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Show WAR BULLETINS Paris. Nov 11, G : 1 5 a. m The Petrograd correspondent of the Matin t legrapha the following: 'it is reported re-ported thai after a council of war prosldod over by the kaiser. Uwe crown prince was appointed enmman-1 der in chief of all the German and! Austrian armies operating against Russia, with General Von Hlndenburg commanding the left wing and General Gen-eral Dankl the right." Lima, Peru, Nov 11 A telegram from Taltal, Chile, says that a steamer steam-er arriving there reports that when off Coquimbo, Chile, she sighted four German warships steamini; north ' oquimbo is about 300 miles south of Taltal, and allowing for the time of the steamer's passage between the two ports, the warships may have been seen on Saturday or Sunday. Coqulmbo Is about 450 miles north of Coronel. off which the naval engagement en-gagement of November 1 was fought Newport News. Va . Nov. 11 Christmas Christ-mas toys for American children arrived ar-rived here today on the Dutch steamship steam-ship Westerdljk from Rotterdam. Boxes Box-es containing the toys were marked "American property." Captain jong said he had taken the precaution to protect the goods from possible confiscation The Westerdljk was stopped by British war vessels ln the Enellsh channel and forced to proceed pro-ceed to Southampton, where 800 pounds of copper was n moved as contraband Washington, Nov. 11. Secretary-Bryan Secretary-Bryan announced today after a conference con-ference v, ith Count Yon Bernstorff. the German ambassador that there had been no hane In the plan originally orig-inally approved by the German government gov-ernment for the transportation of relief re-lief supplies to Belgium. Berlin. Nov. 11, by wireless. The ignlfban'M rd the latest official re-ports re-ports concerning the situation In the western arena Of hostilities Is increased in-creased favorably in the opinion of German critics, by the fact that the ..ords "good advances" are used in referring to the conflict In 'he Ar-gonnes. Ar-gonnes. This is the first time such an expression has been employed In describing the situation In this dls trict. Berlin. Nov 11 (By Wireless.) One of the German prisoners of war In Kngland has written a letter to the Frankfurter Zeitung In which he de. clares that, as a result of bad trea'-ment. trea'-ment. had food, housing in cold barracks. bar-racks. 46 out of "on German prisoners prison-ers died within one week of pneumonia pneu-monia and typhoid fever. There were no wounded among these prison- i ers. Berlin. Nov 11 (By Wireless.) . I Lieutenant General HeUlngrath, In-specter In-specter of German military roads, with headquarters at Cambrel, in northern France, is making public exhibitions ex-hibitions of dum dum bullets found on British prisoners, and also of Brit ish rifles equipped with a contrivance , to cut off and perforate the points of bullets The above information was i given out officially to the press In Berlin today. Tokio. Nov 11. P m Tokio today to-day Is celebrating with a mammoth civic demonstration, attended by fully 600,000 persons, the turnlnK over yes-terdav yes-terdav to the Japanese and British or tbe German fortified portion of Tsing Tau Addresses were delivered by the diplomatic representatives of the allied powers The streets are decorated dec-orated and the people marching in processions pro-cessions show much enthuslasm. v-.. 11 vln Piri. enice. nai), iu. n. 2 p m. According to the Corrlere Holla Sera of Milan, very few troops I are left In Tyrol. Some 8000 troops, 'mostly Rumanian, are guarding the mountain frontier to prevent the passage pas-sage of deserters. Nevertheless desertions de-sertions continue daily Many convalescent con-valescent wounded are fleeing to Italy Instead of rejoining the Austrian army ar-my ,. hen the deserters are minors, tne ustriaji authorities visit the parents, the paper says, and Inquire whether they are glad their sons bare escaped es-caped If their answer Is "yes." the parents are Immediate! arrested If the replv Is "no." they are required to issue documents demanding that the Italian authorities send their sons back. , , The work on the fortifications In the mountains along the frontier Is proceeding sctivelj and the psss( i are being closed. Few still remain ope Hangars for Zeppelins arc heinn constructed con-structed at Trent and Innsbruck. -oo |