UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 March 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

THE MUNITION BOMBINGS. BEffiNSTORFF RESPONSIBLE. Received March S. 10.30 p.m. Washington; March 8. It is officially admitted that the seized papers show that Count Bernetorff directed the earliest munition bombings. NAVAL BUILDING EXPEDITED. Washington. March 7. The Democrats and Republicans in the Senate met in caucus jointly and appointed a committee to draw up a scheme to prevent filibustering (i.e., Stonewalling). , The Senate Rules Committee has agreed to a two-thirds closure rule, by Which two-thirds of the Senate may limit the debate t'c a one-hour speech by each Senator. The rule now goes to the party, caucuses. New York, March 7. Thomas Collins, a local blacksmith of Biloxi, Mississippi, forged an iron cross weighing 401b, end dispatched it to Senator Vardaman, with the inecription, "Lest the Kaiser Forgets." Senator Vardaman aided the antiarmed neutrality measure. Mr. Daniels, Secretary for the Navy, has ordered the naval building programme to be completed in half the time originally allotted. JAPAN CONGRATULATES THE PRESIDEJfT. Washington, March 7. The Japanese Emperor sent the following message to 'President Wilson on the occasion of his inauguration:— "I offer my sincere congratulations ftfid express my ardent wish that your administration may be attended by brilliant successes in the future and that the United States may grow more nod moro prosperous." A TRAIT.OR PUNISHED. New York, March 7. Prive. a "member of the Minnesota National Guard, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for furnishing military information to Germany. , MESSAGE TO AMERICA. FROM KING OP MONTENEGRO. TRUSTING THE STRONG TO HELP THE WEAKNew York, March 7. King Nicholas of Montenegro, in a menage to America through the New York Times says:— "At the moment when the great struggle against the common enemy is about to burst out in all its fury I greet the United States. I recall the sufferings my small nation is bearing In silence, but we have ardent faith in the speedy resurrection of our country, and its re-constitution as an independent and free State. I have confidence that God will not allow victory to desert us and to crown the diabolical work of our enemies. I believe your powerful and liber-ty-loving nation will lend my country sympathy and comfort, like a strong brother towards a younger and weaker Tour President's action has greatly re Vived my hope and faith in the fina triumph of justice.