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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-11-22, Page 7DESPERATE RATITE RAGING • Sudden attack Of. the Lee() Brigade. Sue eureivure, mere than 30t) with ten Offieers, Were Made A 8LUI-1U I "III DIAVE RIVER FRIIMTaU 1 the Division, whose troops, the one, iitti"il,‘:r,trt4v17e3Arebtfatjairotigarc; Nevem, Brigade and. 3e1 Bersaglieri, excelled in courage.. .A.t the Mid of the Teutonic Forces Stria to Break Italian day Many enemy dead remainea on Line Ed Fail So Far Iwo Forces Crossed --One of Them Annihil. ated Other Forced Bael bia Rome, Noy. 'Lae—Operations on the In this knowledge, too, the Itallati sq Italian front are nearing their mitt preme command is proceeding me- an thodically,. giving ground here cal phase. The Austro -Germs, re- there and holding elsewhere, as and all this is part of a systematic plan to bring to the army the qualities of deal a blow at a chosen moment. One hears to -night talk in high quarters that it the Piave line holds another few days the tide will be turned as its successful defence Austro -German forcee are striving to through six feerful days has eetaa- gardless of heavy loses. have ietensl- fled their pressure on the Piave Rive line, which they are determined to (Toile despite the repeated failure of their efforts At the same time. the bulk of the • overwhelm the Italian defence and she that the enemy hes bia limi- force the barriers against invasion from the north. . Optimietie predictionor tho eve- eorne are yet unsafe, but a ream:airing indication as to future developments is afforded by the rapidlysinereasing reeistance of the Italians and their growth e• combativenees. , MACE TWO ATTEMPTS. Piave, . and to -day the enemy was Italian Headquarters in Northern fopeed back to the river at Zenson Rely, Nov. 18.—On the northern line and elsewhere, with more than a atml along the Piave River above thotteand men captured, while the Zenson the fighting haa assumed ees floodwaterbar him before Orisolera. fercea weed the Italians on the nor- it is because the Piave has resisted lrenie severity. The enemy, whose so well that the enemy is now turn- tbern lines. bee now thrown fresh Ili- ing his attention to the north and try - visions iuto the battle in a supreme lag to nuke a breach there, which he effort to break through. The Italiaus failed to make on the Piaxe. The line are resisting with desperate tenacity, runs along Asiago, Cismon and Quer°, using hand -grenades to meet the. in- and there the Italian position remains fantry rushes following artillery and virtually unchanged. In the east, machine-gun fire. It Is one of the bit- where the mountain line joins the terest struggles of the war, and the Piave, the Italian position has been lessee are heavy. moved a little further back, not in On tbe Piave River the enemy got ahaffia. gaound, but to solidify the across at two paints. Follina and whole northern front front Mont Ton- -ragare, a few miles above 'Jepson, darecar on the west to the Pialre on but tilos% at Follina were annihilated the. east, thus consolidating the de- tatious. ONLY BATTALIONS ACROSS. Thus far nothing beyond battalions have crossed the river, and no corps or brigade, much less divisions, has passed the deadline. Only at ?Anson aud Grisolora are there any serious lodgments on the west bank of the by artillery and hand-to-hand fight- ing. while tbose at Fagare were driven elute* to the western bank with heavy lessee and many captured. The Italian lines are holding in the main, but the fury of the enemy as- eaults.renews the gravity of the situa- tion. WORK OF THE NAVY. • The Italian navy is doing splendid service seconding the army in the bombardment of the army positions toward the mouth of the Piave- River. The nuavy, which held the coast front from the mouth or the Isonzo te • Grado, saved all of its material and cannon, and these are now being trained oft the enemy at the mouth of the river and for some distance Ma ;slier° the water is deep and wide. Near Revedoli an Relian marine bat- talion repulsed on Saturday a rush made by an •Austrian storming parte', and Italian torpedo -boats off Porto Cortellozzo drive off an attack of fence at the centre and on both noith• ern wings. This is the situation to -night after one of the most trying weeks Italy has ever known. It makes the whole country breathe easier and await with serenity, ahnost confidence, those crucial days still ahead. FEARFUL SCENE OF DESOLATION A trusted. man was sent by the cor- respondent in an automobile to the lower Piave this morning to inspect the inundated district, and he has re- turned with details of the fearful scene of desolation made by the re- lease of the flood waters by the It- alian engineers to bar the progress of the enemy. What was a smiling farmland ten days ago now is transformed into a vast sheet of water stretching for miles. Above the level of the water roofs and upper stories of farmhouses can be seen here and there. an Austrian torpedo fleet. This latter • Great flocks of sea fowl have come action was accompanied by opera- ations of a fleet of Italian hydro- planes and seconded by Italian coast batteries. • Conditions all along the line show that the .spirits of the Italians_ have .beenreanimated by the recent suc- cesses. • IIF.LD TO WATER'S EDGE. • On the middle Piave River, where' the Austrians succeeded in gaining a foothold on the west