, 1915-02-24

say its punishment was self wrought and we'll
deserved, but we think that Germany is
unlikely to starve. If her statements are
true. then she is guilty of very contemplate
whining. The Germans remorselessly tried
to starve Paris in 1870, when the citizens
of that city ate rats, but they did not whine.
The Belgians do not whine but face their
privAtions stoically. The Germans are
whining, with full stomachs about some
thing they pretend is going to happen. The
pretense is clear, for if the country were really
in danger of starvation the General Staff
would not admit the truth until The time came
to hoist the white flag. The information
wonld be priceless to the Allies, as they would
know they had only to hold to their present
lines until Easter, when the Germans would
lay down their arms"
Advices from Paris state that the eight
officers of the German Medical Reserve Corps
who were court martialled and sentenced in
November last for theft of wine aud holding
an orgy, have now been acquitted by q sec
Ond court-martiaI.
Dispatches from Belgrade state that the
Austrians have bombarded that city, alleg~
ing that the Servians had shelled undefend-
ed towns, killing civilians. The Servants
have retaliated and bombarded Semlin. Both
bombardments were effective, much damage
being done AMI some persons killed, bat
there was no other result.
Advices received at Toxic state that a re-
volt has taken place among the Hindu sol
diers ut Singapore. According to newspaper
dispatches, marines were landed from the
japanese and French warships and there
was fighting between the mutineers and the
men from the vessels. The mutineers mum
bered 800, half of whom surrendered, and
The revolt was quelled. Eleven Englishmen
and women were killed and some Japanese
were wounded.
Dispatches from Petrograd state that the
Germans have been badly beaten at Osso-
wetz, in Russian Poland, after q stubborn
artillery battle. According to a telegram
from the Russian General Staff to a high
parsonage here the Germans suffered heavy
losses and are now retreating to the East
Pru7sian frontier.
The foregoing was the only news from the
Eastern front received in London last night.
If correct, the Germans plan is upset, as q
defeat at this point would endanger tie
whole of their line northward along the
East Prussian frontier.
In the rest of Poland and in the Carpa-
thians severe fighting has occurred, but there
Is no change in the relative positions of the
opposing armies. In Bukowina a battle is in
progress along the river Pruth, and the
retirement to this position should be an
advantage to the Russians, as it shortens
their line and enables enforcement to
reach them more easily
A despatch from Cracow states that the
Russians have begun to lombard Przemysl
with new heavy artillery, and have driven
the Austrians back along the line Of Krosno,
Jsslo and Gorlico. The Austrians are re-
ported to have suffered heavy losseg during
the past three days at Wyszkow and near
the Dukla Pass.
The Morning Posts" correspondent at
Alexandria states that 700 refugees who
have been brought there by the u. s. s.
Tennessee" state that the defeat OF the Turks
at the Suez Canal was more serious than