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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-03-29, Page 7GERMANS PLAN GREAT DRIVE TO PETROGRAD Big Bodies of Troops Being Massed Along the Northern Front. RUSSIA 15 READY admi•••••••••......../10111 Gathering of Soldiers Re- solves to Stand Firm - Grand Duke Out. Petrograd, March 25, -From inter- nal troubles and the problems of reconstruction the attention of Russia has suddenly been diverted to a neve denser which threatens from without There is now indisputable evidence tit the Germans are massing great numbers of troopa along the northerp front ready for an effort against Russia's capital. The country has been apprised 01 the new menace by a series of pro elamations frora its Ministers. Minister of War Guchkoff Issued a proclamation warning the peopleof the menace of spies seeking to uncover secrets ot the national de fence. The concentration of thesi- epies in Petrograd was pointed to ae •elle element or danger against whice eteps were irnmealately aeceesary while the other menace was named as the concentration bY the Germans oi "great quantRes of munitions, sup plies and men" on the Russian north- ern front. A conference has been hele between Geueral Korniloff, the nee eeminander of the troop in thc PetrOgrad district, with the council ol workmen's and soldiers' delegatee, concerning the German concentration along this front, and a great meeting of soldiers was held on the Rige front, attended by General Dimitriett and delegatee of the Duma, at which It was resolved unaniniouely to strait) every effort for the defence °Murata 'War Minister's Guchkofra statement that the foe is at the gate is no mere figure of speech. The slightest relaxa tion of vigilance and the enemy woulc be at Petrograd. The repreeussive action on the troops of the consciousness that the army has been the arbiter of Russia's destiny has manifested itself in de- mands incompatible witt military discipline, and already there is uewe from various fronts of the prevalence of "second thoughts." But where the men respect their chiefs and the army is fortunate in its commanders it is unlikely that persistence in untutored claims will be allowed to prejudice the spring and summer campaigns, Moreover, reassuring reports have been received from General Ruszhy and General JUdealch, who coin• made the Caucasian army. GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS STEPS . DOWN. The retirement of Grand Duke Nicholas from his post as the cone mender -in -chief of the Russian armies is officially confirmed. Pend- ing the appointment of a successor, General M. V. Alexieff, chief of the general staff, wilt act as comma.ndoe- ia-ehlef. The retention of Grand Duke Nicholas as commander-in-chief was considered undesirable by the Rus- sian Minister of War because of the Grand Duke's connection with the Romanoff dynasty. • General Letchitsky, who had tom - mend of the southern wing of the Russian armies in General Brussiloff's offensive last summer, has been placed in command, of the Russian armies on the central front, succeeding General Evert, *1.4 HUN DRIVE ON PARIS AGAIN? Fioe Believed to Be Still Hankering for That. German Defence Planned On Three Lines. of the fightang in the open, for the German attempt to hOld the Crozet Canal ended with their being hurled back for several Mile% The vigor a the anion onslaught apparently MS- eoneerted the Germans, and it is Man aline they may take to the concrete - linea trenclice they have prepared in the rear of the present poeitiene Sooner than expected. There le ream, to believe that the great military event now developing will again bring to the forefront leadere whcee names are already famoue, INTERNED HUNS, 111•1011••••••••••••••••Ald.•••• Sailors Moved From Phila- delphia to Georgia. Philadelphia, March 26. -The geven hundred. members of the crews of the Germany auxiliary cruietne Kron Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Freid- rich, interned at the Philadelphia navy yard last October, etarted to- day under a heavy guard of marines for Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPaer- son, Georgia, where they will be kept until funnier ordere item Washing- ton, Tao firet eection of fourteen cars left ehortly before 9 o'clock, and an- other oection of an equal number of cars departed later. A large crowd, held back by a cor- don of marinee and five hundred Philadelphia policemen, saw the de- parture of •the sailors. In each car of the two cectione there was a mar- ine guard of fourteen men. Caputain ThierIchsen, of the Prinz Eitel Froidrich; Captain Thierfeldt, of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, and Limn Berg, who brought the British steamer Appam into Chesapeake (tapes a year ago, were among those removed from the ships. There were no untoward incidenta during the transfer, which was car- ried cut smoothly. PRESENT STAGE A PRELIMINARY Not Great German Stroke, French Critic Believes, Experts Say Foes Cannot Help Themselves. Paris, March 26.