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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-07-26, Page 7LLOYD GEORGE POKES FON AT BOASTS BY MICHAELIS British Premier, in Great Speech, Tells of Some German Errors. be Belgian, and the 00111 Must be 1301. glen. A SIIAM THROUGHOUT. "I heee read thee tipeeelt ail it waE3 my duty to read it—Once, ttvice ene thrice—t0 et"ele aUything in a from which Iva wield hope for the end of BAB bloody strUggle, tend I eee in it a sham independence for Belgium, a sham democracy for Germany and et eitain peace for BUM% And I Say Tee Itlenoxge. gailant souls to set up a soil consecrated by their blood an a More sanctuary for sham. lie tries to stimula.to and encourage his pee - lee by doping them with illusions, And GerMauer will find that her new hopes • aro just as much illusions as others Britam s Food Secure ---Great Shhip • widint.... which have been, dispelled in the han assitig six weeks' that have just gone. WILL MAKE DIFFERENT SPEECH Praise For Heroic Belgium. London, July 2,—Speaking at the Belgian Independence Day celebration in Queen's Hall y.estertlay, Premier Lloyd George said: e"Wo are here to -day on the anni- versary of the independence of a people who have rendered such ma forgettable service to the independ- ence of Europe. (Cheers.) The world will never forget the service rendered by Belgium to international rights. (Cheers,) Half of the . great battles of Europe during recent centuries have been fought on your soil. Belgium is the gateway between the Central Pow- er s and the west. A modern statesman had devised a plan, if I may use the phrase, of putting Belgium out of bounds and thus preserving Europe by making it impossible for an aggressive Franco to destroy Germany or an ag- gressive Ciermauy to destroy France, (Cheers.) A GREAT TRUST. "The treaty at the neutrality of 'Belgium was one of the pediments of Public law of Europe. Belgium was the gate -keeper of European liberty, the highest, most onerous and most dangerous trust ever imposed on a peo- ple. Faithfully and loyally have the Belgian people discharged their trust to Europe. • "If I may quote from an historie document, a document which is part oE the history of the world, namely, the reply of the Belgian Government to the German ultimatum, there is nothing that more clearly states, not merely the duty of Belgium to Europe, but the way in which Bel- gium discharged that duty: The Bel- gian Government, if they were to ac- cept the proposal submitted to them, would sacrifice the honor of tho nation and •beiray their duty towards Europe'—a great answer, greatly kept, too. AN ASSASSIN'S PROPOSAL. "What were the Gernian propo- sals? They were the proposals of an assassin, who approached a man and said: 'Open unto -me your gates so that I may take your peaceful neiglrbor at a disadvantage!' What manner of mind most men possess when they suggest such infamy to anybody? Belgium, as an honorable people, rejected it with disdain, and great be their status forever in the his- tory of the world. "But Belgium has suffered for per- forming her high duty and her high trust. She has suffered the unbridled savagery of the conqueror—the men who are committing outrages in Franco and oBlgium that Attila bad not Alio refined cruelty to devise, the pirates of the high seas wno are sink. Ing unarmed merchant vessels aud passenger ships and drowning women and Children. Their fury has been concentrated for three years upon Bel- gium—three years of oppression, of heiniliation, of servitude, of anxiety, of agony, but at the endBeigium will be greater than she ever was. Her sacri- fice will be her discipline, her forti- tude will be her redemption. In the words of her heroic King, 'A country ,that is defending itself is respected by all: that country will not perish.' DELIVERANCE COMPLETE. "Three years, even of agony, are not long in the life of a nation, and the deliverance of Belgium is as- suredly coming. But when it comes that deliverance must bo complete. France owes it, Britain owes it, Europe owes it, the civilization of the world owos it to Belgium that her de- liverance shall be complete when it comes. "But what have we in the way? There is a new Chancellor in Ger- i:teeny. The Junkers have thrown the old Chancellor into the waste paper. basket with his scrap of paper , and they are lying there side by side. (Laughter and cheers.) You will not have long to wait before junker- dom will .follow. What hope is there. In his speech, of peace -1 mean an honorable peace, which is the only possible -peace? "The circumvention of the block- ade by the opening of the road to Bagdad for the resources . of the world—that has gone; the &Wien raids—where are they? and now it is the Turks and II -boats, both equally barbarous and good company, one to the other. (Laughter.) The U-boats are to put England out of business. Owing to the submarine attacks, ac- cording to the German Chancellor ,we Cannot last much longer. Well, I am corry to disillusion him at the outset of his career, but truth compels me to do it. Gradually, but surely, we are increasing our production and diminishing our losses at sea. Aprif was hoped to be a veritable triumph. They can look back to It as a month of laurels for the Week flag. Since then we have had, too, these longer days, which have increased our diffi- culty enormously on the high seas, but although -our apprehensions were great for .these