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flaps and Drawings of the Canal Found in Pos- 5cssion of Men Arrested in Ncw York A despatch from New York says: A plot to blow up the Welland Canal is charged in connection with the ar- rests of three prominent Germans in New York. The arrests are said to be the prelude to a series of startling EXDOSUl'eS of German nronazanda in The first man arrested was Paul Koenig, head of the Bureau of Investi- gation of the Hamburg-American Line, and believed to be the head of the German secret service in this country. Koenig is a well-to-do man, and has been conspicuous in German circles. He took out his first papers in connection with his plan to become an American citizen ten years ago, but. never applied for his second. be the prelude to a series of startling exposures of German propaganda in this country, which may link together a number of events that have occurcd in the United States. The second man is Richard Emil Leyendcckcr, retailer of act goods at. 347 Fifth Avenue, and living at 640 Morris Avenue, the Bronx. He is a naturalized American citizen, and these arrests make the first instance where the so-crviled “hyphenated Am- ericans" have been arrested in con- nection with the German propaganda. The third pérson arrested was Fred Metzler, alias F. R. Reimer, who was arrested in Jersey City. These men are charged under sec- tion No. 13 of the Federal Criminal Statutes with planning a military en- terprise or undertaking of hazard against a country friendly with the United States. The penalty on con- viction is three years in prison or $3,000 fine, or both. His Engagement to Dowager Count- ess of Minto Will be Announced Shortly. {ME} KEWHENER T0 HARRY WIDQW A despatch from London says: It is claimed on excellent authority that the engagement of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum to the Dowager Countess of Minto will be announced shortly. GERMAN PLOT T0 BLOW UP The Countess has been a widow for almost two years, her husband, the late Earl of Minto, having died on February 28, 1914. He was Viceroy of India in succession to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who resigned the Vice- royalty because the Home Govern- ment supported Lord Kitchener, then Commander~in-Chief of the Indian army, in his dispute with Lord Curzon All of the Forty Members of th: Dirigible \Vere Either Killed 0r A despatch from Copenhagen says: The reports of the destruction of the super-Zeppelin Lâ€"2‘2. was received from Schleswig by a Copenhagen newspaper. Nearly all the 40 mem- bers of the crew were killed or wounded. The loss of the Zeppelin was due to the accidental explosion of a bomb as the airship was leaving its shed. The explosion demolished the shed. The Zeppelin had been in ser- vice only a few weeks. It is described as a sister ship of the Z-18, recently reported destroyed by an explosion at Tondern. It was of the latest type, with invisible gondolas, platforms at. the top of the envelope, and detach- TWO~ SERMAN WARSHEPS SUNK BY SUBMARENE IN TEES BALTIC A despatch from Amsterdam says: It has been officially announced in Berlin the German cruiser Bremen and a torpedo boat accompanying her have been sunk by a submarine in the Eastern Baltic Sea. The announce- ment stated that a considerable tion of the crews of both vessels saved. was returning with her lights out from a tour of inspection in the Gulf of Finland. Many bodies and wreck< The torpedoing of the German cruiâ€" ser Bremen occurred on the night of December 17 close to Libau, while she SUPERuZEE’PELIN~ DESTROYED, SUBMARHNE SENT TO BGTTOM WELLANE) CANAL NILE!) were D01 l These eodes showed that when ‘Koenig or any other of his men tele- i‘phoned to another “to meet me at i south ferry,“ that meant Pabsts, 125th iStreet, or some other place. In ad- dition to these codes there were found lmany other documents of great im- portance, including maps and draw- ings of the Welland Canal. The precise details of the alleged plot are withheld by the Federal authorities, but it is understood that Koenig and Leyendecker had employ- ed spies, who went out from Buffalo and Niagara Falls to photograph the canal, prepare plans and make ar- rangements for blowing up the water- way at its most important point, and that nitro-glycerine was to have been used as the explosive. With the arrest the special agents of the Department of Justice, under Wm. F. Offley and Jos. A. Baker, and the detectives, under Captain Tunney, of the bomb squad, raided the offices, they packed up a great mass of ma- terial concerning the movements of German secret agents. Secret codes, which were changed every week to elude