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KAISER'S TOUR. -0 IRON GROSSES FOR U 21 CREW. I GERMAN NAVAL BASES INSPECTED BY EMPEROR. ZEPPELIN COMES TO CRIEF. AMSTERDAM, Thursday. The Eaiser arrived this morning. at TVilbel mshavcn Harbour. According to a telegram from Hamburg, he handed-Iron Crosses to the crew of the 1721, and in- tipected the boat, which has been under- going blight repairs after its recent jour- ney to the Irish Sea. The Kaiser also inspected the Gerru.m fleet, the sailors on the decks singing and cheering loudly. A dinner ottered by the Wilhelmskaven Town Council is to be held.to-night, and the Kaiser's vis-a-vis is to be Count Zeppelin. During the visit the soldiers and sailors are to sing the Hymn of Hate." composed by Ilerr Lissaiier.- Exchange. Tour of Naval Bases. I The Kaiser, it is said, is making a tour of the erman naval and Zeppelin bases at WilSelmshaven, Cuxhaven, and Heligo- land- This visit of inspection' was pre- ceded by a similar one at Zeebrugge, where there are now nine submarines, and at the new Zeppelin base some way inland from a point on the shore between Ostend and iikinkenberghe, where there are two or throe Zeppelins. t Contrary to what was assumed in Eng- land, the Zeppelins that, carried out the recent raid over the British East Coast (-lid not come from Cuxhaven. Two came: from the Ostend-Blankenberghe base. Their departure in the trip to East Anglia was watched by the Kaiser and members of his staff, and by Count Zeppelin, who has now made his headquarters in Belgium. The two Zeppelins joined a third just off the Frisian Islands. This third air- ship was the one kept on Heligoland, and was commanded by the" air divisional chief who is responsible to Admiral von Tirpitz. During the Kaiser's visit to the airship sheds he had severa l long conversations with Count Zeppelin. The count is accom- panying him on his naval tour. In the German naval harbours there is much talk of a projected airship raid on the Tyneside shipbuilding v.orks. On January 21st, it is rumoured, a Zeppelin camp, to grief in the Channel, not far from the coast of Belgium, owing to weather conditions.

IERTIFIGATES FOR THE UNFIT. I Lord Rosebery writes to the Times": 'May I make what seems to me a practical ¡ suggestion, even if it has been made be- fore ? Should not a man, who has offered him- fieIf as a recruit and been refused, he fur- nished on refusal with a certificate re- cording that he has offered himself, and so done his best to e-ervc.P

tUR GREAT ARMY. I According to the British Army estimates issued tû-dav of effective and non-effective f-ervices for the year 1315-lli, the number of men on the Home and Colonial estab- liahmcDts of tho. Army, exclusive of those serving in India, is 3,000.000. I nder the fifteen headings no actual estimates are given, only the nominal figure of jEl.ItiO gross estimate being men- tioned in each ca.

THE WELSH GUARDS. I I A correspondent, writing to the "Times regarding the proposal that a regiment of Welsh Guards should be raised, with the Prince of Wales as Col- onel-in-Chief, expresses a hope that the Prince may be appointed to the now vacant Colonelcy of the famous Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the only one of the ex- isting Welsh regiments which was raised in the Principality, and whose record is tseoond to none in the British Army. If a Welsh Guards Kegjmerit is going to be made—and as Welshmen we have every right to expect, it-it ought to be constituted now," t'ayjó; Mr. Llewelyn Wil- liams, M.P., in order that it should take a part in thif; war, and get its bap- tism of lire at once, **> that it Ehall emerge a corps de luxe exactly like the other t