stunmer months, we have gradually decreased our Jesse% ,and thotigh we have only ended thtee weeks of the month of Jtily, compete ing those three weeks with the Or- respending three weeks in April we have not lost one-lutlf as many ships MI We did in the month ef (Leila eheers). TtlItieleNG OUT SHIPS, derrated our determination. DIminish- ed losses and increasing output will fill up tho gap. But they will starve, us; they have said so. They have been ceeffiring up their starving population with this kine of statement. They say that In. a short time, because we are now hard up, we shall have nothing left. I ant sorest to do it again, but I must tell the truth. A man who is Prime Minister is bound to do that, So far from our starving, ow.ing to the exertions made by the Food Control- ler and the Shipping Controller dur- ing the last few mouths, our food supply for 1917-18 htis eirea,dy been secured, subject, of course, to reason- able economy, TO MAY, 1918, SURELY SECURE. "I do not mean the people of the country to go on doubling their rations. It is on the teals of present consumption and must not be in- creased. And we are now making arrangements for a programme of cultivation that will make the sup- ply for 1918 secure, even if our lessee are increased. Those are rather distressing facts, but we have to raention them. We cut down our imports very considerably, by several million tons, in order to save our ships, "The people of this country have not yet been. called upon to face privations comparable'''. with those which the German population have endured for nearly two years, And do they really imagine that the Britis.h people are less capable of sacrifice for their free institutions than the German people -are for their autocratic institutione?- And. we have got that power of sacrifice in re - earn when the harvest of 1918 fails. I 'do not want them to harbor any deli:alone that they are going to put Great Britain *out of this fight until liberty is re•establiehed throughout the world. 'Bute says- Michael* 'America has no shiee as a matter of fact, no army, and- when they have an army they have no ehips to brtng them across the sea' And so he says to the Germans, 'Don't you worry too much about America, He knowe Am- erica, just as little as the Germaes know Britain. They are going to melee exactly the same mietake about Am- erica as they made about Great Bri- tain, They said we would not fight; if we would we could not. We had no army, we could not raise one. They need not worry about Great Britain. I think they have discovered their mistake about us •and now they are Just going through the same process with America. "It iS a dexteroua speech, a facing - all -ways speech. There are phrases for those who earnestly desire peace, many of them; but there' are phraees whieh the military poe'ere, of Germany will understand, phrases aboutt making the feentiers' of Germany secure, That was the phrase that annexed Alsace- Lorraine: that is the phrase that has drenched Europe in blood since 1914; thet is the phrase which. If they dare. will annex Belgium and Courlattd; that is the phrase which will once more precipitate Europe into a welter of blood within a generation, unless that phrase is wiped out by the staten- naanship of Europe. "That is not all. Our ship bend- ing hitd gone down disastrously dur- ing the last two years, but this year We shall turn oUt fur tittles as many ships as we did last year. The last two nleftthe—t want to give these fade to the CIerintil Chandelier (laughter) so as to help him tie give riglit interpretatiOe to his own statentent--the last tWo menthe of Gila year We shall tern Oa as 'many snipe as we did during the whole 12 inohths of test e ear. And next year we shali tern out, in CoMparleort With last year, six trees as Many ship, "We are a olow people. Not Very (snick In the uptake; but We are rather difficult to beat when we be- gin. And I think the tlerinati has Un - MERELY BE CLERIe.S. "Them were phrases for men 02 the democratic mind In that speech, many, tie was going to call men from the Reichstag to co-operate with the Gov- ernment, they were even to get of- fices, the men of 'all parte. That was for the democratic sentiment in Germany. Brt there were phrases to satiety the Junkers that the others meant nothing. There was to be no party with -Imperialistic righte, as they will call the men from the Reichstag to offices. but they will not be Mints- ters, but clerks. (Laughter.) "R is thus the speech of a man waiting on the military situation; and let the allies, Ruesia, Great Britain. France. Raise all of them, bear that in mind. It is a speech that may be made better by improving the military situation and if the Germane win in the west, if they deetroy the Ruseian army in the east, if their sriencle, the Turks. drive Britain out of Mesopo- tamia and if the 13 -boats- sink more merchant ships, then that speech, be- lieve me, means annexatiou all round and military autocracy, more estab- liehed than ever. But if. on the other hand, the Germane should be driven back on the west front and beaten on the east. and if their friends the Turks fail in Bagdad and the submarines are a failure on the high seas, that speech is all right, MILITARY PARTY HAS WON. "We meet all help to make that a good. speech. There are possibilities in it of excellence. Let us help the Chancellor; let us give our assistance te the new Chancellor to make it a real