The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-12
INTERNATIONAL
 NEWS. BY WIRE
DENY PEACE PROPOSAL,

DENY pEkg PROPOSAL.
 VIENNA, April 5 Members of the Austrian cabinet emphaticallv deny that peace overturcs have been made 10 the Russian government They declare that. under no circum- stances. will the Austro- Hungarian government sue for peace.
 PALACE GOES DRY"
 LONDON, April 5.-Following the example of Lord Kitchener. the king of England has issued orders for bidding the use of intoNicants in any of his houses during the remainder of tle war The order goes into effect on Wednesday,
 STEAMERS SUNK
 LONDON, April 5-The German steamship Cret Hemsoth and two German coasters are reported to have been sunk in the Baltic as the result of striking mines. Near ly all of the members of the crew of the steamship were drowned
 The British steamship City of Bremen was sunk by a German sub marine in the English channel to- day. The British steamship Olivine and the Russian bark Hermes were sunk by German torpedo boat off the Isle of Wight this afternoon.
 The Italian steamship Luigi Paro- di. enroute from Baltimore with a cargo of coal was shelled by German torpedo boat today in the war zone. The vessel was sunk, but it is believed that all of the crew escaped.
 STEAMER SEIZED.
 COPENHAGEN. April 6 The Swedish steamship England was seized by German warship in the Baltic today and taken to a German port The vessel was loaded with bran and maize.
 ANOTHER BOAT SUNK.
 LONDON, April 6.-The admiralty announces this afternoon that the British steamship Northlands was sunk by a submarine today off Beachy head. Several trawlers also are reported destroyed
 MUST NOT DO IT,
 THE HAGUE, April 7-The Dutch government has served notice on all neutral nations that the use of the Dutch flag on neutral vessels other than those of the Netherlands will not be tolerated. All vessels known to have used the Dutch flag will be prevented from sailing from Dutch ports.
 PRICES ADVANCE.
 BERLIN, April 7.-The war office is authority for the statement that food prices have advanced tremen- dously in London during the past two weeks in consequence of the German submarine blockade
 THEIR EXPLANATION LONDON, April '. - In eXplana ton of the refusal of her subma- rnes to rescue victims of war zone attacks, the German government says that the saving of lives under such circumstances would tend to destroy the effectiveness of the blockade. With the probability of death await Ing them, mariners are less inclined to venture into the war zone.
 DAROANELLES SAFE.
 CONSTANTlNOPLE, April S.-In d long Interview given out today, the sults s~ declares that the allies will never be able to force the Oar danelles He admits the de5truc- tion of certain of the forts at the entrance to the strait, but asserts that the main Notifications. which form the real barrier to the Sea of Marnora, have not been damaged by the shells from the allies guns.
 SIX MILLION KILLED.
 ROME, April S.-According to sta tistics which have been prepared in this country, the European nations now at war have suffered an az greeate loss of six million men since the commencement of the conflict, an average of more than half a mil lion a month. The total cost of the war to date is estimated at S,400,- 100000
 VosGes REGION DRY.
 PARIS, April S.-Advices received in this city today from Eastern France state that the general in com mand of the French troops in the Nosges mountain region has forbid den the sale and purchase of liquor throughout the district over which he has authority
 WATCH COMRADES DROWN.
 GRIMBSY, Eng, April S,-A large British trawler was blown up by German submarine this afternoon a few miles off the coast, and the entire crew perished in sight of hundreds of their comrades on near by boats It was impossible for these boats to render assistance. owing to the fact that they were compelled to depart hastily from the scene in order to save their own lives.
 The admiralty announces that sev- eral trawlers in other parts of the war zone were sunk today. The attacks, for the most part. were confined to the North sea.
 ORDERED TO NICARAGUA.
 PANAMA, April S.-The cruiser Charleston has been ordered to pro ceed immediately to Nicaragua, where revolution is reported to have assumed serious proportions.
 TALKING IT OVER.
 LONDON, April S,-As the result of the failure of the cabinet to dis pose of the prohibition question, the matter will be taken up by parlia- ment during the coming week, There is a growing impression among the people that there should be no in reference with the liquor traffic throughout the British Isles.
 POSTCARDS TAXED.
 OTTAWA, April 9.-The Canadian