bank, near Zenson, they are beld to the water's edge, and their only communication with the east bank is at night, when a flatboat is dragged from -Bide to side bringing a small stock 'of sup- plies. Here on the shore line they !lave set up a line of macbine guns to hold back the Italians from rush- ing them into the river. Some of the more ardent Italians begged for lease to rush this line, and are re- strained only by the positive orders of their commande, who will not send his men in the face of such machine-gun fire when he believes that the line can be reduced by .other means. -• WHERE THE FRONTS MEET. Farther north, where the front turns weetwara from the Piave River, aermie the Asiago Plateau, General Ritter von Krobatin, former Austrian Minister of War, is arising his Austrian force, together with one Ifungarian division, in an attack which may be the turning point in the whole operation. It is here that the Piave. front and the Trentino front meet, and General von Krobatin Is throwing all of hie pressure on this meeting point so as te force a wedge between the two Italian athletes. allhat this success would mean is fully realleed, tor should this wedge come through it would not only seperate the two Italian armies, but would re- • quire. the ,conaideration of retreat from the Pieve Riser, as it would not be possible to maintain a posi- tion on the Piave with the left flank thus menaeed. -This explaine the fierceness of Gen- eral von Krobatin's attack from, the north, as he is staking all on getting behind the Italian's Piave line: But all his efforts have not succeeded la shaking the main nee, although here and there it has uttered back and iorth slightly during the fightitig. At Ahente Roitcone the enemy's a.dvanee completely failed, while at Monte Tomatuo he advanced a little. But these are all episode]flectuations, as the main front holds. General Armando Diaz, Command- er -in -Chief of the flatten army, was ablelast night to announce the solie- ity of both main frents and to glee Merited tributes to his men. While the filiation ie thug satisfactory in repul- elleg the first oeslaughts, there is no delusion that the enemy will aban- don hie design of progressing on the Venetian Hahne The ftglitnig, while .desperate. has not yet deeelopea the tnemyee fell power, and it is still to be shown where he will strike 'his greatest blow. Ilut his first shock inns been met atia cheeked, end the Milan erme have gained ttew luetre. this ground. About GOO men tend 20 officere were broughtback prisener, and the remainder, driven up to the embankment of the river, were shelled by ea artillery, which hinderedthe return of these troope to the ether bank, At the Zenson loop the enemy is being eles.ed up in a zone more and more restricted. "On the lower reathes of the Piave the Royal Navy, with alrereft, floating and ground batteries teed light forces, is zontributing effectively to the defence. "Pa vore,d by atmospheric cell(li. Lions, our airmen during the day .pro- fitably carried out Nyoric against mese- ed bodies of enemy troop." WORK. OF BRITISH GUNS, Describing the fighting of the pre- vious few day, the Associated Prese correspondent at the trent wrote under Saturday's date: British artiliery is in action against the Austroglermans to -day, and has caused havoc to the enemy's pleas to) an advance. Observers report great gapa torn in the Austro -German lines by the deadly rain of ,hells. At many points the British fire has paraiyzed the enernyes ofeenelve scheme, British monitoee are in action against the Teuton troops in the marshes 'of Vencia, striving to hold back the hinders from Venice. The inundated eeetion betweea the PittNo •and tie Sile Rivers effectively holds the enemy at must exposed. poiuts, arid for fifteen nines on the west bank or the Piave. The flooded seatiou cox ers about seventy square miles and the water is from a foot to five feet deep, depending ori the topograPhY, making it Impossible of occupation or for the movement of enemy troop% ]enemy attacks in the Asiago section_ of the eaetern Trentino front are very heavy, with the evident purpose of trying to separate the Italians on the Trentino from those on the Piave trona In from the Adriatic and their mourn- ful cries add to the weirdaess of the scene. -.Intense silence hangs over the deso- late waste, broken only by the sea- birds, and the mutterings of guns at the mouth of the river. Some of the upper floors ot the farmhouses are still occupied by the local constabu- lary of the valley. The extent of water interposes an impassable defence to any advance Of the enemy in that quarter, and under this sheet of water is soft mud, now soaked to a quicksand, about siX feet deep, making it impossible for. enemy artillery or horses to enter Without sinking. The first party which got across has been forced back and is now held at bay by the flood. THE OFFICIAL STCertY. I...MST ATTEal ihrle PAlIeteRE. Tbe battle of the Piave River, as it veil be Itnewn, hat; now developed to A stege where the ettemyes firet tato:nista to make a breach in the Itellae Mee have failed. Thisde- fensive result has not only been ae- copeplished by the Italian allay, but titne has been severed, to effect diet rerovery front the retreat- whinhe AVID peamit the army to resume its of. efeeeive power tie well es its defensive. 'elle enemy has taken full advalt- tage 41 t JP t t; fyOthlity Of the Italian effeneive force. Ph teed by ene artillery elle by et theY 'wish to go.