AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1921, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

HJ.STRAI.IAN AND N.Z. CADLE ASSOC...?ION. FACING FAR EAST. WASHINGTON, October 3. The I'.s. Navy is now establishing ntlf -its total air force on the PacificToast, where there are already seven lit- squadrons, comprising 1-30 officers ind 630 men. Fifty per cent of the I’.S.A. war ships, including the strongest and £ most modern vessels are also being, placed on the Pacific Coast. Thus a preponderance of America’s fighting craft is now facing the Far East: ILS. COTTON CROPS. WASHINGTON, Oet: 3: The Government reports show that the condition of the cotton crop is 42 per cent: or 12 per cent, below the worst previous record. There will be little middle crop, and practically no top crop from the trees. The weather and boll weevils are responsible. WOOL NEGOTIATIONS. (Received This Day at 8 30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. Trnde papers are informed from Berlin that negotiations are proceeding between representatives of the Australian wool syndicate, German Government and Saxon spinneries, with tho object of arranging terms for supplying German mills with twenty million dollars worth of wool, on the basis that tho mills refine and the Australian market finish the product. ! QUESTION OF AR.MAMENTS. (Received This Day at 0.40 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Resolutions will lie introduced in the Senate shortly, urging Mr Harding to stop all work on warships during the , Conference. -Mr Borah and Mr Pom- • erene will press the view t-liat the susI pension of naval construction during j the period of the Conference will he simply an act of good faith. Meanwhile the House Appropriations Committee has virtually decided not to discuss next year’s army and navy appropriations until after the conference. Firstly, because of the desire to avoid the possibility of embarrassment of the administration by a Congressional debate on armament expenditure during j the parleys, and secondly, because fu- , tore expenditure will be subject to i change according to the success or failure of the Conference.