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Australian Press Assn.—United Service KELLOGG PACT. WASHINGTON, June 21. Tlie original draft of the Kellogg proposal for a. multilateral treaty outlawing war will Be re-submitted to tho Powers with only one change, and their adherence is invited on that basis according to information in authoritative circles outside the State Department to-day. The Department itself is silent on the subject, but it is learned that the change is embodied in a clause inserted in the original preamble, specifying that- the signatories will be immediately released as against any Government liecoming a party to a compact that violates it. There are now indications in informed circles that France at least will object at more reservations not specifically set forth.
AN OPTIMISTIC SPEECH. NEW YORK, June 22
Speaking at Minneapolis, Sir Donald Mac Lean, the former Liberal Whip in the, House of Commons, said that England bad not only maintained her prestige among the nations, but would yet become mightier. He stated that England, in conjunction with the United States and Canada, could make the future of the world one worthy of Christian civilisation. He maintained that England had made a remarkable recovery from her ills, and be defended the “dole.” - He said that her people were “virile, confident and efficient.”
MEXICAN KILLINGS. 'Received this dav at 9.50 a.m.l ■- MEXICO CITY, June 22. Ten Federal soldiers and twenty- ■ two insurgents were killed on Weduiesclby in an eight hour battle near Las Huertas in Jalisco State. Thirty Federal soldiers were wounded. . * CANADA’S TRADE. OTTAWA, June 22. Canada’s favourable visible balance '■ of trade declined 148 million dollars for the year ending May 31st. Imports j. increased by eighty-seven million and exports decreased by sixty-one millions.
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