AMERICA'S WAR PLANS
NINE REGIMENTS OF RAILROAD WORKERS FOR FRANCE BIG AEROPLANE EFFORT Washington, May 21. ordei-s have been issued for the formation of nine regiments of railroad workers to go to Franco without delay. The Government: aims at an output of 3500 aeroplanes in the first year, and double the number in the second. Nine aviaI'fen fields are being prepared, at a cost of a million dollars each—Aus.-N.H. Cable Assn. MR. ROOSEVELT'S LOST LEGION. New York, May 21. Mr. Roosevelt, in a statement "to the Press, regrets, but loyally accept l ;, President Wilson's decision not to allow his proposed volunteer army to go to France. Be contends that four divisions of his volunteers could be- in the firing line on September. I.—Ans.-N.7i. Cable Assn. ENCOUNTER ON~THE MEXICAN BORDER Washington, May 21. An encounter between Americans and Mexicans is reported from the border — Au3.-N.Z-. Cable [Assn. ANOTHER EXPOSURE OF HUN "DIPLOMACY" ' . San Jose (Costa Rica), May 21. A German firm in New York is alleged to have provided 100,000 dollars to promote a pro-German revolt. The plan was unsuccessful. The officials have discovered secret wireless stations— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3091, 23 May 1917, Page 5
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