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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-12-27, Page 2LESSOW Lesson XI. Deeentber, 10, 1917. Nehetnia.1 Enforces the Law of the ' Sebbatina-Neltemlah. 13: 16-22, Cornneentary.-L The Sebbath de- eeerated (vs. 15, 16). le. tu those daps -Thin was during Nehetelahee eneond iesi4ee lu deratialent. It can not be determined exactly when It was. His first journey from Shushan to Jergsalem wart la the tWanatieth yeen Of his reign Neh, 13;6), to come win to Jtalah, but it le not known aow tong atter arrivtngatjeresalent be Undertook the reformation ta the mat- ter ot the desecration of the Sanbatb. Saw 1 in Judah-Thie was oitteitio the city of Jerusalem in the agrieultural • dietricts. Nehemiah himself saw the Sabbeth desecrated, Ineadiag wine pressett-TIte wine -press coneisted or two vats, one higher and latter than the other, sometimes hewn rrom the rock. Into the upper vat the grapes were placed, and men crashed them with their bare feet to press out tbe etace, which flowed into the lower vat, on the Sabbath -The fourth corn. • mandtment strictly forbids :secular worle on the Sabbath, and Goal eare- fully provided that it should be kept saarrea to him. This commanement is az much in force now as when it was originallY premolgatel. briuging in stteaves-Grain was bronght into the city for thrashing, and lading assert therewith (R. V.) - Tbese various Itianteeof labor were carried on in vio- lation of the law of the Sabbath. Sieaves of grain are still loaded 311. the backs of donkeys and carnele, brought into Jerusalem -The people carried on ordinary farm work on the Sabbath and they made a practice of taking their produce into the eity, even into the sacred city of Joruatalem, cu tbat day, the day whoring he Lola victuals -From the language here treed it appears that the Jews brought their goods into Jerusalem on the Salt- ' bath, but 'did not Reit them on that day, When they were selling them on that day. When they were 'selling them on the next day or the following days, Nehemiah rebuked them for ban - Ing broken the Sabath by bringing their produce an that day. 16. there dwelt men of Tyre -It is probable that some from the region of Tyre, a city northwest of Jerusalem an the coast of the Mediterranean, formed. a small colony in the eity, and were engaged In trading in the productsof Tyro. I. Sabbata-breakere rebuked (vs. 17, 18). 17. contended -The word indicates that Nehemiah was in earn- est to put an end to the practice of Sabbathebreakinga. nobles of Judah - There were persons of prominence whose influence would be great upon the asommon people. They had no occaeion-to violatethe law of the Sate - bath, even from s, material point of tam, for they had wealth and full cootrol of their time. For their own stem and for the sake of their infla- me -ea they should have refrained front enaecratiu.g the Sabbath. *hat evil thing is this -To break the Sabbath is to commit a long train of sins. ' it tweaks a plain command of God. It fosters selfishness and greed., It brings one into an atmosphere of worldliness. It destroys piety ane robs the out of a disposition to won. ship God in sincerity. While it is robbing God of the time that justly and reasonably belongs to him, it is also robbing the Sabbath -breaker ot lit physical, intellectual, moral and bpiritual powers. profane the.sabbath day -God consideree the observance oe thts day as of sufficient importance to• Parmulate a, commit -I regarding it, bat the Jews in Nehemiah's time and Many of their stuitessors have looked upon it as a day in which to get gain or seek pleaa3ure. There ie no gain, but rather loss, in desecrating the Sabbath. 18. did • not your fathers thus -The Lord said, "But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the -stettbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Je- rusalem on the •Sa,bbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates there- of, and it shall devour the palaces ot Jerusalem, and it shall not be quench - et" (Jen 17:27). The people of Judah had been faithfully warned ba the Lord's prophet, they had gone for-. 'ward in their evil ways and the threatened desteuction came upon their city. Nehemiah called the at- tention ot the aabbath-breakers to salute their ancestors hail suffered through disobedience tto God's law. ye bring more wratie-The Lord was taking note Of the departure of hie people from him and their sin would not go unpunished. Nehemiah was faithful and fearless in rebuking transgressors ot God's law. III. A thorough rerormation (vs. a9-22). 