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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-04-05, Page 7FRENCH SCORE HEAVILY AND FOE ATTACKS FAIL ANew Thrust By Nivelle releevilledztilny thtilstelieclealr,natainfellissaty,ea Wins Much Ground. ljuns Lose Heavily In Mao tacks In Champagne. French troops in northern France continue to push back the Germans along the southern end of the German field of retreat. A new thrust was delivered by General Nivelle's forces last night northeast of aoissons, forcing the hostile line back on a mi1e front between Neuville and Vregny, The French forged ahead east of this line, making important progress and capturing several points of eupport, the Paris War Office reports. Other hard fighting took place further southeast on the Franco. Belgian front, in the Champagne region. Here the French also were successful, repelling five violent counter-attacks delivered by the Germans and preventing the recapture of the positions taken by the French recently we of Mesons de Champagne. eral poottions of the enemy on the front between Neuvilleeenr-elargival and Vregny. Our. troops made linear - tent progreso east of this line and brilliantly carried eeveral points ots support, notwithstanding the ener- gene 4efeace of the Germans, "in the Champagne the Gerthans re- doubled their efforts against the posla done which we recaptured yest6rday west of Maisons -de -Champagne. In the evening and during the night the Germane made five violent counter- attacks. These assaults were broken up by our machine gune end curtains of fire, and the enemy suffered very heavy losses. The number of priapism% taken was eighty, of who mtwo are officers. "In Alsace, near Ammertzwciler we checked a surprise attack of the en- emy. We diepersed German patrols In the region of Pfetterhausen and took prieonere." Paris, !Special iCable.—lerencll troops leen night saccessfully attacesd German Duni= south or the Aillette River and made important progreee eastward, the War Office anueenees to -day. • The French advance was ecored to the east of the line relining from Nee- eille-Sureelargival to Vregny, &earth- eaet of Soitsons. A lumber of 1)011143 of support were 'brilliantly captured by the French forces. in the Champagne region five vio- lent counter-attacks delivered by the Germane on positions recaptured yee- terday by the French west of Maisore3 de Champagne, were checked, the Germans sustaining heavy losses. • 'Phis Mato:tient fallow "Between the Somme and the Ole% in this „sector of Benay, there was spir- ited artillery fighting. South of tl.e 'Aillette we attacked with ouccees sev- NEUTRAL LEFT BERLIN UNDER GUARD TO PREVENT HIM SEEING GREAT RIOTS Signs Multiply That the ' German People Are Ris- ing Against Their Rulers. New York, Report—The ,Neen York Times correspondent at The • Hague cables that he has received the report of a neutral traveller, who left Berlin during the rioting there a week ago. The traveller says he was com• pelled to take a dosed cab, with blinds down, from his hotel to the station, and an armed sentry escorted him. He was practieally placed under oath not to divulge the nature of the disturb• ances then occurring in the city. His statement is supported by other direct and independent evidence. Dur- ing the Reichstag debate yesterday a Socialist speaker mentioned the fact that food scarcity had occasioned re- grettable events at Hamburg, Madge - burg and elsewhere. •.•••••••=•••••••••••=... A FINE NEW PROSPECT NOW IS OPENED UP FOR POLAND Leaders Delighted With :Russia's proelamation— ' Ents- Hun,Intrigues: • • Petrograd, vie London, Cable,— The proclamation of the provisional (lovers:meat ineregardsto the feeedom oe Poland has been received with gen- eral enthusiasm by Polish leaders throughout the country. Expressione of opinion obtainer from S. L Gasmen: - seta, e member of the Duma, and 1. A. Sheliako, • another prominent Poresb leader, are typical. M. ,Gae nizeitee said: "The appeal made by the temPorare ;Government has made enormous im- pression. We Poles were quite sure that the first new prospect now seeens up for Poland, which is on the eve of resurrettion. I believe that itx Poland 'Itself, nt present occupied by German troops, the declaration of the tempor- ary Government will make the same impression. These who formerly stood Flom for union with the Central Empires will now feel that the ground has slip- • 'led from beneath their feet. Hence- forth Poland will have the opportunity, of developing freely and marching hand-in-hand with the new Russian nation, with whom it is spiritually akin." M, Shebako said: "The temporary Government is tak- ing the action which should have been taken by the former regime. 