UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1915, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

GULLING THE PUBLIC. INSPIRED GERMAN ARTICLES. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Oct. 11. The Times' Washington correspondent says that while the censor a'ceounts for the absence of decent news, Berlin has dispatched inspired articles of a flashy and plausible optimism. Admirable ammunition is being given the German efforts to discount the German reverses in France and Russia, and hamper the public sale of the loan. The failure of the loan is unthinkable, but, unless careful, the effect of the recent success in neutral opinions will be obliterated, especially since the most stirring 1 ac- ( counts of the fighting still come from German' sources. ENLARGING THE ARMY. MR. ROOSEVELT ON THE STUMP. Received Oct. 12, 5.5 p.m, Washington, Oct. 11. Mr. Harrison proposes an enlargement of the American standing army of 180.000 trained reserve to 300,000, with a reorganised national guard of 180,000 men, proper aeroplane equipment, and the doubling of the artillery and, ammunition. ■Mr. Roosevelt has been recently campaigning vigorously against the United States' unpreparedness, pointing 1 ' out that America is behind Australia, despite the enormous disparity of population. Whether Congress will approve remains to be seen.