CANADA'S PARLIAMENT HOUSE BURNT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2688, 7 February 1916, Page 5

CANADA'S PARLIAMENT HOUSE BURNT

LOSS OF ZEPPELIN Ll9 ADMITTED IS AMERICA ON THE EVE OF WAR? TURKS EVACUATE ERZERUM HUNS PLAN A NAVAL OFFENSIVE FOR SPRING The Canadian Parliament Buildings at Ottawa have been destroyed by fire, following, it is believed, Upon an explosion. A number of lives were lost. Grounds exist for supposing that German, conspirators are responsible, ifhough this is not yet definitely established. President Wilson has made further speeches emphasising the need of being prepared for war. Like another of his recent utterances, they are open to the interpretation that they are not addressed to Germany alone. Various reports regarding the Lusitania negotiations emphasise the critical stage which hai now been reached. The German Adniirality admits the loss of the Zeppelin Ll9. As to the Appam, it is reported that though the American State Department has decided to regard her as a prize, the question as to whether sho shall be permitted to remain in a United States port or be ordered to put to sea remains open. According to the "Novoe Vremya," tha Turks havo evacuated Erzerum. ■ Russia, it is stated, has closed the R-usso-Rumanian frontier, owing to the concentration • and movement of troops. The Bulgarians are said to admit having suffered a thousand casualties, including 470 deaths, in an Allied air raid. . Mr. Ward Price reports the brutal massacre of 300 Serbian prisoners by the Bulgarians, at Prilep. The Germans are said to havo again closed the Belgian frontier in conncction with extensive movements of troops.