, 1916-01-29
MS.
81. CEnlX STATION
Censored ut Jamaica.)

49,
CSC, 600 tons.
London, Jany. 24th.-General Sir Percy
Lake, Commauder-ln-Ch in Mesopotamis.
has sent the following report of the situation
there During the last forty eight hours
the Tigris river has risen seven feet
at.Kut-el-Amara and a half foot at Amarah
preventing all troop movements by land. An
armistice wos concluded for two hours ON
the 22nd. for the collection and burial of he
dead. General Townshend reports from Kut-
el-Amara that he has sufficient supplies and
that his troops have not been further en-
gagged.
Petrogad, Jary. oath. via London.-The
seisnograph III the Government Observatory
locntrd twenty miles southwest IT here, re-
gistered an earth shock ut niue o'clock this
morning. The intensity of the oscillations
was estimated at double those experienced
in the great Messina earthquake. The CEN
tire of the disturbance was fixed at Q point
fifteen hundred miles distant.
London Jany. 2~5th.-Advices received by
the Vatican are to the effect that the condi-
ton OF the Emperor Joseph is grave, says
the Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent.
London, Jany. 24tb.-A German aeroplane
passed over Dover at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
A British official announcement says it was
engaged by all the anti a~ir-cIa aft guns and
was pursued by two British machines.
London, Jany. 24th.-AH official commun-
ication issued to-night,r regarding the situation
Oh north west Egypt, says General Wallace's
column in Egypt attacked tie camp Of the
Senussi tribesmen Oh Sunday disposiDg of
the enemy and burning tho camp.
Petrograd, Jany. 25tb.-The Russian War
Office has issued the following official com mu-
~nicHtion: In the west front near Illoukst our
artillery successfully shelled parties of Ger
mans at work on entertainments. In the mid
die Stripa region at Burkanow our artillery
fire dispersed enemy detachments. In the
lower Str;pa region there have been artillery
duels. In fighting for the possession of
craters Of mines exploded northeast of
Czernowitz the enemy used gas bombs.
On the Caucasus front WI captured seven
hundred Askaris and a convoy of~artilIely.
Our artillery is again bombarding the
Erzerum forts. In the region of Melazghert
we defeated at various points Kurdish
horsemeD supported by infantry.
London, Jany. 24th.-pebate on the ques-
ton of enforcing a stricter blockade of Germa-
ny by the British fleet, which is to be opened
ia the House of Commons on Wednesday, is
being awaited with keen interest IN Govern
ment circles, where it is fe.t there, would be no
great opposition to the suppression of the
present Orders in Council by the declaration
of an actual blockade. A majority of the
members of the House of Commons were
convinced hat it would provide a better
medium of strangliDg German trade than the
present system.
London, Jany. 24th.-Reuter's correspond
ent at Athens says that he can state on good
authority that negotiations between Greece
ard the Entente Powers for a loan are pro-
crossing fAvourably and are nearing d con-
clusion.
Purip, Jany. 25th.-The city of Nancy was
bombarded yesterday morning by long range
guns. aud yesterday afternoon a number of
bombs were dropped from German aeroplanes.
The damage from the bombardment was in
considerable and only two persons were
wounded. while, the aeroplane attack is re-
ported to have been without results. It was
announced from Paris Oh Jan. 9Th that during
the three preceding days six persons had
been killed and ten wounded in Nancy as the
result of a bombardment of the city by
German Is inch guns. Alarming rumours
having circulated as to havoc caused
by the bombardmeht and consequent
panic among the inhabitants, the Pre-
feet of the Department, in which Nancy
is situated, issued a circular discrediting
the rumours. On the day mentioned Presi-