-(NeW -York Sun cable) -The military commentator of the Temps expresses the opinion that the operations developing from Sois- sons to Arras do not form a part of the `Genius -inspired inane by which the Germans expect von Hindenburg to astound the world. He believes they are only preliminaries to it. Hindenburg, is mistaken, he says, if he believes the destruction he has Wrought in the abandoned territory will prevept insuperable obstacles to the advance of the French with corn-- plete artillery and food supplies. Lieut. -Col. Rousset gays in the Petit Parisien; "The manner in which the Germans are nbw disputing the ground shows they are preparing to accept battle, but why here rather than on the aim - dotted front, why along the Arras - St. Quentin -La Fere line, when they hold a formidable and much better protected line' at Bapaume-Peronne- Ham-Noyon?" -Col. Rousset finds evidenee that the Germans' are acting under compulsion. He dismisses as infantile the theory that the withdrawal is meant to draw the French into a trap, or to place an impassable "glade" before the new positions. The motives are the same as those which compelled the abandonment of the attack on the Sereth in Roumania, and prevented Mackensen from inter- vening as he would have liked in Macedonia, as well as reducing the Turks to difficulties in Mesopotamia. Moral and material exhaustion ageord- ing to this critic, is forcing the aban- donment of the gigantic plans of the Teutons. ALLY PLANES AGAIN BUSY Many Good Bombing Raids Against the Huns. Calais and Dunkirk Bombed by Enemy. Parts, March 25. -The latest cornmuniques tend to cohfirm the opinion prevailing in military circlea that the German retreat has ended for the moment. The realetance offered by the Germane during the last few days le neetiming gradually the proportions Of a vast battle, in which the eines are attacking relentlessly. This le borne out by the fact that outpost skirmishes are over and the ca•valry hae been withdrawn to the rear; ale°, the forces in both ewes are far .grea- ter, amounting to several divisions being. engaged in recent combata, •" Whether this is the end of trench - fighting, however, le te moot titration. tt in generally eonsidered that the. Only 'alternative to trench warfare is fighting in the open, but the military critic of the Palle Mini points out to- day that there may very well be a third alternative, consisting on the . German side of a sentra of defensive prentions, one serlea commanding an. other, with ari intervening apace for inertoeuVring. The writer auggeets that this may be von Hindenburget mucti-vanated.• plan -deo-tined to rev,o- lutioniee warfare, The German plan, In tins -rase, would bent) establish the three follenving po,sitione, the plateaus seuthweet bf Cithelaral defending -the reads in the valley of the Scheldt, the plateaine between Le Cathay( end Guice barring aecfca to the Sainitian oalley, and the heights Of Saint Go- bain anti Laon, the fall Of whieli evouid necessitate the Germane re - Onetime:. In Champagne 'end allow the rrenelt te March on elezteree. The same critic le convineea that the Germane by no nientie have ehatidened their original facet, of marching on Palle, lett that, heVitig failed to break through the line of trehehes, von Hindenburg is Writing on Inaneeuvring In the opal til i he VAS a elittitee to smash through the alltee. le Ruppert of this, it can Le enlei 41the44etetesentor nearest Paris continues to bo the ccene of LIG fiercest fighting. So far there is rtn doubt the French he had the best 41 • ••• CANADIANS WANTED FO SERVICE For Duty off the Coast of Canada. Applications for immediate service as officers in the Canadian Naval Patrols are requested from ex -officers in the Royal Navy, the Naval Reserve, or men holding Officers' Certificates in the Mercantile Marine. Seamen, Stokers and Engine Room Ratings are also wanted at once. pe Officers from $2,50 per day and $30.00 monthly and A upwards to dependents. Men from $1.05 per day and separation allowance. Must be sons of British subjects, Ages 18 to 45. Men from 18 to 38 are wanted also for immediate service in the Overseas Division of the R. N. C. V. R. Experience not necessary -accepted recruits proceed at once to England for training. Pay $1.10 a day and upwards. Separation as in C.E.F. Apply to COMMODORE /EMIL1US JARVIS, Naval Recruiting Officer, Ontario Area, 103 Bay Street, TORONTO, or to The Naval Recruiting Secretary, 305 Wellington Ste, Ottawa. • "ale hvn eve\ n WONN‘161- 4-3-17 •• ,1 AP ALLEGED SWINDLER Arrested in London, Tried to Pull Revolver. London, Ont., March 25. -An alleged swindler, when cornered to -night in a Park avenue rooming -house, at- tempted to pull an automatic revolver, but before he could get his ringers on it, Detectives Egelton and Down cov- ered him and backed him to the wall. The revolver, which