UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

SENATE REFUSES PRESIDENT SPECIAL POWER. Washington, Feb. 22. Tho Senate's Judiciary Committee decided not to report the Bill urged by Mr. Lansing, conferring power on the President to use the army and navy to enforce America's rights and obligations, because it was too much authority for one man. GERMAN INTRIGUE AND ESPIONAGE. New York, Feb. 22. It is stated that more than fifty prominent men are concerned in a gigantic scheme of espionage. The Federal authorities are investigating the report that the food riots in New York and elsewhere have been engineered by one of the Central Powers. GERMAN TRICKS UNAVAILING. New York, Feb. 22. Count BernstorlY's party is at Halifax and is still being examined for contraband. They appear to have a singular love of gramophone music. A tremendous stock of records has been seized, because they contain rubber, also because it is quite possible that some singer in the United States may have supplied touching descriptions in German of the movements of the Allied warships to the setting of music. The examination of Count BernstoriTs ship revealed that every member of lite German party was plentifully supplied with cotton. One Embassy secretary had several hundreds suits of pyjamas, which will be confiscated. The Germans had plenty of gold, which is also contraband. Halifax, Feb. 22. The search of Count Bernstorfl'a party shows that each member supplied himself or herself witli everything lacking in Germany. Hundreds tff pairs of pyjffmas were discovered, which are likely to be confiscated in view of the necessity of preventing wool and cotton reaching Germany. A LARGE VOTE FOR ARMY. Received Feb. 23, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Feb. 22. The House passed a £50,000,000 Army Appropriation Bill.