UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1918, Page 7

UNITED STATES.

BELATED COMMENTS, New York, July 16. The Now York Times considers it very encouraging that the speed of the German offensivo was slower than in the first and second phase. The Allies face the future with strong faith. The New York Herald says that the results of the second day's fighting show that the drive has been stopped within 30 hours from its commencement. It was a costly failure, and will lhave a recoil at home, where the German people have been deluded with vain promises of victory. The New York Sun says: So far the German armies have failed to gain their objectives, their initial movement has been shattered and a readjustment of their forces been necessitated which will materially affect the general plan. Mr. Frank Simmons, writing in the New York Tribune, says that the offensive has not disclosed the violence of the March or May operations, but it may be we have only witnessed the preliminary feints preceding the real drive. The immediate threat to Eheims I is real and considerable. Tho wisest | comment to-day is: "So far so good." The New York World says: Whatever the eventual results, the fact remains | that the drive has been blocked on the second day, and the Germans have practically nothing to show for their enormous losses, Washington military stuente say ii is too early to arrive at a final decision, but it looks as if the German offensivo had broken to pieces.—Aus. NZ Cable Assoc New York, July 17. The New York Times' correspondent on the American front describes how the Americans fought the Germans at Chateau Thierry. Never before had there been such arty, lory preparation. The Germans not only deluged the front lines, but threw thousands of shells ten to thirty miles behind our lines. The Germans kept up | a terrific barrage of fire, which was so perfect that the curtain of fire and steel i moved backwards and forwards over our sector hour after hour. Simultaneously tlhe Germans brought up 200 canvas boats, in which 15,000 crossed the Marne. Then the barrage lifted, and the Germans advanced bravely against our rifle and machine-gun fire. Meanwhile we perforated the boats, then counterattacked and drove the Germans backward until they reached the river. Some swam safely, others surrendered. Apart from more than 1000 prisoners we killed or wounded about COOO Germans. The banks of the river were literally lined with German dead. Our losses were small compared with those of the Germans. The Americans are now confident of their ability to repel the nest attack.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. MOTHER COUNTRY. MUNITION WORKERS' STRIKE. London, July 21. A closed conference was held at Coventry between representatives of the Government and the munition workers. The latter declared they would not advise a withdrawal of the notices until the Government embargo on skilled labor was removed. The Government officials left without arranging for a further conference.—Reuter. WINDING UP ENEMY BANKS. London, July 21. The Receiver-in-Bankruptey has taken over branches of enemy banks and will immediately wind them up and assets will be distributed. Legislation exists making it impossible to open branch banks in Britain for a period of years after the war.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE RESULTS. London, July 21. Mr. Massey states that the Imperial Conference will conclude next week. The remaining matter is not important, except the reports of some sub-committees. The general impression is that the result is disappointing. Little was done, but much i 3 hoped from tihe War Cabinet's sessions and the round table meetings following the conference.—United Service. HENDERSON'S PEACE TALK. London, July 21. Mr. Henderson, speaking at Oldham, urged the Government to communicate with the Allies with a view to enabling the Labor Party to participate in international conventions organised by a distinctly neutral committee. While such conventions would not bind countries, he trusted they would point the way through which the Allies could walk to an actual peace conference. He indignantly denied that the Labor Party wanted a German settlement. He wanted a world's peace in the interests of humanity, and a league of nations composed of all the belligerents and neutrals.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.