UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

SUCCESS OF REGISTRATION. 'FROM EIGHT TO TEN MILLIONS » EXPECTED. GERMANS PAIL TO PREVENT ENLISTMENT. INTENSE ENTHUSIASM SHOWN. Washington, June 5. President Wilson lias issued a proclamation urging the opposing factions to unite. Everything is in readiness for < the registration to-day. It. is expected that nearly ten millions will be on the ! register, from whom the War Depart- ! ment will select a million as material from which it will form an army of ! 025,000. 1 _ Registration for conscription is gccut- '' ring all over the country amid intense patriotism. The conflict will be continued until democracy is victorious. Young men were early at the registration places, showing eagerness to do their bit. Received June 7, 12.50 a'.m. ,? " Washington, June 0. Tlia countrywide registration is being carried out without serious trouble. It is impossible to estimate the figures, but when the finals are received they will show from eight to ten millions. The officials are elated and say that the selective draft principle has been thoroughly vindicated. The President's proclamation was read in the schools and at the opening of the booths. Kew Y«ork, June 0. The morning was marked by sirens on hundreds of ships in the harbor and the ringing of bells. Owing to floods in Minnesota, thousands of people used boats to reach the registrars. Rioters at Butte, Montana, were dispersed by troops after several shotß had been fired, but this was an isolated cast German agents in the Southern States failed to prevent the registration of mountaineers and negroes. , The return from the West is incomplete, but it is believed to be satisfactory. The numbers registering in many districts were so great that the time had to be extended. Thousands under 21 attempted to register. __t AMERICA STANDS FOR LIBERTY. Washington, June 5. President Wilson, addressing a conference of veterans, said: "This great nation was kept united' to be an instrument in God's hands to secure liberty for mankind. There comes a time when it is good for a nation to sacrifice, if need 'be everything, to vindicate its principles. We have prospered, with heedless, irresponsible prosperity, and we now must spend all our wealth and shed all our bloodj if needed, for the service of mankind." THE FOLLY OF IGNORANCE. New York, June 6. The New York American says: "With tho United States ordered to register for war why should not Canada, Australia, New Zealand and tl«t rest of the English colonics have conslriptfon. "The United States is in the war to protect the principles for which England •and England's colonies are fighting. I* is England's problem to bring conscription throughout the Empire. We hope nothing will be left undone to bring the colonial Commonwealth to a realisation of this duty." SHIPPING MATTERS. Washington, June 5. It is officially estimated that 260 wooden cargo ships will be constructed in 18 months in addition to steel ships. The Shipping Board has announced that over 100,000 tons of seized Aus-tro-German ships have been repafredand will be available by the end of July. New York, June 5. The seized German merchantmen have been christened with American names. ARREST OF SPIES. Washington, June 5. Further arrests have been made of alleged spieß. The police state that a wireless apparatus was shipped to Mexico in separate parcels. It is also alleged that they induced sailors to deliver letters to German agents in Norway. One hundred and forty German agents encouraging the anti-conscriptionists have been arrested and interned. USEFUL HELP. Reuter Service. New York, June 5. An American squadron has arrived in Brazilian waters to relieve the British and French cruisers. Tho police have ascertained that in January the thief official connected with Germany's wireless system came to America and arranged for spying on the wireless service, and then proceeded to Mexico.