10. gates .... began to be dark before the Sabbath. The twi- light 18 ehort in the latitude of jeru- saint, and darkness comes on soon after sunset The Jewish Sebbath be- gan withthe going down of the sun. .gates should be shut -The getes of the city were closed as darknees came on, uot be opened till after the Sabbath - Nehemiah not only gave orders ae• gerding the observance of the Sabbath. tint also took measures to enforce his eotinnands. The gates were not to be opened for the passing in and out of merchandise on the Sa,bbeth. They were guarded by trusted servants wbo Would not allow any Sabbath -break- ing use of the gates . There wa's free kpassage for lawful travel, 20, lodged elwithout Jerusalem once or twice - "The merchants and sellers of all kind of ware" came on the Sabath as usual with their Merchandise, but being res. fused admission for theft burdens into the eity, they were tinder the neces- SAY or remaining outaide to watch their wares. They came the seeond UM° thinking that the new order **Odd not be, strictly enforced. It is likely that, as atiother reason for their tomitig the eecond time, the people of the thy went out to them and bought Wares on the Sabbath, a marleet-place being temporarily establielted outside the walls. 21. then 1 testified against them. Nehemiah was detertnined in the neater. I \Ali lay hands on you - The desire for gain made the Sttb- tieth-breakere bald and led them to reaort to Measurer; to Make void Nolte Mahe; ecentnande; but they fOnlid that thee, were fnee 10 fare 'with a ntan of resobetin ita Wall as piety, Webe- r:Mil even not the Man -to zee ,God's law traeripleti under foot while be boat authority to have it. ettfOreed The greedy Sabbath-breakera believed he Would have thent wrested if they MOM defied the late anal "from thief time forth one they no mettle on the aabbath," 22. Tosites----alenthere of the tribe of Levi. They had cliarge of the eettliar melee pertalaing to the house Of the Lord, ehOtild temente theintieleett-They were to Malas seites cererriontally clean end thee be prePtrea td Orange itt the direet ser. vita df the Lord. elsOuld eome and keep Om grate 10 eanetify the teal- 1 bath day The languaae would cate that Um charge of the gatee On the nabbeth was eatntaittea tO the Les rite. Inasmuch an •the Integiriti ot the law of the Sabbath alte ineeleeda it seemed fitting that this sacred duty ehollid be plaeett upon them. They would be serving the lwird as directlY there an they woutel in the Secular af- fairs of the temple. remember me - Nehemiah wag desireus that las ef- forts &mulct be crowned by the Lord with sums.% He wished for hie eons aimed Ilene Queetioets.-Wbo.is Nehemiah? TO what warn Was he cellea? Whet re- sults ead already been achieved through Ms efforts? In what particu- lars did Ile tiud thet the lase a the S.abba.th was being. broken? What was his first eteP ta Innen the desecration stopped? What further measure were adopted, With What success did be meet? PRACTICAL SURVEY, Topin-Law enforcement. I. A means of religious reform, II. A, measure against intreders, 1. A means of religious reform. This chapter briugs into pointed contraet the promisee of the Jewish people, re- corded in ebapter ton; and noir subs eeq.uent practises. In nearly every particular their covenena so soleranly entered into, was broken. In Nehe- &Mules absence the affairs of his people fell rapidly into disorder. A promise to observe the Sabbath was otie of the articles of the covenant governing the conduct ot the Datiole Among other deplorable departures from the law of God, Nehemiah found that ins countrymen had fallen into flagrant disregard of their votes aPon that most vital issue, The observance of the ,Sabbath was to 'the Jewish people a typical commandment. It was a specific law and stria obser- vance of it was meet insisted upon. It .was ft great grief to Nehemiah, this great profanation of that holy day in the holy city so recently reconstructed and dedicated to God. The law of the Sabbath was openly defied. The sacred character of the day Was set at normal and was fast disappearing. 'Neighboring customs had crept in and :prevailed over Jewish principles, The occupations of the people ware allow- ed to go on as if there was no Sabbath day. It was decidedly a swift and terrible reaction which had followed the fervor of the great revival when Nehemiah had gathered the people. to-. gether and engaged them in a very solemn covenant, followed their 'en- lightenment in the law and their pro- found repentance. There followed general decay in niatters of religion when the people. forsook the sanctuary and profaned the Sabbath. It was a very serious deduction, demanding a most vigorous reform To promote the dee observance of the Sabbath was a work of piety, benevolence and Patriotism. • The Sabbath was insti- tuted with the beginning of the race. It was included in the religious and moral steatites given by God to Moses, signifying its permanence. Its obser- vance was insisted upon by the pro- phets and declared to be decisive of national prosperity or decline. Nehe- miah