, 1916-12-23

centre of ;he region OF Umachen. We tie a
front: Ia the region southwest of Bro -
(dolic ~ he enemy af CT b mharding our
Iteuche, wi h heavy ARTILLERY tuI halt an our,
conducted an attack IN open .utmatlo4
up ~ our position. He was driven int" ms
trenches by our Ii 9. Repeated ut empts 70
attack our detnchnltntS Also were unsuc-
c|essful. On the river BNstr Ia in the re-
g,On Of Uzup li>eie z ~ d Roporodezan stare
oar scouts, having broken through on Dvt
wire e~ntan3lements, at acked the tnainy
aavanc. d posts aud penetrated into linporo.
Il, zauN. The enemy after several men had
been klled led in disorder, lenvlng several
prisoners in our hands. IN the VIC ded Car
pathians "Reminiscences are being made hy
our stIong scouting parties . NE west and
south OF Mount Bo ochu. On the B nck sea
Oh Saturday M enemy seaplnne protected by
a bnttIeplane dropp 4 bombs with ut sue
cess upon SuIina (notth eastern DnbrnI])
the ba tlep'ane was hit by one of our avla-
tors anl fell into the SET. In cons qaence
Of the cold weather we were un ,bIe To capture
it. Causasus front: The situation is uu-
changed.
London, Dec. 90 h.-rhe tax on excess
ptoi : has producel 973 ,699. 900 up to De-
cember 16 h. Mr.. Bontr Law told the
House of Commons to lay. The original
estimate for the full year ending March 3l,t
sud the Chancellor was 986. 900 900 an
amount which he considered Tx -Iy 10 be
greatly exc 'eded.
Paris, Dec. 90 h.-The bulletin issued to-
night by the W n Office reads: S ufh Of
the Somme The enemy violently bonblrded
our lines duriug the day, e~pecInlly III she
sectors of Beiloy euSaHterre, Bernv, Pressoir
aud Ab'ancouri. Our artillery replied ener-
getlcnlly. There We're intermltien artillery
ac5ious on The rest OF The front. Belgian
G mmunicntlou: After n relatively q li-t
morning the ehemv opened IN tn" coutse Of
the afternoon n violent artillery Fl q III the
reg ON OF H tsas. The Belgian artillery si!en-
ced the emmy guns
Rome, Dec. 20 h.-In The ASA valley our
artillery fire dispersed an enemy detachment
and sIlenced enemy batteries, says todly'a
report from the Wur Office ",n the upper
Astlco valley and on the Asi0go plu' eau, ths
activity OF The artillery on both sides was
marked.
Berlin, December 20ih.-The War Office
announcement tonight reads "On The uest-
ern AMI eastern from here ave been impor-
rtaut nc iors. In the most orherl part Of
Dob.u tn, enemy who retrea ed there
has agaln off red fighting resistance"
San Saliva o Decem0et 20.h.-A Volcanic
ex pio,ion near the srnnIl village of lower V-,-
apaz, has caus d the death of fifteen persons.
NV York, December 2Oth.- A petition
signed by persons prominent III Nil walks
o. life throughout The country, calling on
the Presideut Of the United States 20 ID ow
the whoie lnflence OF his ofer against the
deportatiouS of the B4lgipnS by the Germ an
g 'Vernm4n'," vii DO forwarded to Wash
ington tom prrov, it is announced here
ton gat Ivy Ar. thu Roo.
London. December 20 h. At a meeting
of The Empire Parliamentary Association
today. Mr.. Walter Hume Lpug said that the
time of holding the Imperial Conference
mentioned by the Premier in his speech
yesterday depended on Tue Overseas Domiu.
ions. Their Premiers, he added, were
Engaged III work ns strenuous aud Us impor-
tant MS of that of the Home Governments.
b est, December 20 h.-Tne British
steamship Fiinson has been sunk by "a
German snbmntine. Her captain ani fiat
engineer We're taken prisoners. The others
OF the crew were rescued. The Flimson
1892 tons net, was last reported on her
departure from Buenos Ayres on November
Is b. for London.
London, December 20th.-With a view
to curtalling travel and thus enabling
British RAILWAYS 10 use m ire Iollin0tock for