success. I3ut for the momenteit means the military party has won. "Well, now, I waiit to repeat in an- other forin the statement I made be- fore. Whatever manner Of Govern. ment they choose to have rule over them is entirely the business of the German people themselves. But what manner of Governinent we can trust to make peace with, that is our guar- antee of peace. and if yott cannot get It in Germany then we must sectire other guarantees as a substitute. The 'I Want to put this to them: Britain, net a Very large eountrY, while he 1 maintaining and equip- ping and even building up equipment for an army of millions in the field and in reserve In full fighting array, whilst maintaining tiie largest navy in the world, can organize herself, in the third year of an exhausting war to turn out 'zillions of tons of shipping. Is America, with thrice the population of this country, with endless natural resources, going to be beaten merely becauee she puts forth fresh effort? A man who talks like that knows not the situation, 1 predicted—it is dan- gerous to indulge in predictions, but In war when changes are cyclonic it is more dangerous—but I am going to predict that it will not be long before Chancellor Michaelis, if he survive, will form a different opinion and make a different speech, and that is the one we are fighting for, The issues are put clearer day by day, leelgum, with sure instinct understood these in the first hour of contest You made no mistake about what this conflict meant for you, for France, for Britain, Lor the European world, for Mime - ay, for all generations. It is to your glory that you junmed to the right conclusion. WILL FREE GERMANY, "A. great German newspaper said the other day that the Germans were fighting for the freedom of the Father- land. It was never true, and it is less true to -day than it ever was. The freer Germany is, the more independ- ent Germany is, the better we like it. Those who are enemies of freedom and independence in Germany are her own rulers, and not the allied powers. We prefer to free Germany. We could make peace with a free Germany, but a Germany dominated by autocracy we cannot make any terms of peace with, (Cheers.) When they were fighting perhaps a corrupt and narrower auto- cracy in the east, they had some spec- ious pretext for appeals of that kind to their own people. They have none, now, for what has happened? Russia has not merely become a great democ- racy which is not fighting to extend its own territory; it has actually declared that it is prepared to concede incle- Pendence to a nation which was ouce under the Russian flag. Since then the last shadow of pretext on the pait of Germany that she is fighttng for her freedom and independence has completely vanished, if she ever it. It has now become a struggle be- tween two definite groups—one a de- mocratic group, a group of democrattc freemen, another a group of nations governed by military *autocracy, Ger- many, Austria, Turkey, King trerei- nand of Bulgaria—fit associates—that was the whole thing. F1GHTNG AGACAZT FREEDOM. "There has been a more significant change than that of the substitution of Michaelis for Bethmann-liollweg, and that ie the change that was an- nounced"a few hours ago, of that bril- liant young Russian statesman, out- standing figure of the Russian revolu- tion, the man whose inspiration has regenerated and revived Russian mile tary power, who suceeded to the lead- ership of the Russian democracy. "In -coming to the great struggles on the east and on the west, every Ger- man soldier must know in Lis heart that if he fall he will be dying for military autocracy in fighting against the confederation ot free people. On the other hard, every Belgian soldier every French soldier, every Ruesian soldier, knows that he is risking his rife for the fredom and independence of his native land. Every British, every American, every Portuguese sol- dier; knows that he is fighting side by side, with others for international right and justice throughout the world, and it is that growing convic- tion, more than the knowledge of our vast, 'unexha.usted resources, which gives them all heart and gives .us heart to go on fighting to the end, knowing full 'well that the Mere of mankind is our trust to maintain and to defend.' (Loud cheers.) • 4 - • • German Chancellor's speech shows, in my judgment, that those who are In charge of affairs in Germany have for the nioment elected for war. There Is no hops for Belgium in that speech. It is not even mentioned, Ito phrase- ology is full of menace for Beigitme It takes Metz and Straesboufg away and it Will take Liege and the control of Antwerp away. That is not pleas- ing or a good omen for Delgium, but that it due to the necessity for seeing that tio economie interests of Ger, . many have been snouted, It means that if they restore Ileigium the re- ' storation wili be a sham. The determ- ination of the allies Is this; "That Ileigium must be restored as 8, free, independent people; that DOOM mutt be a people, not a protectorate. We met not have merely a Mightn't shonex ed by the Prussian sword. The sceptre must be lielgian, the sword !mist be Belgian, the eeaeleird mast WAR NEWS FROM WESTERN FRONT Night Reports Tell of Minor Affairs. . Germans Quiet After Latest Reverse. London, July 20.—The War Office communication this evening says: "A hostile raiding party was re- pulsed 'with losses last night north- east of Hargicourt. "Beyond the usUel artillery activity by both sides there is nothing furtheie to -report." FRENCH REPORT. Paris, July 20.