THE MUNITIONS MAKER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4010, 17 August 1915, Page 5

THE MUNITIONS MAKER.

AMERICAN REPLY TO AUSTRIAN PROTESTS.

STRIKING REVIEW OF PEACEFUL, POLICY.

PROTECTION OF THE WEAKER NATIONS.

(Received: Aug. 16, 1.1.50 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. A striking sentence, in Mr Lansing’s reply to tJio Austrian. Government is that the United States deems it unnecessary to extend further at The present time consideration of tho Austria-H ungary Gover n ment’s statement on tho principles of international Law and the practice of nations. Ho' says the national safety of the United States and: the other nations without great military or naval establishments, The prevention of increased armies and navies, the adopting of peaceful moth odis l’or the adjustment of international differences, and finally neutrality. itself, are opposed to the prohibition by a neutral nation of the exportation of arms, ammunitions, and other munitions of war to belligerents during war. He says the United States lias always desired peace l , and has, therefore avoided the maintenance of menacing military and naval establishments. This policy might fatally embarrass her .against a well-equipped powerful, invader if unable to pur- ( chase arms and ammunition from a nouVal, and she cannot, therefore, deny the same right to others. WIDESPREAD GERMAN PLOTS. AMERICAN NEWSPAPER STORIES. SOME. SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS. (Received Aug. 16, 11.15 p.m.) NEW YORK. Aug. 16. The “New York ’Work]’’ declares that it has obtained correspondence proving that a leading German official and Gorman-American financiers are implicated in attempts against the United l States laws. ■ Dr. von Bothnia nn-H oil weg participated. Ii is estimated That Germany has spent two million dollars weekly for the propaganda, work.

The “Providence Journal” states that the G overnnient possesses overwhelming evidence against German

Embassy officials, including a bag of documents belonging to tho German Secret Service agent. The 'intrigues include passport frauds, Canadian dynamiting. munitions strikes, plots against British warships, attempts to poison horses and mules', and plots to involve the United States with Mexico:

THE OPEN DOOR. SWITZERLAND AND GERMAN IMPORTS. ALLIES’ NEGOTIATIONS- REACH A DEADLOCK. LONDON. Aug. 15. Reuter’s correspondent at Zurich states that- import trust negotiations at Berne have reached a deadlock. A Government trust was foil ml practically impossible became ilia State owning and operating the Federal railways, is the largest consumer of German coal, and is almost forced to yield to Germany’s demand for an exchange of commodities for coal. On tire other hand Swiss indust rial and commercial men are using electricity from neutral water-power and are virtually independent of German coal, and are ready to accept the trust lines suggested by the Allies, vOic-h are private and unofficial, similar to that of tho Rut h trust. I lie creation of a private trust is difficult. It would possibly he consirued as an affront to the Federal Government after diplomatic efforts to reach all understanding with the State.

SOUTH AFRICAN IDEALS.

A NATION JN THE M'AKIXf

SPEECH. BY GENERAL SMUTS

(Received Ami. 16. 9.50 n.m.) JOHANNESBURG. Aug. 10. General Stunts, addressing the South African party. denounced the ■ ‘two-stream policy. ’ of which Ibe Transvaal's experience was so hitter prior to the floor war. Ho contrasted it with (ho success of the Boer and Briton through their unity in SouthWest Africa, emphasising the act mu prospect of the l nimi douhlmg it>c!t. “if we continue on the road.'" he continued, “the Anion s northern boundaries will not be where the} are, hut we shall bequeath our children a huge country in which tnev can develop a type for themselves and form a. people destined to he a true civilising agency.’’ AUSTRIA’S LATEST RECRUITS. CONVICTS COR THE FRONT. (Received .Vug. 16. 1.0.20 p.m.) GENEVA, Aug. 16. The Emperor Era nr. Josef lias assented! to the pardon of 06 Ide convicts, provided they enlist. GENERAL ITEMS. A NEW PIRACY POLICY. LONDON, August 15 “Go Journal” states that the German Navy League is appealing lor subscriptions for live hundred motor boats, armed with machine guns, to act as corsairs. The “Hamburg Elemdcmblatt states: “Tlie air raid is designed to remin d England that she is Germany s chief enemy. There is bound to be an enormous day of reckoning, which will come either hv invasion of England or otherwise. Beware, England !”

The commandant at Charleroi sentenced a priest to two years’ hard a dor for reading to parishioners, pa; ticulars of German crimes in .Belgium. The Duma has approved of a Bin organising consultative mixed commissions of experts to he attached to tho Ministries of War, Commerce, Communications, and Agriculture, to improve the supply of the army, output of munitions, provisioning people, and reorganising transport. Tlio French Bill for the establishment of national war cemeteries V ro ~ vides for tho bodies of allied soldiers temporarily buried at the front, also those in the interior, being exhumed, arid interred at the cast of the State. The Archbishops of Canterbury am York, in a pastoral letter on national service, condemn clergy serving as combatants other than as chaplains.

THE HUM LINE.

GERMAN SHIPS ON LLOYD’S

REGISTER.

(Times-and Sydney. Sun Services.) LONDON, August 15. (In accordance with the Admiralty decision to associate the names of oho enemy steamers employed in the British service with the original owners, the modern Huns, seven large steamers appear in the new volume of Lloyd’s Register with the prefix Hun, which has been substituted for the German names, thus: Hungerford, Hunstanton, Huntley, Hunsdon, Huntress, Hunsgate, and 11 unsend.