--Neemletni. .„,.• .,,,, e. treopg tas e I .... . ' .....-e- a at• . . . -gee eee ' i • COSSACii§ ON TO PETROGRAD -..Orchard ...and Garden'. quite a large number ot people' aro becoming convinced that the idea of fall planting is a better one than was .uswilly supposed it few years ego. Re- cent experiments have shown that in some oases and under some conditidus fall Planting of nursery stock is bet- ter practice tend will be productive of More satisfactory results titan spring pleating. Most of our hardier tree fruite can be fall planted whit success, provieed however that trees caa be obtained froni the nursery which are suffielent- ly matured to be dug, ahippea to the' grower and planted early eriottgle Some of the busk traits, such as cur- rants and gooseberries, tle better when fall planted than whea spring planted, because they start to grow so early in the spring that Itis some- timea difficult to get them plaided early enough. • • As a general rule, however, spring Dictating is still preferred, partly be - Cause the merits of fall planting have not been sufficiently demonstrated and booause growers are so used to spring Planting that they hesitate to experiment with plants of doubtful ptaturity. ri he great Mistake made by men who wish to plant out an orchard, whether it be large or small, is that they. wait until nearly the time for planting before ordering stock from the nursery. Nurseryinen follow the practice of "first come, first served," aad the deseatistaction orten experi- enced by growers who do not get the varlet es they order, is frequently clue to the • fact that their orders came in late and the varieties ordered were all eolci Most nurserymen reserve to themselves the right to substitute in such cases, other varieties of similar eltaracter for the unavailable • ones end vowel e are frequently Incensed a th's practice, warning of whieh can usually be found in tile catalogues of the nurseries. If no substitutes are desired, the order sheet should say so; much unpleasantness would in this way orten be avoided. New Army Reported Moving On Russ Capital. Peace Definitely Declared in Moscow. . London, Nov. 18.—The latest un- official advices from Russia indicate that Petrograd and Moscow are still in the hands of the Bolshevik!, and that Sebastopol, the big naval base The text of 'Sunday's- official state- ment reads: • "On the Asiago plateau on the night of November 16-17, the enemy, insist- ing upon his attempt to force our line from Monte Sisemol to Route ,Castel- gomberto, attacked in the direction of Monte &anti, east of Gaelic). The at- tack, repeated four times . with ex- treme 'violence, was completely broken up by the gallant Liguira Bra eade. Mole to the north, in the direc- tion of Cesare and Meletta, d'Avanti, our parties o2 the Perugia Brigade re- took with great courage some ad- vanced elements lost during the pre- vious days, capturing about 100 pris- oners. "Between the Brenta and the Piave the enemy preesure has been increas- ing from the evening 02 1116 sixteenth. ,The masses of the enemy obliged our troops at some pointe not to prolong their defence at some advanced posi- tions, which have been abandoned in an brderly withdrasval after fierce re- sistance and brilliant counter-attacks. North of Quero, the Como Brigade has again shown. its valor. • 'Yesterda,y along the Piave parties of the Caserta Brigade, together with elements of other units, in an irresis- tible advanee, completely swept the enemy from the Gagare zone. The Spinerole, Brigade repulsed with great loss for the enemy an attack attempt- ed by the troops closed in at Zenson, driving them further back into the lop of. the river. Attenipts to cross the river, tarried out at other places, were promptly frustrated. "On the right bank of the Piave, during Nov, 10 and 17, a total of 51 officers, 1,212 men and 27 machine guns were captured." and arsenal on the Black Sea, has gone over to the Workmen's and Sol- diers' Delegates, the sailors of the fleet having sworn allegiance to them. The American Embassy at Petro- grad, according to a Reuted despatch, has requested that a train be provided to convey 200 members of the Ameri- can colony in Petrograd to Harbin. Reports of a new army, composed of various elements from the front, and the' vanguard of which is said to be close to Gatchina, has sent a new thrill through Petrograd. If the re- ports are to be credited the new force, the aim of which is to release the city from the control of the Bol- sheviki, which is commanded by Staff -Captain Pavlof, or the .Social Democratic Workmen's party, already has had brushes with the defending outposts of the Bolsbevilci. Peace has been definitely declared in Moscow with victory for the 13o1- sheviki. The White Guard has been disarmed and likewise' the military ca- dets. Two train loads of the :Red Guard, en route from Petrograd to eloseow, to support the Volsheviki soldiers there have been stopped and at the eame time rialway telegraph reports indicate that the Ceased% are making progrese northward, and that the Bolscheviki are in panic in• con- sequence of their near approach. MANY TEUTONS CAPTURED. The Italian etatement issued Satur- day said: "from the Adage Plateau to the eea tire enemy, without considering els losses, renewed his attacke on eur mouritain pOsitions (tad hia at- tempts' On the plain to force the lie of tne Piave. Our troops With great aubburnness offered an effective de - Mime, oppOehig elleMY uunieri ealiy ktronger and -counter-attacking ith edniirable elaboration. "a esterday fighting oecureed frein athlete Vie to Monte Castergemberte, at the defensive line of San etarino, at etent PrAseolaxt arid to tho north or Querro, along the lite of ROM Cisa-Morite CortielIMPiaVe Valley. "Ori the plain between Seletteul and San e Andre Adi Barbarino (en the lest Piilve. jut above Mason. at whites the Germane effected their ,ereeedieg)e the • enetty at dawn, nedieeeproteetion th,e moat violettt artillaary tire, foteed naatsage of the river, Hie treotse eroeeed to the tight bank at Praline and. 