'With the publication of the 'declaration the lecture of . Poland's future is quite changed. Undoubtedly there will be some Poles who will try to show tbat the Government's appeal has not offer- ed anything definite and Poland's fu- ture will depend upon the decision rearlied by the constitutional assem- bly. "Russia's only task at present In re- gard tenthe Polish question is to tato prompfileasures to prevent Poland ett. tering into the circle of the Central Empire, Every effort should be made now to attach Poland as firmly as pos. sible to Russia and the Slavonic peo- ple," CLOSING Li -OEN ENEMY ABOUT PLATEAU .Hulls Determined to Hold Laon-St. Quentin Line) May be Surrounded. MORE BRITISH GAINS Geyinans Retreat Before Them in Direction of Cainbrai. " % . Strlecing alter- nately, firetefrem the Le, Fere region Oen-grit, the southeast, and OM from sthe Anizy region toward the north- east, General Nivelle is Inevitable -welding a ring of steel around the Cerman troops tenaciously hohnug the St. Gobain plateau which domin- ates the leaon•St. Quentin lines. .Although the Germane are attempt- ing to revert to trench' warfare and are , seeking to retain their present prepared position, the IrreeistIble on, elaught Of the Freeeh shock troops maintatits the war Inevetilent be delle etorreking several more villages or • etrong sUPpOrtertg potitiOn. eHeeling Mtn the Stinging effects oe • half a elizeen blows Minded by Nivelle, " ere .•• • 4 e•te which have enabled the pollee to filter pant Le Pere and as far as the out. skirts of the town of St. Gobain itself, and from north of Soissona to withie rifleshot of Atezy-le-Chateati, the German grip on the high, wooded plateau is weakening under a hail of high explosives and shraphel. Ana a little more French progress from the two points marking the gigantic pincers' movement means' the envelopment of the German forces defending the plateau, but the hail of shell -fire forming a barrien behind them prevents them from withdraw- ing from their positions without being caught aquarely en the open by the emirate French gunners. The entrenched positions being taken daily from the Germans irt this region indicate from the work and material expended on thon, that Field Marshal von Hindenburg intended to hold this line for a long time. Friday's War Offiee report reads: "To the nOrtit of the Somme and between the Somme and the Oise the enemy artillery haa bomberded sev- eral points on ottr front line. Our bat- teries have answered energetieally. There 'has been no infantry action. "To the northeast of Solesons we have made progress in the, seder of Vregnveltlargival." nitivsn TAXI VILLAGES, lrltish troops have captured the vlis tape of Ituyatticourt, Sorel -le -Grand and Fins, between Iletbincourt and Roisel. A German attack upon British positions south of Netiville-nourjonval was driven off With lots% The text Of the official statement Male: . "We have °Meted the 'villages of Ituytialcourt, Sorel -It -Grand end FRIA, and have gained ground, after sharp fighting, in the neighbotheod Of MU- dieottin, Where we took a fete prison - ere. VarlY thist Morning a beanie attack Mien Mir InniitIone Reath tit Neeville.tiourjonval Wee driVeri. off With 10Ste" on whit% they feel 1110410 to make a determined Maud against the Ens tote armies: The Steady•advance of the Britten toward Carabral• in the teeth of the fiercest Clerman opposition is believed here to be the opening of the Most vital and hotly contested strugglea ot the war, Gambrel is regardee so one of tile valves of the heart of Germany's sys- tem of defence. Its fall, would cut the railway by which ;she carries food and munitions to her armies all nhe way Cram Alsace to Ostend. The desper ate attempts of the Germans to regain the position lost fit limit of the Cams brat defences testify to the immense importance they attach to this line, at which the British army is steadily nibbling, 41 Or MEDALS GIVEN FRENCH HEROES Canadian Troops Take Part in Unique Ceremony. 111••••••••••.....mmft•••••1111, Strange Incident Behind • Our Lines. (By Stewart Lyon, ;correspondent of the Canadian Press). Canadian Army Headquarters, Report.—The close relations be- tweee the Canadians in Frauce and the people was emphasized to -day, when a parade was lield, at which a number or lerench officers attached to corps iu various cepacities were decorated, some with the Minter) 'Cross, and others with the Distin- guished Conduct Medal, The General of the army of which the Canadians form a part, in presenting the decora- tions, referred to the splendid strug- gle of the French nation for the re cavery of Rs invaded territory. The successes in the Somme area were an earnest of others to come. The army commander also referred in terms of praise to the services of the Canadians in France and Belgium. The unique feature of the cere- mony was that while It was in pro- gress a squadron •of aeroplanes were ..