The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-10
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MORE BOATS SUNK.

MOHt bOR SUNK LONDON. April 3-The admiralty has issued a bulletin in which it Is announced that six vessels have been sunk by German submarines during the past twenty-four hours Three of the ships belonged to England and three were flying the flag of Norway The British boats were the Perthe, Ashburton and Achilles. the others were the Inc. Peter and Hamre
 DOCKS DESTROYED EDINBURGH. April 3-Dock es- tablishments here and al Leith wcrr set on fire and demolished by vio- lent explosions on Sunday. REBELS STILL WORKING. PEKIN. April -Notwithstandin the change back to the republican form of government, the southern and particularly the southeastern provinces of China are still in a rebellious state In the province of Kwantung troops there have de clared the independence of the pro vince.
 BIG MONEY WANTED.
 LONDON. April 4-The fourth British war budget was introduced in the house of commons this after noon. The estimate places the amount needed to carry on the war for another year at nine billion dol lars. Addressing the lawmakers in support of the budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna declared that the struggle could not ue ter minated within a year
 NORWAY MAKES PROTEST
 LONDON, April 4.-Angered by the sinking of numerous Norwegian vessels, the Norwegian government has forwarded a note to Berlin pro testing against the attacks on un- armed merhant ships.
 CHAR HAS CLOSE CALL
 BERLIN, April 4-Advices re teived in this city today fror Russia state that the train in which the ear was riding narrowly escaped be ing wrecked by an obstruction placed on the tracks with the evi- dent intention of killing the mon arch.
 NEW LINE AGREEMENT
 BERLIN, April 4-Bulgaria and Austria have reached an agreement regarding the establishment of a new boundary line in the Balkans
 PERMITTED TO PROCEED
 BERLIN, April 4-The Dutch steamships Zaandijk, Veendijk and Tadora, which were held up by England, have been permitted to proceed on their way across the Atlantic to the United States All of the mail carried by the vessels was left in England
 EXPLOSION KILLS MANY.
 LONDON, April 1.-Two hundred persons were killed and injured as the result of the destruction of large powder factory in Kent, which was wrecked by an explosion on Saturday. The first official report of the disaster was given to the public today following an investi- gation by representatives of the gov ernment. The report states that the explosion was accidental
 GOING TO FRONT.
 LONDON, April 5-Major General Vittorio Zuppelli, Italian minister of war, has resigned his position in the cabinet and announces his intention of going to the front to participate actively in the war.
 STEAMER SuBMARlNED.
 LONDON, April 6.-The admiralty announced this morning that the British steamer Zent was sunk yes terday without warning by a Ger man submarine and forty of the crew of forty-eight perished, The vessel was attacked by the subma line to the east of Fastnet. ANOTHER PROVINCE REVOLTS.
 LONDON, April "A Reuter- News agency dispatch receiyed here today from Shanghai stated that the province of Kwang TUng, of which Canton is the capital, has de c!ared it's independence.
 WOMAN MUST DIE.
 AMSTERDAM, April "A local newspaper says that German Courtmartial has condemned 10 death Gabrielle Petit, a Belgian woman charged with treason.
 REGULATING DISTRIBUTION.
 BERLIN, April By imperial order, the German government to- day took charge of all the coffee tea and chicory in the country and a special commission was appointed to regulate the distribution of the commodities.