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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. A dispatch from Paris says: The chamber of deputies, by a vote of 314 to 100, Thursday night, passed a resolution expressing confidence in the government in its conduct of the war. This resolution reads as follows: "The chamber notes the declaration of the government concerning the reorganization of the general staff and approves its resolution to concentrate under restricted direction the conduct of the war and the economic organization of the country. The chamber also expresses confidence in the government to make, in full accord with our allies, common sacrifices and efforts recognized as indispensable to arrive by redoubled energy at a victorious issue." The battleship Suffren, which left port on November 24, has not been hoard from since that day, and the. French minister of marine considers the vessel lost, with all on board. The Suffren sailed from Lorient, a French naval station in Brittany. The Suffren displaced 12,750 tons. Its normal complement was 730 men. It was 410 feet long and 70 feet of beam and was laid down in 1S99. It was armed with four 12-inch, ten 0.4-inch and eight 4-inch guns, twenty-two three pounders and four torpedo tubes. A dispatch from Geneva, via Paris, tells that a huge snowfall has cut communication between Italy, Switzerland and France, by way of the Simpion tunnel. The Milan-Paris express is snow-bound and has not been located, as telegraph and telephone wires are down on both sides of the tunnel. At Brigue and Domondossola the depth of the snow is about four feet, while on Simpion pass it is nearly eight feet. Many avalanches are reported. From Athens word comes that the blockade of Greece began officially at 8 oclock Friday. The members of the British naval mission have been ordered to embark on the Greek transatlantic liner King Constantino. In response to the demand of the entente Thursday for an explanation of the movement of Greek troops, the government has explained that these movements have ceased. The German 100-mark bill has dropped another point and a qnarter on the Geneva bourse and a point and three-quarters on the Zurich bourse. It is now quoted at 79 francs and 78 francs 23 centimes, respectively. The fall is attributed to the establishment of the mass levy in Germany, which it is feared will result in the partial suspension of the economic life of the country. Premier Lloyd-George is expected to announce the make-up of the new Cabinet in the House of Commons on Tuesday. With characteristic energy the new premier has set about not only to weld together a powerful organization, but to effect agreements with various political factions that will insure a working majority in the House of Commons. The health of King Constantine of Greece is again causing anxiety, according to news from German sources, says a Zurich dispatch to the Matin. Tins old wound in the kings side continues to suppurate, the dispatcli says, and lias kept constantly open. The kings condition is said to ba very weak. The Norwegian steamship Caloric, on its voyage from the United States to Scandinavian ports, was fired upon by a German submarine and two members of the crew were killed, says a dispatcli from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Caloric escaped undamaged. It is learned at Saloniki that King Constantine has ordered a general mobilization of the Greek troops. It is assumed there that this precludes the possibility of an amicable settlement except on the basis of the complete capitulation of the royalist forces. Paris advices say heavy fighting is reported on the Macedonian front. Three successive counter attacks on the Serbians have been made by German and Bulgarian troops in the region of Stravina. The war office announces that these attacks were repulsed. Madison Square Garden, famous as the scene of many important public meetings and athletic exhibitions, was sold under the hammer yesterday for ,000,000 to the New York Life Insurance Company, the only bidder. J. P. Morgan returned yesterday from England On the liner Finland, which also brought Lord Shaughnessy and Sir Thomas W. White, Canadian Minister of Finance.
