UNITED STATES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20056, 20 September 1920, Page 4

UNITED STATES.

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMP All,/ FLEET WITHDRAWN FROM ADRIATIC. By Telegraph—Pms Association—Copjneht. Australian and K 1 .2. Cable Association, NEAV YORK, September 18 lh ? Treasurer of the Democratic National Campaign Committee has received a cheque for five hundred dollars from President Wilson, who declared; " 1 M very deeply that the -very honour and destiny of the nation is involved in this campaign, and all citizens who love its honour and covet for it high influence hi the -world should contribute to the. success of the candidate who stands for the re-establish-ment of our nosition anlong the no. lions/’ ‘ ' The State Department has intimated that the American forces in the Adrishortly bo recalled. The battld;nip Olympia, and several cruisers, ■niich have been acting as custodians the Austro ol. s

have practically completed their mission. The State Department has not received any official intimation respecting the reported agreement between feignor Giolitti «uid IVnilcraud concorning the Adriatic. It is pointed out '■that President Wilson favours an" independent State between Italy and Jugo-Slavia, and that d’Annunsio’s proclamation concerning Flume’s independence fulfils the President’s desire to aeo Finnic under Italian instead of Jugo-Slav influence. LEAGUE OF NATION'S. NEW YORK, September IS. A. telegram from Trenton. New Jersey, states that Mr Charles Hughes, in a speech, saicl that the President could declare war under Article 10 of the League of Nations without- consultation o? Congress. He bitterly attacked Artide 10 as the most dangerous feature of the League.