Berlin, 16th March.
H. M. the Kaieor will arrive on Friday at Gibraltar, where the Governor is preparing a hearty welcome, The "Novoye Vremya" states that all reports about mediation proposals of the Foreign Powers are nothing but manceuvres of the exchange jobbers.
The "Temps" publishes a telegram from Rome, according to which negotiations are going on between the neutral Powers in order to fix exactly what must be considered war contraband, Nothing is known here about such a step.
Lieutenant-Generals Topornin and Ussakowsky, the commanders of the Turkestan army corps, have returned from St. Petersburg to Taschkent and Askabi They have not received orders to mabi their troops. However, they are to prepare everything for an eventual mobilisati 0 German Reichstag will Easter holiday on Saturday. The mentary budget for Southwe: amounts to two million marks.
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