AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

- CANADA AND U.S.A. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. OTTAWA, April K). A warning that there was going to he a tlungerous breach between hasten! and Western Canada, unless the conditions in West Canada were Improved, was given, to the Government by General R. Patterson, of Winnipeg, a member of a large delegation which urged the Dominion Government to immediately complete the Hudson Bay Railway. v General Patterson staled that he recently had been told by a Westerner who was English to the backbone, that if the West of Canada did the best tiling for itself, it would join with the United States. The Governors of the Western States had declared that they favoured the construction of the railway. The Premier (.Mr .McKenzie King) replying, said that the greatest thing before Canada was the creation of a 'national sentiment, fie would consider the request. BANDITS SHOT AND CAPTURED. PEKING, April H. Acting on Dr Sun Yat Sen’s orders, several hundred troops surrounded a bandit stronghold near Whampoa. The bandits resisted capture, and fired on the troops, who then burned the village: Many of the bandits wore shot, and some perished in the flames, while others were captured. It is stated investigations established the fact that this gang participated in many outrages, including the recent piracy on the Hong Kong steamer Tailcc.

U.S.A. WAR POMCV. WASHINGTON. April !). The Secretary for the Navy (.Mr ’Wilbur) and the Assistant Secretary for W.ir (.Mr Davis), appearing before the House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee, expressed approval of the significant measure whereby the President would in time of war be empowered t(p mobilise industry and capital. Mr ’Wilbur said: “I favour the mobilisation of men, money, and niater- ‘ ini in time of war. Any system that draws a distinction between blood and money is unwise.” Mr Hoover expressed the opinion that thD would take the profit out of - wnr, adding: “When it becomes evident th-.t every person and all resources will he in use, we will he less likely t.j go to war.” Mr Hoover suggested the enlargement of the President's war powers, giving authority to fix prices, wages, transportation charges, and embargoes, though permitting him to delegate such power to the individuals heading various Governmental- enterprises Mr Paris declared that such power would muter impossible speculation in munitions before the outbreak of war. WOMEN AND DRY LAW. ADVISED TO LAUNCH CRUSADE. WASIIINGTON, April 11. The Prohibition Commissioner, Mr Havnoa, iu addressing the National Committee for law entorceurged American women to launch a second crusade, saying: “'The women of 1873 started the dry movement with a crusade. Now you are under an obligation to start one iu its defence. Nothing can withstand you if you orga nise for the purpose of law enforcement but if it is left to unorganised, and unmarshalled uniformed men, fundamental Americanism will be greatly imperrilleil.” President Coolidge, in following Mr Haynes, expressed the wish that the people would place more emphasis on the observance rather than the enforcement of the law adding: “It is a maxim that it is not the Government that makes the people hut the. people that makes the Government. Therelore, . this gathering of a thousand women or so encouraging it represents a determination on your part to observe it. When we have that sentiment in our women the result will not be long in doubt.”

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