they took from him, was loaded and he had a pocket- ful of cartridges. The charge upon whieh the arrest was made was of using the mails to defraud, the scheme being to get money from would-be purchasers of motorcycles. It is not known how much he has obtained, but since he left the town or Paris, where he was operating, the mail that has been opened contains about a thousand dol- lars. The prisoner, who gives the name of Robert Rogers, is supposed by the police to be a muck wauted crook of some other name. He is about thirty years of age. OUT OF BELGIUM. American Relief Workers Formally Withdrawn. Washington, March 24. -American relief workers in Belgium and Ameri- can Minister Brand Whitlock have been formally witlicira,wa from Bel- gium, Official announcement to this effect was made at the State Depart- ment this morning, • The American Relief Commission- ers will be replaced as far as possible by members of a joint neutral com- mission largely tinder the supervision of Dutch military officials, Brand Whitlock will go to Havre, France, resuming his duties as Minister a: the temporary Belglaa capital, RUS$ TRQOPS IN GOOD SNIT Loudon, March 25. -Many _aerial engagements have marked the pro• gress of the past two days on the fronts in France. A British official to -night says: "There WEIS considerable activity in the air yesterday. Two important rail- way junctions behind the enemy's lines were bombed by our aeroplanes. A number of fights occurred. Eight -hostile machines were artven down out or control. Four of our machines are missing." An official statement of the activity along French lines is as follows: "On Setexday our special Gune brought down a German machine, which fell in our lines near La Velem. Saturday afternoon a German hydro - aeroplane, proceeding , in the direc- tion df Etretat (north-nOrtheest of Havre), was captured at sea. The two a -deters were taken prieoner. "On March 23 one of our aero• planes from a low altitude bombard- ed an aviation ground at Marimbois, north of ThiancoUrt. A violent fire broke out in the hangars. "On Thursday and Friday nighte our air squadron& dropped 1,100 kilo- grammes of prOjeetilee on factories at Thionvillo and the Briey basin, as " well as on the railway station at Con - "During the day of Mareh 24 Ad- jUtant Ortoll brought down his sixth German Maehine. Another enemy Machine Was destroyed in an aerial Combat in the Tagil:tit of 4Both Fon- tainee. "German aviators dropped nuttier - One bombe yesterday on Calais and • Dutikikk. In Dunkirk there were neither easualties nor property dam- age. In Celaie two eivilians were killed and one civilian was wounded." • Full of Ardor and Loyalty to the Government. Country is Likely to Be a Republic. London, March 25. - A Renter de• spatch from Petrograd says there is an excellent sign in the'fact that the despatches which are beginning te ar- rive from the trenches from the depu- tations sent there in connection with the recolutionary movement are full of military ardor and assurancs- that the country may rely upon its defend- ers to eonquer the foreign foe as In- ternal enemies have already been cm. quered," Grand Duke Nicholas has asked permission, to reside at Livadia. lee eight-hour day is being intro- duced in all the factories" in Petro- grad, and a central board of arbitra- tion has been appointed to settle trade disputes. The Provisional Government of Russia has issued a peorlamation that it will meet faithfulty ail the pecttni- ary engagementsof the late Govern- ment, notably with regard to interest and amortization of State debts, the fulfilment of commercial contracts and the payment of official salaries. Direct Customs duties and other taxes will be levied as in the past uutil modified in accordance with the new laws. I3E1tLIN CLAMS 131(4 TOLL. Berlin, March 25.-Itetween the Sea, and the MOselle there were numerous attacks by our airmen torainst hoatilo aeroplantS and targets on the ground In aerial engagements the British and French lost 17 ftereelattel Taint Lion - Mitten Saxon von Itictithofen brought down his thirtieth and Lieutenant VoSte bis eixteentil and seventeenth Sdversarita, UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA. Russia will be the "United States of Russia" -a republic -if the leaders of the present Provisional Government prevail in the constituent assemely soon to be called. Sentimeat in Petro- grad among the general public sup- ports this plan -the name as well as 1 is reached, beyond Sedan, RETREAT TO LUXEMI3URG LIKELY BRITISH TROOPS MAKE GAINS AGAINS1L STIFF HUN DEFENCE Roisel, • Railway Junction and Important Point Near Peronne, Captured. Haig's Forces, Ten Or Eleven Miles Frcni Cantrail Gain Where Nearest. Loudon, March 25.-Ro1s0l, seven tulles east of Peronne and a railway junction point ou the line between Marcoing and St, Quentin, was cap- tured by the British on Saturday. 11:, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, near the centre of the British line on the Somme front, the Germans attacked and obtained a temporary footing itt the village, tut later were ejected. A British advance southwest and west of St. Ecoust-St.- Mien, southwest of Arras, on a front or one and a half miles, also is re- ported. On Sunday an enemy bombing at- tack on one of the British posts in the neighborhood of Beaumetz-les-Cam- brat was successfully driven off, and Sir Douglas Haig's troops improved their position west or Croisilles. The British forces are still some ten or eleven Miles from Gambrel, though they have made progress where they are nearest to that city. The Ger- mans are giving ground only foot bY foot, and defending themselves tenac- iously. There is still some difference of opinion in military circiBs here on the question whether the Prussians in- tend to make a definite stand on the Hindenburg line. General Maurice declares it is by no means certain that they will attempt to do so. Other experts say they will halt on that front and endeavor to delay the ad- vance of the Allies thrcugh another period of treneli warfare. But whatever the difference of opinion regarding the intentions of the Prussian field marshal, all experts agree that there will be no repetition of the long months of inactivity that followed soon after the Battle of the Marne, when the Prussians settled -down into the positions from which they have just been ousted. Topographically speaking, the Hin- denburg line is not as strong as that from Arras to Soissons, which the Prussians have left. It rune through comparatively level ground and has few heights like those further west, where numerous hills offered vantage points for artillery. It crosses the plain of Gambrel be- tween the head waters of the Amore and the Scheldt, which extends above the Scarpe almost to Lille. Next :tomes the plain of the Somme between the bend of that river east of Peronne and the head waters of the Sanebre, which runs northeast and emptiee into the Meuse at Namur. Then follow the valleys of the Oise, the Serre and the Aisne, all rather small rivers flolve ing through a fertile country and fre- quently inundating the lowlands on each side. The atrength of the line lies in its points of support -the cities of Cam- brai, St. Quentin, La Fere and Leon, the latter two having been formid- able fortresses even before the -war. All have doubtless been fortified to the utmost extent of Prussian energy and foresight, and will certainly offer a tretnendous obstacle to the Allies' advance, unless, indeed, Field Marshal von Hindenburg contemplates merely a halt here and intends a further re- tirement to the Belgian frontier, which follows a range of high hills and mountains of gradually increasing elevatioti until the Luxemburg border the form of government. Mime committee members are now on the way to all the provinces of Russia to spreadto the people the gospel of the revolutionists; to exoiain how the Duma seized Control and to urge the•people to consider what form of government tliey desire. CAPTURE KERIND. Russians Continue Their Advanee in Persia. , Ldndbn, March 25.--4'he advanee of Russian troops toward the •Mesopo- tamian border ,continues and the eap- ttire of the Persian town of Herind, forty Miles from the border, WAS an nouheed Saturday. The announce meat follow "In the direction of Hamadan our troops ott March 17 Oecupied the town of Inerind, which had been set oa fire and destroyed by the Turks. The onorny withdrew to pOsitiOn9 in. the VicinitY f0 the Village of Khali'. The pursuit .continues." "On the remainder of the front ex- ehanges of fire are under way," It is likely that eventually there will be a general retirement from both France and Belgium through Luxem- burg, but the line from Lens to the North Sea has not yet begun to break, and all indlcatiolis indicate a vielent struggle en the Cambrai.Laon front before the Prussians get ont. • How the allies will attack Is another question. AlreatlY the French have pierced the new lino. They arc on the oast of the CrOzat Canal, Whielt Ma- rmots St. Queetie with the Oise near Tergnier, and they have pushed their advance tO Seratteottdt•le•Grand, about five miles from the fernier city. At some points, today's report says, they have reached the west banit of the Oise north of La Pere. 