UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

PRESIDENT'S RETURN TO PRANCE, HIS POSITION STRENGTHENED. AMERICA'S ISOLATION POLICY. Received'" March 9, 5.5 p.m. New York, March 5. The New York Evening Post's Washington correspondent states that President Wilson returns to France strengthened in his position with the Allies, dospite senatorial objections to-the League of Nations. Europe's statesmen must see there is an influential group of American statesmen who favor the United States re-', suming its policy of isolation. Europe will, therefore, .be compelled to assume America's standards of morality and justice in her international relations, in I order to assure the United States' entrance into any agreement involving the surrender of her isolation.—Ans. N.Z. Cable Assoc. A RECORD AERIAL" TJOP. Received March 9, 11 p.m. Washington, March 7Military officers made a non-stop aeroplane flight from New York to Washington in eighty minutes, breaking all previous records.—Aus. and N.Z. Caible Association. MR. DANIELS TO VISIT EUROPE. Received March 10, 12.43 ajn. Washington, March 7. Mr. Daniels (Secretary of the Navy)-, will leave the United States for Europe on March 15, accompanied by naval exerts, for the purpose of studying the best type of capital ship for the American navy. He will visit Paris, and Rome.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY. Received March 10, 12.45 a.m. Washington, March 8. American citizens have filed claims totalling £150,000,000 at the State Department against Germany.—Aus. and. ttZ. Cable A>soc.