WAR NOTES FROM THE UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1917, Page 6

WAR NOTES FROM THE UNITED STATES.

(Compiled from the latest American File*).

People, in (lie Ilritish dominions can hardly rcabs- the conditions prevailing ti'-')iiviiM, ; f. ;:„. i-„ii,,i Sl .„„ Ml ,, e tIlt! d,.dared ,-,.-, v ,-ar on ~\„ril « last. Jnrom/ooat tlie lei-th and breadth of !.■!<■ b:>.l :,'! ria.-s.-s :nv rallying to the coiitiK-t With men, moiiov, ;i;i<i cnerpv, r.nd not tin; least surprisili.j development IS tile whoh-h;'artcd fashion in which I lie furctgn-boni and citizens of German parentage, are taking (!,<.;,. place"■'i'l'T Ike Stars and Stripes. Among t>ie i.v.:n.-y <;ihscript;<ms fur (he prosecution of thi. nar m:\ny of the heaviest contributions are made hy persons whose sympathies were suspected of heir," Willi the Fatliirland and who are jig-.v rhowing in unmistakable method that tiiey are Americans first and Germans afterwards.

Secretary Palfour arrived in England on dune !! after his mission to the Siate=. He was accompanied by a contingent of military and naval officers of the Amcriian forces. General Pershing nml his sliiii - reached London on the Stli and were received at litu-kinu'liam Palace on the mil by King George. His ?.lajcstv raid: "It lias been the dream of mv life to sco the two great ICnirlish-spi'aliini; nations more closely imuech iMy dreams have l.'een realised, it U witii' the utmost pleasure that I welcome yon. at the head of the American contingent, to our shores."

Tl-.f iirut American Indian to join the Fnited Stales navy is. a Passamaquoddv 01 eastern Maine The. tirst infantry regiment in tiie American army to attain full strength is llio Fifteenth llot>i:ncnt. of Xcaroes of the Slate of Soa York whoso proikieney in drill, deportment, and marksmanship is noteworthy. After two weeks intensive trnininr: at a ehootin? competition took place when out of :-:;G men who Iked LU made reeords and li) 7 recoiid-class. The Fifteenth is otiloered hv men whose names are well known in Xew York military, commercial and vciaFeiivW. Accor ii;i;.' to an Associated Pre?* mes:r.;e -cut frrm Ain .-tenia m on May 1"). the tote I lurcher of pri.-oners. of e.var then held I,y the Cent re 1 Powers was ■::.S;-l:271 of" wl.kh ov;r two millions were Russian. liriti.-Oi prisoners totalled of whom .!.-,.:!.; 1 were held in Germany, the remainder "lein™ in Turkey an.! Fnle/aria. At a meeting "f t'-o Ormr.u Colonial redely hold at Leipsie Ur. Solf. Secretary for the Colonies, made it clear that cue of the principal conditions of peace would he the restoration ;.f the German colonic-.

[ One of the r.f.v tares io meet i'.vsr ox- [ peii-r i is a ton per cent, on expenditure at the cabaret- and vaudeville entertainments, the proprietors Ivlnjj responsible for its collection. Of 1: :0 students of military acre attend im: For.lliain I'niversity, more th.ui i'JO have already enlisted. The l/.uiidi Minister of the Interior expresses hi: anxiety as to the fuel siiv Rtion in Denmark in the tolhr.ving terms:—'Wo are dependent upon America for al:r:o>t e-.ir wiiole import/ of oil for li.L'lit and combustion, and from the moment that country entered tlie war :he ceased her exports of t'.iis product and recalled her allies already on the way to r.s. What is ciill worse, we have

o;:r.-e!vcs no ships in which to bring petroleum. Negotiations to obtain permission from the belligerents to allow American tank ships to sail under the Danish thi' 3 ' are in progress and promise V/ol)/' While on lor way from a French port to Xc-'.v York, tiic steamship "Virginian," of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co., had an oneourii r with a German submarine in the L'a.y of Hiscay. After launching a torpedo, which missed mark, tlio German opened fire with hi;; bow gun which was prr.nintly respondi-d to ijv the naval crew on board the freighter." Altogether i-2 s'odls wore exchanged hut apparently neither vessel vas "injured. IVsMraiioii of eligible-; under the Federal Draft, Art is well up to estimates. Xew Void: City alone registering •"s.MilO ir.i-n hi 'tween 21 and 31, or about 10,000 more than expected.

The import of eggs from China into the State:' is a-sur.iing considerable magnitude and is proving a boon to people on the Ff.cilic Coast and in the Middle West. The .»;■. minus -dud's, are packed in tins of lo to Uldbs each, frozen, and arrive in excellent condition. Official? of the .VS. Food Laboratory state Unit a much smaller percentage of stale eggs is found in these shipments than among tho*c produced locally. Last year's imputation inio San Francisco and Seattle alone aggregated 34,50U,G00

In sympathy with the movement for incrca.-ing the production of food-stub's throughout the land, the Town Cowicil of Ormlaska. Wis., lias authorised the use of the citv's back streets for raising potatoes. The cultivation will be carried out by high school hoys, under the direction of the County Farm School.

