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\ dispatch from Constantinople says
the nardanelles have been closed to
navigation
The Austrian government has con
rscated the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company's securities and money de
posted in Vienna, according to report.
as well as the compauys obse., ovation
cars running on Austrian railroads
This is the result. it is said. of re
fusal of the company to pay the divi-
bends of Austrian stockholders.
For the first time since the war be
gan. wireless news sent out by the
French government through the Eiffel
tower has been received in London.
The message detailed the fierce fight
ing which took place in Northern
France between Sept. &c and 2S.
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster lead
er, in outlining the Ulster program
with respect to the home rule bill, has
called upon Obstetrics TO throw them
selves intellectually in the patriotic
action that the time demands in sup
porting the empire"
For three long days without cessa-
ton the Germans have hurled their
masses against the French and Eng
fish along the entire front in North
ernAFrance. The French official view
is that these operations, the fiercest
that yet have taken place, are by high
command, meaning possibly direct in
structions from the emperor himself.
Their purpose has been TO break
through the allied lines, but both
French and British official reports
say they have failed. From Paris il
is announced that not only have the
Germans been unable to achieve their
object. but they have lost flag, guns
and men in the attempt.
The British as usual are laconic
"The situation is satisfactory the
report reads, and cOunter-attacks on
the British front have been beaten
back with heavy losses to the enemy
The bayonet has played an impor-
tant part in these engagements, where
men in the trenches on the one side
or the other, only a few hundred yards
apart, come together with steel after
the positions have been shelled and
raked with rifle fire.
The French claim appreciate prog
ress on the left wing and a decisive
victory over the famous Prusslan
guard in the center. OF the Woevre
district, where the Germans have
made gains in the last two or three
days. little is said. One OF the re-
markable things in this great battle,
which has entered upon its sixteenth
day, is the spirit maintained by the
/ troops. British, French and Germans
/ have withstood the most terrific she'll
/ ing the world ever has known, an al
most constant rain of rifle bullets and
| hand-to-hand encounters with gun and
/ bayOnet, but all reports agree that
they are fighting with the same de-
termination and tenacity as in the
! beginning and that even the com
manders in some cases are having
difficulty in holding their men back.
In the Far East, according to Jap
anese reports, the Japanese have de
feated the Germans on the outskirts
| of Using Tau, capital of the German
protectorate of Kiauchau. Though
| the battle lasted fourteen hours, the
! losses so far as known were small.
German Zeppelins have dropped
bombs on Belgian towns, German
aeroplane has paid another visit to
Paris, dropping explosives in its flight
while a Zeppelin also has appeared
above the city of Warsaw.
In Galicia the Russians have annex
ed a few more towns and are perfect
/ ing their plan for an attack on
Przemysl, an advance against General
Dankl and eventually the fortress OF
Cracow.
While the Servians and Montene
grins are closing in on the Bosnian
city of Sarajevo, the Austrians have
retaliated by resuming the lombard
ment of Belgrade, which during the
early weeks of the war was under
constant fire. They also have at
tempted to cross the Danube. but. &C
cording to .Servian reports, have fail
ed.
In the Far East British force OF
1,200 men has landed at Lao Shan
China, and expected shortly to attack
the outer defenses of Using Tau in
conjunction with the japanese.
Some confirmation comes of the
report that the Germans have suffer
ed a reverse on the East Prussian
frontier. Several trainloads of wound
ed, including German prisoners, have
arrived at Pskov, according to a Pc
trograd dispatch, having been engaged
in severe fighting on the borders OF
Suwalki
The French and British navies have
annexed the Island of LISA, in the
Adriatic The object of this capture
according to Italian reports. was tc
induce the Austrian fleet to come out
and aceonf haffla