AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1922, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

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INDUSTRIAL WAR

STRIKERS CAPTURE A MINE

NEW YORK, June 21

At Herrin, in Illinois, 14 men "ere killed and two are dying, anil « score are seriously wounded, after a hat |'® between some coal miners and the mine vds It lasted four hours. The mine, since the strike, was being operated bv non-union labour. . Five thousand strikers stormed Uie mine stockade, and then firing began The mine guards were the opiiatncs : prlva le detective agency. Because ot their many casualties, the guards ho.s- , [he white «ag. The miners then demanded a cessation of operations, and the siuTender ol Uho this the mine operat.ves aeccdeJ and tl w mine was surrendered to the str or**.

U B.A. LABOUR AND INDIA WASHINGTON, June 21 the American Federation of LaUoUI Co. M-ess. the British ‘™temal delegates' protested against the proposed v solution in favour <> m ‘ ‘ independence (as cabled on June ) '..vine tl.ev did so because Indian m dependence would involve r ..iti s h „oods, when there "ere more than 2,000,000 workers unemployed \ K,; iC"!mfere...e -accepted from Mr theS'Xrta ‘for P the'fullest national seP'-exprcssion, without hindrance or coercion bv any outside agency. IMMORAL LITERATURE. NEW YORK, June 21.

Cincinnati; an interesting ease was tried in the Federal Courts .n which a well-known publisher one thousand dollars for selling «n----oxpurgated editions of Boccaccio a Rahelias. The Judge said that t e fact that the works of Boccaccio anc Rahlias ar classics dos not exempt them from congressional law. The existence of expurgated editions of these works was conclusive evidence that cer. tain portions of them were unsuitable to be read bv the average person. AMERICAN PRESS VIEWS. NEW YORK, June 21.

American newspapers generally express satisfaction at tlie result of the Irish elections, as presaging the future peace of Ireland. The keynote is set by the New York “Herald.” Tt says that-, stripped of all side issues, tie Irish elections were to determine whether Ireland was as sane as the outer world believed her to be, or as determined ns the most irreconcilable hoped she was. From such returns as have come in, Old Ireland seems to h? jit ii sound mental condition,