UNITED STATES.
DESPATCH OF TROOPS. (Australian-and N.Z. Cable Assn.) . WASHINGTON, August 9. Oije-tlurd of the G57.000 troops drafted are mobilising on September 1. NEXT YEAR'S CROP. Reuters Telegrams. Ihe agricultural programme for next year includes the production of a billion bushels of wheat and eighty-three million bushels of rve. otherwise there will- be a serious shortage. AMERICA'S IMPORTANCE. GERMANS CHANGE THEIR TONE. NEAV YORK, August 9. Tho ''Staats Zeitung,' 1 a local German organ, says the Germans arc now realising that if the war continues till 1918 America will be an immense factor. The problem of transporting and conveying food for the troops in Europe is solved. The Germans are no longer using a tone of superiority towards America's war ell'orts. Tlu-rn is 110 reason why the Allies should he dissatisfied with America's slow but sure preparations.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16310, 11 August 1917, Page 9
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