, 1915-06-23

we have returned from the front deter mined to
do our best TO persuade our fellow wolkmen
to do their best to produce munitions at top
speed"
Lord Selbourne, President of The Board
of Agriculture, has appointed a Committee,
with Lord Miner as Chairman, to invesli-
gate what steps should be taken for the sole
purpose of maintaining and if possible of
increasing the present production of food in
England and Wales, on the assumption that
the war may be prolonged beyond the har-
vest Of 1915. The Committee have been in
structed that it additional powers are neces-
sary they should report i'll time for legisla-
tive action during the present session of
Parliament.
In the House Of Commons, Mr.. Asquith
announced that Mr.. McKenna, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, will Introduce a Loan Bill
on Monday. 1t is unofficlally announced
that the amount will be three hundred md
fifty million pounds.
A committee which YVES recently appointed
with The Archbishop of York as Chairman
to investigate the "war babies" question, has
issued its report. 1t says that special en-
quiries in 81 towns have not confirmed II Q .
alRrmist rumours concerning illegitimacy,
no evidence being available which ~irstifes
the belief that the conditions brought
about by the war have resulted in any ex-
ceptional increase of illegitimacy, and it is
therefore unnecessary to organize special
agencies to deal with the problem.
Advices from Rome state that it is ofici-
ally announced that the submarine "DIedusa"
which had accomplished useful and daring
service of exploration has been torpe-
doed by an enemy submarine. According to
an Austrian official statement, an officer and
four of her crew were saved and made pris-
M = H.. G~E IL
taken place between submarines.
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that
the Folkething has unanimously resolved to
support the Ministry in its policy of absolute
neutrality,
London. june 19th-The following report
from Field Marshal Sir John French hns
been published: "The fighting in the NORTH
ern and southern portions Of our front was
continued throughout Wednesday in CO.
operation With the attack by our Ally about
Arras. East Of Ypres all the German first
line trenches which we captured lemain in
our hands despite two counter. attacks Which
were repulsed with heavy loss to the entn Y,
but we were unable to retain the en-. n.y.s
second line of trenches which we had
occupied in the morning. East Of Festnbert,
as the result of a further attack in the after
noon of Wednesday, we made % Slight
advance, and Judging by the nun Der Of Cor
mans found dead III the trenches entered
by us,our artillery fire was very effective"
A Berlin official communicate states: "In
the Western arena our enemies continued
their attempts to break through our Ines
north Of the La Bassee Canal and suffered q
new defeat, their attacking troops being
destroyed and only q few men succeeded
in reaching our trenches. East of Angres,
south of Souchtz and north of Ecurie the
French penetrated our outer positions at
intervals. Due north Of the Lolette Hills.
we surrendered a section of a trench si>ua-
ted within range of the enemy's fire, in NC
cordance with our plans. The rest Of the
enemy's attempts at attack were flustruted.'
In the Eastern arena, the Austro-Gcr-
mans, who are pursuing the RusSials,
have crossed the Galician border mouth cf
Krezow aud have occupied the Russian
town of Tarnogrod. 1t is reported from
Berlin that the Russians have everywhere
been driven back on their last defences be-
fore Lemberg, ten miles west thereof, and
a battle for the possession of Lemberg is
now raging along the fortified Grodek line,
where the Russians are making a fiuul effort
to save the capital.
Grenada, Jure 19th-It has been officially
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