The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-10

Des Moines, Iowa and a companion WHO Vas formerly a United States deputy consul at Berne, were placed under arrest at Innsbruck this week by the Austrian authorities. Young was released almost immediately. but his companion has been held on charge of espionage.
 MAY BES,EGE MUkDEN TOKYO. May s. - The Japanese forces at Hanhow are preparing to lay siege to Mukden in the event of war between this country and { China. Reports from Hankow also state that the flight of Japs from that city has commenced, their de parture being viewed with stolid indifference by the Chinese. At many other points the Japs are preparing for war, and subjects of this country residing in China are departing hastily. A fleet of warships is engaged in transporting supplies to Japanese bases, and everything indicates that only by an eleyenth-hour acceptance of the Japanese demands can the Chinese government avert war.
 MANY CANADIANS KILLED. VANCOUVER, B. C., May G. Advices received in this city from Europe state that between twenty five and thirty per cent of the men who went to the war from here have fallen since tie commencement of the Ypres battle which is now h pruEIeos in BeIgiuu4. Tla Ldu- adian troops are in the thick of the lighting.
 CRISIS NEAR IN ITALY. ROME, May 6.-Al the newspa- pers of this city agree that import ant announcements regarding the future attitude of Italy may be ex- pected at any time. This belief is encouraged by the fact that the king nas suspended all furloughs.
 It is also claimed by the news papers that in German and Austrian circles extreme pessimism is evident regarding the plans of Italy
 MORE BOATS SUNK.
 LONDON May 6.-The admiralty reports tonight that at least four ships have been sunk by the Ger mans in various parts of the war zone since yesterday. The steam $ ip Cathay and the trawler Stratton weie sunk by submarines in the North sea, the schooner Earl Latham was sunk in the Irish sea, also by submarine, and the Swedish steam ship Nanadis was torpedoed and sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser SyIvania in the Baltic sea. The crews of the several vessels escaped
 APPEAL TO BRITISH.
 LONDON, May 6. Adyices re- ceyed in this city today from the , Hague indicate that it is the inten- tion of the peace delegates naln"d by the International Congress of omen to direct their first appeal to the British government in the | belief that if England can be elimin- 1 ated from the war, the other bellig- ! erents can be persuaded easily to | suspend hosulities.
 NO ACTION YET.
 LONDON, May 7.-The opposition i of the Natonalists has delayed ac- i tion on the liquor bill, and it now | seems probable that the government | will devise d new plan to regulate | the traffic.
 AFTER BOOZE" IN FRANCE.
 PARIS, May Tt is understood l that a bill prohibiting the manu 1acture of alcoholic drinks will be i introduced in the French parliament
 TROUBLE INVERTED.
 TOKYO, May 7.-The threatened clash between Japan and China has been averted by an eleventh-hour acceptance of the Japanese demands by the Chinese government. fine imperial government waived article five, demanding certain concessions in Manchuria, and when China had been advised of the action, an i'm mediate acceptance of the other demands was forwarded to the i'm perial cabinet. All that remains now is the final adjustment.
 Japan was prepared to act quickly in the event China failed to reply to the ultimatum forwarded to that country this week. Tie army, al ready mobilized, and the navy had orders to act immediately upon the expiration of the time limit. Min ister Hioki was ready to leave Pe- king and thousands of Japanese subjects in China were waiting for the final word to leave the coun- try. At some of the more remote points on the frontier. hostilities al ready had commenced between vol unteer forces.
 ACCEPTED UNDER PROTEST
 PEkING, May "A new note was submitted to Japan this afternoon