any person who might have been shadowing them or listening over the telephones, also were found. Koenig and Leycndecker were in Buffalo about four days, according to the authorities, and returned to New York with the execution of the alleg- ed plot left in the hands of their agents. As far as its known by the Department of Justice, it was said, they still contemplated the carrying out of the plot when the arrests took place when the opportunity offered. The Countess of Minto is the daugh- ter of the late Gen. Chas. Grey, and a first cousin to the present Earl Grey. over the reorganization of the army, Earl Minto went to India from Can- ada, where he was Governor-General for six years. BRITAIN AND FRANCE CLOSER POLITICALLY. A despatch from London says: A project for the formation of a com- mittee of the House of Lords and Commons to cultivate closer relations with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Senate and the French Chamber has been successfully launched. An executive committee, with Viscount Bryce as chairman,ha's been organized to carry out this plan. It is expected that, although the work of the committee will be entirely un- official, valuable results will be ob- tained. able rafts for use in case of accident while crossing the sea. A despatch from Paris says: The Milan Secolo’s correspondent at Ath- ens announces that a German submar- ine has been sunk in the Black Sea near the Bulgarian port of Varna, and a Turkish torpedo boat has been de- stroyed by the British in the Sea of Marmara. A despatch from London says: Capt. Smith, of the Royal Flying Corps, was burned to death while fly- ing an aeroplane at Farnborough. While in the air the aeroplane sud- denly burst into flames. The pilot tried to reach the ground, but suc- cumbed just before landing. age continue to come ashore from the German vessel Buenz, which sank or was destroyed two days ago. Fog pre- vented an investigation of the disaster and it is not known what caused the sinking of the Buenz. Some believe that she ran into a. German mine field, while another ver- sion is that she was torpedoed by a British submarine. The Bremen was built in 1903. She had a displacement of 8,250 tons, was 3-10 feet long and 43% feet beam, and in peace time carried a crew of about 300 men. Crew of the Wounded Paris says: The espondent at Ath- a German submar- in the Black Sea REPLY 0F GREECE TO THE TEUTONS Central Powers Protest Against Erection of Fortifications at Salonica. A despatch from London says: In a written reply to a Parliamentary question, Lord Robert Cecil, Under- ;Secretary for Foreign Affairs, states ithat the relations between Roumania and the Entente allies are perfectly friendly, but that he is not in a posi- tion to reveal the military plans of A despatch from London says: Athens despatches say that the work of fortifying Salonica against the ex- pected Teutonic attack continues night and day with feverish haste. Transports are arriving daily with ammunition, food and additional troops. The allies are now credited with having an army of 200,000 at Salonica, and along the Vardar south of the Serbian frontier. The railway from Guevgheli, just inside the Serbian border, south through the Vardar valley to Salonica is being destroyed by French troops. This will be the route of the principal attack toward salonica. The allies have moved heavy artillery forward from Salonica and stationed it on the heights near Sariguiel and Kilkie. Greece has issued a formal reply to Austro-German representations pro- testing against the erection by the al- lies of fortifications around Salonica. The Greek Government replied to the protesting Teuton diplomats that Greece was powerless to prevent the fortifications as they are “indispensa- ble to the safety of the Anglo-French expeditionary force.” The safety of the Angloâ€"French troops, the Greek reply is quoted as pointing out, has been formally guaranteed by Greece. The reply also emphasizes that Greece is still Serbia’s ally. This reply intensifies the crisis, in that it increases the danger of Ger- man invasion of Greece with the ob- ject of driving out the allies. It is not the presence of the allied troops, but their fortifying Salonica that forms the chief point at issue in the German representations at Athens. ROI'NIANIA IS FRIENDLY WITH THE ALLIES. Russia The Week‘s Developments in the War. British and French troops, landed at Saloniki and sent to the aid of the Serbian army, have withdrawn be- fore numerically superior forces and now occupy a strong position on both sides of the river Vardar, at a short distance north of Saloniki. Those Pessimists Again. Friday night my little boy asked his grandpap the difference between a pessimist and an optimist. It is expected that, if the Bulgarian army or Austrian and German forces cross on to Greek territory, the Allies will defend this position until the defensive works at Saloniki are completed. The Entente Allies are said to have some two hundred thousand men now in the Balkans and their retire- ment from Serbia was made without serious losses. 