RUTHLESS MEASURES ADVOCATED. I Amsterdam, Thursday.—While some German newspapers are unceasingly in- sisting on the humanity of the methods ipractised by German submarine raiders," the Kreuz Zeitung" boldly declares itself in favour of absolutely ruthless measures. It writes:— From the warning to neutral shipping jpublished by OUT Admiralty, we can con- clude how it intends to wage submarine war. It' the same methods were to be practised as were employed in the Irish Sea, then there would be no question of confusing neutral with hostile vessels. So it appears that we shall now torpedo ships without previous warning. For the first time we appear now to have decided on this relentless form of warfare." Admiral Schlieper., writing in the "l,okal _A nzeiger," saTs:- What do we care about the outexy of others and the indignation of our enemies? We Germans have a great lesson to learn from this war, namely, not to be fastidious and not to listen to others. The T'd is of the opinion that the German threats are apparently made in order to induce the British Admiralty to concentrate a big fleet in the Channel for the protection of transports, which would give Germany the possibility of a great raid on the north-east coast of England. •—Beuter.

I NOVEL SITUATION., I GREAT BITAltfS WARNING TO GERMAN j GOVERNMENT. I MAY RETALIATE, I t Press Bureau, Thursday, 9.45 p.m. The following statement is issued by the Foreign Oftice:— The new German decree makes it evident that all grain and flour is to pass j under the control of the German Govern- ) ■ nient, and must, therefore, ,hen im- i ported, he regarded as nrtnalh- con- hignec'? the German Govei uuent or to «.uthi>Mes under their control. 1 his creates a novel situation, and it is probable that if the destination and cargo of the W ilhelxnina are as supposed the cargo will3 it the vessel is intercepted, bo submitted to a I'riw Court in order that I the new situation created by the German decree may be examined, and a decision reached upon it after full consideration. 1 here is no question of taking any pro- ceedings against the vessel, and the owners of the vessel will be indemnified for any delay caused to it, and the ship- pers of the cargo compensated for any loss caused to them by the action of the British authorities. There is no truth whatever in the statement made in the press that it has been decided that other such consign- ments will be seized together with the vessels, without compensation to neutrals, for no decision has yet been taken to depart vfrom previously existing rules of practice. The apparent intention, however, of the German Government to sink merchant ships by submarines without bringing j them into port or providing accom- t modation for their crews, and regardless of the loss of civilian lives, and the at- tempt to effect this even against a hos- pital ship, has raised very seriously the question whether Great Britain should adopt in retaliation more striagetit measures against, German trade. It is recognised that when any such decision to this effect is reached due care must be taken not to inflict loss upon neutral ships which have sailed before warning has been given or the decision announced.

TSAR GOES TO THE FRONT. I Tsarskoo Selo, Thursday.—At ten I o'clock this morning the Tsar left for the! front. His Majesty was accompanied to the station hy the Tsarina and the Imperial' Grand Duchesses.—Renter. I

PRINCE VISITS THECANAOIAN HOSPITAL I The Prince <?f Wales paid a visit to the I Canadian hospital at Le Touquet on l?r- day. The Prince expressed great satis- faction with all ,that was shown him, and in complementing Colonel Shilling- ton, the, commanding oiffcer, said he would mention the excellent work of the hospitals in writing to his father.— Renter's Special.

HEW FRENCH WAR CROSS* I Paris, Thursday.—The Chamber to-day voted a Bill providing for the creation of a decoration to be known as the H Croix de Guerre. This Order will be given to all those officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals, and privates on sea. and land who have been mentioned in de- spatches since the beginning of the war. —-Reuter.

RED CROSSRVORK. -1-. No less than 705 auxiliary home hos- pitals, containing 19,756 beds, are now being run by the British Red Cross Society. These figures are given in a re- port on the work done by the society during: the last six months ol the war. At leaist. 80 per cent. of these temporary hospitals have been occupied by patients. The Red Cross Hospital at Netley in three months has received J.,151 patients, of whom only seven have died.

KAISER'S WOUNDED SON. 1. Amsterdam, Thursday.-Wi-th regard to the health of Prince August Wilhelm (the Kaiser's son), the Berlin Lokalanzeiger learns thait the healing of the double splintered fracture of the lower part of the thigui and several fractures (JIh the left foot, which were only recently dis- covered by means; of X-rays, is progress- ing slowly. The Prince, however, the paper adds, is already allowed to make short excursions in a specially constructed motor-cu r. --Henter.