•-ngeged in battle tactics practice al. most overhead. At the 'close the rat- tle of machine guns in the air mingled with the strains of the French Na- tional Anthem. In ;connection with the recent shell - :ng by the enemy of a town behind our lines, this story is told by a staff officer, who vouches for it. An offteea out from the trenches was enjoying the luxury of a hot bath in the divi sional bathroom wnen a, big shell burst against the wall. Knowing the enemy's habit of following up with another shell in the same place a few seconds after the first, he ,grabbed his Clothes arkd without waiting to put all. of them on rushed out anti jumped on a passing cart. A few yards from the bath his ;clothes were jolted off the cart. He slid •off to recover .them and before the cart was twenty feet from lain a shell made a direct hit on it, and driver and horse and earl disappeared, blown to reeees, LAND FOR PEASANTS Is Outlook for Russia Under l‘ltew .Rule. Ottawa Report — Prince Lyoff, the RUSAiar. Premier, and all the other mem- bers of the provisional Government, left Petrograd to -day to visit general head, quarters at the front, a, Reuter des.patch trent Petrograd announces. London. March 3i.—The Republican tin- foil of the peasant members of the Rus- sian Duma has. Issued a manifest° to the peasantry, according to a Reuter despatch from Petrograd, saying that their lifelong need of land is to be sat- isfiedunder a form of government suit- able for toilers. The manifesto SaYe: "Hitherto no have been taught in the ehurches and schools that our rulers were the appointed of God. V'or hundreds of Years we have been pining under their heavy automatic yoke... We have now east down the Idols and. freed ourselves from the•old .superstitions. We a.re our own masters, and have to shape our des- tiny with our own hands. Let us be ruled not. by the grace of. God, bet by the common weal." - The Russian provisional Government has decided to abolish the death penalty, says a Reuter despatch from Petrograd to -day, . Penal servitude for Ilfo or for a term of years will be substituted for the death penalty in eases Where such a penalty is prescribed by the penal code or by Mill- ti-rY law, MORE AMERICAN UNBOAT VICTIMS Many Missing From Two Ships Just Sunk. Both Vessels Were Given No Warning. W'ashingtoa• Report.—'t'wo 11.1rib fah steamera, the Snowden Range and the Booth lieee Criepin, both With Alneritens aboard. c..e *hone it num- ber are unaetounted fors were report -n ed to tbe State Department to -day, to have been sunk Without Warning by a submarine. On the Crispin the torped0, Which streek the cogine rOoni, killed five men, two* of whom are ;believed te have been Americans. Cetiottl Prost at Queenatown, report.. Ing the icre of the freight liner Cris. ,said: "Criepin, 2,4e3 1.oile, Newport Newt; to'Llverpool, 680 Image, torpedoed Without wartlipg, 14. miles off Heion Head, 7.15 eerie 29th. Sixty-eight Out toMplerilent or 112 Wert Ant - trireme Two behta InIzedeens „Wettn probably Inst. * .vorpede nee& teSginteraelltelfittr. hoard • Sidle ebasfierteteti kitling five . 4 Men, orwhom tsvo believed Amern Cali% Selnuarino net eeen, but wake ot torpeact Seen. by AMeerlemeel. Iteogel carried gun and wireless. Iettter WAS wrecked by exploeion. Weather med. crate, wind, °Yemen eky, very heeen ewelhe leeneel Sank olowly, but re• tern on board not feasible ()Witte to heavy sea. "One boat with 19 ourvivore Jamie() at Queenstown, ineluding eaptain, chief steward, veterinarian and ten Alnerleane. Other boate believed, land - Ing at eilirord Haven and elsewhere." The despatch from Liverpool, ree Porting the sInklug of the Snowden Range, follows: "British steamer Snowdon Range, Pailadelphla to Liverpool, with mor- al eergo and powder, ono gun net, tor. pedoee without warning at 8.45 axe March. 28, 35 miles from Hallyhea,d. No vessel in sight, sea, Calm, weather haay, no resistance, stibinarine sub. merged at time of attack. Pour killed by explosion, remainder of crew took to boats, including James Carroll, Philadelphia; Geo. Alexauder, eolor. ed, Wilmington N.C. Rurt Theban. Phileelelphla, native Urn Americans. and Paddy MeCable, naturalized, no permanent address. "Submarine emerged, showing Gen man flag, shelled Suowdon Range, then boarded and removed provisions and detachable brass placed bombs, vessel smile Crew plelced up 6 p.m., taken Hollyhead." A despatch from Swansea said the ealleotor of customs there reported that 48 Americans from the British cattle steamer •Crispin had been land- ed at Milford leaven, • No additional details of the enticing of tee Crispin were given. STARVING OF GREAT BRITAIN IMPOSSIBLE Berliner Tageblatt's Critic Says Sub. Blockade• - Cannot Do It. •••••••••••=1,0•••••••••••11110 CAPEELE'S BIG CLAIM German Navy Minister Paints Rosy' Picture to the Reichstag. Copenhagen, ;Special Cable.