AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1922, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

far bast atrocities. NEW YORK, July 2i

The Skate Department announces that ,nt the suggestion of Britain, and with the concurrence of France, the United States has agreed to a pro- (| investigation of the atrocities i„ car East. It is to be conducted by the International Red Cross.

NEW STATES RECOGNISED. WASHINGTON, July 2/. The State Department lias announced America’s formal recognition ot Ksthonin. Lnthvia, Lithuania, and the Albanian Government.

IJ.S.A. TARIFF

WASHINGTON, July 27

All the efforts of the minority Senators to secure a reduction in the wool tariff rates have failed. It now appears certain that every increased rate proposed by the Senate Finance Committee will be adopted. Various Senators have continued bitter attacks against the proposed rates. A SERIOUS STATE. 'Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 28. Engineers’ reports state that the Brooklyn Bridge has been weakened by shifting cables owing to the unanticipated strain of the last forty years. They have recommended that the bridge be replaced. RAILWAY STRIKE. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK. July 28. Violence of the railway strike is increasing all over the country. A guard was killed at Snn Bernardino California.

At ConoOrd. New Hampshire, troops fought the strikers, hut there "'ere no casualties, though numerous shots were fired.

Several workers attacked stables at Chicago. At Charlton, lowa, a striker tvns shot dead by a guard. Several negro strike breakers wmwounded by strikers in an armed at tack at Maooe, Georgia. According to a Chicago telegram, tin:

Industrial Council called a mass meeting in every city in the State in an effort to arouse public sentiment to demand further investigation into tlf Herrin mine massacre.