AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1926, Page 3

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] CONTROL OF NATIVES. AM F.IM CAN PI. AIS F, FOR N.Z. (Received this day at 9.30 a.rn.) NEW YORK, February 27. The New York “ Times,” in an editorial, under the heading of “Maoris,' says: “In part New Zealand taking over the administration ol Tokelau bodes well for the future of the natives. New Zealand, already, has proved her capacity for the Government of the Polynesian races. The Maoris are treated on a basis practically of equality with the whites. New Zealanders have a genuine affection for and a pride in the natives; the Maoris, consequently, are facing the future with a new heart. While Australia has had trouble in administering her mandates for ex-German New Guinea, New Zealand has done very well in "Western Samoa. The appointment of General Richardson as administrator has been n decided success. Now Zealand is not benefiting financially hy her Samoan administration, hut is doing the best she can with the islands. She should prove equally suceessl ill in the Union Group.”

POLE VAULT RECORD. NEW YORK, February 27. At. Baltimore, Charles Hoff, the Norwegian, to-night established what is claimed to bo a new world’s indoor record for tbe pole vault, this being 13 feet 5J inches. LAWLESSNESS IN r.S.A. INVESTIGATION W.ANTED. (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Seinator Dawes presented to the Senate Immigration Committee a petition from varous civic bodies in die on go asking for Congressional investigation of the conditions of lawlessness in Chicago, as the result of the activities of criminal aliens. The petition alleges that tho State attorneys and police give protection to bootleggers and the makers of alcohol and beer, and gangsters, even publicly attending their funerals when murders occur in gang wars.

The document alleges that: ‘‘Poithe past four years there has boon growing lip in this community «i reign of terror, openly defying, not only the constitution and laws of the State ol Ilinois, hut of the United States as well. The people of this community find themselves helpless to comhnt and change this condition, and have been compelled to surrender many of their rights and privlegcs as citizens of the ('lilted States, There lias been in Chicago for a long time a colony of linnaturalised persons hostile to our institutions and laws who have formed a .self-Governmetit of their own. These inculude feudists, blackmailers, hlnckhanders and maliasts, who levy tribute upon citizens and enforce collections by terrorisations, kidnappings and assassinations.