AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 August 1918, Page 5

AMERICA.

RUSHING TROOPS ACROSS. WASHINGTON, August 16. Refering to the shipment of American troops to Prance, Mr. Baker, Secretary of War, stated; “The War Department’s programme has been adjusted so as to enable us to continue rapid shipments of troops to France. This 'is : possible ■by reason of the 1 -i !■ , i 1 great, assistance- ofr! the British Government jin placing a large amount of shipping | at our disposal.” . RUMANIANS IN AMERICA. WASHINGTON, August 16. The Rumanian Attache has announced that eighteen thousand Rumanians in the United States who were formerly resident in Transylvania, have been recruited for fighting with the Allies against the Central Powers. Several divisions will be organised in the United States. It is estimated that there are two hundred thousand Rumanians, mostly from Transylvania, in the United States. MEXICAN OIL DECREE MODIFIED Received 9.4 a.m. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18. President Carranza has agreed to modify the oil decree to meet the wishes of the United States and Britain. PROFITEERING IN U.S.A, WASHINGTON, August 17. Income tax returns show enormous .profiteering in clothing, food production and metal industries. Meat packers, millers and eanners topped the list of percentages, running into 100 per cent above normal. TO STOP SPIES WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. President Wilson has issued a proclamation that aliens will not be allowed free departure from the-United ■States after September 15th. The proclamation says: It is believed that many aliens arc /able to leave the United States as agents, carrying information to Germany. It is hoped to stop such activties. Aliens will bo required to obtain permits under rigid investigation. AMERICANS AT THE FRONT... WASHINGTON, August 17. General March, conferring with the Senate Military Committee, said the United States now has' three million men under arms, of whom 1,400,000 are overseas. General March anticipated a further German retirement on the West front, though he did not know the possible extent. Reports received, state that United States ' soldiers are singled out for maltreatment in German prison camps. It is impossible to establish an Eastern front in .Russia"owing to the complexity of the problems of transport and supplies.