, 1915-01-16

against a Prince of the Church would have
painful consequences throughout the world,
as also among the Catholics of Germany,
and fearing the effect of the measures to be
taken by the Vatican, decided hurriedIy to
restore the Cardinals former status. Never
theless, violence has been committed against
the Primate of Belgium, and the Holy See
has asked for reparation by the Gernans.
The explanation of Germany is awaited
eagerly.
A despatch from Cologne states that Car
dinol Won Hartman, Archbishop of Cologne,
has persuaded General Won Kissing, Military
Governor General of Belgium, to allow Car
dinal MERCER to leave his palace and commu-
nicate freely with his Episcopate, and has also
obtained the release Of Belgian priests IN
termed in Germany.
The German cruiser "~Koenigsberg," which
was some time ngo bottled up in a river on
the coast of Africa, is stated to have been
sunk, according to u telegram which quotes
the commander of one of the blockadiug YES
soils as saying that the "K~oenigsberG" was
DESTROYED five days after she was bottled
up, an aeroplane giving the range for the
shells.
Ottawa, Jan. 13th.-A Commission upon
the rise IN prices has been directed to IN
vestigate those of wheat and flour. Flour
rose SO cents last week and 20 cents this
week.
A despatch from Montreal gives n descrip-
tion of a naval battle lasting 4 hours ON
November 25th off Grenada, contained III
n letter received from an eye witness, who
asserts that the "Karlsruhe" was sunk. The
letter is Dated Grenada, December Bird, and
asserts that Il life buoy came ashore marked
"Karlsruhe," also wreckNge and barrels OF
foodstufs. Some fishermen saw bodies
floating about, helmets, candles marked
~Kaiser' and lightbOots with feet III them.
The letter, which has been published IN
the FGazette," was received by a member
OF it's staff from a friend at Grenada.
New York, Jan. 13th-Adviues from Wash
ington state that the House of Representa-
tives, by a vote of 204 to 173, has refused to
submit to the various States an amendment to
the Feudal Constitution, proposing to enfran-
chise women. A two thirds majority is ne
cessary, but rs votes we've lacking.
In Sir Edward Grey's Note, a deficiency in
his United States statistics is remarked. 1T
as officially published today that exports from
the United States to Denmark III November
were S13, 032,8 05 against last year S1,176,943
while to the five neutral countries contigu-
ous to Austria and Germany they were
$18,G SOB, 032 in 1913, and $48, 396,411 in
A"Ad" lily T" IO"ShNi" "J 49, NA~1NY
900 worth of goods have been detained,
with damages amounting to &5,OOO,0O and
that they will stop further shipments unless
conditions become better.
London, Jan, 14th-1he Admiralty has
made no statement regarding reports pub
lished by the DAILY News and the "Stor"
stating that yesterday morning hostile air
craft flew over several Channel towns, while
two submarines attempted to enter Dover
harbour but were sighted by the lookout7,
who telephoned to the forts, which fired
twice with q ten minute interval, the subma-
rines, which were well within range, disap-
pearing at the shots, from which the gunners
are confident that they sank them.
A French communique states: "Unfav-
durable weather prevails along almost the
entire front, hindering operations, and a
sand storm has occurred in the dunes along
the coast of Belgium. In the region of
NieuYort and near Ypres the French artil-
lery directed an effective fire on the earth
works of the enemy. On the Aisne, north
east of Scissors, fighting around Spur 1872
continued with great severity during
all Tuesday. The Germans brought very
considerable forces into this engage
ment, but we maintained our position on the
crest of tie hills west of Spur 1872. Eastward,
our troops were obliged to yield some ground