PAID FOR DESTROYING BRIDGE. I Vancebrough, Thursday,—Werner von Horn, the German arrested for attempt- ing to blow up a railway bridge, asserted last evening that arrangements for the destruction of the bridge were made in Germany. lie declared that he was paid for tho job, but declined to say who em- ployed him, and afterwards said. I really did it for my country. I did not want to kill anybody. I on\j iviitted to stop the traffic of British supplies over the bridge." Von Horn declared that he had no plans for the destruction of other bridges.—Reuter.

REVOLT IN PORTUGESE AFRICA. I Lisbon, Wednesday.—Further reinforce- ments of artillery, cavalry, infantry, and a Red Cross ambulance staff have left for Angola, the Portuguese West African Colony. In view of tie importance of the contingents now in Angola GeperaL Per. eira Eoa, the late Minister of War, is go- ing to take command there. Natives Revolt. I Lisbon, Thu-rsday.The following semi- official statement is issued here:a It ap- poar-s that Nauldla (Portuguese West Afiioa) is now free of Germans, who have evacuated Fortuguese territory. "The natives on bath sides of the Cunene River have shewn themselves hos- < tile to Portugal, while those of Pungo- Andongo and Liboldo have revolted, plun- dered the houses of Europeans, and killed i the Administrator and postmaster at Mussende and the latter's wife and sons. The Governor of ATl??a i? organising ?iop the rc?x-Hion."—EeuTer. (

BATTLE FOR SUEZ CANAL < Turks Soundly Defeated by British, • Warships Shell the Enemy. Many Prisoners Taken to Cairo. Failure of German Project CAIRO, Thursday, Fighting of a severo character, in which British warships and Turkish heavy artillery were engaged, occurred on the Suez Canal yesterday. At 3.20 a.m. the British post at Tusun was attacked by the enemy's infantry, and at the same a determined attempt was made, under cover of heavy Maxim fire, to cross the canal by means of pon- toons and rafts. At daybreak the enemy were seen ad- vancing. Soon after their artillery opened fire at Tusun and Serapeum. Our artil- lery answered, as well as our ships. We advanced from Serapeum and the enpinv retired at 3.30 p.m. During the action eight officers and 282 men were taken prisoners, and a large number of dead were left lying. British Warship Shelled. I The troopship Hardinge was twice hit I by shells, and ten men were wounded. The other British losses were two officers and 13 men killed and 58 wounded. One officer and two men killed and one! wounded belonged to the Egyptian Field Artillery, which rendered valuable help. [The Hardinge is a troopship of the Indian Marine. She is a vessel of 6,520 tons, and 18 knots speed, armed with six 4.7 in. guns, six 3-pounders, and four Maxims.] At the Ismailia ferry the enemy were found at daylight entrenched for a dis- I tance of 700 yards. Two of our battalions opened a strong rifle fire. Intermittent gunfire continued during the day. I There were no casualties on our side. Outposts Attacked. I At El Kantara our outposts wene attacked between five and feix a.m., the enemy being repulsed, leaving 21 killed and 25 wounded on the field. Thirty-six unwounded prisoners were taken. Later a partial attack from the south by the Turks was stopped 1,200 yards from the British position. Eight of the enemy were left dead on the field. Our losses were one officer slightly wounded, four Indians killed, and 24 wounded. The total of the enemy forces en- gaged seems to have been at least twelve thousand, with, six batteries, but the invasion of Egypt has only taken the form of the arrval of Turkish prisoners in Cairo to-day. The conduct of all the troops was excellent. Some of the rank and file of the Tur- kish prisoners here a.re wretchedly clad, and look more like tramps than soldiers. Others are remarkably well equipped. are Syrians from. Jerusalem and Gaza, who have been forced to serve, The captured officers appear to be Tnrks, and are clothed in good khaki, with puttees of wool and helmets. A c- cording to some of the prisoners German officers were in command of the opera- tions. It is believed that at least one of is among the killed. Armageddon. Armageddon, on the historic highway connecting three continents, is passed through daily by Jews and Christians fleeing to the sea coast. A division of the Fourth Turkish Army Corps is en- camoed in the immediate neighbour- hood. The strategic posiLon of Armageddon makes it not improbable that one of the battles of the present war will be fought there. [Armageddon, the battlefield of the Apocalypse, where the final battle on the Day of Judgment is to be fought out, is generally identified with Megiddo, in the Plain of Ezdraeldon (now Jezreel), the scene of many battles mentioned in the Bible (such as between and the Philistines and between Josiah and the Egyptians). Jezreel runs north-west of the Jordan, just above the 32nd parallel, on both sides of the railway leading to Haifa, on the coast.) A Miserable Looking Lot. I Cairo, Thursday.—Two hundred and fifty Turkish prisoners*, including several officers, arrived from the Canal this morning. They were a miserable looking lot, mostly clad in the thinnest khaki or white uniform, and they visibly shivered as they marched through the town. Sev- era l were vounded. Times telegram. I

