A LYNCHING MOB.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3406, 10 February 1920, Page 5

A LYNCHING MOB.

DISSATISFIED AMERICAN LABOUR. V . Received 9.45 »a.m. NEW YORK,‘ Feb. 9. At Lexington, -Kentucky, a mob seeking to lynch a negro murderer, sacked the courthouse, looted shops and fought with soldiers. Four are dead. The negro sentenced to death was secreted in another city. The American Federation of Labour has decided to enter politics owing to the failure of non-politic-a 1 movement to secure Labour demands.

SICKENING TALK. ABOUT VVAR CRIMINAL"I.‘Y. Received 9.25 am. » PARIS, Feb. 7. Allied Ambassadors in con.fel'cn(:e decided that the French Charge d’Alfaires should hand a list of war criminals to the German Government wi»thout delay. . '

A STRONG SPEECH. IN THE ITALIAN CHAMBER. Received 9.45 a.m. ROME, Feb. 9. Nitti, in an outspoken speech, in the Chamber said, if the London Treaty is enforced Italy was bound to collaborate with the Allies in clearing out D’Annunzio from Fiume. "Let us have exaggeration like calling the Adriatic an Italian lake.” He denounced Conservatives for inciting army officers to brainless discipline, and newspapers for hounding on the Italian people against the Jugo-Slavs. GLADSTONE’S THREE SONS. JOINT TELEGRAM TO ASQUITH. Received 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 5. Three of Gladstone’s sons —Henry, Stephen and Herbert —have sent Mr Asquith a joint telegram stating, "The country wants clear, definite guidance, which you are giving; may remembrance of the Midlothian campaign in 1880 unite all Liberals in Paisley and give you a tremendous majority.”