, 1916-01-15

ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamaica

london. Jan. 1Oth-Mr. Walter Runci-
20 President of The Board of Trade, won
tremendous applause from the House OF
Common tonight by a speech, IN which he
declared that the Entente Allies must take
steps TO see that Germany s unable to
carry on a Trade War against them after
peace is signed. '"There are signs, he said,
ttthat-a last Germany is beginning to feel
the economic pressure OF our blockade.
Her food supplies are becoming depicted
while ours are increasing. Although our
exports have fallen and our imports risen
there is no doubt that the economic strength
of Great Britain is so we'll founded that we
can stand the stain better than the Cen
trrl Powers. Bread riots III Berlin ana III
nearly every other German city DO not
occur without good reasons. We have de-
prived the enemy of many necessities OF
warfare and possibly some Of the necessities
of life. Her stocks of raw materials are
giving out. Economic pressure, possibly
better than any other means, Will ultimately
nersuade Germany of the fruitlessness OF
continuing the Struggle, We can stand the
strain longer than Germany, and If we hus-
band our resources the disaster that will
fall upon her will be almost lrreparable. We
must make it clear, however, that when
peace comes we will not permit The out
break of the economic war which Germany
would wage against ourselves and our Allels.
London, Jan. 1O-A special despatch
from Delhi says: 1.-The Princes and people
throughout india continue to shower their
gifts to carry on the war to a successful issue.
The Puujab %aeroplane fund now exceeds
935. 900. Ambulances, carts, ponies and
motor cars have been given, while recently
there came a request from a general hosplt-
al for three thousand beds for Mesopotamia,
and the greater portion Of the material for
it Las already been collected. Special
gifts of 916,0 GOO from the Nepaul Dul bar,
and G9, 900 from the Prime Minister OF Ne
pnul have been made to the Vlceroy as @
donation towards the expenses OF the war.
Strenu Gus efforts to assist IN the manufacture
of munitions continue to be put forth, and
indeed India's endeavour to assist the Allies
to victory grows daily.
An official statement given out tonight by
the Montenegrin Consulate says: "The Aus
trian offensive was pushed furiously on all
fronts, The MoDtenegrins evacuated Berane
and have fallen back on the left bank of the
river Lin. The Austrians occupied Kou-
krhtz on the Loviene after a gas attack"
Berlin, Jan. 11th-Tbe newspapers of Ber-
lin, says the Overseas News Agency, assert
that the German Government has taken up
The case Of Mr.. Edward Higgins, American
Consul of Stuttgart, who is said to have
made statements hostile to Germany and in
violation of neutrality. An English CORE
kpondent at Amsterdam reported on Satur-
day that the Cologre Gazette ard other Ger
man newspapers were demanding the imme-
date recall of Mr.. Higgins, on the ground
that he had given expression to anti-Getman
sentiments.
Pr ris, Jan. 11th-The French oficial re-
port of this afternoon states that the German
offensive undertaken on Sunday in Cham
payne by at least three German divisions,
about $4,000 men, was a complete failure.
The Germans were driven out of all the posi-
tons they bad seized with the exception of a
small rectangle to the west of Maisons de
Champagne.
London, Jan. 1~1th-British forces march
ing to the relief of Knt-el-Amara are within
II miles of the beleaguored garrison, ac-
cording to the best information available to-
day. They must fight their way eastwards
through a Turkish army believed to out
them two to one. No news of the
fate of the Kut-el-Amara garrison has reach
ed London since the arrival of the official
dispatches covering Saturday nights fight
ing, and, it is believed possible, the decisive