UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

PRO-GERMAN ACTIVITIES. DENOUNCED BY ■"'. ROOT. ] i Received Aug. 17, 5.5 p.m. j New York, Aug. 10. Mr. Elihu Root created an enormous sens 11 ion in his speech condemning the leniency shown to pro-Germans in the United States. He said there were quite a liuiH'Vr vi pro-German traitors in and 'out of Congress, endeavoring to make America's preparations so inefficient that our manhood would meet defeat in the tiring line. They were eo-eriug themselves with a cloak of pretended Americanism, aud if we were competent and fit for our liberty we should ilnd them out and get, at them. "There are," he added, "men in New York '\viio ought to be shot at sunrise to-morrow for treason. There are also New York editors deserving of execution for treason, and sooner or later they'll get it." AMERICAN WOUNDED. Received Aug. 17, 6.3 pjn. Washington, Aug. 16, ! The Government has no information regarding the report from London that American wounded soldiers aro arriving ! in England from France. ARRIVAL OF SWISS MISSION. New York, August 15. Hans Sulzer, a Swiss Minister, and the Swiss Mission has arrived here. ORGANISING GRAIN STOCKS. Washington, August 10. Mr. Wilson has issued a proclamation that the licensing of wheat arid ryo begins on September 1. A corporation with a capital of 50 million dollars has been organised to purchase grain on behalf of the United States nnd to aid the Allies.