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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-09-13, Page 7IDLE TO TALK PEACE UNTIL GERMAN MILITARISM IS CRUSHED Press of London. Greatly + Heartened by Lloyd SHORT ITEMS George's Birkenhead Speech. London ,Cable says—The morning papers, in their comments on the sixtehb yesterday by Preniier Lloyd Geerge, see hope of a rejuvenated Russ eta and the failure of the In -boat war- fare to starve England and unani- mously reiterate that it Is idle to talk peace until German militarism is crushed by force or arms. The Time% limier the beading, "Keep on," says: "We are fighting for the greatest cause for wlaich men ever fought, for the prize of victory is the freedom. of Mankind ,and the penalty ofdefeat or compromise is a permanent subjugite Um to the yoke of militarism." The Chronicle declares that the Al- lies, great and smell, "Must keep their ehoulder to the wheel until the menace is filially eliminated," The paper adds: "There are some people in some countries who talk of 'a drawn war.' but that is really one result that can- not ensue in any event." The Post says: "To neglect to take even the small- est precaution against military resur- gentle is wickedly to betray both the dead and the living," The Telegraph asserts that the Prime Minister takes the only view that is fair and reasonable of Russta, and "we must look forward with hope to her recovery, and the great part she. will play before the war is over." The speech ,the paperesays, was an impassionate invocation to his coun- trymen to be true to their own resolve, to win this war, and with it all that we are fighting to secure." RUSS CAPITAL NOT TO SHIFT Partial Evacuation, Due- to Food, Decided On. German Drive Checked— Their Fleet Moving. Stockholm, Sept., 9. --It is reported by the Svenska Dagbladet that Ger- man naval fences of considerable strength have been observed in the Southern Baltic, taking a northerly course. The leading squadron, it says, consists of submarines and torpedo boats, with cruicers following. It is believed to be the German Baltic fleet, reinforced by part of the high seas fleet. A great naval attack on Rus- sian Baltic coast towns is expected. Petrograd, Sept. 9.— Autheritative statements issued here dealing with the loss of Riga i -say that, although competent military authorities do not consider Petrograd endangered, yet tho approach of the war zone to the capital necessitates decisive measures ,for the government of the city. There- fore, a new administration will be formed. SI. Nikitine, Minister of Post/ :and Telegraphs, who has been charged by the Government with the task of par- tially evacuating the capital, in a statement explains that the partial evacuation is due to the problem of the food supplY rather than to any military menace. The only result of the German advances, he says, is fur - titer to complicate the food question. He advises that section of the Popu lation not engaged in business to leave the city in batches', and pro- misee every facility ter their depar- ture. It is stated that a majority of the hlielsaers are against removing the Goveenment into the interior, first, be- cause they do not consider the capital endangered, and, second, because thie might cause an unreasonable panic. le any case, It is said the Government will take no steps for six weeks. Gen. Korniloff,. conunander-in-chief of the Russian army, .has issued an order in which he extols the brilliant work of- the Basilian artillery in the recent fighting, despite the army's lowered morale. He declares the artil- lery everywhere 'performed its duties thorcieghly, and is not to be blamed forthe failure to turn its achieve Incas to good account. German eagincers have bridged the lower .Aa River in Livonia, and the German forces are being concentrated On the north tank of the stream under cover of the cavalry, the Petro- gra4 War Office announced to -day in its report on the Riga operations. Rus- sian cadTalry is impeding the progress of the Germans along the Pskov road. 'unusual German activity at advanced railway stations of the enemy in the Jacobstadt and Dvinek regions is mentioned by the statement. THE NEW RUSSIAN LINE, Russia's probable new line In Livo- nia, following the retreat from the Riga region, is now beginning to de. fine itself. The retrograde movement which has been showing signs of slackening for the past day or two, now appears to have been definitely halted in isome 'sectors where the RUseians aro digging in. The Russian lines now extend front weet of Kokenhusen on the Dvina, about twelve mines east of Friedrieb- etadt and .approxiMately • fifty-five tulles southeast of Riga., elorthweet thrtagh the town of Bonding, twelve milee west of Vendeia and on to the toast of the Gun' of Riga. Thus the front herthWest .of Dvinsk instead Of curving sharply to the west just beyond Jacobstadt, an it did te take In the Riga district, now leaves the Dviha there and continues on in altitoet a straight line to the coast. tack Pridays. In England the terns inlets laridev wee firste implied to Dee. 0, 1745, the dhy on valet: nem 14 MI6/A .reeitioe that eels areieedee, charies Isdwerd, bad relic:ilea 'Derby. Again en laity tL leG& when the failure of a large 1ng114i dtreoutitine inetitution brovight on a inoet (Ilea:erne ewe, the eety of the nueperedon th Bank of Engitted raisea the rete of die - emelt 9 per erne Wild speculation in gold he New York end other eitiee etas nometed hi a monetary crash on Sept 16, to, that swept tbousanda of thine and individuals into financial ruin asps etillt*ti a it 0111111P1 eh] depressIon that ee. fended tuto the etglittee a( the loot see. f Itrit ftrelgiVi the, Dive teriaay in the rnital titetee, OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY United, States May Close Mails to Disloyal Folk to End Sedition. . FIX APPLE PRICES Germany Will Shortly Be Able to Publish Peace Terms. Toronto Exhibition closed with an attendance of 917,000, or 7,000 over 1916: Toronto intik producers decided to raise the price per 12 -gallon can trom- p to $2.50. Grandma Margaret Beaver, aged 102 walked into the Toronto Exhibition grounds to help swell the attendance, Beatrice Harding, aged 6, of Toron- to, died of injuries received when struck by a motor car. Rev. Dr. Pidgeon will, subject to the consent of the Toronto Presbytery, leave shortly for work with Canadian soldiers overseas under the auspices af the y.M.C.A., M, Ribot will form a new Ministry tor France. 'Queen Elizabeth of Belgium recent - or made an aeroplane trip over a sec- tion of Belgian territory under Ger- man control. William R. Barclay, who was serv- ing a two-year sentence in the White - peg provincial jail, ended his life by nanging himself with a bed sheet. Charles Leroy, of North Vancouver, celebrated his 102nd birthday. He was born in France and fought for the North in the Civil War or the United States as a lieutenant. The Petrograd Bourse Gazette re- ports that M. Pieschehonoff. the Min- ister of Food and Supplies, has resign- ed owing to the increasing difficulties of the situation. American aviators with the Freach army are making an adthirable record, having brough down eight German machines within the past three weeks, Arthur ,Charbonneau, youngest son of Baptiste Charbonneau, was drown- ed in the Madawaska River when a small boat in which were his father and several other persons was swamp- ed. Lord Northcliffe, the famous British publisher and head of the British mis- sion in the United States, is the guest of his Excellency the Duke of Devon- shire at Rideau Hall. Germany will shortly be able to publish her peace terms, according to Ur. Georg Micnielis, the German Chancellor. Dr. 'Michaelis, in an inter- view. said he had so informed the Reichstag Main Committee. James D. O'Brien, of Downeyaille, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Peter- boro, as a result of injuries received by getting off a moving train near Burketon on Friday night. Closing the mails to disloyal citiz- ens is under consideration by the U.S. Post Office Department and the De- partment of Justice as another step m the Government's campaign to wipe out disloyalty and sedition. Hon. Albert.H Platford, son of the late Lord De Platford, who in the last two years has' been a' private soldier with the Canadians and was wounded at Ypres, received the news that le had been left a legacy of $125,000. Although no official information is available at present, it is understood at Ottawa that action will be taken shortly by the Food Controller to reg- ulate the price and distribution of Canada's apple crop of this year. The gift to Toronto by the Dominion Government of 113 acres tit reclaimed land west of Bathurst Street and the Western Gap, which will be added to the Exhibition Grounds, was announc- ed by, Mayor Grounds, was announced by Mayor Church at the luncheon of the Fair directorate Saturday after- noon, The Rheinische Westfalische Zei- tung, of Essen, wenounces the forma- tion of a new "patriotic party," the leaders of which are Duke Johann Al- brecht of Mecklenberg-Sschwerin; Ad- miral von Tirpitz, and Dr. von Wolf- gang Kapp. The party's initial pro- clamation declares hostility to the Reichstag's peace resolution and ad- vises against "any peace dictated by weak nerves!' • STORMS CHECK THE ITALIANS Udine, Italy, Sept. 9.—Violent donne have transformed peaceful streanes into torrents, torrents Into rivers, and plains into lakes of mud on the Isonzo front. Notwithstanding these condi- tions. the cannonade continues, while raiding parties make daring (Whys to snatch Minor positions ft om the enemy. Each party brings back a Certain number of prisoners beiongleg to regiments just arrived from the ilueso-Itomnanian treat, Some Atm- trian gunners, who have been cap. timed deelare they have been brought here from the Western front. Rome, Sept. 0,—Today' s War Offiee statement on military Operations on the Austro -Italian front reads: "Northeast of Gorizia (the Mohte San Gabriele region) the artillery battle is continuing without cessation, "Gil the remainder of the front there were the usual Petrel adielle Mel artIllert. fire. "The 10151 Iltimbrr tif prisonere captured by tat