, 1915-05-08

0NiDQtDl0tS we nave SNlIGO SlRNht On
east of Koziowa we have repnlsed several
counter-ottocks with great slaughter, cap
turing several hundred Russians and taking
three machine guns. North of OsmalodH
the enemy was thrown back from several
heights with heavy losses and the fighting III
this region is progressing.
If the Austro-G German contentious relative
to the Gulicj0n situation are correct, III the
opinion Of some English military writers, 1t
signifies that the whole Russian campaign
in the Carpalhians is seriously aft cted,
making precarious the position of the Kns-
Sims pressing down the southern slopes
towards the plains OF Hungary. The line
between SHE Yistula and the Hungarian
|froutier was alb nut forty miles east OF Ora
COW and the Austro-Germans have been
defending it ~stubbornly e er SINCE the
the beginning of the CurpQthian fighting.
A Russian official communicate states:
"On Saturday our Black Sen Fleet lombard
ed the forts at the Bosphorus, our ire cauS-
ing great explosions and setting fort rs
on fle. The Turkish batteries replied VI
gorolsly, but with no result. We also de-
stroyed a steamship with n cargo OF coal ana
sank two large sailing boats"
Barbados, 5th-Duriug heavy weather on
Monday evening the drogher "Anr8@ret'
from Bridgetown to Speightstown, became
disabled aud has not cen seen OF heard Of
since. There were eight passengers on
board, besides the crew.
London, May 5lh.-In the House Of Com
mons, Mr.. lloyd George, Introducing his
second war Budget, sald he e5lmHted that
if the war lasted the whole fiscal vear the
expenditure would be 81 1876, $4,000. Ii the
war should lust six months, instead of a yenr, he
estimuted the expenditures at Gl9O,4o8,o0)
The revenue for the year was c210,lo2,000
an increase Of fl3, G3S, 600. On the basis Of
the war lasting six months the expenditures
for the war, apart from advances TO the Allies
of Great Britain, would rise to e ,loo,000
daily, and the net deficit would be f3l4,346,-
600. On the basis Of the war Iastlng one
year the deficit would be 1852, 3D., 900,
and that sum the country woud have
to raise in addition to the Govern
ment's revenue during the course of the
D nsel.t year. Up to the end Of the inan-
cIlI yrnr the net cost Of the war wts
over G307. 100000. He thought a review of
the financial situation would help the pubIlc
to understand the immensely of the task un-
dertaken. The ultimate issue Of the war
was not doubtful, only its duration, and this
rendered his task difficult. The cost IS pro
gressive, during the first four months having
been GI02, 900 600, but during the second
four months Git, 900, 600. No fresh taxes
were now contemplated. AS the result OF
the years operations the national debt = now
II. 165, 857 900.
Following upon a conference between
the Nationalist members Of Parliament 1t IS
announced that they have decided to oppose
the new Drink Tax. This is the first open
break in Parliament since the outbreak Of
the war. 1t is expected hat many Lobour-
ite members will support the Nationalist.
They are planning an open protest III Par
lament against The charge that drink seri-
ously impedes success in the war, and slecl-
deaths certified to have been caused
though excessive labCur, also challenging
the figures Of the Government that The wages
of rs, 900 workers have been raised amount
ing to over 920,0 600 weekly.
The correspondent Of the "Daily News"
at Tenedos states that all day and night
fierce fighting continues in the Daida-
uelles. The ships work in shifts and the
bcmbardment is ceaseless In the words of a
naval officer, We are battering our way Though
the narrows, which is necessarily a tough
lob. "Despite the desperate resistance by
the Turks the Allies have made steady pro-
oress both on land and sea aud vital poi IS
OF the enemI's defeuces are now stro, g y
The torpedo craft, with the AZ
most daring, which often reaches herolsm,