AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 22 June 1917, Page 5

AMERICA.

JAPAN AND AMERICA. | CHINA NOT GRAVELY EN- ; D ANGERED. Received b. 50 3-.ni. TOKIO, June 21. The Japanese reply to Mr. Lansing gives courteous recognition of the sincerity and high-mindedness of America’s motions in seeking to assist China but presents the belief that China is not gravely endangered. MANUFACTURE OF BATTLE PLANES. I , Received 9.50 a.m. WASHINGTON, June 21 . It is proposed, to use automobile and ; .typewriter factories, .to manufacture •battle-planes, parts of which will bo„ ..standardised, ; ~ ,

RUSSIA DUMA’S MESSAGE TO ENGLAND. LONDON, June 20. In the House of Commons, the Speaker read J jhe Duma’s message, thanking the Mother of Parliaments for its greeting, and adding: We believe, despite the difficulties on the path of progress, in the victory of new Russia beside the noble Allies, and finally a triumph over the last bulwark of autocracy in Europe in the cause of peace and civilisation. RUSSIANS WILL NOT FAIL. LONDON, June 21. The Press Bureau reports; General &ir Wm. Robertson -telegraphed to General Brusiloff the congratulations of the Government on;-his accession to supreme command, and assuring Brusiloff of Britain’s co-opera-ti'dn in the common task•££ -defeating the enemies of justice and liberty. General Brusiloff, in replying, said his endeavours would he directed to the accomplishment of the task in co-operation with the Britishers. Russians would not fail in their 'duty. IMMEDIATE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE VOTED. AN UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION. Received 11.45 a.m. PETROGRAD, June 21. All the delegates at the Russian Workers’ and Soldiers’ Conference unanimously voted in favour of an immediate Russian offensive.' RUSSIAN INTERIOR IN CHAOTIC STATE. PEASANTS TIRED OP THE WAR. Received 9.30. LONDON, June 21.

The Daily Mail's Petrograd correspondent, who has returned from a three weeks' visit to the interior, states that although the people do not desire a separate peace, the war everywhere is unpopular. The peasants declare it must end quickly, the attitude being, "We have shed too much blood; it is time the slaughter ended." Conditions in towns and country differ. The Government anc Commissioners nominally rule; the former actually shares the power with the soldiers, substituting persuasion for the former brutal regime. In the country the peasants have elected local management committees, who are practically powerless, arrd the peasants arc settling things themselves. They have seized lands, and the majority are in favour of seizing the farmhouses. They will only obey Parliament's decrees if they coincide with their desires. Robbery and arson are frequent. All trains are crowded with soldiers coming and going to the front