showed the people the testimony of God's word against Sabbath dese- cration betore he enforced the law or took measures to perpetuate the re- form. Nehemiah set about to change the whole aspect of affairs, to re-es- tablish the true order of religious life. Tb.o conscience of the people was with Nehemiah. They felt that it was use - lose to resist his resoluteness, backed by such authority as he possessed. His fundamental work wheu ie first went to Jerusalem was to reconstruct the nation on the basis of the divine law. He turned Jerusalem into a strong fortress and made it possible for the people to develop into a nation of ea - prior order. His sagaciy, forethought, power of organization and manage- ment, depth of feeling, power to in- spire and rule others, calm onsidera- tion in laying his plans, vigor and de- termination in executing them, en- abled him to couduct the various re- forms of the nation. II. A measure against intruders. Ne- hemiah made a palate protest and pro- moted active measures for the sup- • pressing of Sabbath desecration, He acted in harmony with the powers of his commission and tbe law of God. He prepared for a time when he would not be there to act the part of a pious patriot and governor. He confronted and reproached tlae nobles and rulers as well as the traders and salesmen. The vigorous remedies which he .ap- plied were administered first to the rulers. He laid first blame upon- them. In the ease of an Temente piety and patriotism could unite itt a degree difficult to maintain at others, the na- tion being God's eb.osen people, owing to him its existence and its laws, and set apart by him as his special treas. use and for his special praise, Ne- hemiah folloWed his rebukes to the of- fenders with practical measureet He had the gates kept closed. (luring the Sabbath. He appointed Levitee as Permanent gaarda, bidding them pur- ify hhemselves, as for a holy service before taking their posts. He threat- ened to punisla dealers who lodged near the wall duriog the Sabbath. His .energetle measuees sueceeded perma- nently. T. R. A. • • • • KALTSCHMIDT CASE. Gerinan Agent in Detroit Was Well Paid. 'Detroit report; 'Letters and cheques to show that Albert • Kaltsetnidt was paid at least $28,000 by German spy leaders Were introduced hi the trial of Kaltschneldt and five'others to -day. One ot the prineipal bite of evidence Was a letter signed by Dr. IL A. bert, the Kaiser's financial agent, au- thorizing the transfer of $25,000 to naltscandas aceouut-the amottnt to be charged to the joint aeeouut of Drt Mort and von Bernetorff, German Aeltbassador. Albert was One of the leaders of the nernian plotter's sent to this country. Cheques frena Cent von Palms, Wintery Attaehri Of the Germatt Etit- basy, and Wolf von lgoi of the Ger- roan Military Information Bureau tri new York, Were aIso introduced. They were teized itt a raid On the Hamburg. enterican Line officers in NeW York Arbon war broke out. The day was devoted to establish - ng the fact that certain moneye paid tealtecbinidt had been disbursed in stilita to his tools and in pew chasing explosiven A earwig militaty Mattel WaS main - tabled all day at tho Federal Court Wieling owing' tet the preeehee of tuirther Of atlapielOuS acting individ• gals in the vicitity Of the banding. "1 ttlIderstahd the Man yOtt (Weak tI Uve itt irairbid trepidlty, &Wenn he?" "No, eir; he livee III the eliburbeeaalitiltimere Arneeteen, GRAPHIC TALE OF REFUGEES FROM HALIFAX •Pe,..ff Was On Train Just Nearing Doomed City When Explosion Oame. BRAVE CHILDREN Their Eyes Destroyed by Splinters of Glass, • ever Cried. New York report; A despatth from Boston to the Associated Press says; J. Goldberg, of New York who woe in the first party of refugees to reach Boston from the shattered city, gave a graphic description of the scene in natifax when he arrived there on a treat bound from St. John, in cum - yam' with Charles J. Clark, Montreal. "We were eight miles Worn Halieax and twenty minutelate," said Mr. aolctherg, "when there wile a slight explosion, and thee, a terrible one. The train came to a eueldert stop. Al- most inimediately the Pullman car began to rock and the glass began to break. It was a clear morning, nil We had gat but of the car, and could .iee a great doled of smoke hanging low over Halifax in the distance. When we got to Africville the train came to astop. We got out, and were horrifted at the sight we saw, "The platform of the railroad sta- tion was crowded with Wounded pea - pie, most at them children, Many of the children were groping about. They could not see. Their eyes were filled veldt small bits of glass. I noticed, too, that most of the children were cut about the neck. It seemed just ite if a keen -edged knife bad slashed eah little throat, "We took -about 250- of the injured aboard the traiu, and