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The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1918. AMERICA'S ANXIETY TO HELP.

The urgent appeal of Mr. Lloyd Geo/ge for more men has been closely followed by a statement concerning the result of negotiations which have been taking place between the British and American authorities. The intense enthusiasm and keenness which is being displayed by Americans in the war operations was exhibited by the appeal of General Pershing to allow the American troops on the West front to take part in opposing the present great German offensive. They are longing to be in the thick of the fray, eager to prove their fighting qualities, but, above all, anxious to help the Allies defeat the Germans. No incident of the war is more remarkable than this outburst of military spirit on the part of a nation whose policy has been strict avoidance of war, and it shows how great must have been the provocation to bring about such a complete reversal of action. German tyranny and ruthlessness has aroused the Americans to the highest pitch of resentment and antipathy, hence the anxiety they display to put an ml to Prussian militarism in the interest of the world's democracies. It j 3 mo st gratifying to find that the American soldiers arc ch&lhig at the delay in reaching the front, and that they are being Bent to the front as fast as they can possibly be arranged for with the limited transports available—these being taxed to their utmost capacity. Not satisfied with this rate of progress, every effort is being made to speed up the output of new ships, and to curtail the cargo capacity of those in service, even goin" so far as to restrict grain shipments, while non-essentials are altogether cut out. A still more important decision has been arrived at to expedite the training of these allies in a most exceptional manner—the hardest of all posaible trials, and certainly the most useiul imder*present circumstances. It hag.bpen arranged that such regiments as aresent from 'America- for -final

prior to being incorporated into the American divisions, sliull be brigaded with French and English seasoned troops, tlms obtaining experience ii fighting at lirst hand, so that when the purely American divisions are made u|

they will comprise troops who have graduated in actual warfare and become worthy to fight shoulder to shoulder with the forces of the Allies. The adoption of this plan will provide the Allies with a large force which will rapidly become an army of eonsMmube dimensions. It will also enable immediate use to be made of those American

contingents which are now either in France or Britain, and though this excellent, scheme will not diminish the need for the raising of further troops in Britain and the Dominions, it will certainty be a timely and appreciable help in this time of crisis. We cannot applaud too highly this latest evidence of America'! whole-hearted desire to assist the Allies to the uttermost, and her spendid example is one that should he an object lesson to all the units of the British Kmpire.

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Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1918, Page 4

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The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1918. AMERICA'S ANXIETY TO HELP. Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1918, Page 4

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1918. AMERICA'S ANXIETY TO HELP. Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1918, Page 4

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