HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-01-18, Page 7EMEITE MAKES REPLY TO
• NOTE OF U. S, PRESIDENT
Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro, to Be Restored
and Indemnified In Fuli
nrks to Go, and Europe tri Be Reorganized
On National Lines.
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Watatingtou, Itepert—The transtime of the French t• xt of the Entente
note as cabled by Ambaesador Sharp
Pario tams:
"The Allied Governments have' re:
waved the note evbicit wets delivered
to them in the mime of tile Govera-
, moat ot the United States on the 190
of December, 1916. They have stud-'
led it with the care imposed tilion
teem both by the exact realization
whieli they have of the gravity of the
hour eaul by tbe sincere friendship
whith attacliee them to the American
•people,
' "In a gnome way they desire to
declare their respect for the lofty
sentiments inspiring the American
mat, and their whole -hearted agraie
meet with the proposal to create a
leagee of nations. which stall assure
Pezeo and autice througkout the
world. They recognize all the ad-
vantages f..: the cause ef humanitY
and civilization which the institution
of international aareements, destined
to avoid violent conflicts between nta
ton, would prevent; agreements
Ie muat• imply the sanctions ne-
w -eery to ittsure their execution and
time to prevent an apparent security
Min only fecilitating new aggregate%
UM a detonation ot tuture arranae-
meats for assuring a durable peace
lire-suPposes a satisfactory settlement
et the present contilet: the Allies
haen as Profound a desire as the Gov-
eruntent of the United ,States to ter.
reinate as soon as uossible a war for
IWO. the Central Empires are reePon-
:tibia, and Welch inflicts such cruel
e •sufferingupen humanity, But in their
eudgment it Is .mpossible to obtain at
this moment such peace as 'will not
may secure to them the reparation,
Vas restitution nd the guarantees
euatly due them, by reason of the act
of aggression, the guilt of which is
feted upon the Central Powers while
very priaciple from wbigh it sprang
etas undermining the tafety of Eur -
ape; and at the same time stica a
peace as will enable future European
Wiens to be established upon a sure
fdundation. The Allied nations are
conscious that they are not fighting
for seifish interests, but, above all, to
safeguard tbe Independence of peoples,
of right and et humaaity.
"The Allies are fully aware of the
▪ /owe and sufferings which the 'war -calms to ueltrals as well as to,bellig-
tuts, and they deplore theme but
they,, do no: hold themeelves respell -
„table tor them. having in no way eith-
' pr
wilied or ovoked this war, and
they strive to reduce these daraagee in
the meacture compatible with -the in -
'exorable' exigencies of their defeuee
ie. opeeathe -iolence'and the wiles of
enemy.
"It is with satisfaction, therefore,
that ther take note of the declaration
these the •Americen communicatin Is
la) *lee associatea la its origin with
tbat at the Central Powers tette:ea:Mr-
tad on tke e8th ef December by the
Government to avoid „evert the alipear-
nee of a suppoit, even moral, of the
authors rest. --I-1bl° for the war.
IlThO A11/4- Gove_nments feel it ,
lade autet; to 'challenge in the most '
friendly, but also in the dearest way, ,
tea attaleay *awn between the two t
grows afetatitectrents. This analpgy.
based. On publedadeclarations of the .„
Central Flowers, be in direct -confliet
vita the:Avijonce,. bent as regards re-
epoasibility or the past and guarana
teesfor the future. Preeldent n-
oon, in Alluding to this analogy, aid
tote of goatee, intend to adopt it as
owit.
"Zr there is an historical fact es- g
tablished at the preeent date, it is the 6
willeul eggreesion of Germatay and t
A.u,striaealuagary to insure thole hege-
mony over Europe and their economic e
domination over the world. By her de- b
daration of war, by -ehe instant viol-. p
attn. of 'Beigtain mid' Luxemburg, and 0
ey her metheree of warfare, Germane 1
bas proved that she systematically,. e
acorns eve*, principle of humanity E
and all reepect due toamnall States. I
More and ,more, as the struggle has c
prograseed, hate the attitude of the t
Central Powers and their allies been d
s..ccastant challeuge to humanity and
tivilizatien. Is it neaceary to recall 0
the horrors that marked the invasion n
of Belgium and of Serbia, the atro-
eine regime impased upon the invad- 0
ed countries, the maesacre of bend- b
reds of thousands gt inoffensive Are t
•tatralano, the 'barbarities perpetrated c
eattinst the populatioes of Syria, the e
rads of Zeppelina on o -pen towns, the c
deotruction by eubmaienes 'et passen-
ger steamers and of merchantmen E
svea unaer neutral fiagp, the crud c
treatmentinflieted upon prisoners or t
war,. the juridicaleinurders of Mtge 't
• Cavell, of Captain Fryatt, the depor- 1
• Wien and reduction to slavery of el- e
vij 'populatitats, ate.? The executteneof
such a serial of crlinee ampetrated
• without any -.regard for, universal re-
probaticia belly explains to Precedent n
WIlsorrthe proteet ot the tam
"Tiiee considert that the note 'Which s
they Meat tie the United.Statesapereply
to the German r ote will be a aesponee 1
ho
to tetuestions put by the Aniericatt
Governraent attd tictording to the es.
act Wordff of the _latter, constitute a g
tpublie. declaration as 10 the tondi-
Cans upon which the war could be b
ireentinatede
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erreeldne Wileon desired more: he
iesireet that the belligerent powere o
openly affirm the objets which they 11.