—The official state- rneht issued by the War Office to- night reads: "Southeast of St. Quentin there was activity by our own and our ene- my's artillery. We have retaken a few eletnents in the region of Moulin do Toutvent, "There has been rather spirited artillery fighting to the north of the Aisne, between Hurtebise and Gra- ben% The enemy, after his sanguin- ary failures of yesterday and last night, made no further attempts. "There were intermittent boinbard- ments in the Champagne to the south of 11Ioronvillers, and on both banks of the Meuae. There were AO Infantry action. "The remainder of the front Was quiet." THE REVERSE TO RUSSIANS IN GALICIA Further Details of Retire- ment Caused by the Extremists, COLSHEVIKIS AGAIN Their Course Responsible for the Break in the Line. London, July 20. — Disaffection among Russian troops has resulted in an important. gain of ground by the Germans and Austrians in the region of Zicchoff, east of Lemberg, the Gali- cian eapital, Persistent Gennexa attacks at rirst were repulsed by the Russian. Later a. Russian regiment near the centre ot the line voluntarily ieft its trenches and retired, forcing the other units on the line to fall back. 'Phis movement, Petrograd says, gave the Germans -op- portunity for developing their move - rent. Some Russian troops are re- ported to have refused to obey their commanders under the influence of the extremists who brought about the recent disorders in the Russian capi- tal. Prince Leopold led the Aust o -Ger- man advance in person, and his troops, Berlin says, occupied three zones of defence and captured "a few thousand". Prisoners. Northwest of Halicz the Russians have evacuated Bludniki. Near Brze- zany, between Halicz and Zioehoff, the Russians have repulsed German efforts, A Russian offensive move- ment near Noviea, south of Iealusz, brought no important gain. THE RUSSIAN REPORT. The Petrograd War Office statement follows: "In the direction. ot Vilna there was animated artillery figleting throughout yesterday. After strong artillery pre- paration the enemy persistently at- tacked our detachments on the Pleni- aki-Harbuzov front, 20 miles south of Brody. At first all these attacks were repulsed. At 10 o'clock the 607tb Mlynov Regiment, situated between Batkov and Manajov in the same re- gion, left its trenches voluntarily and retired, with the result that neighbor- ing units also had to retire. This gave the enemy opportunity for developing his suecess. "Our failure es explained to a con- siderable tlegree by the fact that un- der the Influence of the Bols.cheviki ex- tremists, several detachments having received a command to. support the attacked detachments. held meetings and discussed the advisability • of obeying the order, whereupon some regiments refused to obey the military command. Efforts of commandere and committees to arouse the men to ful- filment et the commands were fruit- less. "East of Brzezany to the south of Szybalin Austro -German troops matte repeated attacks and occupied a por- tion ot our first-line trenches. The enemy's effort to attack south of Brzezany was repelled by our fire. West of Haliez detachments occupying the village of BIudniki retired, where- upon the enemy, profiting by this movement, occupied the place. An ef- fort to win back thistvillage was un - 'successful. "According to supplementary re- ports, now received, on July 17th, at about 7, p.m., when the enemy took the offensive and eeimed the height south of Novice, to the south of Kaluez, one of our regimentsbegan. tr. leave. Major-Gereral Prince Ga- garin, sommander of the military. district, perceiving the situation was eritteal, at once moved forward a battalion of the Ukhov Regiment, etommanded by Second "Captain Berri - ahem which had recently arrived in this district. The battalion condueted an energetic. attack. Simultaneously General .Prince Gegarin threw troops into the- attack on both flanks, ad- vancieg infantry* and native cavalry regiments of- Daghespaniane en the right, and Circassiane and Caeard- lane on the left. The Uehnov Re- giment and thenatives rushed for - Ward in a feriotis onslaught, carry- ing with them alms the Rueelan regi- ment which had retired . The gener- al aasault soon changed the eituation in otir favor. The, advancing enemy fled in disorderly fashion,. and our former position was restored bril- liantly. The work of the artillery of tees 'command Contributed decleively to the emcees. "Roumanian front: There were fusillades. "Caucasian front' Unceasing ef- forte of insignificant Terkieh forces to attack our detachments south- west of Guraishkaneh were frustrat- ed by our fire." THE GERMAN VERSION. Friday's German War Office state- ment respecting fIghting on the East- ern front remise "Army group of Prince Leopold: On July lath. the Russian Govern - tient led part of the Ruseian ants, into an offensive in lecetern which, after slight initial suctemee, soon came to a etandetill on eceount of treMendens Resell. The Itualian eoldiere, whose Wish for Peace litie Lound expression on almeat every point on our front in attelePte at rapproae,hement, had again been te- rificed itt seen for the eake of the Entente. In answer the 'attack Of the Etu•aftins, oor troore yesterday be- gan a couriter-offenaive. Tinder Ow peraornil guidance of -the erineel3 