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CANADIANS CHARGE ESEMT Swept Back by Terrific Onslaught They Reform and Retake Lost Guns \ f A despatch from London says: .he sudd^in. Germian assault north Ypres, whiich won for the Oer- ani* an advance of >a mile and a lalf and threw the it first troops on to tlie west bank of tihe Yser Canal, hafi been blockedâ€" at seveu-al places hurLed buck. Hut it was not until Saturday imorning, aft«r the enemy had stormed and taken tilie village of Lizcnne onl.v to be driven, out of it by a series of desperate ooumter- attacks, that an effective check seeimed to have been adiministered. Advices, from the front tell of most tanguinary fightinig still in pro- gress, with tihe G-en-nvans liaunchiwg every ounce of force into the vio- lence of their forward rush, and the allies, contestimg the issue with equal hardiiniess, standing fast in the face of their furious offensive. The War Office report says : "The fight for the ground into which th'e Germans penetrated be- tween Steenstnaate and Lange- mairck still continues. The loss of this part of the line laid bare the left of the Canadian division, w"hioh was forced to fall back in order to keep in touph with the right of the neighboring troops. "In the rear of ifhe lahber had been four Canadian 4.7-inch gun-s, which thus passed into the hand's of the enemy. But some hours later hhe C-aniadianis made a most b.il- liant and successful advance, recap- turing thegip guirvs and taking a oon- wderable number of German pri- soners, including a colonel. "The Canadians had many ca.s- tialties, but their gallantrj' and de- termination undoubtedly saved the Bkuation. Their conduct ha.s been magnificent throughomt."' But while the Canadian troops w*re quick in assuming the offen- 6ive., they apparently were not much before the Belgiians and th? French, both of whom were equally affected by the suddenness of the German a&siault, for, acconling to t-be news from Pa.rii.>i, importaAit inroads have been made into tlie new territorj' acquired by the Ger- mans, while all of the allied forces aire consolidated. The German success «ei>ms to bave been wiliolly dependent upjn bbeir use of bombs filled with as- phyxLatin<g gases, and the first ad- vaila^e they were able to gaiin from thiLs effect upon the allied soldiers. Tlie gase's which spread from these bombs -were felt as far back as the second line d'?fenceH. They caused a .severe iimartlng of the eye.3, whicdi made it practically impoi-sible for the gunners tu work with any disgree of accuracy. Ths first line trenches were mads whollj' untena.ble, the atmosphere being so Jaden wi.t'i ths gas that the troops had to fall back or drop in their tracks. Enemy Drove Wedge. The spacs that was thus ope ledâ€" this was west and siiuth of Lange- niarck â€" sei-ved' as a breach through which the German's drove a forward wedge that gained suc'li impetus over the unprotect?d gi^ound thiat the advance troops were able to cross to the west bank of the Y.-sr Canal before they were stopped. Meantime, to the north and to the south of Langeraarck the entire German front over a di.st«nce of seven miles pressed forward with a violerhce that has scarcely been equalled since the notable drives made last October. Their forces had been heavily augmented by the massing of troops for this very occasion, so that the allied forces found themselves outnumbered from one end to the other. Along this front the Belgiams were at the north, the British, in- cludinig Caniadians, at the south, and the French at the centre. To- day's news tells of the Briti.'Ji line bent back last night, having press- ed forward agaim, and of an equal advance by the Freoch land Bel- gians. While much of the brilliant fight- ing seems to have been done by the Canadian troops, it remaiinjed for the French zouaves and the Belgian carabineers to drive the Crermans from the village of Lizerne, a few minutes after they had occupied it Saturday morning. These figJiters did niot. however, stop at having regained the lost village, but pressed on. and also recaptured »K)me of the ground bej-ond it. Germans Lost 9.000. There is very little information at lwi.nd to-night from which esti- mates of killed and wounded can be mtide. News from Berlin says 2.470 prisoners were made, and that 35 cannon and a large number of map-hine guns were captured. One report says that the Germans Itrst 9.