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PEACE WITHIN YEAR,
POINCARE PREDICTS
French President at New Years
Reception in Palace Speaks
of Wars End.
MANY DIPLOMATS THERE
special cable Dc,pdicb 10 Tnr suN

PARIS. Jan President Poincarp ~
the New Years reception TO th- T'r.n.
matte corps to-day predicted thar re,a'
would como within a year. His words
were as follows;
II do not doubt that next year, at tins
traditional reception, We shall celebrate
together the establishment of a bennett
cent peace which. solidlv based on rocti-
tudc and respect for International treaties
viii give necessary security to tho ma
tons
Tho ceremonies were held in the Elys,e
Palace, and among those present were Pho
British Ambassador. Sir Francis Bvrtie.
dean Of the corps. who presented the con
gratulotions ~ himself and his ASSOCIATED
80 the President. William Graves sharp
the now American Ambassador ana tho
reprosen ativcs of Russia, Italy, S'rv'a
ana other nations.
President roncarc exchanged greetings
by telegraph with the Kings OF Re ginm
France and Servia. the Emperor of Russia
Ind with Gen. Joffre The staff Of AM
bassador Sharp was larger than usual be
cause ne IL looking after the interests -
Germany. Aus ria and Turkey IN addition
Ia those OF Americans
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PALACE OF PEACE
"FOR SALE OR RENT"
Correspondent Tells Of Fight
Among Tourists in Room
Of Arbitration.
Special cas'. Desporch to TIE sr..

PARGs. Jan IA special correspond
ent OF he Journal who is on a tour
through Holland describes I'm that paper
visit to the Palace Of Peace at Tho
Hague, on photographs Of which. he says,
the Dutch are now writing:
For sale or for rent. owing to
bankruptcy. May be used az bar
racks or FOR moving picture show.
Water and gas ON every story Apply
To the Angels OF Peace"
The correspondent failed to find the cur
atOr of the peace palace, but WIS received
by the llttcrs secretary correctly dressed
In evening clothes ana white gloves.
THE secretary" says the cprrespo. dent
addressed me in American, as hc was
convinced that no one but an American
was likely To- visit the palace at the pres
ent time No European had been there
for the last three months. the latest tour
lists to have called having been a party
from Cooks IN the early pant Of August
These tourists. learn belonged TO the
helligerents and soon began To- quarrel
They continued their argument through
out their visit to the palace and cam, to
blows when they reached the arbitration
room. The secretary told me he was
obliged to summon the other members 81
the stan to separate the lighting tourists
The secretary conducted the visitor to
the Han OF Justice tho walls Of which
are adorned with the pictures of the
twcnty-slX heads of States who took part
IN the Hague peace negotiations, from
the late President Mckinley TO Car
Nicholas of Russia. IN explaining the
decorations Of the room the secretary
said
"SiX Of these men died by assasslna-
ton, others died natural deaths and the
remainder are to-day at war"
The visitor finally heard signs OF life
IN the deserted palace. The tick tick az a
typewriter came from a nearby ROOM
which, the secretary explained. was h~
office. In this office the correspond, mt
found young woman busily engaged in
transcrbing the minutes Of the latest
work OF the arbitrator This work con
cerned a legacy hcqucathod TO the Sisters
of St Vincent de Paul and In which pur-
tugal, France and England are interested.
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NO CHANGE, SAYS VIENNA.
Austrinns Report Taking 1000 Pris-
Oners In GnIiCia.

