AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 1 August 1917, Page 5

AMERICA.

> v LORD N.ORTHCLiFFE'S '.MISSION TO AMERICA. yAST SCHEME OF CO-ORDINATION r»S/ '''' SPENDING TWO MILLIONS DAILY. Received 9.5. ■■> NEW 'YORK, July 31. Lord Northcliffe, ft" an exclusive interview to the Australian Press Association, gave the first detailed statement of what the British mission is doing. It has now completed the general organisation of its staff, formed departments, each a complete unit dealing with such subjects as fnunitions,' finance, wheat export, British air B'ritish shipbuilding, ren/bunts, and overseas recruiting. Lord Northcliffe said: “The Government’s object in sending me to America was to superintend the expenditure of two million pounds daily for food, guns, munitions, oil, steel, horses, mules, cotton, locomotives, small arms, and a thousand and one other articles.' When the United States joined the fight against Germany, it became obvious that a controlling head should be sent here. An idea of the vastness of the operations fay be gafnered from the fact that e are spending weekly nearly three shillings per head of America’s population of one hundred millions. Part of this money was advanced by Unit-

ed States in monthly credits, but our indebtedness greatly exceeds these credits. The area over which the expenditure is spread makes the task extremely heavy. Another task is to co-ordinate our demands for material, transportation, and ship tonnage with those of the United ''States, France, Russia, and Italy, the object being the quickest shipment and the Allies’ priority. TSe Board is dealing with this matter and endeavouring to synchronise railway transportations and shipments, -thus avoiding loss of time. We also have charge of the recruiting of British subjects in the United States. We have able British experts at the head of each, of the numerous branches, assisted by hundreds of Americans.. Altogether directly or indirectly the British mission numbers ten thousand. Few people here or elsewhere have any conception of the magnitude of the enterprise.”

DRAFTS FOE MILITARY SERVICE. EVADERS TO BE ARRESTED. X Received 8.45 WASHINGTON, July 31. Steady progress is being made with the drafts for service. The AttorneyGeneral has ordered the arrest of all who attempt to evade service. KEEPING FOODSTUFFS FROM GERMANY DRASTIC EMBARGO PREDICTED. Received 8.45 a.m. WASHINGTON, July 31.

The Food [Administration has "announced that every effort will be made to keep fats from Germany. Official advices state that fats are selling at Id/- per pound, cheese 3/6 pound, geese 40/- to 80/- each, horse-flesh 2s to 3s per hound. NEW YORK, July 31. The Times’ correspondent predicts a most drastic embargo will be instituted absolutelj’ preventing supplies reaching Germany through neutrals. BEITISH POLITICS DUNDEE BYE-ELECTION. i LONDON, July 30. T-he Dundee bye-election resulted: Mr. Winston Churchill 7302, Mr. 'gerymageour 2506, r