AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 176, 15 April 1918, Page 5

AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS

HASTENING TRANSPORT OF TROOPS SIXTY SHIPS SEIZED Washington, April 12. President Wilson has issuer! n. proclamation seizing four coastal shipping lines, comprising sixty vessels, to be used to hasten the carriage of troops to France— Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LIBERTY LOANIuBSCRIPTIONS New York, April 12. It is estimated that 400,000,000 dollars (,£80,000,000) have boon subscribed to the Liberty Loan.—Aus.-N.Z.. Cable Assn. GERMAN-AFRICAN ALLIANCE voluntarily'disbands. New York, April 12. A messagn from Philadelphia state* dial: the German-American! Alliance has ■weed voluntarily to diflbnnd, and will devote its funds, totalling 26,000 dollars (.£5200) to the Bed Cross— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PARTITIONING RUSSIA UNION OF BESSARABIA AND RUMANIA PROCLAIMED. Amsterdam, April 12. Advices from Bucharest state that tho Bessarabian Landsrat has practically unanimously agreed to the union of Bessarabia and Rumania, which M. Marghiloman (Premier of Rumania) thereupon formally proclaimed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. [Bessarabia was originally Rumanian, country, and it was ceded to Russia in 1812.] 'GERMANY GETS THE BALTIC MINEFIELDS PLANS. Petrograd, April 12. Russia has agreed to Germany's domaud for the plans of tho Baltic mine-fields.—-Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn, (The cable nows in this issue accredited to tho London "Times" has appeared In that journal, but only where expreßsly stated Is such nona the editorial opinion oE tho "Times.")