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Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1918, Page 5

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JMERICAS HELP. £BBTIMONY OF BBU3SH BTATESMEK. PUCHWOJU) OF AMERICAN! NAVY. TOLL SPEED AHEAD." deceived May 13, 8.4 pan. ' London, May 12. Lad MJtner, interviewed by the United Press correspondent, said that America ia rapidly filling up the gap in the Allies' strength due to Russia's failure. The war eaa only be won decisively by superiority in man power and material. America makes that superiority certain. Lord Bhondda, interviewed, said that witbowt the United States' aid it would have been impossible for the Allies to feed their troops and civilian populations daring the last six months. „ Mr. Bonar Law was also interviewed. Be said America had splendidly assisted n» funsekUy, giving to the full extent of her ability, thus enabling Britain to borrow from ner as much as we loaned the Allies. Sir Eric Geddas (First Lord of the Admiralty) has received a cable from Mr. Josephus Daniels (Secretary to the American Navy) stating that one splendid result of the war is the mutual appreciation of the men of the British and American navies. The work of combatting the U-boats necessitated Anglo-American conferences, which have had far-reaching results in the relations of the two nations. He adds: "I am engaged equipping more and more units of the fleet. The whole service is being keyed up, and the watchword throughout the navy is: Tull speed ahead.'"— Press Association.

BRITAIN INEXHAUSTIBLE. OOTPDT OF MUNITIONS. CAHENCE OF THE PEOPLE. London, April 28. In the coarse of Ms speech in the Boom of Commons, on the munition supplies, Mr. Winston Orarchill, Minister for Munitions, said that since May test the Ministry of Munitions had released orer IOOfiOO men for the army, and had coatmned to release them at the rate of orer 1000 daily. Mr. Churchill stated that recently less tkta owe ill Hi of the total time worked had been lost owing to disputes, while this tow had been more than wiped out by the extra time worked at Easter. "Let us end this carping about the attitude of labor," he added, "regarding the war. We ought to congratulate ourattfes on the loyal heart of the people whose servants we hare the honor to M.Mr. Orarchill also paid a warm tribute to-Cae work of the 750,000 women munition workers, to whom over nine-tenths of the whole manufacture of our shells was due. are now," he said, "taming oat )M» aeroplanes per week than daring the whole of 1914; more per month than daring 1915; more per quarter than during 1916; sod the output of 1918 will bs ■even] times the output of 1917. The quality of the work has in every respect improved." He confidently anticipated the primacy of oar sir service among the Allies, and an increasing superiority over the enemy. Regarding the age of poison gas, Mr. Cfcurekffl skid officers concerned with it had told him that undoubtedly oar gases killed more Germans than the German asses killed oar men, but the German irritant gases inflicted more casualties of a comparatively transient nature. Our gas-masks were the best in the world. We supplied them by the million, not only to our own men, but to the ItaJiUs, and had large stores available for tav Americans. We were now producing guns at the host rapid rate. As far as could be foreseen we would have sufficient guns in 1918 to fire more than all the ammunition we could manufacture. Mr. Cknrchffl said that all the great amies in the later stage of this war would be fairy supplied with guns and shells, bttt the gunners would be the limiting factor in the artillery development. Thus there was ground for believing that the Germans' great capture of gnu would not be so much use to them as some people thought. Mr. ChurokSl eondnded thus: "Look * where you wjQ, you will not get to the bottom of the resources of Great Britain. No *—i«ia is too sudden to be met; no need too nnexperted to be supplied; no strain too proHßged for the patience of «ur paoute; as) sufferings can daunt our tank (CfcaM)