, 1915-02-17

House of Commons, Mr.. Doherty, Minister
of Justice, announced that the Germans and
Austrians paroled or interned III Canada since
the outbreak of war numbered 3O,324, Of
whom 8,428 were paroled after registration
and ! 804 were informed III prison camps. MIR.
White, Minister of Finance, has introduced
the most important Budget since the con-
federation. A special war tax, III the form
Of increased customs charges, will be
applied. There will be 71M increase on
the general and intermediate tariff rates,
and a 5M increase on the British preferen-
tial rates. III the case OF goods now on the
free list the customs charges will be 1870
on goods from the United States aud
elsewhere, aud for Great Britain and her Colo
MES on one prefer entail list the charge Will
be 5W. Among several excepted commodI-
ties is sugar. There will be numerous stamp
taxes, including steamship tickets, except TO
the West Indies. From the increase tnriff
duties an annual revenue of between 20,000,-
600 and 25, 100000 dollars is expected.
There will be no Income Tax. Nj. White
estimated that even with the new duties
there will be n loss of revenue ID the pres
ent fiscal year of S33, 600, 900, aud n total de-
felt III the years operations OF $50, 00O, 900.
Cash disbursements for the fiscal year begin
ming with April total $500, 900, 600, while on
the present basis the revenue will amount TO
but S120, 000, 900. We will be obliged, he
said, to borrow heavily over The next four
teen months.
London, Feb. 13th-A Berlin official state
ment says: "-After a long interval hostile
worships yesterday reappeared on our coust
and enemy airmen dropped bombs on o.
tend"
The Hnvn's Agency's correspondent Mt
Dunkirk says: "Ihirty British aeroplanes
left here to fly over Zeebrugge and Ostend.
A biplane fell into the sea III the Zuidcoote
Channel, suffering severe damage, but it WAS
towed with It's aviator into DunkiIk by "a
British gunboat. A proposed German air
raid WAS defeated by the British ayiators."
The Admiralty IN a statement says: Dur
ing the last "a hours combined ae!op!ane
and seaplaue operations have been carried
out 10y the naval wing III the Bruges, Zee
blugge, Blankeuberghe and other districts,
with u view to preventing The development of
submarine bases aud establishments, "a
naval 0eroplanes and senplaDes pnrticipul-
j &. Great damage is reported TO have
been done to Oatend railway station, which
WAS probably burned to the ground. The
railway station ut BlaAkenbeI CHE was
damaged and the railway lines torn up
in many places. Bombs were dropped
on gun positions at Middlekelke Ike, also on The
power stations and the German mineswtep-
ing vessels Mt Zeebrugge. but the dnmnge
done is unknown. During the attack the
machines encountered heavy banks of snow.
No submarines were seen. Flight Commnn-
der Grahome White fell INTO The sea off New
port but was rescued by q French vessel. Al
though exposed to a heavy gunGre from II
flies, anti-uircraft gurs and machine guns, NIL
the pilots are safe but two machines were
damaged. The s~eaplNnes and aeroplanes
were under the command OF Wing Command
er Samson, assisted by Wing Commander
Lougmore and Squadron Commanders Porte,
Courtney, Rathborne and Sippe.
The new cargo steamer "Morquay" has been
towed INTO Scarborough in q sinking condi-
ton, the result of an encounter with a mine
or torpedo eight miles eost of that place.
The damage Is amidship, one boiler having
been penetrated. One mau was killed and
two injured.
London, Feb. 14fb.-In the House Of
Commons, Mr.. Walter Long made a spirited
appeal to the Government to exercise more
care in selecting officers to fill high commands,
declaring that there was too grea: a tendency
to ignore the professional soldier and select
al amateur whose claims were not compnra-
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