ON THE EYE OF WAR.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15193, 13 April 1917, Page 7

ON THE EYE OF WAR.

AMERICAN PREPARATIONS. RECORDS IN RECRUITING. VANCOUVER, April 1. Swift preparations, which have been fceeding ever since February 1, find United States well advanced in its dinesa for the fray. Hundreds of tracts have been awarded for war vessels for the navy. Recruiting 1 is strong, and up to 100,000 enlistments for bolb. the navy and army have been received, breaking all records. Patriotism is displayed in every city. Crowded meetings throughout the country are giving a solid backing to the President. Pacificists, finding it hopeless to avoid war, now rally to help with plans for taxing the rich to carry on the war. The general question of what, to do wit»b the. enemy alien will be worked out as it was in Canada. The Postal Department is creating a secret service corps of 500.000 postmen, to scan every letter with the object of defeating the machinations of spies. Copenhagen dispatches confirm the report that 50 American .seamen, taken by the Moew©, are held in German detention camps. The Government will vigorously demand their release.