commander-in-chief, 0 ernt an artny corni, after effective preparation • by -even= and Atetro-Hurigariati ar- tillery; advanced agaInst the Rucsian pre:Mons between the Sereth arid the Ziota, Lipa, arid pushed forward through three etrong zones ot de fence, The enemy ouffered heavy and eanguinary levee% and retreated 'n d'aorder. Up to the afternoon, a • few thereand prieonere had been re- port ed. "Nettie Jecebstadt, DvinsIt ntni 4101ortton. aloe tr, the St °idled, atilt front he felote tipti to eolith of the Dino tier. the artillery activity inereasted aonsideralgy at genie point% Advaneee Ind Oen en t roemineitring. operations BELGIAN REPORT. Paris, Ally 20. --The Belgian War (nee report of Friday reads: "The artillery inaintained•ita usual activity, the action being More vlo- leiit the •vieinity ef Steenstratte. A number of bombs were dreipped on Parma. " "One of the aviators brought down "Army group of Archduke Joaeph: In the northern Carpathians the .artillery fire luta been 'stronger recene ly, aud Military activity has increased also in the mountains east of the Icezblvasirlily basin." "Our troops between the Diver Sereth and the laver Stripa are pur- suing the retreating enemy Closely." THE 'VIENNA REPORT. Austro-Ilungarian gederal head- quarters issued the following official itatcmont to -day: "Eastern theatre: Challenged by the enemy Offensive forced upon the 41viesians agaiust the wishes of tee nation by the western ptiwers and America, the allied forces yesterday aclvauced in Easter Galicia, througli n. eounterettaek. At 5.30 o'cloelt in Lite morning the Gorman and Austro Hungarian batteries between tee ',bereft region and the Berets de. Veined trern dou u tivity. Sterne ing attacks be relay and imperial roops, supported by German infantry, followed during the morning hours. "The victorious attackers advanced through three strongly fortified lineti. The Russians retreated la complete ;Reorder, leaving numerous dead, and woundel on the battlefield. Up to :est evening a few thousand prisoners had been reported.'On the other teeters of the Galiciau front a series of minor fighting actions developed successfully for our troops." HEAVY SHELLING STILL AT LENS Canadian Balloon Defies Best Efforts of Foe. German t in. Constant Fear of an Attack. Canadian Army Headquarters, July 22.—The artillery duet in the Lens sec- tor in -creases In intensity. There is a continual roll of gunfire from our bat- teries engaged in the deetrugtioe of the enemy's defence, His retaliation is unqueetionably great. It eometimes aseumes a spectacular ferm. Friday night one Of eur observation balloon% several thousand feet up in the air and at least five miles distant from the ,Ger- man front line, was made the target for a hight velocity gun, in the afterglow of the sunset the bal- loon was a spleradid mark. Shells burst all around It for almost an hour, wbile the obcserver, auepended in his basket below the "sausage," continued his work of recording the bite ef our guns behind the Germara lines and the points from which the enemy's return fire came. Finally, when it was almost too dark for further work ,a bit of shrap- nel punctured the balloon, and it be- gan to deflate. The observer landed eaten, by ,the use of the.. parachute, with which all observation balloons are provided. The enemy's artillery has per• sietently shelled the approaches to Lena from the eorth and west. Thee outbursts of exceptional activ- ity are not permitted to divert our batteries from their daily work, Yesterday a number of large expire alone and fires were caused. Early this morning there was heavy shelling in the Loos area, where the enemy appear to be es- pecially nervous. The attempts Of a raiding party to penetrate his front line was eneucteesful because of the strength in which it was held, apparently in the belief that a' aeri ous emelt was intended. The health of the Canadian troops conttpue very good. GALLANT FRENCH CHECKED THE FOE Single Company Halted Prussian Guard Battalion In Friday's Desperate At- tack by the Hun. London, July 22. — Reuter' s corres- pondent at French headquarters de- scribes the attack of Friday on the eastern sector of the Chemin-des- Dames by the Fifth division of the Prussian Guards, composed of picked battalions, preceded by weeks of ar- tillery fire, which suddenly swelled to hurricane violence on the morning of the assault. The front of the attack extended from Hurtebise to Craonne, a distance of four miles. The assault was im- mediately checked' on the wings and on the Californie and Vauclerc pia- nitenautexe,and at the western end Case - Everywhere alcng the crest the Ger- mans 'have only a stone's throw to climb to reaeh the French front trenehes, In some places the front lines are only fifteen yards apart, the French hanging almost vertically over the Germans. Thus it is practically impossible for the French artillery to protect the front line. Hence the Ger. Maus obtained their only success, but a further advance was stopped by the gallantry of a single Freneh, company, whieh advanced independently and checked the enemy until tlie French counter-attack reduced his defensive, The enmity reattempted the attatk at 8.30 in the everting on the Cali- fornia plateau, A desperate hand-to- hand conflict raged he whole night from shell hole to shell hole, The Germans Were bombed out of all occu- pied points by morning except the trenches capleired tht. preeious Morn- ing. The enemy retained none of the observatory points for which the Wat- tle Was -Carried on. n was the..Toarainers, tinder (len. Dielletuan, who repulsed the PM -- Man Guard. TOBACCO LEADS. • HUNS TO Costly, Furious TRYING DESPERATELY BREAK THE FRENCH LINE But Futile Efforts to Defeat Petain's Troops Are Still Continuing. S011ing an Assaults By Picked ;forces On 12 -Mile Front. •Lonclon, July 22.