AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1928, Page 2

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(Australian it N.Z. Cable Association.) PR OH I B TIT ON ENFORCEMENT. NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Speaking at St. Paul (Minnesota) Volstead declared prohibition enforcement had during 1927. made one ot the most remarkable gains in the history of tbe eighteenth amendment and expressed high hopes for the future. He asserted the enforcement is becoming more effective (because the people arc less interested in wet propaganda and are coming to a better understanding of the law itself. He said: “This is hemming more evident, since those opposed to prohibition have nothing to oifer as a modification or a, substitute ior the present law. 1 am not worried about the repeal of the law. People are not deceived by this sort of talk. They know the repeal of the law would mean the return of corner saloon.” He declared the wealth of the bootlegger is public myth and stated, with few exceptions, they were not making money.

C.S. AND FRANCE. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Tile "Washington correspondent of the “New York Tribune” states that Mr Kellogg handed to the French Ambassador the draft of the proposed war outlawry treaty between France and the United States, which it is understood. is designed to enlarge the former •arbitration agreement, “to banish for ever war between the two nations.’’ It is reported that the treaty eontains provisions that France and the I'nited .States engage to submit all differences to arbitration, by means of an international commission of arbitration. that differences of a juridical nature he submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague or other tribunal mutually agreed upon, under the reservation that the Senate approves and that it is compatible with the constitutional laws of France; and that arbitration will not be applicable in questions of interior politics or to problems' to which the Monroe Doctrine applies. It is believed that Mr Kellog stresses the point that the pact should not he unilateral. but one to which other Great Powers should feel free to affix their signatures.

AMERICAN MARINES KILLED. MANAGUA (Nicaragua), .Tan. 1. Five United States marines were killed and twenty-three wounded in an engagement with reliefs on the outskirts of Quilali. The rebel casualties were heavy, hut the number is unknown.

REPARATION PAYMENTS. Washington, Dee. 31. Mr Parker Gilbert, Agent-General for the Reparations Commission, today gave Dir Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, first hand information regarding the operations of the Dawes plan. He reiterated the belief flint the real solution of Germany’s war debt problem would come only after a fixed amount had been settled for Germany to pay, without foreign supervision of her finances. This amount, he said should he decided by experts, but ho declined to say when lie thought the step should be taken. Mr Gilbert sails for Germany on Friday.