AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. U.S.A. AND EUROPE. (Received this day at D.-IO a.m.) NEW YORK, July 2d. Senator Johnston, one ol the leaders of the Radical Republican element in the Senate, and the probable candidate ot the third party for the Presidency, who has just returned from an extended tour of Europe, in a speech drawing a pessimistic picture of conditions abroad, said that no one in Europe attaches aiiv hope lor the League ol Nations or the World Court, but everybody is anxious that the L'nited States should join these bodies in the expettation that the l'nited States would he thus drawn into a full participation in European affairs, and carry some of the European burdens.

> CANADA AND U.S.A. 'Received this day at 9.45 a in.) VANCOUVER, July 25. President Harding has arrived here, pii route to thi‘ ( nited Slates from Alaska, and was entertained bv the J Provincial Civil Government, at a luncheon, and will also he the guest, of honour at n Dominion State dinner. President Harding, in addressing a large assembly, said that il the European nations heeded the lesson <'om expo by Canada and the l nited States they would strike at the root of their own continuous disagreements, and in their prosperity would forget to inveigh constantly at ours. It is the public will and not force that make for enduring peace, and it is our lot to produce a striking example ot that peace which can always ho kept. The President commented on the wide and undefended border between the United States and Canada, declaring: “Our armour is our faith.’’ The President also humourously ro- • ferred to the ancient “bllgnboo” of the American annexation of Canada. Ho said: “We have troubles enough of our own..” He advised Canada not to consider plans to annex the United States, and concluded with an expression of confidence that the two countries would con- . tir.no to be friendly and enjoy prosperity.