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WITOB MLL.
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S.
БРЕЕСН.
it
* CQMPENSATION FOR THE
INIQUITY SUFFERED."'
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 26.
it would be unfruitfil for him to preify peuce, conditions in advance.
The one aim was to obtilin core- pensation for the iniquity suffered. He foreshadowed a political re- organisation after the war and nitarisin on the ground of geo- graphical necessity.
OFFICERS.
MENTIONED FOR SERVICES IN
THE WAR.
LONDON,, Feb. 26.
The following Hongkong Volun- teer Officers are mentioned in the
it-the war--
In the Reichstag. Br. een Beth-Condoa tiurette for valuable servicės mapn-Hollwg, the Chunelior, said
Teuremust-Colonel A. Chapati Majer 6. H. Wakohian,, Surgeon-Major th. B. Black. Captain E. J. Barrets. Captain G. K. H. Brutton.. Captain G. P. Lammert. Captain, W. Russell. Lieutenant R. Hall. Armour-Sergeant G. W. Avenell. Sergeant Major F. L. Cooke, Sergeant-Major W. Higby. Sergeant Major G. W. Kyooch. QL-Sergeant E. W. Dawson. Sergeant E. F. Haines." Sergeant W. J. Hill. Also Captain L. E. Canning of the Shanghai Volunteers and Major W. S., Nathan.
The Chancellor complained of the peremptories with which President Wilson hud broken off relations užd acensed him of gross partiality towards Englund.
Defending submarinism, Dr. Beth- mann-Hollweg said that newspaper reports demonstrated, that Germany! could be more than satisfied at the results of the new campaign which had surpassed all naval expectations. Į He asserted that he had tried as! nuch as possible to alléviute neutral} shipping difficulties owing to the establishment of burled zones, at- tempting to supply then, with coul und iron.
All these difficulties were caused by Englund's tyranny or the sens. We will and shall break this en
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kiu vernent of all non-English trade," he said.
FURTHER BRITISH
PROGRESS...
LONDON, Feb. 27, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
réports !———
We further progressed and captured Le Baique.
ourselves in the western and northern
We occupied Ligny and ́established:
defences of Puisieux-Aumont.
We raided to the south-west of Lens The Chancellor declared that the and also eastward of Armentieres on a decision with regard to the barred front of half a mile, and entered three
He said lines of trenchen, considerably damag
Zone
was irrevocable. Wure-fighting for the freedom of ing the defences. the oceans, which is also most advùn-| tageous to neutrals."
He accused President Wilson" of brisquely breaking off relations and sal that Mr. Gerard bad only corn- municated
the decision of the Foreign Secretary verbally and the asked for his passports.
He declared that the procedure
adopted was unprecedented and that he was forced, in the absence of official documents, to rely upon Beuter's version of President WII- son's tnessage to Congress on Feb- ruary 8. He registered a protest against the President'è, arguments.
SUBMARINE PIRACY,
SHIPPING LOSSES.
LONDON, Feb. 27.
FRENCH PRESIDENT'S
CONGRATULATIONS:-
PARIS, Feb. 7. President Poincaré hna telegraphed his congratulations to M. King George on the splendid British successes in France and at Kut-el- Amaru.
INCREASED PRICE OF LONDON PAPERS..
LONDON, Feb. 26, The Daily Mail in increasing its price to a penny and the price of the Observer is increased to 2d.
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BOYS AND BEETLES.
Mr II. O. Latter, a science master at Charterhouse, speaking recently at the
A ditional sinkings during the week-annual meeting of the Association of
of a boy Public School Science Masters, read the following letter received from the paren
Falcon, Grenadier, Loughirst and Trojan end wore the steamers Beneficent, Iser,
Prince, all British.
The total tonnage is about 14,000. - The Captain and air of the Gre nadier's crew were killed.
RUNNING THE" GAUNTLET."
CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE ORLEANS FETED.
BORDEUX; Feb. 27 The reception of the Oricans was moet enthusiastic. The Prefect, heading many notable persons, went on board and addressing the Cup- tuin, said: Your courageous nation is tantamount to a defeat of the moden, burbariana.''
ANG-TUL, FIKTET, successor to img flowerd o
the late BIEX TING,
14 D'ÁGUILAN STREET.
TERMS VERY MODERASE; Qonsutation from
THE DUMA RE-ASSEMBLES.
wonder if I may ask your co-opera tion in regard to my son I believe you are the principal natural science master and that he has been under your tuition from time to time. The boy's extraordinary liking for what regardias the most repulsive, branch of naturel history-newts, beetles, and insects is a source of much disap pointment both to his mother and to me. Can you either directly or in- directly, turn his mind to a higher and more refined branch
birds, trees, or flow of the subjoef=s This sort of thing, he said, was a serious embarrassment to many of the boys who hade fair to do useful work as investigators...
COMPULSORY SERVICE.
REGISTRATION IN INDIA,
„A. procession escorted the Captain An Ordinanen- for the registration of and crew to luncheon at the Town certain European British subjects wast gazetted at Delhi on February! 2nd". Hall, the crowds cheering and throw making it obligatory for every mala European British subject for the time being in India (not wing member of His Majesty's navel and military forces, otherwise than as a Volunteer enrolled under the Indian Volunteer Act, 180 who, for the time being, has attained the age of sixteen years and hus nabattained the age of fifty years on February 1917, to register under the Gramerica, Falluce is punishabloty a fine extending Ito Rs. 500,
PETROGRAD, Feb. 27, The Duma has re-assembled few small street demonstrations were dispersed.