gave them what medical aid Ise could. All the passen• 'Mrs turned doctor. The firet one I treated was a little girl. She could not see. Her eyes were filled with glass. I got the glass out, but she tested not see. Sho was blind. The glen had cut into her eyeballs. She was a brave little mite. She didn't cry." "Clark deserves great credit. He knows a little about medicine, and. with coat off and sleeves roiled up, he pitched right in. He must have treated fifty of the wounded. Ho had a bottle of brandy in is grip, and that helped. "There was one mother with two babies en her arms. Her face was covered with blood, but she kopt•wip. ing the Wood from her eyes, hugging the babies to her breast all the while. We took the babies from her, in order that we raight dress her worlds' with bandages that we made from the Pullman bed linen. The two babies were dead.. We didn't tell the mother. but put the little ones away In a berth. "After a while the train was started lack to Truro with the wounded. Four Waldron' died on •the way. "Two sailors on the train said 'they had. been blown off a tug in tna harbor. They were soaked to the skin, and were shivering from cold "On the way back to Truro we got a view of the harbor. I saw three Belgian relief ships, and apparently they had not been damaged." FIFTY ORPHANS ESCAPED On Board Massachusetts Relief Train, via Amherst, N. B., rep.ort: A Pull- man car with its sides covered with heads bandaged and their little arms bearing half a hundred children, their 'leads bandager and their little arms in slings. They were orphans wno escaped when their asylum at Hali- fax was wrecked. A shower ot stone:. and glass had maimed some of them for life. A woman came through to elonatoe with the form of an infant, appar- ently asleep, clasped to her breast. The mother, temporarily insane, had made the long journey with only the tiny of her child. The ghastly dis- covery that the head was gone was made by citizens. TAKING BITES OF HUNS' LINE British Forces Continue to Improve Positions While Foes Try to Make , Theirs Fit. London eable: Notwithstanding their withdra•al from the Bourlon Wood salient in the Cantbrai area, General Bynget l'orces cotttnUe tak- ing bites out of the German position to improve the British line. His cotnintinication issued this ev- ening says; "A auccessful local Ora Maim Was carrled out to -day tiorth of La Vaemierie (Cambral sector). Treachee constituting our objective were raptured by the Ulster troops, making a. considerable improvement in our lint at this point. "Sotabeast of /pees Our patrols last night successt ally attacked hos- tile svorkihg parties, Northeast of Ypres a hOstlie raid was repulsed and a nunlber ot casualties were inflicted on the enemy. In these enceettere Mignon; were taken,' The afternoon report said: "The infantry actin on the Cam: - brat trout during the night was con- fined to petrel encoenters, in Which we eeettred primers, The enemy's artillery line shown inereased netivity on both elder) or the Searpe." Telegraphing front British head - quartets; In Prance dt. T. Small writes: The GerMatre to -day cot altered their Work of reoccupying the decreetated area bequeathed to thent by the Pritielt when General leyrig made his Witbdrental fiesta the CaMbrai eallent. It was an litiettvory task that faced the enemy. The.Boution WOod rant was reeking with DOitiOli011s gas, in Graineetirt, athaeteet eailetatnn, NOS'. elt:kfarCtSillif end afttenteeeil Were n Wainer of thine, end the low-lying MUNI 011 Whieh the GOMM aPPare ently had planaea to dig tie* arm troneltea was oaerloelted by the Wet - 1011 positiOile. Into thle (Wert the big genie Wele • hurling tons of explostves and Inas chine gunners were whipping a con- stant Stream Of bullets) into the ranks Of the enemy sent torward PrOePeete ing for the desirable points available for defence. Meanwhile the major portion of the liritish army Was Ma- ting comfortably in their home, their eoneolalation virtitally haviag been completed before thee' started to re- tire at midnight Tuesday, As a Matter a fact, part of their Work was done for them bY tee Ger- rune in the famous Hiudenbilrg trenches, The wonderful Geeman dugouts and network of front line erld communication trochee were all •at the disposal of the Tomlnlea, wno look out with unconcerned satisfac- tion at the former occepants, now ie. boring miserably to builtt wenn- ground. babitations. Fighting continued to -clay at MeV point; between advanced patrors et the British and the Germans. FRENCH REPORT - Paris cable: The following offic- ial communication was 'sailed Fra day evening: "Considerable artillery activity by both sides lias prevailed in the region oe Metssons de Champagae mut on tho right bank of the Meuse. TNT° have been no infautre action. "Deering the night of December 5.6 our aeroplanes bombed the