UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1918, Page 6

UNITED STATES.

RUSHING TROOPS TO FRANCE. TRANSPORT OF EQUIPMENT SAVED. NO LIMIT TO THE SIZE UK THE ARMY. Received May 4, 5.5 p.m. New York, May 3. The New York Times' Washington correspondent states that American troops are being rushed to France, wellequipped by the Franco-British, thus a great amount of tonnage, which would otherwise be necessary for the transport of equipment, is available for transporting the troops. Mr. Daniels, in a speech, said: ''Let us not talk of an army of three million or five million. America is getting ready to send to France every man who can carry a gun. Ship tonnage is the only measure of our contribution.—Press Association. VISIT OF GALLI'POLI VETERANS. Washington, May 3. Five hundred Anzacs have arrived in New York to aid in the Liberty Loan campaign. They are Gallipoli veterans commanded by Colonel Feathers. They were greeted with tremendous cheering as they marched along Broadway. Subsequently they were greeted by the Mayor.—Aust.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. TRANSPORT MATTERS. Washington, May 3. Mr. Baker, Secretary for War, in his evidence before the Senate Committee, said that the American army for France would be only limited by the ability to equip and transport men. He could not present figures, but said the equipping and transporting facilities were con-

stantly increasing.—Aust.-N.Z. Cable Association. POPE'S PEACE OFFER DISCREDITED Washington, May 3. The State Department officials do not take seriously the Pope's reported intention to make a peace offer. They say it is only German propaganda Aust.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. ARRESTS FOR ESPIONAGE. New York, May 3. Lieut.-Commauder Karl Rodiger, a German naval officer, has been arrested as a master spy connected with the activities of a German named Madame K. Vereictorica, who was arrested last week on suspicion of being an agent of a German spy in Washington.—Aust.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. A BASELESS REPORT. New York, May {!. The New York Times Washington jorrespondent states that there is no foundation for the report that the UJnited States Government has intimated to the British Government that Home Rule should be granted to Ireland before conscription is imposed.—Aust.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. HURRYING-UP TROOPS. New York, May 3. The New York Times' Washington representative interviewed a high Allied official, who declared that the German offensive could bo expected to last all the summer. The American public should be warned that the Germans' check in Flanders would not prevent them continuing the attempt to break through. More American troops are going to France in May than in April. Brigading them with the Franco-British forces makes it possible to send five times as many as would otherwise be possible within a given time. —Association.