—Open akepcielsm as to the Spoeotbility of bringing Great Britain to her knees by a submarine campaign through the direct preseure of starvation is expressed by Captain Posies, the naval r1tie of the Berliner Tageblatt. Instead, the hope and belief of Cap. tain Persiue is tbat by an average monthly loss Of hall a million tons et shipping in the next eew months Great Britain may be brought to re- alize that a continuance of the war would be unprofitable, though Ude remit, he declares, has not yet been attained. The article is noteworthy for cita- tionf passages in an addrees re- eently delivered by Prof. Harms, the iteW rector of Kiel University, giving a careful study of food conditions in England upon which Capt. Persil's' banes his argament, Prof. Harms, Who is an authorityin thee field, es- timated the wheat supply in England when the new submarine blockade was declared as enough to last until March 30. This wee bacied on the supposition that all inipotte being Interrupted by the blookade, the sup- ply in Great Britain could be.stretch. ea by the uge of oats, rice, etc., by rationing and.by grain cargoez which It is known tould get through the blockade. The danger point he on - tended, would coine before July, when the first fruits of the home harvest would be available. Should England succeed in weath. ering title critical period by importe and organization, Prof. farms and Capt. Pereaus point out that the Imp. elation could exist for time cn the British •crop, and that tile new dan- ger point would comeninly when this was coneumed. A second Interesting coatribution on the submarfne question is MID - plied to the .Gerinan press by Capt, Boy Ed's press bureauat the ad- miralty to the effect that as all Eur- opean Entente ports are now includ- ed in the blockade zone by the mea- sure againet Russia, the only room roran exteneion oe thezoeee would seem to be in non-Europeari waters. SAYS CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL. Amsterdam, March 30.—In a C011ft. dential statement to the Reichstag main committee, as reported in a tele• gram from Berlin, Vice -Admiral van Capelle, German 'Minister of the Nevy, said •all expectations regarding Alio submarine warfare had !been realized to the fullest extent. The total ton- nage officially 'reported as having made in February, amounting to 781,- 500, wasdestroyed in sieite of unfavor- able weather and ice -floes. There were the beet prospects for the future, • he asserted, all the more because the number of submarinee in. active Ger- vide Wan increasingly tonstantly and becaunee these eratt were always be- coming more efficient. All the reports in hostile and nett tral nmeepapers regarding the des- truction of numbers of eubrnarines were false eontintted Admiral von Capelle. On the contrary, the tomes remained at a lower level than had origleaIly been eatinutted, while the increase in the number eltoubniagines for. active serviee in February and earth had exceeded the Ideas by far. According to reports received to date, the mouth of ;March. promised Very well, the Minister etated, altlipugh eve erywhere in the barred zone the sub- Marieee had encountered fer .teever vessel% This wee thiefly MI6 aetrib- ed to the attitude ofethe neutrals in avoiding the barred zoees3. k • Germany's enemies esbeeltelly Great Britain, he talc', had tried, with every Meanie• -;by eompuesiem and knee prOmlees; by concealing their leases, andby false stateMente regarding loosee of Gentian eubmarinea te in - due. n entraIseetoneon th eir pores to Great Britain Mid to rielt their !Ivo for the Itritieh. OVERSEAS 'FUNDS FOR PLANES. Letidon, Ca,ble.---The Petriotie League of Britons Overseas has re- ceived from its branches ebrOzta over 41100,000, the greater part of Which has been handed over to the Admiral. ty' and War Offiee to Provide nett. planes . . andst4eropleetes. 00,n.sidetable gums havo ;Mee ben egiVeri to Vedette War Charities, Winding. 413.,834 to the Red Cross. 'Enough ts as good as Moteast, sToo inany ttightcarie etatee kelitentten a.fet• low up all Welt, Danger Zone Is Widened London, Cable,—The British Ad - Wrens' announces that, itt view of the iturestrieted use Of mines and sub- marines by the Clerma»s, and, the fsinit- ale of mercbantraen. Without regard for the safety of their ;crews, the "aim of the North Sea Magic is rendered Claugerotte to all shiltPing he' the °per- etierka against the enemy will be ex- tended on and after April 1." - AlVIERICAN NOW, Danish West Indies . Are Formally Transferred, Washington, Reports—The final act of more than *fifty years' effort. to bring .the Danish West ladies miner the American flag was completed with formal -ceremonies at the State Depart- ment today, wlien Minister Brun was handed a 'N•easery warrant for 4;25,000,000, the Titrchaae price, and wireless messageo were sent to the American and Danish authorities. at the islands to lower the Danish flag and raise the Stars and Stripee, At nooe to -day thesnew pogeessiohs we- ed definitely and finally under the au- thority of the United States. • Ill BARRED FROM MAILS, Another Batch of German Sheets Outlawed. Ottawa, Report.