, 1916-09-16

consists in damaging the military means of
our most dangerous enemy. Bombs may be
thrown upon fortified places, warshipS, NUM-
tions and workshops as we'll as upon places
of economic importance, such as railways,
docks, Wharves. coal and oil depots, %electri-
city and gas works, and buildings used for
meteorological purposes when in military
hands, as for instance Greenwich Observa-
tory. The measures of defence in England
demand a number Of military persons, much
material and numberless defence stations, with
many thousands of officers and men, while
numherless aviators are engaged in anti
aircraft defence. Special guns, much am
munitiop, searchlights and neroplaDes have
been created for the purpose OF warding
off these attacks. Other consequences of
ailsbip attacks must be taken into account
even if only little damage is done, grent
alarm is created. Everything is disarranged,
causing disturbance and delay, and especi-
ally in harbour works, attacks cause anxiety.
Furthermore all kinds of organizations, as
for instance the transports of men or maize
rial to the continent are delayed.
Rome, Sept 13th-Austfia sent a note on
August 25th. protesting against the Italian
sequestration of the palazzo Venezia. The
Spanish Ambassador presented the note
to the Italian Government. AID official COM
LluuISullOA Sh . II AOtO hdC ~ y IL
such vulgar insulting terms that the Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs sent it back.
London, Sept. 13th.-At q luncheon given
today at the West India Club in honour of the
Rt. Hon, Sir Edward r. Morris, Premier of
Newfoundland, MIR. Ronar Law in The
course OF a speech said he thought the war
was progressing very well, and thot the
anxiety which existed in the spring had
entirely gone. He did not profess however
TO see the end, but there was no doubt in his
mind as 10 the final result. The West Indies,
Newfoundland and the other colonies, he
said, were attaining their manhood on the
field OF battle, and were performing deeds
which would be remembered as amongst the
most glorious in history.
PART Sept. 13th.-The official statement
issued by the Wan Office tonight is as follows:
North of the Somme we appreciably ex-
tended our front iacing Combles, and
took by assault south of LIE Priez
farm, a complete and powerfully or
gonized trench system. Desperate fight
ing occurred during the day on our centre
and right wings, where the Germans made
energetic efforts to recapture lost ground,
One violent enemy attack with two regiments
against Liable Wood farm succeeded at
first in its recapture, but the irresis-
tible return to the offensive Of our
troops threw the enemy back from this po-
s%ition, which we now occupy completely.
Hill IT on the south was also the object
of enemy attacks, but after a series
of hand to hand fighting with %iuctua-
ting fortunes, our infantry maintained
all its gains. The number of unwoupded
prisoners captured yesterday aid to-day
exceeds at the present time 1900. I'M
portant booty abandoned by the enemy and
counted up to The present amounts to
ten guns, including several heavy pieces
and about forty machine guns in the
Bouciavesnes sector alone. South of the
Somme artillery fighting continues very
actively in the region of Vermand- Ovellers
and Chaulnes. On the right bank of the
Meuse (Verdun 'front.' after intense artillery
preparation, the Germans attacked the posi-
tions we recently carried east of Fleury.
They were completely repulsed leaving seven
ty prisoners in our hands. On the remainder
of the front there is nothing to report.
Copenhagen, via London, Sept. 12th.-The
new efforts towards solving the question Of
the sale of the Danish West Indies to the
United States by the formation of a coalition
Cabinet have failed. The collapse of the
latest attempt to reach an agreement was
brought about by the demand of the Radical
Dortv fhot tho uanoral alontionc ba poctnonn1