AMERICA IN ARMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 4

AMERICA IN ARMS.

.-' PREPARATT-ONISFORWAR

ENTHUSIASM IN RECRUITING.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 28. •■ White the parleying .between President Wilson -and- the! German- Government * has been • in* * progress! the whole * of -'the- vesources of the United States has been marshaled as never before-, m the history i of the great republic. From New York j to San Francisco, across ' the 3300 rivi'les of the continent, the military forces are, prepared for any; eventuality Ail forti- J , fications on the Atlantic • and Pacific ' coasts are being heavily guarded against I attacks from within by German-Ameri- , CJins,. Public, buildings are .being watched for the sQsnes ot pofesible. outbreaks of "f rightfulness"- of German spies, and railways and bridges- are being similarly watched. ....„,' . ..All the great manufacturing plants m all p»i;ts of. the; country have been. placed at thi& disposal, of the: 'tJnited States Government, and ,sonl>e ,o£. the patriotic owners have offered to manufacture ammunition and , .other, noeegsapy military requirements at „ half - . lV'ice. ■' The American, Federation of. Labor -has -unarM - mously decided . to. offer the ; services, qf .the .millions of union workers -•of the country; . to .Mr -Wjison,., but. thfty . have made- it firmly clear that, there, must be no, exploitation, of ; labor at the; expense of thi-ft working qlajsses. , „ , - -.-.-■ Recruiting is, progressing, -„splei*idiclly throughout the <jbu*a*fcry ; ,, most of „the Targe qolleges hav^ formed, Ml naval .-, and military , cprp.s, and,, have, begun ,tpa,ining -ii> : the^ utmost-earnest, and the whole „of the country is, firedAJJJith. un-; bounded enthasiasm, .starred?; np. by tlie. ruthless submarine. .warfare of the Ger- ' ' ....... ■ ... „ '/'*.. :-. .... '

man pirates. Tlie devastation -ivi'ought by the i4treatin^ Airmieis m Frait'ce"' has done eveiV'inore' to accelerate recruifriig m America., . r , .<...,.

Aviutbvs have ' -Tound aerial coast, patrols on both Atlantic and Pacific seaboards. Rod Cross units have been organised m every State m the' Union. Shipbuilding -was ''never more active, the extensive warship programme being rushed with >the utmost speed. '...-•

America is determined, to show Germany that .she is a Power to 'be- reckoned witli, and that the Kaiser will. have some cause to regret the slur cast at America' to the effect that "America w«rald make no difference m the conflict!" Qf' course, the greatest problem within the con-, finas of America, is ; the fact that thjjre arei 2,501,000 persons of German birth ■resident, -hi the United . States , and although there have been .many meetings where these G.ermaji-- A -m.eric*ans,- have violently . protested their -loyally to America-— their, adopted land: — they, are still looked upon with the utmost suspicion. . .-. -,v■.: T • . ■. • , .-•,•.-..-

.The New- York Woi'ld has suggested that America should make a present of one. billion dollars! to the Allies for tho prosecution of the war. From all over the- United -States liave come a flood of messages supporting .the, suggestion; Already there are over 50,000 Americans fighting .irith... the Allies m France.