PEACE TREATY
(B, Electric Telegraph—Co iyrightj THE TREATY GONE. WASHINGTON, March 20 Senator Lodge has issued the following statement: “The Treaty is gone. It has been rejected by the Senate and sent back to the President, and if lie chooses to return it, it will have to go through the same process as before. If President Wilson desires to make it an ; ssue in he Presidential campaign, the Repubicans are willing to meet the issue.” Senator Hitchcock states: '“The result was what I expected. The Treaty is now before the President, and if there is to be further action, he must take the initiative.”
SHANTUNG DEAL OPPOSED. PEKIN, March 21
The popular hostility in China to the Shantung Settlement, which was arranged in Paris is now stronger than ever. The Chinese Government are willing to negotiate with Japan with a view to a modification of the agreement of 1915, but they dare not move, owing to the people’s extreme national feeling. Any further concession to Japan would destroy the Government or cause civil war. The people demand an international tribunal, or that the League of Nations shall reconsider the whole question.
AMERICA AND TREATY. WASHINGTON, March 20. It is pointed out that even if the Senate on Monday adopts Senator. Knox’s resolution, declaring the war between Germany and the United States ended, President Wilson may ignore the resolution, on the ground that the constitution empowers the President only to proclaim a cessation of hostilities.
There is a feeling in some circles that the United States has been isolated bv the Senate’s rejection of trea-
ty. The United States will probably now withdraw from the Turkish settlement. Nobody seems to know what' action President Wilson will take. The United States has no diplomatic or consular officers in Germany, Hungary, or Austria, and this is unable to conduct diplomatic business relations with these countries. Negotiations for a new Treaty will take a long time. Meanwhile America trade with a Central Empire is suffering.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1920, Page 2
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