UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SUBJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION. Received April 10, 5.5 p.m. Washington. April IS. Mr Balfour discusses tlie lollowing subjeets, vith a view to an international i understanding-.—Financial assistance for the Allies, the blockade, munitions, niili- | tavy dispositions, naval uperiitions, foodstiifTe, and general resources. The part* includes 20 experts. The French Commission is generally e:: similar line;. It is ollitially stated that the United States is sending a commission to Rus- I sia. CONSCRIPTION. PRESIDENT PERSISTENT. Washington, April IS. The House Military Committee voted in favor of raising .:00,C!!0 men voluntarily. President Wilson conferred with the Senate Military Committee, irginj! ihom to press conscription and make all speed with the change. The War Department is planning a levy of half a million conscripts, if the President is able to induce Congress to pass the Selective Draft Bill. The conscripts will enter into training, and go under canvas immediately, in°order to complete the quota by August 1. PANAMA CANAL. CLOSED AT NIGHT. Washington, April 18. In order t'o safeguard the Panama Canal the ports of Cristobal and Balboa . have been ordered to be closed at night and all lights extinguished. ' ! ■ I ALLIES' SUBJECTS. I ' RECRUITING ALLOWED. F • Received April -20, 1.30 a.m. r , ■ Washington, April 19. [ The House of Representatives passed l unanimously the Bill allowing the Allies . to recruit their subjects within the . United States. . A TRAITOROUS OFFICER. i Received April 19, 11.25 p.m. t t _ Washington, April 19. L ,Lieutenant Hall, of the Indiana regiment, has been sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for negotiating with the Mexican Government for a commission. ' I i !