UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS. A CRISIS APPROACHING. THE BLOCKADE TROUBLE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 24. The Times correspondent at Washington says a crisis in Anglo-American relations is approaching, and pro-German propagandists have lately been making progress throughout the country. This is partly owing to the indifference of the masses regarding ethics and partly to the admitted illegality of the procedure under the semi-blockade. At the same time the leaders of thought are growing dissatisfied with the easy official acceptance of German crime and the legal meticulousness is not increasing the dignity of the United States. Britain cannot be too grateful for the sympathy of educated circles, but it will ho unwise for her to increase her unpopularity of high-handedness at sea. It would be better to make the position strictly legal by declaring a full blockade.

In a sensational speech in the Senate, Seantor Williams, a cotton planter, representative of the most important cotton interests, passionately upheld the cause of the Allies. He urged that a full blockade should lie declared. The South had not suffered by making cotton contraband. He pointed out" that an Arbitration Treaty existed for An-glo-Amcrican disputes.

JIORE TYPEWRITING New York, January 24. The United States Government bat notified Britain that it objects to the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act as affecting American trade. PRO-GERMAN OUTRAGE. EXPLOSION AT MUNITION WORKS. New York, January 24. Fifteen were killed and twenty injured by an explosion at Buffalo, which wrecked the plant of the Kclker Blower Company, which was engaged in manufacturing war munitions. A panic was caused in neighboring schools.