stations at Fribourg and Thionville, autl &so various depots and canton:note l'e. hind the enemy's lines. ` "On the Belgian front on the 6th and 7th instants there were the ems" Winery artillery enga,geneenee, wlech were especially in the regions of Prevyse and Zmeickein. A long-. range aun fired eome shells in the environs of Aderiltirke." RUSHING till) TO STRICKEN CITY Resolution in U. S. Congress to Grant $5,000,000. Supplies en Route -Many Places Helping. Washington repeal A. joint resolu- tion to appropriate $5,00e,000 for the relief of the stricken people of I•lalifax was introduced to -day ba Rep. Tague, of ,Massachusetts. :SPECIALS FROM NEW YORK. New York report; Several special trains furnished by the New -York Central Railroad were speeding from. -nere for Halifax to -night with every facility for supplying aid to the stricken city. They carried 600 men, together with $15,000 worth of tools, $150,000 worth of lumber. 1.000 port- able houses and 25- motor trucks. The party includes a special salvage Corps under 20 expert engineers, Who will restore whatever houses can be waved and direct the construction of tempor- ary shelter as rapidly as possible. • The following articles, valued at more than $200,000, were carried by the train; 4,930 pairs ot socks and 3,043 pairs of bed. socks, 10,080 sweet- ens, 15,152 pieces of men's, women's aild children's clothing, 10,000 blank- ets, 20 cases containing 100 gallons of disinfectinf fluid, 30,000 pounds of bandages, 496 cots and a carload of foodstuffs. RELIEF FUNDS. Landon, Ont., Board of Control vot- ed $2,000, The Canadian Club, of New York, aapropriated $3,000 and will also sehd Provisions. • More than $100,000 was raised itt Boston yesterday, The Council of Kitchener telegraph- ed $10,000, with the message that the pocketbooks of -citizens aro at the dis- posal of sufferera. Mayor Martin, of Montreal, after a conference with the leading mem- bers of the Victory Lon Committee, asked the Royal Bank of Canada to plaee $100,000 immediately at the disposal of the sufferers in Halifax, the Victory Loan Committee having undertaken the work of raising the funde, His worship wrote to Lord Shaughnessy, presitieht of the 'Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company, who headed the Victory Loan campaign, requesting him to act in a similar ea- Daelty in connection with the raising here of this $100,000. At a special aneeting or the St. Thomas City •Council a grata of $500 graphed. It was also decided that a was voted and immediately tele. further grant will be forivarded in the near funtre, if required, when the work of restoration begins. Mayor Bowlby, of 13rantford, has telegraphed the Mayor ot Halifax to draw upon the Ontario city for $600 as• aid to the surferers. A WIDER FRONT. British Take Over IVIore of French Line. London cable: The •Chrotticiee; Parliamentary torrespondebt says: ,"The debates next week on the vote of credit provide au opportunity for a wide ranging discussion.. Advan- tage of it may be taken for some plaih speaking on the Military situa- tion. "The factor that contributed to our aucceseetti advancein the region ot Cambrai is the despatch of troops to Italy. The necessity of sending mill. tary help to Italy Was urgent, but that policy, ples the taking over of more of the French nue, carried with It inescapable consecnteetees. "Not a few etree felt that the time has eome to give some attention to British interesta in the war. We on - not go on indefinitely supplying firma dal power, sea Dower and most of Lite munition potterer of the alliance, and in addition undertaking unlimited military COMMitinents on the eentin. era, Themi views will probably find eepression next week," HERO OPERATOR'S FAREWELL. Halifax, Dee. 0. -The Halifattc Herald ia Informee by cemadiart eleverentot rateway officials that a reetssage eame over the wins a minute Maori the ex - Plosion (1111It vas from Vincent P, ceeemen, the operator at Richmond !t it ticie directly lonaber wit upon tho. ticeneef the collision, and read: "14. munition ship fa on tira and le meking for pier No, 8; eloodine" etelemen'a badly charred tee:mins Were found tees overierg. Irad tut ehosen te desert his poet Ito might bove eased hie own Mo. Atteleet (test= le •alwaya held Or re. genteel as .law. -Law elaeint RELENERATIVE PROCESSES IN RUSSIA ACTIVE Real Country is Steadily Working for Return to Common Sense. BHITIN K; FIRM Refuses Trotsky's Demand -Bolshevik' to Repudi, ate Loans. 