I VITRIOL LAYERS. Petrograd, Thursday.—Descriptions 'have been published here Off (the vitriol sprayers with which the Germans are providing the Austrian troops. Vitriol, it is stated, is carried on the backs cf soldiers in, cylinders. When turned on a jet of vitriol is thrown to a distance of 30 paces, and each cylinder contains sufficient liquid to keep up a continuous stream for one minute.—Press Association.

BOMBARDMENT OF OSTEND. Amsterdam, Wednesday. F, rom the Dutch frontier the Ylaamewhstem" I learns thait a renewed bombardment of Ostend by the British Fleeit, is expected! during this week. Numerous inhabitants have fled to Bruges and its neighbourhood. The Germans have now seized the sugar refinery at Moerbeke, and stocks of sugar are being sent to Germany. Bitter dis- tress prevails in East, and West Flanders, chiefly owing to German requisitions. Many communities are without petroleum and even candles. The country is terrori-sed by bands of- robbers, who ill-treat and even murder the inhabitants, who are helpless, a.s no police organisation exists. The threat, of ii super-tax on absent Belgians has in- duced many to retiii-D.-RPufer.

I I POLISH VILLAGE OCCUPIED. I Petrograd, Thursday.—The Russian troops occupied the village of Valiaschid- lovskaia, in Poland, at 10.30 yesterday morning. Fighting has been going on in ) this region since last wee-k-Reuter.

I WORLD SHORT OF FOOD. I Washington, Thursday. President Wilson delivered an im- portant speech before the United States Chambers of Commerce last night. The President did not mention the Ship Pur- chase Bill, but dwelt at some length on the suggestion that the anti-trust laws should be amended so as to permit ex- porters to combine far common action in foreign trade and to allow firms to unite in forming foreign agencies. This idea has been advocated hy leading business men as a most necessary step in building up trade. The President's remarks on the subject were hailed with enthusiasm. President Wlhon also declared that there would soon be a shortage of food in the whole world, and it is necessary that we should plant a great deal more. It is necessary that we should yield i more per acre than now, and it is neces- sary that we should not be plough and spade idle in this coulltryif the world I is to be fed.- Reuter.

-"U_ RE!CHS7ACAD?? j Amserdam, Thursday.—A telegram! from Berlin states that the Reichstag! has been adjourned till March 2, but it! is rumoured that the House will not! meet before March 10 because the new; Chancellor of the Exchequer, IE[err Helfferich, wants some time to get! familiar with his new office. I The first point for discussion will be th6 Budget. The Socialist Party repeats its former decision that no member of the party shall without permission of the party administration obey the. demand of the Government for co-operation with re- gard to political or economic questions.