'seek by centinuing the warathe
experience difficalty in 'replying to
Bail request. Their object's in the war t
ere well known; they have been for- h
tweeted on maity occasions by the
chiefs; of their dIv.ore Goverameing.
Their obeecta in tap war will not be o
, made known In detail with all 'the e
. equitable compensatione and Indere- 1
tittles for dainageo suffered nal the e
bour of negotiatieco, But the civilized t
Weald Wave that they imply in sel e
utter/say and in the ftrat inetance-the 1
tratoratin ot Belgium, of acrbia, Mid o
of Monte:nave, end the Ind/sniffle*
which are due thern; the evaeuation t
et the invaded territerlea of Fran,
of Maisie, and of Romanis. with just o
eepAration; the reorganization tura el
or*, elitrenteed • by a gable Pettit. t
Nest, bagel allec upon the erinciele,
of nationalities, on the right which
all peoples, whether eraall or great,
have to the enjeoyment o tull security
And free eConotaic development, and
also upon territorial agreement and
international arrangements so fraraed
as to guarantee land and sea frontiers
against unjuat attaeke; tile restitution
O f provinces or territories wrested in
'tile peat trona the alliee by torce or
against the will of their Populatioasi
the liberation of Italians, cif Slays, o
Routuanlane and or Tcheca-alovamees
from foreign domination* the en
,franchisertient of populationssubjec
te the bloody tyranny »of the Turite
the expulsion. from EUrope _of the Qt
toman Empire,..whieh has provedit
• self so radically allen•to Western ci-
vilizatioa, The intentions of his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Tamale regarding
Poland have been clearly indicated in
the proclamation which he has just
addreeeed to hie armies. It goes with
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out saying that. while the aillee wide
to liberate Europe from the brutal
covetousnese of Prussian militartsm,
it never has been their d,esignas hag
been alleged, to eacompass the exter•
mination of the German peoples and
their poeitecal disappearance. That
whicia they desire above all is to in.
sure a pease upon the prinetplete of
liberty and Juane% upon the inviol-
able fidelity to international oblige
tion, with which the Government or
the. United States has never ceased to
be inspired.
United In the pursuit of this su-
preme objective, the Allies are deter.
mined, individually and eolleettvely, to
aet with all their power and to con-
sent to all sacrifices to bring to a
victorious close a (inflict upon-avhich
they are convinced not only their own
safety and prosperity depends, but
also the future of civilization itself,"
The translation let the Belgian note,
which was handed to Ambassaden
Sharp with the Entente reply, follows:
"The Government of the, King, which
has associated itself with the, answer
handed by the President of the Freneb
Council to the American Ambassador
on behalf of all, is particularly desir-
ous of paying tribute to the sentiment
of humanity *hich prompted the
President of the United States to send
Ms note to the belligerent powers, and
it highly esteems the friendship ex -
Pressed for Belgium through his kind-.
ly intermediation. It desires as much
as Mr, Woodrow Wilson to see the,
present war ended as early 58 pos-
sible.
"But the President seems to believe
that •the statementeof the two oppos-
ing camps pursue the 'same objects Of
war. The example of Belgium unfor-
tunately demonstrates that thin is in
no wise the feet. Belgium has never,
like the Genital 'Powers, aimed atecon.
quester. The' barbarlota fashion in
which. the 'German Government has
treated; and is still treating, the Bel-
gian nation does hoLpermit the sup-
pbsition that Germany will preoccupy
tersely with guaranteeing in the fu-
ture the riglits of the weak nations
which she has not Ceased to trample
inder foot since the war, let lame by
her, began to desolate Europe-. On
he other hand, the Government of
he King has toted with pleasure and
with confidence the assurances that
he United States is Impatient to co-
operate in the measures which will be
ttkon after the conclusion of peaee te
proteet and guarantee the small m -
ins against violence axed oppression.
'Previous to the German ultimatum;
Belgium only aspired to live upon
ood -terms with all b.er neighbore;
he practised with ecrupulous loyalty
awards each one of them tae duties
mposed by her neutrality. In- the
sme manner she has been rewarded
y •-Cerinany for the confidence she
laced in het, through which from
needay to the other, without any
eausible .reason, her neutrality was
lolatod; and the -Chancellor of the
mpire, when announcing to the
teicbitagethis violation of right and
1 treaties; Was obliged to recognize
he iniquity of such an act, ana pre-
etermine that it `would be repaired,
eut the C-lermaus, after the oecupation
t Belgian territory, have.. displayed
o better obcervance of the rules -of
nternational law or the stipulations
The Hague Convention. They bave,
y taxation, as heavy as it is arbi-
rara, drained the resources of the
entry; they hive intentionally
utned ite industries, destroyed 'whole
ities, put tcatleath ana imprisoned a
onsiderable ,ntimber of inhabitants.
von now, while they iere loudly pro -
'alining their- desire to put an -end
o the horrors of war, they increase
be rigors of the occupation by de -
forting into servitude Belgian work -
re by the thoustands.
eef therels.e. conatry seetich has tae
:girt to say that it ha taken up arms
o defend Its existenee, it is eseuredly
elgium, Compelled to fight' Or to
ubmit to thrift°, she passionately. do-
lma that an end' be brought to the
npreceti
dental oafterings et he pop•
glen, But, she' ould only accept a
,Oace whith Would assureeher, aa well
3 equitable reparation, eetarity and
uarantees for the /Mere.
