UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1918, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

AMERICAN TROOPS IN ITALY. SHIP CONSTRUCTION AND SINKINGS. Received June 30, 11 p.m. Washington, June 29. It is officially announced that the first American troops have arrived in Italy. Puring May the United States shipyards produced 175,334 tons gross, and British shipyards produced 187,274 tons., Tie submarine sinkings for that period' totalled 355,694 tons, thus the construction now exceeds the sinkings by 16,914 tons.—Press Association. THE SLAV RACES. AMERICAN HELP TO RUSSIA Received June 30, 5.5 p.m. Washington, June 28. Mr. Leasing made a statement, In view of pro-German misrepresentation, to the effect that the United States' position Is that all branches of the Slav race should be completely freed from German and Aujitrian rule. The personnel of the American Commission to Russia is_a,bout to be selected. Tie Commission will study the industrial Bad eoonomio conditions, with the obj*t of discovering in what way tha United States can assist Russian restoration.—i Press Assoc. I PROPOSED LOAN TO CHINA. BANKERS NEGOTIATING. Received June 30, 5.5 p.m. Washington, June 28. J. P. Morgan, representing the New York bankers, is negotiating with the Department with a view to advancing a loan of ten million pounds to China. —Press Assoc. KING GEORGE'S DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT Received June 30, 5 a p.m. Washington, Jure 2?The New York Times editorially eulogises King George's fine democratic spirit as exemplified by the King and Queen attending the American canteen in London and eating buckwheat cakes and otheT plain fare. The paper adds: The King is every inch a democrat. He spends his days like any one of his subject*, and loves to talk with the soldiers. King George has shown that a King can be a genuine democrat and lover of liberty. Bis heart and soul are in the war against autocracy