THE UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 329, 22 January 1909, Page 2

THE UNITED STATES.

M!R. TAET'S SALARY. New York, January 20. Thes Senate has fixed! the salary of .Mr. Tuft ut 100,(100 dollars, including travvMing expenses—an increase of \ £54100 on the salary of President Roosevelt. THE ANTI-JAPANESE LEGISLATION "NATIONAL PRUDENCE." New York, January 20. In consequence of President Roosevelt's telegiram, the majority controling the California!! legislature decided to defeat the anti-Japainese legislation on the ground of national prudence.

/HGANTIC WATERWAYS SCHEME. TO COST OVER £100,000,000. New York, January 20. The United States Government i» planning a gigantic extension of tho intenial waterways .system, costing a hundred million's sterling, spread over tlie next decade, and to be followed by an annual vote of ten millions for an indefinite period. The undertaking is considered necessary because of the demands of transportation increasing quicker than the railways. It is proposed to link up the East and Middle West by a circular water.way route 5000 miles long, tapping a district) comprising 1,300,000 squar* miles. L | tftyJQJI

GREAT LAND FRAUDS. INVOLVING OVER £20,000,000. London, January 20, The New York correspondent of The Times says that Mr. J. A. Garfield, Minister for the Interior, reports to Congress that frauds in the disposal of public funds in the past few years had involved lands worth a hundred million dollars (£20,000,000.)

AMERICA AND SIBERIA. . STRENGTHENING AMERICAN. ' COMMERCE. New York, January 20. The Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of .State, U asking the Senate's authority to send three* commissioners to Siberia •to assist in strengthening the Government. : -rJiJ-aR