"The American people, elate the'
(veining of the war, have inattifested
or the oppressed Belgian. mitten its
nest ardent sympatha. It le tut Ain-
tican eoirtmittee, the Ceiaraission or
el:et in Belgium, which, it dose
Mien with the Governer:lentil ot the
Xing and the National Contraittee,
lisplays an untiring edevotion and
larvellothe activity in revictualling
Belgium, The Government of the
King As heppy avail Itself -ot thls
pporttinity to exprese Ito profouted
ratitudo to the Coinmieelon or Be-
la, as well as to the getterette Atnera
am- eager to relieve the misery of
he Belgian. population. Finally, no-
vhere mere than in the Milted States
lave the abductiong and deportations
Belgian dvilians Provoked each A
pontaneous =Verne& of proteste•
ion end italignant retired,
"These facts, entirely to the liner
t the Atneritan ruttier% *the
overmnent et the king to eaterttaa
he legitimate hope that at the time
of the raglans gettlemerit of this long
. egeneeeeee: aeleee
a .
ti* ere".;"4416111Melgei.a.---Aa _ _ _ _
z—,?” "e
war, the VOlea Ot tbe• Entente powers
will find in the tenitee States a mean -
!MOMS Celle to claim in favor ot the
Belgian nation, inneceut viditie of
German embalm and covetoinmese,
the rank and the Place which Ito irre•
PrOachable past, the valor of its eel-
ite fidelity to honor and its re•
wettable faculties for work assign to
it amome the clvilized nations."
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SUNK UNWARNED.
Britain, Offers Proof of Hun
• Violatiom
•
Lotelon eupport 01 the
demo that 601:amines ot the central
powers are sinkieg /Mite without
warning, the Foreign Office has sup-
plied the following details of tag lees
ot British steaMelape which are Baia
10 bave been attacked aad Intuit in
this tanner:
"First, the British passenger Steamer
City of Birmingham was torpedoed
withoat warning by a submarine
weiele hoisted no flag, at 11.1.5 a.m. on
Not 27, 1016, in , the efeeliterranean,
Tins ship was hit in the afterhold and
sunk soon after. A doctor, and three
men were killed. The 170 passengers
and crew of 141 behaved splendidly.
Theyeteele to the boats and were poked
up by the hospital ship Letitia. •
"Second, the British stettinehip
Reap -well was torpeaeed without warn-
ing on the same day as the City ot
Bermingham by a submarine flying no
adore, The ship sank at 1 o'clock
in the morning of Nov. 28, The cap -
thin was taken prisoner aboard the
submarine.- The craw twit to the boats
and were tricked tp by the stettensalp
Breyton."
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HAMPERS RED CROSS,
Itarcels Sent to Prisoners
• Tax Their Powers,
Loudon Cable. -'--The Canadian, Red
Grose is overwhelmed with ,parcels
sent for prisoners from Canads. It
does not seem to be known in Canada
tbitt such parcels, although addressed
to individual prisoners, havo aptomati-
catty to pees through the Red -Corsa
and that tills organization Is only
allowed to send thirty pounds per
fortnigatt to each man. The conse-
quence' is a popular man may have
something like one hundredweight of
good'things sent tO him} whereas an-
vil= with Jess friends will get little
or nothing. Further parcels in many
instances have come to hand mule
dtunaged, and the labor of repacking le
Prodigious. The matter is becoming
so serious that it will likely be neces-
sary to seek the Canadian Govern-
tuentis tad in prohibiting the indis-
criminate despatch of pareeleae-Friende
of prisoners vvould be. well advised to •
and- money to the Red Cross prison -
ors' funds.
FORESEE A NEVI
TRY BY MISON
•••••••••••••••.••••••••••r......
Washington Expects An-
other Move for Peace
6 .
But Thinks Early S,ettle-
• ment
Washington Report—The. attitude
of President Wilson toward the re-
plies of the warring captions Of his
suggestion that an opportunity be
-given for comparing peace terms re -
enabled underterrained to -night. Pre-
liminary discueeion of the question
vtas begun at to -day's Cabinet meet-
ing and tit confeeencee between the
President and Secretary Lansing and
• betweea the President and Col. E. M.
House, who spent the day tie the
White House.
Informally, officials expressed the
• °plain that the problem facing the
Preeident is how to recoactle the con-
flicting attitude of the Central
Powers and the Entente pellet, on the
question eof comparing terms. The
Central Powers having offered to dis-
cuss peace at a, confereace of repro-
• sentativee of the belligerents and the
Entente Powers, though virtually de-
clining to agree to a conference, hav-
ing given thefr broad terms publicly,
Et wee suggested that the President
might eeek anew a method ot leaving
Wills compared.
In his original /tote he said he was
• indifferent as to the means emPloyed
•t� Genre ahis desired end, and it was
thought he now would avoid putting
himself in the position of advocating
• a particular Method. In one Adminis-
tration quarter it was suggested that
one or more European neutral/3 might
'urge Germany and her alliee to make
• Public their peace terries, end others
thought it possible that a voluntary
statement mighe be forthcoming from
Berlin after the text of the Entente
reply had been handed to the Fog
• eign Offies for its information. So far,
it is inideeettood, the note haa not
been transmitted to American diplo-
Mae in tire Teutonic tountries, sl -
though it le generally eastimed that
this will be the first etep ectuallY
' taken by the United States. Secretare
Lansing broke his silence on the sub -
Jed to -day only to say definitely that
no adieu bed yet been taken.
