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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE BAY. A London cable says that the British troops on Saturday fought within range of the ieiiuan guns on the Ilin.lenburg line. Field Marshall Sir Doug las llaig revolted Saturday his farces bad fought their way through the Oerman rear guards in eou-flict that was becoming increasingly bitter, ami had occupied Raieel, a sent five- miles .11 «..,t from the c.mibr.ii-St. Qacatin line, which is ■apposed to be tin- prepared German front. A vivid Idea of tin- crushing nature of the coming burden of war taxation in Rnrope is supplied by M. II. Bionlt. a French statistician, who finds thafjl every Pn arh person will after tin- war have to pay monthly 55.55 taxation for forty years. Thus for a family of si peinuas andJ9 will have to be- paid out per month to liquidate Prances war indebtedness. Mobilization of all government uroti five agencies is in progress. The- sec ret branches, one in the- Department of Tastier and the ether in the Tree wry Department, are to be brought closer together under plans of co operation. In the larger cities of the country the two branches are to be placed under a skilled executive, although each branch will follow its own particular line of work. Dispatches from Paris announce that two of the advance farts in the defensive system of i.e Fere. a Strang point on the Hindenburg line-, have- been captured by the French, who have also occupied the west bank of the Giver Oise from the outskirts of La Fere as far north as Vendeuil, a distance- of about four miles. Thursdays debate in the German reichsfag was ten tared by a bitter attack on Kaiser William ami Chancellor Ton Betamann-HoUweg as those who originated the- war" and a Socialist demonstration lauding Ranaiaa throwing off the yoke of autocracy, according to ward received at Washington Saturday. Fifteen billion dollars can be advanced safely by the United States to the- allies within the coming year to enable them to defe-at Germany and bring the- European war to an end. This is the- opinion of a tin mlier of Congress, who was influential in framing the new financial system for the United State s. Tin- effects of Fridays cyclone at New Albany, Intl., were even more serious than was at first believed. It was announced Saturday evening by the relief committee the known dead now number forty -six, the severely injured 20. of whom at least tea are expected to die-, and that 500 families are homeless. A censorship was clamped on news, under an agreement between the state, war and navy depart mentS and the big pre-ss associations of tie- nation. Later it was intimated an actual war-tiim- censorship will be impose-el by legislation. The- national council of defense delved further into preparedness work, while President Wilson in-terviewed Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Baker as to the progress of work miller their direction. The central committee and the parliament ary ie pre-sentativos of the const itut ioiial-de-moera t ie-party at Petrograd voted Saturday in favor of a republican form of government for Russia, according to a Petrograd dispatch. . Tlie United States government has ordered that two regiments of militia guar.! the- big Fore- river shiphuileling plant at juincy, Mass., and other establish!!, outs in the old Bay State. Contracts for twenty-four 35-knot torpedo boat destroyers were awarded Saturday by the Navy Department. All will lie built on the basis of cost plus 10 per cent, profit. Several German newspapers declare Germany will declare- war on the United States just as soon as t: • first shot is fired at a German U-beat from a:i American gun. A note from the United States government, received iii Havana, n affirms its support of President Menocal and denies any intention to negotiate with tin- rebebj. Gen. Alexei E. Evert has been replaced by Gen. Lite ikttaky as commander of the Russian army oti the central front. A Swedish engineer named Jegeans has invented a process to manufacture a strong textile- from peat fibre-. Trices for the- ne-w fabric- arc- said to 1«- h *. Saturday night Secretary Raker said that the army was "pressing ahead with all purchases needed to equip the army if called upon." There is an opportunity for American drug dealers to supply 2.204 pounds of Quinine to the Argentine Di-jcartme-iit of Health. Twenty thousand spindles for use in the cotton mills of Yokahnma are to be purchase-el in this country in the near future. A decree has been promulgated directing all Italian cloe-ks to be- advanceil one hour from April 1 to Septembe-r 30. Charles J. Vopicka of Chicago. United States minister to the Balkan states, has arrived in Washington from Europe. Increased activity in the arsenals maintained by the United States gove rnnii-nt throughout the conn-try is reported. A small olive crop is pn-dicted for the Maritime Alps. Unfavorable weather has affected tin- growth to some extent. Catalogue-s for lithographic printing machines and hosiery machines an- wanted in Toklo, Japan.
