AMERICA AT WAR.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 21 April 1917, Page 5

AMERICA AT WAR.

NO COMPROMISE.

ON CONSCRIPTION ISSUE

WASHINGTON, April 19,

President Wilson refuses all compromise on tire Conscription Bill and intends to force it through' the Senate and then endeavour to induce the House of Representatives, in an inter-House conference, to agree to the measure. Senator Chamberlain’s bill, providing for a selective draft, has the Presidential backing, but the House bill, leaving an opening for voluntarism, is gaining support. President Wilson is convinced that the nation needs an army immediately, and that voluntarism is unable to provide it.

AMERICAN DEDICATORY SERVICE

KING AND QUEEN PRESENT.

A HISTORIC FUNCTION.

Received 8.55

LONDON, April 20

In bright, sunshine thousands thronged the street to witness the Royal Procession to St. Paul’s to attend the American Dedicatory service. The King wore a Field-Marshal’s uniform. There was a remarkable outburst of enthusiasm, the crowds waving the American and English flags. Mr Page, American Ambassador, welcomed the Royalties at the entrance of the Cathedral.

Mr Bonar Law, members of the Cabinet, Mr Asquith, and overseas delegates wcr e present. The American colony waslargely represented.

Seventy American Civil War veterans wearing medals, and carrying AngloAmerican flags, walked in the procession in the city.

Four aeroplanes flew over as the King and Queen entered the Cathedral. The Bishop of the Philippines preached the sermon.

The American flag, for the first time in history, floated beside the English flag on Victoria’s Tower, Pariamentary Buildings. Many public and private premises were bedecked with American flags.

BRAZIL AND GERMANY. REVOLT LED BY GERMANS. WASHINGTON, April 19. Press reports from Buenos Ayres state that three states of Brazil have revolted. Germans are leading the outbreak. There have been many antiGorman riats in Eio' de Janeiro. Government censorship hides the details.

BRAZILIAN TROOPS CONCENTRATING. Received 11.10. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 20. It is reported the Germans are attempting a rebellion in the Rio Grande, Parana and Santa Catarina provinces. They are well cquiped with ammunition, and have some artillery. The rebels attempted to dynamite the village at Santa Maria. The Provincial Government at Rio Grande is concentrating at Port 'Allegro. The Uruguayan Government is concentrating troops on the frontier, fearing raids.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

MORE TROUBLE BREWING. ALLIANCE OP MALCONTENTS. Received 11.10. LONDON, April 20, A conference has assembled at Dublin Mansion House, at Count Plunket’s invitation, and resolutions were passed in favour of united action between Sinn Fein, Irish-Americans and the alliance of Irish volunteers and Irish Labourites. Also arrangements were made to contest Parliamentary seats. Plunket has made a so-called declaration of freedom, proclaiming Ireland a separate nation, and demanding freedom from foreign control. He announced that delegates from Antrim were arrested en route to the meeting.

IN MESOPOTAMIA. FURTHER SUCCESSES AND CAPTURES. LONDON, April 20. The High Commissioner reports: The report from Mesopotamia states that on the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday we forced the passage of the Shateledhaim, hold by a detachment of the ISth Turkish Army Corps. On the morning of Wednesday we attacked their main position covering Istabulat Station, twelve miles south-east of Samaria, on the right bank of the Tigris. The operations were carried out with great vigour and dash, resulting in the complete rout of the enemy.

On Thursday General Maude reports: 27 officers and 3217 men were captured, and more were coming in. Only the exhausted condition of our horses prevented the capture of the enemy’s guns. OuS casualties were only 73.