It is, generally agreed everyWhere
• that the nature of the terms ot the
• Entente, with the intlinatione from
German sourceo that such term ean•
not be aceepted, Make an early pes,Cd
unlikely. The preliminary view °Mlle.
aditialstratieb, however; still is' that
the door to diseuesion wee not entire-
ly deSed.
In the German view •hore it rags
entirely with the Preeident whether
• there will be further aegotiatleme at
thies time, It le regardee as eertain
that the Germanie allies will consider
any preposition Mr. Wilson May make
And that they probably wouldbe
willing even to diecuee in -confer.
0500 With their enemies the conditiotte
Mate& in the Entente reply,
At the same time it is reiterated
that Germeny and her allies never,
• itpOn any conehleration, would acacia
emit terms and &Muhl thete.agree to
enter a conferenee to disceee them it
would be with the idea that the En-
tente Might recede front its petition.
Friend—What is the fret Wag you
do Whet), a man present% hillestif to
you for consultationreciekor—T ask
hien if h has a ear, Prient--What
do you kern from that? Doetorae
et he lette oit 1 kaate he IS wealthy,
Mei if he hasn't, L emeW ie is keeltbe
—Pudr,
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KAiSER IS HIGHLY INDIGNANT AT
THI WICXE.ONESS Of THE ALLIES
Issues Proclamation Attack-tgapgrt,YZ4-144tibat 0 Tr' vitt4
ing - Their Reply—Says "lea what they IIQWcould nilor aleteye in
thirty Menthe of the,blooalest fighting
Germszy Will Win, end unscrupulous econentio war they
will altar fail to accoMpilsh in the
Amsterdam, via Lonelou 1%7°8602 gu trhgloorriwo uusl,v1v1 cittohr 1 ewehal ene oouurr
Tile following ProelaOlatlea be' the igating people at the front and at
Emperor to the Gorman people haa home have borne all hardships and
been otficially publiehed In Berlin:
"Our %masa have dropped the
meek. After refusing with ecorra and
hypocritical words of love for peace
and humanity, our honest peace °fret;
they have now, in their reply to the
leultee atates, 'gone beyond that, and
adenitted their lust ler conquest, the
lateness for what 13 further enhanced
by their calumnious assertions, Their
aim he the cruehing of Germaay, the
dismemberment of the powere aIlted
with us, and the enslavement oe the
&dress, guarantee that else in the
*atter° our bob:area fatherland has
nothing to fear. 'Burning ladignation
and holy wrath will redouble the
ettength of every German man and
woman, whether it is devoted to fight-
ing, to work, Or to Buffering,. We are
ready for all merinos. Tito God who
planted His glorious spirit 'et freedom
in the hearta of our brave peoples will
also give us and our loyal allies, tested
in battle, the full victory over all tile
f.ateMY Itiat for power and rdge .yor
teedora of,Europe and the seas, under adestructton."
HUN DEFENCE OF CRIME IN BELGIUM
• PROVES GERMANY A WORLD OUTLAW
No Other Power Would Set +
Up a Defence for Such an
. Outrage, .
London Cable.—eleferrina to Ger-
many's defence ot her %adieus) in Bel-
gium, the Westminster Gezette says:
'"There is no power in the 'world
but Germany which could set up such
a defence for such conduct, and that
she ewe do it is proof that her ideas
on the subject of treaties and inter-
national morality are wholly at vari-•
ance With those of the rest of the
\verde, The whole of what .she gained
on the western front es due to this
initial foul stroke, which was plan-
ned and executed With the knowledge
that France had trusted her guaran-
tee and had made her detensitre pre-
parations accordingly." '
BE FRE HOSE
TO SEND GAS
Germans' Latest Deviltry
On gastern Front.
Wind ,Was Wrong and At-
- tack- Failed.
London Cable.—Tho Geranans
have added fire hose to the many
novel implements of war used in the
present confilet. The poisonous gases
Which they are using are now being
• ejected against the Russian trenches
by means of h.ose. To -day's Petrograd
statement reads:
"South -tile Zublino,
between Vladimir•Volynski and Lutsk
(Volhytile), 10' veriale talent seveu
biles) south of Kitten% tea enenlY ,
directed from his trenches on bo our ' pt
flank a hose similar to a fire hese, •
atter welch we heard- a pronounced
hissing nettle and the whistle of es -
eating as. •.et.t first there appeared 'a Drive. Thein Back •Over a
yellowish green, and afterwards . a mai•
n One Sector.
'white .cloud of gas, wield', howevent
failed to reach our trenchee owing to
the wind blowing along our front.
This release .01 gas lasted two mit;
utes, and -was not -repeated,
The German War .Oftice report said:
• "Eastern front: Oh the Dyina and
en the lake sector south of Dviask,
the fighting activity increased eon-
siderably yesterday. On the railroad
from Vilna to Dvinsk, Russian com-
panies that attacked were repulsed,
suffering heavy losses. ,Two Minor
attacks launched in order to amelior-
ate- our tosittoa smith -West of Riga,
brought us 82 prisoners:"
GERMAN PRESS
ON THE REPLY
Think It Will Consolidate
Hun Sentiment
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And Bind All' Classes o
Fight 'Till End.
