THE SPA CONFERENCE THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVIII, Issue 5964, 15 July 1920, Page 2

THE SPA CONFERENCE

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

SERIOUS DEADLOCK AGREEMENT CONSIDERED IMPROBABLE. POSSIBLE ALLIED COERCION. (United Service Telegrams.) (Received July 15, 8 a.m.) Ii LONDON, July 14. e The Daily Chronicle’s Spa correspons dent says:—“lt is hardly possible to 5 hope that the deadlock will be solved ! by agreement, - The German delegate; d are listless, like a bankrupt -whose case cannot be made worse. Unless some unexpected interposition occurs the Allien will certainly bo driven t'o take the coersive measures repeatedly foreshadowed.” A CAFE INCIDENT. BELGIANS AND GERMANS. GERMAN JOURNALIST THRASHED e (Received July 13, 8 a.m.) >s LONDON, July 14. A series of minor incidents between >s Belgians and Gormans at Spa culminatie ed in a midnight affray in a cafe, where the band played the British national anthem, and a German sang a students’ song set to the same music. Later a giant Belgian cavalryman interrupted the merry German group by thrashing a German journalist (Herr Stoklossa) with his riding whip. le LLOYD-GEOEGE’S FIRMNESS, in -i—e- APPLAUSE OF- FEENCT PRESS. )d to (Received July 15, 9.40 a.m.) >d PARIS, July 14. M The newspapers applaud Mr Lloyd--1 George’s/attitude at Spa. The Matin at states, that he has suggested that Marm s hal Foch and Mr Wilson he summoned to Spa. '

LABOURS SUPPORT. AMALGAMATION OF FORCES. (United Service Telegrams \ (Received July 15, 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 13. The New York Times’ Chicago correspondent telegraphs that a'n agreement has been finally reached, under which the National Labour Party has joined a third party. All the elements are soon to meet in a common convention tc adopt a platform and choose their candidates. The name of the party has; not yet been decided. The amalgamation is ‘considered a victory for the Radica’ ‘dements, who are how expected to dominate the party's activities. It is announced that Messrs Cox and Roosevelt will conffcr with Mr Wilson on the 18th July. 1 LEAGUE OF NATIONS. DOMINANT ISSUE IN ELECTION. STATEMENT BY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. (Received July 15. 9.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 14. ’Mr. Harding, the Republican candidate for the Presidency, has issued a statement accepting Mr Roosevelt's offer to make the league of Nation's the dominant issue in the campaign. He says; “Should the Democrats win. Hire League will be ratified, and America will immediately become a party to ithc twenty wars liow going on in the world. The Republican Party and candidates gladly, accept the challenge to make the election a national referendum on the question of whether we wi,T have four years more of Democratic readiness to surrender this republic’s interests,” A message from Chicago states the fallowing planks will be put before the Third Party Convention:—Recognition of the Irish republic and Russian Soviet; public ownership of railroads, stockyards, and other public utilities; adoption of Mr Gompers’ Labour programme, which the Republican and Democratic Conventions rejected; repeal of aid espionage laws; referendum in all wars save when, the United States is invaded; withdrawal o: the United States troops from Europe; and a soSdiers’ bonus.