AMERICA'S PART

Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1917, Page 3

AMERICA'S PART

(Per Presa Association— Copyrigh. ' CANADIAN CONSCRIPTION. OTTAWA, July 24. The third roadine of the Conscrip--3 ' t'ion Bill was carried by a majority of ' fifty-eight. FIVE BILLION LOAN. > ~ i (Received, This Day at 8.50. a.m.) l WASHINGTON, July x>. , | It is believed that America will y shortly advance another loan of five o, billions to the Allies. AN AMERICAN FORECAST. NEW YORK, July 24. Advices from Washington state that it is believed that Mr. —cAdoo’s request for five billion dollars foreshadows the sending to Europe immediately of 1,000,000 men including drafted men, National Guards, „ and regulars. SOUTH AMERICAN CABINET. „ NEW YORK, July 25. Advuoes from South America state the Cabinets m Chili and Peru have resigned, it i 9 believed owing to a disagreement on tho question of neutrality. AMERICAN TROOPS FOR FRANCE. A MILLION* TO BE SENT WITHIN - A YEAR. (Received, This Dnv at 8.50. a.m.) } NEW YORK, July 25. The “World’s” Waslißngjton correspondent says the. new war budget means that the authorities hope to send a million men abroad within a year, starting immediately with two additional drafts of 500,0p0 each, will be- called up, while the first contingent is leaving. CANADIAN CONSCRIPTION. (Australia N.Z. Cable Association.) OTTAWA July 24. 'thir majority for ’conscription en-c-.urages the Government in M.» lief Juit the for fion of a CoVif m i* ~ likely to bo successful. Tho final vot© was 102 against 44. The Goposition consisted almost exclusively of the French Canadians. Sir Wilfred Laurcr asserted that he wished to send reinforcemnts but thought that, voluntaryism had not been : exhausted. His policy 'was jto convince tho people by argument and if it failed he refused to coerce them. BIG FIGURES. TWENTY BILLIONS FOR YEAR. < (Received This Dav at, 9.50. a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 25. Mr. Smoot, a member of tho Financo Committee speaking in the Senate, estiat©d the cost of the war would approach twenty billions in the first year. ■ At present ten billions had been ap- j propristod exclusive of five billion asked out of war revenuo. AMERICAN AIR CR AFT. BREAK ALL RECORDS. (Received This Dav at 9.50. a.m A ] WASHINGTON, July 25th. , Howard Coffin Chairman of the Air-; ( craft Production Board, says America' j will try to break all records in tho con- j st%uction of aeroplanes. ’ She will need 1 110,000 aviators. . |