Berlin, via London Cable. ---The
German press, althotight expressoigg
indignation at waat it considers Slurs
on the Central Powers*.in the .reply of
the Entente to President Wilson, and,
although angered at the twee condi-
tions,• finds consolatioa in the belief
that the note will serve to weld to-
gether all .classee into an unconquer-
able and determined whole. Papers
like the Tageblatt and the Lokal An-
zeige remphasizes the expected attack
of the Allies' reply, und almost ,ignore
the second German note, which was
published simultaneously, The Pan -
German, press, on the other hand,
gives the German communication the
greatest importance, and heels It as a
sign that tbe leaders of the Central
Powers are finally conning around to
their view in 1e.gara to Belgium and
other questions.
The Entente's specific delineation of
its aims is accepted in general with
relief, as finally eliminating all guess
work, and allowing every one to see
just what is at stake, The extraya-
gene° of these aims, according to the
Lokal Anzeiger, binds Central Europe
a thousand times tighter together
RIDICULE FOR
GERMAN NOTE
m•01•••=••••,,,,,miimmi•in
French Press Puncture All
Its Claims.
Irish and Boer Heroes Dia-
. prove Them.
• Paris Cable. --The tiew Austrian
• and Germanaiotes are greeted With
ridicule by the Freneh press of all
shades of opinion. The Figaro says the
Germans and Austrians had deelared
they Would not reply to the refusel of
the Allies to consideathdy propoSal,
but that th reflection they neluded
it -Wade, be better not to rentala Viet
"under the smashing blow of our
note,"
"As to their conmarisoa of the Way
they Vitiated the Beigatus and Serbs
with Greet Britain's treatulent et Ire-
land and the Trenevaal, it is OnlY
ueeoseary to .polut out that then are
• U00,000 Irish, �1 volunteers, in the
Ilritislt army, ana that General Botha
conquereel Gerretan West Attlee, while
"another Boer Generals now CoMplet-
ing tiro conqUest of German East Af-
rica.
"The 'Pretoria) 'tat -the eMploymeat
of native troops le it arieeerme against
the Allies is.simplye grotesque aneathee.
Pert elf thq tearer *hide -allied herself'
with Tarkey, and approvedeencomaged'
and directed the massacre tit Menn• e
iantee
Gusitive }Terve Saes ID. his 'newspaper
Victoire":
"Atter twenty-nine Months of war,
in the face of the listening world, they
dare proelaim that 113 is Belgium's own
fault Wet she was 'Violated. Read the
document again, evorthy neutrale. Not
one word of regret for his MoristrOns
• mirage; not a shadow of temente"
ite--01 toupee ther&s a big differ-
ence betweet a botaniet and a florist.
She -see there, really? Ile ----Yes; a
Weald its one etehr know a all about
flowers, and a florist is one who
knows i1 about the priers peoplaaaill
pity for them.
• Slight Reverie to Russ �n'
•- River. Oituz.
Landon Cable.—:In the -Oltuz
yal-
boy bit Moldavia the Austro -Germans•
continue to advance against the Rua -
Maus and Rouraanians, while in the
Suehitza Valley they repulsed attacks
by the Russians. Rounienian troops
attacked the Austro-Gerneans in the
Rassina Valley and drove them back
more. than a mile, Petrograd states: ,
Friday's Petrograd report says:
"During our reconnoitering opera-
tions tnethe viciaite of tiee Patna val-
ley ohe of our aeroplanes met two
enemy machines and engaged one of
them, compelling it to deecend.
"South of the River Oitez the ene-
my attttclted our detachments and
Pressed theta back a short distance.
The enemy attacked the Roumanians
west of Monestar-Xechinue on the
River Casino, but Was beetene back.
In this region. the Roumanians as.
stimed the ofteesive and threw back
the enenlY two versts (one and a third
miles) towards the /Muth. • •
"Attacks be tbe enemy in the re-
gion north•eapt of Kampuriledesus, on
the River Suchitza, teed near ICetunt.
Khalikov, eight vents south-east of
the mouth of the Meese Burnt, also
Were unsuocess fut."
The Berlin War Office report said:
"Exterellag Our sueceeses of attie
10, we stormed yesterday on both
bides of the' Oittiz rottd several aut.
cessive positions 01 our adversary.
The enemy sufferettesevere losses In
casualties sad left in the hands of
the aggressors one offieer, 80 Men,
six machine guaa laid three Mine
throevers. North abet eoutle of -the
&militia Valley, hostile attacks were
without imamate
"Front et -Field Marslial von lelack.
output: dn the swampy lewlanda be•
Weer( trade and °elate we pushed
back the Russians further towards
the Serena Labartea liab boon cap-
tured.
-"During the night of January 10-11,
armed Impale salad 'Wee to pees Is --
simile. On the Denbo, going up
stream. One steamer 'CM ?sunk by
our artillery fire and eftother Was
feereed to rtin aground on the north
.banlae ;
.11.4,••••••••1+4141***11,11
THE RIGA FRONT.
Russ and Gtellfiten Claims
Are Contradictory,
London, Cable. --Third righting IS still
in progress in the region cif Alga_ in
North-west Itussitt, but the 'xact sit-
uation Io still not clear, owirof to the
mvergent reports et the ituseiarta and
Verman .War Office/5. Petrograd es-
eerts that the ItussIttne south ot Lake
Rola captured a village near the town
cf Kainzein and with it a lame hum.
btr of maehlne guns, and rePuleed Ger.-
leen eounter-attacks furthor east.
