, 1915-04-24

out Saturday the enemy repeatedly renewed
his attacks, making desperate efforts to re.
gain his position which was Of great
Importance, and Mt one time they sue
ceeded in gaining footing on the south
eru slopes of the hill but they were
promp ly driven back again and Mt night
fall the whole bill was in our hands and the
ground gained had been consolidated. On
Monday morning the enemy's attacks ceos-
ed. The statement made III q recent German
official communication, that we are using
asphyxinting gases in the Ypres district,
is fnlse and doubtless was made to justify
the use of these gases which were freely
employed by the enemy i'll his attacks
on Hill SO. Germany signed the clause
in the Hague Convention eliminating the use
of nsphyxiating gases"
In the House of Commons, Sir Edward
Grey was asked several questions regard
ing the CLino-Japanese negotiations.
He replied that he was unable to reply
precisely while they were pen ling, but
speaking generally he declared that the poll
cy Of the British Government in China con
tinued to be governed by the terms of the
Anglo-Jrpanese agreement for the preserya-
Sion of the common interests of all the Pow
ers in China by the insurance of the indie
pendeuce audi integrity of the Chinese Repub-
IN AIN tAO EIlI-O PAC VI Cdu6i OIPOl NJ
for commerce and industry for all nations in
China.
Ten thousand Protestant Churches obsery-
ed the Kings pledge on Sunday. AT n sin.
gle meeting held in Central London 1000
persons pledged themselves not to use intoXi-
cants during the war.
Mr.. Ruucimau, President Of the Board Of
Trade, in the course of a speech endorsed
the Government restriction of the sale OF
liquor, nevertheless he said there hnd been
too much eXaggeration, as owing to the re-
cruiting unemployed drinkers had been re-
employed, creating Il false impression of mn
increase in drinking, Tens Of thousands
were working on munitions siXly-three hours
per week, and with the exceptions of Christ
mas md Good Friday there had not been u
single holiday since the first week in August.
At n meeting of Birmingham Manufacture
ers, called by Mr.. Booth, ChairmlL OF the
Munitions Committee, Lord EIpbinstone out
lined the Governments pIaua foI organizing
supplies. Release Committees would be APP
pointed, and in special cases where a parti-
cular man had enlisted and was wanted back
by the factory, he could he got back. Local
Committees, under The Governments Orga-
nizing Scheme, will be appointed for Birm-
in9ham and Glasgow.
London, April 22nd-Tn the House If
Commons Sir Edward Grey IN answer to IL
question by Commander Dellairs, said TINT
before the internment of the "Prlnz Eitel
Friedrich" he had her bottom cleaned and
coated with anti fouIing composition in the
dry dock ut NewportNews, thus considera-
by increasing her speed. England protest.
ed against the iucI ease in her fighting force
bnt the United Stntes refused to admit
this, considering TINT any damage sustained
BY the action of the sen, aud not inflicted
by the enemy, may be nude good, AID had
also called attention to the provision that
the local authorities of neutral Powers
could decide what repairs were necessary.
Mr.. Asqnith, addressing a meeting of
workers at Newcastle on Tuesday upon the
issues Of the war, snid owe tried without
success to minimize the conflict, but our
honour and security Of our glorious tradi-
tom, our best hopes and most cherished
ideals were pat in the issue. The demand
for men and material is on so vast a scale
that the whole nation is taking part in the
war. Two hundred aud seventeen Thousand
miners had enlisted, being twenty per cent
of the total aud nearly fifty per cent Of those
of military age. There was an influx Of
seventy thousand men from other indus
tries, but there was still a shortage Of fouI-
teen per cent il the former numbers, the