AMERICA'S FOOD MEASURES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3106, 9 June 1917, Page 7

AMERICA'S FOOD MEASURES

URGENT HELP FOR THE ALLIES FOOD SHIP ARRIVES IN FRANCE Washington, June 7. ■■• President Wilson, at a conference, with the United States Senators, urged that the food measures should 1» rushed through, as the Allies' needs were pressing. The legislation asked for was necessary owing to the danger of European nations obtaining options on future crops. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . • The United States navy collier Jupiter has arrived m France with 10,500 tons of foodstuffs—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN SQUADRON IN THE WAR ZONE Washington, June 7. American warships have arrived on tho French coast.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter. AMERICA'S FIRSTI-BOAT SCALP ""Washington, June 7. Following on tho statement from.Paris that the American steamer Silver Shell gave battle to a submarine in the Mediterranean, the jtfavy Department states that the Silver Shell (5836 tons, owned by tho Shell Company) i 3 the vessel which •was- yesterday reported as haying sunk a submarine. BELGIUM'S GRAmS TO AMERICA Washington, .June 7. Belgium will shortly send a commission to the United States, under Baron Moncheur, to. extend thanks for the assistance given by America. The United States has loaned Belgium . and it is likely Belgium will ask for further assistance—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRAZIL TELLS THE PLAIN TRUTH WHY THE INTERNED SHIPS WERE SEIZED. • •• Rio de Janeiro, June 7. The Brazilian Note to Germany justifies the requisitioning of the interned ships, and recalls tho action of in torpedoing Brazilian.ships. The Isote adds- "Brazil has not abandoned a state of peace, but has taken action m order to force an offending nation to make reparation." '