0,01•••••,0•101.1....,•0•••••••• London cable: In reiterating his former statement that regenerative Processes are going on in Russia, the Petrograd correspondent of the Morn- ing Post says: 'The real Russia is silently aud steadily working for reconstruction, and the inevitable ram% to common sense, which we inay noire Is near at hand." Heads that the Bolshevik'. now are being challenged by an organization cdaicitnigitself the Union Anarchist SYn- sts BRITAIN- STANDS' FIRele London -cable:- A note from the British Government reusing to re- lease Tchitcherin and Petroft. Rus - elan citizens under arrest in England. the Petrograd correspondezet of the Times says be understands was deliv- ered at the Stnolny Institute. the Bolshevik' headquarters, on Thurs- day, The correspondent adds that the an. easiness of British citizena in Russia is increasing daily and that the Cons sulate in Petrograd is crowded with persons asking protection and advice. Official protection,however. he says, comets for nothing, as an attempt to exercise it probably will inerease the danger. TO REPUDIATE LOANS. London cable: The 13olshesiki Goverament, according to a Reuter despatch from Petrograd, th preparing a decree repudiating all Russian for- eign loans and ions concluded :by land banks and railways on Govern- ment guarantees. Shares of internal loans held abroad also will be repudt. ated. MAXIMALISTS RULE VOTING London cable: The members of the all-hussian Commission to deal with the elections to the Constituent Assembly have been arrested by the Ecasheviki. a Reuter dispatch from retrograd says. Lenine. Trotzky and the other hiaximalist leaders have ap- pointed Moses Uritzky Commissiteeno tor Elections to tb:e Constituent Awe' sembly, with virtually autocratic pow- ers. London, Dec. 8.-A Russian Govern- ment dispatch, dated Thursday, and received hero by, wireless. announces that Leon Trotziry, the Bolehealiti Foreign Minister. has sent to all the allied embassies and legations itt Petrograd a note intimating that the armistice negotiations with the cen- tral powers have been suspended for a week at the initiative of the Rue. Man delegation. for the purpose or providing opportunity. of informiug the peoplee and the governments of the Allied countries of the existence of such uegotiatious and the ten- dency. The note adds that the armies tice will be signed only on condition that troops will not be transferred from one' front to another. and that German troops are cleared front the islands around Moon Sound. It gen- erally indicates the points 01 the negotiations in accordance with the wireless statement received from Pet- rograd Thursday. lelillett LYNCHING OF' EX -CZAR London table: The guards sur- rounding Nieholas Romanoer. the ta- mer Russian Emperor, near Toboleic. Siberia, have been disarmed by Bon shewilti soldiers and sailors, accord- ing to. advices received in Petrograd and forwarded by the Exchange Tele- graph "airanpaey. The Bolshevik' leaders intend to remove Nicliciae to some other place, fearing he might be lynched. li• 410 BELIEVED TOMES SAW HUNS FOOLED --- Germans For a Long Time Shelled Empty British Positions. UNE IS STRONGER As Result of Giving "Iip Bourlon Wood -Poe Cannot Use It. I a...*.k• British Headquarters in France, Lorain cable: A: conference of from the salient about Bourlon Wood to a prepared line which should Make their position mtieh stroiager and More deeirable In many ways. 'Mae retire - Meat was carried out successfully mainly between the hours of la and 4 o'clock Weditesdey morning, and under Water 'of darkness. Not ttutil many linter later did the enemy dim cover that he wee facing evacttated territOry. The Germane to -day had swarmed over Much of the evanated zone and Were digglog themselves itt along the advanced line, but art late 45 1.50 Oa cloak yesterday afternoon they were Still shelling Bourton wood, and be- tween noen and I &chick they lattne1i. ed a limey attack against the empty treitches near etoeUvres, showing the were uncertain of the situation even then. Theeusslui Manlier Of the With.. draWal pliteas hi the tategOry ot a reMarkable Military itehlereenteat, for; had the GerritallS bee0Me aware that it was inepeeditig, grave !ogees Might haste reettiteri to the tenth -1g treerne The quest:We Of aberstotang the sal- nt must hawe been Under Verona consideration for eante timer. WeetieedaY's retirettlent cannot be deeignitted as a retreat, for there 15 no reatem to believe time the British could not have parantained thentionnee there. However the position was not tleeirable, anti it would have cOst the lives of too Intent/ MA to nave held onto the sharp salient which could, be dswireezeittlonu. ysm ti enemy guotire froeVeral The groune abandottee was cleared thoroughly, and not a gun or any Oth- er material appeared to have been left behind. • Moreover, the wicated parti- tions were renaeree tenmorarilY tna tenable, so that the ;MOW WOuld be forced to construct uew defences an dilgOnts. The British prepared the new line while they still held Bourlon wood, A. sere ot teMporary rear guard was established until the main beds' reach- ed the oew quarters. About midnight Tueeda,y the Brinell silently began to