UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

TREATY BEFORE SENATE. QUESTION AS TO SHANTUNGBy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, July 10. In presenting the Peace Treaty to the Senate, President Wilson said that the treaty was the indispensable instrumentality for the maintenance of the new order with which the Allies proposed to furnish the world. He said the League of Nations gave the Peace Conference the feeling that the new order would be permanent, It constituted the practical statesmen's hope of success in the difficult world problems.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asbd. America's isolation ended 20 years ago. They sought no reparations for themselves ; only the restoration of right. President Wilson delivered a speech to the Senate. He stated that the Peace Treaty would be a scrap of paper without the League of Nations, which ,the people demanded and would brook no denial. President Wilson added that no States would be able to live unless the League protected them in the earlv years of their existence. The United States entersd the war as the disinterested champion of right. She was interested in peace in no other capacity. President Wilson asked whether they were to stultify what had been done at Chateau Thierry, when they stopped the German advance on Paris. They then gave the Allies the needed moral strength; that strength must be continued in the work of peace. The United States had offered moral leadership to the world, and the Senate would not dare to reject it without breaking the world's heart. American aid to Europe was indispensable.

Received July 11, 5.5. p.m. Washington, July 10. President Wilson, continuing, said that hitherto the nations' only defence had been armies and fleets. These were used to foster national ambitions instead of preserving peace. The League of Free Nations was the only replacement for such armaments.

A resolution was introduced in the Senate asking President Wilson to produce a copy of the letter in which lie protested against Japan's claims for Shantung and four German colonies, which had not been governed, but merely exploited. . It wag necessary to provide for their future, as well as supervise Germany herself.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

President Wilson, (talking nrivately With Sens tors, intimated that he agreed on the indeterminate indemnity plan against Germany in order to help Mr. Lloyd George out of a hole. It was impossible to receive the Irish Republicans because they had so thoroughly identified themselves with the revolutionary movement in Ireland.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. At the conclusion of his address, President Wilson presented r copy of the treaty to the Senate, which was referred immediately to the Foreign Affairs Committee for printing. The Senate's resolution rccmrding Shkntunsr asked President Wilson to explain how the Japanese delesatis at Paris managed to intimidate the Chi-nese.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TRADE RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. THE PRESIDENT'S EXPLANATION. Washington, July 10. President Wilson, at a newspaper men's reception, said the United States onght to resume trade relations with Germany immediately. United States troops would be required in Germany until the military terms of the treaty were fulfilled. The League of Nations included every treaty, including the Bulgarian. The Treaty of London gave Finme to Croatia and Italy did not claim the city when that treaty was signed. The United States must establish a sound basis of European credit in order to re-es.tablißh economic life. President Wilson intends to present the PetMe Treaty and the past with France separately to the Senate. Received July 11, 5.5 p.m. Washington, July 10. . Speaking at the Spokane, Mr. W. J. Bryan endorsed the League of Nations, bnt opposed the alliance with Freircd on the ground that the alliance was ft discredit to the League of Nations.