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‘A despatch from Paris says: French troops from Africa are , â€" ready to assist the allied fleets and # British expeditionary forces against v Wurkey. The following official statement was issued by the War Office : ‘‘The expeditionary corps of the Orient, which was placed unâ€" der command of General A. G. L. d‘Amade and concentrated at Biâ€" zerta (a fortified seaport of Tunis, P ‘Africa) to perfect its organization, o has effected the voyage of the Leâ€" E.4 vant under the best of conditions. TROOPS FOR DARDANELLES French Expeditionary Force Is Ready to Proceed Without Delay to Any Point Necessary ANOTHER RAIDER SEEKS REFUGE WOULD BE CERTAIN DESTRUCTION A despatch from Norfolk, U.S. A., says: The last of the Kaiser‘s sea raiders, the Kronprinz Wilâ€" helm, _ steamed. into _ Hampton Roads shortly after six o‘clock Saturday morning and dropped anchor off Old Point Comfort. The United _ States submarine Gâ€"1, which had sighted the Kronprinz in the mists off Thimble Shoal Lightship, escorted the converted <cruiser to her anchorage. A despatch from â€" Washington says: The German Government bas replied to the claim of the State Department for compensation for the sinking by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich of the American ship William P. Frye, assuming liability not only for destruction of the vesâ€" sel, but of the cargo, under the Treaty of 1828. CGermany requires, however, that the case shall be taken before & prize court for the establishment of facts concerning ownership of ship and cargo. To this the State Department will asâ€" sent. The period fixed by the Governâ€" ment _ Neutrality Board within which the Eitel Friedrich should leave the territorial waters of the United States unless she was to be interned expired Wednesday night. Secretary Peters received a report from Collector of Customs Hamilâ€" ton at Norfolk transmitting a comâ€" munication from COapt. Thieresâ€" chen, of the German ship, stating bis intention to intern. German Craiserâ€" Kronprinz Wilâ€" belm Puts in at Newport News. Commander of German Cruiser Quits Bluffing and Interns the Prinz Eitel Germany to Settle _ _A glance at the great bulk of the Kronprinzâ€"it will be recalled that before the war began she was a 21,000â€"ton luxuriously appointed and very fast North German Lloyd linerâ€"disclosed _ that _ her_ long cruise had put the ship in very bad shape. A despatch from Washington says: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Peters announced that the German cruiser Eitel Friedrich would intern at Newport News, Virginia, The ship will remain in the custody of the United States until the end of the war in which CGermany is now engaged. According to Captain Thierfeldt and his first Heutenant it was sickâ€" mess among prisoners â€" beriâ€"beri, from eating too much rice and «lrinking bad waterâ€"together with the poor condition of the cruiser that forced the Kronprinz to abanâ€" «don her daring exploits. In the past eight months since she left New York harbor she sank fifteen vessels, thirteen of which were Briâ€" tish. Time after time she operated under the very noses of the fast and powerful cruisers whose one aim was to catch and sink her. And once she fought her way out of a «dlangerous predicament when she stumbled upon the British cruisers Berwick, Suffolk and Bristol. Her eareer of eight months was Lall touch and go adventure, but in all the time Captain Thierfeldt never accomplished a bolder exploit than when bhis alertness took him safely through into Hampton Roads. Un less, as is probably the case, offtâ€" cers of the Rritish warships patrolâ€" ling the coast knew that here were British prisoners on board and deâ€" liberately allowed the Kron prinz Wilhelm to pass unchallenged into port. > It seems certain that Captain Thierfeldt will follow the course faken by Captain Thierschen, of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and conâ€" sent to the internment and dismanâ€" tlement of his ship until the end of the war. Of course, that cannot be taken for granted, but now that the Kronprinz is in an American port it is hardly likely that she could again evade the swarm of cruisers that will gather off this coast. The German captain disclosed for For the Wm. P. Frye ‘Clergyman Working Secretary