, 1916-01-19

ment growing out OF The massacre OF 10
foreigners by Mexican bai dts in Western
chihuahua last Monday. United States troops
to-day are in control of the city, sentrits
being placed on all the principal street cor
ners. The procla' alton by the Federal au-
tborities declaring Martial law was issued
to relieve q situation which it was feared
would result in reprisals on Mexicans. 10
arrests were made during the night.
Rome, Jan. 14th-The mass IF rumours
and reports spread OF late concerning a con-
templated Turco-German drive against Egypt
is belle we'd here to be a veil, ~artfully cast by
the Central Powers and their Ottoman ally,
to cover extensive preparations now under
way for a concerted gigantic effort in Me-
sopotamia with the aim of indicting a crush
ing defeat upon the British there. Suez
and Egypt will not be seriously attacked
until this aim is accomplished. The
Germans, it is said, are purposely spread
ing REPORTS about an imminent attack on
the Suez Canal and are pretending that
troops have been sent to Syria. Instead
however the Teutons and Turks are concep-
trating all their efforts at present in
Mesopotamia. Reinforcements of troops and
enormous quantities of war material, includ-
ing heavy Austrian artillery, have been sent
to Bagdad, which is to be the base for the
new drive. A crushing defeat of the Brit
ish in Mesopotamia is the immediate OBJ
ject, the Germans believing that such q de-
feat would open up the way for operations
against the Suez Canal and Egypt.
The Hague, Jan. 13th-The Ford Peace
Expedition have elected the following
American members of The Permanent Peace
Board to sit in Europe indefinitely, with the
purpose Of using all efforts to settle the war:
William Jennings Bryan. Henry Ford, Miss
Jane Adams, Rev. Charles F.. AIKEN aud
Mrs. Joseph Feis of Philadelphia. Five
other Americans will be chosen to morrow
rs alternates. The Board will be composed
of an equal number of members from the
various neutral countries and will remain
in The Hague or Stockholm with the fnan-
cial backing of MIR. Ford. Each member
will receive a salary and the entire expenses
of the Board will probably amount to $500, 600
yearly. 1t is not known when Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Ford will come here.
Berlin, Jan. 18th (via London, Jan. 14th)-
Emperor William again is in good health,
He no longer remains in his apartments bat
takes his usual walks in Potsdam in pleasant
weather, An official, who conversed with
the Emperor on Wednesday and Thursday,
said he was in exceptionally good spurs
and that there was absolutely nothing to
justify the pessimisdc reports about him
printed abroad.
London, Jan. 14th,-The Turco German
expedition against Egypt has been delayed
but has not been abandoned. The railway
from Jerusalem has now been carried ucroas
the Sinai Desert and is only SO miles from
the Snez Canal. Supplies OF water and pro-
visions have been accumulated along the
route the expedition is to follow. Tie de-
lay in the attack on the Suez Canal possibly
is due to the fact that the railway is not
yet completed, since the Germans are con-
WINGED that military operations in the desert
are impossible unless the railway extends as
far as the neighbourhood of Ismailia Con
the Canal As miles from Port Said.) Mean
while the British, besides defending the
Suez Canal, where they are confident they
will be able to repulse the Turco- German
attack, have adopted measures 1nsuring the
safety OF the interior of Egypt. They have
prohibited navigation in the Red Sea, which
is patrolled by warehips..
London, Jan. 18th. The sTimes" which
considers that the failure of the Entente
Allies to succour Montenegro following u
similar failure in Serbia suggests the alb
sence of strategic plans or that the Allies
have rot been successful in their execution,
refers to the reported invasion of Persia by
Turkish regular forces as another step in the
German thrust eastward. s'Ketmapshah,',