AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1921, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

g 11V TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FLOODING THE MARKET. WASHINGTON, March 18. Several western Senators and Con- * gressmen have presented a request to Mr Hording, to put an immediate em(l>argo.on the import of wool, hides, ' meats, butter, lemons and cotton, otherwise the existence of some pro- { dmers in America will be in imme- ’ diate danger. Senator Cameron (Ariz- ’ ona) stated that more than one hundred million pounds of wool had arrived in United States since November, and hundred millions more were en route. Local producers have already two years supply available, and a big clip is expected from the coining shearing AMERICAN CHANGES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 19.. Secretary Hughes will probably shortly become Chief Justice; Fall, Secretary of the Interior, succeeding him.

MR HARDING’S VIEWS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 19. It is reported that Mr’Harding has informed a delegation of Western livestock interests visiting White House, that lie is opposed to an embargo, but favoured a short Congressional resolution protecting agricultural commodities, similar to the Emergency Tariff vetoed by Mr Wilson. ROCK FELLER ENDOWMENT. • Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 19. The Rockfeller Foundation has announced a contribution of forty-tin ee million' fra ns for new buildings , and the endowment of a, medical school and university at Brussels. Part of the new funds wiil he used for the establishment of a nurses’ training school, in memori of Nurse Cavill and Madame de Fage, the Belgian surgeon’s wife, who was drowned in the Lusitania. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. WASHINGTON, March 18. Jt is understood that President Hard ing his discussed with the Foreign Relations Committee, some plans to revive American interest in the League of Nations, but no agreement has yet been reached. new CHINESE REVOLUTION. WASHINGTON, March 19. Advices from Pekin state that grave apprehension exists that a new revolution is imminent in China, the rivalry between the northern militarists being near a. crisis.