, 1915-05-29

Tue DANISH steamer betty ms been tor
pedoed and sunk in the North Sea, but the
crew escaped AM have been landed i'll the
lyme.
A French official communique states: "On
Wednesday morning Is aeroplanes, each car
rying 50 kilos of projectiles, bombarded
Ludwigshaten, Rhenish Bavaria. The Ba-
dische chemical factory, which is among the
most important aniline plants in Germany
for the manufacture of explosives, was hit,
as also several other buildings, and numer-
Gus fire, broke out. The a~viators were near
ly six hours in the air. ard travelled a dis
lance of 400 kilometres.
The captain of the American steam
err "Nebraskan" reports that he saw and
heard nothing before q terrific explosion
occurred forward. Her flag had just
previously been hauled down in the twi-
light, but her name and nationality were
painted on both sides in letters six feet long.
The Italian army is pushing steadily
northward into the Tyrolean Alps, and is
advancing over passes and peaks a mile high.
The Austrian garrisons are not Offering any
serious resistance, and are falling back upon
the main body of the Austrian army OF the
Trentino, which is massed in great force IN
the Adige River section. Strong Italian
forces are being brought up to support the
advance guard engaged in raiding the Tren-
tino frontier district.
The death has taken place of the Countess
of Cardigan, widow Of Lieutenant-Gener
the Earl Of Cardigan, of BalaclAva celebrity.
AT q meeting of the Privy Council the
King handed the seals and warrants of Office
to tbs members of the new cabinet, and
| knighted Mr.. F. E. Smith. the new Attorney
General.
At a meeting of Unionists held at the
Carlton Club, Mr.. Bonar Law read Mr.. AS
quith's letter proposing q coalition ministry,
and saying that his colleagues all had placed
their designations in his hands, and be pro-
posed a government by all the parties, in
Guiding the LabOurites and the NatiOnalists.
Lord Lansd0wne said the conditions were
extraordinary. The country was making a
most stipend ou5 effort, whose dimensions
were even yet unknown; new theatres Of
war we're unfolding daily, with new develop
ments of the IN pst sinister and horrible
kind, and nothing but IL supreme effort
would be sufficient for the difficulties
before us. The country's staying powers
would be taxed as never before, and If the
country was to be suved it could not be by
one party or another, but by the nations
entire efforts. The UuiDnist9 considered
that q general election would be a disaster
or the nfsJ magnitude anO lolt Cn"l tnelt
responsibility would be more complete than
when the Government merely accepted
their advice. Nj. Bonar Law said that Mr..
Asquith's letter cume just as the Unionists
had decided that change was necessary. He
regretted that M. John Redmond had not
accepted office, and declared that neither
Irish, Welsh nor any other question mat
tered init after the war. The meeting then
adjourned without adopting any resolution.
A Central Board to deal with the cues
tons of munitions and drink has been Gre
ated, with Lord d. Afternoon rs Chairman.
Sir Edgar Speyer, who has sailed
on board the S. S. philadelphia for
the United States, received a letter from
Mr.. Asquith saying that the KING was
not prepared to cancel the baronetcy
or the other British honours conferred
upon him in recognition Of his public ser
vices and philanthropic muniticence. Never
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