AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1926, Page 3

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] U.S.A. ATTITUDE. NEW YORK, March 22.

The New York "Timos’s” Washington correspondent telegraphs to-night ns follows:—"An entirely erroneous impression appears to prevail in Europe concerning gloomy representations sitid to have been made by the Washington Government of the conditions affecting the League of Nations and the general European political situation. Europe seems to have obtained the idea that the Washington Government lias not only received such pessiniistic reports from M.r Houghton. when he was in Washington last week, hut has disclosed these reports to the newspapers. These impression are without warrant. They are an exemplification of the axiom that a denial never overtakes an error. The Government have made no disclosures concerning what it learned from Mr Houghton. It denies that anything which Air Houghton communicated to it, was disclosed to any unofficial person—meaning to newspapers—nor is tlure any .substantial basis for tile assertions made that a pessimistic account of the European conditions has boon circulated in Washington. The only report circulated was a mere summarisation of what Air Houghton told U.S.A. Secretary Kellogg, and President Coolidge. It is here realised enemies of American participation in the World Court will seek to make capital out of the 1 Houghton incident’ if it. may lie called that.”

CANADA’S STAND. OTTAWA. .March 21

Canadian responsibility for complications arising from the Foreign policy of the United Kingdom, will he debated in the House of Commons on Monday.

'/’lie question will ho raised on a motion b t v .Mr .1. Woodswortli, Lahour member for Winnipeg that "Canada should refuse to accept the responsibility for the complications arising from the foreign policy of the United Kingdom.” It is possible in, this .•onnection that the Government will indicate its attitude towards the Locarno treaties. In reference to the declaration by Mr Meighan, the Conservative Leader in his Hamilton speech in the recent election campaign when lie said that in the event of another campaign not only should Canada’s Parliament he consulted, but the opinion of the people should be taken in a general election il>efore any Canadian troops were sent out of Canada. It i- also probable that the position should he defined. WORLD COURT. TIIIC U.S.A. RESKR V ATTONS. WASHINGTON, March 22. The World Court resolution, as adopted by the Senate on 27fb January contained five reservations, which are ns follow:—(1) Adherence to the Court shall not be taken to involve any legal relations of the United States to the League. (2) Tile United States shall appoint representatives to the League Assembly or the Council on a basis of equality with other members for election as judges of the Court or the lilling of vacancies. Ill) The United States shall pay a fair share of the expenses of the Court. (4) That the United States may. at lltty time, withdraw her adherence to the Protocol find that the status of the Court which will be adjoined to the protocol shall not lie amended without the consent of the United States. (5) That tlio Court shall not render any advisory opinion except publicly and after due notice has been given to all the States adhering to the Court and to all interested States, and, after public hearing, or opportunity for heating, has been given to any State concerned. Nor shall it, without the consult of the United States, entertain tiny request for tin advisory opinion touching on any dispute or question in which the United States litis, or claim's an interest. THE HOUGHTON REPORT. FURTHER LIGHT . (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 22. The first information concerning Mr Houghton’s (U.S.A. Ambassador in London) alleged pessimistic, report on European conditions was contained in the cablegrams from London and Paris printed in the New York newspapers. It is not known here exactly what the press despatches cabled from America concerning .Mr Houghton’s report contained, as they were printed abroad. The Australian Press Association made inquiries to-night among members of the Foreign Press Correspondents Association and learned that various members of the Association had cabled in conjunction with the information that Air Houghton had constilted with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg, that the impression in Washington was that Europe was again an armed camp and that there was no hope for disarmament; that Britain and France hud combined against Germany at Geneva, that the League of Nations was another holy alliance and that the United States hud best stay out of it.