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February 5 1916,
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TERRIBLE CANADIAN FIRE.
February 5, 19
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THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT FIRE,
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS ABLAZE.
NABROW ESCAPE OF THE PREMIER.
Parliamentary Records Destroyed.
DISTRESSED ZEPPELIN LEFT TO HER FATE
GERMAN CURRENCY DECLINE.
SOME STARTLING FIGURES.
NARROW ESCAPE OF M. Pis
[Renter's Service to The “Telegraph.”]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
SEA WARFARE.
DUTCH VESSEL TORPEDOED.
February 3, 12:50 p.m.
A memage from Rauter's correspondant at Rotterdam states that the Dutch motor vessel Artemus has been torpedoed near the lightship at Noordhindar.
February 3, 5.55 p.m. February 4,10:20 am
Amage from Amsterdam sizies that the Artemus suired at Benter's correspondent at Ottawa reports that the Parliament the Hook leaking and reported that she had been attacked by a Buildings are sure and believed to be doomed. The members German submarine. The Garmans boarded the vessel and daring ware sitting at the time and narrowly escaped, though two are re-ed that her lights be extinguished. ported missing. Two nieces of the Speaker are reported to have been killed. It is believed that the fire was due to an explosion caused by a bomb.
THE DAMAGE.
February 4, 11.25 gm Beater's correspondent at Ottwww ssys the fire is now controlled, The damage is estimated at a million sterling.
THRILLING ESCAPES.
February 12.40 p
MORE STEAMERS SÜNK.
February 3, 8.10 p.m. The British steamer Bells of France has been sunk. Nineteen Lasers are missing.
February 3, 11.15 pm
The Frank Fisher, which was employed as a ocasting collier, while bound from Hartlepool to London, waarunk by a Zeppelin on Tuesday night. Thirteen of the crew were drowned and three sared by a Balgias steamer. The Franz Fiaber was a captured enemy rensel of 957 toss.
THE APPAM.
STATUS UNDECIDED.
February 3, 12.50 pm,
The Appam has been danlar a prise of war.
The Military Service Act comes înto operation on February 10.
Two artificers and two soldiers. are reported to haya perished in the Ottawa fire.
President Wilson says the United Stains should build-the greatest Navy in the world.
The Canadian. Premier had # narrow sscape frtus. his room in the Canadian Parliament fire.
The Canadian Premier had a DRIZOW Scape in the fire at the | Parliament Buildingy, at OmamS
Two nieces of the Canadian Speaker were killed in the firs at the Parliament Buildings Onawa.
The Library in Parliment Buildings, Ocama, is probably saved, but the Parliamentary records are destroyed.
Renter's correspondent at Ottawa says the bodies of the two pieces of the Speaker have been found. Members near the Reading Boom confirm the belief that the fire was due to a hemb explosion. All were thrown to the floor. Toe Dake of Connaught, Governor- General, watched the scenes. Several policemen and firemen were
The Hon. Mr. M. Burrell (Min buried in the collapse of one end of the building. The Speaker's
According to Beuter's correspondent at Washington, the status ister of Agriculture) and Dr. wife made a perilous leap for life. From the corridors of the Speaker's Chambers, which were aflame, she jumped treaty feet into a life of the Appem has not been decidei, bat official quarters beliers that Michael Clark were badly burned net. Her two children were rescued with dificulty. Fortunately, she will be held as a German prize ander the Prusso-American in the Canadian Parliament fra the debate was uninteresting and the attendance in the House wan vary thin. A northerly gale converted the Parliament Buildings jato a mass of fierce flames.
To-day's Wires.
TERRIBLE CANADIAN FIBE
(Official Telegram from the British Foreign Office)
London, February 3, 6.25 p.m. American bankers in London have lately shown great interest in the depreciation of German Credit in Holland, and, in view of the increased international importance of American finance, London attaches more than usual weight to their judgment. The decline German credit in Holland bas particular import- ance because Holland and Germany, being adjoining constries,
bert virtual breakdown.
a nothing
of German export industry could accout for the heavy balance of payments against Germany which is indicated by the latest depreciation in the Talas in Holland of cheques drawn on Berlin. While during first fourteen months of the war German currency only depreciated 14.7 per cent, between October 1 and December 31, 1915, the
February 4, 12.40 am. cent This sudden in- depreciation increase to 28.7
declined Reater's Correspondent at Otlaws says that the Commone was crease in the rate at which German credit has in a neatral country where it can best be judged seems to indicate sitting late last night whan the fire started and took immediate hold that Germany's latest military preparations involved something like of the inflammable wooden Reading Room and the newspaper files a complete abandonment of any attempt to maintain productive in- in a contiguous Chamber. The latter soon filled with smoke and dustry in that country. Henceforth all Germany's economic efforts flames. must be made, not from wealth newly produced, but from her capital already severely diminished by eighteen months of war.
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The following is the average weekly quotation in Amsterdam of cheques on Berlin:-October 1, 58.65; October 8, 50.38; October
PREMIER'S NARROW ESCAPÉ.
