PEACE TREATY QUESTIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 307, 23 September 1919, Page 5

PEACE TREATY QUESTIONS

AMERICAN SENATE WILL PROBA-

BLY SIGN

CONTROVERSY OVER A PACIFIC ISLAND

By Teleeraph-Preßs AEsoolat.ion-Cwieht New York, Septemb?r 19. # The Vice-President, Mr."'! , . R. Marshall, in an interview, said: "I don't doubt that the Peace 'Treaty and tho Lcagiio of Nations -will bo ratified by the Senate. Any ohange will only bo in the fihanv of mild reservations, embracing President Wilson's explanations.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. THE JOHNSTON AMENDMENT. (Eec. September 22, 10.15 p.m.) Washington, September 22. A test vote on the Johnston amendment, equalising the votes of Britain and the United States in the League of Nations, is expected within a week, .vsiralor Johnston, who is addressing audiences in President Wilson's wake, has been recalled to Washington in order to marshal the Republican forces.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. PRESIDENT WILSON'S TOUR. New York, September 21. At Los Angeles, President Wilson, when discussing the Sh-antung question, openly charged Senatoi-s that their real purpose in opposing the arrangement was to defeat the Treaty, not to assist China. -Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

GERMANY'S ADMISSION TO THE LEAGUE

-PRESIDENT WILSON REPLIES TO A ' QUESTION. (Rec. September 22,. 10.45 p.m.) New York, September' 22. ' At' Los Angeles President Wilson, answering questions as to what were tho terms under which Germany would bo admitted to the League of , Nations, said: "When it is proved that 'her chajigo of constitution is genuine' and permanent, and she has actually aligned herself with the free self-governing peoples of the world."—Aus.-N.Z. C&We AS3U.