UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

PEACE TERMS CRITICISED.

.VARIOUS AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED.

By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Washington, August 29. In the Senate, Senator Knox' (Republican) advocated a separate peace with Germany owing to the fact that the Versailles Conference imposed harsh and cruel terms on Germany He declared that the United States ought to ronounce all claims to an indemnity. The Peace Treaty merely created an alliance of five great Powers, and Germany would seek to form a counter alliance through her domination of Russia.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

. Received Aug. 30, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Aug. 29. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee adopted an amendment to the peace treaty providing for representation of the United States on an equality with Britain at the Peace Council.

India, Ukramia, Esthonia, and Li* vonia, through their representatives, have presented claims for self-govern-ment to the 'Senate Committee on Foroign Affairs. They ask for the rejection of the peace treaty because it does Hot provide such recognition. Malono, counsel for the Hindus, asserted that Britain had secured for India a place at> the peace table in order to secure another vote.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc

Received Aug. 31, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Aug. 29. The Senate, during the, consideration of the treaty, passed an amendment providing that no British Dominion may participate in the decision in any dispute to which one of them is a part?.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

Messrs Colohee, Dunne, and Walshe, before the Senate Committee, demanded thn rejection of the peace treaty on the ground that it disregarled the aspirations of the Irish race, including twenty millions of Irish-Americans.—Aus. NZ Cable Assoc.

ADOPTION OF TREATY. URGED BY LABOR. . Received Aug. 31, 11.55 pm. Washington, Aug. 30. Mr. Gompers (Labor leader) made a statement that the Treaty, including the Covenant, should be adopted unamended without delay. The Treaty safeguards all that Labor has secured.—Aus.-N.Z.

WAR EXPENDITURE INQUIRY. PERSHING REFUSES TO TESTIFY. Received Aug. 31, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Aug. 30. General Pershing refused to testify before the Congressional sub-committee which is holding investigations in Paris on the subject of war expenditure. Mi. Bland, a member of the sub-committee, characterised the general's action as one of indifference and contempt characteristic of, the War Department towards the people's representatives during the war. —Aus. N;Z. Cable Assoc.

FRANCE BUYS ARMY PROPERTY. OPPOSITION TO ANGLO-PERSIAN TREATY. Received Aug. 31*5.5 pm. New York, Aug. 29. The Times' Washington correspondent states that it is announced that France will pay the United States four hundred million dollars for American army property in France.

The correspondent says that the State Department has announced that the United States will recognise the de facto Government of Peru, under President Leguia, Washington advices state that it is understood that America is unfavorablydisposed to the Anglo-Persian treaty recently submitted to the State Department by Britain.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association.

STRIKE TROUBLES Washington, August 29. San Francisco dispatches report that the Pacific coast railway strike has ended. A general strike of steo.< workers against the Steel Trust's refusal to recognise unions is impending President Wilson is about to intervene.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.