Oft the other bend the Berlin War Of -
nee !soya that ell nussia attacite were
cotripletely repulaed. A report by the
military obeerver of the senat-offlele1
Oyealreas News Agency estys the: Busman
eta naive in this region ha* bort broken
outset It One rite*.
CRUISER GONE?
TUrks Claim to Rave De-
stroyed British Warship,
• Berlin Cable—.'A. British cruieer
of the Juno type (6,6004en Yamada)
has been deetroYeet by Turkish gun -
11 Is announced in the Tunkisb
Headquarters report of January
The etatealent follows:
"Caucasus front: We opened a sur-
prise tire agalust hostile- ships in Poet
MoyleWo deetroyed by e direet
a qrltifib, cruiser et the Juno type,'
The cruiser had no time to open. etre.
The wreck of the cruiser is still buru-
In&
' "A torpedoamat escaped after ono
of ber mats had been broken by our
fire, while A patrol boat of unknown
nationality reeeiveti a direct bit,' The
patrol beet eseaped southward, badly
damaged."
••••••••••11,11,1
• The Juno tape of light cruiser die -
places 5,600 tons, and be armed with
eleven 64ach guns, eight 12 -pounders,
seven 2 -pounders, two Maxims, twe
submerged and one above -water tor-
pedo tubed. The eune type was built
In 1898, and is 37a feet long.
The Turks May possibly be confus-•
Mg one of these with the seaplane
carrier Beu-My-Caree, reported by the
British AdMiralty to have been sunk,
off Asia,Minor by gunfire.
INVADERS FOILED.
$89,000,000 in Roumanian
011 PropertieS Destroyed.
Berlin Cable.--e-The destruction ot
property la the Roumanian ell fields
by retreating enemy forces hale proven
c'ettsiderattly heavier than expected,
tee loss amounting to eatproxianately
$80.000,000. A epeteal corps of Brit-
ish engineers undertook to destroe
producing property throughout the en-
tire district to prevent its falling into
German 'bends. The attempt Was not
entirely successful, however, as large
stocks of- oil -were found intact and
uninjured. The principal losses from
property destroyed by the enemy have
fallen on Roumanian and foreigtr oil
companies.
„
- •
WESTERN ONT.
DAIRYMEN
To Co-operate With Mex.
chants for Boter Butter,
Opposed to Allowing Oleo-
margarine.
• Woodstock Reporta-The sessions of
• the second day' of the Western Dairy-
men's meetings were specially devoted
buttermehere,
to the interest of cheesemakers and
Mr. T. J. McKinney, of the 0. A. C.
dairy department, who hes been ex
perimenting with substitutes fer ren-
net in cheesemakiag during the past
year, gave the results of the work
done at the college, in which bome-
made aennet, commercial rennet, pep -
Bin and mixtures were used. Mr. Barr,
*chief of the dairy • division, Ottawa
gave a report on work along the same
lines at the Finch delay station. Re-
sults obtained at Finch justify Mr:
Barr in his opinionin favor of certain
of the subetitutes for rennet, provided
a saving in price paid has to be con-
sidered, owing to the scarcity of the
old-time. article.- The use of pepsin, or
other substitutes hae, so . far, been
more general in Quebec and Eastern
Ontario than in Western Ontario.
.et
rennet.
Mr.
f r.
.uwarn,
Other Provinces managed to get
'through the past season on their sup-
plyndirector of ylafi'Y
instruction in Ontario, called dairying
one of the *permanent industries of the
country. The better use of equipment
was advised as a means of' equalizaag
with the .extra wages that must be
Paid. Mr. Pinnate suggested the for-
*matien of local eo-operative societies
for the purchase of feed far stock. •
Mr. J. A. Ruddick, dairy commis-
sioner, addressed the afternoon meet-
ing on the effect of the war on the
dairying Industry. It has been shove
by the evie that the tiest property of a
couatey.is a leig supply of cattle. In
the last two years there has been some
increase in the.tannaer.of cows he One
'arici, and the increase In the produc-
elon'of individual cows has been very
eonsiderable, The greatest advance in
daireingelowever, has taken place in
In the western, *provinces, where a'
great. increase in preduction. has oc-
curred,
Grading probleims wee the subject of
addresses by Messrs John IL Stott and
Prank Herne. It was shown that if
the 'Ontario butter is to take a high
Place in the Canadian markets, and in
itnhetmbearpkreesteenotf. tshyeoweinorlicis, nsoemeeessealira7ngine
Order to raise the standard of quality.
The present system of payment bring
the best down to the average, and
raises the poorest up to the average,
but if a creamery rejects or pays a
less price for -poorer quality it loses a
patron. If a butter buyer rejects a
ehipinent or cuts the price on quality
he very Often loseeuthe custonter. Lack
of co-operation between creamery oWn-
ere, between buyers, and they between
each other has been a hindrance to itn-
Prr-erraesoti
enitilen 'Moved by A. E. Sinter -
wood, seconded by F. Showers, Brid-
geri that the creamery mai here assent-
bleddo endorse the principle) of grad-
ing Meant, the machinery for its en-
forcement to be torietructed by the
Dairy Division ot the Agricultural De-
partment. None Were opposed to the
Motion.
With regard to the oleomargarine
question„ the resolution was agetinet
Intention of the present legislation:
Tao reiMiutions Were carried unanit
Meetly.
The folic:ailing are the officers elect-
ed for the year 1917: President, R. W.
