UNITED STATES' PROTEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18296, 12 January 1923, Page 7

UNITED STATES' PROTEST.

RHINE TROOPS RECALLED. IMMEDIATE RETURN ORDERED AVOIDING EMBROILMENT. By TeJ-cra»h— Association— Copyright (Received 4.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Mr % C. E. Hughes, Secretary of State, has ordered the return of the American, troops from the Rhine. The announcement followed an extended conference with tho President. The decision came immediately on the heels of information that France had definitely decided to occupy the Ruhr region. Army transports will proceed to a German port immediately, and the embarkation will commence within a week. In announcing the decision, Mr. Hughes informed the press: "The time has come for the withdrawal of the American forces from the Rhine." The Government's action has caused keen satisfaction in Congress. Mr. H. C. Lodge, Mr. W. E. Borah and other Senators emphatically approved of the step as preventing possible embroilment of American forces in any trouble that may follow the French occupation of the Ruhr region. It is understood that France was warned several days ago that a protest in the form of the withdrawal of American troops would bo made if tho French policy were persisted in, indicating that the Administration's policy had been previously decided, and was not influenced by the resolution of the Senate demanding the recall of the troops. This opinion is strengthened by the fact that the army transport St. Mihiel was ordered two days ago to be ready to sail to Europe at a moment's notice. REPARATION OBSER.VER,

SENATOR DEMANDS RECALL. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Mr. Mall, in a speech in the Senate urging the recall of Mr. Roland Boyden, the unofficial American representative on the Reparation Commission, declared that it was mere intellectual chicanery to pretend, that a man could sit on a board and participate in its deliberations, speaking for the United States and yet not speak officially.