, 1915-03-06

of Rheims lasted all day, the shells falling
every three minutes. In the Champagne re-
gion the German counter attacks against q
crest taken by us north. east of Mesnil were
very violent, two regiments of Guards fight
ing with great f~erocity, but the defeat of
these forces was complete. The cannonade
in the Argonne continues with fresh progress
on our part in the region of Vauquois.
Captain Happe, an aviator, bombarded on
Wednesday a German powder magazine at
Rottweil, in Wurtenburg, twenty-three kilo-
metres north of Donauseschingen, his sue
cess being complete. as ten minutes after he
had thrown the bombs the powder magazine
was afre."
Advices from Geneva state that Austria
lost much of her best and new artillery in
the recent fighting in East Prussia and
Northern Poland, including twenty-three
batteries of 305 millimetres and a number of
1876 millimetre guns, 8 complete batteries
alone being captured by the Russians in the
region surrounding Plock, Kutno and Zgierz.
A despatch from Plymouth states that
when the steamer Chords" went into dry
dock it was found that a propeller blade had
been torn off and her keel badly damaged,
indicating the force with which she struck
the submarine, as already reported. Her
Captain and crew will probably receive re-
wards aggregating l,l60 pounds, offered by
the various agencies to the first merchantmen
which sank a submarine.
A telegram from Copenhagen states that
the hotel D'Angleterre has been burned.
There were 200 patrons in the hotel, many
of whom had narrow escapes and lost all
their personal belongings.
London, March 5th-In the House of
Commons, Mr.. Jowett, Labour Member for
Bradford, asked whether the Government
was willing to invite suggestions from the
neutral nations with y view to avoiding fur
Their devastation of Belgium by the Powers
contending for its mastery. Sir Edward
Grey, replying, said the only solution was
the evacuation of Belgian territory by the
German troops, the restoration of her iu-
dependence, and the reparntion of the
wrong done her. Unless the neutral Pow
ers were prepared to assist in securing
that solution, he did not see what
was to be gained by the course suggested,
and unless they were prepared to assist III
throwing the Germans ont of Belgium no
suggestions from them IN the matter of pre-
venting further devastation of that country
were wanted.
A despatch from Delhi states thai accord
ing TO a BudSel SCa'ehleHV Wy OH WlIlall
Never before the India Council, India's con-
1ribution to the war for the financial year be-
ginning with April 1915 would be 4,750,O0O
hounds, and he added that for the current
wear the contribution would be 1000, 600
bounds. AS n measure of caution he propos-
ad TO base the Budget requirements upon
the supposition that the war would last
through 1915 and 1916. He announced a
deficit of 1850, 600 pounds for the current fl
nancial year and estimated a similar deficit for
the coming year, This shortage was due to
the effect Of the war upon the railway and
customs receipts. He did not propose add
tionnl taxation to meet the deficits, attribut-
ing them to special causes. He devoted
much Of his speech TO describing how the
resources of the country enabled India to
come successfully through the test to which
ia financial and economic system had been
.,hiacted The Budget was well received by