IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16701, 9 December 1919, Page 7

IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

« Tin: right to c;o to war. (Bv Ca!i!o—Prrw CVprri?ht.) (Australian r.nd X.Z. Callo Association.) BRUSSELS, IVoomWr 4. Tho conference of the League of Nations associations decided to draft a coda of International Law eliminating the right to j;o to war. UNITED STATES AND .MEXICO. WASTIINGTON. December 4. Mr Lansing's Noto was actually delivered to tlie Mexican Foreign Oflieo ,'n December Ist. If is believed that, the United States will not wait longer than December Gth for Mexico's reply. Official opinion is tli.-.L unless Mr Jenkins is released there is little hope of averting n diplomatic break. [A later message stated that Mr Jenkins had been released, but in official circles his release was not regarded as settling tho general issue with Mexico.] TAXATION IX GERMANY. (Renter'» Ttlerrmmt.) (Received December Bth. 7.25 p.m.) BERLIN. December 4. In tho Assembly, llerr Erebcrger, Minister of Finance, explained tho uflvcrnmnnt's financial programmo, under which it is projected to levy nn income tax on a Biding scale of from 10 to GO per cent. It is proposed to tax capital by a general levy, yielding fifteen milliards of marks. UNITED STATES BUDGET. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December Bth, 8.20 p.m.) WASHINGTON. December 5. It is announced thnt the IA2I Budget amounts to 4863 million dollars.