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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. In regard to the Irish situation. I lite dispatch Of yesterday from Ixuulon says: Martial law has Im-cii declared throughout all Ireland. Premier Aarpaith announced that Maj.-Gen. Sir John Maxwell, who formerly commanded the I.ritisli forces in ■*"*****, was leaving this afternoon for Ireland. The general has been given plenary powers, under martial law. over the whole country. The troops in Ireland have In en and are being strongly reinforced. Mr. As«|tiith added, and the government was satisfied the force dispatched was adequate to deal with the situation. The Irish authorities will place themselves at the disposal of Maj.-Gen. Maxwell, to carry out his instructions. Fighting is still going aa in the streets of Dublin. Premier Asquith announced ill the house of commons that the rebels eontinue to hold important public buildings in Dublin and that street encounters were still in progress. The royal proclamation suspending in Ireland section one of the defense of the realm amendment act of IMS, which gives to a British subject charged with an offense under the act the right to be tried by a civil court, was read upon the steps of the royal exchange this moraine, according to historic custom. The report that Baron Wimliorne, lord lieutenant of In lead, has been captured is declared untrue by the foreign ottic •. No intimation has been received at the office that any high officials have been captured in Ireland. Work of perfecting a new army bill, the first of th" administrations big preparedness measures, was began Wednesday by the joint congressional conference committee. The bill was sent to conference by the house late Tuesday after a motion to recommit to tin- militarv committee for amendment had been ovcrwhelminglv defeated. Tin- fight to recommit was led by minority leader Mann. Afterward eon-lerees on the part of the senate and house were appointed. The senate conferees are all "big armv" men. This fact occasioned considerable comment on both ends of the capitol. The bill is the senate substitute for the Hay army measure passed bv the house. In view of the material difference between the two measures, it is expected that considerable time will lie required before a conference agreement can be reached. The house democrats will caucus on the Philippine bill and the working urogram. President Wilson has told party leaders he favors putting the Philippine and ship bills ahead. Manv democrats have expressed opposition and want to put the big supply bills ahead. The caucus is to determine the course*. Two Americans were killed and three wounded in an engagement between cavalrymen under Col. George A. Dodd and 2 0 Yilla bandits at Tomachie, in the center of the Sierra Madres, in western Chihuahua, on April 22. according to an official report reaching Columbus. N. M. The Yilla command, under four chiefs, liaea. Cervantes, Dominguez and Rios, was surprised in the late afternoon and routed. After the battle the Americans found six dead Mexicans and nineteen wounded, while a quantity of horses, arms and equipment was captured. Several detachments of American troops have resumed active pursuit of Yilla and are whipping the mountains north and west of Par-ral. where the bandit chieftain is reported to be hiding. The advanced base. 300 miles south of the border, is now completely equipped, trainload after trainload of motor trucks having arrived here within the last ten days, bringing rations, clothing and equipment. From headquarters at San Antonio a dispatch savs: The conference between Generals Scott. Fiinston anil Obregon will take place at El Paso or at Juarez, it was definitely announced at departmental headquarters today. Generals Scott and Paaaoea expect to leave here for El Paso tonight. The two American representatives can not reach El Paso licfoi-e Friday, and it is not believed probable that GeaeeaJ Ohyagia will get there before Saturdav. Whether the conference will take place S.turdav has net been determined. The exact character of the instructions sent by the war department to General Scott has not Ixi-n revealed, nor has there been any official indication of the nature of the instructions General Obregon has received. Secretary Lansing announced yesterday that the United States had sent another note to Great Britain demanding the release of the thirty-eight Austrians. Cermans and Turks taken from the American Steamship China by a British cruiser off Shanghai. The note was dispatched Wednes-dav ami will be given out for publication later. Great Britain contends that the men were engaged in intrigues and plots against the Uritish government and. having been discovered, were fleeing to Manila where they intended to continue their efforts which would have embarrassed the neutrality of the Cnited States. Yesterdavs baseball results — National League: Chicago 9." St. Louis 5: Boston 3. New York 2. American League: Chicago 5, Cleveland 3: Washington 4. Philadelphia 2; Detroit 7, St. Louis 2. American Assoeiation: St. Paul 3. Columbus 0; Louisville 4. Kansas City 1; Indianapolis 7, Milwaukee 2. From Berlin a dispatch of yesterday said: .Tames W. Gerrard. the American ambassador to Germany, will leave Perlin tonight for the German ariny headquarters, where he will be received by the German emperor. Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-weg. the Herman imperial chancellor, who up to the present has bean at the army headquarters, is exported to come to Berlin tomorrow to prepare Germanys answer to the latest American note.
