AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1921, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A DEMOCRAT’S TALK. WASHINGTON, April 29. Senator Hitchcock, in a speech, said that the state of war as between the United States and Germany had totally ended in November 1918, when President Wilson declared it ended, or, at least when Congress, in March, 1921, adopted a resolution repealing the War Statutes. He declared that the Alien property divisions of that resolution would not bind Germany in tho absence of a formal treaty.

A SEPARATE PEACE. WASHINGTON, April 29. Senator Lodge told the Senate that the U.S. peace treaty with Germany will probably follow The lines of Senator Knox’s resolution. Senator Lodge’s statement is the first definite intimation of President Harding’s policy in this respect. It is accepted as meaning that a separate peace will be made. AMERICA’S PEACE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, April«3o Mr Knox’s resolution which was finally amended to -include peace with Hungary and Austria besides Germany, was passed by the Senate by 49 to 23, after seven hours of strenuous debate, in which the "Democrats made an impassioned appeal to the Republicans not to east American pride down before Germany. Every vote against - the resolution was cast by the Democrats, but three Democrats voted with" the Republicans for the measure. Mr Lodge’s declaration that the Treaty would follow shortly, caused considerable speculation. There is a feeling that since Mr Lodge unquestionably represents Mr Harding’s policy, that the President intends to reverse himself, having stated in former utterances that tthere need he no separate peace. In the course of his speech Mr Lodge declared the Allies made peace in the Treaty which they had not asked our leave to enter into. We have the same right to make pence for ourselves as we shall do in the Treaty, which will probably follow Air Knox’s resolution. It would take 72 amendments to separate the Versailles Treaty and League Covenant, and then we would have nothing left but a shell, , While the resolution must be passed by the House of Representatives and by .Mr Harding, in order to become effective, Ute.se steps are assured, the House being overwhelmingly Republican and traditionally accustomed to approve of the Senate’s foreign relations measures. HKADQUARTERS RAIDED, k ' (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 30.

The police raided headquarters of the united Communist Party of United States and discovered a vast amount of literature and large correspondence containing evidence of attempts to recruit a Communist Party firm members of various American colleges, and to enlist negroes to overthrow the United States Government by force. Communications were also sent to Communists throughout, United States asking them to enedavour to become policemen and soldiers in order to be better able to participate in the overthrow of flie Government. Several officials were captured iu possession of the Soviet authorisation to organise a party iu America. YAP ISLAND. NEW YORK, April 30. The State Department has published a Note from Italy stating that Italy is fully convinced that the United States is not asking for any privilege in connection with Yap Island, which is nm equally granted to every other nation, including Japan, and that the United States intends to protect the interests of others. Italy therefore completely agrees with the text of the American Note concerning the equality of rights among the mandatories in the exercise of their mandates and wishes and trusts that the just rights of everybody con corned in Yap will be recognised. Italv expects the Conference of Ambassadors at Paris will pronounce itself in such a way as to eliminate every possibility of disagreement, and conciliate all condieting interests in Yap. UNEMPLOYED. NEW YORK, April 30. Estimates, based on reports by Federal and State labour and industrial officials, indicate that there are over three million persons unemployed throughout the United States, t omprehensive reports from nineteen States show these have two million unemployed, of whom New York has 450,000 and Illinois 430,000.

The industrial experts predict a big wage reduction as the logical result of the present situation.