AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 May 1918, Page 5

AMERICA.

AMEBIC RECORD. .;.,■-■ Received 9.35, a.m # NEW TQEK, May 1. Wasliington ,r,eports Mr Hurley has announced th,at ship construction for April totalled 230,000 dead weight tons —a 60,000 increase oyer the best record in any month. GERMAN INTRIGUERS SENTENCED. Received 9.35 a.m. NEW YORK, May 1. At San Francisco two members of Franz Bopan 's staff we're remanded for sentence and twenty other defendants received valrying sentences (up to twenty-two months in prison, and five thousand dollars fine. THE AMERICAN SOLDIER PRAISED, Generalissimo Foch has cabled to Mr. Strong, President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, praising the valour of the American soldier, and urging the people to support the Liberty Loan. AN ARMY OF FIVE MILLION. MEN. Received 9.35 a.m_ WASHINGTON, May 1. A resolution has been introduced into the Senate providing for an army of 5,000,000 men. The resolution was referred to the Military Affairs Committee. SALUTARY PUNISHMENT. NEW YORK, April 30. At San Francisco Franz Bopp (a former German Consul) , Von Shaak (former Vice-Consul), and Von Brancken (former Military Attache), were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of £2OOO, and other German conspirators against British rule were sentenced to one year's imprisonment', or fined £IOOO. ' '! '