UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1918, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

REDUCED SUGAR RATION. OWIXG TO SUBMARINE SIXKIXGS. Received July it, 5.J p.m. Washington, July 20. The sugar ration is to be reduced to (WO~pcun<U monthly for each person, to take effect on August '. for the purpose of assuring a s.illieieni supply for the Allien and armies in the field. II is o.'ficially announced ;hat more than ."i0.00U.000 pounds of sujjar have been lo*i through submarine -inking otf the American coast.—Press Assoc. ENORMOUS OUTPUT OF SHIPS. W)0 SHIP* NEXT YKAR. Received July 2S. 11 pm. Washington, .fitly 2". i|r. Schwab, at a visit of American diplomats to the Government shipyard, predicted an enormous output by the shipyards in 1919 He said the United. State* would probably produce 9,000,00.) ton* of tteel *hipc and 4£00,0n0 ton* of wooden shipi next year, if the shipyard* w«rk to their full capacity, and would complete 1201 steel ships and a similar ■ember of wooden «liip=. ARGENTINE'S SYMPATHY. 4 pn>l£MAT*S SPEECH. Beeeivtfd July 2?, 5.3 p.m. Washington, July 27. 4r. Xenon delivered a speech which ..as caused a sensation. He said: The iMp-worker"'' eontribntion to success lias teeh as great as the cause, of vrbith the justice has alwnvs been rccngnifed by my Government and my country- Although I am a diplomat, I express sentiments because your success i s our succm»; your welfare is our welfare; your glory is ovr glory." The speech is regarded as significant of the Argentine's sympathy with the Al-liee.—-Press Assoc. VISIT OF AUBTRALIAX NEWSPAPER JIBS'. Received July 28, 5.5 p.m. Xew York, July 27. A faneheoji was tendered to the Atw.Milan newspeper men by Mr. M. Patient, also by the Salmagundi Club, at ♦Thioh Mr Pana Gibson presided The Australians visited the oamp at Upton and inspected the Americans unlergoiag training. They were entertained at dinner by the Advisory Cominittee of Foreign Affairs. The speeches •tnp'iasised the common interests of Australia anu America in the Pacific.—Press Aft*