'eaglet. The NEW HUN RUSE AGAINST ITALY Agents Talk of Renewal of . Pope's Temporal Power. Pontiff Rebukes, Prayers for Country. take the apples to the nearest eider mill just previous to the Utile when the boiling is to take place so that the cider will be quite fresh when used. It takes a long thne to boil tile apples and cider aad usually occupies the greater part of a day. The cider is asuelly boiled down to about Lail its original volume when the apples are added. The proportions of ap- pies and cider used should be about equal so that the quantity of apples used will be equel to the original quantity of eider before boilleg down. The prodnet must be constantly stirred while in the malting and the boiling takes from four to s:x home. Sugar aouietimes used, but this is a matter of taste, as 18 also the matter of spicing. Bailing is stopped when the apples and tho cider no longer separate ado when the mixtare has reached the proper thickness. This is determinea by cooling small iots in a saucer at frequent intervals until it reaches the consistency of apple sauce. Immediately after boiling, the apple butter should be packed away in sealers or in sterilized stone jars or crocks. Apple butter .may be made without elder by the .addition of water to the apples and the uee of brown rather that!, white sugar. Fruit growers who are planning to plant out orchards of any size, even to half an acre, shoula secure cata- logues from several nurseries so that prices may be compared and so that the best trees will be obtained. Every nurserynian of any importance uses a catalogue and will be pleased to send one on request. These catalogues should be secured now if they have not already been written for and the order sent in as early as possible. MAKING APPLE BUTTER. Who is there who does not like apple butter, or cider apple sauce, as it is sometimes called? In some sec- tions of the country . nearly every farmer will make his own supply or this delicious by-product. Occasional- ly one finds a person to whom this ex- cellent dish is a stranger, but most people are acquainted with at least the commercial product if not the home made. The best cooking apples as a rule are the most satisfa.ctory for making apple butter. Such well known and standard varieties as Northern Spy and . Rhode Island Greening, for ex- ample, make excellent samples as do King and other varieties of good cook- ing reputation. Overripe apples should not be used, as they tend to destroy the high flavor for *which apple butter is best liked. A little vin- egar added when the apples are ne- cessarily ovrripe, wil help this deft - Rome cable: A great majority of the inhabitants of the invaded dis- Wets have abandoned their homes, and it is estimated that approximately one Million refugees are requiring care in other parte of Italy. The Ital- ian authorities are encouraging the exodus. Troop trains returning from the front are transporting the unfor- tunates, who are distributed through- out the country on an organized plan and supplied with clothes food and lodgings. The earlier methods of a propaganda of discord baying failed, the •Hums are adopting new methods for demoralizing Riley. Agents Deal) Vest of this locality also we have tered throughout the eeentry dis- ee. advanced our lines slightly at certain guised as neutrals are spreading porta that the Austro-tiermans in- apgoaltiints.bootThatti%e.onetshitryo'usghtiorutitIltehroyn has tend to take Rome and restore the Pope's temporal power. Some mem- on the battlefront. The German shell- bers of tho Popc'e entourage notified Ing has been particularly severe in the him of these proceediugs, whereupon Passchendaele seetor." THE FRENCH REPORT, the Pope severely rebuked them, say-- ing he as an Italian was praying for Valls Cable—"There rere !terve his country's vletory, and sharply or- artillery' en agements last night aorith of Cearterogn" gala tosday's official decd. that the Mitieltellan nron gamie. on the Vatican be seppreeeed. eommuntration. ' we repulsed 11,11 One- hn detaeliMent which attempted le SELL. BRITONS TEA AT OST. arteroach our lines in this region, and Edinburet, Cable.