AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1921, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

aus*ialian and n.z. cable association. VIRGINIAN MINERS. NEW YORK, August 28. A telegram, from Charleston, ••Virginia, states that despite a lielief that the miners would abandon their invasion of Mingo country, nd that ho conflict would occur, the miners ambushed a party of state police. There ensued a flight. Five of the miners were shot dead. A number were taken prisoners. Serious trouble is now expected. U.B.A. UNEMPLOYMENT. NEW YORK, August 28. The New York Times Washington correspondent states that Harding will call a national unemployment conference in Washington. He has instructed Hooter to formulate plans ior it. The personel will he geographically determined, and will embrnse as far as possible, representation of industries which are the greatest employers. JAPANESE STATEMENT. WASHINGTON, August 27. It is reported Baron Okuma has issued the following statement at To-kio—-“In proposing the Pacific Conference United States undoubtedly wants* to bring to a settlement what the League of Nations failed to solve. The five Great Powers are quite justffied in taking part in the conference because of the vital interest of questions of Far Fast and disarmament-. It is not quite comprehensible, however why United States should extend an invitation to China when the latter is still in so disorderly a condition and not competent to represent the Republic. Most probably the fact is that having failed to put as much restriction upon th r Japanese position of activity in the Far East as it desired at Versailles Conference, United States sought a different opportunity in the form of the Pacific Conference. The future centre of tic world’s markets wealth is China am' Siberia. Therefore it is only natural that Knited States should not want to restart the activity of Japanese who possess intimate relations -nd occupy superior positions there. The Conference in this sense is a convention to which greater importance attaches in Japanese estimation than the Paris Conference. Japanese must be prepared to reject whatever problems are raised At the Conference in disregard of the right and interests of the people of the Orient, and if Japanese protests and claims are ignored she fhould qi" conference; It is clear America will assist China in cancellation of the twenty-one demands and Urns fetter Japanese activity in flic Far East. In this sense indeed the fate of the Japanese Empire must be regarded as depending entirely upon the results of this conference.