UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1919, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

! THE PEACE TREATY DEBATE, ; COUNTRY TtfISLEAD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 10, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Oct. 9. President Wilson's condition is un- | ' , Senator Nelson, during the Sonata dc- ( bate, said that evidently the object of ( the opponents of peace was to make the : ( United States climb into its shell, bear-! ( ing, outside, the label "Monroe Docttine." , Those who were painting in lurid colors , imaginary dangers from England and | from Japan were misleading the coun- ; try. Such persons usually were German t sympathisers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LABOR CONFERENCE. j ARBITRATION PROPOSALS. ' Received Oct. 10, 2.30 p.m. ' ' Washington, Oct. 9. ' The employers' group of the Industrial ' Labor Conference, a representative of ! United States capital and labor pro- j posed a three months' truce. Mr. Gompers proposed that an Arbi- ' tration Board be appointed to settle the steel strike. >•' The representative of the public groups proposed a National Arbitration Board, including ex-Presidents of the United States as members, with the object of arbitrating in all disputes.—Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn. c CANADIAN RECIPROCITY. ( EFFECT OF ARTICLE 10. Received Oct. 10, 8.5 p.m. i Washington, Oct. 9. j The House of Representatives has repealed the Canadian Reciprocity Act in anticipation of, a general revision of the taric, ' " ( Senator Walsh, a Democrat, in a speech said: "Mr. Hughes declared that Article 10 was an illusory agreement, and President Wilson actually says it 1 is no' engagement. Therefore, the United i States can ignore the League Council's ) advice if it is interpreted in President \ Wilson's way, but, if the article means < anything, the United States engages ta j send forces wherever and whenever the Council orders. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , BRITISH REPRESENTATION. ( Received Oct. 10, 3.30 p.m. j ~ London, Oct. 9. j The Lalbor delegate to the Inter- | national Congress at Washington will . be Mr. Stuart Bunning. His advisers J include Messrs. Henderson, Bowerman, ', Sexton, and two ladies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable | Assn STOPPING IMMIGRATION. \ Received 0ct..10, 3.30 pm. Washington, Oct. 9. > A proposal was advanced at the Labor Conference that immigration to the < United States be stopped for two years, and that, when resumed, it only be allowed in such proportion as to enable the country to Americanise the newcomers— Aus._N.Z. Cable Assn. JOINT REPRESENTATION OF INDUSTRY. Received Oct. 10, 8.40 p.m. Washington, Oct. 9. ! Mr. Rockefeller, Jnr., proposed that the * Industrial Conference should approve of the principle of joint, representation in 1 industry. Under this system employers > would have an effective voice in deter- * raining the terms of their .employment, ' working, and living conditions.—Aus - ' N T .Z. Cable Ass> . THE LONGSHOREMAN'S STRHiE. Received Oct. 10, 9.45 p.m. New York, Oct. 9. It is reported that the estimated number of longshoremen idle is between fifty and seventy thousand. I.W.W. influence is alleged. Union officials, who counselled against the strike, are unable to control the men, and the work of the 'port is suspended—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn