HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-12-16, Page 6WILL BREAK OFF RELATIONS
UNLESS SETTLEMENT IS REACHED f`,
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United Skates at Last .,tans Business on Submarine,
Warfare Question -German Attaches to Go
A despatch from Washington says
Following a brief visit by Count von
Bernstortf, the German Ambassador
to the State Department, Secretary
Lansing announced that the German
Emperor has acquiesced in the re
quest of the United States for the
recall of Captains von Papen and
Boy -Ed the military and naval at-
tubes
t
tache rel,ca,tively of the Germs
Embassy.
Austria-Hungary must yield to th
demapde of the United States for set
isfaetiou on .account of the sinking of
the Italian liner Ancona and the kilI-
ing of Anwricaus, or else face the
likelihood of a break of diplomatic
relat ions.
This is the interpretation pat by
ii s. hi;n gton on the note which this
Governennert ha' sent to Austria.
The communication is characterised
i
by a tone of severity and bluntness
never before ascii by the Unites
St tee initscorrespfpndenee with the.lie ll gore ets in the present war.
A demand is made for, the follow -
big satisfactions:.
1-•-ntnuneiation of the act.
2-•Puuishnent of the submarine
commander who was responsible.
--Reparation by the payment of a
money indemnity.
The note explicitly pre;crib(s the
form of the denunciation, Austria
must "denounce" it as "an illegal and
indefensible act."
, This is the vital paragraph in the°
note: "As the good relations of the
two countries must rest upon a com-,'
- mon regard for law and humanity, the
Government of the United States can.:
not be expected to do etlheewise than',
- to demand that the Imperial end
German
Royel Government denounce the sink-
ing of the Anemia at; an illegal and
indefensible act, that the °Meer who
perpetrated the deed be punieheil, and;
that reparation ration l;t the payrn 'at of an
indemnity be made for th? Citizens of
the Ui.ited States who were killed or
injured by the attach on the vessel. •
Not the leoet s igniar arae feature of
it is the i lnthloyn:e at of the term, so
rarely used ed in diploniatie correspen-
' dente- •adcmsnas."
It is noted too, that the United
States in the case of Atistiaa calls
for a 'ienune•ation o the net, not a
,3 ::arory nl, " tis in the tale of tier -
many.
It is rtitpa'iia like netts, what h moan'
eo meth more in the language of
diplomacy than elsewhere, that has
eerie inced Washington of the peremp-
tory character of the communication.
-Inhumane," "barbarous," %%alhor-
r
rent," "wanton slaughter," "outrage,"
tete seine of the other exi>•,•es>ions that
stand out in the note.
MILLIONS JOIN
T
,a 0 fiF,W AREIES
E.
Unofficial Estimate Is That $0 Per
(lent, of Eligible Men Offered
Themselves,.
A iiespateh from London says: Lord'
r , E : , s eb ridting campaign woe to
n'hlnight Sunday, Sc,
great,
i a a
eta. woe the throng of e:athusi as-
i L ro:a atcere that crowded the score-:
+•t i eeruiting posts throughout the
ee eetey that it was Ipaedi ted the time
'lee the cemeaign's Omit, will be ex-
ten ares.
'What! ne ateinite figure,: h:v yet
ieetm given out. that might indicate the
actual reeelts of the campaign, the
•
tended by picturesque and eathusias-
tie gatherings. Bands and orators,
both Grai:i:al and voluntary, from mill-;
tory and civil life, bad been busy.
The I;c ynote of the speeches had i..een
that l ritena should show the world
th t t'rea ,.len are able and willing to.
d 'ea:J their country without ctpnipul-r
, ion.
-'after tlw enrolment is compl.tei ::
the War Offieec will be oitilig ti to seg -'i
r [ "ate aha eo en :w;ecl i:1 Govern neat 7
,gosh: a ai "irdispcn'sable" to the in -
lust ries.
n-lustries.
