AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

ECONOMIC t ONEEBENCE i ADVOCATED. < l S'l 1t.U.J.1 \ AM I N.Z. OA lIM-: ASSOCIATtoN WAS 111 .XI i’l'OX, dan 0. Senator Capper. <:l Kan-a-. in a speech ill the Sell;: In. urged the _',,|_ luiui.stral ion to call a World BY on ( "Hit e-no- io -idl e tbo in--iisi rial and | aorieiiltnr.il problems m the world, pointed Old that the I'nili-d Stnl-e.s liaheen tin- most pnuerltil inlloem-e i:-i I lie World lor di-arinami nI . by wbe-h eir.-.-i iiineiil;i| expenditures abioad --, i!! be deerea-ei|. ami A mrri'-.'i ii debt- pan!. Senator Hiram J-Jin-on. m (riiit.unia. w!io op j io, .ed Senator I! obi iinuii ' - Bid. i.-ivnareil Senator ! apptr's gestinn a- precluding tlie pn--i!iili[ c foreign allianees. com mit 1 meiits. or nine Ila : ion o! wa r delils .wmeeica's w i i rrril WA Sill Xl IT! ).\ . dr,n !l. I Ahi to House -poke,-men ha-. -.- olii- | eially annonnie.| ihat none ol tin- mi-! tion- owing the I'uited State- war I debt- can land tlieir oldie,-i l ions willi-j ill the limitations imposed bv Conor!-.-. It i- a!-o -tal .d that the Am -riean | Debt- ('em in i-.-iou will obtain tbe iir.-t possible term.- in limding tlie British, debt, and will then report in the Bre-i-j dent, who will submit r< i-ommeiida-tious to Cmicross for a moditiention of tin-, law passed by Como-is. be being informed that mii-Ii a step will he necessary if America is to rccei-.a payments in the near future. 1 Bending sueli reniinliK mint ion and' Coni're-ssional eoiisideration. lb" Briti-h Debt Mi —ion will return to England to come to Washington again when, and if. ( oimre-s agrees to the sug-ge-ted terms . -die'i a- to evi-. nd the mat it rit in-. n*l .!• in-idil \ the intc rest. The terms a-s approved. -1 1 i also extend to ail tin- oliu-r dehtor nations enUaring into lauding negotiations with the Enitcd Slate-. Kb Kl.l'X TERROR. j NEW YORK. danmiry !). A Bastrop (l.misinna) telegram says: A witness has given intimate details - | of the Ku Kl'-ix Elan's activities in ; , tlie Bastrop palish, where the murders m occurred. He showed that there has - j been an intricate. invisible existing there, neighbour watching , | neighbour lor moral violation-. I ia- j , Ku Klux Klim has carried out exten- i sive punishments, kidnapping s-mic per- j sons, including women, and -.ending j them into oilier States; also Hogging others. 1; ill inn people somcl i mes, .a nd always using the threat ol tone in keeping citizens in coiist.Mnt .A X ICXOXKH ATKIV. NEW VHKK. dan: ary HI. j The r.S.A. House dudiciary Coumiif- j j tee has adopted a repurl exoin-ra I ing ■ , the A ttorney-Cciiv al (Mr Dniigh-.-rty) j from the impeachment ehar.ee-.. filed by Re| resentiitive Keller. ; I'.S.A. PROPOSALS. ! WAHIX'OTOX, dan <b I Senator Williams has introduced a! Bill aii tl-.orisiicj: the immigration of i one hundred lliou-and Armenian ix- - fiteei’s. of w horn li-i per ( cnt. would be minors, into flic I'uited Slates, under ) a bond. The nelults would be compelled to take work on tlisi land while t!i" ' minors would be limit r the care ol 1 orphan ash-urns. 1 ITALIAN” AH! FLEET. | ROME. Jan !b ! A Council of the Generals, under Premi-er Mussolini's preside icy. has j. (Id ideal to re-orfianisc- the aerial wim4 ( of the army, and to create a lar;_e , flee! of machines. r CAXADTAX EA RVrEIIS. ; .Received this day at O.PO a.m.' i OTTAWA. January 0. 1 At Biandon. Mimitoha. president ( Burnell, of the I'uited Farmers of Alanitoha. addressed the annual enliven- -j tion. He stated the exudus of farmers , from the soil to the cities is destroying , Canadian agriciiltlire, and creatine a ~ situation which is tliToatening the t tmindat ions of Cuiadian prnperfy. Alore farmers are in linaneial diflieulties . now than ever b- fore, desjiite the re- > cord hreakiug erops. High taxes and hieh interest are creafing the diffieulty. He advocated a system of lone- , term loans and sport time credits ad- | apted to the needs of n.erieultlire. p