during the'lletual offen- sive if: ;10,1172, including See officerte-A large quantity of arms and war Metal,. !al taken froni the enemy is new being gathered and eat:sifted," Been 114r cloutle may prove the frith ef the old .a ii teal it never eette, lett it ponle, ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT OF GRAIN AND ROOT CROPS BISHOP, V, Co CANADIAN AVIATOR BREAKS BRITISH RECORD OF WINS The Making of all Attractive Exhibit Lies Chiefly in the Hands of Those Who Prepare It, BY W. J. eQuistiel- The display of agricultural produete at exhabitioneeheld throughout Canada has long been part of the Propaganda work in agricultural education, The value of any agricultural exhibit de- pends almost entirely on the prepare - tion of the material and the exhibiting of this in such a manner that it be attractive to the eye and its educa- tional features readily available with- out to much study by the public. 'Undoubtedly the preparing of mat- erial Is by far the larger part of the work in connection with exhibits, It should not he forgotten either that with every agricultural exhibit, a cer- tain amount of material is required for decorative purposes. This material dote: not, as a rule, fit into the general scheine of education. However, the material used for decoration requires the same care in preparation as does the material which would more pro- perly be called educational material. MAKING A SIX-INatI SHEAF. Grains exhibited in the sheaf are always attractive and very often make up the chief class of agricultural mat- erial sine u It is very important that all material i f this class be thorough- ly dried before using, Wheat, oats and barley to be exhibited in the sheaf should be cut between the per- iod when they commence to turn yel- low and the time when they would be ripe, If cut at this stage, the grain Poesesses e re eater elasticity of straw then when C1.14 at any earlier or later period. After cutting it sbould be What could be more pleas- ing than this head of O.A.C. No. 21 Barley. Note how carefully it has been pre- pared. bleached in the sun for a period of from ten to fourteen days. Exposure Gf these grains in the straw in a cold frame is a method often employed. With tbe large amount of straw and moisture present in grain crops this year, fourteen days would not be any too long for the bleaching period. At the end of this bleaching period strip- ping off the our straw and exhibit- ing only the bright inner strasv will add much tothe apperaance of the sheaves. This may be accomplished by ringing round straws at the joints or nodes with a jack knife, when the outer sheath is easily removed. The size of sheaf will, of course, de- pend much on the size of the exhibit. A thousand heads of wheat, barley or oats in the straw, make a sheaf of about six inches in diameter at the smallest part, and nearly one foot in diameter at the butt. The most im- posing and important part of the sheaf is, of course, the head. Many exhibit- ors make the mistake of cutting each of the straws the eeme length, and the head consequently square across the top. This is not only unsightly, but often results in many of the heads breaking over when tied. The accom- panying photos show sheaves with heads properly shaped. It will be not- ed that the longest straw is that in the centre, the outside of thut sheaf gradually sloping away from the cen- tre. TYING IS IMPORTANT. When preparing especially large sheaves it is often a good plan to make it of as number of smaller ones. This may be done by sloping the head of the sheaf as in the former case, using small sheaves in the operation as individual straws. The shoaf is then finished off by ringing around the outside two or three layers of in- dividual straws and heads, giving the whole the appearance of a solid sbeaf, Tito above method is especially sults able when the grain is over -ripe and the grew brittle. The tying of the sheaf Is by no means the least important part of Ws preparation. The average length of sheaf will reentlie„to• be tied In at least three places; and barley will generally keep its shape better if tied in four places, The first tie should be aboat four inches below the heads, the second about the centre ot the sheaf, and the third about six inahes from the bath The appearance of many :sheaves is sPoihal by tying them With a band, ordinary string or twine. Red or blue ribbon about one-half ineb wide for tying material makes a eke contrast to the plain yellow of the straw, and will add nun% to the appearance ef the sheaf. Cutting the butt or squarely at the bottom produces a nice trim sheaf. This may be accomplished by laying tho sheaf, alter being properly tied, on a broad board or table and remov- ing the enda with a large pair of scis- sors. The butts of large sheaves will need to be cut off in sections; iu such cases the operate!, starts at the 'top of the sheaf. Only straight straw should be used Ler this escrk. It should be of good average length and the heads should he ce good size and filled with plump era.n In all cases sheaves should be 1,..?ld. eseexithtiabtittvee.of the variety in the The well prepared sheaves should be safely packed for despatch to place of exhibition. Careless packing of sheaves will result in a ragged sheaf exhibit. The man who is 0 reg- ular exhibitor of sheaves at exhibi- tions usually has boxes built to house this material. These special boxes require less packing material and there is less room for the sheaves to shake about when in transit. 