--learon Rhondda, • • • sertourt tosses on it. Raids the rood Controller, itx an address here to -da', said that although the country Oti Gemmel trenebee eoutheaet of St: rejoiced over the smaller number of slaps Quentin, In the Champagne east of Te - sunk by Clerras.tt submarines last Week, ton and Ift the •Woevre tbled the, SeriOnaness of the food eituation lute . GOVit., ni net din:Ink:bed. The epeatU ker seld lie to bring back prisoner% including °Mx WINTER KILLING OF GRAPES. Winter killing of fruit plants is a serious question among fruit growers nearly every year, and there is no. known way of preventing it except by the most intelligent cultural practices known and as full a knowledge as. Possible regarding, the habits and the methods of growth of the fruit plant in question. Quite a large number of grape vines Ole down every year and numbers' of them never recover. Undoubtedly the most important factor 'in the winter killing of grapes, as in the winter in- jury of most other fruits, is the im- maturity of the vines when they are brought face to face with the severe tests of a cold winter, The vagaries of winter are hard on human beings and they are no lass hard on the tender tissues of the plant which may be sent into winter condition in an, unnecessarily tender condition be- cause of the laxity of a careless (Ma tivator. The energies of the vine are prob- ably devoted to ethe ripening of the fruit as long as this remains in -an im- mature condition on the vine. Thus the ripening of the wood and the butts is tette until the short period which elapses between the harvest of the fruit and the cessation of growth due to the cold weather. If the crop has been a large one, and no steps have been taken by the fruit grower to has- ten the ripening of the buds and the wood before the fruit needs all the energies of the vine, it is quite likely that there is not sufficient strength left in the vine to finish the maturing of the buds, with the result that they are more easily killed by the winter. north, whero the invadere are teeling their way toward getting acreite. lenetalY attacks in the Asiago eeetlen et the eastern Trerttino front aro very beavy, with the evident purpose or tryiug to separete the italiane an the Treuttuo trout those ott the Piave front Enemy air raiders were seen flying over the Itallau headquarters early to- day. The batteries fired on them, but the craft got away without doing any damage. ALLY MD POURING eN. ',Loudon Cable — The British ear- responaent tuatredited to Italian head- quarters, in a deapateli dated Thurs- day says: reinforcements are reach- ing Italy in inerea.elnis numbere. To save Waltiug for Oahu; on the cot, gealed railxvav some lereech troops heve been brought across tho .A.Ipe through the enow-covered yams. 'flee aflled troope 'aro marching steadily forward to their appointed Macao in the Italian scheme of defence. "Both the .Britieh arid lerencb troops are in high spirit% They are delighted at the change in scene, and ever tlee prospect of a new adventure.e The' Daily •Mail's correspondent at Ranee. headquarters under date • of Friday tells of the grave clifficultiee of the Italian defenders on the Tren- tino mountain frontier, where, thp =De troops day after day are resist- ing the enemy without opportunity for rest, while the Austro-Uermana. having greater reserves, assault In- cessantly with fresh and vigorous troops. Nevertheless, the correspon- dent adds, the main bulwaake of the defence remain firm, and pres.umably it will not be long before the Allied help makes Melt! apparent. The bud of the grape is compound, consisting frequently of three buds, enclosed within the same bud scales. One of theee, the primary bud, is for the purpose of prod'ucing fruit, the second for the purpose of growing wood, and the third is in the nature of an•auxiliary which expands in case the others are destroyed. If winter killing destroys the primary bud, and possibly the secondary one also, the third or auxiliary bud may still ex- pand and give rise to the impression ciency. • that no fruit buds were formed be Only fresh sweet cider shOuld be cause of food exhatintion,—Canadian used and it is common practice to Countryman. 11134==1111111111111:1 ITALIANS STILL STAND FIRM ALONG THE PIAVE From Lage Garda to the Adriatic Sea, over the Asiago plateaux and down the Piave valley, the Italians are holding the Austro - Germans in cheek. Nowhere has the Italian line been penetrated for important gains, although the enemy pressure is very strong. Teu- tonic attacks have been repulsed with. heavy losses everywhere in the mountainous region except around Oismon, in the Sugana valley, northeast of Asiago. The intense artillery duel continues along the Piave. The In- vaders have been unable to make further crossings of the river. At the river's mouth the enemy, advance has been held up, if not stop- ped completely, through the Italian action in opening the flood gates of the Piave and, Bile Rivers, resulting in the inundation af seventy square miles of terrain. Attempts to cross the river fur, ther north have been defeated by the Italians. The Teutonic force which crossed at Zenson is held op the river's banks by the Italians, In Flanders the British carried out a successful operation last evening in the Passchendaele area, talsing more of the valuable ground on the main ridge:110141 of, the village. They effected a slight advance, as well, in the 'difficult low-lying terrain sloping off to the west. BRITISH GAIN AT PABSCHEND. AELE, London Cable—Further progress was made yesterday by the British troops on the main ridge in the vicinity of Passchendaele, on the Belgian battlefront, the British War Office announced to -day. The communication follows: • and there have been further co.stuil- "A successful operation Was coaled out late yesterday evening by detath- mehts from the Highland, Berkshire and Lancashire battalions in the vi- einity of Pasechendeele. Fgather ptir- tion of the