AMERICA'S AID.
j .WASHIfv GION, May 28. America's first 100,000 men for France are composed of 40,000 whom it { is estimated have already enlisted in j the British, Canadian 'and French j Armies, 10,000 doctors, 10,000 engineers, and 30,000 men in General i rershing s force. The remainder are i unclassified and are chiefly nurses, i The actual fighting forces exceed , 00,000. J | AVIATION ARRANGEMENTS. | LONDON, May 28. The 1 ress Bureau, in summarising America's achievements since entering j the war, states that arrangements have I been made for the construction of 3500 j war aeroplanes and the training of 0000 | aviators this year. I A GERMAN PLOT. ! WASHINGTON, May 29. Mr Lansing (Secretary of State) lias disclosed that shortly before the declaration of war Germans attempted to involve the United States in a quarrel with Britain and France through the organisation of a steamship company whose rainon d'etre was a violation of foreign trading with the enemy laws, . The plot is now being investigated by | the .Department of Justice.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 92, 1 June 1917, Page 6
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170AMERICA'S AID. Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 92, 1 June 1917, Page 6
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