, 1916-01-26
Censored at Jamaica.)

Censored at J0mAica.)
London, Jan. 20th-The Military Service
Bill was passed through the OF
tbe House of Commons at II o'clock to night
amid loud cheers.
London. january 2Oth-General Aylmer's
force of British troops was yesterday IN close
touch with the Turkish position ut Essln and
consequently was Z miles from kut-el-Alnara
in Mesopotamia, where a BRITISH force mas
been surrounded by the Turks. General
Townshend, commanding the British troops
ut Kut-el- Amar0, reports there has been no
fighting at that place. THIS information re-
gardilg the Mesopotamia theatre of war wns
communicated to the House of Commons
this afternoon by Mr.. Austin Chamberlain
Mr.. C~hnmbeflain also announced that Lieu
tenant General Sir Percy Lake yesterday
took over the supreme OF the
Mesopotamia expedition from General Sir
John Eccles Nixon, who has been lnvallded
home.
London, Jan. 2Oth-Allied w~arships bonn
barded Dedeagatch on Tuesday according TO
q Salonica despatch to the Reuters Tele-
graph Gov. The bombardment caused con-
siderable damage. A train was destroyed
and several storehouses were set afre.
London, Jan. 20th.-A British submar-
inc has gone ashore off Holland, according
to an announcement made by the official
Press Bureau to-day. There was no loss
of life. The Press Bureaus announcement
saws that part of the men on board the
submarine we're taken off by q British des-
troyer. The others were rescued by a Dutch
warship and taken to\Holland.
London, Jan. 2Oth-Sir John Roper Park
ineton. Consul General in London for Mon
tenegro, to-day received official confirmation
of the report that King Nicholas of Monte
ne gro and his 500 would remain at the head
of their troops determined to fight to the
last.
Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 2Oth.-Mexican Con-
sui, Andreas Garcia, has received an advice
of the capture of General Villa. His advice
stated that the capture was effected by
Maxine Marquee who recently also captured
General Jose Rodriguez, one of Villn's
generals. A message announcing Villas
capture also has been received at the office of
the American Smelling and Refining Co. An
other private despatch states that Villa was
captured at Hacienda San Geronimo.
Petrograd, Jan. 2Oth (via London(.-The
official communication issued to-day from
General Headquarters reads as follows: In
the region of Dvinsk our artillery successful
ly bombarded an enemy column which APP
preached Ossberg from the west. On the
middle Stripa we stopped an attempt
ny weak SuGmy uuIbn w uRPIOOSA ~
trenches. North of Czernowitz, in the
region of Rarinezle we captured the
sector of an enemy position. In an
an attempt to recapiure the sector the enc
my made five desperate counter attacks, all
of which were repulsed with enormous enc
my losses. On the Black Sea on January
18th. our torpedoboats raided the Anatolia
coast destroying 1853 sailing vessels 70 of
which were loaded with various commodi-
ties. Thirty men were taken prisoners.
Other vessels made their escape on our
approach. Caucasus front: Our troops
continue their pursuit on the centre
of the Turkish army. Despite the
great strength of the Turkish forces
and the excessively difficult local con-
ditions our troops developed considera-
BILE success from their coup. The enemy
Was thrown from his positions and retired,