Peters announced that the Navy Department would take charge of the internment of the German warship.. On ‘being taken to the navy yard the breech blocks of her guns will be removed and connecting rod of herâ€"engines deâ€" tached. It has been ready since March 15 to aid the allied fleets and British expeditionary corps. In waiting it was deemed advisable not to proâ€" long the stay of the troops aboard the transports, and, for this reaâ€" son, the hospitality of Egypt was accepted. The French forces have been debarked at Alexandria, and are installed at Ramleh, where they aro resting and perfecting their organization and> cohesion. They are ready to proceed without delay to any point necessary." Thinks Cool Calculating English .May Be Blessing to Mankind. A despatch from London says: A protest against German selfâ€"estecem and against the prevailing spirit of hatred for England is made by Stimmen Der Zeit, the organ of the German Jesuits, which asserts that each nation has a special mission to perform in the world. The wish is expressed that the rich talents and gifts of the cool, calculating Engâ€" lish may become a blessing to manâ€" kind, and that for France there may arise her old and precious civilization the first time that he had expected assistance from the other warships of his government in order to make it possible for hin» to dash for the open sea with some hope of sucâ€" cess. In his communication he gave no details as to the basis of his exâ€" pectation that assistance would be rendered him, but it was inferred that he expected German warships to divert the British and French cruisers from their patrol outside the Virginia Capes so as to permit thg Eitel to steam away to safety. A Tropical Rain of Shcets, We have had, since the war beâ€" gan, a liberal education in the matter of giving. So many deâ€" mands have ‘been made on public generosity that we hardly feel surâ€" prised at any demand, however great. Notwithstanding, we were, many of us, ‘rendered _ almost breathless, when we saw the list of "needs‘"‘ for the equipment of the University Base Hospital. _ ‘‘Where,""‘ we asked, ‘‘is the moâ€" ney to come from to purchase these t‘ Then a brilliant idea occurred to one of the workers. It was thisâ€" "Why not have a sheet shower, not only for Toronto, but for the Proâ€" vince ?" Reporters Pay Fines A despatch from London says: Charles Dyson, a local reporter, was fined $25 at Portland Police Court for supplying news to the press calculated to be of use to Germany, and Edward Newman, editor of the Southern Times, was fined $50 for publishing a report of a similar nature. Ours is a provincial university. Why should not we give the women of Ontario an opportunity to help with these furnishings t Hundreds, perhaps, will not have time to send to buy sheets. They will then go to their own wellâ€" stocked linenâ€"presses, and taking some treasures, laid away in view of illness of their own nearest and dearest, will dedicate them to the nearest and deéfest of others, in fair France. & A despatch from Glasgow says: A call for recruits here to assist in the manufacture of shells brought forth a clergyman, whoâ€" was promptly accepted. He is the Rev. Stuart Robertson, of Pollokshield Church, a tall, athletic figure, who now serves from 6 o‘clock in the morning until 5 at night in a large engineering shop. His «day‘s work over, the Rev. RobertSon attends to his pastoral duties as his evenâ€" ing‘s recreation. Opportunity is all that is needâ€" ed, for there are thousands of mothers, wives, and sisters of past and present University students who will be only too glad to help. CONDEMNS GERMAN HATRED. The size most required is 60‘ x 108"", and they may be sent to the Red=Cross Society, 77 King Street East, Toronto, marked Base Hosâ€" pital, No. 4, immediately. JEAN McePHEDRAN. WANTED. For Dangerous News In a Shell Factory A despatch from London says: A Christiania despatch isays that many German cities have given streets the name of Weddingen after the commander of the subâ€" marine Uâ€"29, which the Germans now admit has been sunk. Obituâ€" ary notices in several newspapers refer to him as a meteor that has disappeared. German Mail Seized. A despatch from Basel says: British and French cruisers, acâ€" cording to advices received here, have taken from Italian mail steamâ€" ers 