AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1920, Page 2

AMERICAN NEWS

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, AMERICA AND TREATY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Senator Lodge has announced that a “compromise conference” has reached a virtual agreement on Clause Ten. It is now felt that many difficulties attendant on effecting a compromise will quickly disappear, since the major problems are solved.

Mr Taft is now actively promoting senatorial negotiations in reference to getting the Peace Treaty ratified. He points out that eighty of the Senators favour some form of ratification. Of these .forty favour the full reservations. Article Ten, lie says, is the crux of the President Wilson says he believes it is fundamental, but Mr Taft says he sees no reason why there should not be a compromise over Article Ten in view of the fact that it is unlikely to be invoked, owing to the existence of Articles Sixteen and Seventeen.

SPREADING IN AMERICA. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 23. One hundred new cases of influenza were reported in the city on Friday. The deaths daily average one hundred. There are a thousand cases in Chicago, mostly mild, with few deaths.

NEWSPAPER EMBARGO LIFTED (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) OTTAWA, Jan. 23. Government have lifted the embargo on the export of newspaper, the Fort Francis Mills having agreed to fill the Canadian news print orders.

:FAN-AME»IOAN conference. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The Bolivian delegation to the PanAmerican Conference recommended that United States’ proposed relief to Europe should extend through the medium of loans to South, and Central American countries. It was pointed out this would benefit exchanges and help all concerned. COMPROMISE IMPOSSIBLE. (Received this dav, at 9.80 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. ‘ Senator Lodge informed Mr Hitclbcock that the Republicans are unable to accept any of the proffered changes in Article 10. A compromise is therefore believed to be impossible.