, 1915-08-21

OF q dollar loan AT par ~ o/C eA-AnCOlho
Others expect a conference OF the finance
Ministers of the Quadruple Entente and hat
they will be able to send f1OO, 10000 0O to
the United States. The United States
does not however want gold, the sup
ply being excessive, and there will be a
deadlock unless Americans will lend money
for foreign purchases, that is, will take secu-
rites for goods Securities are however ac-
ceptable III the United States only upon
terms unfayourable to British home securi-
ties,
Dispatches from Athens stnte that the
Chamber of Deputies has elected a President
favourable to Nj. Venizelos, and this being
practically q vote of want of confidence, the
Cabinet rendered its resignation, which has
been accepted by the King, who has sum-
moned M. Veuizelos. This inclines Greece
towards the Quadrup!e Entente. There are
signs that the Balkan situation is relaxing
but it is still obscure.
A Berlin official statement says eur
ther battles in the regions Of kupiski, fifty
miles west of Dyinsk, have resulted success
fully, 625 prisoners, including 3 officers,
with 3 macLine-guns, falling into our hands.
General Won Eichorn, under the leadership
of General Litsmann, took by storm some Of
lU0 OIL al 1AONI O, hHO ~ ~ 'ChNA
and the Gesia over 4, 500 Russians were taken
prisoners. On the other front we succeeded
almost everywhere in forcing the enemy
further back and we captured 2,400 prison
ers, nineteen cannon and other materials.
Prince Leopold and Won Mnckensen ale con
tinuing their progress and twenty-four can
non and numerous other materials have been
captured. General Won SchOIz and Won
Gallwitz by continuous fighting drove their
opponents further back e~asterly and $50
Russians, including eleven officers, were TAX
EN- prisoners and one cannon and ten mn-
chine-guns were captured. On the north
eastern front of Novo G~eorgievsk Il large
fort and two intermediary Notifications have
been taken.
A Petrograd official communique states:
ain the region Of Riga, in the dIrcctiou OF
Jacobstadt, there has been no particular
change, and in the course of Sunday and
Monday attempts 10y the enemy to progress
failed. In the direction of Dvinsk stubborn
fighting continues, but all the German 1T
tacks have been repulsed. At Kovno there
was fighting Of the most desperate character
on Sunday and Monday, the enemy, having
made careful preparations by art lIery OF oil
callbres up to sixteen inches, launching Il
series Of violent attacks III full strength, With
the object of %Storming the fortIGcations on
the bank of the NIemen, and towards Mon
day evening he succeeded III carrying q
small fort greatly damaged by artillery fire
and in breaking into the intervening spaces
between some other forts in the northern
sector. The fighting continues. On the
left bank of the upper Narew we have re-
pulsed a series Of fierce German attacks in
the direction OF Bialystok and Bielsk,
and the %enemy's offensive between the
rivers Nurstry and Bug has been sue
c~essfully combated, the enemy suffering
heavy losses. On the Bug, above the village
of Junow, diminishing has taken place be-
tween the o%utposts, and i'll the Vlodawa re-
gion the enemy is endeayouring to establish
himself on the right bunk of the river. In
the Novo Georgievsk region there has been
severe artillery fighting, the enemy having
brought up guns Of the largest cnlibre, and
during Sunday night he delivered II series
of attacks, principally against the fortlfca-
tons between the NaIew and the left bank
of the Wkra.
A British official statement says: "Zeppe-
Inns visited the Eastern Counties on Tuesday
night and dropped bombs. Our anti-air-
craft guns were in action and it Is believed
that one Zeppelin was hit. Our air patrols
we're also active, but owing to the difficult
atmospheric conditions the Zeppelins were