AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1922, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

.USTKAWAN AND V.t. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BRITAIN AND AMERICA. . WASHINGTON, Dec lb. ' Sir A. Geddes had a conference aith Secretary Davis as the result of t Commons interpoffitmn sub . e.nug t e is un derstood -miii,r e -s C tnt" l n,<.iit -ns cabled on Dec. 12th that welfare organisations ofions lands had mvt’stigated the c for the segregation of xaecs.

U.S.A. AND EUROPEXEW YORK, December H ■ v,,,. 1 - > s s ' WflsliinS" t.’n "'correspondent says: deprecate the publicity, which I‘as heen gR on to recent hints Toncermn^thc ■administration’s plans, and ■ discount speculating on what the Unit is doinjr. . Senator Borah, who leads the “irreconcilable” element in the Senate, ms J , statement to the effect that "Sol.” ” ,l ';“ n a for the present situation A business policy only, combined .beer bumanily, be .ay., iho necessary confidence, and Europe must put her own house in order a.ong the lines of combating militarism -- perialism and various injustices before Hie can expect American help. It is pointed out that Congress; without which 'the administration can do little, if anything, is an uncertain quan-„ tity in the present state of nffaJK.

LABOR REPORT. (Received this day at 8.30 a.in.' WASHINGTON, December ML Tbe Secretary for Labour (Mr Davis) ito annual report to Copgress, gives as his opinion that the unemployed crisis periodically ' ted States is not so much-due to the actual dearth of employment, as to tbe inability of American workmen to adjust themselves to changing circumstances and turn to other lines vhen their own trade is slack. Mr thinks the remedy is that every .workumn should learn a secondary Hade The report urges more attention should bo given to the Federal employment service, which last year found employ, ment for 1,500,000. TUGBOAT DISASTER. .'Received this dnv at 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. . A message, from St. Marie, states it is Relieved twenty-nine peoplT wevc drowned through the sinking ,ot the tug, Reliance, on Lake Superior last Wednesday. Seven survivors reached port in a small boat, after terrifying experiences. A blizzard blew them ashore on a lonely part of the Canadian vfilds. The party, which included the captain’s wife, suffered terribly from cold and hunger, hut man, nged to reach t|r railroad,