AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1928, Page 2

AMERICAN NEWS

MR KELLOGG HOME. Australian Press Assn.— United Service NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Mr Kellogg has arrived. He declared he believes tho reported FrancoBritish naval agreement was consistent with the terms of the Anti-War Treaty, and said: “I do not understand there is a naval treaty, and bath countries iiave denied it.”

Mr Kellogg, speaking of the Pact, expressed the strongest belief that it should he kept out of the political campaign. “I am sure Mr Hoover does not wish to make the Treaty a party issue.” He stated the pressure of time prevented a visit to England. The Irish trip was in the nature of a return visit of President Cosgrave. He expressed the belief that United States should have more merchant marine ships.

WHEAT YIELD. .. WASHINGTON? Sept. 10. Tile winter wheat yield is estimated at five hundred and seventy-nine luillou bushels. Tile spring wheat is 84,866,000 bushels. MAINE ELECTIONS. A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR-. NEW YORK, Sept. 11. News from Portland announced that the State of Maine, which is normally Republican anil holds its State elections two months before the National Elections, to-day chose a Republican Governor and Federal Senator by a large majority. 'Hie early returns indicate that the majority may reach sixty thousand.

There is an old saying “as Maine does, so does the nation.” The Democrats had claimed that if the normal Republican majority in

to-day’s election dropped below thirtyfive thousand it would indicate that that State would go Democratic in-the presidential election. The Republicans claim that tile victory indicates that the nation wifi go Republican. NEW YORK, Sept. 11. A Portland message states: 'William Gardiner was elected Republican Governor for the State of Maine, and large majorities are assured for an entire Republican ticket for Congress and United States Senator. RAMSAY MACDONALD. (Received this day at 9 a.m.) MONTREAL, September 11. Mr J. Ramsay MacDonald is sailing home on Tuesday. After a month’s tour of Canada, lie said: “I’m going home to press upon the government the necessity of appointing a commission, half British and half Canadian, to go into the whole question of Canadian immigration.”

Ho said his impressions had been nothing hut good. A guaranteed fixed price for Canadian wheat in the Old. Country was still an idea cherished by the Labour Party of Great Britain, Mr MacDonald said. He added that while nothing definite had yet been done along this line; Labour members had the idea under serious consideration.

WHEAT CROP. WINNIPEG, Sept. 11. The “ Free Press ” estimates the prairie wheat crop at 534,621,412 bushel from 23,098,005 acres,