AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1928, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS

(United Service.) AME RICA PERTH I? BED. (Received this day at 11.5 a.m.) Washington, Aug. 10. President Coolidge is perturbed over the possibility of the Fnuieo-Britixh naval agreement, Tvhicli may he intended to curli' the American sea strength. He has called Admiral Charles Hughes, chief of naval operations Lo Brule to explain to him the compromise in experts terms. Officials here are admittedly seriously concerned over the anti-American implication in the agreement and know this concern has been communicated to the President. It is learned to-night that the United States is definitely negotiating treaties with Egypt, which makes the twenty-ninth arbitration and eighteenth conciliation treaty, which the United States has initiated since December. CANADIAN EMBASSY. OTTAWA, Aug. 15. Air Phillippe Roy, Canadian Commissioner at Paris for the past eighteen years, has been recommended by the Dominion Government to King George as the Canadian Minister Plenipotentnry at Paris. LAUNCH DISASTER VANCOUVER, Aug. 16. A message from North Bay states a priest, mother and two children, and a girl, were drowned in Lake Lavigne, when a gasolene launch caught fire and an explosion forced the occupants to jump into the water. TESTS FOR COMPOUND WING. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 15. Wragge has informed Mr Dow, of the Australian High, Commissioner’s office here, ttiat. following on success, ful tests of the compound wing (cabled on August 13th) ,a conference was held between himself, Sikorsky and Limb bergh, the latter undertaking to test a plane so equipped, when lie returns from the western trip which he is now taking. PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 11.15 a.m.) HONOLULU. August 16. The Government section of the Women’s Pan-Pacific Conference, under the leadership ol Mrs C. A. Finer (New Zealand) after speeches by Mrs Rischbeith and Miss Eleanor Moore (Australia) decided informally that America as a world power bad taken a definite step forward for eliminating war through the Kellogg Pact for the outlawing of war. It also derided that women’s activity plays a definite part in the operation of the League of Nations.

GAPT. COOK COMM EMORATION HONOLULU, August 17.

Three hundred Japanese children waving American, British, Australian and New Zealand flags, formed a' colourful part in the ceremonies as the British marines bagpipers and American sailors landed at Waimea Kauai to commemorate Captain Cook’s first landing on Hawaiian Islands, An ancient Hawaiian chart honouring .Cook, contrasted with aeroplanes dropping flowers. Victor Houston. Hawaii’s delegate* to United States Congress, speaking, declared Captain Cook “ was one of those men of whom Britain was so prolific, in carrying)’the flag through the world’s waste places in the advancement of science and human welfare.