AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1922, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

\USTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION A family poisoned. NEW YORK, November 22. At Lancaster, Ohio, Irwin Henderson liis wife and four children, the eldest seven years old, were found dead as the result of poisoning, under mysterious circumstances. Twice during the last week the whole, family were made dangerously ill from a breakfast cereal and Henderson expressed liis .belief that somebody had a- grudge against him. He wrote a letter to the Ohio Department of Health, asking their aid in an analysis of the food, saying his physician believed the illness was caused by arsenic poisoning. The letter, however, was never mailed, but was found on a table when the polico broke the door to-day, and discovered the bodies. The police have no clues.

AMERICAN LABOR ATTITUDE. (Received this dnv at 3.30 a.in.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 The American Federation of Labour has announced it will not participate in the international labour anti-war conference at Hague on December 10, because it would hind the federation in advance to support an international strike, in the event of war regardless whether the war is purely defensive or otherwise. Further objections were that the conference favoured, the nationalisation of wealth and did not permit the introduction of new original proposals to the conference agenda. The Federation in declining the invitation stated the international Congress was devoted to the subject of international peace and might* be helpful if not committed to advance proposals which were not only lacking in constructive character but may easily of themselves be a very serious menace to the cause of freedom.

THE “TIGER”. NEW YORK, November 22. M. Clemenceau lias received a letter signed “World War Veteran,” threatening him with death if he does not gease his attacks oil* Germany. The letter declares: “Don’t you dare to say too much about our country and Germany. If you do not heed our orders, you will hear bullets flying about your head!” The letter lias been turned over to the police who have doubled M. Clemenceau’s guard. M. Clemenceau’s speech lias aroused bitter resentment among a considerable number of senators and Senator Borah has issued an extraordinarily bitter statement. He said: “It is outrageous, it is intolerable, it is a crime against humanity for this bloodthirsty man to come here at a time when the whole world is in misery, without one constructive note in his whole argument. He asks for support of the Versailles Treaty—when he himself has said the treaty is a perpetuation of the war.” Other Senators expressed the view that the speech was in bad taste.