, 1915-08-18

estimate the losses through the detention If
goods in England are estimated to exceo
four million kroner.
Other dispatches from Copenhagen state
that the Government has announced its
intention i'll impose an extra war tax os
twenty per cent on the surplus earn
ings Of the shipping companies which
have been amazingly large since the
war, the "Politiken" computing that over
one hundred million kroner have been
earned above ordinary times. The extra
tex, it is estimated, will produce approx
n-ately twenty-five million kroner, saving
the country the necessity for a national
lean.
During recent days there have been vol
umes Of pence talk Of various degrees nnd
authority and Of surdty origins, but which
have met with @ cool reception everywhere
It il remarked that the German c.usoca
are more Ienient towards such reports, esp4-
CHILLY those of American origin.
Dispatches from Amsterdam state that
Herr Ljebknecht', the Socialist leader, has
notified the Government that he will ask
at the opening of the Reichstag whether
the Government is Wiling to entirely aban-
don the idea Of the annexation of the occu-
pied territories and enter into Immediate
pence pourparlers if the other belIigereuts
are similarly inclined,
Advicos from Paris state that Fournier's
Agency at Rome says shat the Kaiser, an
swering the Pope's appeal for pence address
ed to The belljgerent nations on the 0nniver-
eoiy Of the war, announced his Willingness
10 enter into negotiations. provided the
nations with which Germany was at war.
made the first overtures, and that Austria
has given q similar answer.
Five persons have been killed and o score
il iured in an accident to the second section
Of the Irish mail train on the London and
North Western Railway, ut the Weldon
end Of the Stowe tunnel, Buckinghamshire.
TIE "Daily Mali says that according to
the food supplies committees figures it will
be necessary to plough four million acres of
pasture land in order to Increase the grain
and potato crops by one fifth. The Times
favours the guarantee Of a minimum price
long enough to justify the farmers in chang
ing their cultivation.
The censorship prevents The publication of
De ais Of the recent Zeppelin raids, but it is
reported that at one place the entire popula-
ton came out Of doors, Cheering the shots
against the invaders and chorusing their
derisiou, which gives an idea Of how much
panic and dismny were caused.
A despatch from Zurich states that the
French aeroplane raids into Germany have
caused enormous damages. The censor has
suppressed everything regarding them except
an occasional reference, but they are proved
by the issuance of a decree prohibiting Ger
man companies from i%nsuring against damage
by bombs, as claims would reveal the raids
and their success.
Washington, Aug. 17th-Seven American
nations, namely, United States, Brazil, Chile,
the Argentine Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia,
and Uruguay have signed and sent a Pan
American plea impartially to all The Mexican
leaders. After depicting the distress result
ing inside and outside Of Mexico by f%actional
disputes, 1t expresses the belief that they are
capable of adjustment if considered by a
Council to be called upon territory neutral
lied for the purpose. The Intermediates
express their readiness to arrange the de-