There is no inform; tion at pr(i;eint
R•t,ar(dan„ the number of new recr•uit•,,
but the tea& union leaders conflate -41y
helm d that the Derby campaign was
a rerect a. The last census gave the
menial. of men in England, Scotland
at:1�� ale.; l:,ctwc ,i thi °.a;;e: of 1t; and;
t0 year • as safaiair;+0, nearly half of
coneensue of opinion anion;; these who
have cc -matted it, and tho.;e• from •
whose ranks the irnik of the new wag
mittens have been enlisted. the trades
unionists, it is a safe guess that -,
60 000 men will have bean seder 6l to i
the British army in thefi ld
hent were single. The gtuexal un -
ilii •t;;rn.irg has been thet about three ±
,
nillion enttl•e',1 the army before Lord!
Derby's reeruitinm, began, and it is be-
it r (gid that between 8{i and :hi per
e nt. of the remain der have presented'
hatneei4 a a.
'it when the
campaign is de'tinitei3 closed, and
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The Week's Developments in the War.
Saida continues to be the chief war centre of interest, The invasion of Serbias
pit'te'd and now Bulgarian and Au tru-fb ratan forces French been 1 practically coin -
pitied
are concentrating"against the and British troops,
which hold the line close to the frontier of Greece. While the Entente Allies probably will be outnumbered.
tyro to one, they may: Ii the advantage in heavy artillery, ,;bldg is already interfering with the coneentri:-
tion of the enemy.
The Serbian army, despite heavy losses, has escaped into Montenegro, joined the Montenegrin forces and
united also with the Franco-la-itish line.
The outcome of the battle now impending will have an important bearing upon future developments in
the Balkans, and po: sibl3; may decide the action of Rumania and Greece.
The British Expeditionary Force, which reached to within a few miles of Bagdad,
to as strong ;position 'it lint-el-Anlaralo This r has been forcedaretire
Briti h, however, effected the withdrawal successfully and are DOW
being reinforced,
R* . iaan troop:, have been unot}'ieiali reported in Bulgaria, but the censorship has thrown a veil over
operations.
Greece is pr'oertstinating and, apparently, still negotiating with the Entente Allies and the Central
forces.
Contlieting reports al: -u come from Rumania.
Onthe Ieenza front Italian artillery has reduced Gorizia to ruins,
yet, been able to occupy the city.
rut , halt apparently the Italians have not,
On the Western front, there has been renewed activity in ee
me district. the (dcirnsan:a having undertaken
Ic,a:al (�31'c�n5ve movements, apparently without any great :�i rnifici '
Austrian submarines have been active in the e i' nee.
11 Adriatic and have done considerable damage to
piing. Enemy subtnarin.s Itave also done some effective work in heMediterranean.g Italian rlhip-
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Apparently important events are impending, probably on all the battle fronts and the next few weeks
should bring important news, '
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NNE
O OWN,
Soldiers Will be Examined There!
Fre.nch
instead Of At
Quebec.
for the continuance of Britain's bolus- by tour mistakes is still more so A despatch from Ottawa says: A!
The promise �� nil t'nli :ment was (at- doesn't sem to get anywhere. General Hughes regarding the clam- " A (despatch from Paris says: Not i Montdi -.1 ! •
ination and ('are of invalid soldi rs i e E3, the French artillery fired'
- returningto Canada. hitherto they ;only Iitis the German advance ni , effectively on a German battery near ' to
have been sent in batches, when tr:tis-' ...Iiaimpagne, which resulted in the•Dancoatrt. Mine fighting, in which s
portation was convenient, to Quebec, e'•
(ptuze of French advanced y German workers were burl
where they have been examined by ' south a p the Butte. chamber, is reported from Les
tlhe medics b a
tales have i..en sifted from the ate. , ` ` `
cent d aapplicia+t� • Many a mala who runs for an office
FROMT TRENCHES
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Artillery Effectually Prevents Clernaaans
From Organizing Poitions
new arrangement has been shade by; ->•,-et;e ee- e -,-e ,-;.,,o-.:, ;,,,.,
The Leading Markets
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Dec. 14. -Manitoba wheat,
new crap --No. 1 Northern, $1.22%;
No.2, $1.201 ; No, 3, $1.16%, , on
track lake ports, immediate shipment.
Manitoba oats --No, 2 C,W., 51%e,
nominal, on track lake ports.
• American corn -No. 3,new, 76c, on
track Toronto..
