AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

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The i|uestiou of the ownership ol immense Llapshurg estates in CzecnoSlovakia and .1 ugo-Slavia, valued at about one hundred million dollars, in which a baited Slates syndicate is believed to be virtually interested, will be referred to a .Mixed Court established in Austria under the Treaty ol Trianon, signed just prior to the dissolution of the monarchy. The Americans interested are said to be members ol the syndicate which unertook the management of the property belonging to Archduke Frederick before the war, inidt the division of the Empire ol Aus-tria-Hungary. The Americans who received a third interest in the corporation. two-thirds being retained bv the Archduke and his family, include Charles 8. Bain, President of the Guaranty Trust Company; .1. Leonard Replogle, -Byesident of the Vanadium Steel Company; Frank Munsey and Hugh Young of the John Hopkin’s University, and several others. The right of Czechoslovakia to confiscate the lands is the point at issue. The Supreme Court of Czecho-Slovakia decided against the Ameircans, who entered an appeal to a Mixed Court.

The disputed territory includes vast forest lands, apartment houses, mines, palaces and farm lands, which are estimated to cover 120,(XX) acres.

.MEXICAN' REBELS EXECUTED. MEXICO, May Kb A report from General Gaujardo to the War Department states that General'Fortunato Maycotte, one of the lending commanders in La Huerta’s rebellion, T.eavigildo Avila, his chief of staff, niul Mantlet Flores, were executed after a court martial at Pohutla.