, 1916-05-03
KILOGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
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at HOO pm. the clocks throughout the
Central Empires will be put forward to
midnight. it is estimated that the saving
in lighting and power will amount to
Els 0O,O 00 in Germany and &65, 600, 900 in
the Monarchy.
London, April 29th-Upwards of one hun
dred persons have been killed or injured
thus far in Dublin. a correspondent in Bel
fast of the Evening News reports in a
despatch filed last night.
London, April 29th-The British casual.
ties this month as compiled from published
lists arc slightly in excess of those for March.
Tn total from all the fields Of operations IS
1855 officers and 1926 men compared with
1,lO7 officers and 1917 men in March.
London, April-"We planned to rise stimuli
taneously with our Dublin comrades, but
something went wrong with the arrange
ment" said the leader of the SlnnFelnerS
ia COX in au interview published here to-
day. eve might have been III possession or
the Post Office but for the fact that the
military was there first added the Ieadef'
~ do not think we will rise here but II they
do come to demand our arms we shall shooI
them. When the news OF the Dublin rlslh6
filtered through here on Monday we all re-
tired TO our armoured barracks, loaded our
rifles, polished bayOnots, set III stores OF
provisions and prepared for anything. Inc
Bishop Of Cork and the Lord Mayor came
TO the barracks at midnight and demanded
admission, which was granted after consloef-
able arlev. They implored us to lay down
our arms and not to resort to physical Tor
&c. We refused absolutely. Sorrowfully
and with bowed head the Blshep said "Tben
| leave YOU to your fate. We told him we
did not fear our fate, whereupon he depart
3D."
London, April 29th-The official commu-
nication on the operations in Belgium and
France issued last night is as follows: Ear
~ this morning the enemy attempted to
enter our trenches north OF kocIln-
court after exploding 5 mines and bonn
harding by artillery and trench-nortnfs,
but they were repulsed successfully. Inc
day passed quietly in the neighbourhood Of
Looss incethe gallant fighting of the Sixteenth
Irish division broke the German attack de-
liyered yesterday under cover OF gas
Elsewhere there were only unimportant ar
tillery actions at isolated points. There has
been considerable activity in the air. -Four
of our machines attacked eight hostile mach
ines. Flying in formation they drove a
wedge into the middle Of the enemy squad
ron and after q fight lasting 10 minutes tour OF
the enemy macnlneS were uIlVen uo"h' ono
landing in q ploughed field. One OF our
machines was hit but we suffered no casual
ties. In another fight, one enemy machine
is believed to have been hit.
Washington, April 29th.-Reports received
within the past "a hours at several OF the
European Embassies here have aroused grave
apprehension in regard to the Mexican
situation. These reports were to the effect
that the Caranza Government is on the~eve
of q complete collapse, and that conditions
in and around Mexico City are more threat
ening than they have been at any time since
the overthrow of Porfiriso Diaz. Fearing
that harm might come to the Nationals in
Mexico if the source of information became
known, the diplomats receiving the reports
have requested that their names be not dis
closed. 1t is known, however, that at least
one of the Ambassadors concerned turned
over to the State Department to-day a full
transcript Of the information he had re-
ceived.
Berne, April 29th.-The German Minister,
by special instruction of Chancellor Beth
mann-Hollweg, has called on the Swiss State
Department and expressed deepest regret
for the violation of Swiss territory by a
German aeroplane on Wednesday. The
Minister stated hat the aviator had been