UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145862, 22 June 1917, Page 3

UNITED STATES.

DEMAND FOR "VOLUNTEERS. WASHINGTON, June 21. Tho President has issued a proclamation instituting a recruiting week from June 23 to 30. He asked for 700,000 volunteers for the regular army. The Senate debated the Pood Control Bill. Its supporters declared that it was tho only way to prevent shipments of food to Germany through, neutrals. SUFFRAGETTE PICKETS. CHARGED BY A MOB. (Received June 22, 1.0 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 21. Incensed at the suffrage pickets flaunting denunciatory banners before the White House gates when the Russian Commission was entering to greet President Wilson, an angry mob charged the women and tore their banners .to shreds. One banner contained the motto: “Wilson and Root are deceiving Russia. The women of America tell you that America is not a democracy as twenty million women are denied the yoto.” TYPEWRITER FACTORIES. NOW MAKING BATTLEPLANE • PARTS. (Received June 22, 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 21. It is proposed to use automobile and typewriter factories to manufacture battleplanes, the parts of which will be standardised. A NOTE FROM JAPAN. ON CHINESE AFFAIRS. (Received June 22, 8.45 a.m.) TOKIO, June 21. Japan’s reply to Mr. Lansing gives a courteous recognition to the sincerity and high-mindedness of American motives in seeking to assist China, hut expresses the belief that China is not gravely endangered.