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Show WAR BULLETINS Geneva, via Paris, April 21, 12 55 a. m. As important military events are expected shortly In the Carpathians, several of the neutral nations have? requested and received icrrai9slon from Vienna to send high officers to' that theater of the war. Colonel Brid-i ler. heading a Swiss military mission, will leave Samaden tomorrow for thej Austrian front and it Is reported that one or two officers of tbe United States- army may go to the Carpathian. Carpath-ian. It is stated that Italy is sending officers. Berlin, via London April 20. 9:07 p m In view of the wide range of prices charged in various sections of the city a maximum bread price of 4o pfennigs per kilogram loaf, or approximately ap-proximately i 3-4 cents per pound, w s H stablinhitd tndfis Bakorles In tbe poorer quarters of the city already al-ready are selling bread at a trifle below be-low this and it Is thought that with the reduction In the price of flour snnounced for April 26. the price of broad will go still lower Constantinople. April 20. via wireless wire-less to Berlin and London. April 21 & 5o a m. An official statement Is Mi?ri ?odiv. bj the war office says: "It Is definitely known that British torpedo tor-pedo boats attempted to penetrate the Dardanelles Monday night. There has been no announcement of a con centrated movement by the vessels of allies to run the straits and the above dispatch falls to disclose what was the result of tbe operation. Dunkirk, France, April 21, 5-16 a. m The Duke of Brabant, eldest son of King Albert of Belgium, who recently enlisted as a common soldier in the Twelfth infantry regiment, drilled for the first tim1 last week with a platoon commanded by Lieutenant Gerard For two hours on the plains of the Yser he served as right guide and apparently appar-ently understood his duties as well as his older comrades The platoon I went through several maneuvers in open order, advancing by bounds as 6kJrorishers A heavy cannonade was In progress In the vicinity throughout the drill. London, April 21, 6 05 p m. Speaking Speak-ing in the house of commons this aft-temoon aft-temoon on the manner In which tbe government Is dealing with the question ques-tion of war equipment. Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd-George announced announc-ed that, while Great Britain had started start-ed In tbe war on the assumption that the expeditionary force would consist of six divisions, the country now had more than six times that number of men in France. A division of the British army contains con-tains 15,000 men Thirty-six divisions divi-sions would give a total of 540,000 men. |