The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21
BRITISH REPORT CAPTURE OF HILL 60
 AFTER HARD FIGHT
Russians Kept Busy Re polling Austro s man Attacks-No R sattles Develop in t;s Vest

Commons and t.. louse of Lords sub jectcd to n rapid fire of questions md Premier Asquith delivering a speech so the armament workers at Newcastle tonight, the British public expected that many questions on which informa- But the ministers were not much moro communicative than usual.
 No indication was given as to the gov ernment plan for dealing with the drink question: which Mr. Asquith did not even mention in his speech. This was devoted to an appeal to the working men who. he declared. had not been slack, to use every effort to increase the supply of war munitions.
 Members of the House of Commons who sought information were informed that they would have to wait Tor the government statement and they there fore devoted their time to discussing the proposal that intoxicating liquors should be barred from the House of Commons refreshment room but. being unable to agree on this question, they postponed the debate.
 Personal Matter
 The consensus of opinion among the members was that abstention from drink was a personal matter and that prohi- bition of the sale of liquor in the re- freshment room where only one dollar S worth was sold during two days last week, could not have much effect A definite answer however, was made to the question as to whether the gov ernment would introduce conscription David Iloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, said the government was not of the opinion that there was any ground for believing the war would be more ed that Earl Kitchener, secretary for war, was gratfied with the response to his appeal for volunteers
 In the House of Lords Earl Curzon tried to get further information respect ing the operations in Mesopotamia ana throughout Africa, but he was little more successful than his colleagues in the lower house, the Earl of Crewe in be- half of the government, saying that the military authorities were opposed to giv- ing information until reports were re- ceived from the generals on the ground Everything, however, had been told of the battles in Mesopotamia.
 Little Fighting
 Lord Lucas who answered for tho colonies, said that no fighting had oc- cured in Nyassaland since the Germans were defeated in September while in northern Kamerun the British and | rench forces were dealing with the German stronghold. Along the remainder of the frontier there were many minor engage ments and very considerable losses had been inflicted on the Germans.
 In addition, news comes from German Southwest Africa of another successful operation by Gen. Luis Botha's army. which has occupied the important town and railway junction of Keetmanshop which is German base in the southern part of the colony. Further details also were published today of the British cap tEre of Hill 60, near Tyres. Very severe fighting. in which both sides suffered heavy losses, took place at this point. The British success is declared by Field Mar shal French to be an important one, as 1t gives the British generals command of considerable area occupied by the Ger mans and paves the way for an attack on tue pdSSdStS UT tue lSyS, by juedlS Ol which the towns of Lille, Roubaix and Turcoing can be approached.
 Along the rest of the western front there has been considerable fighting at sepa rate points, but no battles of importance have occurred.
 Russians Busy
 In the eastern zone the Russians have been busy repulsing Austro-German att tacks in the direction of Stry and to the southeast of Lupkow pass, and have themselves captured another height on the eastern Roszanka chain of the Car pathians.
 The British admiralty reports bril- liant "cufrfng out" operation in the Dar- daneIles. Young officers and seamen from British ships volunteered for the danger ous task of destroying the submarine E-15 which stranded under the Turkish guns. and which 1t was essential should not fall into the hands of the Turks. They did their work we'll and all that was left of the craft was a tangled mass of Iron fgom which the Turks are not likely to learn submarines. Although the plucky crews fin their boats were subjected to heavy fire. they escaped with the loss of one mar
 The Austro-Italian sltua tion is still shrouded in mystery. A German wireless dispatch says that the recent frontier incident has been settled, but dispatches bv way of Paris describe the position as hopeless It also is reported tonight that martial law has been proclaimed in Trent