—In France, in the region between Soissons and Ithelms, sectors, only to meet with a .galling fire from the French rifles and ma- eltine guns, Often the opposing troops came into hand-to-hand encounters. Several times the Germans reached Caeemates plateau, but each time were driven back, suffering enormous casualties, Only at one point, on the Californie plateau, were they able to gain a footing, and here the position is still in dispute in a stubborn battle Lor supremacy: THE OFFICIAL REPORT. The official statement issued by the foreements7 From Epine de Chevregny to the south of Corbeny, approximate, ly 12 miles, the artillery of the Crown Prince pounded the French positions mercilessly in the early morning, after which the leash was slipped from the infantry, which attacked on several the French have again given an exhi- bition ol. their tenacious ability at de- fence: Despite the heavy losses they lead thus far sustained in their at- ta,eks along • the Chemin-des-Dailies in France, the Germans again Sunday made fruitless efforts to defeat Gen- eral Petein's forces, delivering at vas rious points .attecks with large effec• lives, among whom were fresh rein - French War Office to -night reads: "The battle has continued with extreme violence in the region of Hurtebiso and Craonue under a bombardment of unneard-of inten sity. Our observers reported great numbers of German batteries in action. "The Germans .directed their ef- forts chiefly against the Casemittes and Cali.fornie plateaux, their ....At- tacks being without cessation and made with powerful effectives. Our troops resisted with admirable brav- ery, fighting hand-to-hand and coun- ter -attacking with vigor. "The. enemy, several times driven back from the Casemetes plateau, to which he had clung, suffered enorm- ous losses. On the Californie pla- teau the Germans, atter repeated checks, succeeded in gaining a toot- ing during the 'course of the peter. noon in our first line, where the fight- ing •continued with stubbornness. "There Is nothing to report on the rest of the front, except in Cham- pagne, on the left bank of the Meuse where very spirited artillery activity was maintained. The afternoon report said: "Smith of the Oise there was rather heavy 'artillery fighting. We re pulsed a surprise attack on one of our small posts at the Fauborg St. Fermin .cemetery, west of La Fere. Machines were brought down; ele others were driven down out or con trol, Four of our aeroplanes are mies. hag." BELGIA.N REPORT. Paris, July 22.—Tlie Belgian Wei Office report of Sunday reads: • "During the day the enemy bone barded various points of our sector Our artillery was very active, especial ly in the neighborimod of Steenstraets and Heteaa, where the enemy reactioe was rather feeble. "One of our aviators yesterda; brought down an enemy aeroplane near Boesinghe." NO MORE LIGHT IN GOOK CASE Toronto Teacher Cleared of Blaine for Girl's Death. Secrecy Was to Save Name of the Victim. ••••••• Toronto, July 23.—No further light on the •circumstances which led to the death of the school -girl Florence Coolt from septic peritonitis at the Weston Hospital on July 1st was given by the witnesses examined at the resumed hearing at the City Morgue ,on Saler- day night, alth.ough a new direction was given to the interest in tee case when Harry Ellis, the dead girl's Los - ter -father, concurred in a statement by counsel to the effect that there are 'no grounds for eennecting the name of a Toronto .school teacher with the subject •of the Crown's investigation. t Mr. Ellis held to his positive state ment that he had been kept in ignor- ance of the first cause of the dead girl's tliness until after it had resulted in her death. Even until after the girl's death. he declared, he believed that appere elicits, becoming acute and develop. Ing into septic peritonitis, was the true medical history of her case. "If she had uot died I would never have been told of her condition," he said, It was on the verandah of the West- ern Hospital and within a few min- utes of Florence's. death that Mrs, Ellis, who had waited by the girl's bedside till the last, told him that Florence had been in a very serious condition for a young, unmarried girl KERENSKY OFF TO RUSS FRONT TO CHECK HUNS Fiery Leader Goes in Effort to Put Down Dis- affection. MAY MAKE STAND Disregard for Orders by Ally Troops 1VIakes Things Look Bad, PIIIMMMN.10.141.01. %Me. London, July 22. ---With the con- tinued forward press of tie Germanu. in the region of Ziochoff, Galicia, tlie Russian ou the front south of Brzezazy is beginning, to give way, according to the latest German official c:onemunication, Tlee Serett head near Tarnoeol has been reached by the Germans, -and at several points the railway running trent rarnopol to Kozowv, bas been taken, The Russians in. their retreat have set on fire the town of Tarnopol end villages to the east. Should the Russian line immediately south of Brzezany give way, it is probably that the Russians will be forced to retreat from the region of Halle& leerensky, the Russian. Premier, who commanded the Russian forces when they started their offensive in Galicia early in July, again has gone to the fighting front, probably in an effort to put down the disaffection among tee troops • and have them face the enemy again. A proclamas ton issued by the Russian Provisional Government recognizes the serious. nese of the situation, and announcea that it is the duty to throw its entire strength against the foe and defend the administration against counter revo- lutionary attempts. Emperor William also is reported to have started for the eastern front, THE RUSSIAN FRONT. 