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, old,
75c, nominal, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats, new crop -No, 3
white, 37 to 3oc; commercial eats, 36
to 38e, according to freights outside,
Ontario wheat --No. 2 Winter, per
ear lot, 99e to $1,02; slightly sprout-
ed and tough, according to sample, 96
to 99c; sprouted, smutty and tough,
according to sample, 80 to 90e.
Peas --No. 2, nominal, per car lots,
$2; sample peas, according to sam-
ple, $1.50 to $1.75.
Barley -Malting barley, 57 to 60c;
feed barley, 50 to 55e, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 73
to 76c, according to freights outside.
Rye -No, 1 commercial, 86 to 87e;
rejected, 70 to 80e, according to sam-
ple.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
ante bags, $6.20; second patents, in
jute bags, $5.70; strong bakers', in
Jute bags, $5.50, Toronto.
Ontario flour,•New Winter, $4.20
to $4. 0, according to sample, sea-
boiard, or Toronto freights in bags,
prompt shipment.
Miilfeed, ear bete, delivered Mout-
real freights ---Bran, per ton, $23;
shorts, per ton, $24; middlings, per
ton, $20; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.55. -
Country Produce,
Butter -Fresh dairy,28 t
feriae;,22 to 24c; creamery prints, 33
to 34e; solid, 31% to 32e.
Egselects, 35 to 36e; newe, 30 Qlaid, 43 to 45eer ,
ease lots.
Roney -Prices, in tins, lbs., 10 to
11e; combs. No. 1, $2.40; NO. No. 2, $2.
Beans -$3.50 to $3.75.
Poultry -Chickens, 13 to 15e; fowls
11 to 12e; ducks, 15 to 16e; geese, 14
to 15e; turkeys, 20 to 22e,
Cheese -Large, 17%e; twins, 18e.
Potatoes ---Car lots of Ontario, $1.25
to $1.30, anti New Brun wicks at
$1,40 per bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon Long clear , ,15i.:i to 16c
Per lb. in ease lots, Hams --Medium,
17% to 13e; do., heavy, 141;; to 15e;
rolls, 1 sl; to 16e; breakfast bacon
,
21 to 2,$c; backs, plain, `24 to 23e;
boneless backs, 26 to 27c.
Lard -The market is firm; pure
lard, tubs, 14c; compound, pails, 12c,
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Dee. 14. --Oats, No. 2
local white, '141ac; No. 4 local white,
431 e. Barley, Mao. feed, fisc; malt-
ing, Mee. Buckwheat --No. 2, 85e.
%'lour, 11Ian. Spring wheat patents,
fu. ts, $6.50; seconrds, $ii; strong bak-
ors, $5,80; Winter patents, choice.
$6.20; straight rollers, $5.50 to
$5.60; do., bags, $'2 60 to .$2,70.
Rolled oats, barrels, $55,15 to $5.25;
do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.35 to a2.45. Brair
?23. Shorts $28. Middlings, $29 to
$30. Mouiliie, $30 to $32. Hay, No.
2, per ton, car lots, $19 to $19..50.
Cheese, finest Westerns, 17% to 18c;
finest •easterns, 171i to 171ae. But-
t•, choicest creamery, 3336 to 34c;
econds, 31% to 32e1 Eggs, fresh, 50
o 32c; selected, 33e; No. 1 stock, 30e;
No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c. Potatoes, per
mg, car lots, $1.30 to $1.40. Dress -
d hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50.to
13.75. Pork, heavy Canada short
ness, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to
28.50; Canada short cut back, bbls.
RUSSIANS ROUT IND AGE T
azlartrofC it
f St. Sou let and at positions; ed by the explosion of a Ii'rench mine.
INi%�f (' c - 1 0. i d of the clew<.r tment de Souam, been sto bed but the Fparge., ime
an their con- Gerriians are being -driven out of the "to G
elation made.
