UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

BARRING ALIGNS, A SENATOR'S BILL. Br Telwtph -Prw Uta.-eowHgtt. Received Aug. 88, 250 pjn, Washington, Aug. 25. President Wilson has sent a message to Congress asking for the continuance of the passport laws for one year after the proclamation of peace, it order to bar oot aliens. Senator Jones introduced a Bill withdrawing th e ; United States from the League of -Nations within two years, unless the Powers agree to abolish con-' aoriptioß, and reserving to Congress the right to authorise the use of force in the .J event of a breach of the League covenBRITAIN AND EGYPT. EXTREMISTS' VIEWS AIRED. Received Aug. 26, 2.25 p.m. New tfork, Aug. 25. Mr. Joseph Polk, on behalf of the Egyptian extremists, assured the Senate Committee that the Versailles treaty gave Britain such control of Egypt that thp latter' was rendered •: Impotent to place its claims before the League of Nations, He' declared that Britain had robbed Egypt-of her independence, FRANCO-AMERICAN TREATY. Washington, Aug. 25. The Senate Committee appointed to report, on the validity of the FrancoAmerican defence treaty holds that the ratification of the treaty is constitutional. The committee 'expresses the opinion that Germany, although conquered, is ready at the first opportunity »«ain to «eek world domination. The F-nnco-Atnerlcnn treoty aims to protect France onlr until the Leasnie of Nations is pomnet«nt to discharge its ,1„n n ,._1,,«, yx Cable Assoc. Th<> Tniterl States has agreed to pav fritain £1(1 7s for each American solf'>r trnnspoTt-vl new- the Atlantic to tl"< 'i">r. Rritein n«ked double the amount.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.