0n the western front heavy artillery duels have been in progress and an early resumption of the offensive on the part of the German forces in this theatre is anticipated. On the eastern front German forces have been weakened and the German line has been withdrawn 3 con- siderable distance toward the strong fortress of Brest-Litovsk. The Italian tFOODS are still hammering away at Gorizia and minor advances are reported. There has been some naval activity in the Black Sea, off the Bulgarian port of Varna, in which the enemy sufl'ered minor losses. Outside of the situation in the Balkans and a new Austrian movement against Montenegro, the week has not been productive of important developments. Many factors, however, indicate that big battles are impend- ing on several of the fronts. 7‘An optimist thinks the times are ripeâ€"the pessimist thinks they are rotten," said the gent. A despatch from Washington says: A cipher telegram has been sent by Baron Zwiedinek, the Acting Austrian Ambassador at Washington, to every Austro-Hungarian Consular office in the United States. This telegram in- structs the Consuls to make every- thing ready for their immediate de- parture and to consult at once with the Bulgarian or Turkish official in their city, so as to acquaint him with Little Doubt Remains That Diplomatic Relations Will Be Broken Off Between the Two Countries KOOLBERGEN WILLING TO EXPOSE TEUTONS A despatch from Lethbridge, Alta.,' says: With regard to the existence of ‘ gigantic German plots to destroy American commerce and also to blow‘ up all bridges on the C.P.R. systemr in Canada which were hatched in San Francisco, admission that he accepted‘ the commission from Baron von‘ Brincken to carry out the Canadiani end of the plots (but acted the role of a double traitor and gave informa- tion to the Canadian Pacific), is made‘ by Johannes von Koolbergen, alias! von Montford, who now lies in the: provincial jail here, serving a sent-1 ence of one year on a charge of forgul ery from Calgary. Von Koolbergen is the man who is| wanted by the United States ofiicialsi at San Francisco as the star witnessi in the prosecution of Baron von: Bl‘incken and Crowley, charged with}: No More Units to be Supplied From Imperial Forces â€"»Cause of Falling Off in Urban Recruiting A despatch from Ottawa says: If a fourth Canadian division is placed in the field by Canada, as is not un- likely it will be purely Canadian. The same may be said of the third diviSion, which is now being organized to take its place on the firing line beside the Canadian army corps already there, and consisting of the first and second divisions. AUSTRIAN CQNSULS PREPARE ‘ TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES ALL OVERSEAS DIVISIONS ARE TO BE PURELY CANADIAN has been the practice in the past‘ such officials may take immediate :possession and carry on the work on 'behalf of the Austrian Government when the expected break with the United States comes. [ the routine of each office in order that I There is little doubt here that Aus- tria’s answer to the second United States note will be unsatisfactory and that diplomatic relations between the two countries will be severed. the conspiracy to destroy American commerce with the allies, to blow up munition plants and burn flour mills. Von Koolbergen does not know whether he will be taken to San Francisco to give his evidence, but says he is perfectly ready and willing to give his evidence if he is taken there. KING OF SERBIA A despatch from Paris says: It; is reported from Rome that King Peter of Serbia, driven from his country by the Teutonic invasion, will take re- fuge in Italy. A Rome despatch to the Matin says the King has accepted Italy’s offer of the palace at Caserta, near Naples, which is now being pre- pared for his use. And many a man after losing a political job is compelled to do real iabor. of course. to have Canadian units comprise the Dominion’s army in the field, but some of the smaller units have been supplied from the Imperial forces. 0n the other hand, the Prin- cess Patricia Regiment, raised in Can- ada, was for a time brigade’d with a British division. Now all branches of the Canadian divisions, no matter how many in number, will be altogether Canadian. TO LIVE IN ITALY.