'Excelsior or old newspapers, pieces of burlap, etc., all make suitable mateeial. While the display of sheaves at our exhibitions is each year becoming more important, it cannot yet be said that these occupy as great a space as the shelled grain. Many a ready good shelled grain exhibit is spoiled be- cause it lacks the pne great essential —uniformity—not only of amount shown, receptacles in which exhibited, but uniformity of product as well. Grain for exhibition purposes should be well ripened, as it ts oney when grain is thorouglily ripened that it takes on its best &ler and has the beet general appearance. *Beeides pos- sessing these two characteristics, shell- ed grain should be true to variety and eree from weed seeds of all kinds, as well as other grains, dirt or chaff, etc. It is possible to get these conditions in shelled grain if the best section of the field (which of course must be thoroughly clean) after being well rip- ened, is threshed separately, thor- oughly 'fanned with a good fanning mill, and then possibly further im- proved by means of hand sieves. It is not uncommon to -day to see, shown at some of our best exhibitions, con- siderable quantities of hand-picked seed. • It should uot be forgotten that the best shelled grain, straw and grain in the head are most likely to be found in those fields which have been seed- ed a little less per acre than the av- erage. Care should also be taken to avoid selectee; those portioas• of the field which are at all injured by rust Or smut. These fungus diseases will not only spoil the appearance of the shelled grain, the straw and ihe heads, but are a possible source of injury to 'other exhibits. SECURING ROOTS FOR °EX- HIBITION. At the period of the year when some exhibitions are held, it is difficult to get swede and fall turnips far enough advanced for display purposes. The exhibitor has, therefore, to depend largely for his root material on the mangel, sugar beet and carrot crops,. Mange's in themselves make a nice root exhibit, as it Is possible in this class of roots to get four distinct shapes, long, intermediate, tankard and globe. Besides this difference of shape, two differene colors, red and yellow, are conlmon in different mangel var- ieties. Some kinds of mangels have the notural characteristics of prongy CAMP BORDEN. Many Officers Move at Sea- son's Close. CaMD Borden, Sept. 9.—Lieut. T. G. Applegath, late ot' the 95th Bat- talion, has gone to tho Royal Flying Corps as an acting adjutant, Eighteen noe-commissioned officera and men of the Overseas Training Company, ('. 0. T, C. (Toronto); have been 'attached to the school of mute kotry here. Ptee. Harper, R. 0, D., and la II. Sutton, No, 2 A. S, C. I) T., have been struck off as itlegally absent, Cant W. E. Brown, of the medical training depot here, has been tram:. ferret" to Toronto base hospital. Capt. It. W. Halia.day, Army Medical Corps, Toronto, goes to the convales• cent hot -nes, and Lieut. W. R. Camp- bell, A. M. C., to the Hitt:donut Lahore- toty reit, Toron1o. Nursing Sister M. MacDonald A. M. C., itt talon' on the etaff of the convalescent home, Authority has been Teethed for the employment et Capt. S. t. May. Wood, C. A. M. C., hi the office of the A. IL el. 5, Military District No 2. Lieut. Col. H. C. Osborne, A. A, (1.. left. for Ottawa to -day. He expects le! be back in camp by Wednesdae. Saturday teeitteg was "stunt" night at the Y. M. C. A.ewherc a large quan- tity of the latene talent wheei Is alwaes to be found romid a military None was turned loose to en appreeitt tivt ardience. Nursing .Sieter 11, 11, eltretton, A, M. C., has had -her ai tk eave extended to +me Month. Capt. •111. rt. Frio geto. two weeke; .Quariennastee and. Hon. Capt, Timmins. Foreetsy Devoe eine ewe: mut rept. II. IL 'level, of the, beiniene. :beet, tete e telt leaaa. roots and .especinily is this true of the louts red type In selecting this type, therefore, care ebnald be taken 'to eliminate, as far as possible, this objectionable feature. The same fault is also foetal in sugar niangels, although to a lesser extent, There is a tendency:4a-day at most exhibitions to sacrifice something in size for the sake of better quality in the roots. This last condition, too, has resulted in a root of a more une form Shape being shown. There seems to be no good reason 10 surport the position of the Iran who in the past exhibited extremely large roots, as this is not the root which produces the most per acre, nor is it the root which possesses the best quality. RoOts for sbow should be sound, free from disease, of good size for the variety, true to shape and color of the variety re class which they represent, and, as far as possible, ehould be smooth in outline. They should be of good quality, indicated by firmness --not hollow or spongy. The appearance of any class of root will be improved by trimming off the prongy or small rootlets at the tip, and by removing the tops as close as 'possible to the root. In mangels and sugar beets it is best to twist off the 'tops to ,prevent bleeding. In turnips the tops may be removed with a knife which causes no injury to the roots. It requires less care to pack root@ for shipment than grains. They should however, be packed in such a manner that they will not be 'broken or the skin removed by rubbing against ono another. Such a head•of Oats as shown here is always attractive. The variety is 0. A. C. No. 72. DON'T TIE .GleASSES TOO TIGHT. As has been intimated in the fist part of this article, the blending and contrasting of colors is necessary if the exhibit is to be attractive. The use of fodder 'plants, especially, of grasses and. clovers, will provide this color material better perhaps than any other class of crops. Grassesshould be cut just after coming into full head, and clovers at a little later per- iod. They should then be thoroughly dried, but not bleached in the sun like grain in the straw. A very satisfactory way to do this is to bring the fodder material in as soon as cut and spread it out thinly on the barn Boar, or in some covered building, sheltered from the sun and rain, but where there is a good air draught. This class of material gives better satisfaction if tied in smaller bundles than grain sheaves. Owing to the lar- ger amount of moisture which is pre- sent in the grass or clover bundles, even when thoroughly dried, they re- quire to be more loosely ttled than grains. If too •tigiftly tied the heads will break down. The shaping up of heads and packing is much the same for grasses as for grains. Clevers re- quire extreme care in packing, be. cense of the ease with which the leaves drop off. In order that the edu- cational features of the exhibit should, be as prominent as possible, all fod- der material used should be cdrrectly labelled. As some of the grasses and elovers are known by more than one common name, the scientific name is usually mentioned as well. —The Canadian Countryman. SWEDISH TREACHERY SHOWN UP BY IL S. STATE EPT. Her Legatin i Argentina Used to Sm.! Official Cipher \'ori to Beriffi Breach With Washingion iilreatenetl Argo.] titiaay May Act. Waehington, Spt. 9.--'eo-night ofe rcial view is that, bccatiseof the 1 eliaracter of the tratunnittel inee- eagee from litionce Aires et deelaral 11011 or war on tlerma.nY by tllo Ar.; gentine republic ilo almiest certain,' Argentine ate° la expected to eat' the Sivedish Government to account, Also, the wording of the Secretary Opel Sta.teet official announcement. !schen thatthe tl'ileled Statce to bound:to take ' I draiele action te; to Sweden. -- Wieill'elgton, Sept. Diplomatte relationa Letween the UnitedSWAN end Seed, o are etralticel to *ricer the ! breeleng point. ;et the reenit ,of a emere1 Itt 1 Genii:in official tetegrame in Maher were forwarded to Berlin through the Swedieb. Legation at i Buenos Ayree. Tile Ng, that nye:eager: from (ler- , man charge d'Affaires Luxborg at linente Alies to the (lemon. Foreittril 1%1,,tl,t, .re,-.teloaolc: hi an official etatement by the.' State Department yas terda Y ale u OF SHIPS 11-11.Giela ineccagee concerned the diplo- matic se:nation in Argeoeina and dealt with the method to be :mewed by sub - merino.; in oinking Argentine tehipee tieeidee reveaLng the nicalla ill whieh 'Germany tiled Sweden in her mathinalions in Argentina, the dee• !iatelice shoe! how the :terman Charge, at the time Argentine was he veng a eritleal. deennititte vontro- mete with elernetay neer *whiner:me tle...teuttinti of her 'nitre, was eunithig throtteli the lewetreli Ls/satin:1 in for ef the velinee of eertniu le, - :els with rueommendatione that thOV be pink "withoui leeving any temp." bit deer? deeeititece wee informing Gnverlite-•eit how t.y remrd .Ara•ca- ,tata'a t re etee Pealret thise e de:trColi el. pee eteeping. i t,11,?,.1,11:1-141 Goverumeut, so far as the State De - pertinent knows, to punieh ita diple- inatie representative in Buenos. AirCe. Tlie text of the Ineetiagets forwarded to Berlin by way of Stockholm is in the hands of the State DepartMent. Secretary of State Lensing made the following statement: "The State Department lias soared certain telegrams from Count Lux - burg, German Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Aires,to the Foreign Office In Berlin, which, I regret to eaye were deepatehes from eluenoe Aires by the SWed:oh Legation as their own official Meaeagee, addressed to the Stockholm Foreign 'Office, +Has Marvelous Escape When His Machine Falls in Flames. :14EAVE NO TRACE OF SINKING, 'The following are ItIngiish trauma tione or the Germ= text; May 19, 1017, No, 32: This Gov - eminent has now released German and Austrian ships on which hitherto a guard had be.en placed. In conee- quence of the settlement of .the Monte (Protegido) case, there has been a great change in public feeling. Gov- ernment will in future only clear Ar- gentine ships; as far as Las Palmas, I beg that the small steamers Oran and Guazo, thirty -fit .fanuarY (meaning they sailed January 31), 300 tons, which are nearing Bordeaux with a VieW to setiango the flag, may be ;spared, if possible, or else sunk without a trace being left. Luxburg. "July 3, 1917, No, 59: I learn from a reliable source that the Acting Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, who is a no- torious ass and Anglophil, declaredlu it secret session of the Senate that Argentine would demand from Berlin promise.not to sink more Argentine ships. If not agreed to, relations would be broken off. I recommend refusal, and, if necessary, calling in the media - 'July 9, 1917: No. 64; Without showing tow tendency to make con- cessions, poetpone reply to Argentine uote until recelpt of further reports. A change of Ministry is probable. As regards Argeutine steamers, I recom- mend either compelling them to turn back, sinking them without leaving any traces, qr letting them through. They are all quite amall. Luxburg' " ARGENTINE REQUESTED "TO ACT. The statement by Secretary of State Lansing was put in the hands o f Ro mule S. Neon,. the Argentine Ambas- sador, yesterday afternoon, with a re• quest that he forward it to biz. Gov- ernment, asking for immediate action. Relations between ,Germany,and -Ar- gentine have been strained for months. it was believed the crisis had passed when a conciliatory note was forward. ed. to Buenos Aires from Berlin two weeks ago, but the revelations contain ed in the statement by Secretary Lan- sing this afternoon are expected to precipitate a new crisis. It was recalled in official circles this afterneen that to -day's charges are not the first of the kind to have been made against Sweden. , The "affair of the Swedish trunk," which was believed to have contained ofifcial ‘German documents and which Count von Bernstorff feared to send in his owu luggage, when he went home, created a furore in Washing- ton's diplomatic circles at the time. When the ship silted that was to carry the dismissed German Ambassa- dor across the Atlantic Minieter Eken- gren put a trunk aboard that was supposed to contain Swedish diploma- tic documents. The 'trunk wee eent from Washing- ton to New York in care of. a• Swedish merchant of New York. Ile attempted to have the trunk carried in tbe Pull- man car, but when told this was im- tpttetsibbalgeg, baggage ai consented n ed to having it put i h 'Between Waihington and New York, the Legation's; seals on the trunk were broken. The railroad said "rough handling" wat3 eeeponsible when it called the attention of the Swedieh Consul -General in New York to tbe breaking of the cea7e. BRITISH HOLD UP TRUNK. The Consul -General re -sealed the trunk, with the conaular eeals and it wee placed aboard the alernotorff steamer. 'When the steamer reached Halifax the Britieh 'Customs officere rented to parts it, fearing that it con- tained German documents. When he learned that the trunk mas being held and probably would be opened at Halifax, Minister Ekengren entered a vigoroue protest at the State Department and with the Bedsit Em- baesy. He insisted that the, trunk be sent Intact to Stockholm. Ambassador Spring -Rice„ on in- structions front his Government, said he was tillable to grant thin rogue:It. He eald the trunk would be examin.cd in London by the Swedislt diplomatic irseitimoefsfeknitaalts17 in the preseucc of Brit - Minister Ekengren, agreed ukuler proteet, 'What actually was • in the trunk. the general public has never learned. It is believed by Washington diplomate that German documenta actually were found, placed in the trenk here or while the trunk was in the baggage ear. • (SWEDISH MINISTER'S DENIAL, Buenos. Ayres, Sept. 9.—Dettlal has been made by the Swedish Minis- ter to Argentine that he sent or caus- ed to be sent by roembere of the Le- gation staff any telegram frOni the German Legation to Germany advie- hig the einking of the Argentine eteemehips "without tree° being left'! or tit tin. WASHINGTON NOT .SUltPRISED. Washington, Sept. 0. ---The denial Of Baron Lowen, .the Swedieh Minieta at Buenos Ayres, that he sent through his legation any telegram from the German Legation caused no surpriee here. It wee said in Swedish quarters ht e yesterday that the Baron had been 111 for many months and probable urs ignorant of what had .been going on at the legation. HUN MILERS IN ABYSSINIA London, pew, 10.-- A despatch to the Daily Mall from J11i01, Africa, eaye teat a tlermen named Holes and tee Austrian mooed 1,to m1(.4101. alto W11.11' l'ol'ly Arabs, have beet' wandering la the irnerier of b rench Somaliland, about two months, have been vtiptured otter it strong tesistatitte„ In wheat eels- eral ne re killed, q h eallaire of TIOlte and Harmelich itt expectea to result in impertglit re‘rintimm of Gentian 111 I reset; :; In alp teinitt. Montreal aleport.