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Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1919, Page 5

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•COAL FAMINE IN EUROPE,. EUROPEAN SHIPPING NEEDED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—CopyTlght. Received Sept. 29, 8.30 p.m. i Washington, Sept. 28. The Shipping Board has issued a statement that Europe is facing a coal famine, due to devoting shipping to more profit- I able commodities. Europe desires eighty- 1 one million tons of coal from the United States, and unless European shipping is enlisted in the work of carrying this United States bottoms would be unable to accomplish the task.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. 1 WILSON ORDERED TO REST. PROSPECTS OF SENATE'S ACTION. | Received Sept. 29, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Sept. 28. President Wilson's physician has an- 1 nounced that the President must have complete rest and: not deal with any State affairs until ,he regains his strength. Meantime, feenator Hitchcock states that the treaty situation is unchanged. He is convinced the amendment to Article 10 and the Foreign Relations Committee's reservations will be defeated. The Republicans predict that Senator Johnson's amendment will be carried, either in the form of an amendment or reservation.—Aus. N.Z. Cable . Assoc. „ f WISH TO HAVE AMERICAN TROOPS. ' Washington, Sept. 27. The Armenian Delegation, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, re- 1 quested the United States immediately to send troops to Armenia and to become the mandatory Power. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LORD GREY IN FAVOR. New York, Sept. 28. 1 Newspapers commend Lord Grey's statement. The New York Sun says it is the utterance of a level-headed, intelligent man. The statement is wholesome, 1 broad, and in excellent taste. The Department of Commerce has an- 1 nounced that the output of the American ■ shipyards for the year ended- August amounts to 4,187,670 gross tons. Washington, Sept. 28. A hundred millions for European relief was appropriated by Congress without expectation of any return. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution to investigate the scarcity and high price of sugar. Senator New issued a warning that the price would soon bo 20 cents (lOd) per lb—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PRESS VIEWS OF SENATE'S AMEND- 1 MENT. Received Sept. 29, 7.30 p.m. , New York, Sept. 28. The New York Tithes, editorially con- , demning Senator Johnson's amendment, , says that most Americans would regret , to see Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India excluded from real member- | ship of the League.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. | REPUBLICANS' VIEWPOINT. ; Received Sept. 30, 12.20 a.m. Washington, Sept. 29. Representative Fess, head of the Republican Congressional Committee, has issued a statement to the effect that no party ever did or ever can win a contest before the country upon a foreign issue. The Administration has forced the issue between altruistic internationalism and undiluted Americanism. The Republicans are unaltered in their defence of the pational ideals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.