AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

• > CSTMA Mt.N AN'n N'.Z. (,'WIM! ASSOCtATION U'AI! DEBT NEGOTI ATiOVS. NEW YORK. Jan 1!. | I fie “New York Times" Wa-biu-rlon ! i orre-imiul. ill ,;ns : Upon ( k.. In- !■, o' ; McK-liar'- -| h, the Anu-ri. au Debt ■ Coinmission cum urn ed link t I-e [[mi : : < «'!i::!i* -■ ill had -iiGn.it I. J a del aifi .! ; statement of Britain'- financial po-i----ti'-ii. -lio'.-'iug thw iax mi -« 11 ;•(- i-i • w hall tin llrbl-i. ka! ion r; . •t. • I in ;■ -■li'oi i iu 1,1,1 11! -c ;-i -r::• ■ I Tlm Brit i-!i Alis-ion lia ! •; ■ ••! ; tin- Bri; i-!i p.-'n I - aro o or: ■ .-a • ItiM .I ■ at; i !:,■ Am- "lean p oi.|,-. ■m' ! lint, mldit-ion.-d :.n or-.- tax t.ttnl. n-. t ' me-I la’ll vy ! ill i-ci --1 and jiriu. io l ■ ; • ; men G- on the ik-fii. a ' it; tin, . w - 1 J 1 llt llie! great I a r-!- bii - ■ ci 1 1. ■ k ■ working- man’s I'amily. Tlm ('otnmi—ion point oil that. in ord'-r to tin luaw it - i :,J ■ : : -r I'"’. 2J. tin- Briti-b Gina-niun-nt [irob.-:bl\ a. ill be f.uvrd tn : 1 j!. ■in 1 pay men t nr., the national -inking fund for lit; redne: ion of the pu.hl ie debt. The Debt Coumii-sions to-day gave particular atteutioi' to itifre-i pa.v-tm-ns ami amortizanc.il provisions which might fie included in a tentative proposal who It will be submit! ed to Congress. Air Ak'llotl expressed the la lief that an agreement would probably be reached within l(-,s than a week. ' n agieemeut ’il |irobably i>niviil> lor low interest rales lor tin- pre'etir. and for the abamlonmwnt of proyo-r.ls for amc-ritzation through tin- establishment of a sinking kind, until some time later. Tlm (; i writ incut has int ina ted dr Boydcit will not be recall-e troin the lle [»:i r:i t iou-. Commission lot the present. Iks withdrawal will depend entirely upon tlm interests oi the I nito! States, nanmlv. when it is felt he call no longer he oi value, he will then he recalled. WASHINGTON. Jan 11 Senator AlcKellan. o' lenne-sre. in a Spe«e!i ill tbe IBS. A. Senate. dei landed I hat full publicity be given to Hie Auglo-Amoriono war debt negotiations. He dm hired, that Congress "over vmtld xanclion a change j„ the present refunding law until it knew what are the pri oosals that have been made b\ ■the Britsh (Government. He said: \Ye should have a daily bulletin "I the developments of the negotiations. II i, essential that the people should know win tis proposed to he done, negotiations behind closed, doors •»«•"!- iallv hinder any -u.-i t" I c-nn. tc.-n.n.