UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

HOLLWEG VILIFIES WILSON. OVER THE DECLARATION OF LONDON. . (Times Service.) -' Received Jjly 11, 8.20 p.m. ' New York, July 10. A ct'i-rcsiioiuient in the Hearst press publishes the details of an interview in wlncli Kerr Bethmann Hollweg reviled President Wilton's policy, comparing the Declaration of Independence with the Declaration of London, which America allowed England to tear up, although the Pow<is had fixed their "John Hancocks" to it. This allusion is to Hancock, the first staiatory to the Declaration oi Independence. Herr Hollweg added: Germany is a neutral, but Europe has almost surrendered the hope of America ehaiuj-ioning the sacred cause of freedom of God's oceans. CURBING IMAGINATIVE SCOPE. Washington, July 10. a Bill, aimed at the yellow press, has been introduced into Congress. It makes it punishable to publish a false report or rumor bearing on the international relations of the United States or tending to ffect her peaceful relations with other countries. A THREAT TO THE ALLIES. SOUTH AMERICA DISTURBED. 4 i - (Reuter Service.) Received July 11, 9.30 p.m. Washington, July 10. Speaking in the Senate, Senator Stone, president of the Foreign Relations Committee, gave a significant indication of America's after the war attitude. Referring to the Paris Conference resolutions, he said that unless America was considered by European Powers in any industrial alliance, it would be necessary to adopt a definite defensive policy. As a result of a wret agreement between Peru and Venezuela, with the object of acquiring vast tracts of land, the ownership of which is disputed by Columbia and Equador, diplomats at Washington have grave fears for the peace of several of tto South American nttioo*,,