Stratton, Guelph; first viec-president,
Jag, Donaldson, Atwood; sceOlid vice-
president, Prank Boyes, Dorchester;
third•vece-president, G. F. Mahon,
Woodstock, Directors—john Scott,
Woodstock. Thomas Ballantine, Strat-
ford; Jahn N. Paget, Brantford; Geo,
E. Booth, Ingersoll; W. (L hasted, Win-
cheiset; Robert Myrick, Springford.
Auditors --J. N. Nene, London; en C.
Instruotorts--Frahle
elegter, Ingersoll.
Itereis London (chief); George Travie,
Courtland; A. Ti). teracey, 'eVoodstock;
George M. McKenzie, !agenda'
eloyee, Lambeth; D. efeMillah, Strafe
ford; R. A. ThoMpeoil, Atwood; J. D.
Smith, Alton; G. ItickWoed, PAM,
secrettery.
SHORT ITEMS
OF THE NEWS
Ori THE -RAY
English Woman, Tiwarted
in Love, Spent 72 Years
in Bed.
REPRIEVE MURDERER
Plans Being Made to Put
Untrained Workers in
Farm. Jobs.
Four new railway construction cora-
Mules intro been authorized to be
ratted in tbe West.
. The new British steameh'IP Had.
worth, of Z496 tons net, bas been
ateOrding to an announcement
made by Itloyd'e, Shipping Agency.
The reduction of passenger seavicee
which is taking place in order to fa.
cilitate the movement of freight will
not affect the Intereolonial."
The demand for railway construe
--
tion corps is eo great that it has been
(leaded to raise tae age limit to 48
and to make certain modifications ip
the PhYeical requirements.
With the mercury 16 below, resi-
• dents of Simms are suffering from p,
shortage of gas, Many bad not enough
gm to cook dinner.
The death occurred at Goderiett of
Captain Babb, a highly•respected' citi-
zen, at the age of 77,
The German Admiralty announced
that the Flemish naval forces lied
• taken into Zeebrugge the Dutch
steamship Import, 847 tens gross.
bound for London, with cotton goods,
'vile and beverages.
The two-day whirlwind Y. M. C. A,
campaign to remove the debt on the
Galt Y. 11„ C. A. building, closed, and
while the total sum raised is not cer-
• tain it is reported to be within $1,100
of the desired amount.
• A private cable reports nee death by
fever of David Porter in Madagascar
Island. Mr. Porter was one of Petro-.
lea's exert foreign drillers, ancl had
been operating in the island for
some years.
• The schooner Jessie de Costa, re-
cently • purchased by Newfoundland
Parties, which sailed from. Boston
early in December for a Newfound-
land, has not bean heard from since.
and it is feared she met disaster iit
.
last month's heavy gales.
Alphonse Barre,- of Rose Corners,
Ont., who was to have been hanged at
l'Orignal an the 17th for the murder
of bis wife, liad his sentence commut-
ed to life imprisonment by tbe Cabi-
net, being adjudged ineane.
For mutilating a National Servite
card, B. Zipper, a well-known Brant-
ford Austrian, may be interned. After
filling out the card, Zipper is said to
have cut the printed bead and emblem
off before returning, •
The season of navigation at Brock-
ville on the St. Lawrence River Was
closed, ahen the steamer Bigelow,
running between there and Morris-
town, was frozen in at the latter
point. The first crossing on the Ice
was Made.
The Mounted Police will remain on
their accustomed beats in Alberta for
another two months. Orders to that
effect have been given out from Otta-
wa, and the Provincial Government
will not be asked to assume respond
batty for policing Alberta until the
first of March.
Hon. Da Jamieson, Speaker of tha
Legislature, takes the view that, in
consideration of war time it might be
advisable to discontinue the periodic
Speaker's dinners during the Provin-
cial Legislative session, and he would
hand over the money thus saved to
the Patriotic Fund.
FULL REPLY TO
_WILSON'S NOTE
That is Washington View.of
Entente Answer.
Leaves Open Door for Fur-
ther .Efforts.
ta
Washington, Report—The Entente
allies, replying to President Wilson's
peace note in a joint eommunication,
express the belief that it is impossible
at the present moment to attain a
Peace that wili assure them repara-
tion, restitution and such guarantees
as they consider as essential.
In a separate note the Belgian Gov-
ermnent eapresses its desire for peace,
but declares it tould only accept 4
eettlement which would assure it re-
paration and seeurity in the future.
Both of the conimunications, made
publit by the State Department to-
night, are dated January 10, and were
transmitted in translations from the
Preneh texti3 through Ambassador
Sharp at Paris.
The Eentente reply is regarded in
all quarters here as putting an early
peace practically out of the question,
but still leaving anopen door for the
President to make further effort.
The ()Metal view on first toneldera.
tam ie that it eonstitutes a eomplete
answer to the Pre.sident'S net%
The Entente stateraent of terms is
regarded as presentiag a legitiniate
opportunity for the President to take
azother step if he ehoosees to do So,
ley• forwarding the replies of eaeli Set
Of tea belligerents to the other, with
or witheut suggestion of the vieeve of
the 'United States, the Preeident Mae
net without incurring exeeption, train
any of thent,
While the German diplomats de.
flounced the tonne laid doWti In the
Entente reply American °Mantle
made no attempt to estlinate their
real feeling. Naturally they expected
the lentente would tate the lirnit
its oxpettations. At any rate they
regard such an aceeeement of the War
taittutt ton. as a valuable stepping -atone.