2,300 bags of German mail adâ€" dressed abroad, and containing letters, post cards, money cheques and small packages. Bags coming from abroad intended for Germany will be treated in the same way and confiscated. This course on the part of the allied countries, it is understood, is being made in reâ€" sponse to Germany‘s submarine war against nonâ€"combatant merâ€" chant and passenger ships. British warships recently captured on a Norwegian vessel confidential letâ€" ters forwarded by Dr. von Bethâ€" mannâ€"Hollweg, the German Imperâ€" ial Chancellor, to Count von Bernsâ€" torff, the German Ambassador to the United States. Commander _ ofâ€" Great â€" Britain‘s Fifth Army Corps. A new photograph of General Sir Henry Macleod Leslic Rundle, who is in command of Great Britain‘s Fifth Army Corps. General Runâ€" de was born in 1856. Since 1876 he has served in the jarmy. During the 39 years of his service he has distinguished himself in many camâ€" paigns. He has been mentioned in despatches numerous times, and is scarred from the wounds received in many battles. He has served in the Zulu campaign, the Sudan Exâ€" pedition, and the Boer War, and is a KC.B., G.C.V.O0., K.C.M.G., C.M.G., and D.S.O. "Just as the Harpalyce was disâ€" appearing there were three or four distinct and heavy explosions as the four boilers burst. Everyone was covered with wreckage." Name German Streets After Uâ€"29‘s Captain ‘‘While I was watching the Harâ€" palyce,"‘ said the captain,, "sudâ€" denly I saw a cloud of smoke and heard a tremendous explosion. I put on full steam for the ship. Then I saw the periscope of a subâ€" marine about a hundred yards from the Harpalyce going away from the sinking vessel. The wash of the periscope was quite plain. I got a lifeboat launched and. picked up thirteen men who were swimming about or clinging to wreckage; then I turned my attention to those in the boats. The second officer was unconscious when I recovered him, but I got him into a warm bunk with warm bottles, and he reâ€" covered after two hours. SHIP OF MERCY IS SUBMARINED Steamer Flying Flag of United States Relicf Commission Sent to the Bottom. A despatch from Rotterdam says : The Belgian relief ship Harpalyce, of London, the bearer of New York State‘s first cargo of gifts, was sunk north of Hinder Lightship Saturâ€" day by a German submarine. She was flying the flag of the American Commission when she was torpeâ€" doed, according to the testimony of Captain Matroos, of the Dutch steamer Riuizabeth, which brought to this port 22 of the 27 rescued members of the crew, including the second mate andâ€"~second engineer. Captain Matroos said he was in an excellent position to see the whole affair, and that the American Relief Commission‘s flag flying from the jib stay of the Harpalyce was plainly visible to him as he stood on the bridge of his vessel, which was then one mile astern of the British boat. The Constance Catharine, also a Dutch craft, picked up five of ths men. It is feared that all of the remaining fifteen of the crew have been lost. The Harpalyce sank within five minutes of receiving the torpedo. Shoeo was a steamer of 3,691 tons. GENERAL RUNDLE, DURATION OF WAR HINGES 0N FIGHT Germans Resalize the Great Impotâ€" tance of the Battle in the Carpathians. A despatch from London says: The battle of the Carpathians is to decide the duration of the Euroâ€" pean war, in the opinion of British military observers. There is every indication that Germany agrees with them, for not only has the Gerâ€" man general staff taken sover the active direction of the fighting, but there is a semiâ€"official announceâ€" ment that the Kaiser himself, with his finest strategists, has arrived at the front. : It has long been recognized here that however much the Italian peoâ€" ple might desire to go to war on the side of the allies, the basic point in the official attitude of Italy is the declaration of Premicr Salanâ€" dra that Italy would remain neuâ€" tralâ€" "unfil her interests were threatened."" It has been no secret that Italy would be willing to give a binding promise to the central empires to keep out of the conflict in return for satisfactory territorial concessions, and assurâ€" ances that her aspirations in the Adriatic would not be menaced in case of a Teutonic victory. It is conceded that defeat in the