UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

A WARNING TO SHIRKERS. 'TWO MEALS'DAILY. /ALLIES' NEED OF WHEAT, Received Juno 3,. 5.5 p.m. ! Washington, June 2. A proclamation warns those who are leaving in order to l evade conscription that they will be prosecuted on returning, ■■■_■..- ' The Secretary for Agriculture 1 has re* commeadei : two meah daily during the war.- ' ■■ , g/ '- Iffit' flower anticipate* that the GovSrnment will ptttohaee all the grain, and | resell it fo constuners He states that.] Etfgift&i, JriMtte and Italy need aC0.000,000 Dusheb, before ike neat harvest. SUPPRESSING ANTI MILITARISM. , - Dfew York, June 1: Soldiers.'invaded a meeting of 13,000] foreigners in Madison Square Garden! and attested eight distributors of anti- j » corawripttfc litwatare. I •The New York Herald say* it amounted practically to Martial law. . Anti-cmfscriptioniita '.vera arrested at (■Kttnias City and Topeke'. ■■.■■':;,■ •■■ Washington, June I. :. Cfficjajaattribute the'sTrtT-consertp-tionkbtrhbverv.ertt to Socialists and I.WAY. pro-Caimans An official stewthat, hundreds of German women an; ] tinder sutveiUane". Many of the women are known to be in the pay of (itrraany.documents srired stated that, a Cdflfcgian, Anti-Militarist-League. feW btriit'&WJned with braj*ehes in most .of the leading universities. Armed police' attend Socialist and IW W, iwietiF§s. The authorities are detenaJneA to suppress any attempt to hinder "enlistment. An order has been issued prohibiting cligibles leaving tha /-. 'Catted States. ' - ' :. .