AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1928, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS

(United Service.) H.M.S. AUSTRALIA. MONTREAL, Aug. 15. H.M.S. Australia sailed for Quebec to-day where it is expected Prince I George will visit the vessel. During the week end twelve thousand, people inspected the Australia at Montreal. THE KELLOGG PACT. (Received this day at Jl.O a.m.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. A message from Wausau, Wisconsin, stutes: "The Kellogg Pact holds a greater hope for peaceful relations I than was ever before given the world,” President C'oolidge declared to-day addressing the State American Legion. “The agreement proposes a revolutionary policy among .the nations, if those involved in it will lin- I ish it. Its provisions will prove one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed on humanity.” As to its power to maintain peace, the President assert- I ed, “had the treaty been in force in 1914 there is every reason to suppose it would have saved the situation and delivered the world from the ravages of war.” He maintained that by taking a leading position in securing an agreement, the United States had I proved its pacific inclinations towards all nations. EFFECT OF PROHIBITION. HONOLULU, August If). The Australian delegates eagerly questioned the Americans about the effects of prohibition in the United States, whose representatives declared that prohibition noticeably benefited the working-classes. They said repoits of so-called hip-flask drinking among young people .; were greatly exaggerated. «■. The Britsh Consul-General Phipps, entertained the Captain Cook celebration officials,. including the British naval commanders, at luncheon.