VIENNA. Jan I Cvia Amsterdam an,
! .oudouD The following official communi
cation WAS issued herr this evening
Fighting In the CarrathIans and
in BoNowlua continues but the situa-
tion IS unchanged.
The cnemy's attacks, both day and
night, AT BaH and south OF Tarnow
lhoth In Gallcia) have been ropulsed,
our troops nilicting heavy losses and
taking 1000 prisoners and SIX ma
chine guns
"North uf the Nistula fog binders
the operations. but slight progress has
been made there.
I'm the southern war theatre moth
ing has happened
The following official announcement OF
the progress Of tho war, referring e
events Of yesterday, was given out to-day
In Bukowlna and the Carpathians
the Russians developed great aCtv-
ity our troops are holding their
positions on tho SucZawa River. in
the Upper Cseremosz territory, also
further west on the ridges Of the car
pathiaus, In the valley Of the Nag
yag where yesterday. near ockoer-
Inezoc. an attack OF the enemy was
rcpulsed with heavy losses to him In
the Upper Latorvza district and north
Of the I'sZOk Pass. To the west Of
this pass All other passages over the
Carpathians are occupied by our
troops
Ia the district OF Gorlico and TO
the northeast OF ZaklIrzyu deter
mined Russian attacks were every
whore repulsed.
on tho Nidl everything Is quiet.
Further TO the north the attacks OF
our allies are progressing
In the Balkan war everything IL
quiet 70 tho east Of Treblngn our
artillery compelled the Montencgrlns
to retreat.
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GERMANY ANNOUNCES
ADVANCE IN ARGONNE
Four Hundred Prisoners Taken
with Large Amount Of
Ammunition.
FRENCH CAMP SET ON FIRE

BERLIN, via London, Jan. THE Ger.
man Army Headquarters gave out the
following official statement to-day:
In the western theatre Of war
nothing OF importance has happened
Ucar Neuport The idea OF retak-
ing the hamlet OF st. Georges, which
has been completely demolished by
the enemy's artillery fire. was aban-
donc1 I'm view Of the high level Of the
water there.
East Of Bethune. to the south Of
The canal, we captured an English
trench.
In the Argounc our attacks made
further progress. Another 400 pris-
throwcis ard numerous other arms
Into our hands.
\ French camp northwest Of s..
MihiCl was set Ou fire by our artil-
lery Attacks AZ Flrcv and west
Of Senuhc.m, which were repeated
yesterday, were rcpulscd
In the eastern theatre the situation
on the East prussiau frontier in
Poland remains unchanged 4 heavy
mist Is preventing all operations
An. unofficial report made public to-da,
reads a. follows:
I'VE learn from the main hcadquartor
that the war booty taken hy our troop
fighting In the Argouue I'm the month o
December amounts altogether to 2.95,
prisoners, tweuty-one machlu" guns. four
teen mine thruWcrs and o." brOnz
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BRITISH TRADE LOSS HEAVY.
Clearing House Reports Decrease of
ss.s58,7sO,oOO In 1914.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The report OF the
Clearing House shows that the business
for the year 1914 amounted to f1t.6G5,-
ois,oOO H7S.s25 900 O0O), which was a
decrease Of fl.77t,35G.OOO CsS.s5G.7sO,o0
az compared with the year 1913.
The Stock EXCHANGE business during 1914
amounted TO fi,4Si.7SO.0O0 tI40S.90o.-
0OO). which was decrease Of 5000. 251.-
900 ts3.oOi, 1885, OO) as compared with
1913
The Bank OF England sold f1.O1i,0OO
S5,O70,OOO) in gold to-day The destina-
ton OF the gold IS not given, but it Is
believed to be France. and 10 be connected
with the impending Issue here Of 10, oOO.-
900 $4,000, OOO) worth OF French Treas
ury bills.
Thu provincial exchanges have petltioned
the Treasury for exemption from the con-
ditions which will govern the reopening of
the London Exchange on Monday on the
ground that they would make business
impossible.
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CALLED SERIOUS BLOW.

