UNITED STATES.
ORDERS FOR TRENCH SUPPORTS. , ( A REFUGEE'S STORY[ , [ Kew York, August Zi. Tht Allies' agents at Pittsburg h»ve ordered several thousand tons of steel supports for the trenches on the W«#| front, Further investigations of the smug* gling of mails to Copenhagen has di»>~ closed that the same agent "men from America to Germany, v Huysmans, an expert munition makei|.. who has escaped from Belgium, hat ar* rived in the United States. He eaya that the Germans have mined the whola country, including the towns and cities.There are bombs everywhere which are electrically controlled. A German officer boasted tliat if they were forced to retire from Belgium they would not leave any? thing behind, and if the Belgians refused to do munition work their wives and daughters would be deported tfl Germany. _ " " : THE XAVAL (PROGRAMME. ' Washington, August §7. i Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, in an interview, said he proposed to rush the naval programme, and hopes within six months to have 100 vessels under construction. This may bring the total outlay to 050' million dollars. H« la' confident that America will 'have, the second navy in tiie world.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1916, Page 5
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