—The. Ceensor has prohibited the circulation in 'Canada of ten additional newspapers and publications. They are: Philadelphia Demolumt, a daily German. news- paper; Hindenburg's March Into Lon. don, published in Philadelphia; Sonnetags Gezette, a Sunday paper printed in German; Hans Und Herd," a German monthly magazine, Published in Cincieuati; Uns 1111) (The New World), a weekly paper published in the Estonian language in New York; Wesliche Kelander, 1917, a German calendar; Peunsylva,untsche Stoats Gazette, Philadelphia; Philadel• phia Morgen Gazette; The .Great Eu romp. War, published in Ruthenian, In New Yolk, and Secrets oe German Progress, by Prank Koester. Knock Out the Huns This Year London, Cable.—The Right Hon. William Hayes Fisher, Parliameutery Secretary to the Local Government Board, in an address at Hull to -night said it was not an exaggeration to say that the country was in deadly peril at the present moment. "We must have national service for everybody," said Mr. Fisher. "We did not intend to stand more than three years of war. Germany's idea was st ostarve us out before we could knock her out. What we want is to knock the enemy out this year, and we are beginning to do it." NOT ILL-USED. Berlin $ays Brand Whitlock Has His Privileges. London Cable — A Berlin despatch to Reuters, by 1N -ay of Amsterdam, era- phatically denies reports that Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Bel- gium, has suffered any violation of his privileges. The despatch says that Mr. Whitelock will be granted every PrWilege as a neutral diplomat until he crosses the frontier, and that all obligations in regard to the American representatives on the Belgian Relief Commission will be strictly observed. It is further stated that Mr. White- lock was given the same treatment as Count von BernstOrff, former German AMbasSaaGr to the *United States, NN ith the difference that while von Bern- storff's telegraphic communication With Berlin -Ives interrupted on the breach of diplomatic relations. Mr. Whitelcelt was vermitted to receive all telegrams addressed to him, even when In cipher, In respect to the sinking of the Bel- gian Relief steamer Storstad the snatch says that the Investigation has not been concluded, but that it has been establis.hed that the vessel was tor- pedoed In the barred zone of the Irish Sea, despite warnings received et the Cape Verde Islands. Anglo -Swede Outlook Good London ,:eCalite.--e (New 'Torte World eable.)—The belief Was ex- pressed here to -day in well-informed quarters that at no other- time of the war has there been, a greater possi• biltty of ittj Angle -Swedish agreement than at present. Thts is the result, .it is declared, of the defeat' of the most active pro -German elemeete in Sweden, If this is the case, a is considered certain that such an agreement will have an important effect on the whole situation in Seandinavia, • LOST ERE BEGUN • Says German -Deputy of Her - Great War. London, Cable.—German news paper aceounts of the debate la the Reichstag, says a Iteuter's despatch from. Amsterdam, show that some speakers complained that the military censorshipruthlessly suppressed the -.appeal of the Itussiait Socialists to the workers of the world to unite to stop the war, Herr Noske referred :to the bluadets ee the feeding system, the despatch adds; and warned Govertt. tient not to take lighteleartedly the deplorable events at Brennen, Ilene burg and Magdeburg, D. GUStaVe Stremeznalite it la added, pointed out that Great Britain had created it system of alliances with all possible people, even with peoPle Who for thirty years had been allies ef Ger- many. "Diplomatically," he Is repotted to have mid, "we lost the war before it had Militarily begun." DOUKHOBORS BACK TO RUSSIA. -London, Cable.— The laussien provisienal Goverinterit, says it Rein ter's despatch from Petrograd, is ells - posed sympathetltally toward the wish expressed Iv the 10,000 neekhO. hors in Canada to return to Ititeela, The ethestlen Of their liability to mili- tary service will b.6 determined bY tile jifelleitti oninlitfee °elite emit:MIMI esevertintent, SENATOR STONE Against War, but Will Back Wilson to Limit, Washington, Report, Senator Stoue, Chairman of the Foreign Re- lations Committee, broke his silence toeitty on the international eituatiou and %lid that war appears probable; that he will vote %pellet a war deelar. Mewl, eat will give President Wilson Ida unlimited suppirt it War is decided LIM. Senator Stone Auld he did not know the Presideet'a programme, but would co-operate in enabliug Cougresa to promptly express its convietione. "1 have not elianeed my position, nor