T.oNpuN. Jan g-Tna pam Nous naval
expect SAYS. "l' would De idle to pretend
that iUe los, OF the Formidable Is not q
serious blow tu us. IN, ship herself a
sister 10 the unfortunate BuiWark was
not AN important fao.or IN oar naval
strength, although she displaced > 900 tons
more than any Of GormaIy's prelIcad-
bought hattlosNip-. Even the material
loss ~ nor uogl giblc.
"lVhl, the Form dablc would have been
helpless aRains, a dreaduought, II Is plain
thai she was a match Tor any German pre-
dreudnought. and therefore II Is 10 be
hoped that the Admiralty will not again
an ont tho Intelligence Of the country by
telling Ms that the loss Of the Form dhhlo
II Of no importance and the ship herself
Of no hghtlug value.
In any case, Whatever tine value OF the
ship her loss is OF far less Importance
than that Of the zoo officers ana men who
Bcem 10 nav, gone down with her
"Thero Is no indication In the official
report as 10 either the scene or the man
ner Of tho Furmidablc's destruction We
are SIMPLY told she sunk I'm the Channel
and that either a mine OF a submarine
may have been responsible for the loss.
although the British mine field north OF
the straits OF Dover was laid down with
the Intention OF preventing German sub
marines from getting ! to the Channel.
We have already had evidence that II
failed I'm its purpose
"The FIRST indication OF this was the
torpedolng ~ the refugee ship Admiral
dantsaume. Then came the sinking Of
the cruiser Hermcs, October 81, and the
gunboat Niger, November IL, followed IN
the last week ~ that month by the sink
ng of the merchantmen Malachite and
primo OF IIavre, well over 100 miles down
the Chanael and opposite Portsmouth.
That mo enemy's submarines sue
aes1ed IN getting through the straits one,
rs not surprising, hut it Is plain they are
rhatntiulnR constant patrol there
which ueoesS,,Ntes frequent return "a
heir bases. as Lp vessel Of this class
could remain independently at sea from
The eld ut October until tho beginning OF
January.
Taken IN conjunction vita the free
and immune passage Of German pu0h
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5S6.OI3 PRISONERS.
Germany Announces S,I3S soldiers
She Holds Are Officers.

BERLIN. Jan. Cby wireless 10 LOndon).
Headquarters announced to-day that
the total number Of prisoners of war
held IN Germany amounts to S.l3S officers
and 5T7,N75 men.
This does not include civilians in
termed IN Germany nor the prisoners
taken DURING tho pursuit In Russian
Poland nor those I'm transport.
Tho French contribute 2 ij9 officers.
including seven generals and 2l5,905 men .
the RUSSIANS 1915 officers. of whom cgh-
teen are generals, and 3OG29O men the
UelV'aus 6l2 officers, including three gem
erals, ANA 3d,s62 men. aud the British
4g2 officers and iS,N2N men.
Headquarters says the report that l,1i0
German officers and $4,000 men are pris-
oncrs or war in Russia IS misleading, since
this list Includes informed civilians Iroh-
ably not more than 10 per cent OF the
total ARE military prisoners.
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Marshal Won iliudeHburgs armies. IN
central Poland may De able 10 maintain
their positions along the l|zura and the
Razka rivers for = me time to come. but
IL is clear now that they must depend
entirely ON their own strength and cannot
rely longer on tho diversion which has
been experimenting their efforts to the
south
TIL" Russipr forces that have debuuched
through the passes OF the Curpathiaus can
keep up their offensive without the aid OF
rcenforceneuts. for they have the advau-
tlgc both OF position and aggression and
the men who We're being marched To their
support can be turned Of either TO Invest
Cracow again or To strike at the southern
wing of the German line.
II Is thought I'm military circles AT
petrogrod that within the week every
Austrian soldier viii Doe cal Ell back 10 the
defence of Austrian soil and the Germans
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SOLDIERS AS SANTA.
German. asked Girts for BrIgians,
According "a Postcard.

The German Press Bureau I'm New
York gave out the following Statement
yesterday:
THAT German soldiers In addition to
their military duties In Belgium planned
20 Ind time 10 play Santa C.sus Is in
diCated 10y German soldiers postcard
from Belgium received by tn" Lokui
iu.'iVcr. The card said
when you send Christmas gifts to US
here tn Belgium will YOU please not for
get TO enclose small gifts which we can
give TO the poor children here In the
country of the enemy Nothing makes
us happier than to be- able to call forth
% smile on these poor frightened chill
drons faces
The Ar-eiGcr adds
Nothing need bc said IN support Of
this request II speaks for itself. Give
as much as you can, and give our field
grays the pleasure Of heinE able 20 make
the sad tear stained eyes of the children
light up with pleasure"
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WARSAW SEEMS SAFE.
PrtroErad says Exhausted GcrmnnS
Have Heen WcpuIspd.