()00 in killed and wounded at the encounter whidi gained the west bank of the Yser Can<al for them . The -4. 7-inch guns of the Canadian division, lost .and then recaptured, belonged to the heavy Artillery Brigade, and were 45 pounders from Montreal. INDIAN HEROES FODGHTTOLAST 100 Held lV>.st Against 2.000 (ier- luans Till the Lu»t Round Was Fired. k despatch from Londom says : An official report is.su€<;i Sunday night tells of the heroic defence by 300 British Indian soldiers of a po- sition in East Africa against 2,000 Gerimuis. The Indians hekl a hill until their ammunition ran out and all but twenty of their number had been killed. The failure, of the British expedition against Tauga. German East Africa, as previously announoed in Berlin, also is men- tioned, <n.rid again'st this is offset the success of the British in eeveral engagements on the Frontier and on the shoa'es of Lake Victoria Ny- anza. The report, which was issued by the War Office, deals with opera- tions in the British East African PiKjtectorate be-tween November and March, and is as follows: "An fttteunpt by Briti'sh Indian troops to ta.ke Tan'ga, in German East Africa, wibs unsucoessful, and the force re-e-mbarke<l aud proceed- ed to Mombasa. Simultaneously an att.ick on a Gei-man outpost at Longido resulted in the Germans evacuating their position after suf- fering heavy losses. The Brifci'^h also drove the Germans out of Bri- tisJi territory ocrosis the Umba River. "The British post at Jassin, held by 300 Indians, was attacked by 2,000 Germans. Jassin wa,s sur- rendered after its ammunition had been exhausted and the commander and 280 men had been killed. "An expedition sent from Mom- ba-sa occupied tlie German Island of Mafic, the German garrison sur- rendering unconditionally. Shirati, on Lake Victoria Nyanza, was at- tacked and occupied by the British. Admiralty May Close Ports Without Notice A de-spatoh from Washington I says: Consul-General Skinner, at I London, cables that the British Ad- miralty had given notice that cer- j tain ports of Great Britain may I be closed to shipping without no- ! tice. "Cl<>sing will be indicated," I the message said, "by throe verti- I cal red lights at night and thrc'e j red balls l)y day. W'lien these sig- I nals are displayed vessels must proceed to exanunation anchorage I or keep to sea." HIGH SEAS FLEET CREPT OUT Berlin Claims Her Warships Have Been Cruising in North Seaâ€" Zeppelin Reconnoitring A despatch from London says : Furthe'r indications of "a certain livelineoa in the North Sea" wei"e forthooming from various sources on Friday, and London continues in la Mate Oif expectation of a naval battle. A Berlin despatdh gives the following »tatem«flt issued by the German Admiralty : "Th« Qenman higlh seas fleet re- cently has cruised reipeafcedly iii tihe North Sea, advamci'ng into Eng- lish wabera, without meeting the sea forces of Great Brit«jin." So f*r them hsw been no coni- m«nt on th« forogoing from Bri- ti^ offloUul quarbeiv. Uuioon&rmeid reiports from BIytlh and otih«r â- pod'nte on tihe north^eaat ooast, teJJiniF o^ '& 2i»pp&Iin oruisiniR OV«>r Hhio oountry, oure eonn'Mted here witih Qemnau navail tuctivity rather than witti the idea of an otheir aerial raid. It is thought likely, if German airships are in the vioimity of Great Britain, that tlieir mission is one of reconnais- i-aii©e in oonueetion with fleet move- ments. Ittie Grimsby trawler St. Law- rence was torpetdoed' and sunk in the North Sea Friday by a German submiarine. Two members of the crew were killed, wiliose skipper re- ports that the submarine fired on hi» vea!