HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-12-2, Page 2ROUMA IA HAS DEMANDED
RELEASE OF HER SUBJECTS.
Bulgaria Refuses on the Ground That They Are
Spies,. Complications Are Likely
A despatch from London says: The
report that Roumania has refused the
request of Austria and Germany for
permis..ion for their war craft on the
Danube to go through to the Black
Sea is 'confirmed by inquiries math?
A Rome eorrespentlent learns that
a serious incident between Bulgaria
end Roumania has been provoked by
the arbitrary rrreet at Sofia of sev-
eral Ro; mnnians on suspicion of es-
pionage anti Bulgaria's refusal of the
formal demand made by Roumania
for their release. Complications are
:feared as a result of the incident.
Despatches from Bucharest, Roue
. mania, to Budapest papers state that
the Roumanian Council of Ministers
has decided, since the Unionist Fed-
eration has threatened to make a de-
:monstration and interrupt the speech
from the throne, to open Parliament
simply with a Royal message which
Premier Bratiano will read. The mes-
sage will declare, it is said, that the
foreign political situation makes it
the duty of Roumania to maintain
neutrality to such limits as the vital
interests of the country will permit.
WHAT SEIZED SOUGHT TO CUT
FOR THE ALLIES: FRENCY FRENCHLINE,
Canadian Government Has Taken s
(her Nearly 13,000,000 Leaving rvlany Dead and
Bushels.
The Bulgarians 'Were Driven Back,
:# despatch from Ottawa says: The
Dominion Government has comman-
.lr•crt.•d all wheat of Nos. 1, ;' and 3
rthern in :tore in Eastern 'eleva-
tors. The amount of grain afl'eeted
estimated at from twelve to fifteen
million bushels, although there is a
pe sil'illty that the total may run
siightly above these figures.
Thi_ action, probably the most dras-
tie ever recorded in the grain trade
et the Dominion, was taken for the
purpose era protecting the Imperial
Government, which is buying the
gi.,ir, end for which the Government
herr is acting. The commandeering
of the wheat eau;ed a sensation in the
ti heat market, particularly in the
West. and inquiries have been pouring
in as to the significance and scope of
thy {;s,verement's action.
As explained in an official memor•an-
eatim, the method- of commandeering
the grain was adopted in order that
the purchasing Government might
not be subjected to the extra expense
of inflated prices which would follow
the Government's entry into the open
market as a buyer. The Dominion
Government has been bending every
energy toward securing a market for
the huge grain surplus of Canada,
and it is hoped that by securing the
fulfilment of this order from the Im-
perial Government at a fair price that
other orders will follow. All wheat
of the grades mentioned in store at
the head of the lakes and Eastward is
taken over. The price has not been
fixed, but will be adjusted on a basis
of the fair market value, taking into
consideration the magnitude of the
order.
No wheat in elevators west of Port
Arthur and Fort William or in the
hands of farmers or in transit is af-
fected. Information as to the actual
destination of the grain is not yet
available, and it is possible that the
British Government is buying for one
of the other allied powers.
URGE PROVINCIAL LEVY
FOR PATRIOTIC FUND
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
The Union of Manitoba Municipalities,
represented by over two hundred
reeves and councillors, in annual con-
vention at Stonewall, resolved to peti-
tion the Manitoba Government to levy
a tax of one mill for five years on all
assessable property in the province
for the Manitoba Patriotic Fund, in
aid of the soldiers' dependents.
BRAVE FRENCHWOMAN
WINS THE WAR CROSS
A despatch from Paris says: Mlle.
Eniilienne Moreau, cited recently in
an army order for brave conduct in
connection with the operations in the
vicinity of Loos, has been, received by
President Poincare.
Earlier in the day, at Versailles,
she received the war cross in the pre-
sence of General De Sailly, Colonel
Duruelle and troops of the garrison
at Versailles.
Wounded.