'Pints they have cut the road between St, Quentin and La Fere. South of the Oise the Prussians are iri force around St. ,iobain and the forest of that name-. The British in turn, coming down ront Poronne att the northwest, are within thret mitea of St. Quentin. All Signs Indieate a tlesperate contest for OupreIneey In this section, WOO, eatttle, • West atid melith of St. Queritill. The isStie will depend to n great ex- tent on how rapidly the artillery has 1 Sorrie ot the enormously strong p041-. tions which aro now in Britieh and Frencli hands. Of Comae these po- t:Atte-IA !Mantling tbe high bar -eters Of the heaviest wire, cOttla have been de- atrOYed by sufficient concentration of gunfire, as were the positions which the Germans wore forced to relin- mash along the Aucre and the Somme, but the retirement has saved .the At- tlee countless tons of ammunition. The Charges that havo oecurred within a few days in the territory ra• candy occupied by the Germans are almostientwo ntd iraseyilsago sReuemineedte Ruined ivaisiliaageds w within tbe zone or deadly desolation had military traffic poltcemen on duty all their main streete to -day. Advan- ced hospitals have been established and divisional anit brigade headquar- ters talon up, while in the corners of the shattered villages blacksmith shops were riligIng with the sound of hammer upon anvil and soup kitckens were sending out their savory odors, leveryvvhere v..ere visible the activities oe a great army moving forward. Major -generals and brigadier -gen- erals who a few days ago were °ceu. pying eomfortable houses behind the old fixed positions were directing oper- ations to -day from huts and dug- outs and thoroughly enjoying the change. Motoring over pontoon bridges hastily thrown across streams to replace the permanent structures blown up by the Goemans was one of the many novelties offered by the present situation. Another has been to see Indian Silkbs, klialci-clad, and with immense khaki turbans on their heads, moving forward as patrols been concentrated by the opposing armies. In their retreat from the re- gions further west the 'Prussians have endeavored to make pursuit as difficult as possible for the allies by destroying eveeything of military value. They have blowa up all bridges, made a mine crater at every cross roads and wrecked every tall tower or spire that would aid observation, CAREFUL IN PURSUIT. But the British and the French have repaired the roads as they fon lowoa aad have laid new bridges. They have brought up their machine guns and field pieces and the, heavy artil lery has started after them. The Prussians ,boast that their big guns are in positien to annihilate any force advancing over theeunprotected ground, but there is no evidence yet that they have been used, and the assertion may be merely a bluff. On the other hand, they may contemplate a sally from tbe Hindenburg line and a conflict in the open, though that is less likely. , In either case the outcome of the battle, which probably will be fought within the next few days, will bo the most important on this front since the Marne and will have tar reaching con- sequences. There is this differnehe, however, in the outlook. If the Prue - stens should win, it will only delay their inevitable doom; whereas, if the allies gain a decisive victory, it may bring Prussia to her knees and tuiate.n the ending of the war. Tremendous possibilities, therefore, fhnatnugre.on the result in the immediate THE OFFICIAL REPORTS., London, March 25. - Saturday night's report read: "Our troops have occupied Roisel„ seven miles east at Peronne. "Thie morning strong hostile •de- tacliments again attacked our posi- tions in Beaumetz•les-Cambrai and obtained a temporary footing in the village. They were immediately coun- ter -attacked and driven out, leaving a few prisoners in our hands. "We have made progress during the day on a front of one and a half miles to the southwest and west of Ecoust-St. Mein (southeast of Croi- stiles. Enemy attaces on our posts in this, neighborhood and north of Boil's,- Becquerelle were repulsed." Sunday neght's report said: e "North •of the Bapaume•Cambral road an enemy bombing attack on one of our posts in the neighleorhood of Baumetz-les•Cambrai last •night was successfully driven off. We im- proved opr position west of Croisillea. NO END TO CAVALRY. With the British Armies in Franee, March 24. -The open fighting of the past ten days during the German; re• treat has presented war pictures fas- cinatingly spectacular and closely ap- proximatine the older ideale of Mod- ern martial splerniors. The roads, or more exactly, the remnants or roads, in some of the stricken districts of France have been fairly choked with troops on the move. From an emi- nence on a recently -evacuated Ger- Man stronghold could be seen today a seemingly endleee column of cav- alry coming over a distant hill, (Up- ping down into a beautiful valley and rising again by a winding road to a bread, open .1 ield, wbere camp Was pitched for the night. At times the brown -hued horses and brown -clad men were almost invisible against the brown ° winter landsettpe. At points further forward infantry detach - Mentes • cotrid be seen disappearing irk the distance, Skirneishing, dodging, one unit covering another, until it scented alnlost as if the deys Of In - dial). fighting had returned. This open movement ie a striking change from the deadly staleness, the depression, Of need treneh-fighting. On the other hand, it is Wonderful how the Men long inured to treneh life have conte to