UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

THE PEACE TREATY. THE PRESIDENT'S BELIEF. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, Sept. 3. President Wilson, in a statement, expressed the belief that the peace treaty would bo adopted without reservations. President Wilson, who is about to leave on a speech-making tour, disclosed his intention of showing that senators, by delaying Labor legislation, were disrupting business and preventing the solution of railway problems and the cost of living. Mr. Hitchcock, in the Senate, said the real purpose of the Foreign Relations Committee in amending the peace treaty was to destroy it altogether. It would be suicidal for the United States to refuse ratification.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. The American National Labor Conference, called by President Wilson, will be held on October 10. Received, Sept. 4, 5.5 p.m. London, September 3. It is expected the Peace Treaty will reach Senate within a week. TRADE WITH HUNGARY AND GERMANY,

New York, Sept. 3. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that the War Trade Board has announced the immediate resumption of trade relations between the United States and Hungary.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Washington, Sept. 3. The Department of Commerce announces that the United States exports to Germany last July, following the lifting of the blockade, were valued at 2,426,742 dollars, and the imports from Germany 291,106 dollars,—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.