UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

THE LAST WORD. AMERICAN NOTE TO GERMANY. Washington, April 14, lin with what is described as a final request for satisfaction. President Wilson and the State Department have agreed to dispatch the evidence of submarine atrocities to BerKeceived April 16, 5.5 p.m. London, April 15. The Daily Chronicle's New York correspondent says that Cabinet has approved of President Wilson's submarine policy Note that is to be sent to Germany, reiterating the demands for humane and legal conduct of submarine warfare, and intimating that a further offensive against American lives will be -followed by the severance of diplomatic relatione. The correspondent adds: "This is America's last word." MORE TEMPORISING. The press says Mr. Wilson is.simply giving another excuse to Germany to delay negotiations while continuing the murder of Americans. ARREST OF A SPY. GIVES AWAY FELLOW-PLOTTERS. A HUGE CONSPIRACY. Received April 16, 5.5 p.m. London, April 15. The arrest of the plotters in America who were concerned in the manufacture of bombs to blow up munition ships was due to the arrest in London of a man giving the name of Bridgeman Taylor, who arrived in England early in the war. The seizure of von Papen's papers proved that Taylor was in German employ. Taylor came to England to oner himself for work under the British Government. His real name is von der Goltz. and it is understood that he ilaims relationship .fith the German field-marshal of that name., Taylor is believed to have been concerned in the conspiracy tc destroy munition works and bridges in t'he United States and Canada, and that he also helped to foment the troubles in Mexico, while he was one of the chief German terrorists in America. When confronted with the evidence that wa 9 in the hands of the British authorities von der Goltz sought to make terms by giving a full history of the conspiracies. After consultation with the United States authorities Britain decided to return him to the United States, to give evidence against his fellow plotters there. Von der Goltz's arrival at New York was promptly followed by the arrest of seven other plotters.