The Salonica correspondent of the
London Daily Mail telegraphs as fol-
lows: The French retook the offen-
sive and threw back the Bulgarians,
taking a majority of the positions lost
on the Krivolak-Cerna-Rajec line. The
Bulgarians had tried to force the
French lines with full strength, and
had left in the rear no covering
troops, so that a vigorous French
counter-attack forced them to with,
draw hurriedly, leaving a considerable
number of dead and wounded. _
A small squadron of French aero-
planes bombarded the Bulgarian vil-
lage of Strumitsa with great success
and reached its base uninjured,
The Serbian army is continuing its
retreat in the new direction and has
attacked the Bulgarian forces cover-
ing Prilep. The Austrian forces are
marching on Uskub.
British reinforcements are continu-
ing to disembark. The Bulgarian
press is unanimous in declaring that
after the occupation of Serbian Mace-
donia the Bulgarian army will have
brought its mission to an end, but
Bulgaria in no way is disposed to-
ward fresh sacrifices the advantage
of which is not apparent. Bulgarian
, public opinion seems uneasy at the
' presence of Turkish forces in Thrace.
Five Turkish divisions are at Sal,i one at Mustafa Pasha, one at Varna
and one at Burgas.
On the other hand the Turkish
press states that the question of
Thrace will be definitely settled with
the support of Germany, for Thrace,
contrary to the declarations made by
Premier Radoslavoff, of Bulgaria,
I' should fall to Turkey.
STARVE IN WARSAW;
GERMAN FOOD SCARCE
A despatch from Amsterdam to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says:
Food riots are frequent in Poland. The
shortage of supplies is so great in the
towns around Warsaw that even the
wealthy are unable to obtain sufficient
food. As a consequence, outbreaks
are of almost daily occurrence, and
involve fighting between civilians and
the German troops.
The situation has been made worse
by the refusal of General von Besse -
ler, Governor-General of Poland, to
allow the 'Polish Relief- Committee to
work except under German control, to
which the committee declines to as-
sent. The mortality among children
has doubled since the cold weather
began.
GERMAN SOLDIER ARRIVES.
Tells U. S. Immigration Authorities
He is Weary of War.
A. despatch from New York says:
Heinle Schultz, late a private in the
German army, reached New York, a
deserter and a stowaway aboard the
Dutch steamer Noorderdyk. He wore
a uniform which bore the earth stains
of the trenches, and said he had
grown weary of war. If he is denied
admission, he probably will be held
here indefinitely, as to deport him
would result in his capture -WT the
British. Schultz deserted, he said,
after his father and brother had both
been killed.
KITC ENER HAS LEFT BALKANS;
VISITED THE LTALIAN PONT
ONT
Had a Conference With King Victor, Gen. Cadorna
and the Premier
A despatch from Rome says:: Field
Marshal Lord Kitchener, British War
Minister, arrived here front Naples
and went directly to the British Em-
bassy. His arrival was a complete
surprise. After a conference with
Premier. Salandra and the , Minister
for War, Lord Kitchener left for the
front, where he conferred with Lieut.
Gen. Count Luigi Cadorna, chief of
the: Italian general staff, and King
itor Emmanuel.
Iiitchener's movements have been
kept so secret that it was not even
known he meant to visit Italy or that
he had left the Near East In view of
the allies' anxiety to secure Italian
aid in the Balkan campaign, the
greatest importance Was attached to
Kitchener's° presence here. Whether
he had come here especially to hasten
the despatch of Italian troops to the
Near. Eastern war zone and will re-
turn to the Balkans, or return : to
England, is not known. I
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The Week's Developments in the War.
The Balkan States and the Austro -Italian front have held the chief interest in war developments during the
week. After four months of terrific fighting with heavy losses in a mountainous country where operations
were extremely difficult, the Italian armies are reported to have captured their immediate goal of Goritz,
This news has not yet been officially confirmed, but if it proves true, the Italian victory is one of the greatest
importance, An immediate advance against Trieste may be expected.
In the Balkans the Austro -German and Bulgarian advances have continued, the Serbian army making a
masterly retirement, it is now pretty definitely believed that the Serbian army has escaped the trap set for it,
although bath sides suffered terrific losses. Large forces of French and British troops are now in Serbia, and
the defence is becoming very much stronger.
At the Dardanelles the Turkshave made desperate efforts to drive the British and French into the sea, '
evidently depending upon the reports that the Allied forces there have been greatly weakened to provide re-
infercements for the Balkan campaign.
