GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 87, 11 December 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

EDISON PLANT BURNT. A MILLION LOSS. Press Association —Copyright. (Eec. 9.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 10. The Edison Company's entire plant in West Orange, New Jersey, except the laboratory, has been burned. The, loss is a million sterling. UNITED STATES INCREASES ITS ARMY. (Eee. 9.35 a.m.) WASHING-TON, Dec. 10. The Secretary for War, in his annual report, recommends an additional thousand officers and twenty-five thousand men to bring the army up to full strength and to ensure preparedness.

Admiral Fletcher told the Naval Committee that submarines in this war had not fulfilled the widely felt expectation. Nothing had happened to show that battleships would not remain tne main weapon for all navies. INDIAN LOYALTY. GIFTS TO THE EMPIRE. (Rec. 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 10. The Telegraph's Montreal correspondent, in commenting on Mr. Harcourt's despatch respecting Australia's embargo on Hindus, says the announcement aroused considerable discussion in British Columbia, where anti-Hindu feeling is strong. It was pointed out that industries wherein Hindus were engaged have been greatly curtailed, many returning to India because of unemployment. In Delhi there was the keenesr jubilation over Vice-Admiral Sturdee's great naval victory. Moslems continue to display their loyalty. Raja Sirmur has given 25,000 pounds of tea, the Nabob of Lahore two hundred camels, and the Prime Minister of Nepal many blankets for the Gurkhas at the front. These gifts are typical of scores of others.

UNITED STATES SENATE. NEUTRALITY MATTERS DISCUSSED. NECESSITY TO INCREASE NAVY. (Received 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 10. Representative Smith, of New York introduced a resolution into the House of Representatives providing lands in the arctic regions including the North Pole to be formally annexed and described as United States territory.

Mr. Bryan announced, with deference Wilson's opinion, that the United States steel company had abandoned plans for constructing submarines for belligerents. Mr. Page handed to the Government the British repulations whereunder the woolembargo had been lifted. He also handed a not showing how American shipping can avoi.i interference with British warships. Mr. Bryan indicated that both were unsatisfactory, ;. Mr. Fletcher considered the can fleet was able tr. mc»t » OT ™^

tleships yearly as the German programme of construction would soon out-distance the United Slates. In t"\e event of a conflict with Japan the United States would undoubtedly be able to control the seas, but unable to assert itself. The United States was able tc hold the Phillipines and defend Hawaii. A large number of American submarines were now available for active service, others wero undergoing repairs. It was now possible for submarines of liostile powers to cross the Atlantic and attack Amen.. can ships. CANAL-iAN MEAT IMPORTS. AFFECTING HOME GROWERS. 'Received 8.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, B2CH>niber 10. The Alberta sheepbreeders' .Association is urging the "Canadian Government to enforce regulations requiring all New Zealand and Australian mutton to be properly labelled before sale and stating that heavy importations of Australian and New Zealand inuttom are allecting the Albertan sheep industry.