UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

GENERAL PERSHING'S WELCOME. Bjr Telegraph.—Prew Aasn-Copnlfht. New York, Sept. 9. The reception given to General Pershing by the populace was one of the most remarkable in the city's history. Although the day had not been declared a holiday, practically the entire business section of the city stopped work and thronged the windows and roofs of the tall buildings, from which people waved 10,000 flags and shouted welcomes to General Pershing. The streets were com-« pletely blocked by crowds of all classes. As the steamer Leviathan, on which General Pershing arrived, steamed up the harbor, airplanes circled overhead, sirens blew, and naval vessels fired salutes. The merchantmen of all nationalities dipped their flags. At the steps of the City Hall a pretty girl broke through the police lines, rushed Up to General Pershing, flung her arms round his nedk, and kissed him before he was able to disengage himself. The crowds roared their approval.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PRESIDENT ON PEACE TREATY. New York, Sept. 9. At Minneapolis President Wilson said that the peace treaty was the end of the old system of the balance of power,■'and a new order had been set up, whereby the rule of the stronger forever had been abolished. President Wilson added that United States citizens must either be provincials or statesmen, either ostriches or eagles. If American leadership did not display I itself at this moment another great war was inevitable sooner or later.