AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN" ANTI N.Z. CAJSLP. ASSOCIATION. GUN ELEVATION QUESTION. WASHINGTON, April 2G Mr Denby made a statement that the elevation of the guns ol the United States warships would not Ik* undertaken unless Congress approved | of !i. He declared that, while a disparity (iocs exist between the Hritish and American ranges, it has been found that it has been greatly exaggerated. The facts '.till he submitted to Congress which will have to determine whether the (S.o(K),000 dollars appropriated last session lor gun elevations will he used for tiiai purpose or not. RUSH TO U.S.A. OTTAWA. April 20. The Canadian Government is greatly disturbed over a continued exodus of Canadians to the United States, which is now rapidly overtaking the rate of immigration into Canada, and it may ullify the extraordinary efforts and ex[>endituro of a new Canadian campaign to bring Scots and English farmers to the Dominion. The United States Consulate reports that there is a large number of Canadian applicants for permits to enter tin* United States. HRITISH BANKER’S IDEA. NEW YORK April 20. K. C. Goodenough. chairman of Barclay's Rank Loudon, in a speech before the Executive Committee ot the American Rankers’ A-eiiation declared that tiu> Anglo-American debt agreement was likely to lead to a settlement of the reparations problem. Reinvestment of securities in America received from England in securities oflorei hv Germany would provide a solution.