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on June 5, Count Berchtold (who was), Minister for Foreign Affairs at that time, now declares that according to the assertion of the London ''Times'' this Crown Council (was held) with the participation of Field-Marshal Archduke Frederick and Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff Baron Conrad and Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza.

(In reply to the) utterance of Lloyd George, that the Imperial Chancellor used ambiguous expressions in his explanations of the Reichstag's "Peace Resolution,""Heisemst (?)" points to the explanation of the "North German General News" which cleared up the matter.

The German steamer "Frederick Karro" from Rostock was sunk August 8, going north, off Skelleftea elf in Sweden. According to the report of the pilot the sinking occurred within 800 meters of the Swedish three mile limit? The foreign vessel which torpedoed the German steamer remained above the surface after accomplishing its act, but bore however no distinguishing features. Newspapers declare this ------------------breach of neutrality in regard to food supplies.

A Congress of (East) Indiens and committee of Mohammedans held a council together at Bombay, where it was demanded that India (should) at once receive home-rule and have a share in determining her own fate; that, further, India (should) receive a constitution, which is to go into effect immediately after the end of the war; and further, that the English Government's policy of suppression in India must cease at once.

The (well-)known English writer Anna Besant (was) arrested some time ago by English authorities and held captive, as became well known at the Congress of Indians and Mohammedans.