UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1918, Page 6

UNITED STATES.

TiES OF BLOOD. 'BRITISH DAY CELEBRATIONS. New York, Dee. S. Two thousand cities and towns in the United States to-day celebrated Britain's Day. Schools, churches, clubs, and fraternal organisations held commemorative exercises. Mass meetings in New York and elsewhere were addressed by famous visiting Britishers. The newspapers comment editorially on the part-Britain has played in the war. Emphasis is plseed 011 the ties of blood between the two nationalities. They point out that it thrills 113 to stand together wh.'ie the generations Sow living shall endure, 3ince brotherhood was achieved in the fight for a single cause aad scaled, wbh heroes' blood. Ne'.v York is decorated with Union Jacks and Stars and Stripes. The city celebrated whole-lieartediy and will continue the celebrations to-morrow.—A?is. N.Z. Cable Assoc. A PROPHETIC SPEECH. —m—^ CO-OPp.RATiO>! OF KRIXISJI A^ T D AMS'.ICANii New York, Dec. 9. T'uo Washington correspondent Of the New York Times states that • Mr. Daniels ir. a speech referred to the incident in 1911 when Admiral Sims declared at the Lord Mayor's dinner that the British Empire could couni. on the United States if threatened by ar. enemy, He said that Admiral Sims had proved a true prophet, and added that the outstanding blessing as the result of the war was the perfect co-operation, sympathy, and comradeship of the American and British navies, which must continue to work together in ordc-» ta preserve the freedom of the seis.— Aua. iv.Z. Cable Assoc. NAVAL PROGRAMME. ' A BIG VOTE WANTED. New York, Dec. 9. Tl'a Washington correspondent af tht New York Times states tJuxfc Mr. Dan Ms in his annual report urged Congress to adopt a three-year naval programme at a cost of 3000 million dollars. The programme proposed the building of 150 vessels, including 10 battleships and 'i Wattle-cruiser,). Iv future AmcrJ.-4in dreadnoughts ».nd .i>attlc-cruifieri> will bo armed witi W-it&h gv;\a. —Av'3 K.Z. Ga ) !o Asbocl