French Broad hustler., 1918-03-14
European.


The German prize court has con-
demned the German emperor to pay l.
318, 800 marks damage to the owners
Of the Dutch steamer Gamma, which
was sunk by a German submarine in
February, 1917. The vessel torpedoed
was carrying cargo Of linseed cake
from America to Amsterdam.
1t is now reported officially in Paris
that ~13 persons were killed and so
wounded in the German air raid. Ten
or twelve squadrons of bombing air
planes participated in the German
raid on Paris. One of the raiding
machines was destroyed.
According to Captain Pearse, who is
member of the Red Cross, says a
Melbourne dispatch, British gunboat
surprised German prize crew aboard
the British vessel Turitella while they
were laying mines off Perrin. The Ger
mans took to small boats and blew up
the Turrftella while Chinese were in
the stoke hole and engine room. The
gunboat captured the Germans who
were recently tried at Bombay for
murder.
The last details relative to the peace
signed with Finland shows that from
the Arctic ocean to the Black sea the
German power is complete. Semi-off-
cial reports from Berlin also claim that
Germany has acquired a direct free
route to India via Russia, Persia and
Afghanistan.
1t is reported that Finland has ask.
ed Emperor William to place his son
Oscar on the Finnish throne. This,
as was indicated few days ago, alb.
solutely ~deprives Russia of both
shores of the Gulf of Finland and
makes Petrograd virtually an inland
city, so far as, commerce is concerned
In his address to the British house
OF commons Andrew Bonar Law
speaking of the military situation, said
that the dropping out of Russia deep
ly affected every theater of war ex
cept that in the. German colonies, out
of which the-Germans had been com
pletelE driven.
Eleven persons were killed and for
| ty-six others were injured in an air
plane raid on London, says an off
cial announcement.
The Germans have transferred thir
ty divisions Vfrom the Russian front
The allies still have a slight supert
ority in men and guns on the western
front, but there is a possibility thai
the appearance of Austrians there
would change this More troops .Inay
be brought up from the Russian front
but, of necessity, they will be Of in
feriOr duality.
German reinforcements continue Il
be sent up behind the lines in Bel
gium and France. At present the Ger
mans have sixteen more divisions thar
the allies along this front, but thu
allied troops are numerically stronger
and also hold the uper hand in ri
fes, guns and aircraft, but this So
periority is diminishing.
From Flanders to the Swiss bordel
artillery duels of more or less vic
lence. are taking place on variou,
sectors.
1t is reported that China has discoV
cred that Germany planned to arm tn,
Chinese soldiers held prisoner in 81
IBERIA and to send them against tn,
Chinese northern frontiers.
Official announcement is made h
the British admiralty that the Brit
ish armed mercantile cruiser Calgari
an was torpedoed and sunk on MarcI
! Off the Irish coast. Two officer
| and 46 men were lost There uer
61O persons aboard, nearly five hun
dred of whom have been landed at al
Irish port. The CalgariaEA was strucl
by four torpedoes.
Great Britain's loans to her allie
up to February 9 totalled 91,264, 900
600. This has been announced in th
English house of commons by Andrey
Bonar Law, chancellor of the ez
Lcheuuer.