Quebec has been the discharge guns are preventing them from or- at Namur, has been destroyed by an ?4
8e`vei-al I-Ini3tia',�d Tear kis,h and German Mercenaries depot for returnees soldiers,and ar- ;ganizing the ground taken. A Ger ,
rivals have been dispositioned as man munition �de of was exploded explosion, The according to thesEcho de c
`t i $ d i i F3 Battle i E3 Persia speedilyas p p esuBeige. explosion is said to have
possible. south of St. Sauplet. i caused the death of 80 German sol- t
However, the discharge depot will On the. road between Roye and i diens,
' position. occupied, and the French ¢ u� in::reel one os the most ccs 1
ii port. nt features of the old defences;
5 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50, Lard,
ompound, tierces, 375 lbs., 11%c;
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 1214c; pure,
ierces, 375 lbs., 14%c; pure, wood
ails, 20 lbs. net, 15e.
A Reuter despatch trem Petrograd'
nye: "A telegramfy om Teheran
says that the Russian Legation is in-
fo rr<d that. the Russian troops have
gained a victory in the direction of
Hamadan. defeat ng a force consist-
ing of 300 cavalry, infantry and iia -
smgent gendarmerie anti 1,200 Ger-1
man and Turkish mercenaries, of ;
whom a large number were killed or
wounded. The Russian troops have -
occupied an important position near
the town of Aveh, about 00 miles
north-east of Hamadan, from which
they are pursuing their offensive."
GERMANa � E DYE -STUFFS
O REACT UNr
QED STATES
be Liverpool after this. The medi-
cal board of the Militia Department
will go to Liverpool, and returning
soldiers will be examined there or on * . y,
1 Medical t� E GER
IAN o 3 F
KERS ALUM
the way across the ocean.
officers twill travel on every vessel
carrying Canadian soldiers. r FRONT
Further, instead of sending men
home irregularly as heretofore, they
will be sent weekly, and come 150 at
a time.
The object of the new arrangement
as been to obviate any delay of the
nvalids at Quebec. Recently a batch
of 700 soldiers were kept at Quebec
or a week, and as some of the men
ame from British Columbia . they
ere long in reaching their homes.
he reason for the delay was the ne-
essary examinations to discover what
he physical condition of the soldiers
as. On this examination depended
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Imperial Government Has Decided to Allow 'I--
em T
to Pass Through British Lines in France c
w
A despatch from Washington says: action of the British Admiralty
In three different directions Great courts:in commandeering the Aineri-"
Britain has given evidence of a de- can steamers Hocking and Genessee.'
sire to placate the American Govern- The British Ambassador informed t
meat by a loosening of her restrie- Counsellor Polk that Great Britain S
tions against American commerce. has decided to permit German -made 0
Ambassador Page at London and dyestuffs, for which there is a crying
the British Embassy in Washington demand in this country, to cone
informed the State Department of a through the British lines to the
decision of Great Britain against the United States.
PARCELS TO THE FIRM UNE
CAN BE SENT MUCH CHEAPER
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Dec. 14. -Wheat -De
ember, $1.091%; May, $1.12%. Cash
-No. 1 hard, $1.1a%; No. 1 North-
ern, $1.10% to $1.11%; No. 2 North-
ern, $1.063 to $1.081%. Corn -No. 3
Dvpinyellow, 75 to 76c. Oats -No. 3 white,
39% to 40c. Flour and bran un-
changed.
Duluth, Dec. 14. -Wheat -iso. 1 .
and $1.13%; No. 1 Northern,
1.12%; No. 2 Northern, $1.083;
ontana. No. 2 hard, $1.101/„ Decem-
er, $1.10%; May, $1.12%. Lin-
ed, cash, $2.06 to $2.06%; Deem. -
r, $2.05; May, $2.10.
Cold and Hardships of the Campaign Alleged as
the Cause of the Epidemic b
se
bei
A despatch from Petrograd says
another epidemic of suicides is re-
ported among the German forces in
the vicinity of Dvinsk by prisoners
captured in that region, according to
the- Birzhevya Vedomosty, a daily
newspaper. Nine officers, including
the questions of ° pay and pensions. the commander of a battalion, ended
By having the examinations done at their lives within a period of twelve
Liverpool or on the way out there days. Cold and hardships of the
will be no necessity for the men going campaign are alleged to be the cause.
o Quebec at all. When they reach
t. John, N.B., they will entrain at
nce for their homes, or the con
valescent homes as the case may be.