pull back from the northern edge of the Bourlon wecel. Tee British rifles and Machine gtlas began to spit fire along the line, and the artillery main- tained ite customary Itaeamerina of German position. The unsuspecting Germane elung to their trenches, and fired Methodically at what they supposed was the British fr°Bult• lainotl'clock itt tho morning the main Brinell body passed into the new posit:ores, and the Bottrion wood was virtually stripped or soldiers,. with thete, eixictrile3titrateareavetnewthreearregauragrdus. anu had followed, and the greet forest war. lett silent, save for the bursting of retells. throughoat Weeneeday forenooh the Germane continued to hammer away at the wood, and a little aftet noon they launched a ;wavy attack westward of the woad, in the direction of itioeuvres. This meve was made under a heavy bariage, whicb broke harmlessly on the vacated territory, The British troops from their d15 - taut position watched tbe German manoeuvres with delight. These cue minated in a tire charge in mass formation against the former -British line. An the Germans reached the trenches they paused in evident sur- prise, and a halt was called for a consideration of the situation. About 2 o'clock in the afteenoon the Germans were seen coming over, the ridge on both sides of the Bourlon wood In large "numbers, and proceed- ing toward the Bapaume-Carabrai road. A considerable force of the Ger. mans was caught in, the artillery fire to the west of the wood, and suffered hovy coualties, Throughout the afternoon the Ger- mans in considerable numbers kept moving eautiously forward across tale Ca.mbrai road, and towards evening they started digging in front of the new British tine. A fairly large Ger- main foreetentered Annette last night. A. heavy German attack which de- veloped north of Anneux yesterday afternoon was smashed by artillery fire.' This morning the British operation was completed successfully, and the Germans had reoccupied most of the evacuated territory and were digging themselves in. It was naturally a sad body of British troops which made their way from Bohrlon wood. They had fought through many bitter days to capture and hold the place. They knew it was best fox' them to go; still they hated to relingaish what they won. Probably the hardest part was the farewell said at the graves of comrades . seattered through the woods. - They Marked each mound with its little • wooden erase before they left. . Illourlon wood has been a nasty place for the British to hold, and it will be as bad for the Germans. Throughout this forest are pools of poisonous water over which poisonous gases hang for twenty-four hours af- ter discharge from the shells. From their new positions the artillery will bo able to pour a steady stream of explosives into the wood, The zone from which the British retired south of Bourlon will also be a hard 'place Lor the enemy to build his defences, for it is low-iying ground dominated by the new British lines. It is impossible. to give the new British line at this time; but it 'cer- tainly is much stronger tu every way than the previous one. The British still rotate their hold, on the famous Hindenburg lines, which firnisla Field Marsbal Haig with a .very desirable reserve of defences. KERENSKY JOINS SIBERIA CABINET Is Member of Government of New Republic. Maximalists Fear Ex -Czar May Escape. Petrograd cable: That newspaper Peavcia, organ of the Bolsheviki Gov ernrnent, antiourice that several de taehments of salient and the Rea Guard Mee been sent to Toblosk, 1,500 miles east of Moscow, to guara Nicholas Itomanoff, the former Bus• eian Emperor. The independent Goverratent which has beeh organized in Siberia, hae elected Alexander I'. Xeronsky Min ister Of Justine, enti Is deterinined to cemplete a coalition Cabinet. It is repotted that a.m. Korulloff, who recently escaped from 13taltort, where lie had been imprisoned by the Boisheviki authorities, has joined Gen. Kaledines, Haman of the Dee Cossaeke. Gen. Korniloff formerly was come mender -in -chief ef the Russian arrates, Arnied sailors have arrested 40 em. ploYees of the State Bata: who had refused to work tinder the tolshevild regime. NO PRATERNIZING. Jiteeee atotnileela, 'mate: The Oita cinl entouneentent concerning the agreelnent by the ROttinantati array to an arthistice reaale: "The Rusin cOmtnand baying ptoposed an atmintieo to the enemy and to the Itournanian tramps, form- ing part ef title front, it was decideo that the Rotarian:fan treeips shoula as- eoetate themselves wtth thie proposal. As a ensotterice hostilities %vete mispended at S Weigel{ en the whole Of the trent. "The etlentel'a troops lonely !Mail tested their benefaction aad endeavor ed tO apierdaell the Tteumatiot tiet work System, The Itenuartiat treops Melatained tt reserved and dignified attitude lind rejected e eery attempt at frattrrazattema • VOROliTO 7.4A.RKET8. FARIIIERS' efieRKET Datry Produce - Better, choice dairy .. $0 45 to let) 47 7 (Meese lb. Tggs, new -laid, die. , 0, 7,0 01) 35 Teraeys, lb. 0.: 2. 