UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

CUTTING OFF SUPPLIED* !,- AN EFFECTIVE BLBCKADB. Washingtori, June It The Espionage 'Bill containing an eafc ; bargo clause passed'the Senate. It gtvet • the President power to out off supplies ", to Germany through neutrals, making the British blockade to * great tartan* unnecessary. , ~t AIRMEN FOR THE FRONT..' . 1000 MONTHLY. • Washington, June If, Tentative plans have been conflicted . to send a thousand aviators to nrape* , J monthly, beginning in September. £g-, lish, French and American expert* are working in co-ordinatio'rffor the purpose ' of blinding Germany. American manufacturers have promised hundjyd* <# training planes. PROGRESS OF 3MIRBUIUMNQ, TOO SLOW FOB -OOJWHESSMmr., Washington, June 13. , Congressmen are receiving numtnup letters urging an investigation of General Goethals' department, becaoM of the insufficiently rapid progress oftaa construction of merchant ships. Senator Lodge, in a speech in tin ' Senate, defended General 'Gbeth&ljl. <&•• daring that it would 'be disadmolmf ' he wae removed from his post. The Food Conservation Bill has b*en accepted by the Senate AgrkrultUreHJom- ' mittee. It prohibits the use of non-par- ' ishable foodstuffs in the manufacture^ ' intoxicants for the duration of the 'mar. 1