UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16591, 13 November 1919, Page 3

UNITED STATES.

I INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONISTS. | I NOT WANTED IN UNITED STATES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Nov. 13, 9.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Mr. Johnson, in tho House of Repre- ' sentatives, said that the Ccntralia outI rage was obviously an attempt at an industrial revolution. Syndicalism and communism were rampant in the United States, which must purge itself of seditionists and revolutionists.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. . INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES. HOSTILITY TO I.W.W. | (Received Nov. 13, 8.40 a.m.) | WASHINGTON. Nov. I'2. i j Martial law has been declared in | North Dakota in order to break tho I miners’ strike, which is causing a coal j famine. At Centralio, Washington State, too mob lynched a member of the I.W.W. After the death of tho man lynched, four soldiers were shot with revolvers as they were passing the I.W.W. headquarters during the victory parade. The troops endeavoured to restore order at Oakland, California. Soldiers raided tho I.W.W. headquarters, wrecked the building, and burned tho contents.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, LABOUR CONFERENCE. AND SOVIET PEACE OFFER. (Received Nov. 13, 9.35 a.m.) 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. I At the International Labour Confercnce .Signor Balde.si (Italy) proposed : ojicn acceptance of tho Soviet peace | offer. A difference of opinion develop- i ed, and the question was adjourned. SUPPORT FOR MINERS’ STRIKE. I NEW YORK, Nov. 10. The Washington correspondent of tho , Now York Times states that tho executive council of the American Federation of Labour, in a statement, says the coal strike is justified. The statement adds: “Wo endorse it and pledge tho miners the full support of tho ; Federation.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j LOANS TO CHINA. A BRITISH PROPOSAL. (Received Nov. 13, 12.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. It is understood that Britain has proposed to tho United States that England, France and Japan should advance immediately to China a million dollars loan, with further loans on the condition that the Chinese troops raised during tho war bo disbanded and a solution found for tho dispute between north and soutli China.

It appears that the United States did not accept the proposal in view of the Chicago banks’ loan.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.