The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-06
INTERNATIONAL NEWS BY WIRE
GERMANS KEEPING THEIR WORD

LONDON, reD. Zo.-ihe RuSSlah steamship Petshenga is reported to have been sunk today by a German submarine The majority of the members of t'n crow esc9pod. T',a vessel was attacked without warn ing.
 SWEDISH BOAT SUNK.
 LONDON. Feb 2S-According to statement issued by the admiralty tonight, a large unidentified Swedish steamship was destroyed today Tn the Mediterranean by a submarine The reports indicate that the mem bers of the crew escaped
 WHAT ZEoPELlNS DID.
 BERLIN. Feb. 28.-An official bull lotin issued by the government to- day contains the information that five British munition factories were destroyed by bombs dropped by Zeppelins on the occasion of the last raid in England. The report was forwarded to Berlin by the commander of the Zeppelin fleet who personally conducted the raid
 TURKS DEFEATED.
 LONDON, Feb. 28-Oficial ad vices received today from Mesopo- tamia state that much ground has been recovered by the British forces during the past several days. Tn an engagement between the Turks and British South African troops. the Ottoman forces were completely routed, with heavy losses in killed and wounded Several hundred pris- Oners were taken.
 TWO HIT MINES
 LONDON. Feb. 2S.-The British steamship Maloja, with many pas sengers and valuable cargo of freight aboard, struck a floating mine two miles out from Dover today and went to the bottom thir ty minutes after the accident oc cured. Many of the passengers and crew drowned before assistance arrived
 The tanker Empress. which went to the rescue of the disabled liner, also struck mine and sank.
 WAR LOAN APPROVED.
 PETROGRAD, Feb. 2S.-The Rus eian duma hae annroved the new war loan of two billion rubles,
 HENRY JAMES DIES.
 LONDON. Feb. 29-Henry James. the novelist, died in this city today He was born in the United States, but came to this country to live and took out his naturalization pa pers last year. becoming a British subject
 WILL MAINTAIN PEACE
 TOKYO, Feb. 28-That it is the intention of the Japanese govern
 IL; was the statement made by Premier Okuma today, in resnonse to in- nuiries made hv a dn'eeation of nrominent residents of China The premier gave the assurance that Ianan would do evervthinp possible to put the new monarchy on 2 solid footing and to give protec- ton when hooded
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 LOSSES WITuLEI n.
 PARIS. March 1-The minietor of marine is silnrt reoardine tho loss of life roen1tirg from the sink ing of the French battlnehin Pro vence. the destruction of which wae reported in vesterdav's dienatrhnG It Is admitted. however. that tho vessel carried troons in addition to the regular complement and tho renorts thus far received here indi- cate that not more than eight hun dred were saved
 ITALIANS LACK HARMONY.
 ROME. March 1,-Dissension among the members of the Italian cabi- net will result, 1t is believed in the reorganization of that body at an early date The members have been unable to agree on a number of important issues.
 GERMANS CONFIDENT.
 BERLIN. March 1.-German mili- tarv ovnerts claim that the defeat of the enemies of the Central DOW ers will ha aoco7nn1iched sonndilv when the kaiser's forces are equipped with a new gun which the Krupps are now turning out as rapidly as their facilities will hermit.
 NEW WAR LOAN READY.
 BERLIN. Narch 1-SubscriDtions to the fourth German war loan will he onened on Saturday. the amounts of the suhscrintions being unlimited No difficulty will he exneriencad. it is believed, in raising the required funds
 aprrIeA ASKED TO AID.
 LONDON. March At a largely attended meeting held in this city tonieht for the nurnoca of inano11- ~ot:rr +Lo Na+iorn, Coviro car,naipn the lord mayor nrnsidnd and many ,,ro,oinnnt mon nddrneeod the as ea-,hla % irc1nd'ro Palfonr and Kitoharar An narnoct annaal was rrada to E,ro1ich and wNnoon to aseiet ir fooairo the fightino