AMERICA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 264, 24 October 1916, Page 5

AMERICA.

A PRETTY ENEMY PLOT. THE HYPHENATES PRICE FOR SUPPORT. HUGHES BETWEEN TWO STOOLS. I AUSTR.M.IAN ANO N.Z CABLE ASBN. 1 (Received 24, 10.5 a.m.) New York, Oct. 23. A sensation has been caused by th;miblication _ of the minutes of a secret meeting of the American Independence Conference, an organisation of prominent anti-British IrishAwicans and German-Americans. at which the report was received of ?.n ultimatum presented to Judge Hughes, demanding that he should attack Great Britain in public speech in exchange for election support. Judge Hughes admits that he conferred with the organisation but he denies that he entered into an agree- ; ment, although Trish-Americans and German-Americans consider an agreement was made. Republican managers are fearful that the revelation will seriously jeopardise Judge Hughes’ chances of election. ANXIOUS FOR PEACE. GERMAN PRIMA DONNA’S VIEWS. (Received 24, 10.5 a.m.) New York, Oct. 23. Frieda Hemnl. a German primj donna, engaged by the Metropolitan Opera Company, has arrived from Germany. She says that Germanv is anxious for peace because a decisive battle is impossible. Dr. M ilson' should, she says, hold up an offer for mediation. The food shortage, the prima donna thinks, is excellent for the German women i i o are becoming slimmer and more elegant figures because of their compulsory abstinence from fats.