enemy's defences; on, the main ridge north ottheiri- • ' ITALIANS HOLD FIRM. eluding a strongly feetifiete farm, were •Italian Headquarters in Northern captured by US. We•also took a num- . Italy Cable — The booming of Ital. ber of prisoners. fan naval guns could be heard. die- tiuctly here this morning, showing that the navy, as well as the army, was doing ita part. The fire ot the naval guns was directed against the enemy ppeitions on the lower Piave. Reporte received caring the early hours continued to be favorable. The inuneteted section between the Piave and the Sile Rivera eftectively holds the eneney at most exposed points and for fifteen milts on the west bank of the Piave. The flooded !section. covers about •seventy equate Miles, and the Water is front a foot to five feet deep, depending on the too- graphy, making it itnpossible of 00011 - Dation: or for the movement Of enemy rtwtro:,Ntvlaulisost.ortiettVhalioti lotiznetehilluit; Stjailitlo Isitmte.ktieide 'crowdltle into a sm 11 te-snaped posi tiom tied are relying on their batterthe Acrees the river to keep the Italians beck. Atisete-German efferts to bring over large eorens by poteoong 'have not slice ceeded, ateierding to latest. reportA, FRENCH/HOPS ARE INADEQUATE SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY Farmer Accused of Firing Warehouse of Man Refus. Mg Him Exemption. Country Must Import 2,000,- 000 Tons of Cereals. _— Toronto Report — That France, with the utmost economy, will require to • import forty million hundred- weights of cereals during the next year, owing to the tremendous reduc- tion in home production, is the grave news received from the French au- thorities by Hon. W. J. Hanna, Canad- ian Food Controller. The vital ne- cessity of Canadians reducing con- sumption is emphasized by the Food Controller in forwarding the informa- tion to Sir William Hearst, The Prime Minister received the following message yesterday from Mr. Hanna: res from Minister for general revictualling of France show 1917 wheat crop as 39,000,900 cwts.,as against 1913 crop ot 87,880,000 cwts.. and 1916 crop of 58,410.000 cwts. The 3917 production of French foodstuffs including all cereals, potatoes and beet root, only 222,000,000, cwts., as against 358,000,000 cwts. in 1913. With utmost economy Farnce will re- quire to import 4000,000 cwts. of. cereals within the next year. These figures emphasize the gravity of the situation and the necessity of Can- adians reducing consumption of foods 'vitally needed overseas." ties, shrapnel wounding some men in the trenches. An Mielny shell hit an American gun to -clay and caused easualties. Some Of the 'men wounded in the last two daye have died: intended buying ail etoelss of tea In Cey. offieer, and War materiels. %Mime Ion end atti then% bet,eat taa 0.100bry tigeeeng wee, eaeet met price. Ito added, that lie else wan A. melee to erovide chopoer mills. foe aura. teer neaey Sclionhole. Everywhere tng mothere, and tot ehildren at the cost else the tight passed to quiet." It the State. Itertle AMERICAN CASteALTIES. It la good polies, to Make a Peeple With the Anieriten Army fa Vrerire, believe they Aro free. et Is good Gov- leriday Cablet The arillery fight - f I litate relied after the treopn at the fernier pittee were de• erntaterit to retake them ao leepy arl lag in ehe eeetor ere, Aineriean I bcon e evevt .nfore Nthelt at Z009(131.01 lit 'Mint& Mae MURDERED THREE. Sinn Fein Hunger $briken. Released From Their Prisons, Rev. Dr. George Bruce, organizer of 81. Andrew's College, died suddenly in 1 once -Corn. J. Hughes died To- mato, it is alleged, as the result of a blow from another inmate of the Base • . • Hose I t al. ' Austrians Had Subscribed to Liberty Loan. Wm. thetry, manager of the Ontaric Mutual laa, insurance Company (novt the Mutual Lee: of Canada) from Its organization till 1897. Med at his home In Kitclaner: in his eighty-fourth Year. • Death caeet to Henry Parent, a well-known inthor resident, as he knelt in taw et. a• his home. King Victor 1. minutiae' has tetrad over his royal vine i‘f Mouza to re rugees from tee 1 eelan invaded ills. tricts. President Fang Kwo-Chang has re- fused to accent the resignation of Pre mier Tuan Chi-Jui, of China, evhict was presented Ft:ItiaY. Ross Robinson, a termer, of South - weld township, in starting a strition- ary gasoline engine, was caught in the flywheel and sustained perhaps rata' injuries. The Zurich police were obliged tic use their sabres to break up a pacifist manifestation Friday evening. Severe' persons were wounded and numerous arrests were used°. G. V. Chowil, registrar of Queen's University, received a telegram stat- ing that Rev. Dr. Bruce Taylor, the newly -appointed principal of Queen's was operated on for appendicitis in Montreal yesterday. While passing Vial Shoals, at the "Sim." the steamer Geo. F. Baker owned by the Pittsburg Steamship Company,was sent to the bottom wher she hit an uncharted boulder. More than thirty imprisoned Sinn Feiners who were on hunger striker have been released from Dundalh Prison, and eight from Mount Joy Soine who went to Dublin were met by large crewds and cheered. The re- maining Sinn Feiners in Dundalk ant! Mount Joy also have gene on a hun- ger strike. Mr. William Semler, Stratford, died at the General Hospital ou Saturday as the result of injuries received in a 50 foot fall from a beam at the 0. T R. shone: Mr. Soeder was engaged in plastering when hp lost his hold and fell, alighting on his head, Walter Varty, Belmont township, will be arraigned in the Peterboro po- lice court charged with having fired the warehouse of S. L. Spire, president of the Havelock Exemption Tribunal. which on Friday ordered Varty to serve in the Canadian army. Virginia, Mimi., Report.