AMERICAN ITEMS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION,
AMERICA AND ALLIES
WASHINGTON, May 8
The “Irreconcilable” Republican Senators were astounded by President Harding’s acceptance of the European Conferences. They felt certain that President Harding had abandoned the idea of attempting to modify the Versailles Treaty. Air Hughes and Mr iioover arc blamed for influencing the President to change his attitude. Significance is attached to the President’s action in securing a delay of the Senates resolution- declaring the United States no longer is at war with Austria. Hungary and Germany.
A HAITI REPORT
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST OCCUPATION. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 9 T e Patriotic Union of Haiti has iled with the American Government a report dcsciibing the American occupation of Haiti as the most terrible regime nilitary auteracy ever carried oh in the name of democracy. It claimed that more than 9,000 Haitiese had died in American prison camps, from 1918 to 1920; that hundreds of additional persons, including women, children and invalids were killed, mutilated or tortured by American marines or native gendarmes, officered by Americans. *Thc report has a list of specified charges against individual officers and marines. RETURN OF SHANTUNG. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 9.
The New York “World’s” Tientsin correspondent learns that Japan has decided to return Shantung to China immediately and unconditionally. The decision is due to the change of Chinese policy. The State Department, and Chinese and Japanese Embassies have not been informed regarding the decision to return Shantung.
AMERICAN TARIFF.. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 9. Republican records for high protective tariffs will be broken by the new Permanent Tariff Bill now in committee. The schedules generally average above the Payne Allarich Bill of 1909. According to the present draft, wool will be taxed, greasy eleven cents per pound, scoured thirty three cents; sugar two cents per pound The tariff on agricultural products, however, will be slightly lower than the emergency tariff-
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1921, Page 2
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