AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3169, 21 August 1917, Page 5

AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS

NEARLY A MILLION MEN ON ACTIVE i SERVICE ; BIG VOLUNTEER RESPONSE j Washington, August 10. ' Olio million three- hundred thousand ; men liavo volunteered for all the fighting j services since the declaration of war, ami : J-455..850 have been accepted. Tho total ] number of volunteers now in actual ser- j vice on lx)i'li laud and sea ie 913,U1. ■ The American Government lias accept- ' cd ah offer by Cuba, and will send ] American troops to Cuba for training. ; The (α-oops will be available in the event j of pro-German efforts to use. Cuba as a, ".;• submarine or wireless base.—Aus.-N.is. i Cable Assn. ■ PENAL MEASUREsIoR THE I.W.W. ] Washington, August 19. ! A Bill lias been introduced in the ; Senate designed to punish members of ; the I.W.AV. and other seditious people ■ for attempting to impede -war opera- .-] tions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesu. : ■: NEW LOAN FOR THE ALLIES . l Washington, Ausrust 13. } Mr. M'Adoo, Secretary of the ..Treasury, .' has submitted to Congress a proposal for ■ a now bond issue of 7,535,9i5,000 dollars ' '• (about -61,508,000,000) at i per cent., for ! tho pui-poso of providing four thousand ; millions for a new loan to the Allies, j and the retirement of the recent three .! thousand million 3| per cent, loan to tbe ,-; Allies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i WHEAT ECONOMY NECESSARY ; WARNING BY THE FOOD CON- -j TKOLLEB. ! Washington, August 13. i Sir. Hoover, the American Food Con» ! troller, has issued n. warning that a re- j duction of 20 per cent, in the consump- ! tion of wheal will be necessary to con- j eervo the necessary wheat for home a»d I Allied use. Ho stated that the wheat ; deficit in the United States and Canada j in 1917 is 400 million bushels, compared | with normal pre-war requirements. The ; approximate- eurplus of other cereals ij ! 900 million) bushels. The South Amori- j can wheat, crop is largely a failure, and ' the new harvest will not be available j there till the spring- of 1918.—AUS.-N.Z. -i Gablo Assn. !