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Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1917, Page 5

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GENERAL WISP TO AVERT WAR. CO-OPERATION OF NEUTRALS SOUGHT Received Feb S, 5.5 p m. New York, Feb. i. 11/0 outstanding feature of .Sunday w:is ili:- ijuiulne>s of the New Yuri; crowds ami the absence of deinonstr.it'ons and ling-waving. There was litti' to indicate stioii a. serious crisis $1:11(':iy newspaper* wore eagerly lead, but tl.r-iv was 110 excitement and aUo no d : >oi del 1 . New.*; 1 rotn Washington an uii charged situation,. wliicii is cleared by 1 iie removal of the Kotisatonic as an ia c .;;e The State Department is asking Great Britain for safe conduct for Count Bcrnjtorft". There is much interest in the r.ttitude of leading Herman-Americans. The hea<)s of (.'erman clubs and financiers, who are be ng interviewed, show a general wish and belief that war will be averted, even hoping that the diplomatic break may forvo to induce Germany to modify he'. j.roEiiiinnie The majority declare that the Ih'st duty of Americans 13 to support froideut Wilson in -whatever lie decider. The Staats Zeitung Kavs: "The die is east. The President lias spoken for all the country and the people While tfct, may regret the trend of events, if is now the duty of every American to stand squarely behind President Wilson. There must nr.t be any division of sentiment "jr opinion. There can be only one loyalty, namely, to America." "he United States Consuls abrorfd are engaged in informal conversation? with neutral (lovemnients, with a view to t'leir co-operation in vindicating the rights of neutrals at sea. Jlr. Hoover sa # ys that Belgian relief transportation is temporarily suspended, ami the situation, may.be most serious for the Belgians, but lie is hopeful thaioperations will shortly be resumed. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST WRECKERS Renter Service. New York, Feb. 4. The chief machinist's mate on a United States torpedo boat. Jacob .Tones, has been arrested 011 a charge of having opined the seacocks. There was two feet- of water in the hold when the alleged attempt to sink the vessel was discovered. 'I he Austrian freight steamer Himalaya, lying at New York, has been rendered unseaworthv by the piston heads and other parts of the machinery having l ien wilfully smashed. The -two interned auxiliary cruisers Wilhehn and Friedcrich, have been seized and the crews imprisoned. Panama reports that four interned Hamburg-American steamships have been seized at Christobel. Protective measures' have been taken in the Canal Zore. There is a belief in some quarters that Germany may reply with a dec-lit ration of war. Relief was felt when it-was learned that the Housatonic's crew had boon saved. It is not known whether she way warned or not.

MUST NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH. Amsterdam, Feb. t. nerman newspapers have been inspire! to warn the public against exaggerated expectation of the results of submarine fiightfulness. The Vorwacrts declares that the Socialist. Party declines responsibility for the rightfulness. "Unquestionably Americans are proA'ly," said Mr. 'Aslier Smith, a wellknown Sydney business man, returned from the United States, in the course of an interview. "Official America is neutral, and this means more than appears 011 the face of. it. When the whole history of this world tragedy in written it. is likely, f think, tlm't Presii.ent Wilson will get the credit which he. has so richly, earned, Mr. Roosevelt to the contrary, notwithstanding. Unseen and unadvertised, President Wilson's power and capacity have been exxreised to restrain the' vicious and all too potent power of the (iermaii organisation existing and operating in America, and I unhesitatingly assert that but for the President's calm and deliberate attitude throughout the last two years the United States of America lr'glit have been plunged in a civil war, and thereby robbed of the opportunity to supply the needs of'the Allies. Then what about the American Press? )t can confidently be said that the best newspapers and journals have fearlessly rsqoused the cause of civilisation, although the attitude Ims cost them the loss of Ocrnian-Amcricaii advertisements and subscriptions. In Australia we hear little of what America has done for the wat victims. Nevertheless it is a fact that in this respect American has to receive a great deal of credit, not only fo„money subscribed, but also for the personal services of bright and capable Americans in distributing the necessaries of l'fe to the needy. Hundreds of French orphans have been adopted in America, and the work of American hospitals, etc., in France is too well known among our own niedica.l men to need detailed reference here. A movement is 011 foot now to raise something likr 200.000,000 dolars by popular subscription in America during 1917 to alleviate distress in Kurope caused by the war. The American thinkers realise that no such world tragedy can be enacted without iinpos-' iiig its price 011 every country and every person. Also, they know that if Geriv.any had beaten down the Allies it would have been their turn next, and they know what it means to be unprepared."