AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1923, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. CANADIAN LABOUR. OTTAWA, Sopt. 10 The Labour Congress at Vancouver resolved, in the event of war threatening to embroil Canada, that a special session be called to decide what action the organised workers of Canada would take towards preventing the Dominion participating in hostilities. Frank Hughes, addressing the Congress, said the Russian system had nothing to offer the western world. The solution of labour difficulties among English speaking nations lay not in a dictatorship of Sovietism, blit following the democratic parliamentary constitutionalism of the British Isles, with wise counsel and judgment, Canada could guide her best away from pitfalls which had overtaken Britain. TROOPS FLEE. BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 15

Seventy Brazilian troops were killed or wounded when their encampment in Rio Grande, Dosul, was attacked by revolutionaries. The troopers fled, abandoning their casualties. A major engagement between the two factions is momentarily expected. THE KLU KLUX KLAN. NEW YORK, Sept. 15 At Oklahoma City the Governor declared that any person siding with the Klu Ivlux Klan will, he dealt with by the military. Tin’s is due to the existence of the self-styled “invisible empire” and the state insurrection. The roliellipn is in effect against the constitution, resulting in public alarm, the jeopardy of peace and personal safety. It is said that the activities of the Klan extend to every country. Troops will he placed where needed. “The power of this criminal organisation must lie destroyed,” said the Governor. The Klan had gained control of officials and juries in Counties, making it impossible for the Courts to protect citizens and prosecute the masked marauders.