convietIons since the armee twa- trality reoolution was put before the Soriano," said Senator Stone. "I Will vote against it War resolution, but if war is decided upon, I'd like to see allYolle go 'farther in backing up the President in its unlimited proseces non." The Foreign Relations Committee will meet at 3 o'clock in the afternoon Of the day the Presideat addresses Congrese. es es Mines About Irish Coast New York, Report—The Associ- ated Press to -day carried the eollowe ingt The fact that the Cunard liner Or - dune was stopped off the Irish coast by a British lorpedo stoat destroyer and hurriedly ordered Into the nearest pott while the north Channel was mein clear of a great flock oe mines suddenly discovered there, was reveal- ed, by the shine) officers as the reason the vessel was three. days overdue when she reached iter American des- tination to -day. Upon arrival in the Irish, port oe re- tuge, her officers paid, they found twenty-seven other ships had e,lready escaped the mine peril by putting iu there, including one American ship, Two other vessels had fallen victims of the mines, they learned , and; had gone down. In two days the sweepers cleared the• sea of 100 mines. BOUGHT OUR WHEAT. Britain Purchased Quanti- ties at Current Prices. London, Cable.—On behalf of the food controller, it was stated in the Commons. to -day that a quantity of Canadian wheat had been purchased „from time to time at current prices for the 13ritish Government and the Allies, but it was impossible to state as yet what proportion of the whole crop had been secured. - Mr, Outhwaite asked if it was not a fact that the Government had not been able to secure the whole Canad- ian exportable surplus, because Can- adian growers have seen high prices being paid for British wheat, and con- sequently have felt there was no obli- gation to secure it for this country. Capt. Bathurst, for food controller: "No, sir, I do not think it Is the fact. t am informed the Canadian Govern- ment is making most patriotic efforts to supply us with wheat, and I happen to know that only recently,a further arrangement has been made with Can- asta to obtain additional supplies be- yond what Canada expected to send us." 4*• SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE BAY Canadian Chalmers Motor Plant at Ford Burns— Loss $250,000. NEW HUN FOOD Canadians Have Saved Half a Billion in Last Two Tears. TWoatdteeart.he are reported in Toronto m frowine alleged to ;cantata poleon- oue rci Jank Riddell, a. Toronto brakeman, was seriously injured by being crush- ed between !two freight tare. Thonlas Robiccoon died at Ievernesee Quebec, in his hundred end fifth year. The NtIrtnern Navigation Com PanY's steamer Germanic was burned to the Water's edge at Collingwood. David Goodall. eighty years or age, applied to Petty Offiter Jones at Nia- gara Falls for enlistment In the navy. Heavy finee were emposed upen three Phyeiciane of Leaden and vicin- ity for prestribifig liquor in contra- vention of the Ontario, temperance act. Nursing Sister Hope Gray,of Till- sonburg. is to reeelve from the King the Red Cross of the second order for her SerVices at Saloniki and on a, hos. pirtaatiecse.hlp an well as In England and France Major A. Hamilton Gault's action against his wife wait dismissed with costa by Mr. austica Weir at Mon- treal, who allowed Mrs. Gault, in her cross -action, alraony at the rate of 400 a rnolith. A. Gemmel plot has now been dis* covered in Central America. Six Queen's Univereity profeneora have made applitation to take poen. ti°rthe0.11 farms during the -rammer Ino The Spatielt Government hae es tablished k co/worship to avoid the dieseinhuttion of anemia news. Ale nolute quiet reigne in all proviecee. The death oceurred et Kitchener of Benjamin Clenieno, who hats re- sided there for over fOrty yearn Ile watt in his 09th year. &tend Lieutenant George Howard Boorne, native of Ottawa, died on Wedneeday as the rceuft of- n flying itecident in the Midlanda on "Marek 8. Ordere for the IMMediatze nuebiliza. title into Ieederal cervite of comma mately 3,000 additional National Guardsmen, Mostly froin Nev Yorn State, Were Wetted by the U. S. War Department. Th 9 plant ot the Catteelian Chrtlinere Motor Company, situated In Ford, tan Szteetit 10 Walkerville, 11m14 ttintoet tellipletely destroyed by fire. The letie NEW HUN RAIDER AT LARGE IN' SOUTH ATIANBC OCEAN Daring Mate to the Moewe Has Sunk at least Nine •Merchantmen, 285 Survivors Arrive at Rio Janeiro—Raider Spread .Mines Off Erazit Rio Janeiro, Report.