WAR NOTES

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 15 May 1917, Page 2

WAR NOTES

TRAITORS IN AMERICA,

“DRILLING EVERY NIGHT.”

STATE GOVERNOR’S CONCERN

■llie Governor of Connecticut, Mr. Auircua H. stated on March iwu emergency military legislauj.i m nis state was hurried by intimation no had received which inaicatou there were in Connecticut men whose hostility to the State uuulu be evident in time of war.

unnecticut is in a most danger-

•ms position,” sard the Governor. “If /uU Knew half of what I know you would be frightened to death, as I am ofmetimes. i am informed there is a -mat deal or drilling going on within ' me State every night right now, and it is not in the interest of the United States. Also we know of acivities of men in munitions plants that will be a problem in time of war. “The affairs of the country are a disgrace. We have a small army and navy even with filled ranks. The army Ts now 80,000 men shy and the navy is 20,000 men shy. There are not enough guns and the arsenal in Springfield is working at only onefourth capacity. There is powder enough .only for about a good three hours’ engagement. And in Washing- , ton they seem to be trying to learn ‘ if the democrats or republicans or socialists will have the advantage. In my opinion we have been in war some time. It takes two to make a war—a red-blcoded war. The other party has been attacking our citizens and i our property and making war on us for some time.” NiMOT THE TRAITOR. Soldiers who have lately returned from France give definite details of me desertion of the North Island soldier Nimot (says the Southland News. On the morning after Nimot’s disappearance, a German soldier was discovered hiding in a shell-hole, and 1 was brought into the New Zealand lines. He stated that he had been rej connoltring on the previous night with |- an officer, who told him to get into f the shell-hole and await his return, j The officer, however did not return, j The New Zealanders knew that the [ opposing Germans were very anxious I to find out their numbers and all dei tails concerning the disposition of _ the troops, and they drew the con- - elusion that the German officer had c,:ne across Nimot, who had been escaping over No Man’s Land to join the enemy, and was so delighted at meeting him that he left his soldier comrade to get along as best he could and returned with Nimot to the German lines. A day or two later the New Zealanders captured another German soldier, and after he had been examined it was placed beyond doubt that the deductions of the New Zealanders were absolutely correct. Moreover, the fact that Nimot had given the enemy full information regarding the disposition of the lines of the I New Zealanders was fully demonstrated by the manner in which the German gunners commenced to shell important positions.