, 1915-02-03

IA golfers are detained at Liverpool, ts"s,
the authorities have announced that NC yA~
t Eruption of traffic is contemplated,
Que of the crew of the "Tokomaru" des-
cribing the sinking of the vessel states: "Tte
vessel was struck while the Officers aud
crew were at mess, the steamer being virtu-
ally stationary while awaiting a pilot. Saa
tilted over Immediately after the explosion
aud soon had q heavy list. The captain or
dered the bouts out and in fifteen minutes
everybody was away. We saved nothing,
The Grew believed she had been torp9doed
but we saw no sign of a submarine although
the third Officer said he sMw a periscope."
The "Skaria," from Brazil, with a cargo
of coffee, sugar and hides was twenty miies
northwest of Cape LIE We're When u violent
explosion occurred on the starbohrd side
below the water line and she immediately
became unmanage bic and began to sink by
the bead, Ia reply to Signals of distress
two tugs put o1t AMI towed her into Have.
A Berlin Official despatch says that the
exploits of the ~ 81" in the Irish sea
have caused lively satisfaction, The siuk-
ing of the three British merchantmen eff
the West coast Of England being taken
in that city as The inauguration of
a serious campaign of submarine wat on
English commerce., the demonstration that
AcAu " buULAbIl u6S CUN Op0fHb6 OA tu5 WG3L
coast of England being likely to make Eug-
lands policy of starving Germany recol
upon herself. It is also asserted that last
week the French torpedo boat 2l9 was sunk
off Newport, 5 of her crew being drowned
and SO saved.
The Berlin papers reprint Admiral Won Fir
pitz's interview and comment freely upon The
probable success of the plan to starVe England,
The "Berliner Tn9eblatt" says that hence
forward British navigation must reckon with
=. the German submarine danger and British
shipowners can only avoid the danger when
they stop the traffic,
A despatch from Copenhagen states that
indlspositlon, as the result OF The severe
weather in Northern France, compelled the
Kaiser to return to Berlin, His entry was
secret. He is suffering from u chill, but
when he has recovered, if the weather ia
favourable, be will visit Field Marshal Won
Hindeuburg on the East front, or Huuburx
and Cuxhaven to inspect the w|arships dam.
aged in the North Sea battle, which are
being repaired there. Although it has been
officially announced that his stay in Berlin
will be short, it IS understood that he will
not return to the front until the weather
has improved.
A Petrograd despatch says that The "OGf.
ci8l Messenger" referring to the publication
by Germany of several telegrams between
the Kaiser and the Gar before the war,
says that Germany failed to publish the Que
of July 29th in which the Gear proposed
that the dispute between Austria and Ser
via should be submitted to the Hague for
arbitration. The paper prints the text of
this despatch and imputes to Germany a
desire to conceal the efforts of the Gar to
avert war.
New York, Feb. 2nd-A despatch from
Ell Paso gives another version of the
wounding of General Villa. Two staff Off
GERS quarre'led in the Generals private
car, while he was sitting at his desk, and
the argument becoming warmer they
began shooting, the wounding of the
General by a stray shot bringing the quar-
rel to q sudden climax. The officers were
Immediately arrested by General Fierro,
General Villas Chief of staff, a courtmar-
tial was convened without delay and the
officers, being found guilty, were summa-
rily executed. General Fierro had no part
in the fight. General Villas wound is
near the heart but is not serious, being
merely a flesh wound,
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