AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1921, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAB.-K ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT HARDING’S VIEWS WASHINGTON. Sept. IMr Harding addressed the officers of the Army at the War College- < said ho hoped to see war ent.rely abolished, but the perfecting of l"< armies and navies would probably alk»» m*ct*ss;irv Ho blamed tHe ls»c-U Miivs be iiutssu.'„f undortakiiiK for warfart* in Virginia and said the policy <>' >'.i<leistatiding at home and abroad wom.l solve many ills-

“MESSAGE FROM MARS. NEW YORK. September 1. Alv .1 Mfßetl). Komlon manager *>< tile* Marconi Wireless Con.pany. ni the course of a speech ilesenbid tin cent wireless experiments abroad conducted bv Signor Marconi in his ' IF loot ra, in the Mediterranean, ul< 1 led Marconi and other wireless c*M»'‘to believe that Mars or sonic otho. planet was necking to communicate »■ ' the earth. Mr Mcßeth said the appartns intercepted a wireless iv.m length of 150.0008 metres, whereas tm maximum wave lengths produced in the world to-day .were 14.000 meti es. The regularity of the wave length precluded the possibility that they due to electrical or meteorological disturbances .

XMKRTC'AX ACTION. WASHINGTON. September 1 Afr Weeks, Secretary fur Mar has ordered a dozen airplanes to priM-eed to West Virginian mine dispute area to oranple with any eventuality. Troops are waiting for word to proceed to the Mingo district Martial law is expected. 1 resident Harding has issued a proclamation to that purpose, signed and held m Reports from Mingo indicate that 410 miners have already ljccn killed..

ITALY ACCEPTS INVITATION. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Italy’s acceptance of the Armament Conference invitation has been received. All invited powers have now responded.