, 1915-02-10

a similar purpose, if she thought fit. BY
the rules international Law, the customs
81 war and the dictates of humanity, it
is obligatory upon a belligerent to
ascertain the character and cargo of 8
merchant vessel before capture. Ger
many has no right to disregard this
obligation, and to destroy a non-combatant
ship, crew and cargo, as Germany has
announced her intention of doing, is moth
ing less than an act of piracy on the high
seas. 'N'"~
A P~etrograd official statement says:
Notwithstanding the bending back of our
troops in the Carpathians to the south, and
in Bukowina, the fighting in which we are
engaged is following a course favourable
to us. On Thursday we took about ZOO
prisoners on that front, and it Was revealed
that several divisions of Austrians were
engaged who, up to that time, had been
fighting against the Serbs. One of our
Army Corps which has assumed the often
sjve in the direction Of Mezolaborcz cap
tHred on Friday II field cannon, 2 noun
tam guns, 2 mortars for torpedoes, %
machine guns, an a~eroplane and many army
telephones, in addition to taking 2 com
mandants of regiments, over ITO officers,
and a great many soldiers, including many
Hungarians."
The following uncensored despatch has
been received in Rome from Constantine
pie: "The Turks, being discouraged, are
abandoning the invasion of Egypt, which
they consider impossible owing to the de-
struetion of the material they prepared by
which to cross the Canal"
A despatch from Athens states that four
torpedo boats Of the Allies bombarded the
forts near Karathia, on the coast of the
Dardanelles, firing TIA shells and setting
2 ammunition depots on fire.
Dispatches from Cairo state that of 200
Turks who attacked a point on the canal
opposite the Toussoum railway station, 50
were killed, the remainder being wounded
or captured, at another point, out of 400
men bridging the canal, hardly one es-
capped. Instead of pontoons, the enemy used
kerosene tins, covered with pIanks and when
experimenting on Lake Tiberias the plan
worked admirably. The tins have the adj
vantage Of holding a good supply Of drink
ing water before being used by the engi-
neers, but in practice they have the disad-
vantage Of sinking speedily under machine
gun fire. A large number of vultures have
appeared on the east bank of the Canal.
A Vienna official despatch states: ''The
situation in Russian Poland and Western
Galicia is unchanged. In the Carpathians
heavy battles are proceeding. In Southern
BukOwlna Our troops are progressing fay-
ourably, the Russian are in complete re-
treat and l,200 prisoners and much mate
rial have been captured. In the afternoon
our troops entered Kimpolung and were
acclaimed by the population. In the south
ern theatre there has been no change. In
the Adriatic attacks by our a%viators on
French transports have met with success,
many bombs being dropped.'
The resignation OF DR.. Won Bilinski, Aus
tlo-Hungarian Minister of Finance, is off
cially announced. He will be succeeded
by Herr Won Kober, an ex-Premier. I'm
official dispatches confirm recent reports
of Austria's difficulties in finding the money
for her huge war expenses.
The Amsterdam correspondent of the
0Daily EXpress" states that Holland has