Russian armies, thoroughly equipped, are now concentrated near the Rumanian border, and will be fighting
in Bulgaria next week, Greece has complied with the demands of the Entente nations, and after the Allies i
have succeeded in checking the invader, it would not he at all surprising if both Rumania and Greece should
assist in driving out the enemy forces and in punishing Bulgaria for her part in the war.
On the Western front winter conditions prevail, and fighting has been largely restricted to artillery duels.
The Eastern battle -front is almost• entirely unchanged. Considerable naval activity has been reported in the
Baltic, a squadron of the latest British submarines having passed though the Cattegat, according to repeated
reports. A German super -dreadnought is reported to have been sunk by a mine.
ITALIANS • TAKE
PODGORA PEAK
Capture of Heights Crowns Five
Months' Campaign Against
Fortress.
A despatch from Rome says; After
five months of fighting the .rtalians
have taken the Podgora heights, the
key to Goritz, now known to the Ital-
Ian soldiers as Monte Calvario, .be-
cause of the heavy losses suffered by
them in their efforts to conquer it as
well as by the Austrian defenders..
These heights, just west of Goritz
and on the opposite bank of the
Isonzo, command the stronghold,
Their capture means that virtually
the last step in the taking of Goritz
has been accomplished.
The Italian official statement con-
taining the announcement of this, the
most important victory won by the
Italians in many months,. follows:
"On Monte Calvario (Podgora
heights), west of Goritz, our attacks
continued, and we reached the sum-
mit, which we held under the furious
and concentrated fire of the enemy.
"On the Corso plateau, after re-
pulsing weak night attacks, the oper-
ations were vigorously resumed in
the morning, and a strong entrench-
ment was taken near the San Martino
Church. A total of 7 officers and 811
men were taken prisoners."
Following their success in the cap-
ture of the heights of Podgora, the
Italians are now storming the heights
of San Michele, on the edge of the
Carso plateau to the south of the Aus-
trian stronghold on the Isonzo, These
heights form the only important forti-
fications south of Goritz, and the Ital•
inns have been making desperate
efforts to occupy them for several
weeks.
In the official report, It was an-
nounced that General Cadorna's force:
succeeded in occupying the fourth line
of entrenchments near the summit of
the mountain. This victory was
achieved after a terrific bombard-
ment of the Austrian positions lasting
all night. When the artillery fire
ceased, the infantry'eluirged from the
district around the church of San
Martino. The Austrians were unable
to retreat in time, and most of the de-
fenders of the fourth trench were
The j4eading retsmado Since t en be
2I H2OIIH SERBIANS IS F IG�IT ON offensive, which ginning
o known as the
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Nov. 30. --Manitoba wheat.
-New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.11%;
No. 2 Northern, $1.09; No. 2 North-
ern, $1.05, track lake ports, =me- ' Losses Thus Far 33 loo Killed and N'Vounded and
diate shipment. -
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 48c,: 20,000 Prisoners -Allies Have Surprise in Store
fourth bld ofithe Isonzo, the Aus-
trians
� have delivered a series of artil-
lery and infantry attacks along the
whole line of the Isonzo in futile at-
tempts to regain some of the fround
lost to the Italians. These attacks
were in every case broken down by
the terrific bombardment of the Ital-
ian big guns. Every day sees an in-
crease in the violence of the bombard-
ment in the neighborhood of Goritz.
It has been learned here that a
council of war was held recently at
Laibach, at which it was decided by
the Austrian commanders that Goritz
could not hold out any longer without
aid from Germany.
A later despatch says: The Italian.
advance against Gorizia made some
further progress to the south and the
north-west of the city. The forces
which. took the summit of the Pod -
gore heights extended their conquests
north-west of the city, taking fur-'
ther trenches in the course of vigor-
ous fighting, and holding them against
an Austrian attempt at a counter-
attack.
South of the city, on the Carso
plateau, the Italians gained some
ground to the north of Monte 'San
Michele, between Bosehini and Pete-.
ano, and to the south of the mountain,
in the direction of San Martino.
Austria's urgent appeals for Ger-
man aid on the Italian front are still
unheeded. Germany has two reasons
for refusing to aid her ally in this
quarter: the necessary troops are not
available, and Germany is not at war
with Italy. As a result of Germany's
position, it is possible that the Aus-
trians will be .compelled to retire and
give up the desperate resistance which
they have been interposing to the
Italian advance.