*el while engaging in rescu- i'ng the crew of the S*. Lawrenoe. Tow offioe.n8 of a Danish steamer which arrived at Tyne I'^sport that they encountered th« Norwegian barques Eva land Oscar, tihe former on fire >»nd abandoned and the lat- ter ixi' sinking condition with its boats misadmg. One of the Iluge Shells from u Uerman Siege <;uii. The gre^t enemy sliell showm in the photograph is of peculiar in- terest for two reasons. For one tiling, it lias established by ocular prcxtf tJie exi.stence of the giaoit German siege-howitzers, an existence whiich .sooie have questioned. For another, it 'has yielded the first opportunity to note actuail measurements and details of the size, weight and capacity of the 4a-cm. (IG^-imeh) ho^vitzer projectiles. The tremen<louH shell is .set up for purposes of comparison side by side with, on the left, a French 75-mm. field gun Shell, and on the right, a German TT-onm. field gun shell, wthioh are eaich ais nearly as possible 3 inches in diameter. The big shell fesll in soft ground near one of the outer forts at Verdun. It did not explode; where- upon, it was dug up, the charge extracted, and measurements were m^ade. The projectile wa.s discharged from a firing point distant 7l<; miles from the Verdun fort, is xy. metres (practically 5 feet) from tip to ba.8e, and weigihed 956 kilogrammes, or -210;. 6 lbs., i.e., only 133 lbs. short of a ton. MANY CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS 84 of Canada'^ Son.s !i.tnied in the Casualty List of Flandern Cunfliot. The King's Message. A despatch from Ottawa .says : The Duke of Connaught, Governor- General of Canada, has received a message from King George express- ing his admiration of the gallant stand made by the Canadians at Langemarck, and sympathizinig with Canadians in the heavy casual- ties sustained. A causualty list containing the names of 84 officers in the Canadian Division, of whom 2'2 were killed, one died of wounds, 39 are wound- ed, and two are wounded and miss- ing, was received Sunday night from Militia Headquarters, at Ot- tawa. Rank and file casnarlties in oon- nection with this eu'gagement have not yet been received at Ottawa, nor has there been any announce- ment as to their extent. Among the Canadian officers re- ported killed are Lt.-Col. W. Hart McHarg, of Vancouver; Lt.-Col. .\. P. Bircliall, of the Canadian Permanent Staff, in England; Maj. A. E. Kimmis. of the Queen's Own Rifles, Winona, Ont. ; Maj. E. C. Nuswortihy, of Montreal, and Maj. J. McLaren, of Brandon ; L.-Col. R. D. Boyle, of Crossfield, Alta. , has died of wounds. Lt.-Col. Hart McHarg, wlvo was connected with the Sixth D.C.R.O., Vancouver, was the champion rifle shot of the world, wimning the title aifc the last International Rifle niat/ches a.t Camp Perry, Ohio, in 1913. He won the Governor-Gen- eral's prize on two oceaisions, being one of the only two men who ever won the honor twice at the D.C. R.A. meet here. His record at Bisley and th« Can'adiam Annual Rifle matciheis has very few e-quals. Among the woun<led are Lieut. - Co.1. W. S. Buell, of Brockvilile; Major A. T. Hunter, of Toronto ; Major Gilbert Gtidson-GtKl'Son. of Vancouver; Major D. Sutherland, of Norwich, Ont., and Major B. H. Belson,, of Pont Dalhousie. Major D. R. Sandeman, of Red Deer, is seriously wounded. Major A. T. Hunter is a widel.y known local lawyer, and is promi- nent in Canadian po'litics as a pub- lic speaker w^A candidate for Par- liament. Among the other wound- ed are Capt. George McCuaig, son of Clarence J. McCuaig, the Mont- real financier, and Lieut. Reginald Tupper, a son of Sir Charles Hib- bert Tupper, and a grandson of Sir Charles Tupper. GAllAIT STAND IS ADMIEED Canadian Division Has Repulsed Two Fresh On^ siauglits by the German Forces .\ despatch from LondoU' saj*s : -Ml England is talking of tlie Cana- dians' splendid advance. Latest reports from tC'ie front indicate tJiat heavy fighting continaied Saturday and Sundiay. wlien the (iermams twice attacked the Canadian line, but both tiimes were repulsed. The Canadians had not been out <:it tlhie trenches s-iinee their charge to recapture the guns, but have had tlie warmest trendh fighting since I'eaching France, and were steady under the stra.in. The ex- tent (if the oasuailties is not known at the record office, but all the sur- plus officers on leave have been hurriedly recalled in anticipation. .Strong drafts of men are ready to leave. It is reported that the Princess Patrici'aus also were in ttha battle. Sir John Freneh's >les>»asft. A despatcli from Ottawa says : (Jen. Hughes received the following cable from Col. Carrick, assistant eye -witness for the Caaijadi»Df forces: "iSir John French tele- graphed Gen. Alderson as follows: 'I wisli to express to you and to the Canadian troops my admiration of the giallant sta.nd and fight they have made. They liave performe«[ a most brilliant and valuable ser-' vice. I reported their splendid he- havior to the Secretary (jf St*ti»/ and I have a reply from him saying how highly their ga.lla.ntry and d«- termination in a difficult positioa are appreciated in England.' " Gen. Hughes replied: "Sinoera thanks for message. Pleas* convsjr to Sir John and the Canadians the pride and joy of their comrades in Ca.nada for tlie part they have ao nobly played. The Canadians havs justly proved that there was no surrender and that, by wliatp\'er fault the guns were lost, they were- not allowed to remain in pt;sses»ioo of tilie enemy." MARKUP OF THE WORLD REPORTS FROM THE LEAOINC TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. araadttuffs. Torooto. April 27. -flour -Manitoba flnt p.it«nU) quott>d .it $8.10, in juto bage: aeo- ond patento. 87.60; strong bakewi . $7.40. Ontario wheat ftour. 90 per t-ont patents, quutcd at »fi.la to $6.25. aeahoard, aud al $6.25 to $6.30. Toronto frfsjhl. Wheatâ€" Manitoba No. 1 Northern quoted at $1.55; No. 2 at $1.64; and No. 3 at 11.61 1-2. Ontario wheat in firm it il.M to $1.55 for No. 2, at outnido pointa. Dateâ€" Ontario quoted at 60 to 61o. out- side, and at 63 to 64c. Toronto. We«tnru Canada. No. 2, quoted at 70c. .ind No. 3 at 6Bc. <!.i.f.. Bay ports. Barle.y-Good maltinif grudea, 75 to 78c. outaidL>. Eyeâ€" The market is dmil at $1.05 to $1.10. outside. Peasâ€" No. 2 quoted at $1.75. outside. Cornâ€" No. 2 new /Vmerican quoted at 83c., c.l.f.. Bay ports, and No. 3 at 82c. Bay ports. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2 quoted at BO to B2c. outside. Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at $27 a ton, and shorts at $29 to $30. Rolled oatsâ€" Car lots, per bae jf 90 lbs., $3.40. bnllB. $5 to $5.50; Htockers. 700 to 1.000 Iba., .?6 to $6.85; cannere and cutters. S3. 75 to $4.60; milkcra. choice, oach, $60 to $85; do., commou ;ind medium, «ich. $35 to $45; springerB. $50 t« $75; liijht ewes. $6.50 to $7.50; do., lieavy. $5 to $6.30; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; himbs, $5 to $10; culv.«, $5.50 to $10; bogs, fed and watered. $8.65; do., oft cars, $9 to $9.15. Montreal, April 27 â€"The supply of cattle was small, for which the demand was fair, and sales of choice iiteers wore made at $7.75 to $8: good «t $7.25 to $7.50, and the lower grades from $5 to $6.50. while butchers' cows brought from $4.50 to $6.50. and bull« from $5 to $7 per cwt. The feature of the small meat tr:id« was the activity in cal'os. thiTo being a good de- mand for all the oflertngs M pricos rang- ing from $2 to $9 each R' to ei«e and quttlity. A few small lots of yearling lamlw Fold at $8.20 tu $9 25. and ewe sheep at $5.75 to $6 per cwt. Spring lamb« brought $2.50 to $8.50 each, as to size. The tone of the market for hogs was firm under a fair domand and BUiall olTonnge. and lialea of i-elocled lots were made at $9.50 to $9.60 per cwt.. weighed off <'or^. and in one or two inatancag us high as $9 75 was paid for small IoIm. Provisions. Curod meats are quoted as follows;â€" Bacon, long clear, 13 3-4 to 14c per lb. in case lots. Hamsâ€" Medium, 17 to 17 l-2o; do., heavy. 14 1-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 14 l-2c; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19a; backs, 20 to 21c; bonelces backs, 23c. Lardâ€" The market is quiet, with prices steady; pure lard, tubs, tl 3-4 to 12c ; do., pails. 12 to 12 l-2c. Compound, tube, 9 3-4 to 10c; do.. paUs, 10 to 10 l-4a. *- Bubonic Plague in Turkey. A despatch from Rome says : Re- ports have reached here from Can- stantinople that the bubonic plague is raging in Turkey and that the victims of the di-sease are very nu- merous. The contagion is spread- ing in an alarming manner uwing to the rieglect of sanitary precau- tions. Several cases have occurred at Salonik*. Country Produn. Butterâ€" The market is quiet, w.lh |irice« generally unchanged. Good grades want- ed. Choice «lairy, 27 to 28c; inferior. 