United States.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 217, 15 August 1918, Page 5

United States.

SPANISH INFLUENZA. (Received 15, 8.50 a.m.) New York, Aug. 14. ■ Spanish influenza has caused four deaths on a Norwegian vessel docked here. According to the officers ten persons are also seriously ill with the same disease. The nealth authorities have taken precautions to prevent the spread of the disease to the city population.— (A. & N.Z.) ESCAPED PRISONERS’ STORIES NO FOOD AND HARD WORK. (Received 15, 8.50 a.m.) New York, Aug. 14. The New York “Herald’s” corres- { pondent on the West front interviewed two British escaped prisoners. They said that 4000 British prisoners and live u.; were forced by the Germans to budM a lailwny system south of the Aim* to below toe V■ esie. rue had changed the signs from “Gott Strafe England” to “Gott Strafe America.” The men told the correspondent that the Germans are using paper bandages in their hospitals. The English aud French bombers have created panic and caused the greatest havoc in the Rhine country. | American wounded and prisoners are inhumanly treated. The prisoners’ daily rations were: one pint of coffee made of hawthorne berries: luncheon, vegetable soup made of dried vegetables; supper, one pint of coffee and three-quarters of . n pound of black bread, on which diet they were forced to work from daylight to dark.—(A. and N.Z.)

The hungerstrieken British escaped and arrived in the American lines after passing through a German barrage. They were captured in the Marne fighting. They spent seven days and nights in danger of iccapturc after escaping from tlie German prison camp. They declare that the British prisoners are beaten and starved and that the German soldiers are living on horsemeat. —(A. and N.Z.)

CONFERENCE ARRANGED WITH THE HUNS.

Washington. Aug. 13. Germany has accepted America’s (proposal for a conference on the subject of the treatment and exchange of prisoners. The conference will be held during September. (A. and N.Z.) MEXICAN OIL FIELDS. BRITISH INTERESTS JEOPARDISED. (Received 15. 11.45 a.m.) Mexico City, Aug. 14. ’Replying to British protests against llm oil decree which it is fdleged wrn be confiscatory of British oil interests, Mexico bos refused to consider that any foreign Government has any right to protest- against Mexican fiscal legislation. The Government, however, is willing to allow the Mexican courts to decide whether the decree is unjust.—(A. and N.Z.) SHIPS AND SHIPYARDS. EMBARGO PLACED ON GERMANS. I (Received 1.3. 11.45 a.m.) Washington, Aug. 14. President Wilson has issued a proclamation barring foreigners from owning, in part or whole, or controlling. American ships and shipyards without the permission of the United States Shipping Board. —(A. and N.Z.)

GOMPERS TO VISIT ENGLAND.

Washington, Aug- 13. An American Labour Mission, headed by Mr. S. Gompers, will visit Great Britain, France and Italy in September for the purpose of a conference with Labour representatives. Socialism will not be discussed nor represented.

Melbourne, Aug. 7. The following messages have been received by wireless by the American Consul: — A Pacific Port. —A Japanese steamship, the Canada Maru, was pulled from the rocks and tewed to a Canadian port. Most of the cargo, worth 4,000,000d01., was saved. The water did not penetrate the after-hoids. The tVashington State Superintendent of Instrucion has ordered the prohibition of the teaching of the German language in any public, private, elementary, or high school in the State of Washington. Sacramento, California. —The rice crops from 100,000 acres are forecasted at 3,000,000 bags. The acreage is 25 per cent greater than last year.