SAVED BY INCHES. I I The hospital ship, Asturias, which narrowly escaped being torpedoed by a German submarine, returned to port on Thursday afternoon with a number of wounded soldiers on board. In conversation a member of the engine- room staff said they were fifteen miles from Harre when the incident happened. It was about five o'clock in the afternoon, and although dusk was setting in, it was impossible to mistake the £ vessel for any- thing but a hospital ship. In his opinion the alertness and promptitude of the officer on the bridge averted disaster. Just for a moment the nose of the submarine > appeared above the surface of the water. The officer altered the course of the vessel j and the projectile passed astern. I Another member of the crew said the torpedo missed its target by inches only. The fact lkat the vessel was brought sharply, round in a half-circle saved her. j Prior to this a hostile submarine had been sighted some two and a half miles away.

QUIRK BREACH OF I i PROMISE CASE. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages being assessed at £ 350. Flour Prices Still Fusing. The price of fioTir further ad- van'ied 2s. per E3dç in Liverpool to- day. making the official minimum -!S: per e-ack. Though this is a 4f. ri6* 6ince Friday last, Liverpool ie e+lll +1!t1> Ch4MPtgt flotCr market in the coun'-j-, tire i/wu'jii iTVirc i-tvr similar rrida being DOe. Beating': 7 to 4 on AlanSferrr, Inquiry. The Fisheries Board withdrew Urir opposition (subject to condition thut it purity of otw6 was rendered voree, Corporatoin would contribute sum net for purification < i  ) measures. M?ALl? ?  i j .1

I ACTUAL BLOCKADE. I 0 WHAT THE CERMAN DECISION IS UNDER- STOOD TO MEAN. q I U.&A NOTIFIED. Berlin, Thursday. "he decision at the third meeting of the Chief of the Admiralty Staff con- cerning the coming operations on the French coast is considered by some papers, among them the Morgen Post/' b mean an actual blockade. The paper declares that every merchantman near- ing forbidden territory can be sunk without warning. The Post," however, points out that ,many essentials of a blockade are lack- ing, among them the definite description of the boundaries and the warning that neutral ships must not enter the for-j j bidden zone.—German Official Wir-eless. U.S.A. Notified. Washington, Thursday.-Count Bern-1 storff, the German Ambassador to the! United States, has notified the State, Department that American vessels should avoid the north and jwebt coasts of i France.—Eeuter. This step follows the German official; warning in the "Reichsanzeiger" on i Tuesday to "peaceful shipping" to avoid the north and west coasts of France because England is about to ship to France a large number of troops and al grt quantity of war material/' The, artifice stated tliat the Germans will act against there transports with all military means." In this connection the Kaiser's arrival at Wilhelmshaven' and his reported inspection of the Ger- man Fleet is of more than ordinary Sig-I, nificance.

DISASTROUS EXPERIMENT. I Rome, February 4.—Captain Michel, I Military A ttache to the Rumanian Lega- I tion, has been killed by the explosion of I a patent bomb with which he was making experiments at Semi, in the Ii Province of Rome.

SUCCESS IN THE CAMER03NS. I Paris, Thursday, February i.~A cable-j gram from tho Governor of Frenh I Equatorial Africa announces that the! French troops on January 29 occupied1 the post of Bersona. situated in the, central part of the German Cameroons, near the River Dume, a tributary of the Kadei, which, in its turn, is a tributary of the Sanga. The success, which was obtained after two engagements on January 27 and 28, is important, for it continues the en- veloping movement which is being pur- sued against the German forces in the Carneroons .-Reuter.

A MYSTERIOUS BOMB. I Paris, Wednesday.—Considerable ex- citement was caused on Saturday night! in the west of Paris by the report of a I loud explosion in the Bois de Boulogne. It was found that a bomb had exploded i in the middle of the AUee des Bains near the Chalet des deux Lacs. General Gallieni and the Prefect of Police both examined the spot. The explosion had! taken place in the middle of a clump oÎ, seven trees. One of the trees had beeni uprooted and the others were riddled! Vith pieces of iron. It is thought that the bomb was placed in the Bos by an Anarchist anxious tol rid himself of it or else that it wa6 tho work of an inventor who wished to test l the efficacy of a new explosive.