21 to 23c; creamery prints, 35 to 36c; do., solids, 32 to 33c. Eggsâ€" The market la firmer, with Hales at 21 to 22o per docen, in case lots. Beansâ€" The market is steady at $3.40 to $3.45 for prime, and $3.45 to $3.50 for b«nd-picked. Business In Montreal. Montreal, April 27â€" Cornâ€" American No. 2 yell.'W. 82 1-2 to 83c. Oats-Canadian Western. No. 3, 69 l-2c; extra No. 1 feed. 69 l-2c; No. 2 local white, 67 l-2c; No. 3 lo- cal white. 66 l-2c; No. 4 ioctti whitfl, 55 l-2c. Barleyâ€" Manitoba feed, 80c; malting, 86 to 88c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $8.20; seconds, $7.70; strong bakers', $7.50; Winter patents, choice. $7.80; straight rollers, $7.30 to $7.40; do., bags. $3.45 to $3.55. Rolled oats -Bbls., $.75 to $7; do., bugs, 90 lbs.. $3.25 to $3.35. Bran, $26. Shorts, $28. MiddlingH, $33 to •34. Mouillie, $35 to $38. H.iy--No. 2, per ton, c.^^ lots, $18 to $19.50. Cheeseâ€" Finest westerns, 17 1-2 to 17 3-4c; finest easterns, 17 to 17 l-4c. Butlerâ€" Choicest creamery. 35 1-2 to 36c ; SM-onds, 34 to 34 l-2c. Kggs â€"Fresh, 22 to 23c; selected, 25c; No. 2 stock, 21o. Potatoeeâ€" Per bag. car lots, 47 1-2 to SOo. Dressed hogs- -Abattoir killed. $13 to $13.50; country. $10.50 to $11.75. Pork - Heavy Cn-tiada 6:hort mess. bblsT, 35 to 45 pieces. $28; Canada short-cut back, bills.. 45 to 55 piecets, $27.50. Lard -Compound, tierces. 375 lbs.. 9 l-2c; woo<l pails, 20 lbs. net. 10c; pure, tiei\;es, 375 Itw., 11 1-2; pure, wood paiU-i. 20 \\va. net, 12c. Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg. April 27 -Wheatâ€" No. 1 North- ern, $1.58 38; No. 2 Northern, $1.57; No. 3 Northern. $1.54 3-4; No. 4, $1.50; No. 6. $1.46 1-2; No. 6, $1.42 1-2. O.ats-No. 2 C. W., 65c; No. 3 V.^.. 62c: extra No. 1 feed, 613-4c; No. 1 feed, 60 7-8C, No. 2 teed, 59 7-8c. Flax-No. 1 N.-W.C, $1.79; No. Z C.W.. $1.76. United Stales Markets. Minneai)oIie, April 27. Wheat -No. t hard, $1.61 3-4; No. 1 Northern. $1.57 1-4 to $1.61M; No. 2 Northern. $1,52 3-4 io $1.58 14; May. $1,55 1-4. Corn-No. 3 yel- low. 73 1-4 to 73 3-4c. Oats-No. 5 white, 54 3-4 to 55 l-4c. Flour and bran un- changed. Dululh, April 27.- Whenl-No. 1 hard. $1,615-8; No. 1 Northern, $1,60 3-8; May. $1,55 3-8. Linseed, $1.98 1-4; May. $1.98 .V4. New York, April 27.-Flour Ann. Hye (lour steady- Hay »tead.v. Hope quiet. Hides steady. Leather firm. Live Stock Markets, Toronto. April 27. Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.35 to $7.60; do, good. $6.90 to $7.i6; do., medium, $6.50 to $6.75; do., oom mc'i. $5.50 to $5.75; butchers' bulls, choice, $6 to $6.80; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.30; do., rough bulls. $4.60 to $6.75; butchers' cows, choice, $5.50 to $6.75; do., medium, $6.25 to $5.40: do., common, $4.60 to $5.75; leoders, good. $6.40 to $7.25; do., rough SE>«S NOTF TO AlSTRlAi' Rtiuuiuniii Makes Forintil Dein.-iniiH for Territorial ConeesHion. .\ despatch from Koine S4i.ys : It is learned here that U.mmania has 'iiade formal demands upon .Vus- t"ia for territorial concessions in Tran-sylvania, e.KaitiuR a reply .within, a reasonably ^hort time. The time limit, however, is <aid not to be fi-xed. Rinimania's action is of the (freatest significance, as it is obviou.<:ly inspired by Italy fol- lowinp; out t-he terms of the Italo- Rouiiuinian defensive alliance con- templating simult^tneous interven- tion for the realizati<>n of the as- pirations of both countries. Ita.ly two months ago demanded a prompt e.xplaiiation of .Vustria's ctmcentration of tr<Mips in Transyl- vania. N'ow Italy further demand.'* to know whether, besides the con- opssions offered to her, any have been offered to Houmania. Tilius Austria will be compelled to satisfy the ambitions of both countries, otherwise intervention is inevitable In Dire Neeil of Food A despatch from London says : Seven million Poles, of whom two millions are Jews, are in dire ntcd of fo<xi. This statement was ma<le by Hermann I-atindau, a prominent ,Iewish philanthropiist assoi-iated with various Jewish cliaritiei in London. "Of these sufferers 5,500,000 are east of the Vistula River and I, .WO, 000 west of the river," Laundau .said. "The Jews even poorer than the Gent'Ies, be- cau.se of the boycott against the Jews in parts of Poland befor* beginning of the war, which p<iverished thousands who other- wise would have been able to pro- vide for their families." Mr. are the im- GERMANS USED SUFFOCATING GAS Freneh F<»rees, Overwhelmed Sf Noxious Fumes, IIimI to Fall Biiek. -V despatch from Lon<loii .