This Italian offensive, heretofore
belittled by the Austrians, now 'evi-
dently is pressing them hard.
Germany's refusal to aid Austria on
the Italian front is said to have been
nstigated by Prince von Buelow, for-
mer Imperial Chancellor, whose visit
o Switzerland is believed to have had
fir one of its -objects an -attempt to
earn whether appreciable Italian suc-
cesses, including the permanent oecu-
ation of Gorizia, ` would 'satisfy Ital-
tan public opinion. It is evident that
Prince von Buelow hopes that the war
etween Italy and Austria will not be
ontinued longer if considerable ter-
itory is gained by the Italians before
track lake ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 77%c,
track Toronto.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 76c,
track Toronto.
Ontario oats -New crop, No. 3
white, 38 to 39c; commercial oats, 37
to 38c, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lots, 94 to 96e; wheat, slightly
sprouted and tough, 90 to 93c, accord-
ing to sample; wheat, sprouted, smut-
ty and tough, 75 to 88c, according to
sample.
Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots,
$2.25; sample peas, $1.50 to $2,. ac-
cording to sample.
Barley -Malting barley, 56 to 58c;
feed barley, 49 to 52c, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, '75
to 77c, according to freights outside.
Rye -No. 2, nominal, 86 to 88c; rye,
tough, 80 to 83c, according to sample.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $6; second patents, in jute
bags, $5.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $5.30, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New Winter, :$4.40
to $4.35, according to sample, sea-
board or Toronto freights in bags,
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, $22;
shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per
ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag,
$1,50.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; in-
ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 32
to 34c; do., solids, 31 to 32c.
Eggs -Storage, 30 to 32c per doz-
en; selects, 35 to 36c; new-laids, 43
to 45c, case lots.
Honey -Prices in tins, lb., 10 to
11c; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No: 2, $2.
Beans -$3.50 to $3.75.
Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 16c; fowls,
11 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 16c; geese, 14
to 16e; turkeys, 30'to 32c.
Cheese -Large, 17%c; twins, 18c.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot-
ed at $1.25, and New Brunswicks at
$1.40 to $1.50 per bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 154 to 16c per
lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 17%
to 18e. do., heavy, 141/2 to 15c; rolls,
15% to 16c; breakfast bacon, 21 to
23c; backs, plain, 24 to'25c;. boneless
backs, 26 to 27c. .
Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 14c; com-
pound, pails, 12c. ,
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Nov. 30. -Oats -No. 2
local white; 46%c; No. 3 local white,
45%c; No. 4 local white,.441/2e. Bar-
ley --Manitoba feed, 65c; malting,
66%c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80c.
Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat pate
ents, firsts, $6.10; seconds, $5.60;
strong bakers',.$5.40; Winter patents,
choice, $6; straight rollers, $6.30 to
$6.40; do., bags,; $2.50 to $2.60. Roll-
ed oats-Bbls., $5.20 to $5.25; do.,
bgs, 90 lbs.,' $2.45. ,Bran, $22.
Shorts, $23. Middlings, $29 to $30.
Mouillie, $30 ' to $32. Hay -No. 2,
per ton,: car lots, $17.50 to $18.50.
Cheese -Finest westerns, 17% to
171/2c; finest easterns, 16% to'17c.
A despatch from. Athens says: The
newspaper Hestia publishes an inter-
view with the Serbian War Minister,
who is at Salonica, in which the Min-
ister said:
"Although the have lost 35,100
killed or wounded and. 20,000 taken.
prisoner, the operations are anything
but ended. Our forces now number-
ing 200,000 are still intact. We are
only deficient in heavy artillery. The
morale of the troops is unimpaired.
The commissariat is working splen-
didly, thanks to the French organ-
izers.
"Nevertheless, the situation is diffi-
cult, though not hopeless, from a
strategic standpoint, and as regards
munitions we shall remain on the de-
fensive, holding the passes and wear-
ing down the enemy until the Anglo-
French forces are sufficiently strong
to enable us to resume the offensive,
"The participation of Italy meets
with difficulties owing to the diver-
gence of views regarding Albania.
