ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13340, 31 March 1911, Page 5

ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY.

PROGRESS OF ARRANGEMENTS. Press Association. —Telegraph .-Copyright. LONDON, March 30. A committee of the House of Commoners representing both sides, has been formed to promote the Taft-Grey arbitration agreement. NEW YORK, March 30. Mr. Knox is drafting tho arbitration treaty with Britain, and it will probably be submitted in tho April Congressional session. SPEECH BY AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. LONDON March 30 Speaking at the Albert Hall meeting, the American Ambassador said that from men and the whole people’s zuirtured precepts of the Bible came President Taft’s statesmanlike proposal and the King’s inspiring response through Sir Edward Grey, which promised to make war as a settlement of any dispute henceforth between any English-speaking people impossible, and between an} - other civilised nations discreditable. "What nobler jewel could adorn tho coming Coronation ? iHo concluded bv reading President Taft’s message. UNIVERSAL ARBITRATION. IMPRACTICABLE. Received March 31, 10.25 a.m. BERLIN; March 30. In the debate on the Chancellor’s estimates, . Dr. Wm. Bethmann-Hollwog said that universal arbitration was as iniprae. tihie as universal disarmament.