-avB : Tlie enemy scored a small succe«« over the French forces in Belgiuoi Friday by the use of a.spliy\iating gas. The s.liells used in the bom- bardment of the trenches of the allies were tilletl with ganes whitHi compelled the soldiers to retira from the gas zone and drop baeJi toward the Yser Canal to eseapa the fumes. The British front re- mains intact, e.xoept where th* tr<x)ps have had to readjust their line in order to conform with t.l»e new French line. The reports seem to indicate thai the Germans, employing every available man and gun. not onjf from the other points of the front, but from the interior of Germany itself, are making a (iesperate effort to pierce the allied line, isolate th« left to the north and thus win to the Channel and Calais. They hava thrown themselves against th« f<.'rfes of France. Britain and Fiel- gium, apparently unmindful of tih« cost, and alre!id\ military observern are preparing to receive reports i»l the bloodiest battle of the war ia this zone. The German m<ivement caiUM wiuth-west, following the railroad from Thourout to Boesin;;he. an4 {â- aiiie into contact with the allied lines at Poeleapelle. Simultan- eously another German force augf- inented bv guns and men appeare*! before the British to the souUl, while hpa\y field guns, more read- ily transportable owing to the im- proved roads, once again shel'«4 Vpres. The situation then was that tlh« French and Belgians were engaged to the north of the city, while tlw British were in actiH)n to the soutli, .\mong the French it was notoW there were t.OOO French biuejackeiU who bad given such good .iceotinl of themselves under command ol .Xilinir.al de Bon .Vreh. They \ver« thus disposed when the German* in.'uie their fir.st general ad^'.^.nc«, employing the gan-filled bivmbn, which made it innK>ssible for men tt retniain in the trenches near whert they e.xploded. .\t the same t.init they .advanced t<) the 'oiith more to recover lost ground than to gc through, and In thi»i they were ur>- successftil. Refuses to Vote Military Credits .\ Paris despatch to the Central News .says that the opening session uf the Hungarian Chamber was a gloomy sitting. The Chamber in- fused to vote the new military cre- dits demanded by the general staff. The attempt of Count Tisza, the Premier, to break down the oppo- sition was futile. The Mtjrning Pos.fs Berne cor- respond.^nt gives a different version of the opening of the Chanibol from that of the Central News. He says that Count Tisza in a long pre- liminary conference with tlie lead- ers of the Opposition, Counts Ap- ponyi, .\ndrassy, Miichy and Kar- olyi, tried to obtain their promiiso not to oppo.se the new bills to be submitted to the Chanibpr. but that it is believed he failed to seciire their promise. Started- Out For England A despatch from London says : Fred T. Jane, a well-kixiwn naval expert, addres.sing a meeting at Liverpool, said that it was not gen- navy sa\ed the country a.nd t;her« erally known that the Germans ] was never a word of it in the newis- tried to land an exp?ditionar.i ! papers. force in Fngland and that it was the British navy that m.-ide them go back to their harbor a.i^ain. The German Merchant Steamer Sunk .\ despatcih to La Prensa, Lima, Peru, states that the British steam- er Orci^ma has sunk a German mer- chant steamship near Bayovar. It is nis'H> stated that the British cruis- ers Kent a.nd Oraina have received coal from the British steamer Ag- gesford at tihe port of Bayovar. The last report received from th« Orooma was to the effect that i»hie had arrived in Liverptxil. Februiajy Hi from Va!j>arfliso. It is possible that since then .she has been armed and .sent back to Soutlh Ainerioa>ii watera. .?fe: