UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1918, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

JAPANESE PEACE ENVOYS. FUTURE OP CZECHO-SIjOyAKS. STATEMENT BY THEIR FIRST ■PRESIDENT. NO ROOM FOR TURKS IN EUROPE.

Jk Received Nov. 19, 7.45 p.m. _ New York, Nov. 18. The United Press' Washington correspondent states that according to Tokio advices the Japanese Ambassadors in London and Paris have been named as peace envoys. Professor Thomas Firwa Ema Masaryk, the first president of tfoe Czechoslovaks, who is about to depart to Europe en route for Prague, where he assumes his duties, was entertained at a farewell dinner. He spoke of the war Aims and of the permanent peace that shall be attained. Poland will be restored, and the Poles of Russia, Prussia, and Austria will be united. Itoe Czecho-Slovak State will contain Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and the Slovakia of northern Hungary. Likewise, the Roumanian Jugo-Slava will be united and the Italians will be redeemed, while Austria-Hungary will be reduced to German-Austria and the Magyars. There must be reorganisation in Russia and the Balkans, and my conviction is that there is no room for the Turks in Europe.—United Press.

THE KAISER'S ABDICATION. PRESUMED TO BE A REALITY. CONTROL OF CABLE SYSTEMS. Received Nov. 19, 10.20 p.m. Washington, Nov. 18. The State Department does not regard seriously the question of wlliether or not the Kaiser has gone through the official form of abdication. Washington never had any official notice of the abdication, but assumed that his flight, subsequent to the disintegration of Prussia and the German principalities, was such as to make the abdication a reality. The Government controls all marine cable systems authorise by proclamation. The cable*companies violently object to Government ownership.—Reuter.

PRESIDENT WILSON. WILL ATTEND PEACE CONFERENCE. Received Nov. 19, 1.30 p.m. Washington, Nov. 18. It is officially announced that the President will attend the Peace Conference. Mr. Wilson will sail for France after the new Congress has been convened on December 2. He will only attend the opening session of the Conference.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

GERMANY'S CRINGING ATTITUDE. YORK PRESS COMSffiNT". New York, Nov. 18. Some New York papers contrast the fortitude of the Allies under reverses with Germany's attitude. Germany now howls like a whipped pup, cringes before her conquerors, weeps crocodile tears and whines. She is all yellow.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

GERMAN AGENTS AT WORK. STRIVING FOR EASIER TERMS. Received Not. 19, 7.35 p.m. Washington, Nov. 18. The State Department has warned.the public that there is every evidence that German agents in the United States are endeavoring to bias the American mind in favor of easy terme for Germany at tfhe peace table. The resumption of many organisations of a pacifist and proGerman nature is apparent, also that they are endeavoring to bring pressure to bear on the people's representatives •to seek to modify the Allies' determination. A portion of the American army has entered Belgium, the remainder marching towards the German frontier.—Arcs. N.Z. Qahle Assoc. A DAY OF THANKSGIVING.

FIXED FOR NOVEMBER 28. Washington, Nov. IS. President Wilson has issued a proclamation asking Americans to observe November 28 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The President added: "We have special cause to rejoice, because God in his good pleasure Jias given lis peace. It has come not as a mere cessation of arms, but as a great triumph in the , figfat. Complete victory has brought us the confident promise of a new day in which justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations.— —Ausj-3£Z. OaWe Assoc.

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