love holes itt the ground. During the -rest period on long March- es Many of them can be seen sitting in deep shell craters in preference to the paved roadside. There is warmth be- low the 'surface and a protection from ttlote jpiinedel‘awhich "Tommy" has learned ItETIREISIENTTISOAN.VE1) Follewing the German wake it is difficult to understand why the ran'. Ing army gives Up without fight RETREAT BEGAN MANY WEEKS AGO Berlin Issues Official Story of the Retirement. "All • Possible Considera- tion" for Natives. Berlin, March 24. -The "net,v situa- tion created on the western front" by the German retirement began as far back as Feb. 4, according to a detailed review of the military strategy of the enterprise, issued to -day by the official Government Preis Agency. "By the German operation,s on the west front," the statement said, "troops were disengaged from posi- tions in Pheardy, which they had held for two years and a half in the war of positions. Cavalry of both sides en- tered into teuch, thus a completely new situation has been created. "The eeglaning of the German oper- ations dates back as far as the evacua- tion of Grandcourt, Feb. 4. "Further disengagement was than carried out systematically at dates fixed exactly beforehand. The next was that the German position on both sides of the Ancre were withdrawn on the evening of Feb. 22. "Great changes during March oc- curred an the night of tho 12th. A salient,near Grevilliers, the first dis- trict next to Bapaume, was abandoned without notice by the enemy. •"A German position between the Avre and the Oise during the progress of French preparations for attack was held by uniateruptedly decreasing forces until 22nd of February, when only a few outposts remained. How- ever, these sufficed t� repulse sanguin- ary French reconnoitring advances. - "Only on the 16th of telarch did the French succeed in occupying German positions, after violent engagements with our rearguards and outposts. "Sitauitaneously positions further north were abandoned, and on the 14th Peronne was evacuated. The English did not occupy the burning city until the evening of the 17th. "During this time the French en- tered Noyon. The inhabitants were not dragged away -as has been the prac- tice of our enemies -a -,-but all possible consideration was taken, and a major- ity of them were left behind." BRITISH RAID • EAST OF ARRAS Number of the Foe Killed, Their Dugouts Bombed. Enemy Reached Our Lines, but Were Dispersed. SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY .1••••••,...0.01,1•100.,••••.. Great Britain Will Inaugur- ate Daylight Saving On April 8, %.,....•11.61.aopod••••••• PRINCESS PAT WELL Batocki Says German Food Supply Will Last Till aarvest. China bas taken steps leading to a rupture with Austria-Hungary, Princess Patricia has practically re- covered from an attack of measles, Tis declared to be la an insolvent con- dition. Torouto Teachers' Peneion Fund . Fares on Toronto civic cars lines may be increased to meet the deficit in operation, Four brigades will be formed in the ToronfteoreMilitary District for the de- fence Arnold McDonald, of Sarnia, was in- stantly killed when an electric lamp was handed hire inside a boiler he was repairing. Typhoid fever is epidemic in and about Farnham, Que, a hundred, and sixty, cases having been reported in the town alone. Walter Moore was fatally injured by the explosion of a fire extinguisher at the Algoma Steel Corporation plant at Sault Ste. •Marie, Ont. Revised official lists of the victims of the storm which swept over New Al- bany, Ind, on Friday show the number of dead to be 31, and placed the injured at approximately 100, All clocks he the United Kingdom, it is announced, will be moved forward •one hour at 2 o'clock in the morning of April 8. The clocks will be moved back again on Sept. 17. R. M. Effrick claims he has the larg- est egg ever laid in the Niagara dis- trict. It is 81/4 by eee inches in size and weighs five ounces, and a black Minorca hen is responsible. Preaching the Bacale,ureate sermon to the graduating class of Victoria Col- lege, Rev. Dr. Endicott said he was pained at revelations eontained itt thousands of letters from the front. Mr. W. F. Maclean, M, P. for South York, was condemned by his constitu- ents for his stand on the nickel ques- tion and also his advocacy of a coali- tion Government for Canada. Struck by an automobile while run- ning across Queen street, in front of the City Hall, Edgar Jackson, aged 12 years, of Toronto, was so badly injur- ed that he died in. St. Michael's hos- pital. H. B. Bulbit, a C. P. R. trainman, who is at present confined in the time ago. Hospital, was Presented with H a umane Society medal for bravery displayed in rescuing a child from the C. P. It. track near Lonsdale, some • Adolf von Batocki, president of the German Food Regulation Board, ad- dressing a deputation on the food ques- tion, expressed confidence that the supply was