CANADA.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1917, Page 5

CANADA.

<THE CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN AN AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT. i Ottawa, Dec. 14. Mr. Hughes' manifesto to Australian coldiers has been published throughout the Dominion, and is welcomed by the conscriptionist press as a powerful fac- . tor towards clearing away the misapprehensions created by the anti-conscrip-tionists' contention* that Australia will . be able to dispense with conscription and •till maintain her forces at the front. The newspapers point out that Sir , Wilfrid LauTier is quoting Australia as an example of a country that is able to rely on voluntaryism, alleging that Canada i» aide to do the same, given proper leadershto. Mr. Hughes'demonstration of the failure of voluntaryism in Australia is thus reinforcing the Canadian conseriptionists ? efforts. , ALLEGED SPY RELEASED. HaU/ax, Dec. 14. Voibvrg, the alleged spy, has been reku«d, as he is considered harmless. THE HALIFAX DISASTER. •■ Ottawa, Dec. 14. It Is reported that following on the arrest of alleged spies, at Halifax, secret German codes were found,, also the re- ' '■' mains of 'a wifeless station amidst the ruins caused by the explosion. UNITED STATES. GREATER SPEED REQUIRED. \hm NORTHCLIFFE'S STATEMENT. ( New York, Dec. 14. The Tribune's London correspondent in. • tatviewed Lord Northcliffe. who does not " agree that time is altogether on the side of thfi Allies. ' While we are discussing the transportation of United States troops, the German* are actually moving- forces from • the Hussion frontier to France. Ships •re not wed to their fullest capacity. The development of the ah services y would give the Allies victory. EXTRAORDINARY DELAY. .' SHORTAGE OF MACHINE-GUNS AND RIFLES. '' 1 * Washington, Dec. 14. ..Mr. Croixer, Chief of the Ordnance Department, giving evidence before the Senate Committee,, blamed Mr. Baker,, Stcretarv for War, for delays in provid* iag machine-guns and rifles America' manufactured 10,000 rifles daily for Britain, but America had changed the model? ■. because she had decided to go to the French, not the British sectors of the fighting line, and the factories were now producing less than 5000 daily. Thirty thousand machine-guns were needed, but none had yet been delivered. ■ \ _ The committee was impressed with the »v inefficiency shown in pushing on war preV., pa'rations. CABINET MOVEMENT. v Washington, Dec. 14. A' committee has been appointed to Investigate the administration of the Navy Department. A movement is growing in favor A a, Coalition Cabinet..