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Show oo WAR BULLETINS I New York, Jan. 13. Among the pas sengers on the liner Megantic. sailing today for Southampton, are Surgeon-General Surgeon-General Suzuki. Dr. T Oshlma, and twentyone nurses, comprising the Japanesp Red Cross unit assigned to war duty in England. The unit will be stationed at Nutley hospital, Southampton. South-ampton. Paris, Jan. 18. 4:50 a m. "The real reason for the strict guarding of the Belgian-Dutch frontier," says the Matin's correspondent at Havre, "is an epidemic of desertion which began In the German ranks after the bat tie of the Yser From November 15 to December 15, there were 11.000 desertions from the garrison of Bruges Bru-ges alone " London. Jan. 13, 12:07 p. m The Exchange Telegraph company has received re-ceived a dispatch from Copenhagen saying that the Swedish steamer Vega has been captured in the Baltic by a German torpedo boat destroyer and taken into Swlnemunde. The Vega vaa from Rotterdam and is said to have been on her way to Stockholm Stock-holm with a cargo of margarine. Berlin, Jan 13. via The Hague and London, 10:55 a. m. The correspondent correspon-dent of the Cologne Gazette at Sofia. Bulgaria, declares that the leading circles in Bulgaria do not share In the belief that there is to bo an immediate extension of the war In the Balkans All decisions, it is stated depend on the results of the great battles now progressing. The Gazette's Ga-zette's correspondent states that Rumania Ru-mania intends to increase the strength of hor array at the end of January, but that Bulgaria has not yet decided to mobilize her reserves. London, Jan. 1. (Correspondence of the Associated Press). Aftorinany years of depression, the British farmer farm-er is enjoying prosperity. Everything he raises is quickly saleable at prices which are gradually climbing higher and higher. Wheat and oats which are the staple crops of most English farmers are fetching excellent prices. While the livestock which they fattened fat-tened for the holiday market was CAkliniros w hlth have not been . touched in many years. Topeka, Kan. Jan 13 Establishment Establish-ment of an Immigration agency which would welcome to Kansas farm work ers of Europe, driven from their homes by the war. was recommended to the state legislature by Governor Capper In his message delivered today. to-day. The governor also urged cooperative co-operative loan associations for farmers farm-ers under the supervision of the stau banking department. 00 |
