, 1916-02-09

implicated in the Parliament buildings fire.
The Dominion Police force has taken steps
to apprehend aliens who left Ottawa on Thurs
day night.
London, Feby. 5th.-The morning news
papers to-day make the Canadian Parliament
House fire the text for the discussion of
alleged German outrages in America and
the means for preventing them. The "Chro-
nicle" in a sharply worded article says:
Canada will doubtless redouble its efforts to
prevent German outrages within its borders.
1t has hitherto stopped them with much
more success than the United States, but it
is undeninbly handicapped by the laxity Of
is great Neighbours. There is no question
that n long series of criminal plots have been
and are being hatched on United States
soil. If the American Government fails 10
protect its own people against them that
is its own affair, but when failure enables
outrages of this magnitude to be car
RED out a discharge Of Internal onal
u~eighboutly obligations arises. The 'crimes''
says: So wicked and senseless an outrage
can only steel harden the indomitable deter
mination Of the Canadian people to see the
war through.
Rome, Feby. 5lh-The official statement
issued to-day by the Italian War Office says:
Except for artillery actions, there is nothing
of importance to report along the whole
front.
Vienna, Feby 5th-Tho official Austrian
communication issued to-day says: Nothing
of imp ortance has occurred in either of the
three theatres of war.
Rome, Feby. 5th-Tho following official
statement was issued here to-day: Tn the
Suguua valley there have been minor en-
counters between Roncegno and Cogno
where the enemy were repulsed, leaving
some prisoners in our hands. In the Toll
mino zone, the enemy attacked our positions
at S mta Maria yesterday at daw. In spite
of the thick fog, which paralysed artillery
action, the prompt arrival of reinforcements
enabled us to repulse the enemy with an
appreciabIe loss to them. On The Podgoua
height, west Of Gorilla, the enemy on Thurs
day night tried to approach our positions.
AT the second attempt our troops counter
attacked, putting the enemy to flight and
taking some prisoners.
Paris Feby. 5th.--The official statement
issued this afternoon by the war department
said: In the course of the night there was
10 event of Importance to report.
London, Feby. 6th-The official statement
OH the campaign in the West, issued last
night, is as follows: The enemy artillery has
been active to-day north and south of La
Bassee canal. Dun artillery shelied the ere
my trenches between the Ancre and Solnme
rivers. Hostile aircraft have shown some
activity above Ypres. Elverdinghe was
again shelled.
Petrograd, Feby. 5tb.-The flowing off
cial communication was issued to-day: On
the west (Russian) front, aeroplane flights
by The Germans i'll the district of Riga and
south of lkskul continue. Our a|viators
threw bombs on the Mitau station and the
railway bridge over the Aa river. On the
sector of General I%vanoff' front, our scouts,
having discoyered a system Of enemy mines,
connected it by wire with their own trenches
and exploded forty mines. On The Brzazany
(Galicia) road we suppressed by our artillery
five enemy attempts to approach Our posi-
tons. III The region of Bojana (Bukowina)
The enemy made vain attempts with trench