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PEKING, May 24. The radical
Chinese press lias incurred lilt dis
pleasure* of President Yuan who has
issued a drastic order prohibiting h'os
. tlie criticism and ordering tin- seizure
and confiscation of property and also
the imprisonment of the owners or
employees of any newspaper in China
who attack the recent concessions to
Japan’s war threat. Serious ntsrur
hames threaten in Hankow and the
hatred of Yuan and tie* Japanese is
growing rapidly. The Hankow u uiismi
was recently decreased l»y tin* ivmiiva1
of five thousand troops in tin* Man
churian frontier for the purpose of
guarding the railroad line, which on
the representations <»f Russia, was in
*1:it of daniiiKp b\ German sympa !
ihi/a is and employees. The vveakeniim
of the garrison due to the removal of,
these troops and the consequent lessen
intr of Yuan’s power has caused th*
rehelliously Inclined t«» urow hold in
their attitude toward the administra
tion.
GERMAN GAS BOMB RAID
EXPECTED IN ENGLAND
AIDS PRISONERS IN FRANCE.
BERLIN. May 24 Emperor William
has given $12,fain to the German Red j
Cross for the benefit of German sol
diers and civilians held prisoners In
France.
U. S. MINISTER
TO PORTUGAL
MAY LEAVE
WASHINGTON. May 24. The For- !
itigose Minister at Rnndon has advised
the local Kmhassy that the Republic:
continues in a state of turmoil and it!
is reported that tlie new government
which is already tottering to its fall
has ordered all representatives accre
dited to the various foreign govern
ments by the fallen government t«» re
turn home.
BRITISH AID
FOR BELGIANS
R<>Nin>N Francis D. Arland par
liamentarian understud.v of foreign af
fairs. stated in the house of commons
recently that the government had con
tributed $500,000 in tin* Itelgian gov
ernment for the purchase of foodstuffs
fur the destitute inhabitants of that
country.
TURK TROOPS
TO BOSPHORUS
Rt»MF. Tit* Turkish in ill tar v au
thorities have removed the troops and
artillery from Adi ianople and arc send
ing them to defend the Dardanelles
and the Rosphorus. according to dis
patch from At hens.
NOBLE PRIZE
FOR GUSTAVE
COPENHAGEN. The Scandinavian
paper* make the suggestion that the
Noble peace prize lie awarded King
Gustave of Sweden for his initative in
connection with the conference of the
Scandinavian Kings at Malnm
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I.i>NTh>N, May ii t II is intimated
that the' Germans arc preparing to
make further Zeppelin raids mi the
British capital this time with the in
tent of employing the deadh gas
bombs which have alredy been used
in the fighting on the danders and
Central Galician battle fronts. The
many reports of the effectiveness of
these new war instruments have
caused the suspected air raid to as
sume a horrifying significance in tin
minds of the public who are again
clamoring for the government to de
vise means of meeting the tlennan
aero attacks.
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DECREASE IN RECRUITING
WORRIES BRITISH
LONDON, May 2-4. The rapid falling
nIT of enlistments has called forth I'm
ther veiled threats from Mr. Asquith
on the matter of general conscription
throughout the I’aitish Isles and it is
also intimated that the colonics rna> he
called on to furnish further contribu
tions of troops. Kurt her evidence that
the decrease in recruiting is causing
BRITISH OFFICERS TO
INSPEGT E. SITUATION
LONDON, May LM It is intimated |
in official circles that the government
has dispatched an army oltlcer of high
rank to make a personal investigathm
«»f the situation in Poland and Western
Russia. The officer is reported *n
route to Russia, via the Scandinavian
, countries. It is stated that tlie in
Fti iTTERDAM. An inhabitant of
Ostend who used smugglers' paths In j
reaching Holland after many hair
breadth escapes gives a vivid account
of life in the formerly luxurious water
ing place.
"Ostend." he said, "lives in an atmos
phere of fear. The specter of famine
was continually before us.
"Ostend today buys wounded and
emaciated horses from the Hermans
at $t a head. They are.converted into
tho only meat the people can procure
“There are no vegetables, scarcely
any coffee, and no tea. The gas works
WASHINGTON. A In-end famine in
lie United States is almost an economic
Impossibility, even though increased
exports of wheat to Kurope seem to
threaten our domestic supply This
was the declaration of Dr. !.. ,M. Ktsa
brook, statist lean of the department
of agriculeture.
Dr. Kstabrook asserted that future
orders of American millers and linkers,
which are being placed constantly
throughout tin1 year, will Insure for the
United States an adequate supply- of
flour, even though exports of American
grain send wheat prices up to the folded
$2 a bushel mark.
“We have figured it out,” he said,
“that the United States normally has
the ullirials no little \vhit\ is forthcom
ing in the statement given out I»\ Ear!
Kitehner yesterdax to the effect that
the success of the summer campaign
hinged entirely «»n the placing i»f sev
eral million more troops into the Held
and without which tire outcome of the
allied operations could not he insured
ability of the* government t<» receive
positive information as to tie condi
tion of the Uussian armies has caused
considerable uneasiness and it lias 1 »• •• • 11
deterniiii‘*d to learn the exact situation
by personal observation.
X/isting Csrds at the N*‘**uet Office
PEOPLE OF OSTENB
FEAR A FAMINE
is not in operation and at fi in the
evening all lights must ho extinguished
"One must not walk near Mariakerke.
The Germans have si n • nod off certain
points, but llelgian workmen sent there
say deep pits arc constantly being dug
and tilled with (lie awful swollen bodies
of German soldiers fished out of the
river or disinterred by the rising floods.
"Many convicts from prisons in tier
many, distinguished by shorn bends,
are employed in grave digging work.
Wounded Germans say their losses
average 1,000 a day.”
OFFICIALS SAY BREAD
FAMINE IS IMPOSSIBLE
between 250,000,out* ami 300,000,000
bushels of wheat for export. The
bumper wheat crop of the United
States, which was practically 900.000,
000 bushels, has bail the effect of
slightly raising the export maximum,
thereto allowing the United States to
1 xport a larger amount than usual.”
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