—Three Aus- trians a woman and two men, were mur- dered'here last night, the police say, eb- Cane° they hadi subscribed to the Liberty Loan and Red Cross Funds. They were Mr. and MTS. Paul Atar and Peter Tre- pich, a boarder in the .Alar, bouso. The hkull of each had been crushed with 1111 axe while the victims slept and each body mutilated with a knife. On a kitchen table in the home of the Alava was a note, written in an Austrian dialect, reading: ' "This is wilat you get for being e.gainst the Kaiser. You have donated to the Red Cross and you have said the I.Calser could, go to hell. Don't look for'us, for anyone who does will get the same dose:" lied Cross and Liberty Loan purchase signs, tseneially displayed here, either:MI the community has a large Austrian pop- ulation, disappeared from the windows ot Austrian residents to -day. The Alars -mere each thirty-eight years old and Trepieh was sixty. The mon were miners. A theory first suggested hy the police, that robbery was the mo- tive of the murders, advanced When It El as learned Mrs. Mar had drawn money from the bank yesterday, was abandon- ed 'when a sum of money war tonna In the Alttr bed. BRITISH MR HEAD RESIGNS 'London, Cable — Viscount Cowd- ray, chairthau of the British. Air Board January 2nd of this year in succession to Baron Sydenham. Baron Cowdray accepted the poet on • the condition that he reeelve no salary. . Viscount Cowdray, in his letter to the Premier, tendering his reeigna- tion,, protested against receiving through Lord Northcliffe's letter to the press, the first intimation that the Premier desired a cbange in the War Ministry. Viscount .Cowdray . added that he hoped the resignation would be accepted as speedily as possible. - • REGISTER BONDS. Those of Small 'Denomina- tion Now Made Secure im••••••..*.•• JAFFA, NMI Of • JERUSALEM, IN BRITISH HANDS • Ottawa Report — The privilege of full registration as, to principal and %teed has been extended to Victory Loan Bonds of fifty, one hundred and rive hundred dollars denomination. Previously, the full registration privi- lege Of both principal and interest did rot extend to bonds below one thin - sand dollare denomination. Ih tequence of this deeision the Nada Minister of leinanee has requested all Lanka to nocept subseriptiods for the. bonds ihrlicated With full. eegistration privilege., if so desired by Aubseribers. Whits also been decided to penult etibeeribers inaltd payments In full on Dec. 1, if desired, upon the basis et the paytnerit figures ealculated as on Jen.... . • ,---teeeeee--e OLEOMARGARINE LICENSEES.' eel -wawa- ateamtaaplattenViaaikTilidetie Ate etieventi the &Merle morriargee- lee in ceenadreand Inipertettoe have Mem . eseiled by tlie .Feetelse ro e , appileationajor liCensom have been re- .•eptvceeteitietheelattee will. %aimed from tba,mffite of the Veterinary Direeter-Om- enca•leepertmetit.oe Ageitulture, Ottawit, ao AA tO,b6,,effective on arid after.Detenia btifi. 1°1 lit'ttl" gler, ,•-"Istrx" irtv t 1 el 1 io love applicatleit tit tee to the 'Veterinary r Diteetarhiencral e office, A.nzacs Buter Paleitino Town Where Apostle Peter Saw Vision, .•,. GERMAN RAID WAS REPOLSEll After Having Entered thf British Lines. • Artillery On Both Side:. Still Busy. TH KAY CilY Nay Be Given Up—Vatican Believes Holy Land Given, Up. ••••••••••••••••,•••••••••• Rome, Nov. 18, —The belief ia strongly held at the Vatican that the Crescent no longer flies over the HolY Land. The Pope is eagerly awarelues news to that effect watch has been re- ceived. He, considers the recoveret of the Holy Land one or the greatest tri- umphs of Christitinityte :." London, Nov. 18.—The City of Jeffs, en the Mediterranean coast, was taken possession of by the•British army in Palestine yesterday. The Turks, who apparently are continuing their with- drawal northward, offered no eppoel- don. The text of the official state- ment making this unnouncement reads: "Yesterday Jaffa was occupied 'her Australian and New Zealand mounted troops without opposition. The enemy appears to be continuing his retire - meat to the north." A statement issued Sqturday read: "Gen. Allenby reports that yester- day there were minor advances in certain sectors of our front. Our yeomanry, who on Thursday took Abu Schusche Ridge, five miles soath- east of Er -Ramie; captured 300 prison- ers and ono gun. They carried the Turkish position at a gallop and 431 Turks were counted on the ground. The Australians in taking El Tine. captured large numbers of prisoners. one gun, three aeroplanes, and consid- erable quantities of ammunition. On . Thursday one hostile aeroplane was brought down. "The Turks are reported to be en- deavoring to prepare an entrenched position north of Jaffa roughly naral;• lel to the River Aujer (Nahr jer)," TURKS PANIC-STRICICEN. London, Nov. 18.