Russia's intervention will be effected
after the concentration of the allied
armies in the Balkans, and it is ex-
pected that this will produce a change
in Roumania's attitude.
"I can assure you that France and
England are preparing surprises in
the Balkans." ,
Butter -Choicest creamery, 31% to
32c; seconds, 30% to 31c. Eggs
Fresh, 42 to 45c; selected, 33c; No. 1
stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c.
Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.20. to
$1.30. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed,
$13.75 to $14. Pork -Heavy Canada
short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces,
$28 to $28.50; Canada short-cut back,
bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50.
Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs.,
101/4c; woad pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c;
pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12% to 13c;
pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13% to
13%c.
United States Wheat.
Minneapolis, Nov. 30. -Wheat -De-
cember, 991/,, to 99%; May, $1.0214.;
cash, No. 1 hard, $1.05%; No. 1 Nor-
thern, $1.01% to $1.03%; No. 2
Northern, 97% to 99%c. Corn -No.
3 yellow, 68% to 69%c. Oats -No. 3
white, 35% to 36e. Flour unchanged.
Bran, $18 to $18.50.
Duluth, Nov. 30. -Wheat --No. 1
hard, $1.02; No. 1 Northern, $1.01;
No. 2 Northern, 97c; Montana, No.. 2
hard,. $1.01.; December, 98c; May,
$1.02%. Linseed -Cash, $1.99; De-
cember, $1.97%; May, $2.02%.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Nov. 80. --The quotations
were: Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.35
to $7.60; do., good, $7 to $7.25; do.,
medium, $6.25 to $6.60; do., common,
$5.25 to $6; butchers' - bulls, choice,
$6.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.75
to $6; do., rough bulls, $4..75 to
$5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.30
to $6.50; do., good, $5.75 to $6; do.,
m$4.2iedium, to, $4.75; feeders, good, $6.50
$5 to $5.50; do., common,
to $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs.,
$6.25 to $6.50; canners and cutters,
$3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each,
$75 to $120; do., common and medium,
$35 to. $60; Springers, $50 to $100;
light ewes, $6 to $7; sheep, heavy, $5
to $5.50 do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50;
yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; Spring
lambs, cwt., $8.90 to $9.50; calves,
medium to choice, $7.25 to $10; hogs,
fed and watered, $9.65 to $9.70; do.,
weighed off cars, $9.95.
Montreal, Nov. 30. -Choice steers, i
$7.25 to $7.50;steers, $5.75 to $6.50;
common, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' t
cows and bulls, $4.50 to $6.25 per
cwt." Canning stock -Cows, $3.15 to , l
$3.35; bulls, $3.75 to $4.25 per cwt.
Ontario lambs, $9 to $9.25; sheep,
$5.25 to $6 per cwt; minded calves, .
7 to 8c, and granted, 3 to 6c per lb.
Hogs -Selected lots, $9.75 per cwt.,
weighed off cars. b
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BRITISH JACKIES' ES CAPED
WITH THE SERBIAN ARMY
Naval
Brigade Which
grade heard From
Winter. Hence Germany would be
benefited in the future if she now re-
fuses to aid her ally.'
REFUGEES MASSACRED
Assisted in Defence of Bel- ON THE ROAD TO VAN
A despatch from. London says: The
safety of both the British and French
naval brigades which recently were in
Belgrade is now assured. The French
section arrived at Monastir, near the
Greek border, a few days ago, and a
telegram has been received from .Ad-
miral Troubridge, commanding'. the
British brigade,, dated from. Mitrovit-
za, November 20, stating that all was.
well. ,
British and French. naval brigades
were sent to Belgrade last fall and
took part in the fighting against the
Geiinans and Austrians preceding the
evacuation of the capital by the. Serbs.
A despatch from . London . says:
News of further Armenian :massacres
has reached those in charge of the
Lord Mayor's Armenian Refugee
Fund. It tells of the mascacre of 500
refugees by Kurds. The refugees.
succeeded in reaching Russian trans
Caucasia, but nearly 200,000 refugees
were already there, and the 500 tried
to return to that part of Armenia in
Russian occupation, They were mar
sacred on the road to Vat)