, 1915-03-03
1Censored at Jamaica.l

London, March 1st-The House of Com.
mons unanimously granted the Government
Two credits for the war, one for e37, 600, 600
for the period to March 3I5t, aud the other
for $3.50, 600, 600 for expenditures subso-
quent to that date. 1t is the largest amount
ever voted by the House of Commons. The
vote followed Mr. Asquith's momentous
speech announcing the plan of the Allies for
the regulation of shipping to and from ports
of hostile nations, by the prevention of com
modities of every kind reaching or leaving
those ports, without risks to neutral vessels
or their crews. The Allies hold themsel yes
at Liberty to capture goods presumed to have
come from hostile countries, or destined Tor
them. They have no intention Of c)niSctt-
ing ships or cargoes which are detained, uu-
less they are liable TO contiscation under nor
NAL conditions of war. Germany has driven
hor opponents to adopt retNliatory measures
but the reprisals will be enforced with strict
observance of humanity, without however
allowing their efforts to be strangled in q
network of judicial %niceties. He declared that
Germany had violated systematically all con-
v~entions intended for the mitigation of war
fare by organizing all under-sea campaign of
piracy and pillage, He further declared
that Germany was not blockading and could
never blockade English shores. Referring
to what he termed a whisper of peace, the
Premier said he had no time to talk of peace
before the great imposes Of the Allies are in
sight or accomplished. He declared that ut
no time had the Government been more con
fdent than to-day that The Allies would
achieve victory. Referring to the attack on
the Dardanelles, he said there was nc i'm
pairment of the strength of the Allies in
France or Flanders as the result of the
Withdrawals of men for service against
Turkey, adding; 1--WE will continue to
give the fullest and most effective sup
port on the Western 'front.'. Neither has
there been for the purposes of the Darda-
nelIes operations, any weakening of the
Grand Fleet. The enterprise was carefully
conceived, with distinct political, strategical
and economic objects which again illustrate
the close cooperation of the Allies.
A German official statement says 'Near
Wervicq, north of Lille, an English flying
machine was forced to descend by our fire.
At certain parts of our front the French
used, rs they have done on previous occasions,
a particular kind of shell which in exploding
threw out evil smelling and poisonous gases
which however did no damage. Our positions
in the Champagne country wele repeatedly at
tackled yesterday by at least two Army Corps,
but they were repulsed after fierce fighting
at close quarters. In the Argonne we cap
tured some mine throwers. Between the
eastern border of the Argonne and Vauquois
the French made five attempts yesterday to
break through our line, but they were all
broken Town with heavy losses to the enemy.
A Russian official bulletin announces
"The prisoners and guns captured north of
Grodno belong the best German Corps, the
Twenty First Field Corps, which in peace
times was stationed on the French frontier.
The initiative in the fighting north of Grod-
no has now passed to us. The Germans
Notwithstanding their lack of success in the
the Jedwabno Bobr region, continue their
attacks, which are however wanting in vi
gour AID courage. Our troops are seen even
in sectors where we are making no serious
efforts and they anticipate the advances of
the enemy and are ready to rush out and
attack. Our progress in the Plzasnysz
region continues and in certain sec
tors we are capturing villages in ra-
pid succession, taking from five hundred
TO eight hundred prisoners i'll each. In