TETRoGRAp. Jan. t.--Gcrmanys third at
tempt to reach Warsaw has been repealed.
All the terrific onslaughts to burst through
the Russian defence have been worn TO
exhaustion.
The Ninth German army. under Gen
Macken2Cn, which for six weeks has been
the hear. OF all the furious fighting around
LODI and Loyicz, has moved considerably
south. This was followed hy the action
southwest OF Tom, szpw, when the Rus
sian right wing reached out toward the
retreatng army.
BELOW the pilicza everything now points
TO Won Hindenburs transferring his energy
70 supplying fresh streugth to this area.
Russian armies IN tho south are we'll
supplied. Their position ls so satisfactory
that military opinion generally agrees hat
the arms Of the Allies viii Doc crowned
with victory before autumn.
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GERMANY'S ONE THOUGHT
u L. for worthy Pence, snys Kaiser
to Hnvarlnns.

GrNlcH, VIA II Rim. The Hague and
London. Jan. Tine King and Queen Of
Bavaria have received the following re-
ply To Their New Years telegram to the
Kaiser:
II rcciprocatc your good wishes and
those OF all, Bavarians with all my heart
You speak after my own hera, when
you say We all have but one tho"ght
which T. that n peace worthy OF the sac
rihces al'Iadv made ana still 10 be made
may he secured for the beloved father
land I'm the new year
How splendid IN this connection Is II
that the &c man princes and the German
peoples are sanding together in I'M
Changeatle fideHty, with Gods help. to
achieve with our heroic troors that VIC
tory for our ju5t cause which We expect
with unshaken confidence IN cord al
friendship. WILHELM"
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AMERICANS AIDING SERVIANS.
col. RooseNeIt's Son-In-Inw Il on
Relief Committee.

ftNf ubff ifsIhffH 10 ] W. -
PARIS. Jan. 1.-The committee on Ser
Wan relief which has been formed here
Includes Dr Richard Derbv son-in-lnw
ct col Roosevelt Nine Richard Wad-
dnPton, formerly Mary A. King widow
Of the French statesman, and Mrs Bar
ton French, whose father WAS once United
states Minister to Scrva. Others ON the
committee are Mines. Ed md g, Hnries,
IIickoN, Whituey-HOif, II \. Wilmington,
Tuck. Fairs Wilson, Miss Marguerite
Johnston Or Jabous, who was with tho
Servilu army medical corps IN the Sec
uud Balkan war, Henry Ngn1ud, for
merry OF the United States Embassy here {;
the Mnrquiso Dlilcn, the Comtessc Dc
Coetlogeu. Nine. Millnls and NJ. De-prez,
formerly French Minister to the Balkans.
whose wife was daughter of Gen.
George y. Mcclellan.
The firm Of Morgan, Harjes n 60. rs
lending aid 60 the enterprise to the same
extent NJ 10 other American relief
schemes,
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AGED RULER PLEASED.
4 ustrIan Emperor sends directing 20
PrEcmysI Garrison.

KrRLIN, Jan. / Cby wireless vll Say
willie. l.. 1.-THE Austrian Emperor. In
an announcement greeting the Pr2emysl
garrison, says
"In the splendid resistance of its de-
Tenders the Emperor perceives the calm
security with which the fort will sue
cessfully resist tho enemy"
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FRENCH POET sCoRNs BOMBS.
Theodore BotveI Gains wounded In
uosuItnI Under German Attack.

SBeriaI cute DcsU1tcL 10 TUE ST..
PANS, Jan. i-Tho.dOrc Botrel, the
poet who has undertaken 10 cheer the
soldiers az the front and the wounded In
the hospitals with his songs of Brittany.
vas Just beginning a lecture with song
az the Lamartmo Hospital In puukirk
when the bumbardment OF thai city boy
German avlaturs began. Two bombs zen
i'm tho streets with a terrible din, shatter-
ing the windows Of the hospital and tor
rorziug the wounded.
Eo,rcl, however, quickly Gained the
soldiers. replying to their anxious in
uuries that the two reports were merely
two Of the three strokes which mark the
raising Of the curtlin in all French
theatres
after the third stroke ! will begin
my lecture" ne said.
The third bomb fell Immediately there
after. and Botrcl began his lecture as II
nothing had happened.
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VIENNA .SADDENED.

