UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

THREE MORE YEARS OF WAR. A PESSIMISTIC PREDICTION. Reuter Service. Received June 10, 5.5 p.m. Washington, June 9. The United Press Bureau says that' according to the best informed Government officials the hope of an Allied victory this year has gone from the American plans, and it is now predicted that tliero will' probably be three yearg moxe of war. Russia has collapsed, and is believed to be out of, the war as an offensive factor, probably for good, whift France can be counted on only, to hold her own. The admission from military critics that the Russian upheaval has upset the Allied plans has caused extreme pessimism in some quarters. v A MESSAGE TO RUSSIA. - -,vr f »■ ; t " \ & CONCERNING PEACE TERMS. Received June 10,11.55 p.m. Washington, June 10. President Wilson has cabled to Russia that America will not consent to peace on the basis of the status quo ante helium. There must be no territorial ehanges without the consent or for the benefit of the inhabitants, and no indemnities except for the restitution of wrongs. ROUMANIAN AND SWISS COMMISSION. Received June 9, 5.5 p.m. Washington, June 8. Roumania and Switzerland are sending a commission to the United States. A BIG SUBSCRIPTION. Received June 9, 3.5 -p.m. New York, June 8. Mr. Morgan subscribed fifty million to the liberty loan. FIRST REGULARS IN FRANCE. Received June 9, 5.5 p.m. Washington, June 8. It is announced that a hundred American naval aviators, the first of the regulars, have arrived in France.