AMERICA AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3037, 26 March 1917, Page 5

AMERICA AND THE WAR

ASSISTANCE'FOR THE ALLIES • MONEY BUT NOT MEN . (Rec. March 25, 6.5 pjn,) ■ :■■.'..- Washington, March E3. ~•'.' Tne consensus of opinion of Cabinet) , Ministers, is .that the- 'United-: States -'■'■-•■ sßbuld net supply military forces for, - • co-operation, with the Allied armies, but favour authorisation b{ the President to " use.one:to five billion dollars if necessary in assisting in stamping out the ; submarines.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GREAT PATRIOTIC MEETING 1 Now Yorh, March 23/ 'At a great patriotic mass "meeting; held at Madison Square Garden, a resolution, was -carried urging Congress to declare that a state- of war exists. The Mayor, Mr. J. P. Mitchell, ■suggested sending abroad at least half i millionimen.—Aiis.-N;Z. Cable Assn. navy • Washington, March ( 23. In viow of the serious shortage in. the. personnsl, the Navy DeparfcmenVhas re- , called all- available retired officers to this service. Thousands of sailors are lacking, and the cadets at the Anaralis Naval Academy arc being graduated be- > fere completing their course. The Department is seeking to speed ■ up the construction of destroyers, but it is admitted that a year or fifteen months will bo required before much can be accomplished.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FORCING AN ISSUE (Rec. March 21, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, March. 23. The shortage of ammunition and rifles in the United States is serioiu&. Factories that have been idle for years are heing refurbished. The only answer to the sinking of the Healdton. will bo the apeeding up of preparation for hostilities,: which are now regarded as inevitable. President Wlson is convmced that Germany plans the forcing of the United States to declare war by conteoous outrages. There is little hkehhood, however, of the United States Asms anything of the kind.—Atis.tN.Z. Cable Assn. ■ GERMANS IN -MEXICO (Rec. March 24, 5.5 p.m.) Calveston, March 23. The officers of the Norwegian etea- ■ mer Veia report that thousands of Germans'are entering Meaco wltn the object of waging war on the United States in the event of hostilities witn Germany.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.