AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 2 October 1917, Page 5

AMERICA.

SIX MILLION MEN READY. NEXT SPRING CAMPAIGN. Received 9.5. WASHINGTON, October 1. There is authoritative information that the Allies, including the United States, will open the next spring campaign in Flanders with six million men. COLOSSAL AEROPLANES. TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC. Received 8.50. NEW YORK, October 1. The New York Herald confidcntly predicts that aeroplanes will soon' cross the Atlantic. The Great Italian Caproni Triplano will probably make a flight in the late spring. American manufacturers are preparing to 1000 battle-planes to cross'the Atlantic and attempt to destroy the German fleet at Kiel. A recent performance of a Caproni machine here was most remarkable. An American scientist has discovered a method of guiding aeroplanes by aerial waves. The United States can assure the Allies that an endless stream of planes will soon be crossing the ocean; some great hydro-aeroplanes are now being built which also may essay a trip. AMERICAN WAR NEWS SIR DOUGLAS HAIG’S OFFENSIVE Received 8.35. WASHINGTON, October 1. An American patrol ship was ram med off the coast and sunk. It is reported in Germany that by combining foods obtained from Russia and Roumania with > exports from northern neutrals that Germany hopes to increase the rations and improve the morale of the people. This has further determined the United States not to contribute food in any way. It will also demand smuggling in some northern neutrals be ended. The military authorities believe that when the censorship of Sir Douglas Haig’s new offensive is lifted great strategic gains will be revealed. President Wilson has called on school teachers to devote more time to the problems of national life, emphasising the war, inculcating a new appreciaton of life’s aspects, and a deeper understanding of the aims and meaning of the democracy. He said: “When the war is over, we must apply our acquired wisdom in purging and ennobling the world’s life.”

A GERMAN ULTIMATUM. TO FRIGHTEN PERU. Received 8.50. LIMA, October 1. , It is rumoured that Germany will send an ultimatum to Peru. Soldiers are guarding German merchantmen. HUN REACTIONARY TRIUMPH GRAVE INNER POLITICAL STORM Received 5.50. , Mr. Cyril Brown, tclgeraphing from Stockholm, says that Chancellor Michaelis, speech has already been interpreted as a reactionary triumph in a grave inner political storm. RISE AND FALL OF A TRAITOR. PARIS, October I. Further arrests of prominent persons found communicating with the enemy are exciting France. The latest to be arrested i$ 8010 Patha, a man well known in business and social circles. His arrest followed a New York cable intimating that the Deutsche Bank in 1916 paid £300,000 into Bolo’s accounts in the American banks, which money was transferred to Paris through a French bank. 8010 is now seriously ill in the Grand Hotel The Government sent three specialists and a superintendent to transfer him to the prison, but a great crowd in the street swept and shouted. “Death to the traitors!” Bolo’s brother, who is a famous preacher, joined in the demand for Bolo’s death if he is found guilty. 8010 was formerly a hairdresser. He established a brand champagne, and gained the friendship of i the ex-Khedive who ennobled him. He then married an heiress, and ac- ; quired a superb villa at Biarritz. According to “Figaro,” 8010 became a millionaire in 1916. He later acquired a share in “Le Journal” for £220,000 The Government recently searched Bolo’s residences. The Government is disciplining M. Monier, president of ! the Court of Appeal, for revising Bolo’s agency with “Le Journal.” Inquiries are proceeding concerning a number i of other wealthy men who were com- i mercially associated with 8010.