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EIGHTY GERMANS DIE;
NAMUR FORT EXPLODES
Canada to Forego All Postal Charges for Convey-
ance in Canada and on the Atlantic
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Post -office Department has foregone
its share of the postage on parcels to
soldiers in France, thus effecting a
material saving in the cost of for-
wardaeg auda. swatter to the front,
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
Fort Cognelee, one of the most im-
portant features of the old defences
of Namur, ` Belgium, has been com-
pletely destroyed by an explosion,
according to the newspaPer Echo de
Beige. The eplosion is said to have
caused the death of 80 German sol-
diers. -
The One Who Likes You.
"What chance have I got with that
rl? One of her admirers owns an
utomobile and the other has a motor
at"
"Son, if she likes you, a trip to the
ovies would please her just as
well." '
"For parcels weighing up to, three gi
pounds, .24c, for parcels weighing over a
three pounds, and not more than seven. bo
pounds, 32c, fore parcels weighing over '
seven pounds and not mlpre than els- + m
yen pounds, 38c.
I
.
Polish and Serbian landsturms cap-
tured from the Austro -German forces
along the southern front report that
a new alignment of Austro -Germans
has been detached to forage food and
stores from the captured territory
at points near • the frontier.
Vladimir and Volynsk are being
hurriedly fortified with trenches for a
radius of seven miles, apparently in
anticipation of a Russian offensive.
CLOSE ME MEDITERRANEAN
TO SIPS WITHOUT
The Plan Suggeste•
d to at Once End the German
Submarine Menace
LICENSE
A despatch from London says: The "Greek ships are probably the worst
Morning Post gives prominence Co a offenders," says the correspondent.
suggestion by a correspondent that "A short time ago one' of our
the . Mediterranean be declared a transports, carrying 6,000 troops ran
closed sea and that no ship be allowed
close to a
to trade there without a license from
the Entente naval authorities.
The step' should be taken, the cor-
respondent argues, in an effort' to
combat Teutonic submarines, which,
he declares, are kept supplied; with
oil, provisions and torpedoes by neu-
tral .steamers. Y ,jne PP
Live Stock Markets,
Toronto, Dec. 14. -Butchers' cattle,
choice, $7.75 to $8.15; do., good,
$7.25 •to' $ c 50; do., medium, $7.25 to
$7.50; do., common, $5.50 to $6;
butchers' hulls, choice, ,$6.75 to $7.25
do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6.25; do.,
rough' bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers'
cows, choice, $6.50 to $6.75; ...do.,
good, $6 to $6.25; do., medium, $5.25
to $5.75; do., common, $4 to $4.50
feeders, good, $6.50 to $6.75; stock-
ers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6 to $6.75; can-
ners and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milk-
ers, choice, each, $75. to $100; do.,
common and medium, each, $35 to,
$60; springers, $50 to $130; light
ewes, $6.50 to $7.25; sheep, ,heavy,
$5.25 to $6; do., bucks, $3 to $4.50;
yearling Iambs, $7 to: $7.75;. spring
lambs, cwt., $9.60 to $10.25; calves,
medium to choice, $6.50 to. $10;,do,,
common, $4 to $4.50; hogs, fed and
watered, $9 to $9.15.
Montreal, Dec. 14. --Choice steers,
$7.50 to $7.75; good, $7 to $7.25;
medium, $5.50' to $6.50; butchers'
co
we $4.50 to $6.25; hulls, $5 to
$6.50 per cat. Canning stock -Cows
25 to $3.50; bulls, $4 to $4.50
cevt. Sheep and lambs ---Ontario
les, $9.50; Quebec, $9 to $9.25
ep, $5.75 to' $6.50 per cwt. Calves
Milk -fed stock, 8 to 9c; grass-fed, 4
7c per lb. Hogs -Selected lots,
50 to $9.75 per Mi.., weighed off
S.
$3
per
lam
, she
Greek ship which was in
the act of supplying oil to an enemy to
submarine off Tunis, while, on an- $9
other occasion a suspicious oil tanker call
was close by when one of our trans-
ports' was sunk, and later was seen
exchanging signals with the submar-
It is easier for a pian to escape
being a fool than it is for lam to
escape being called a crank.
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