GERMAN MUNITION MANUFACTURE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11697, 17 October 1916, Page 5

GERMAN MUNITION MANUFACTURE.

MEN RECALLED FROM THE FRONT | GERMAN RESENTMENT AGAINST j AMERICA. i (Australian anclN.Z. Cable Associai lion). | Received Oct. 17, noon,. New York, Oct. 16. The fact that the Allies are sur- ! passing the Germans in construction j of artillery is indicated by a Union j Press despatch from Essen which j states that skilled workmen are fce- ; ing recalled from the trenches to j reinforce factory 7 hands. Two I thousand additional workers are j being added this week to the normal j force of seven thousand employed by | Krupps at Essen. Hindenbnrg is | directing the employment of these j extra artillery makers, the suggesi tion being that be feels the pressing | need or more big guns than Oerj many has hitherto been able to supI p*y-" United Press, i New Y’ork,- Oct. 16. i A correspondent eays that antiaircraft gnus have been dismounted at Essen because dense smoke acendiug from the factories forms a cloud over the Rhine and Ruhr rivers, making it impossible for airmen to distinguish Essen from surrounding towns. Much resentment is shown at the supply of American munitions to the Allies. 'The director. Von BodenJiausen, in control at Essen works, declared that if the United State* would hot ship ammunition to Europe, the war would end. GREEK- PRINCE IN ENGLAND. London, Oct. 10. The Greek Prince Nicholas has ar■rived in England.-