NVfttUT TUVTf V'FDTTtN 10 T w IN
NtESNA, via Rome, Jan. 1.-fmperor
Francis Joseph has addressed n New Year
message to the Austro- Hungarian army
and navy prlising them for their vale
"agains; numef Gus and powerful enemies
In this most difficult war; thanking them
for the sacrifices of lives offered for the
fathernnd. and invoking Gods aid for
victory I'm 1915.
The message has increased the pre-
vailing depr, sslor ara sadness due to the
defeats IN Galicla, coupled with the scare.
ity Of food The citizens OF Vienna are
gloomy. ana New Year celebrations c'e
being omitted
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ZEEBRUGGE SHELLED.
British War-bip Bombards Town
From Position Near Coast.

EVTfIWT IUWTT WTFUITTN 10 TTTF NTN-
IONuoN, Jan. THE DolV MdR cor
respondent at Rotterdam tclrgrnphs under
to-days date:
81 learn from Sluis that a British
vessel steamed In close 70 land yCstor-
day and fred i've shells At IcCbruggc,
where several German hydroplauos had
arrived, The coast batteries answered tho
warsnlps fire. but failed TO hit the vessel,
which steamed away.
Heavy hght.ng continues In the dis
trlct OF L3mbaertzyde, Wcstonde and St
Georges. with desperate infantry attacks
IN both sides"
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FRANCE HOPEFUL FOR 1915.
Says IOII Ended with
splendid showing for Army.

|WTTTW WTTF TTTTWTTN ~ IWT II
PANS, Jan. l,--LC Temps, which to-
day for the hrst time broke It's rule
Of never appearing on New Years Day,
says IN its editorial discussion OF the
war:
"'rh' terrible year of 1914 came to an
end In conditions which The commence
mcHt Of the war hardly allowed rs to
hope for, Gcrmany's formidable army
prepared with tho most minute care In
every dc,an both material ana moral
and which hurled us so violently fom
Belgium, ls to-day reduced TO self
def, nee
TN 1915 we are the ones who arc
dealing tho blows ana it has become
moo ,sary 70 throw IL definitely outside
France tn, Gctmou plans have failed
despite Their brilliant appearance al the
Cp,ring Of the war"
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JAPANESE MAY SERVE CAR.
Car Issues Decree Authorizing En-
Iistmrnt In Army.

TOXIC, Jan. IA decree issued by Car
Nicholas fur japanese to serve In the
Russian army was Ea2ctted recently I'm
Hardin. This. coupled with the fact
that Japanese soldiers went to ths Rus
San frontier tu deliver arms purchased
in Japan, Ia advanced here rs a possible
explanation Of the r,port in circulation
that Japanese army was on the way 20
rurop"
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SIR HENRY HowARD's MISSION.
England Gives out instructions 20
vatican EnNey.

