, 1914-12-12

Great Britain las lost one Huper-dread-
no9ght, one battleship, ten cruisers. two
submarines, two gunboats and three con-
verified cruisers, q total of nineteen, while
GERMANY has lost twelve cruisers, six des-
~troyers, six submarines and four converted
cruisers, a total of twenty eight.
Dispatches from Padang, Sumatra, state
that tue Germans, who seized a sailing vessel
Aad escaped when the tsEmden" was des-
troyed at Cocos Islands, called there aud
got supplies on November twenty-eighth.
The Prince of Wales has been promoted
to y full lieutenancy in the Grenadier
Guards.
Sir George Glib has been appointed a
civil member of the Army Council charged
with the supervision of army contracts,
because of criticisms of the alleged action
of some OF the contractors in supplying in
ferior articles.
Although death was the only sentence
possible for Mr.. Alters, upon his conviction
OF high treason, it is animated that the
Home Office will modify ii, m appeal having
been granted.
The Medical Board will not allow Prince
Albert to rejoin the battleship COOLING
wood, his recovery from the recent opera-
ton for appendicitis not being complete.
Lady Gertrude D4cies has been wounded
by a bomb while on Red Cross duty.
Lord Cowdray's son, Lieutenant Pearson, of
the Army Service Corps, has been killed.
Countess Annesley has been notified that
Earl AnnesIey aud his companion, Lieuten-
ant Beevor, were killed while flying over
Ostend,
Count Festetics has been killed in Galicia.
General Won Falkenhayn, Prussian Minis
ter of War, has been appointed CAief of the
General Staff, vice Count Won Moltko, who
has been assigned other duties during his
convalescence.
New York, Dec. 11th-Advices from
Was .ington state thut Senator Works has
introduced q Bill prohibiting exports Of
food, clothing, arms, ammunition, horses
and war supplies of any kind. whether con
traband or not.
In the House Of Representatives, Mr..
Smith of New York has introduced a Bill
that priority of discovery of the North Pole
should be established and declared by Con-
gress, so that those lands discovered by
Americans may be designated territory of
the United States.
A despatch from West Orange, New Jor-
sey, states that the Edison woI ks have been
burned, thirty Of the thirty-hve buildings
being destroyed, with damage estimated at
SIS, 100000. The fire was caused by an ex-
plosion in the film room, Reconstruction
has already begun.
London, Dec, 11th.-It is officially an
nounced that a further telegram from Vice
Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee hrs been re-
ceived reporting that the "Nurnberg'' was
sunk on Tuesday and that the search for the
Dresden" is proceeding. The action lasted
five hours, with intervals. The "Scharnborst"
was sunk after three hours and the "Gnei-
senau" two hours later. The enemy's light
cruisers scattered and were chased by the
British cruisers and light cruisers. No loss of
any of the British vessels has been reported.
The British fire was go uncomfortable that
Admiral Won Spec directed his vessels to
separate, so that the British ships would be
unable to concentrate their fire. The "Nurn-
berg" and Leipzig" fed westward, but the
Leipzig's hull was SO dirty, thereby decreas-
ing her speed, that she became the first
victim.
A Berlin official statement reproduces
the British official announcement, and adds
"Our losses seem to have been great. Con-
corning the strength of the enemy, whose
losses are reported small, the English des-
patches say nothing"
Dispatches from Buenos Aires state that
the German Tarships attempted by error to
reach the Atlantic through the route the
British ships took and were therefore COM
PEELED to fight. The 'Dresden'' will be corn
cred i'll the Strait of Magellan and her es-
cape is thought impossible. All the fighting
was like clockwork and so successful that
the casualties were under one hundred, all
the British vessels being battleft when the
engagement ended. There was some dam
age done by shells, but it was not important.
There is delight at the restored freedom of
the seas aud it is expected that vessels tied
up laden will now sail. A division of Argen-
tine Warships has been sent to Patagonia to
protect It's neutrality and assist the surviv-
ors. It is thought that there are no Ger
man warships in the Pacific, therefore it is
-LAl L. D.;4:SL I'LL alon- 4Lo Atlantic