AMERICA'S ENTRY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16980, 17 April 1917, Page 5

AMERICA'S ENTRY

MATERIAL FOB THE ALLIES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, April 15. President Wilson is arranging for a commission to Russia to provide material, and it is expected that similar commissions •will also be sent by Britain, Prance, and Italy. ITALY CELEBRATES ENTRY. . ROME, April IS. The most intense , enthusiasm prevailed at the banquet to celebrate America's entry into tho war. \' ■■' GERMANY GNASHING THE TEETH. AMSTERDAM, April 15. The Lokal Anzeiger accused President Wilson of seizing on Germany's submarine campaign as a pretext for war. It declares that he is endeavouring to create opposition between, the people and the Government, " but Mr Wilson little knows the Germans. Never in the Empire's history was a decision so eagerly awaited or so enthusiastically greeted as that freeing the submarines from all limitations 1 against England, who is the damnable cause of criminally prolonging the war." MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE. ALL FOR THE ALLSES. SUPREME TEST HAS COME. WASHINGTON, April 15. (Received April, 16, at 9.20 p.m.) President Wilson has delivered a message to the people. He says : s <( Our entrance to this grim and horrible' fight for democracy and human rights creates the gravest problems of national life. We are rapidly putting the navy on an effective,, war footing and are about to create and equip a great army. We must supply foodstuffs not only for ourselves but for the Allies 1 beside whom we will be fighting. We must supply ships by hundreds, and coal, steel, rails, locomotives, horses, and everything the Allies can now not afford the men, materials, and machinery to make. There shall be no unwarranted manipulation of food supplies by middlemen, who are expected io forgo the unusual profits andi expedite shipments." President Wilson urges a concentrated l effort for the greatest harvest possible. He suggests that the fanners in the south should plant foodstuffs in addition to cotton. The Government will give every assistance in the harvesting and transporting of the supplies, which must be maintained, no matter how many ships are sent to tho bottom. America must correct her unpardonable waste and extravagance. He urges personal and national esonomv and the conversion of the great industrial forces to the service of the army. Foodstuffs for the Allies are the supreme need. The world's reserves are low, and unless there is abundant food for the Allies and the peoples of tho Allies the whole great enterprise upon which they are embarked will break down and fail. "The supreme test has come, and we must speak, act, and serve together,"