AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 14 May 1917, Page 5

AMERICA.

ROOSEVELT'S DIVISiON TO GO TO EUROPE.

Received 10.45.

WASHINGTON, May 13

The House has adopted an amendment to the Army Bill empowering Roosevelt's Division to go to Europe, necessitating a further conference "with the Senate. The Senate killed the measure empowering the President to establish a censors-hip of newspapers.

The Chicago Board of Trade has ordered the discontinuance of all trading in May wheat, following the Government's suggestion to prevent soaring prices.

THE FRANCO-BRITISH MISSION.

JOFFRE VISITS NEWBUBG

NEW YORK, May 11. The Balfour Mission has arrived in

New York,

Marshal Joffre visited Washington's house at Newburg, from which Washington directed the battle against the British during the revolutionary war. A gold medal has been awarded to General Joffre to commemorate the visit.

Shrieking whistles and fluttering flags proclaimed the popular enthusiasm which greeted Mr. Balfour on his arrival. "Rule Britannia" was played in the City Hall and the Park. Troops lined the streets. Boy Scouts were very prominent.

In answering the speeches of welcome by Mr. Joseph Choate, ex-Ambassador to Britain, and the Mayor, Mr. Mitchell, in the City Hall, Mr. Balfour declared that America entered the war without a taint of selfishness, sharing the burdens as she hoped to share the triumphs of the Allies. Mr. Balfour assured the gathering that the welcome exceeded anything he had ever experienced in his life.

AMERICA'S MAN POWER. TEN MILLION OF MILITARY AGE Received 9.15 a.m. WASHINGTON, May 12. A census of the United States shows there are 10,000,000 men of military age between 21 and 30 years.