MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE ANTI-BRITISH PLOT. FURTHER DETAILS. London, Sept. 4. I r A further instalment of telegrams i Tom the K:ii.--(T to tlie Czar has' been j published in the New Fork Herald. j Tlie Kaiser, on .lulv 20. IJKKS. referred j to the British llect visiting German Baltic ports, and said: "Either England is anxious owing to our meeting at Bjorko in July, 1!K)4, or she wants to frighten me." The Czar replied that he considered the Raiser's forthcoming visit to Copeniiapren had eonie opportunely. A long telegram from the Kaiser, on August 2, I!W>5, gave an account of the Copenhagen visit. It shows how he tried to sound Danish opinion regarding Germany. He says he found the DanA ■very apprehensive regarding the visit, this feeling being mainly engendered by England. The Kai.cr added: "I am afraid (o speak to the Danes openly lest our Intentions be communicated to England. ? found they are becoming resigned to the necessity of allowing Germany and Russia to occupy the country if an attack is made, on the Baltic. The test policy -will be to let this idea sink into Danish minds." The Kaiser also alluded to the pro!)osrd foregathering at (.'owes of AngloFrench Crimean veterans, and commented: '-This idea is very delicate ij"'"cd, and shows that I iwa? right in warning you two years ago about the re-forming of the old Crimea combination." In tlie course of further telegrams should ask the Duma to vote on the Russo-German treaty after its formulation. He would thus be enabled to throw on its shoulders the responsibility of stopping or continuing the -apasesi' war. The Kaiser, on September W, declared that France had left Russia in the lurch during the war, whereas Germany had assisted to the utmost, putting Russia under moral obligations to Germany. The Kaiser added that M. Delcasse's indiscretions showed that an AngloFrench agreement existed. This telegram specifically states that the- Kaiser and C:ar agreed to a treaty at the Bjorko meeting, and says: "The settlement of the Morocco business frees the air for an understanding. We now have a good base on which to build. We have joined hands and signed 'before God the treaty which can now well come inio existence." THE NEW SHIPS. 03 IN SIX \VEEK£. Reuter Service. Received Sept. 6, 1.50 am. London, Sept. 5. Lloyd's register shows that 63 new British ships, mostly of a large size, lfave been added to the register within sii weeks. EXCHANGE OF IMPORTS. BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Received Sept. 0, 1.50 a.m.

•Paris, Sept. 5. ] The French and British Governments have agreed to an unrestricted exchange , of imports, ".vith specified exceptions. LABOR CONGRESS. VOTE AGAINST STOCKHOLM. ' Reuter Service. London, Sept. 4. At the Labor Congress the division was :n the question of the committee's report cabled yesterday. Mr. Smillio, in proposing its adoption, affirmed that the Labor Party had been almost rent in twain by the'.Stockholm question. The committee's recommendation amounted to a compromise with the View of securing unit.'.. The great need of the moment was a close relationship between labor in the al'ied nations. Howover, labor's voice must be heard iii the peace settlement. Mr. HaveWk Wilson reiterated that the seamen would never carry delegates to Stock-holm. The congress decided against participation in the Stockholm Conference at present by 2,840,000 votes to 01,000. ESCAPED GERMANS CAPTURED AT SEA. London, Sept. 4. A ship has arrived in the Tyne, which picked up six German war prisoners in a . 'boat at sea. It is believed the Germans were among those who recently escaped from camps in Britain. A small boat recently disappeared from Scarborough, and this is believed to have a connection with the attempted escape. EXPEDITING SHIP CONSTRUCTION. London, Sept. '4. ( A committee of employers and men at the shipyards on the Tyne has been formed to accelerate shipbuilding and avoid wastage of man-.pow-r.