REJECTED TREATY

Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1920, Page 5

REJECTED TREATY

NEXT STEP BY AMERICA. yiEWS OF PARTY LEADERS. By Telegraph.—PreSs Assn.—Copyright. Received March 23, 8 p.m. Washington, March 20, Senator 11. C. Lodge (Leader of the Republicans) has issued the following statement: "The Treaty has gone. It has been rejected by tho Senate and sent back to the President, and ii lie chooses to return it, it will have to go through the same process as beforeIf President Wilson desires to make it. an issue in the Presidential campaign the Republicans are willing to meet the issue." Senator G. M. Hitchcock (Leader of the Democrats) states: "The result was what I expected. The Treaty is now before the President and if there is to be further action lie must take the initiative."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN ISOLATED POSITION. FUTURE ACTION UNCERTAIN. Received March 23, 10,20 p.m. Washington, March 20It is pointed out that even if the Senate on Monday adopts Senator Knox's resolution declaring tho war between Germany and the United States ended, President Wilson may ignore the resolution on the ground tiiat the constitution empowers the President only to proclaim a cessation of hostilities. There is a feeling that tlie United States has been isolated by the Senate's rejection of the Treaty. The United States will probably now withdraw from the Turkish settlement. Nobody seems to know what action President Wilson will take. The United States has no diplomatic or Consular officers in Germany, Hungary or -Austria, and is thus unable to conduct diplomatic business relations with these countries.

Negotiations for a new Treaty will take a long time and in the meanwhile American trade with the Central Empires is suffering.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.