UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

A SECRET CENSUS. DEALING WITH EVADERS. New York, May 31. A secret census is being taken of eligible men. Those who have not enlisted by Juno 5 are liable to a year's imprisonment. It is stated that thousands of Amer* Jeans have gone to Mexico, Cuba and Alaska to avoid conscription. The Government is taking steps to defeat the intention. LITTLE NATIONS SACRIFICED. ALLIES WILL BE PROUD OF SUFv " FERINGS. j. '' Washington, i.lay SI, Prince Undine, addressing the Sen- , Site, said that little nations, which were - entirely guiltless which had produced the masterpieces of art and , treasures of industry, had been barbarously sacrificed. Personal slavery had been reintroduced into Europe equal to the worst period- of the medieval invasions. The day would come when the Allied nations would be proud of their sufferings. • (SUBMARINE AND AIRCRAFT BASES. Washington, May 31. Thii Navy Station Commission recommends submarine bases at San Difego, Jjos Allgeles, and the Columbia River, also six aviation bases on the Pacific. The total • cost will be eight million dollars. INTERNED"JERMAN SHIPS. , Washington, May 31. Thirteen interned German naval and commercial Vessels have been transferred to the United States. ANTI-CON,SCRIPTIONISTS ARRESTED. New York, May 31. in pursuance of the campaign for the suppression of anti-conscription, agents of the Justice Department have arrested two students of the Columbia University, one being'the son of ProfessoT Cattei and the other a girl named Parker, on a change of conspiring to induce men not to register.