AMERICANS ON RHINE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18292, 8 January 1923, Page 5

AMERICANS ON RHINE.

CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL. RESOLUTION OF SENATE. 57 VOTES AGAINST SIX. By Telegraph— Association— (Received 4.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, Jan. S. The Senate passed a motion introduced by Mr. J. A. Reed asking tho President to withdraw American troops from Germany, by 57 votes to six. Efforts made to have the motion referred to the ForeignRelations Committee, where it could have been tabled by an unfavourable report, were quickly defeated. Mr. Reed, in the course of a speech, declared " American troops on tho Rhine are being held there as a moral influence to help to collect reparations! We have no business trying to help to collect something we do not want. . If trouble ensues in Germany it is highly probable that our troops might suffer an attack. Tho moment a drop of American blood was shed a cry would go up that it must be avenged. If the United States withdraws its troops now it will be a notice to France and all the world that if they want to .settle their quarrels they will have to settle them without our' bayonets." Following a Cabinet meeting on Friday, Mr. J. W. Weeks, Secretary for War, declared that, while no ordese had been sent to the American commander, there was a prospect that American troops on the Rhine would be ordered to return home in the near future. INQUIRY BY EXPERTS. AWAITING FRENCH REPLY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rcca. 3.36 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. It has been learned authoritatively at the State Department that the fate of the American proposal for a commission of experts to study the German reparation, question now rost3 squarely with France, who still has not replied to Mr. Hughes' inquiry. If the plan continues to bo blocked it is likely that the United States will set forth to the world who is responsible. If the plan is agreed to, however, the United States Government will suggest postponement of political discussion regarding reparations until after the meeting of experts with the American representatives. It is understood that .the representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce which will attend the convention of international Chambers of Commerce in Rome in March will take steps in the direction of adjustment of the reparation problem through an international fact-finding com.'mission of business men. REPARATION COMMISSION. U.S. MEMBERSHIP OPPOSED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Seed. 4.5 p.m.) WOSHINGTON, Jan. 5. Mr. C. E. Hughes informed Mr. H. C. Lodge that the Administration thinks that the present time is inopportune for appointing an official member on the Reparation Commission. Therefore the Administration does not wish Congress to pass the Bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. J. T. Robinson to authorise such appointment. AMERICA AND FRANCE. MILITARY ACTION OPPOSED. A. and N.Z. NEW YOBS, Jan. 5. The Washington correspondent of the United Press of America is officially informed that if the French take military action against Germany it will result in a strong protest by the United States.