—A new German raider has reaclied the South Atlantic, und sent nine or more neer. ehantmen to the bottom. According to survivors from the sunken vessels, the raider ie the Seeadler (sea eagle), a formidable Armed craft, operating with 11164.1 ouel we d a e as1;i•lTiga s nell recently its predecessor, r etti vne tttolhieea German port from the same waters. News of the activities of the raldet woe brought to Rio Janeiro by the French barque Cambronne, which ar- rived here yesterday. She had on board 286 nien from the crews of ves- sels sunk by the Seeadler. The Cam- bronne encounteree the raider on March 7, at latitude 21 eolith. longitude 7 west, a point in the Atlantic almost on a line with Rio Janeiro, anti about two-thirds of the way to the African coast. After the survivors had beeu put on the Canthronne, she was order. ed to proceed to the coast of Brazil, a voyage of 22 days. According to the lomat do Brazil, the raider was loaded with ' mines, which explains the destruction of vessels off the coast of Brazil, The commerce destroyer Is reported to be armed with two guns of 105 milli- metres and sixteen niachiee guns. The vessel has three masts, and is equip- ped with wireless. Its crew consists of 64 men, under the conimand of Count Ukner. According to refugees, the raider left Germany on Dec. 22, escorted by a ;submarine. They say that the com- mander declared that the German Em- peror and the Crown Prince alone. knew of the expedition. No com- plaints have been made as to ereat• ment of the sailors while they were prisoners an board the raider. They give the name of the boat as the Seeadler, and say that she was pro- visioned for eighteen months, and had a, great supply of munitions and ex. plosives, On sighting a merchantman the raider hoisted a Norwegian flag, which was replaced by the German en- sign when her prey was within reach of her guns. Among the refugees are two women, the wives of two of the captains of sunken vessels. Among the ships sunk by the raider are the following: Gladys Royle, 3,- 268 tons; Charles Gottnod, sailing, 3,- 100 tons; Rochefoucauld,.3,050 tons; Antolitine, 4,000 tons; Dupleix, 3,000. tons; Lady esland,.4,500 tons; Rohm- goth, 5,500 tons; Hongarth and the Canadian schooner Perse, 500 tons. The anongarth, which was on her way from Montevideo to Plymouth 10.11.mal, with 6,509 toes of grein, disobeyed the raider's orders to halt, and attempted to escape. The captain finally sure rendered, after four members of bis PreW, including the chief engineer reld his assistant, had been wolinded by mediate gun fire. The Lady Island was loaded wtth 4,500 tons of sugar, the Antoinine with 4,000 tons of n$. trates, and the Charles elounod with 3,100 tons of grain, The thoroughness; with watch the Germans carried on their work of des- truction is shown by their treatment of the Cambronne. On deciding to send this vessel to Brazil with their prisoners!, they cut away part of he masts and destroyed some or her salle with the idea of delaying her progress to Brazil, and keeping secret as long as possible the presence of the raider in the south Atlantic. All papers on the Cambronne were seized and a large part of her cargo was destroyed. The survivors who have reached here can give no definite account Of the movements of the Seeadler, als though they say that most of the ves- sels were sunk off the Brazilian coaet. The Hongarth put up the stiffest fight. It ;required 21 cannon shots, fired from a distance of 1,es miles, to MAX her. It is related by survivors that their reception on the raider was such aa to discourage any attempt to make trouble. The Germans were lined up on deck, every man heavily armed, as each new contingent of prisoners was taken on board. AN AMERICAN BARK. • Rio Santoro, Report.—It is report- ed here that the German raider is the captured American bark Pass of 1341- maha. The Pass of Balmana, a vessel of le. 571 tons gross, was taken into. Cux- haven by a German prize crew in Aug- ust, 1915, while on a voyage from New York for Archangel with 5,00 bales of cotton. She was held up by a British cruiser, whieh placed a prize 'crew on board. Subsequently a German sub- marine stopped her and placed her in charge of the prize crew, which took her to Cuxhaven. The Germans aid not know there was an British prize crew on board, they said, until the Englishmen were discovered in hiding. On account of the fact that the PaAS of Balmaha was transferred from Brit- ish to nenerican registry after the be- ginning of the war, a German prise court ruled that the ship and her equipment would be confiscated, but that the owners should receive ths proceeds of the sale of the cotton. AnniMfommlme Is estimated at close to $250,000. A number of finished machines, ready for delivery, including sixty-eight le moueines, were also burned. The postoffiee at Crediton Earn was destroyed by fire. Subocribers to the third Canadian War Loan numbered 37,000. According to a memorandum iceued by the Deeartment of Finance, the people of Canada have caved more than haIf a billion dollars during the past two years of war. Col. Je A, Roberts, Torcnto, who for some eitne has been Commandant at Cliveden