LoNpoN, Jan. THE Foreign once
issued to-day letter sent to Sir Henry
Howard. the newly accredited British
envoy to the Vatican, on December 10, in
structiug MIN regarding his mission.
This was TO congratulate Pope Benedict
XIV. ON his electi n, explaining the mo-
tlvcs which compelled the Government
after exhaustlnE every effort to preserve
peace, to intervene I'm the war ana also
t. give the pontiff from time 10 time in
formation regarding events tnat have
occurred and which may happen during
the period ~ the mission
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will again be left to igh. their battles I'M
aided.
Tho operations preceding the great ad-
vance OF the Russian troops were summed
up In the official report issued last night
by the Russian war Oficc. which told not
only OF the Increasing force of the pres
sure against the Austtians hut also OF the
success OF the direct operations with the
Germans.
Report sums Up Operations.
This report said that on the left bank
OF the Nistil1 no engagements Of impor-
lance had been recorded during the pre-
ceding forty-eight hours It was set forth
that the Russians had sucr ssfully checked
the German attacks both by day and
night south of the railway from BOlomov
to Mednevlce. I'm the village OF Acllca.
near Jagcrgitz. II was asserted tho Ger
man night attack had been allowed 70
approach within 100 yards OF the Russian
trenches. Then q deadly Are from rifles
and machine guns had cut the knisers
troops to pieces and scattered them with
enormous losses In some districts II was
announced, the Russians had used hand
grenndcs with great effoc'. The report
added
I'm western Galicia the battle continues
and We are developing our advantage IN
repulsing Austrian attacks We took for
tlhcatlons on the heights south OF Kotan
and Krem'a and north of Barvinck, In
southwest Galicia.
"fn the region Of Balgrod bayonet at
taCks inflicted enormous losses on the
enemy. whole companies OF their troops
being cNtorminnted. I'm the late evening
of December 90 the enemy here began a
precipltate retreat According to reports
from this region we seized moro than
1000 prisoners, including many officers.
and fifteen machine guns"
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PRAISES FRENCH WOMEN.
AuRtoIe France Appeals "a Men 90
he Rivals In sacrifice.

PARIS. Jan. l.--Anatole France the his.
tor ian, has resumed writing, although no
had thrt at"ncd t. lay asLda his pen for
a rife, and sends tn La Guorrs S0cidle
New Years greetings to all his friends.
He says In part
"Our fate aud the fate OF the world
depend upon our courage and our perse-
verance. Let All Frcnchmen he rivals
In zeal Let all do their duty--and duty
under those circumstances has no limit
Let all sacrifice and devote themselves
body. property and all. 70 the cause OF
Fianco--ofhc.als military and civilians,
mon and children alike. sneak not Of
wor,u, ioi th,y hay. a!gtaG. waa5 every
sacrifice and n'hlled every devotion"
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II MORE SHIPS LOST.

>p,cili cdLie Despatch 10 TnT SuS.
IoSpoN. Jan IA Government report
saws that German waiships In the month
OF December sank five British steamships,
aggregatiug 1915 tons.
seven British vessels. aEgregating 7,i32
tons. were destroy 4 10y mines. with
loss Of twcnty-hv" lives.
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ROME EXPELs GERMAN SPIES.
PoIIc. Closely Watching Agents Of
Allies Foes.

ROME. via Hnvre. Jan. / The polica
~ Rome are clos'ly watching Foreigners
who are acting susp,c!Ous,y Many OF
IN m have icndv been given the time
llmit OF their stay la Italy others
have been expelled
~ the suspected VERSIONS ARE mostly
ngnged lU pafglng cOn'rahand ana IN
esplonprr Thcv arc an IN trN eerVIoa
~ GrrmanV ard Austria Hungary.
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rons OF big ships across tho Nor'h Sea
ON November . and december 1G and
with thc successful ana safe despatch Of
% large british hotilln TO Iielgoland on
Christmas. tho facts seem TO sugg 81 tn
idea Of the No-th Sea ~ an area thick
with mines ns being erroneous
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SHIP FROM SAVANNAH HIT NINE.


NDFCi1I F1TTf UfFpITTN 10 7 III NINI
LoNuoN. Jan 1.-The steamer ". G.
Holm. which struck a mine In tho North
Sea OF Filcy near scarborough. last
night, was laden with cotton and was
bound from CSavannlh, On, for Chris
t.nla. The crew was saved, but the
vessel IL total loss.
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ENGLAND's ARMY 100000 MEN.
Troops On Continent to he Eighteen
Corps.

LONDON, JNN- I-"INe WTTtIsh IOTV07 on
the Continent are being organized into six
armies, consisting OF three army corps
each, under command Of Gor, SIR Doug
las IlaiG, Gen Smith-Dorricn, Con Aroh'-
bald huntcr, Gen. Ian Hamilton, Con.
Leslie Rumble and Con. Bruce Hamilton.