ICERMANAVIATORIS BODY. FOUND IN THAMES. SURPRISING SEQUEL TO CHRISTMAS DAY I RAID. j I BRITISH FLYING FATALITIES. I A surprising sequel to the aeroplane raid by a German aviator over the Thames on Christmas Day, has just tran- spired. Within the past few days the body of a German aviator in uniform Has! been recovered from the sea in the Jhames estuary. j It will be remembered that about one I o'clock on Christmas Day a hostile aero- plane was sigStod over S heerness, flying very high from eaft to west. It was watched by hundreds of people in the vicinity, who cheered loudly as British aircraft was seen ascending in pursuit. The German aeroplane was hit several times by shrapnel from anti-aircraft guns, being subsequently driven seawards. The raider, it was reported at the time, ap- peared to owe his escape to good fortune, in that the shots which reached the aero- plane struck only the wings, and not any structural part, where an injury might have brought aboiif its collapse. An ey ewitness stated that one of the shrapnel shells burst so near the flying machine that it rocked dangerously, and then, turning smartly, made oil seawards. It was thought that the pilot must. have been hit, and surprise was expressed that he was able to recover and set away. A few days ago some fishermen in a small boat, when hauling on their net, in the Black Deeps, were struck with its weight, and were greatly astonished a' few moments afterwards to bring to the surface the decomposing body of a Ger- man dressed in aviator's uniform. A subsequent examination of trie body dis- closed the presence in one of the lungs of a shrapnel bullet. Little doubt is entertained that the pilot was hit by shrapnel fired by one of our anti-aircraft guns; that he moment- arily lost control of his machine, but re- covering with amazing quickness, was able to get command of his steering wheel and fly out of danger. Then, per- haps fainting from the effects of the ter- rible wound, on reaching the vicinity of the Black Deeps he fell out of his machine. The aeroplane itself lias not been re- covered. Fatal First Ftight, Lieutenant Sharpe. of the Canadian contingent Royal Flying Corps, was killed while flying at Shoreham yesterday after- noon. Lieutenant Sharpe had been for a trip, and on retur- when near Lanc- ing College the Maurice-Farman biplane suddenly dived to earth. The machine! was smashed, and Lieutenant Sharpe di'à in a few minutes. It is stated that Lieu-j tenant Sharpe was making his first flight unaccompanied. He hnd been at the l Shoreham Aerodrome for about a fort- night. Mishap at Dover. Yesterday, near Dover, an aeroplane piloted by Lieut. Babington, with Liuet. Sassoon as a passenger, suddenly over-1 turned. Lieut. Babington escaped with a sprained ankle, and Lieut. Sassoon sustained a fractured thigh and a broken j arm. Over Swiss Territory. Berne, Feb. 4th.—A foreign aeroplane flew orer Swiss territory near Porren- truy at a great height. It was shot at by I Swiss soldiers, but escaped.

7! rt, "!f FROM THE RANKS. I The number of officers who have been commissioned from the ranks since the commencement of the war is 1,165, exclu- sive of appointments as quarter-master, Mr. Tennant, on behalf of the War Office, stated in the Commons yesterday.

■ QUEER RUMS. I Copenhagen, Thursday-QueeT rumours are in circulation about a large Ameri- can steamer stranded on the bar outside Esbjerg. It is stated that the steamer, the name of which is unknown, crossed the North Sea round SlietIiuds, bound for Amsterdam or Rotterdam or for I Hamburg or Bremen. Up to noon to-day no one had suc- ceeded in reaching the ship, wbich is heavily laden and lying on her side.

TRENCH WARFARE IN ALSACE. I Berne. Thursday,—Dispatches from Alsace show that after the recent heavy snowfalls the fighting on the heights of Ilartmannsweiler and Molkenrain has de- veloped into a tedious affair of trench warfare, in widch progress is made by sapping, and hand grenades are freely employed. The movement of the population is now prohibited. Hedges of barbed wire have been drawn araiind villages, and anyone who trespasses rÍ's a fusillade. Such measures, it is iiltptided, are necessary because of the numerous spies.