—Aa accouut of the recent experiencce of •Captain W. A. liisitep, Of Owen Some, the young Canadian aeiator, who has been awarded the Victoria .Croee, the D. S. O., and the M, 0„ le given in:a letter written by Captain II, C. Ken- nedy, 41 cousin of Captain 13tehop, lie etatee: "Billy looks fine, and ie On fourteen days' leave of abeence. He expecte to go to Canada in about a Month. Laet week he broke the Brit- . ish record for machinee brought down, and came near breaking the world's record. I think they made him take leave' of absence beeavee he fel; 4,000 feet with hie machine aflame and craahed to the pound in our front linos. Recently he brought down nine enemy machines in two Ileum. His luck is phenomenal. When he ceme down in f1aine6, his clothing wae burning, and he was/ on the point of jumping, but had the presence al ,mind to pull up her nose, He then found himce:f tail diving, with the engine abOve him, Go the machine eide•elipped and crashed, By these manoeuvres he had; so reduced his :speed that a wing broke the fall, and he was pulled out. of the wreckage none the worse for hie experience." Captain Kennedy further *totes that it he likely that Captain Reshot> will receive the Legion of Honor from the French (Jovernment, and a bar to Ws 1), S. 0. ANXIOUS FOR PEACE : FEAR GREAT RING • .Are Preparing the Country for Acceptance of the Los, ers' End. London,- Aug, 27.—(By Man)— Throughout official London the be- lief is held that a very definite peace. offer will come from Germany before winter, and the offer will suggest im- mediate cessation of hostilities on IA Status quo basis. 'entente statesmen have fully indi- cated that they will refuse euch terms, and no doubt Germany is aware oi this. But German leaders regard a status quo offer from the German side as an indispensable step in the prepar- ation of German public opinion for further concessions. A high official authority gave the Associated Press to -day the rollowing statement of the- situation in Ger- manyas regards peace: "There is no doubt that the German Governmenteis anxious to get out of the war at the earliest possible mo- ment on any terms which will insure them against revolution at home and national collapse. "Great numbers of people in Ger- many to -day would welcome a peace on a status quo basis, this meaning practically it draw, ill which no bele ligerent would occupy any territory beyond that which it possessed in July 1914, and moreover, in which each side would bear its own burden in regard to the material losses in- curred during the course of the war, But it is impossible to say how- far this view has spread among the Ger- man proletarists because naturally where it exists it bas had small op- portunity of public expression, "R is obvious that it the people ul- timately come to aecapt a net loss of territory as inevitable, they must pass to that frame of mind through the in- termediate stage of a willingness to aecept a status Om peate. teethe. war continues to go against Germany, the offers to conclude such it peace will certainly he made as soon as the pres- sure reaches a certain point. "Since Germany's •ao-called peace offer a year ago, the continued pres- eure of the Entente and the entry of the United Statee has completely changed the situation. The question is now in fact, not what are the war aims Nvhich Germany .will impose be- fore she grants peace, but what terms she will herself be willing to accept. That is a very simple statement, of the greatest fact fn the War situation to -day. "The entry of the U.S. and many of the South American republics has put economic matters in the foreground. The German Government must ob- viously view with extreme apprehen- sion the situation at home in the months immediately succeeding the declaration of peace. The physical ex- haustion of the, people and of the contry, combined with the want of food, which cannot be immediately re- medied, and the want of re* material for starting manufactures, will create a most serious situation. If when the. troops come back from the front it is not possible immediately to start again tho industrial life of the country artd provide food and work, there will almost inevitably be a very dangerous revolutionary movement. "This woula be started by the mite twits, Socialists. and IP Germany comes out et the war without it (Win- ito increase of strength and prestige le some form or another, the influence ot the Government in the middle classes will be so Mach weakened that it Wili be impossible any longer to depend oti their active support against a revolutionary movement. The PM:steel military and agrarian party remains att firm and uncont eromieleg, in domestic as 1114 Corein affairs, as ever, and many of thew Weald undoubtedly prefer civil war to any earrender which weak' deprive them of the political pawer which they regard as their right. "For this reasme filet which the Ger- mart Government will meet seek ter in any peace nrrangement is security that, 1114 :mon US OW war in °vete there shall he a free flow of food .tieel riw material into the country, and at the Halite time free markets for teem ,11 products. If this could be secured, the energy of the peeple emelt be et :moo 41ircetel to the reseir Ilion of etre. weree and ininstre, and these have setts se cenceetratee th it they would be turned a