, 1915-02-13

ours aid without warning or stopping an
utdeftuded merchantmen carrying women,
children, and old men refugees. The attack
was neither for naval utility nor strategy,
and was only murder of inoffensive indivi-
duajs. The Republic believes it is acting in
the common inter ests of the civilized world
in bringing these facts to the attention of
other governments.
The Government censors allow the publ
cation of a report that, previous to the battle
of the Marne, France was ready to sign
peace, ceding to Germany the towns of
Briey and Nancy, French Lorraine, the is
land of Mada 3asGar and the Protectorate of
Morocco, as we'll as the payment OF an In
demnity. General Joffre, NJ. Poincare, and
NEST OF the Cabinet Ministers opposed this,
and the situation became so tense as to ne
c~cssitate the resignation Of NJ. Messimy,
Minister for War, and the formation of q
Ministry of National Defence. After the
battle Of the Name, Germany proposed
pence through M. Caillaux, offering to sur
render Alsace- lorraine, except Strassburg,
rt~ coIVing IN exchange q small zone on the
North Sea coast extending from Calais to
Dunkrk, France, in addition to acknowledge
The annexation of Belgium by Germany.
The answer to this proposal was the signing
of the Convention by the Allies to make no
separate peace. After this, M. Caillaux was
sent ON a mission to Brazil.
A despatch from Copenhagen states that
serious riots have occurred at the potato
markets IN Berlin. The municipal market
closed in the forenoon because the supply
was exhausted, and shortly afterwards the
potato section of the central markets closed
for the same reason. Fighting crowds then
stormed the shops demanding potatoes, but
the police finally restored order,
According TO continental kilograms the
Kaiser has returned hurriedly to Berlin from
the front Ill Poland, and has held g prolong-
I'd military conference, summoning General
Count Won Moltke, Count Won Nuremberg,
General Won Kessel and numerous other we'll
known LEADERS,. He is described as being
greatly depressed over The terrible cost II men
which Germany has had to pay IN return for
comparatively limited advances against the
entl erched Russians. One account reaching
Paris via Warsaw places the German losses
on the Bzura and Rawka fronts at $4,000
killed. These figures are accepted with re-
serve, but nevertheless the Danish military
critics say the Kaiser has protested against
the slaughter, and as a result an effort Will be
made by the German General Staff to trans
fer the fighting to where the Russians are
less formidabJy entl enched.
Advices from Rome state that Father Lee
dochowsky has been elected as General of
the Society of Jesus, in succession to the
late Father Perm.
Tie "Giornale dItalia" publishes semi
official statistics Of the fatalities caused by
the recent earthquake. About $4,000 persons
persisted, including 23,747 in the Province
Of Aqmla, 1872 in the Province of Caserta,
the majority being in the town Of Abora, and
81 in the Province Of Rome. Ayezzano had
the heaviest loss of any individual town,
1919, or $3.50 of the population having
been killed.
London, Feb. 12th-A French official
communiqu6 says; "The Germans strongly
bombarded Newport and the banks of the
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