Carpathians now means the surrenâ€" der of Austriaâ€"Hungary, no matâ€" ter what may be the desires of the Emperor aud his general staff, and deprived of their aid in stemming the rising Russian tide Germany cannot hope to meet the terrific strain to be imposed upon her troops on the western front as the orces of the allies increase. She will be confronted then in the east by army after army*over 700 miles of front, each one turned towards Berlin, and in the west by other armies, who will be forcing her slowly back towards her own fronâ€" tiers. While despatches from Vienna recently said that Emperor Franâ€" cis Joseph was absolutely opposed to the cession of any territory as the price of continued neutrality on the part of Italy, the advices which have come to hand state that the Dual Monarchy has consented to the cession of the Trentino. It is added that the necessary docuâ€" ments have been drawn up and signed. 5 There never has been the least doubt in the minds of any military man in England what the ultimate result will be. Now they believe that victory may come months beâ€" fore they had hoped for it. ITALY WILL NOT ENTER THE WAR Has Reached An Agreement with Austria, According to Paris Advices. A despatch from Paris says: Priâ€" vate advices have been received here to the effect that Italy and Austria have reached an agreement which will satisfy the aspirations of the Italian people for an enlargeâ€" ment of the national boundaries and preclude all possibility of armâ€" ed intervention by Italy on the side of the allies. This news bears out the reports from Geneva recently that the Trentino, geographically and hisâ€" torically a part of the Italian penâ€" insula, was to be handed over to Italy, but is to be occupied by Italian troops only at the end of the great war. Austria has interâ€" posed this stipulation so as to be certain that Italy will maintain her neutrality no maftter what future events may change the present situation. Albanians Gathering 812,000 Prisoners A despatch from Geneva says: The five American army officers who were attached to the German military forces as observers until recalled by cable, arrived at Berne on their way home. A despatch from Rome says: A telegram from Vilona _says 40,000 Albanians led_ by. German and Turkish officers are collected beâ€" tween Elbasin and Tirana for an attack on Durazzo and subsequentâ€" ly on Serbia. This movement, toâ€" gether with the recent attack on the Serbians is believed to form part of a concerted plan for disâ€" tracting the Balkan‘ States from united action against Austria and Turkey. A despatch from Amsterdam says : Word received here from Berâ€" lin says that on April 1, 812,800 prisoners of war were being held in Germanyâ€"10,175 officers and 802,â€" 633 men. The despatch gives the prisoners lows :â€" French ... Russian .. Belgian .. British ... American Observers by nationality as folâ€" Claimed by Germany Have Left Germany For Raid on Serbia Officers 3,863 5,140 647 520 Men 258, 4983 504,210 39,620 20,307 A despatch from Rome says : Emâ€" peror Francis Joseph has been conâ€" ferring almost daily with Baron Burian, Count Tisza and Count Sturgk. These conferences are unâ€" doubtedly connected with threatenâ€" ed famine and the prospects of Ttalian intervention. The reserve stock throughout the Empire is only German Espionage in Britain Revealed by Appreâ€" hension of New York Woollen Merchant A despatch from Buenos Ayres says: (A controversy has arisen beâ€" tween the German Charge d‘ Afâ€" faires, Herr Luxburg, and the Turkish Consulâ€"General, _ Emir Emin Arslan Bey. The German charge sent a note to the Consulâ€" General requesting him in the name Austria Breadless Within a Moath ENEMY‘S MASTER SPY ARRESTED A despatch from London says: The approaching trial of Anton Kuepferle, a Germanâ€"American, on a charge of high treason, promises to prove sensational. ‘The arrest occurred some weeks ago on the eve of Kuepferle‘s intended deparâ€" ture for the Continent, but the fact of his arrest and the various hearâ€" ings before a police magistrate have been kept secret on account of the extreme importance to the State of the matters involved and the endeavor to deal adequately with the wide ramifications of Gerâ€" man espionage in Britain which Kuepferle‘s apprehension disclosed. Obeys the Sultan and Not