AMERICA AND THE WAR.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15766, 6 December 1916, Page 7

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

WILSON ON PEACE. A CRYPTIC UTTERANCE. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N. 21. Association.) NEW YORK, December 4. President Wilson, in a speech, declared that the peace of the world could only come with liberty, with all due respect for other forms of government. He could, not believe that peaco would oome while the destinies of men were determined bv small groups, who made selfish choices. The newspapers give prominence to the speech, but describe it as cryptic. Mr Wilson does not share the general apprehension of fierce trade rivalry after the war. Ho considers that debtburdened Europe will bo unable to menace United States manufacturers. DIPLOMATISTS PUZZLED. (Router's Telegrams.) (Received December sth, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, December 4Diplomatic circles are stirred by President Wilson's cryptic "liberty" speech. They regard it as an expression of his personal sympathy with the causo of Franco and England against Prussian autocracy. Teutonic officials are puzzled. One said sarcastically : "Perhaps the President referred to Mr Asquith nnd luf associates on whom the responsibility for prolonging the war rests." THE ECONOMIC AVA It. MR TAFT AFRAID OF LABOUR. (Received December sth, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 4. Mr Taft, the ox-President, in s speech, urged the necessity for actior being taken to prevent the laboui unions from weakening America! activity to meet the economic conflict after the war. There was the dangei that the unionists would place themselves a I >ove. the law. The Laboui Federation's dtsire to deny unorganiser labour the right to work amounted t< rebellion, and the threat that a railI way strike would be enforced unles- | the eight-hour law was upheld, was n | threat to starve the nation into sub- ! mission. ! A HIGII-PIUCE BOYCOTT. ! (Received December sth, •> p.m.) NEW YORK. December 4. ] As a protest against the high price?, 1 housewives have begun a six weeks' | boycott of butter and og£^. I CONGRESS AND WAR MEASI'RE.s | 'Austrian X.Z. Caoip Association.) i (Received December Gth. 1.35 a.m.) ! WASHINGTON, December t. • At the opening of Congress many ! measures were read regarding the cost of living. inc~ Mr Fitzgerald .>■ proposed embargo upon the export ->i foodstuffs. Officials believe that Congress ,s op posed to the embargo.