—Saturday night's IVar Office report read: "During the day ground captured by last night north and northaveet of Passchandaele by detachMents from the Highland, Berkshire and *Lance- ehire Regiinents has been consolidat- ed, The hostile artillery has again showu considerable activity east and north-east of Ypres. "Highland troops carried out a suc- necterpfuel irtailvdert.hpis moraine; south of the s The Sunday afternoon said: "Early last night Lancashire and Highland troopa. successfully raided the enemy's trenches in the neighbeie hood of Monchy-le-Preux, capturing a few prisoner% • •• • • "The artillery activity On the bat- tle -limit Continues on both side. The enenly's:artillery fire is directed prine dimity upon our positlims in the neighborhood of Passehendaele and Langemarck and south of PoIYgon Wood." Sunday night's report read: 'Lett dawn to -day a strong hostile raiding party attaoked our trenches in the neighborhood of Gillemont Farm, soutlaeast ef Epehy, and effect- ed at entry. at certain points. We • connter-aftaelted acrOfla :theopen and after share fighting•*ejected the ene- eny.and captered,a few •prisoners, "The enemy also rattled our. trench. early this morning soutbeeast 02 Hay rincoerte some of our men are miss. ing. • "(la the battlefront the usual artie lery activity continued on both sides.' PRENCH REPORTS. . statement Pates. Nov. 18.—The official an nouncoment by the Wee Office Sun day eight reads: "The artillery aetivity was inter- mittent in the region of Vaudesson and near Schoenholz: it ,containued lively north of Mill 344, on the right bank of the Meuse. There is nothing to report on the rest of the froat." The Sunday afternoon report read: "rbere was somewhat lively active ity by our own and thee.enetny's ar- tillery tiorth of Chemiri-deir-Dames and oe the right batik of thneeleuse (Ver. aim front). A rahl upon •eftemy posts a: Mont Carnillet (C'lia.mpagrie front), remitted in Ottt.,1114kinyv:tyrftLititifi" seeltaseteenteeiseeteteCtMe'eTe ThIll Saturday night statement said: "Dating the day both artilleries maintained an active fire on the right bank of the Meuse and in Vesper Al- sace. tit the later regleh art eneeuet etteinpt againet our tronchea to elite north-west of Altkirch was Atemped by our fire." 'Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 18.—Tur- key is panic-stricken at the rapid ad - roach of General Allenby's soldiers to Jerusalem, the Holy City. De- spatches returned here via Vienna Muted at great unrest in Constanti- nople. The fall of Enver Pasha and the Young Turk's regime was predicted as a result of the overwhelming defeats suffered by Turkish arms in a section of Asia Minor, where every inch is regarded as sacred soil by Moslems. SKETCH OF JAFFA. Joppa, or Jaffa, as it is now called, with a population of 10,000, is a laby- rinth of blind alleys and dilapidated lanes' and streets. It is •the port of Jerusalem and regular lines of steam- ers ply between Jaffa and Turkish and European ports. Among the niagi- time towns allotted to the tribe. of Dan we find the name of Japho. Jonah embarked thence for Tarshish when he attempted to run away from God's command, and it was the point at which the cedar and pine from Le- banon for the building of the temple of Solomon were landed. Peter the Apostle resided here in the house ot "Simon the tanner," and had the wondrous vision which was fraught with such momentone meaning to all the world. Here he saw the sheet let down from heaven which contain- ed all manner of four -footed beasts, vhile at the same time came the com- mand, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat." But Peter demurred, saying, "Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten any- thing common or unclean." Then came the significant command which wrought mien a wondrous change in the heart of the narrow, conventional Jew, and which made him • • the • broad-minded, generous apostle Whom all ages delight to hohni Thoeohwasr . humble house still stands in iv proclaimed to Peter and through Peter to the world the mo- mentous lesson that the. Fatherhood of God involves the Brotherhood of Ian. Captured • by Napoleon in 1799, when a large part • ef the garrison awas massacred at his cc:amend, the French suffered terribly at Jaffa front n attack of the plague. In 1866 a small colony of Americans attempted to establish a settlemeut there, but failed on account of internal discord, and most _Of.........tl:M.4._returned home. They were succeeded, by a German col- ony, .which has increased from year to • CLEARING HUN UP IN EAST AFRICA • ' • • 0"!..- • London, Nov. 18.—An official state- ment of the campaign to -night in East Africa says: "On the Makondo pla- teau (German East Atria) we occu- pied Vviti, with slight opposition, and Chiwata after a sharp engagement. Forty-six German Europeans and 425 Askaris were captured. Since Nov, 1 our columns have accounted for on all fronts a total -GI 473 °Oman Euro- peans and 1,072 Askaris killed or cap- tured, two ;level guns, 4.1 and 33 ma- chine gum, as well as a quantity of material. The enemy has been driven from the whole of the Mislienge area." GERMAN PLAN TO BLOCK OUR NAVY .....••••••••••••••• Londoil, Nov. Amilterdam despatch to the Vales Says: The Getitalue are evidently aleettt to osIttiuM r0-3.1).11.11 ofielVire the Men tarietineiftietettrife British naval loveineets to support an at- tempt to land troops. The Amster- dam Vaterland supposes that the Ger- intetue new measure is connected With ,the possibility that a British fleet May co-operate in the Plenders offebelVe 4.lta &We to restrict the water vheee t1c flritlsh nee. atilt ShOW WItboet. danger from mints •and etib- Matinee. ' • ••• 41. 40t • 4.