Italian Government of the airship Roma, the second largest semi-rigid airship in the world. The Roma is 410 feet in length. It lias a cruising radius of 3300 miles. The price was 200,000 dollars. AMERICA’S DEFENCE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The General Naval Hoard of the United States has issued a report (as cabled on January 30), which declares: ‘‘The United States must continue to build battleships until her navy equals the strongest in the world. It would he the height of unwisdom for the United States to pin its faith in aircraft or in submarines as having replaced battleships. No ‘rest’ peric ' or no limitation of armaments, should be agreed to until the United States has completed her programme.

PUSHING AMERICAN TRADE

fßeceived this day at 8 a in.) WASHINGTON, Feb 3

The War Finance Corporation, which Congress recently revived, has granted the first loan for the purpose of aiding American foreign trade,' namely, ten million dollars for a period of one year to finance the exportation of condensed milk and other products to England and Kurttpe. CANADA AGITATED. (Received this day at 9.30 n.m.) NEW YORK, February 3. The “Sun's.” Halifax correspondent says Canada is agitated in attempting to infer who will succeed the Duke of Devonshire. Lord Burnham's appointment is discounted as Lord Northcliffe’s plank. There was some talk that a Canadian should be made Governor and Sir R. Borden’s name was mentioned, but tlie Dominion with the exception of a small radical section of the population prefer an outstanding figure from Britain, thus keeping the tie between Canada and the old country strong. Borden became an imperial statesman during (he war but is too much interested in politics to permit him to become an acceptable Governor.