The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-22
INIEENATI0NAL NEWS BY WIRE
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 BERLIN. Ncr IJ -fac tNird war 1 lolA negotiated by German finan. 1 c.ors las l,cl fully ug4cribed ano l totals nearly 55,ey9Ep1,553. Official. l # tue Eu.cTuucnt are authority foi ! the state nant tat t1e present lo3i 1 will be sufficient t3 Hquldlte ou; stand ng treasury nle and prOyiti war funds until next March.
 lt is estimated that England f now spending nearly $25 O0000 | daily, as against GeruaEys $l50OO 1 900, This means that Germany IS i spending 9 cents per capita daily, | while InglgUG is spending 55 cents | Germany las already borrowed siv billion dollars since the com ueacewcrt Of the war
 GETS THEIR COAT" l ROME. Nov. 15.-The steadily in orea sing activity of German and l Austrian submarines in the Medi terranean is causing much anXiet! | throughout Italy and the govern mcnt is being severely criticised l because no attempt t.s eer Gi'.d. |. put stop tJ the attacks. The peo pie are c'aluoring for action, con vinced that the divers can be driven | to cover, as was dgne by the Eng | fish in the North sea. 1 The bitterness Of the Italian pee pie against Austria has 5een inten5i fled by an air attack which wa made at Verona yesterday.
 CHAR HOME AGAIN.
 PETROGRAD, Nov, 15.-The czai returned to the palace today froG. a visit at Riga and various otne points in the Baltic region. GREEK TROUBLES PARIS. Nov l5-Acc9rding to advices which have been received IL this city from Athens there is the probability that the Liberal part of Greece will decline to participate in the general elections which will b" held in that country soon. D"sen- sion ever the war question Is the cause.
 CoNsCRIPTloM UP. LONDON, Nov. Questioned to- day regarding the plans of the gov ernment on the conservation que tion Premier AsQuith informed the members of par'iame.a that they, and they only. had a1'noriry D compel Englishmen to enlist. He declared that the question must be l. rded by the lawmakers.
 STEAMSHIP IN PORT. BOBnJAJ'E. Nov 16.-Thc French liner Rochambeau. which was threat ened with destruction by fire snort !y after leaving New York. arrived here today Tie officers report l most exciting voyage
 MAY BE SIGN. COPENtIAGFN, Nov. 16.-The finding of several empty life boats on thc coast of SwC len is reSpDnsi ble fer the belief that the crew of the German steamship Hermonia pcri5hel when their snip was sunk by 8 British submarine several days ago.
 CREEKS DETAINED.
 LONDON, Nov l8.-Tne British government has ordered the tenI porary detention of Greek vessels now in British ports, that actlo, having been made to remind kin4 Constantine of the importance oi giving the demands of the allie4 serious consideration.
 Reports received from Athens It. night state that the Greek mon- arch has requested conference with Kitchener, This is regarded by the government as very favo. able sign.
 OFF TO WAR.
 LONDON, Ncy. 1S-lord Winston Churchill clad in khaki, left for the front today Many were on hand to witness his departure
 HOLDING BACK NEWS.
 LONDON, Nov. 1S-It is admitted by the admiralty tonight that four large Italian steamships have been ly- the past two days, the attacks hay ing been made in the Mediterran can The news reached this city in press dispatches, but the news papers have been refused permis- sion to make the losses public.
 WILL RETALlATE.
 PARIS, Nov. l5-The senate committee on militaly affairs ia urging the unrestricted use of as phyXiating gases by the French troops on the Franoo-nalgian from. t is argued that the general use oI such gases by the Gcrmans neces- sitates the adoption Of similar tas- tics by the French and British troops.
 IN BRITISH TOLLS.
 LONDON, Nov. 1S-There IS c report in circulation in this city to the effect that the interned Ger man naval lieutenant, who broke his parole and left the United States shortly after the interning of the Prinz Eitel Frederick. at Newport News, has been captured by the British and is now a prisoner in the hands Of the British naval au- lhorities.
 MAY LEAD REGIMENT.
 |T-TNNIPTC Nov. 19,-That Col nnel Theodore Roosevelt would pos .,ihfv assume command of a Canadi >r regiment and proceed to the European Wal front, was the state ment of C0lor-' sam Hughes, min ster of militia, made today.
 VICTORIA. B. C., Nov. 19-The 'oN wing am was sent to Colonel Roosevelt this afternoon:
 "The America~- - Victoria, ra- rnmberine with pride and grati- tude your splendid eneech here. learn with interest of the possibility of TOUT assuming command of Ca indian division. If such rumor is authentic the local American socie- tv underta'--- tN f''''''~'~ '~@''o this district a full -'ranv of Ameri- can born volunteers for service m der YOU in the great fi"ht for civi- lization and democracy" The tele- gram was signed Trnaman.