Portland, Oregon, has adopted an ordinance for the regulation of the sale of other than cattle flesh in the public markets. .Jacka-s. mule, donkey, burro, and horse meat may now be sold under stringent conditio,is. A fust conMgmnent of twenty-!wo wild rango mustangs rnimdtd up iiy Indians in Eastern Oregon has arrived and the butchers announce that they will be able to sell ,1-uis at half beef prices. Elnjer Kratz, who graduated recently at the Ilellaiie High School. 'Ohio, resides six miles from the school house and during the four years over which bis study extended* he walked GOOD miles and never missed a day. Ho took high honor.- - .

Oil .September 2 the American Jewish Congress will open in Washington when the delegates of more than half a million Jewish men and women will consider what steps are to be taken to attain fnil rights for those Jews in European and other lands who are still subjected J to political disabilities. The election of' the delegates tooV place throughout the L'nited states on June 10 and caused much intere-t in Hebrew circles. The Executive Board of the Union of American Hebrew t'o;i;'re;:ation*. a very representative imdy. withdrew froni the movement on the ground that until the war is ended it is not desirable that any issues should he raised wiiich mi.nht divert aUcntion from the great struggle in which the States are now taking part. A s'lit of fjreat interest to school teachers is now 1.-'foro tlie Supreme Court in .\'ow York. Miss Clara Hibbevis, teacher in Ihihlie School fi3. is bcin-.; sued h\- a hoy pupil for :JS.<KM dollars damages nud \l is alleged that I she beat him so severely that he had to have a rdiiiid of his neck rial his ;toiisiis [••■ moved. The Hoard of l-.'dora- ( lion is joined as defendant, on the I froimd that complaints had previously I been made against the same teacher and | | disregard 1 ed.

| Billy Sunday's evangelistic campaign i» neyiwt iti.wwe ga& he has annouas-

| ed his intention of handins over to the I American lied Cross and the V Alt' A the amount of the free-will 0iV0n,,".; which had been allocated for ],:.; own remuneration as distinct from the campaign expenses fund. \ K p<vial H v o rV is being made to augment the donation to half a million dollars ami there ..renin to bo every likelihood of this bcim..''accomplished. °

The abduction of the l-l-months bain' hoy, Lloyd Keel, at .Springlieid. .\!„., has I o.ly being found in a Weil on an abandon! d farm. Ills parents wen. to pav the blackmail demanded but' il U thought the kidnappers feared capture and murdered him in their haste to .ret away. The Sherib' arreted a gan'/'ot seven and was hurrying bis prisoners across country to the State prison at •leil'cr.-on City, pursued by scores of Springfield men in automobiles intent upon administerin.'j' 'lynch law. Tiaby Kcet was tlio heir to a fortune of :j ij;>o 000 dollar.:.

The Xcv Yorit Times publishes amemorandam by Consul General Alfred A. Winslow, of Auckland, who desires to impress upon American shippers to Xs.v Zealand the necessity 0 f seeing that documents relating to'consignments aim 11 go forward by the vessel conveying the goods. He points out that now'' the Panama Canal is in regular rise, it is quite possible for a steamer leaving an Atlantic port to reach her Xew Zealand destination ahead of the mail boat from >San Francisco or Vancouver and much inconvenience and loss must result when goods arrive before invoices and bills of lading.

Uncle Sam is getting tired of the eccentricities of the gentry of the I.W.W. and the Selective Draft Act is specially j designed for their benefit. At Bock for! | 111., they have had a sort of centre and when several of them were' arrested and jailed for refusing to register, a dcie!»t!::u of 1.10 of their fellows proceeded to (he county prison and demanded to !.:• aNo locked up. Two companies of the Illinois National Cuard happened to he quite handy and with the'lr assistance v!ie prison authorities "obliged'' the vi-i----tors and incarcerated the whole Jot. Miov a night's lodging a much humbler frame of mind was evident and registration was much in request.

The controversy of wooden v. stool sliipq continues and advocates of the former arc much irritated because of Major-Gcneral Coc-thal's disinclination to .T-;.ji himself 1.1 f the facilities oli'ered for turning out tonnage in much less time than is possible where l-Wal has to be used .Many of the southern yards are ready to go ahead and have completed vessels in commission within ' four months. There i:i a good deal of correspondence appearing in the paper--, and it is pointed out that there are mativ .-ouiid ship? .-till afloat which were launched several generations ago. Thc-c ships were -,r...l aMy not built under Tii-0.--i.nt high pressure renditions bill, the modern builder has many advantages which -vere lacking s hundred years ain am! tlcre can be little reason to doubtthat the -projected licet, in timber would not only serve to meet existing emergencies hut do valuable service after the '•'.v, r is over.

The National Dank of Commerce in New York -has issued, an int"r.>-ting handbook on the Virgin Islands, late Danish West Indie;, recently purchased ]>v the T.'.S. Government, from lVcmark. The price r ai.l- dollars-is

equal to 20j dollars per acre over tlie entire area.. For the Canal /ioiia the i'nited States paid 3J.K3 per acre, while the territory of Alaska was acquired for the modest consideration of -J cents per acre. The Virgin Islands mav lie j described as a. tropical ear.len. with' fine harbors, and their position about midway between Panama and American Atlantic ports renders them of spccir.l value to the Union.