'The official statement from Russian headquarters to -day reads: "Southwest of Dvinsk, in the direc- tion of Vilna and Baranovichl, an in- tense artillery duel is proceeding. 'West of Tarnopol the enemy contineee to attack in'the direction of Tarnopol and towards the south along the aStripa.OOlsllerdience towards their commau- troops have shown complete dere and are continuing their retreat beyond the Sereth. Only the 155th division resisted in the region of Dol. goanka. Oar armored ears fired on German cavalry on the Tarnopol road. "Towards the evening of July 18 our troops made a stand on the Sereth on the Salojce-Tarnopol-Tychkomnze front. The village of Zagorbilia, a suburb of Tarnopol, is in the hands of the enemy. "In spite of our superiority in num- bers in regions attacked, our retreat was'almost interrupted. This ie the result of the instability of our troops. disregard for military orCers and the propaganda of the Maximilists. ."On the River Lomnica, after a bombardment. the enemy took the offensive in the regions of the villages of Babino and Studzianka, and forced our troops to evacuate Babino mid cross to the -right bank of the Lone nice, On the rese of tite front there was rifle firing. • "The Rouma.nian and Caucaelam fronts are unchanged," THE AUSTRIAN STATEMENT. To Austrian official statement says: "The fighting in Eastern, Galicia is developing into a formidable blow against the Russian arms. Yesterday afternoon our allies forced their way forward from Tarnopol to as far ea the Sereth bridgehead. During. the night the railway line from Kozowa to Tarnopol was reached at sieve -eat points. "The Russian masses southeaste.e. 13rzezany are yieldieg. A movemeut on Kosowa has begun, The town of Tarnopol and numerous villages east of the Sereth are in flames. Much war material was captured ih eezirna. The rinmeer or prisoners has not yet been enumerated. "On the lower Narkyuvka 'River tee ertillery duel yesterday Inereasd to considerable intensity. "re the Carpathianus• there were local skirmishes." "On .the Aisne front the enemy The .girl, so Mrs. Ellis told him, had violently bombarded our lines from persuaded some doctor to help her. Epine de Clievregny, as far as to the Learning also from Mrs. Ellis that south of Oorbeny. The bombard the meld had shared part of Fier- ,enent with guns of lerge calibre was ence's secret for several days, he had particularly intense late at night severely censured Ddith Copeland for erom Hartebise to a point east of keeping this knowledge troin him, but Oreenne. At daybreak the Germans she had said in defence ot her see made a stropg attack on this front kecy that she had been held by the with fresh troops. Between Hurte- girl's threat to commit suicide if she, bise and the Casemates plateau the .the maid, told either of Florence's vain assault of the enemy, broken foster -parents what she had discov- up by our fire, failed before he was ered. batteries dispersed very large bodies eine to approach our bines. t Our As to the girl's burial, This had been undertaken for him by another under. of the enemy south of the Aillette taker and he, the witness, had stip- end inflicted heavy losses on them. Plied the Norwalk vault in which the Further east our troops repulsed casket was en.closed for burial in the brilliantly a. violent attack on the Ellts family plot at Mount Pleasant TCahs:murattiellserayndfigheltailnifgorwniaes epelnattienauuex(i cemetery. It was an unusual form of internnient, and his own son had been rweiglienredoubled interteity in this whole buried in an eicactly similar vault , front)during tthhee - "On the banks of the Meuse (Verdun some years ago. A. completely at- enntge mh ty. becameTiiercvery..,,,,,.,ie pal rc itti ev de g tested death certificate had been iven by the doctors as an order for artillery fighting in the regions of burial and, although he had learned, Avocourt and . Bezonvaux and in the subsequent to •the girl's death, ancl be• whole St. elihiel sector. North of fore her burial, ef circumstances which Bezonvaux the Germans attached at might properly .have been made known two points. After a spirited engage- by Iiim to the authorities, he had been ment, which caused them serious glees memory from disgrace, and pro. gov•ernecl by a desire to shelter the losses, they were driven entirely out tect the family name from seandal,, of certain positions in which they had which could not bring her back to life. gained a footing. On the heights of He had been assured by both Mrs. the Meuse, near Bois Bauchet and Ellis and the maid, Edith Copeland— Bois des Chevaliers, two attacks of the only 'persons to whom Florence prisoners. had confided the most meagre details of her teouble—that the girl bad per - the enemy were defeated. We tooe "In Upper Alsace the Germans sisted right up to the last in a firm refusal