and formerly Commandant at •Saloniki. is appointed to ;command the new Canadian hospital at Being - stoke, which will ultimately have two thousand beds. The city of Rheims for the past few days has been the object or epee eial attack on the part of Germany ar- tillery. On Wednesday 401 simile were throWei into the city. A bill providing for a redection of the minimum penalities for violation of military law has been intenduced in the Reichstag and referred to commie tee, The pleasure has met with gener- al GaSprpmraanchemistval.e have discovered a method for making a flour substi- tute out of linden and beechbuds. They elalm that the eubstitute hale the nutritive value of barley flour, with four times its fat percentage. James H. A. Hurd, formerly a ward- en of the Church of St. John the Bap- tist, Torouto, was Committed for trial by the Police Magistrate on a charge of etealing $1,409, the property of the church, There will bo a contest for the alder. manic vacancy in Ward Three, Galt, W. Cardwell having qualified. D. Y. Itay, the other candidate, announced lerciself and qualified early in the day. 7'he election will take place on Aprit 4t1. 01rte of the oldest residents of Semite passed away in the person of Mrs. Ern - ma Major Prink, relict of the late Am. brose Prink, Mrs. Prink nad been a resident of Sarnia nearly all her life, at the time ot her death was in her 90th year, Rettlizieg the seriousness of the farm labor shortage in the West, the railways hasve Made a joint arrange- ment by which hundredo of teak workers will be available for work on the farms this spring, The French barque etausrontte. has arrived at Rio Janeiro, 13razil, with 200 tnen of the erews of varloue steamers and smiling shops sunk by it German tattler off the Island of Trini- dad. They reported that man Y sailors from -the sunken vessels were drown- ed. The French Government Introdeeed it the Chamber of Deputies a supple- mentary appropriation bill for 300,000,- 000 francs. The money la to be used for agricultural aid to the invaded districts, including those recently eviteitated by the Germane. The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, and the "Children of the UM- ptiliraet (tjittienvio‘rvibIrlarill)ti); flotarlagiAveeits ontotiirtels corporation at the present seeeion oe tee Dominion Peeltainent. They aro toearns a body corporate with patrio: tic objectta. That tha Labor party in the AuRtra. Hatt CentitiOnWettItli le net leant . le williegnese to aid hi the preesecetlen ot the war Was declared by the leader ot the Opposition. Mr. Tether, itt a seeech in *Welt 110 Made aft eloquent appeal for recrUlting, French Win In Champagne Cable.—The French troops in Champagne in a counter-attacis have expelled the Germans from No- itions they captured there March, 23, according to the French official coins municatIon issued to -night. North ef the Somme end ;between the 'Somme and the Oise.the Germans 'bombarded French positione. The cominunicatloa saps: "To the west of Maisons de Cham- pagne a spirited counter-attack by orr troops permitted. us to throw out the enemy from the elements of trenches in which he took a tooting on the 28th of March. During this action captured 63 prisoners." • • • • U.S. Warship Nabs 18 Subs. New York, Cable.—The New York Times has received the follosving ceble from Panama: Passengers of the steamer Ade vance, which arrived to -day, report the discovery of a submarine base oft Hayti and the capture of eighteen submarines by au American warship, wbich met the Islvance fifty miles southeast of Watling Wendsl'hq submarines were towed to Norfolk. • • * Russ Repulse The Germans ••••,...*:••••••••••• Petrograd, Cable. via Londen. An official statement issued to -day hy the Russian War Department says: "Western front: Minor German at, tacks north of Iliukst and in the re- gime of Postavy were repulsed. On the rest of the front there were scouting tesconnaiSsanees and rifle firing. "Roumanian front: There 'were re. connaissances by gouts and reaprotai firing. Our artillery successfully borne herded Germait monitors, which were endeavoring tO approaeh Galatz. "Caucasiae front: There were seotits ing rectenutissantes and rifle briefs:* Can't Starve the British Louden, Cable,—ii answer te euestione from representatives of tile Assodated Press coneerning Oermait submarine activities, Sir 2dward car. eon, First Lord ot the Admiralty, saki: "German statements are exagger. ated, but no one Suggests that submar. trio Warfare does not tense very aerie ons damage, both to neutrals and bele ligerents, The bosses, however, do not Mood the estimates on which wo have based our pollee, and after the retest ennead consideration it is (thee- dantly clear that Getman hopes of starving Ue out at% elate inueory, fer neutral countries, have Bettered Mere from Oermart methods thattltav. belligerents,"