VIOLATION OF TREATIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18051, 27 September 1920, Page 5

VIOLATION OF TREATIES

MERCHANT MARINE ACT,

AMERICA'S HONOUR INVOLVED.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, September 24. (Received Sept. 26, at 5.5 p.m.) Ihe State Department has announced that President Wilson does not intend to obey the Merchant Marine Act recently passed by Congrass requiring the President to inform the Powers with whom the United States has commercial treaties that America elects, to terminate those sections restricting her from granting a special import tariff and transportation rates on imports carried in American vessels. The announcement points out that such termination would be a violation of those treaties, which rramber 32 and which the United States is in honour bound to carry out—A. and N.Z. Cable.

DANGEROUS TRADE WAR AVERTED. WASHINGTON, September 25. (Receivod Sept. 26, at 11.55 p.m.) The New York Times etates that it is .officially believed that President Wilson's action in refusing to terminate the commercial' treaties has averted a dangerous « ! T ll '- U is Ported out that tho altected nations would have probably instituted retaliatory measures, such as a rate-cutting tariff and making discriminations if the termination of the treaties had been carried out.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE. EXCLUSION OfIjeTTISH INDUSTRY AIMED AT. AMERICAN TRUSTS ACTIVE. ATTEMPT TO SECURE MONOPOLY. usament in Germany of the Amstea a ofV re llnkln S »P Tvith the Standard Oil Company. An agreement has been industrl alm ™ g at i he eXclnsion «* BrS EZ47 t! a th - 6 reconstr "ction of f™ f P +i A ? lericans ar e also negotiating for the purchase or lease of shipbuilding yards at Beval, thence to distribute steel p rodl , 3t & hout the are offenng to supply Estbonia with for a period of years."-A. and NZ