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January are 96O officers and 1884
men.
Baron de Cartier de M~archienne, the
Belgian minister at Picking. las been
appointed minister Of Belgium at
Washington.
Germany has decided upon martial
law at Brussels, as a consequence Of
the forthcoming new deportation or
ders for 10000 Belgian workers.
Danish export steamers carrying az
ricultural products and mails 70 Eng
land, will discontinue their sailings, as
will the ships Of various other com,
panies.
The Canadian Parliament at Ottawa
voted unanimously a war credit for
the coming year Of $500, 900, 900. Sir
Robert Borden estimated that the
cost for the text fiscal year would be
$433. 274.OOO.
It is stated on competent authority
that at the beginning Of the wal there
we're confiscated in the ports of the
central powers n~inety-nine hostile
ships with a total gross tonnage of
1S9. 900. OF these ships ninety-five
with a total gross tonnage OF 49, 500
were British.
THE burden on my shoulders is
overwhelming" said Premier Lloyd
George in responding to municipal
welcome at Criccieth, Wales, his home,
but l am confident that, with the
united efforts Of us all and with the
justice Of our cause, we shall confound
the devices Of the wicked one
Great Britain and her allies are pre-
pared to meet Germany's move in her
submarine campaign, It was authori.
tatively asserted in shipping circles
in London. The entente powers we're
convinced weeks ago that ruthless
warfare with undersea boats would be
decreed sooner or later and have
known for ten days that the decision
had been reached.
Count o Hertling, the Bavarian
premier, says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from The Hague, in address,
ing the Bavarian diet, said: I'VE
know that America will not remain ST.
lent under our submarine warfare, but
ths time for considering other peoples
opinions has passed, in view of this
being the only possible way of bring
ing the war to a successful end. Moth
ing can stop us from our plan, what
eve the consequences"
SPORTING NEWS
Dario Resta is speed king of 1917.
He was crowned at the banquet of the
contest board Of the American Auto
mobile Association in Chicago.
Control of the Columbus, Ohio, club
of the American Association passed to
Joe Tinker INT Thomas Wilson of Chi
cago for a cash consideration said to
be $4,000.
Arthur Staff of Chicago won the in.
ternational outdoor skating champions
ship for seniors and Charles Jewstraw
of Lake Placid won the championship
for juniors at Saranac Lake, N. Y, in
the closing events of the midwinter
carnival.
Henry %Eisenhand, holder of the
worlds record for the six-day roller
skating championship, which was held
in -enver in 1909, will meet Charles
W~eatherby of Sioux City in a twenty
four-hour endurance contest in Denver
on Feb. %.
Edward +. Sweeney, the veteran
catcher, and Raymond H. Heating, the
gDitbb1t Ditchpr NJ prfdpanort Conn
and the Yankees have at last parted
ways for all time. Messrs. Sweeney
and Heating were sold outright this
afternoon by Colonel Rupert and
Captain Huston to Roger Bresnahan's
Toledo Mudhens Of the American AS
ISOLATION.
GENERAL
STAND by the President" was the
Eayuota of CbarIaq Il HuUbacs copn.