sufficient until the next harvest, according to o. Berlin de- spatch to Reuter's. The ice bridge at Niagara Falls has gone until another winter, but the river is full of floating ice, indicating that the ice movement on the lakes has well begun. The ice on the Wel- land Canal has broken up considerably during the past few days. Two men gained admittanee to an apartment occupied by Mrs. Catherine I. Skinner, of the Queen's Court, 67e Jarvis street, Toronto, on Thursday morning last, and after holding her up at the point of a revolver, ran;• sacked her rooms and in leaving took several valuteble rings from, her London, March 25. -Sir Douglas Haig reporte under Saturday's date: "We carried out another eucceesfuI raid early thie morning east of Arras. The euemy'S second line was reached and casualties were inflicted. We also entered the enemy's trenches east of Neuville-St. Yeast. A number of Ger- mane were killed and occupied dug - auto were bombed. "The enemy attempted to reach our lines this mornIng in the neighbor- hood of Richbourg-P Avoue (south of Neuve Chapelle), but were dispersed by our fire. Another hostile raiding party etteneded in reaching our trenches west of Matinee. "The artillery was active en both •eides to -day in the neighborhood of Ypres, Our fire eaueed three explo- stone in the enemyee positions. Sunday night's report said: "We entered the enemy's trenches during the night northeaat of Loos and captured several prisoners and -machine guns. - "An enemy raiding party entered our treachee early this morning west Of Heilluch, but Was ejected with lees, leaving prisoners in our hands. A few of our men are thiesing." The French Official report said: "West Of the Memo we executed a surprise attaelt and taptUred elemeete et enemy trenchee east of the Malan- court wood. Eact of the illetuto a Gore Man attack u.pon Ono of Our trenchee fri the direction of Apremont was re- pulsed with hand -grenade. "On the Verdun front our batteries effectively (alerted the German organ- izationMirth of Hill 304 and north- west of Bezonvaux," ir BAGGAGE &ANTS' CONVENTION. Los Angeles, Cal„ B. Cal- ladgnesn't0tofelget'rledv.c°1alklid4); aCtireTtlitikabtal,"Callit°- rag() tte i4t. LOUN Railroad (Big Four), Nattl elected President of the American ,Association of General 13aggatro Agents at the etosine hero to -day of the eseocla- ti jon.2entitticaktmouidttoottownetOil.tioortn.t., tt. elected secKetaryi-TrertIlli, pointed by the convention after a dtm. mission of the+ need of obtaining tml. formity of the laws throughout tlt country for btoulliere bergage, STOLEN MONEY. Almost All Recovered by De- tectives in Vancouver. NOT AFRAID OF HUN RAID TO PETROGRAD Russia is Confident, and th3 Army is Loyal to New Government. GERMAN SCHEME Being Worked to Cause Dis. affection Among the Troops. Vancouver, B. C., March 26. -Early Sunday detectives recovered more than $18,000 of the $19.000 said to have been stolen la Seattle by George LindeeY Hayden, aged 19, a former online/Yee of the Firat National Bank, of Seattle, who wan arrested her after he had en- listed. Hayden had been iniseing for two weeks. He theappeared after he had been entrusted with a quantity of registered mail, ineluding a number of letters containing $600 bills, in all amounting to $19,000, When he was taken Into custody to had in his pos- session about $600 in ea,sh, and this with the money recovered yesterday accounts for nearly all that was taken. -••••••>--- NO SLAGICRS In B. C. Civil Service, If This Bill Passes. Lcra d on, March 26.-Specia1 de. spatches from Petrograd, dated Fri- day, emphasize' the seriousness or the situation arising front the German concentration on the Riga-Dvinek front, with the apparently certain in- tention of attempting to' brealc through to Petrograd, It is argued that the shortening of the Germau front in France is pafrat a overwhelm - overwhelm Russia by a sudden and tremendoue blow before the country can recover from the unsettling fects of the revolution. According to the accounts of these eorreapondents, internal conditions in Russia, notwithstanding the determin- ation of the Government and respon- sible leadere to conduct the war with energy, are disquieting, They say that time is needed to restore the discipline, of the army and navy after the recent upheaval, and they record incidents which are hindering progress in this direction. Among these is the move- ment of extremists to put the final overthrow of the Romanoffs, tbe bur- eaucrats and ruling classes generally, In the forefront of all national effort. The movement is indicated by the appearance in the Socialist newspaper Pravda, of a resolution af the Social Democrat Party's central commit- tee, inviting the soldiers to leave the trenches and ,ec) over to the Germans. It is asserted that this step would. immediately revoke a fraternel re- sponse from Germans and the war would promptly collapse, enabling the army and people to co-operate