AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1927, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

[ Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] TWENTY BODIES RECOVERED. BOGOTA (Columbia), June 21. So far forty bodies have been recovered from the textile plant which collapsed at Roseleon.

PROPOSED ELY. SAN FRANCISCO. June 21

Fifty different prospects arc being developed for crossing the Pacific to Honolulu, lioug Kong, or Tokyo.

CONVICTS STRIKE. NEW YORK, June 21

News from Lansing, in Kansas State, states that 328 inmates of the Kansas State Penitentiary have begun an unusual strike to obtain cigarettes, tbe use of which was once barred throughout the State by law. Now they can be legally sold and consumed, this being due to the repeal of the statute. The striking prisoners, who are worners in coal mines, after descending today reci’inod to re-aseend unless the Warden promised them cigarettes. The strikers are foodless and in darkness. They have retained with them 14 guards and mine officials, and have sent the following message over the mine telephone:—"No cigarettes, no coal I ”

The iveil have declined to parley, and they are maintaining silence. Reasons against issuing any cigarettes are that they make easy the Smuggling of narcotics to prisoners, and add to the risk of fire.

RUPTURE WITH SOVIET. OTTAWA, June 21. On the eve of the departure of the Soviet Consulate officials from Ottawa, following upon the abrogation of the Trade Agreement, they issued a statement expressing their belief “ that the Canadian Government would very soon reflect the interests and sentiments of the Canadian people by re-establisliing diplomatic and trade relations with the Soviet Union.”

PLEA REJECTED. WASHINGTON, June 11. Yesterday the United States .Supreme. Court rejected the pica < >f a man that be should be hanged. In 1909 Yueo Pcrovicli was convicted of murder in Alaska. 11c was sentenced to death, but President I aft coinmuted the sentence to life iuipri.-on-ment.

Perovieh recently filed an application to the Supreme Court for his original sentence to tie put into force, stating that the commutation was .without his consent.

The Supreme Court ruled Hull he must spend his life in prison.

GEXERAL PERSHINC’S COMMEXT OTTAWA, June 22.

The Toronto " Globe’s ” special correspondent reports General Pershing, speaking at the commencement of exercises at Princatown (Now Jersey) University, said: “If the Allies had been unable to bold the line for fifteen months, while America got ready, we might not have been able to get into the war at all. or if we had got in we would have had to tight it aitono.”

U.S. VIEWS. WASHINGTON, June 22. ’I he State Department makes it clear regarding United States Geneva proposals that they are the result of the best thought of the Administration and, barring the usual details, they should be maintained as the basis of tlie final agreement. Officials cling to the hope that an agreement will be reached, and that the United States proposals for the extension of the 5-5-3 ratio to auxiliary craft will be accepted. The proposals, it is contended, represent the country’s minimum requirement, and it is believed British and Japanese proposal’s will not be pressed to a point that would endanger the conference.

NAVAL CONFEREXCE. NEW YORK, June 21. The New York Times 'Washington correspondent states:—With a further opportunity to study the naval proposals submitted at Geneva, it may be said that, on the whole, the Washington opinion is fairly optimistic relative to tlie prospects of practical accomplishments by the Disarmament Conference. There are, however, diverse views, with some comment indicating the belief that the fundamental proposals of the participants cannot he reconciled. Then there is also the view that Britain and Japan are up to some skuldugger, with the intent to make the United States their victim; hut it is significant, perhaps, that men who have had experience of international conferences are inclined to see a brighter outlook.

Senator Borah has confined his comment to denying reports that if this conference should fail, the United States would start an intensive and comprehensive naval building programme. lie said:—We have some things which we must take care of such as the flood situation and other domestic matters, which will he more important than the putting of a large amount of money into naval armaments.

Representative Britton, of the House Naval Affairs Commmittee, predicted that the conference would end in a “fizzle,” and that the United States would build ten 10,000 ton cruisers; lmt the general view in Washington is rather in accord with that of Senator Borah.