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portant success, having carried the village
of Neuve Chapelle, east Of the road from
Estaires to La Bassee, and progressed North
east of this village in the direction of Aubers
and southeast in the direction of the Bots de
Rlez. 1t has taken 1000 prisoners, includ-
ing several officers, and also captured some
machine guns. The German losses were
very heavy.
Advices from New Port News state that
the German auxiliary cruiser "Prinz Ethel
Friedrich" captured the following prizes
5 British ships, namely "Inyercoe', MARY
Adashot", "Willerby'', "~Schargost', o. and
'Kildalton' 4 French ships, namely, "Pierre
Lott, "Jacobsen", Jean and "Floride'
with 1874 persons. Also the Isabel Browne
Russian, and the William p. Fry, Ameri-
can. The captain Of the latter says he had
foodstuffs for Liverpool aud was sunk ille-
gally, raising a serious German-America
question. Probably the "Prinz Eitel Erie
drich" will be hbelled for damages, and an
inquiry, preliminary TO approximations by
the United States, has begun.
In the House of Commons, Mr.. Lloyd George,
speaking on the Inconvenience caused to many
business interests by the Governments com
Wandering Of industrial plants for military
imposes, said: 1--WE are in a slate Of war
and cannot conduct business as usual In
stead Of business as usual, We want victory
us usual, and we cannot have that unless
everybody is prepared to suffer all kinds of
inconvenience and discomforts and even
sucriices." Great enthusiasm was eyinced
and the neY phrase has displaced the old.
The House debated the treatment OF Bri-
fish prisoners in Germany, striking allego-
tions of brutality being made by some, while
others sud the reports were exaggerated.
Mn. Neil Primrose said there was a tendency
to exaggerate, although without doubt Some
prisoners had been harshly treated en- route
to their destinations, but there was evidence
that parcels OF food aud money sent from
home had usually been delivered The Gov
ernmeut hoped that Germany would agree
to an arrangement whereby officials from the
United States Quartermaster General's De
p%nrtment would work III Berlin under MI.
Gerard, the United States Ambassador, who
IS observing such matters, and this would in
sure the prisoners having enough clothes ana
food. E27 600, he said, had been sent in the
last few months to AIr. Gerard for the pri-
soners and 100000 were sent last week. A
report of bad treatment Of he British prison
ers had been received by the Foreign Office
aud communicated 10 Mr., Page, the United
States ambassador in London, with request
Tor his help. Mr.. Pl1mrOse expressed hrs
gratitude Mt the action Of tie United States
in allowing Great Britain the help Of it's
Ambassador to the warning nations and for
their ready response. (Cheers.)
The correspondent Of the "Doily News at
Athens states that on Tuesday there WINS IL
very severe bombardment OF the forts ut
kiIld Balm, to which they made a lively
reply, 4 Shells falling on board he "Sutfreu'
and s on the Lord Nelson. Mine sweep
ing continues in the Straits and when fin
ished there will be IL combined attack on
Kilid Buhr which is the key to the Turkish
resistance. On Monday a battery at Yemkoi
was demolished, the euemy's fire being
thereby greatly reduced. Seyenty-six shot,
were fl ed at the batteries on Mount Darda-
nus and 30 motor guns in forts Kilid BAH
and Namazich were destroyed.
A Geneva despatch says that several
italian warships have put to sea, probably
for the DardaueIles-
A Turkish official statement says: "a Rus
sian fleet composed of 5 battleships, 3 cruis-
ers, 10 torpedo boats and o large number of
auxiliaries on Sunday bombarded the ports of
Sanguldak, Koslu, Eregli, and AIabu on the
south coast of the Black Sea. Over one
thousand shells were fired at Sanguldak.
One steamer was sunk and houses were st