in overthrowing the ruling classes of Russia. Some soldiers in Petrograd are said to have spent days wrangling over the wonderful promises held forth by the Socialist propaganda, and to have stopped thinking about the war, which they believe to be over. PETRO -GRAD IS CONFIDENT. Petrograd, March 26, via London, March 26. -The news that Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg was planning a campaign against Petrograd was re- cein ed at the capital with surprisingly little consternation, evoking rather a spirit or calra and unshakable coati - fleece in the loyalty of the troops, and the ability of the army to protect the city from the new danger. If German calculations are based upon the aupposod demoralization of the soldiery, or more than a transi- ent defection of the troops at the front from their usual discipline and loyalty to their commander, these cal- culations are plainly in error. It is undeniable that during the first days following the revolution the ex- treme radical and Socialist element aimed at taking advantage of the over- throw of the old authority by sowing further discontent among the work- ingmen and soldiers. The 'cloudy ate or mind of the peasant popula- tion, which, bewildered by the new. vista of freedom and equality, and having had little experience with lib- erty of any sort, • imagined that it meant relaxation of every kind ot au- thority and discipline, made the prop- aganda of the agitators easy at first. But the prompt measures taken by the Government and Duma delegations re- moved whatever danger lay in that di- rection. Telegrams -have been received from every portion of the front affirming that the army can be relied upon to do its utmost to defend the country. M. Rodzianko, President of the Duna, received a delegation from the army, which declared: "All officers and soldiers will defend the Durna to tae last drop of blood. They will faithfully obey the Prolate- ional Government, and will strike the 'Germane to the last man." Fredom from the censorship has al- ready had a military effect in permit- ting the truth to be published abeut the new danger from a German attaelt without the usual accompaniment a extravagant rumors, which in the peat made news more alarming than the trait itself. The result is that, withe out minimiziag the danger to the Country, the press lies aceepten the declaretibn of the Minister of War quietly and without edam. The Reel} says editorially: "It is the people who are fighting the enemy, and not the Government. Therefore, hiding nothing from oar readers, we pay elearly and netinitely that danger is threatening our aortle- ern frone. Tho enemy is prtpering'eo crush our valiant army, whtel or tete, years has defended the roads tanPetree grad. The Russian soldiere under- stands better than ever before the im- portance be still resisting." The Russkia Volta sae's: "Russia is on trial. Von Hinden- burg will try to realize his old dream of a move upon Petrograd. The army and people are facing a test which wilt become historical. Results can only come from an honest desire in the hearth of the Russian people for Vic - Victoria, B. Ce March 26. -If the Legislature aceepts an amendment to the Clvii Service Bill offered by Capt. Hayward, the independent soldier member for owichan, the proposed new civil serviee of the Provitme will not be open to any, nersou of military age and able for overseas eerviee who hag been appointed to rt. Government position since the outbreak of the War, or Who might otherwise be appointed, in tho future, up to a point six naonths after the deelaration Of peace. In other words, the captain primoses that all the present employeeof the Govern- ment eligible for active service who have been appointed since Aug. 4, 1914, must be discharged, and no new ap- pointments of men eligible for over- seas duty may be Made Up to the end ora neriod aix Months after the elose of the war. Muggins-Some of these rich people make mo tired. What's the nee ot having Money if yott don't know how 10 enjoy It? Iluggins*Well, what's the use Of knowing how to ert103' It if yOu Won't any': DRUGS FROM CANADA Smuggled in Auto Tires Into the States. .New York, March 26. -:--Tho Ilse of habit-forming drugs has increafied to such an extent in this city, reports Justice Cornelius F. Collins, of the Court of Special Sessioas, chairman of the committee on the drug evil, that at least ten per cent, of the business of that tribunal is made up Of eases of addicts. Large quantities ef a etre tain drug exported to Canada, Mexico and Cuba from this country are smug- gled back across the borders and into Florida. It has been established, the report says, that sante of it coMee froln Canada in the Urea of antonlobiles . There ws,§ a timid knotk at the door. "If you plente, kind lady," the beggar eel& "I've !Mit my right log "WO, It ain't here," retorted the lady of the ltotee, and elanlined the 400r1---C1iicag0 Herald.