The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
INTERNATIONAL NEWS BY WIRE
KAISER MAKES CHANGES.

KAISER MAKES CHANGES. 1 BERLIN May 70 Two drastic changes have been made by the kaiser in an effort to solve the food question for the unsatisfactory hand | ling of which the German ruler asked for and received the resisna ! tion of his former vice chancellor and secretary of the interior Car ] Delbruek Today the kaiser an nOunced that Dr. Karl Hplferich. sec retary of the imperial treasury. had l been chosen 10 succeed MT Delbruek as vice chancellor
 The secretary of agriculture, Baron yon Schorlemer. has been succeed ed by Herr Boesch. a Conservative party leader, who has a seat in 1 the reichstag.
 HE GOT EXCITED
 LONDON. May 23-Confusion reisned for several minutes in the | house of commons yesterday caused by Timothy Healy. an Irish member of the house The discussion was on the manner in which the Irish i patriots traitors to the British gov 1 ernment should be dealt with. Some | of the members of the house of com mons Were declaring themselves as | being in favor of dealing with them all alike of having all convicted put to death.
 Timothy Tleaty when tho araH~'a"t 1 'or tn0 warn for him. suddenly l jumped to his feet II tell you" 1 ne shouted at the top of his voice, I"I for one am not going to stand '"re and s"e men shot down like dogs This is Great Britain this is not Russia" He then donned h> hat and rushed out of the building
 WOMEN MUST WORK
 LONDON, May 23-The danger point of the decreased production of the foodstuffs of the British Isles has been reached and the women of Great Britain, if they are to do their share oi the work of the country in the great war. must take the place Of the farm laborers in the fields and must cultivate the land. Intensified farming is essen tial, too. for unless the matter is quickly handled Great Britain will face a famine.
 This was in substance the gist of report made by Francis Ac- land. the fiscal secretary of the treasury. In an open appeal made to the women of Great Britain to 1 1&ndle the blow and to work in the fields taking the place of the men, he states that the future will see 1 much suffering from hunger and that with the greatly decreased pro lurtfon of fcodstuffs all over the world. something will have to be done to prev ent waste in Great Britain and to conserve in every way the resources of the country
 MORE TROUBLE
 ROTTERDAM. May 23-The gov @rrmcnt of Holland today is sending a strong note to Berlin, stating that t cannot accept the German version f he sinking of the Tubantia and r"at il is holding Germany responsi- tle If is stated openly by govern mcnt officials that unless the Ger
 n anrt k willing to make suitable amends for this affair there will be break of diplomatic rela-
 GERMANS RlorlNe.
 PARIS, May 22.-A dispatch from Amsterdam says that Berlin was the scene of a great demonstration of the working people of Germany | yesterday The demonstration was occasioned by the scarcity of food, and was broken up by the troops The report states that the troops were forced to fire on the crowd and that about fifty were killed and many wounded.
 NO CHANGE OF PEACE.
 PARIS. May 24-Statements made hv Aristide Brland, premier of France, to a delesation represent, ing the Russian duma to the et fe"t that the war in Europe must continue until the allies finally tri- umph over the Teutons has put damper to the peace discussion in | this city.
 BRITISH TAKE BOAT
 VICTORIA. B. C, May 24.-The schooner Lenora a general freighter, under charter to German interests in Mexico, was captured d few days i ago by a British cruiser and was taken to Esquimalt, where it will be held until the end of the war,
 HARDEN ADMITS IT,
 BERLIN, May 24.-In his news paper Die Zukunft" Maximilan Harden famous editor concludes an article which he wrote on the ques- tion of food in the German empire | with these words "We must confess that the Ger man people for the moment are sui i fering great want"
 BELGIAN QUEEN hoNoRED PARIS May 25.-President Poin- care of France, has conferred upon Queen Elizabeth. of Belgium. the Royal French war cross for her bravery and fortitude in the death struggle which is now in progress in Europe
 THE GERMAN LOAN. COPENHAGEN, May 25.--The Vos- i .i""h /eitunG. a paper with a repu- | ! '"'to~ for s0undness and truth in it's news and editorial columns, con