Whether the Preeident still 1101)011 to
get from the Central powers- a SIMI.
Jar statement Of tents la net knoWit.
Whether or not YOU ease reatl
Mut like a book depende upon what
ens* iteetik ht it.
GALATI SOON
TO FALL PREY
TO TEUTONS
11,14.1,1111.1111,11,111111,10.11
Invaders of Roumania Cap-
ture Vadeni, 6 Miles
Southwest,
LOSE IN OTHER ZONES
Various Attacks Beaten .
Back by the Allied
Forces.
Berlin, Jan, 14.—Capture by tae
-Teutonic lorcee of the town of Vadeni,
•about six miles southwest Of the
lik-
pQrtant Roumanian. trade centre of
Gaiatz, on the Dambe, is reported in
the official communication Issued •
from army headquartere this evening.
The statement follows:
"The town. of Vadeni, on the rell-
rboeeend ebaeptwthereenapralla and Galatz, bas
"A farther withdrawal of the Rus-
sianforces along the Berea/. Rtver
southwest of Galatz bit reported in
the Russian °Motel cemmunication
'tamed to -day. Attacks by the Ger. ,
mans at several points In Rouraanla
•were repureed. Tire communicatioa
says:
"R,oureanian front: The Austrians
• attempted to attack east of the Putna,
but were repelled by our fire. Their
attacks north of the Saionild . River
and south of the Oltua River were re-
pulsed. The enemy attacked the Rou-
=Mane versts west of Braila and
18 .versts south of the confluence of
"Were driven back to their trenches by
gthuer failraet.ina and Troths Rivers, but
sue the offensive in the region at
detachments which attempted to as-
sun
ie
versts east of Foieshani.
"The enemy, three regiments strong
asa supported by artillery, launched .
an attack against our advaneed
guards from Kotumikhali on tke
Sereth as far as Vadeni, 10 versts
southweet of Bailor. After, repellent
several attacks our advanced detach-
ments abandoned the village of Ko-
etenmemikyhafloircunder pressure of superior
WOULD -REVIVE
NAPOLEON'S AIM
Hun Plan to Unite Europe
Against Britain,
German Papers Wildly
Abuse the Allies. •
Copenhagen, Jan. 14.—Press com-
ment on the belligerents' notes con-
tains the general opinion that there
can be no peace in the near future.
Doubts are expressed as to the re-
tentees ability to carry out its pro-
gramme. it is pointed out Mat one
difficulty .01 the solution of the ques-
tion- of nationalities aa suggested in
the allies' note is that it means the
break-up of the Hapsburg menarche.
One pa,per in Copenhagen underlines
the passage in the Teuton note to the
effect that the Central Powers wilt
fight till the free existence and devel-
opment of all States on the European
eontingent is secured. 11 surmises that
the German plan is to unite the Con-
tinent against England and revive Na-
poleon's anti -English policy.
VOCABULARY INADEQUATE.
Amsterdam, Jan. 14. --The comment
'tent° German newspaper/3 on the
various notes and the Kaiser's mani-
festo are of monOtonous unanimity.
All the papers employ strong lan-
guage. Indeed, the German vocabu-
lary, which is not lacking in forcible
expreesions, appears Inadequate for
the, °caution. The papers have rung
the changes in all available terms of
abuse, The Kaiser's allusion to let-
ting fall the mask has, for egample,
been slightly- varied by the Kolnische
Volke Zeitung, which says "The most
interesting and significant thing in
• the Entente note is the letting fall
•of the vizor behind which one recog-
nizes the face of the hyena. Every po-
lItbal raecality perpetrated in course
of history naturally has received an
exalted end virtuous title from
the politicians responsible, The Brite
leh in particular thanks to a happy
disposition of this character developed
this sphere with special matiterye
The Cologne Gazette le finding the
allies' note "excuses" for their crimes
and codeciousless guilt, and some
"unscrupulous demagogues who fear
peace" therefore dammed that lame
kind shall march further "through
streams of blodd and Over mountains
ef corpses."
Practically all the journals consider
the door to peace closed. "Not even
a crack itt the door le left open for
peace negotiations," says the Kraut
Zettang. This journal does not agree
with the view of the German note
that Germany laid her allies have at-
tained the war aim of aefenee-at.heir
freedom ot existenee, for while Ger-
mane% a:similes are lit foreign hands
the Gerraans have not shattered Eng-
land's power. It proceeds to say,
however, what Matters is that the
Gernum note &dudes the right toga
elusion from the political eituation
created by her adversaries that the
Government has the whole people be,
hind it, more joyful and more animat-
ed, the Mere resolutely the Govern.
meet proseeutee the struggle, Thiel
view is also taken by the Deutschd
Vine Zeitung.
• • _ •
• .ran A PLAIN" LIE
Is German Yarn of Iiiritish
Transport Sunk.
London, Jan. 14,--Ateord1ng to- an
Amsterdam despatch, the Bernie Gov.
element has Issued thee tollowing
official statement:
"One of our subreatenes on Dec. 28
sunk a British transport in theEnglitth
Channel. The transport Was deeming
With dark" red lights end Meisured
atout 14,000 tons. She was tonvOyed
by destroyer."
It malting denial -a this emeetinett-
mint, the Steretetry of the Britiith
Admiralty eald hid night "The ittleere
retort Is abeelettent untrete,"
1 ,