UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

Tine SAN FRANCISCO EXPLOSION. ' AN EXPLANATION ' Received Aug. 1, 9.10 p.m. New York, August L The police investigauon into the San Francisco explu.-ioii disclosed that it was intended to burl a bomb from a roof among ti:e railway employees who refused to join the strike. Tin impossibility to reach the intended po"tiou of •the parade caused a change of plans. In the panic, a man with a bomb in a .suit case left it on the sidewalk. Papers sci/.cl establish the guilt of those arrested. TRADE DISCRIMINATION. Washington. July 31. It is generally believed that the United States' protest against the black list is intended to convey to Britain the disapproval of the United 'States at trade discriminations, such as were laid down at the Taris Conference. MR. HUGHES NOMINATED New York, July SI. Mr. Hughes, in accepting nomination for the Presidency, advocated protection sufficient to maintain American standards of living. He favors women suffrage and a stronger foreign policy. "If the Government really meant the strict, accountability threat, and had shown itself prepared to vindicate the position, there would have been no Lusij tunia incident."