8: Q0 3350° 1)o Dre"rl se'egalefe; Fowl, lb. 0 a eres'41 jet 0 26 0 28 0 18 0 20 a 0 2e 0 26 .401)urellutif, S4.‘phrielekrib Apples, blt t. 0 el) 0 70 eDVD:Oet pt4b aeal „ 4 00 7 00 (n, ar uttsusiel 01 swsepr,r sprouts, sin. m (7!. ? 601 21°56Ci Carrots, peck 10 0 20 .• 0 01)1:r"y,bparfr head 0 20 Cabbages, each 01 0 07 • 0 '75 0 05 0 10 Vegetable marrow. each 0 05 0 30 Onions, 75-1b, bag Do„ large bkt. 2 60 3 00 )o., pickthig ..-• 00 6650 00 7655 Potethea, bag 3 110 3 205 0503 Parsley, bunch 0 10 Peppers, red, dos.. .........0 bunch 0 20 Do., green, do 0 apinaoh, peck , 0 0,1 0 10 0 30 0 35 Squash, each 0 10 0 25 Savory, bunch 0 05 0 10 .Do., bag 0 05 • 0 70 0 15 Turnip's, peck MEAT-WHOIEStA Beef, forequarters, cw t.esHGIGt 8 16 00 Do., landquarters ... 17 00 19 00 Carcases, choice la 00 17 50 Do., common • 13 00 14 50 Veal, common, cwt9 50 11.50 Do., medium 12 00 1450 Do., prime 20 00 23 00 Heavy hogs 17 50 19 50 Shop hogs 22 50 23 60 Abattoir hogs lelutton, heavy 23 50 24 50 ,. 12 00 16 00' Do. light 18 pa . 21 00 Lambs, Spring, 'fb ' 24 0 26 SUGAR MARKET. Wholesale quotations to the retail trade on Canadian refined sugar, Too onto delivery, in effect October 30: Arndia granulated ..... 1.06lbs...89a neralpath granuened ..9.14 et Lawrence tot ulated . 9.14 hatteic granulat 9.01 No. 1 ellow . . 8.64 No, 2 yellow ... 8,64 *No. 3 yellow e ..„ 8.44 Granulated in 20 -lb. bags, 15 cents over cwt. prices; 10 -lb. bags, 20 cents over; 5-1b. cartons, 25 cents over, and 2-1b, cartons, '30 cents over. "Atlantic quoted 100 over. . OTHER MARKETS. WINNIPEG- GRAIN EXCHANGE. Fluctuations on the Wennipeg Grain Exchange yesterday were as follows: Open. High. Low. Close. Oats (new) - Dec. „ 0 80ee 081 0 79%0 80 May ... 0. 81 0 811,4 0 79X0 80e4 Flax -2,95>e Jan. ..., 2 89 May ... 2 05 2 05ee te 95 2 etite CALGARY GRAIN.S MARKET. Calgary -Oats -No, 2 C.W., 87 7-80; No. 3 C.W.'70 7-8c; extra No. 1 feed, 76 7-80; No. 1 feed, 72 3-8c; No. 2 feed, 69 3-8e. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN Itlee.RKET. Minneapolis -Corn, No. 3 yellow, $2 to $2.05. Oats, No. 3 white, 71 1-4 to 72 3-4c; Flour unchanged. Bran, $40 to $41. Duluth -Linseed on track, $3.21 3-4 to 3.31 3-4; arive $3.21 3-4; December, $3.21 3-4 bid. May, $3.20 1-2 asked, July, $3.18 14 nominal, 40 CANNOT FORCE Mika) PASSES Furious Struggle, With Aw- ful Losses, Raging, But Teutons Cannot Reach Italian Plains. Italy report,' The importance of the fighting arouud Asiago Is not under- estimated, but it is believed the line of resistance on which the Italians owe retired is capable of holding the Franzella, and Gadeua pesos leading into the Brenta Valley and the open plains miles below. The fighting has been of the most desperate character, and while the enemy has paid dearly Zor his stiecess, the Italian losses also have been very heavy. Enemy reserves were poured in un- til the Italians were far outnumber - ad. They continued to struggle des- perately, however, and in each ease a small detaehment of Bersaglieri met the shock of the entire Austrian realment Austrian Kaiserjaegers dis- played „unprecedented ferocity, using stilettos as well as bayonets in fierce head -to -heed fighting. But the greatest single instance of herotsni and loss was in the case of aeveral detaehments of Alpha, which held elobte Castelgoniberto against overwhelming odds mail surrounded completely. Thus eneircled, the made repeated charges, but the heavy sur- rounding lines held, and the entire party was still olt the monutain when the remainder of the line fell back. The extent et the enemy reserved is ellown by their cencentration in the anerage amount of a divisida for every kilometre. The artillery fire also has been the heavieet of any since the new Italian line was formed. 'rhe latest reports at this hour (7 p.m.) show that detaelvimate ti Ai. phi!, surrounded Ort atellte easna- tetritnertre, preferred dealt rather thaa surrender, tutd were cut te aieees IIt the fieree tassaulta by the enemy telw Milne Which had eosapintely tit1- rOund6d them. It is estimated that the forma cm. PloYed by the enmity were i. bout teVice as large as the Italian forcer; before the Italian 1100 was attired to - Its present militant. The splendid shoenbee the ita, eats Made single-handed on the Attego plateau is leading to the fremtein ree. Meek that the Aslago plateau will be the Hallett Verdufte WItho the Itals lane had fallen, back se eid tbe heroic defenders Of Venni% yet a ear Mahe linen are Iritfott, nd lneeire ectfidenee thee, the italleaa will le able to hold the intetalre treel Mae tug the Italin plaitte. 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