WAR MEASURES IN AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3086, 17 May 1917, Page 5

WAR MEASURES IN AMERICA

ORGANISING NEW REGIMENTS. Washington, May IS. President Wilson has approved plans for the expansion of the regulars to a war strength of 293,000, and for fortyfive new regiments of infantry, cavalry, and field artillery to be organised. The Senate passed the Espionage Bill without the'censorship clauses. There was a debate on the cost cf living. Speakers denounced' ''i'ood gamblers" as parasites and pirates, who should be lianged. Mr. W. J. Bryan has transferred to the American register all British shipping now being built in the United States, totalling 1,0007000 tons. The .vessels will be used to carry supplies to the Allies. The Chicago Board prohibited Vlieatbuying in "futures" for forty-aight hours, and fixed the price for JulySeptember contracts at from 275 cents to 245 cents'. A panic followed, excited buyers tearing off each other's clothes. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. APPEAL TO : AMERICAN WORKERS BY A BRITISH LABOUR COMMISSIONER. (Rec. May 16, 5.5 p.m:) Washington, May 15. Mr. J. A. Thomas, LaboimM.P. for Derby, and a member of the British Labour Commission to America, has appealed to American employees and employers to give up the thought of material gain and work for the peace of the common democracy. "It i;ould be suicide," he says, "to. have ,i Labour war internally -while fighting a common foe externally. Women roust take men's places. In the industries of England already 1.125,000 women have replaced men. Labour there gave up the power to strike, but the Government has guaranteed the ivoiter's wages and the care of his family. The autocracy is reaching out to spread its ■ hellish doctrines the world over. Democracy will win, but it can .only win with Labour's aid."