25 DECEMBER 1915, page 3

The Correspondent Of The Times In The Balkan Peninsula...

in the paper of Tuesday that the Armenian population of Adrianople had been extirpated. The men were deported to Asia Minor. We know only too well what must have happened there.......

At The End Of Last Week A New Investment Was

made available to the public in the form of Five per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, which will be redeemed in five years' time. The price of issue is par, and no limit is set to the......

The German Government Have Announced That The Cruiser '...

' and a, torpedo-boat were sunk in the Baltic on December 17th by a submarine attack. The ` Bremen' has been something of a mystery. She was reported at various times in the......

Dr. Helfferich's Hudibrastio Oration In The Reichstag...

the magnificent condition of German finance has already been visited by Nemesis. The German Bourse imme- diately suffered from a slump. No doubt the brokers, who were quite......

A Meeting Of Members Of The Houses Of Lords And

Commons was held last week to discuss the desirability of establishing closer relations between members of the British and French Parliaments. M. Henry Franklin-Bouillon,......

A Message From Petrograd Dated December 17th Announces...

which lies midway between Teheran and Baghdad, has been occupied by Russian forces. Hamadan and Kum (seventy miles south of Teheran) have been the centres of the Turkish and......

President Wilson Has Sent Another Note To Austria In Reply

to the impertinent and evasive Note with which the Austrian Government tried to defay a settlement of the ' A ncona question. The Times correspondent at Washington says that the......

The Financial Methods Adopted By The Canadian Government...

the Imperial Government in waging war are excellent, and deserve our hearty thanks. The War Loan has been increased to £20,000,000, and £10,000,000 has been set aside to......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 P.c. Aug.

8th, 1914.......

The India Office Has Issued Some Further Facts About The

fighting on the Tigris. General Townahend has been able to hold on to Kut-el-Amara, although the Turkish official report had said that he was unable to make good his position......

The Naval Correspondent Of The Times In Monday's Paper...

the dearth of mercantile vessels. It is needless to point out how much depends upon maintaining the largest possible number of merchant vessels in active use. The food supply,......