UNITED STATES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17902, 6 April 1920, Page 5

UNITED STATES

THE ARMENIAN MANDATE. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. Prose ATOociition—By Telegraph—Copyright, WASHINGTON, April 3. (Rceivcd April 5, at 8.15 p.m.) Reports prepared by the American Commission to Armenia have now been published. The commission states that it would cost the United States 275,000,000 dollars and would require 25,000 to 200,000 troops in order to undertake the mandate for the administration of Armenia, which will probably be self-supporting within flvo years. The commission advocates absolute control of Turkey's foreign policy before the United States accepts a mandate, and sets out a large number of reasons for and against its acceptance. It is understood that the* United States may attempt an independent policy toward the. resumption of trado with Russia, owing to tho Supreme Council's procrastination. The United States will request that all restrictions on trade with Russia should be removed, and the State Department is considering the possibility of resuming trado without waiting for similar action on tho part of tile Allies.—A. and N.Z. Cable. PRESIDENT AND THE TREATY*. MAY ACCEPT A COMPROMISE. NEW YORK, April 5. (Received April 5, at 10.50 p.m.) The New York Times Washington correspondent says that there is 6omc reason to believe that President Wilson may return the treaty to the Senate with an offer to accept certain compromise reservations before the Senate acts on the joint peace resolution. It is understood that the Democrats in the House of Representatives are determined to -fate down the peace resolution on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and that it is a Republican attempt to discredit Presi- ( dent Wilson.—A. and N.Z. Cable.