the Kaiser A despatch from London says: The CGerman Government has deâ€" cided to make reprisals against British officer prisoners for the treatment that is being accorded the prisoners of German submarine boats in England. For each priâ€" It is no exaggeration to say that the authorities consider Kuepâ€" ferle‘s arrest the most important of its kind since the outbreak of the war, enabling the authorities to lay bare a most elaborate system : of obtaining most valuable informaâ€" tion of military and uaval plans and transmitting them to the enemy. The worst feature of the case is that it reveals beyond the shadow of a doubt that the most dangerous headquarters for desâ€" patching spies to England are loâ€" cated in the United States. PENETRATED THE DARDANELLES A despatch from Petrograd says : | The vident reason why Admiral | Zouchon. divided the Turkish fleet! into squadrons in the recent raidl in the Black Sea was anxiety as to the nature of the movements of‘ Russian â€"merchantmen. Although A despatch from London says: "‘‘The British torpedoâ€"boat destroyâ€" er Renard entered the Dardanelies Tuesday on a scouting mission and ran up the straits at high speed for over ten miles, penetrating the waterway probably fartherâ€" than any of the British ships have yet done. A heavy fire was directed at her, but the destroyer was not hit. LODGED IN BARRACKS IN GERMANY Measure of Rstaliation for Differential Treatm>nat Accorded the Enemy Pirates in Great Britain Scouting Expedition of British Ships Was Successâ€" fulâ€"Turk Artillsry Removed Gogeben Still Faster The revelations by Stegler, who e e WccR nc en h in No ow e en es ie stt t uk "The British battleship London, Than Russian Ships ‘; soner of a submarine crew, and for the duration cf his harsh treat lment, which, it is contended, is ! contrary to international law, th has been resolved by Germanyv to ‘treab likewise a British officer without distinction of person. [ which followed the Renard info the | straits, drew most of the enemy‘s (fire. The batteries on the Asiatac | side, especially the howitzers beâ€" {hind Frenkeuei, were active, but | those on the Europear were quiet. | Possibly the Turks have withdrawn i part of their artillery on the Euros |pean side in order to be able to | mass it quickly at any spot the !allied armies may â€"choouse for a The Turkish Consul indianartly refused, and on the German chargs insisting, the Consul returned the note to him, saying that he obeyed only the Sultan. s suffficient for one and oneâ€"hall months‘ consumption, as the Govâ€" ernment has been compelied to supply wheat to Germany in exâ€" change for troops sent to Austria. These reinforcements have made an additional drain on the wheat supâ€" ply and â€"it is seriously feared that the empire will be breadless within a month. of the German Government to hand over to the charge the archives of the Consulate, together with the furpishinges. It happened, unfortunately for him, that the night he selected to leave _ Folkestone the Flushing steamship service was temporarily suspended owing to the activities of Géerman submarines, and hence he fell an easy captive in London. the Goeben has a large concrete patch in her side, and is slower by five or six knots than formerly, she was. still ;able to â€"outdistance anything brought against her Catâ€" urday except the torpedo boats. was sent to jail in New York for his connection with the crooked passports, have an important carolâ€" lary in the present case. Kuepâ€" ferle, who is engaged in the woolâ€" len business in New York, landed at Liverpool_.and almost immediâ€" ately traveli‘ _ to Ireland, yet withâ€" in five days he had accumulated sufficient information that he conâ€" sidered his mission ended and atâ€" tempted to leave England for Holâ€" land, where he intended to deliver his information to _ responsible chiefs of the German intelligence department. \ Kisses are the coupons clipped from the bonds of love. When Kuepferle was arrested exâ€" tremely vital information was found in his possession. He was equi/p-‘ ped with all the paraphernalla which modern spydom regards as essential, such as representatives, invisible ink, codes, addresses, inâ€" structions, thereby laying before the authorities the most complete plan of German espionage which England has yet discovered. landing