ANOTHER AIR RAID

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1917, Page 5

ANOTHER AIR RAID

By Cable.—Press Assi

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UNITED STATES.

FUTURE OF AIRCRAFT.

ENDLESS STREAM CROSSING ATLANTIC. New York. Oct, 1. flic Slew York Herald confidently predicts tiat aeroplanes will soon cross the Atlantic, The great Italian Caproni triplape will probably make the flight late in the spring. American manufacturers are preparing .to make a thousand battleplanes to cross the Atlantic and attempt to destroy the German fleet at Kiel. A recent performance of the Caproni machine in America is remarkable. An American scientist has discovered b. method of guiding aeroplanes by aerial waves. The United States can assure the Allies that an endless stream of planes Will won. be crossing the ocean. Some great hydroplanes are now being built and may also essay the trip. EAST AND WEST. SEW ERA OF RELATIONS. Becrfrti Oet. 2, ILI-p.ni New Tork. Oct. 1. Baron Ishii, speaking at the Bankers' Club, declared the day of suspicion fcad passed, and the time had come when East and West must give and take, be cans* we were living in a new era of international relations, politically and fcoßonereially. The root of the war was the change in the powers of government in international affairs. The old rule of soweigns' relations, breaking whenever it suited their personal advantage, had passed. The people now held the reins. Japan's mission in the United States eliminated all possibilities of misunderrtsJHJng. JAPAN AND THE OPEN DOOR. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. Bewfved Oct. 2, 6.15 p.m. Washington, Oct. 1. Oreat importance is attached to Baron fshii's statement (cabled on September 10). Leading publicists assert that the announcement of the pledge of Japan to support the open door in China is pre•umaMy approved by the Japanese Gov•nuneat. Japanese-American relations ire more favorable than have existed for Jnany years. •

friMarara bor spring campaign. Washington, Oct. 1. AvtiurtUihre information states that the Allies, including the United States, Jin open the next spring campaign in JPlanders with lix million men. PATROL SHIP RAMMED. Washington. Oct. 1. An American patrol ship off the coast (as bets Jammed and sunk. JOOD EXPORTS RESTRICTIONS. Washington, Oct. 1. It is reported that Germany, by comefcining the foods obtained from Russia d Rotunania with exports from the rthern neutrals, hopes to increase her Rations and improve the moral of the people. This has further determined the United States not to contribute food in any <fc»y, also to demand that smuggling by tome of the northern neutrals be ended. PROBLEMS OP NATIONAL LIFE.

Washington, Oct. 1. President Wilson has called on school teiehera to devote more time to the problems of national life, emphasising that the war is inculcating a new appreciation of life's aspects and ft deeper understanding of the aims and meaning of democracy. The President adds: "When the war |s over we must apply our acquired wisiom to purging and ennobling the orld's life." AMERICAN OPINION OF WESTERN VICTORY. Washington, Oct. 1. The military authorities believe that when the censorship of Sir Douglas Raig't new offensive is lifted great ■tnttegie gains will be revealed. RADIO STATION AT HAWAII. New York, Oct. !. . The United States has opened a radio atatiqa at Hawaii and messages have beta axchaaged over 5000 miles—o

RUTHLESS REPRISALS DEMANDED —■ GERMANS FEAR BRITISH WILL GUT COMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AMERICAN STATES READV TWO MILLION MEN AVAILABLE

AUSTRO-GERMANT.

THE HUMANE HUN (?).

ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION. THE WOMEN'S DEMANDS. _ Received Oct. 2, 8.15 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 1. An anti-Government demonstration at Essen was the outcome of Dr. Miehaelis' refusal to state Germany's pence terms. Tlic demonstrators were mostly women, who demanded peace, more food, and the return of their menfolk. The police and military quelled the outbreak. POLITICAL CRISIS. GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED. Received Oct. 2, 11.5 p.m. Paris, Oct. 2. 1 Le Matin's Zurich correspondent says that a Ministerial crisis is imminent. ■ The Austrian Government has been comt pelled to enter into negotiations with the Czechs, who obstinately pressed their claims, while the Germans am conducting an unprecedented agitation against the Slavs and the monarchy. Rome, Oct. 2. L Pandemonium reigned in the Reich strath when the Budget Committee, by 2t) to 14. refu-ed to approve of the Budget. Wolffgran, representing the German party, denounced the convocation of Parliament as a supreme error. The Government ought first to have created a majority worthy of its confidence. This was a parliament of traitors, with the Czechs -sitting on the same benches a* patriots, whereupon the Czechs created a wild uproar. Amsterdam, Oct. 2. The Austrian Socialists are calling upon the munition workers for a general strik''. They are receiving a favorable response. Many strike leaders have been arrested in Vienna, Prague and Brow.

HYPOCRITICAL STATEMENTS. Received Sept. 2, 55 p.m. London, Oct. 2. A wireless German official report states: There has been intense artillerying on the roast and at Ypres and Benz. Anglo-French airmen wrought considerable damage in Belgium, there being numerous civilian victims. Ours bombed the military buildings and warehouses of inner London, also Margate and Dover. All returned. THE QUESTION OF BELGIUM. AN EVASIVE STATEMENT. ROYALTIES HELP -WAR LOAN. TREASURE FOR IMPROVING CREDIT.

Received Oct. 3, 12.55 a.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 2. The Vorwaerta states that Germany will make a formal declaration regarding Belgium when the psychological moment arrives, namely, when the question of r.e'.pum is the- only obstacle to peace. A'.'rirding to Von Kvelhmann's speech, this declaration may be expected in a fortnight's time. The Kaiserin and all the Princes have* taken largo shares in the seventh war loan, but the amount of their subscription is not disclosed. Royalties have again offered the Imperial banks large quantities of jewellery. The Government is arranging to sell private treasure abroad, with a view to improving Germany's financial outlook. ENLISTMENT OF BOYS. Amsterdam, Oct. 1. Germany is enlisting boys of 10 to 17 and under 10 if 6ft 2in in height and strongly built. A REACTIONARY TRIUMPH. * New York, Oct. 1. Mr. Cyril Brown, telegraphing from Stockholm, says that Dr. Miehaclis' speech is already interpreted as a reactionary triumph in the grave inner political storm.