AMERICA’S WITHDRAWAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16938, 12 January 1923, Page 5

AMERICA’S WITHDRAWAL.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, January 10. The Government’s action in recalling the American troops from the Rhine i l.as caused keen satisfaction in Congress, Senators Lodge and Borah and other Senators emphatically approving of the step as a prevention of a possible embroiling of the American forces in any trouble following the French occupation of the Ruhr. It is understood that France was warned several days ago that a protest in the form of a withdrawal of the troops would be made if the French policy was persisted in. An indication that the Administration’s policy was decided on without the influence of the Senate resolution demanding the recall r s strengthened bv the fact that the army transport St Mihiel was two days ago ordered to bo ready to sail for Europe at a moment’s notice. Senator Rel.'in a speech in the Senate urging the recall of Mr Roland Boyden, the unofficial American representative on the Reparations Commission, along with the troops, declared : “It is mere intellectual chicanery to pretend that a man can sit on the Board and participate in its deliberations. speaking for the United States, and yet not sneaking officially.”