to divulge the name of either :nude an attack east of Seppois. They the man who was responsible for her left prisoners and wounded men in first condition or the doctor who had our hands." Saturday night's report said: performed the operation. Replying to a question of Mr. W. E. "The activity of both artilleries was Raney, K.C., who appeared on behalf very spirited on the Cerny-Oraonne front, Our batteries caught under bf the teacher from the Harbord Col - their fire and dispersed north of the With the case, Mr. Ellis said he had Californie plateau assemblies. of Ger- eked Mrs. Ellis who was responsible man troOps. Teere were intermetterit tor Florenege's condition, and she bombardments in the region of answered: 'I don't know. I cannot Rheims and on the left bank of the blame anyone." down and eleven enemy machines fee , NlauSe. Mr, Elliaverson, counsel for Mr. Mr. Raney then stibmitted the fol. "In the period of July 11-20, five German aeroplan,ee wore brought tfowingletter, which he had received rnodm MM In a. damaged cendition within theli 't e r. Ellis said were quite c.orrect: Mrs, 1 is, the contents of which Own lines," 'Confirming what I' said to you in BRITISH lekTORTS. our conversation, I desire now to re - London, July 22, --The War Otfice peat. that any statements that may have been made by Mrs. Ellis in any communication this evening says: "Ai hostile raiding party was re. way connecting the name of a teacher pulsed last night east of Leverguier, tn the Harbord School with the mat - Yesterday a thick haze interfered with air activity Ilan evening, when there were many fights. Two German le.roplanea were brought down and ,Totir othas were driven down out of ,icon.trol. On German observation bal ,loon was brought down in flames. One . of our • aeroplanes le) missieg." ' An earlier report stud: ' "Patrol.. eneoutters resulted In out fav last night northwest of St Qe entin and south of Lens, We ad Iced our line slightly southeast el touchy le Prole. The hostile artil. cry waa active during the night in the neighborhood, of Lens and Armen tiorea and near the coast," night's report said: - Saturdiq "The enemy's. artillery liao snow a groat aetivity during the day In th. Lomba re tzvde sector. Four Gc mime aerdromes 'wee successfully bombed yesterday by our aeroplanes. /tomb? also were droppeJ on an important I maw 1 ativn y junction, la nsin g a Takes First :Place as Excise4 Revenue Maker. rtt1ttua, July 20.--'robtlem Is now the elites piriti.e0 of oxeretstz tyvenue Can - oda and Initedeathie Mimeo have 111100 to sootml tiact, with nu- stn•satt of _pro- 101.1tion. IttAtirtin for the month Of JI1110 LISt, the inlond Itevenue De. patinitott, show that the duties tolleet- sd on tot:novo amounted to $1111,11fil.Sti an) on elision to 113. 'rite duties coned*. cd tot spirits aniounted $7:11.019.82, thos• .? on utalt Thong. and fame on nen led h.) Helmond local erieesteeee ' malt to $167.1.1a. Speetal war Fixation =liar Novice.- dri the Ttetatticet fronts netttd MI.513.711. The totti,l, raeeints cf machine betwe Pixmnde w str( Attu Its were r til:o falai isl,trninly tram, explosion. There was, muee a ene Y 9 et Mg 1 e and Women." ptilved with ,,angulintry losoes. 111, uert id I. Ili on nit( i3::.1t,..1.;A: Juin, ric • 4 ter which Is the subjeet er this ire. (eery were made by her when she was suffering from great mental and nen epee strain, and she now regrets hate mg made them, and desires that I should on her behalf retract them me reservedly. She does not even know t1te. teacher to whom reference •,vas, made, and all that slit knows about bim ls that her niece (the dead girl) always spoke of him in terms of ['raise," Baxley, It's Scotch. Or it's pearl. The Scotch is ati good. A toothy; drink is mute! f If it. 11%4 Iftloil 1111.tiiti 's aro lin& rs I loll. It atintlis or nunivroue addijoaa, ' Additions may be mealcinal or Mere flavors. Fit'si an ounce of lItticv s'1011111 l'oor,4 in re veal wetter 4, Pbits ahouid bo slinmere,1 an hour. 01(11 o.nafned. tee towel' eller' and HUN AIR RAID ON EAST COAST Eight Persons Killed and Twenty -Five Injured. One Poe Plane Brought Down by Defenders. London, jun' 22.—Again a largo force of German aeroplanes has visited the east English coast, dropping bones. British aelators, rising to attaels, seat - tared the Germans and pursued thein to :ma, One of the Germans was brought down, Eigitt persons wen, killed and twenty-five injured by the bombs dropped by the raiders. . Tlie official anneuncement reads: "A equatiron of enemy aeroplane& front fifteen to twentysone, approached Felixstowe and Harwich at 6' e'clock this morning. Some bombs were drop - pod, but tbe heavy fire from the anti aircraft defence caased the enemy's formation to split up, part returning overeette and part proceeding south, down. the Essex Oast. The latter party was heavily engaged by gunfire ell down the Essex meet and finally proceeded homeward without dropping .nore bombs. The mitten were put eued Out to sae and heavily engaged trer reernictitee, but the visibility woe !es anl Vic difficulties of ob..ierva. Colo r 0i i Dry grrat. eastutitieS itt Vt1iX,A0We anti l'ATA,10!I far are eiglit killed and tv. co y ..fi ve 1Pluratl," "'The floorwalker called me -dawn for lafna late this me1n1n4." "IN..; get o nerve exoect'n' us girls vi dance ha a in the morning and get Item at .3' -- fighting in the evening. Three hostile Slitter being tulded. iirowning'u Magazine.