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the United States on a secret mission, and
that he has been landed at Gibraltar.
A despatch from Melbourne states that
the seat of the Commonwealth Government
has been transferred temporarily to Sydney.
Sir George Reid, High COMMISSIONS for
Australia, says he is unable to explain the
change, unless it is connected with the cues
tion of defence, Sydney being the main cen
ire of the naval and military forces of the
Commonwealth.
Adyices from Paris state that Frances
foreign mmer from January to Novem-
Der 1914 decreased by 1857, 900, 600 francs
against the same period in the previous year.
The Council of Lyons has unanimously
adopted a resolution that the Nobel Peace
Prize should be awarded to the Belgian
people, saying: "Their heroic defence of the
inviolablity Of treaties aud the principle
of neutrality is an eminent service in
the cause of peace and right" The French
Chamber Of Deputies is promoting a similar
movement.
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that
Herr Balm, Chamber of the Hamburg-Ame-
licau Line, at the request of the Kaiser has
taken over the management Of the entire
railroad system Of Germany and the delivery
of food supplies for the German army.
Advices from Salonica state that arrivals
from Turkey declare that a reign of terror
prevails iii Constantinople, surprising the
worst days under the Sultan Abdul Hamid.
The city is now ruled by Enver Pasha, and
any one attempting to spread news of the
defeats of the Turkish army is summari!y
hanged, but the set back IN the Caucasus
and the abandonment Of the designs upon
Egypt are b%ecompg gradually known ana
the people are ripe for revolt against the
rule of the Young Inrk party and the domi
nation OF the Germans.
A despatch from Geneva States that Alb
bas Him, the ex-KhodIye Of Egypt, is pro-
ceeding to Berne to consult a specialist re-
gardipg a bullet wound in the jaw received
in the recent attempt on his life ut C0nstan-
tinople. The wound not having healed
makes it impossible for him to head the army
with which lie had planned to invade Egypt.
Adyices from Rome state that at Gieja
del Marsi only about one fifth of
tbe population escaped death, or seven
Hundred persons out Of a total OF
1852. Two women were taken alive
from the ruins there yesterday. The
destruction was even more complete than at
Avezzano, only q single wall remaining
standing above the first floor. Many were
at Mass when the Church feq, the only per
sons present who escaped being four women
who were dug out alive later. The injured
brought from Rome total 10000 and tempo
rary hospitals have been established in
schools and barracks.
The Madrid correspondent of the Daily
Express" states that owing to lack Of com
munication news has just been received that
an earthquake did great damage in eighteen
villages in the region of Asturias in northern
Spain on Jan. 2nd, a score Of persons being
killed IN one village.
Advices from Copenhagen state that at
a conference Of Socialists of the neutral
countries Of Europe held there, resolutions
were unanimously PASSED declaring tEat it
was the duty of all Socialists to work for the
speedy declaration of peace upon terms
which would provide a basis for interna-
tional disarmament, also that the international
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