, 1915-04-28
KILOGRAMS.
Censored at Jamaica)
ST. CI,OIX STATION.

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London. April 27th-The British Press
editorially comments bitterly upon the Ger
man r~eprisals towards officers for the refusal
of England to grant the honours of war to
the crews of German submarines. The
Chimes" says the Germans went out of their
way to select members of distinguished faml-
lies and officers of famous regiments for re-
t~aliation. and that the whole proceeding
strikes Englishmen as unjust, petty and
%spiteful, but to no attempt of that kline can
we dream of yielding. The "Daily Tele-
praph" characterizes it as a miserable exhi-
bition of spite, characteristically German.
The German newspapers boast about the
choke bombs and declare that they are jus
tilted by the army command to essay repri-
sails for the treacherous projectiles used by
the English and French which have been
constantly observed for many weeks. The
German army command moreover referred
to the fact that from German chemistry con-
siderably more effective substances were 10
be expected.
The CORE spondent of the DAILY Chroni-
cle' in Northern France states "From
the German trenches a thick curtain OF yell
low smoke arose which was blown towards
the French trenches by a northeast wind,
this curtain spreading thickly on the ground
and rising to a height of sixteen feet. These
were not asphyxiating bombs that the Ger
mans used, they were large reinforced bottles
of gas compressed at high pressure, which
they placed on the tops of their trenches,
opening the tops when the wind, coming
from behind them, would carry the poison to
the Fpench trenches. The French were
naturally taken by surprise, some got
away but many died poisoned and those
who escaped nearly all cough and spit
blood, the chloride attacking the mu-
cous membranes, while the dead turned
black at once. The effect of the gas was
felt over about -four miles Of ground III
lengthy by ] ! miles deep,fulther than that The
gas being too diluted to kill, but suffocating
many. About Is minute after letting the
gas escape the Germans got out Of their
trenches, some in advance with masks over
their heads 10 ascertain if the air had be-
come hreathable, and having discovered that
they could advance they arrived in large
numbers on the area on which the gas had
spread itself some minutes before. They
took possession of the arms Of the dead, but
made no prisoners"
Ottowa, April 9th A list of casualties in
the recent fighting states that p officers,
including 3 colonies, were killed and 81
wounded, while the total number of casual
ties Is expected to reach 1000. Among
those killed are Major McHarg, VINO at the
Palma Rife Meet two years ago made the
worlds record for an individual score, and
Lieutenant Upper, a grandson Of Sir Charles
Topper, a former Prime Minister of The
Dominion.
Answering General Anderson, who trans
mitted the message from Field Marshal Sir
John French praising the Canadian troops,
Colonel Hughes. Minister of Militia and
Defence, teleeraphed 'please convey to your
splendid division the deep appreciation of
all Canadians Of their gallant fight aud
splendid behaviour. We rejoice in their
gallantry, while mourning the loss Of so
many brave comrades. Our one great de-
sire is to avenge that loss"
London April 2~7th-Sugar in stock on
the Oath inst was 1877 900 tons. Last year
117O00 tons.
New York, April Goth.