UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

TESTING WILSON'S TEMPER. MORE INCOMPETENCE. SVasbington, Oct. 12. After two days' conference President Wilson and Mr, Lansing agree that Germany lias kept her pledge?., though the announcement of the final decision ,vill be withheld until the facts are in the President's hands. Hl3 advisers, however, are fearful for the immediate future. They are convinced that the making ot the American coast a war zone must bring grave and worldwide complications for Gorman.!'. In the opinion of the President's personal advisers the experts of the State Department are now testing Mr. Wilson's temper. SUBMARINES OFF AMERICA. UNNEUTRAL ACTS >—! r.:"civccl Oct. 1!', 1.33 n.'.v. Jew York, Oct. 13 .'.w Government has placed ■ ?e:r.cr at the New York Herald's wireless station, because wireless message? were, sent out to ships 011 Sunday reporting that the USS was operating at Nantucket. The Navy Department contends that sending the message, which was part of the press service to ships, was an unneutral act. Messages as to the movements of ships have also been prohibited, because they might be picked up by the. submarine. It transpires that the British Embassv was not allowed to send wireless advices as to t'lie movements of U53. A New London tug departed to-night on a mysterious errand. She has aboard the pilot who was retained as pilot for the Bremen. A JASTAR'DLY PLOT. ' New Vorl;, Oct. 12. A report comes from Louisville Kentucky, that a broken rail, evidently designed to wreck the special train of Mr. llughes, presidential "andidatc. was discovered near the big Sandy River a few minutes before the train reached the spot. A plot on Mr. llughes' life i 3 suspected, as the fracture was obviously not accidental.