wee. Trent I./motet:in` Pat!' I ill (WI All'Prjth!t;, a I 011M.17.1,10 BRITISH AND FRENCH GAIN IN THE WEST Northumberland Troops Take 600 Yards of Ger- man Trenches. WIN AT St JULIEN Petain Gains in Verdun sec- tor? and Repulses Heavy Hun Assaults. Loudon, Sept. 9 --Again the French And the Germans are engaged in ex- xemely heavy figlating in tho Verdun sector, with the Germane trying to ccoup their losses of the end of last .veek on the right bank of tbo Meuse. aut with Gen. Petainat forces holding .hem 'back almost everywhere and covering the ground with their dead. Over a front of nearly two miles the 3ernians Sunday morning, following insuecessful attacks Saturday night in :he sector of the Boise des Fosses and .he Bois des Caurieres, returned to he fray with renewed vigor, especially,' tround Hill 344. At some points Trench trenches were calitured by the. 'Iermans, but from these later they were driven out and -the French linea Were entirely re-established, In the fighting around the Bois des Posses Saturday night the Germans left near. 'y 1,000 dead on the ground before the French posittons. At various points on the front held by Field Marshal Haig the British 'roops have delivered successful at - 'netts, especially northwest of St. luentin, where German positions on a -rent of several hundred yards were saptured and prisonere taken. North- east of St. Julien the British lines .xere slightly advanced. In Flanders British guns are still roaring in Lite mighty bombardment that has seen in progress for more than a fort. light, but as yet the Infantry has not 'seen loosed for the impending dash 'nto the enemy territory. I3RITISH REPORTS. London, Sept. 9.—The official re• port from British Headquarters in "41.ml-1e Sunday night reads: "In successful local operations thia noaning, southeast of Hargicourt, he Northumberland troops attacked he captured six hundred yards of Serman trenches south of the posi- tions we gained in this area on Aug. '6. We also captured 52 prisoners end two trench mortare. "At the same' time we attacked a tmall portion of a hostile trench 'equired to round oft our line east of efalakoff farm and captured it after heavy fighting, in which considerable lasualties were inflicted on the enemy. "During the night hostile raiding parties attacked two of our poste smith of Hollebeke. After sharp fighting, with heavy enemy casualties, the raiders succeeded in entering one post, from which throe ofour men are missing. The attack on the second post was driven off with enexhy loss. "Early in the morning the enemy also attacked our trencbes in Inver- ness Copse, but was repulsed, leaving twelve prisoners in our hands. "We improved oar position slightly during the night northeast of St. Julien." Sunday afternoon'report said; ."Early this morning troops heating s.; our line east of Villeret and southeast of Hargicourt attacked and suceeeded bit .entering German trenches on a front of several hundred yards. A number of prisonera.were taken br Its. "We saccessfully raided the enemy'e trenches outing the night in the neighboehood of Cayrelle and east of Vermelles and secured a few pris- en,e,Rors. stile artillery was active during the night " in the neighborhood V? Westhoek. We captured 13 prisoners as the result 01' local fighting nertit. 3ast of Ypres." • FRENCH REPORTS. 'Paris, Sept. 9. --Sunday's War 'Office statement reads: "Thits morning, afterintense artil- lery preparation, a German attack in .fore was made against our positions on the right bank of tile aleuee alone a front ot about three kilonietree, on 00111 (sides of Hal 344. Under our vlo- tent tire the enemy attack was broken and we's not am° to reacli our Linea on the greater part of tsie front. Ene- my detachments which had succeeded in gaining a foothold oast and west of 110. 344 were driven back by the igorouri counter-attack of our troupe, who completely re-eseablitmed tue.e line. taking about 50 prieoners. "en the course of the afternoou tee Germane renewed their attempt. against 'our new poeitions north of Bois-le-Chaume four times. Our fire drove them back to the trenches which they had left. Prisoners re- mained in our hand. "German columns north of Wavriiis Wood, taken under the fire of our artillery, suffered heavy letases." Sunday atternoone. statement said: "During the night our detachments execated several surprise attacks in the German lines, notably near La Royere Farm, oast of Rheims, and in the region of Maisons de Champagne, e capture° some material and a 00,tain number of prisoners, "Un tee r.ght bank of the Meese (noMmast oi Verdun) the Genitalia launched violeat counter-attacke iteoe tee positionee conquered yes- terday le the atictor of the Bois dee ect:Oeti and tile Bois dee Caurieree, Tee enemy attacks Were broken by outiire, which inflicted neavy loseee upon toe aosaliants, At some palate on the front ot the attack fierce lighting took place, Our tromet re- i3e.131 luergeticaily, and after tutern- at.ng advance, and vetirenteeta main- tained their poe.tions." Saturday n Imre etateineva reaes. 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