The Hon. Mr. Martin Burrell (Minister for Agriculture) and Doctor Michael Clark were badly burned.
The Premier had a narrow escape from his room. Sir Wilfred Laurier, who was also in his room, escaped more
15, 5010; October 22, 49.73; October 29, 48.50; November 5, easily, being nearer the main exit.. 47.95: November 12, 48.10; November 19, 48.00; November 26, 47.30; December 3, 46.70; December 10, 45 83; December 17, 43,58; December 24, 43.70; December 31, 43.35.
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS DESTROYED.
In this connections well-informed newspaper critic remarks:- The depreciation to 28.07 per cent in the value of the mark in Amsterdam means that Germany has to pay more than 140 marks,
February 4, 3.20 p.m. where, with the exchange at par, a hundred marks would have
According to Benter's correspondent at Ottawa, the Speaker's provided the same amount in Dutch currency for purchases in Holland. Thus it may be said that about forty per cent. has nieces were overcome by smoke in the corridor, whither they ran in
their confusion.
The Library is probably saved, but the Parliamentary records destroyed.
A ZEPPELIN'S PLIGHT,
been" added to German prices on goods imported from Two artificers and two soldiers are also reported to have perished. Holland as a result of currency depreciation and apart from other causes which have been operating to raise prices. The tremendous an depreciation in the mark in Holland, whose frontier is open to im are ports from Germany, is proof that German productive resources are far from being equal to providing any margin for export after meet- ing war necessities. The view is held in many quarters that the end of the war may in all probability bring about a still greater de- preciation in the value of the mark, for German stocks in many important raw materials will be exhausted and before any export trade can be resuscitated it will be neostasry to bay and pay for imported materials, a factor which will further depress the valne of the mark unless loans be obtained from external-sources. That loans will be obtained without very great difficulty is unlikely in the bankrupt condition which the country has already reached, so far as its ability to mest interest on loans already raised. is concerned.”
GRIMSBY TRAWLER REFUSES HELP.
Treaty.
PASSENGERS TO LAND.
February 3, 135 pm.
A fire in the Parliament Build o fingy, Ottawa, believed to hara been caused by a bomb explosion, did damage totalling a million.
An official message says that the United States Government has sterling. allowed all those on the Appam to land except the German prize crew. The status of the liner has hitherto not been desided.
INTERVIEWS,
February 3, 8.10 p. Sir Edward M. Merewether, Governor of Leeward Islands, interviewed, said the raider few a distress signal. He paid a tribute to Commander Berg and the prize crew. The Appam had Iras than £200,000 în bullion which is now aboard a German craiser.
The Canadian House of Cont -- mons was sitting late when tha fire started and took immediata. hold of the inflammable Reading Room and the newspaper files în s contiguous Chamber.
The Grimsby trawler King Stephen early on ÷Wednesday: morning es Zeppelin L19, with February 4, 10.35 p.m. the care and part of the envelope Beuter's correspondent at Norfolk, Va., mys that ME. 3. C.submerged. A score of men en says that the raider was equipped with two torpedo-tabes. Sie E. taken off, but as the Zeppelin Fuller, Chief Commissioner of Ashanti, a passenger on the Appam, top of the envelope asked to he wether said she was a vessel of four thousand tons and he wen outnumbered the rawler's believed she was a frait-trader. The captured skippers said she crew, the skipper refared. was a converted merchantmen named Ponge. All expatiated the gallantry of the Clan Mactavish during the fight, which lasted half an hour, The Clan Mactavish gun continued to fire long after the German shells fired the ship in half a dozen places. The Clan Mactavish was sunk by two torpedoes.
The European crew of the Clan casualties were among the LiscaTE,
February 3, 5.55 p.m. Mactarish is safe. The
PASSENGERS STILL ABOARD.
February 3, 8.20 p.m. A telegram from Newport News states that as a resn't of farther Garman representations, which Washington is now consider ing, the great bulk of the Appam people are still aboard.
February 4, 12-20 s.m
A Newport News telegram reports that it has now been decided that all aboard the Appam, except the priza crew, are to be permitted to land whenever they wish.
A PRIZE.
February 4, 455 am. According to Renter's correspondent, at Washington, Mr. Lansing states that though the Appam is a prize, her disposal in- volven farther consideration of the Hague Convention and the Prasso American Treaty.
February 4,6,60 am... at Washington say that the Appom han
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Febu 3, 1110a.m. The Grimsby trawler King Stephen reporte that she saw early on Wednesday morning Zeppelin 119, with the cars and part of the That the German Authorities recognise the seriousness of the envelope mhmerged. A more of men were on top of the envelope tion is indicated by the fact that since the end of 1914 the pablica and they asked to be taken off, but as the Zeppelin man outammbared Router's CorrSUTERÍ amation of forsigs, rates in German papers has been officially the trawler's crew, the skipparrafused and came straight to Grimsby been declared a prize.
DONT FORGET.
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TO-MORROW.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 915 pic
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