UNITED STATES.
SUFFICIENT TRANSPORTS. OUTING DOWN IMPORTS. . NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES RESTRICTED. Received Feb. 6, 12,30 a.m. Washington, Feb. 5. Mr. Daniels replied to Senator Hitchcock that the United States has sufficient ships to transport all the troops which Mr. Baker bus announced America will send to France in 1918. It is understood the Administration plans to cut imports down 'by 60 per cent, for the purpose of releasing a million additional ton's for transporting trqops. President Wilson has .issued a proclamation licensing the manufacturing and distributing of fuel oil. Mr. Rhus is extending the Government's restrictions upon non-essential industries. RUMORED RECOGNITION OF BOLSHEVIKS. London, Feb. 4. The Daily News' (New York correspondent says it is 'believed that President Wilson intends to recognise the Bolshevik Government, on the ground that it would prove the democratic sincerity of the Allies and help the people's movement in Germany, A SENATOR'S PESSIMISM. Washington, Feb. 4. Senator Hitchcock characterised the forecast of Mr. Baker, Secretary for War, that half a million men would be in France by the spring as preposterous.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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