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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-3-16, Page 6GERMANY MUST PROPOSE PEACE, AND SHE MUST DO SO AT ONCE. Outspoken Article by Maximilian Harden in which He Presents the internal Difficulties of the Empire. A despatch from London Says: ' We do not yet lack men; but we can Maximilian Harden is most outspoken no longer procure certain raw meters in an article 1,p Die Zukunft, which ials, has been received here. He makes • a "Meanwhile, our war exepnditure strong demand for peace, and urges is increasing to an alarming extent. that the German Government start ' At the end of three years of war we negotiations immediately. should have lost every one of the com- "Germany," he says. "has heaped mercial markets where we had estab- victory upon victory. Upon her tithed positions which were seeming - therefore devolves the duty of mak- ly unassailable. Mg an offer of peace. Such an offer "If Germany waits longer she will eould only • add te, and net diznntislt fused her: elf reduced to obey the. will her prestige. It would be proof of of her enemies. It Thus becomes ne- her strength, not weakness. Besides, cessary that she invite the world to , Germa -a prig•: isreaese , ° nee. , conclude peace, This invitation may , eauee she is in need of peace. Ger- - be interpreted as a sign of weakness, ;• many is victorious in the field, but but that matters little. If our offers internally she is beset with di,'Tieul- are dedlined we shall have fulfilled' ties. We cannot deny that the pre- the final d-ty which our conscience parat°bars lot the third harvest are t? Wates toward Europe and toward more difficult than for the second. humanity." SUENAENE CAF;Ft A! EAS EJOYED © SUCCESS Lord Robert Cecil lXzclaes Navy is Able to Deal With Any Manifestation o Frightfulness. A. ,,i ptitt'h fain London nye: Lord tioa-'rt t'' t'1,:, of War Trit,le, t'li •c't%: • flit? pew Ge" t:ten suis. m,t: ine n: !neer. nehuu and its rteteilale tionst,get As yet there le no irelis•atL n of :my bsir„; e?n oyeai by the new sub- mitr•ine e ranaigr., hilt it is dangerous t° pr¢piesey''. However, the aavy'real- i:. ''.c twsisi wade .:ay new r: enife. t:ttrt'n a.ef tz ghtfidr.e=s, There is r€^arliy r c>thiza<ti ricer,• in the Genian suI marine memstran dum," said Lord Rebezt, "as it employes the eine ohl evasions. They still use the rflialtal argument, but they began itheaarine ships before the so-called block:Ida was adopted. With regard ter the eharge of mine -laying, they be- gan to sow them indiscriminately be- fore we put out any. We never laid a mine in the trade routes of the high seae, while the Germans even planted tlz m in neutral waters, as is witness- ed in the present ease of Sweden. The: e things we have hover done," • vCPS DE 7r CEEA Y 11A R 1,E ER PIACK WITWITZ PORTUGAL French Fore:as :Make More Progress Formal in Corbeaux Woods. .L tie•; patch from Pari.= says: Re- ae.uzing; news is coming in from the ?Tittle front near Verdun. The struggle for the west hank of the Meuse eontinvos, with the Germans repeatedly hurling massed formations again' the Frer:e'h defences. The manner in which the assaults have been repulsed has strengthened the popular L..ikf that the huge German citaeansive i; ,loomed to fall. The hot- test ;igl.tleg ha:,; been taking place the line footmen Douz:uniont and Varax. At the latter point several Barco attempts have been grade to par y the village, but all have been er';i -' :i The to res suffered by the Declaration Made and Am- bassador's Passports Received. A despatch from Berlin says: Ger- many declared war on Portugal at somERE su gT 3.30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and handed his passportst theP 1' ORTH ut.tELAHP Ni J7 ucte v•••"' KtEt CAtIAt •- itsattt1 •p,�Eti °RHEIMS' oPtETL PARIS tEoo ahs 0 '1 n RASSpURG o tMM, xu,n n KutnAv a ash /0, f s• V ' MIEN A AU 5 eR;ESTE italritTd Tt FHS TREBtWa ft RRF4. ,c_ \k ERZliatill .% 41 \41464.44.4 .�*q.1, i .... ItgREtF KR 1 TAABRIZ SI AS b THE WEEK'S DEVELO PMENT:; IN THE WAR. The German attack; on the French Lines around Verdun continue, but the great offensive`against that forts rose is referred to in Paris War Office sttte>ment a as having failed. It is bee:oniug more and more apparent that the enemy's plan has been entirely di^cone et°t:•.d by the Allies` defence. Perhaps no greater evidence of the German Stairs discomfiture and disq'noie.tr..rent could be wanted than the fact that the German official com- muniques have contained many mi, tat* meats of the true situation around Verdun. Artillery actions and bombing attack` have been the only activities along the rest of the Western front xcept in the Chan*;Lange where the French, by a surprise attack, regained certain ground which had been con- quered by the enemy a ,;bort time ago. The Russian army, assisted by the Russian Black Sea fleet, has gained con iderable ground. The fleet bombarded Trebizond and other points en the coast and is said to have larded men and taken possession of certain towns. The fleet is serving a., an advanced right wing for the Itra.:•ian army operating in Asia Minor. The situation at Constantinople is reported to be extremely serious but a.ny information comes m a rottndaboit•way and must perhaps be t:t:.en with same reservation. It iseery app•zrent, however, that the Rus- sian advance is not only cutting Turkey in two bat met prove a real menace to Turkish power in Europe as well as in Asia. The Britieh Relief Expedition in sie'opotamia has advanced to within a few miles of Rut -el -Amara, where a British force exists beieagured. A jun:tion may be expected, to be followed by an advance on Bagdad and co- operation with the Prussian forces. A German fleet during the past week left the Kiel Canal for a short cruise in the North Sea. A hasty re- treat was made, however, before any engagement with British warships took place. It appears that during the recent Zeppelin raid on England several German cruiser:; left the canal intending; to make a raid on the British coast. They discovered, however, that the preparations and watch of the Britieh Fleet were greater than they had counted upon, with the result that the enemy warships were turned home. A sensation in Great Britain was the attack on the policy of Mr. Balfour by Colonel Churchill, his prede- cessor as British Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Balfour replied in as vigorous a speech as that of his critic. . UP Ari TAC S TURKS FOR ::a i" b 1, 7 Mils s ?? K.111 -EL -AMARA $1.75. tugu.: e Minister. Germany took this; t• action because of the recent seizures1 of German ships in Portuguese ports, 9 which the German Government de The Leda Markets Breadstuffs. Toronto, Mar. 14. ---Manitoba. wheat -New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06%; No. $ Nor- thern, $1.04, in store Fort William. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 89%c; No, 3 C.W., 37%c; extra No. 1 feed, 37%e; No. 1 feed, 36e, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, '16; track Toronto. Canadian corn -Feed, 68 to 700, track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 41 to' 42c; commercial, 40 to 41c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per ear lot, 98 to 99c; wheat, slightly sprouted and tough, according to sam- ple, 95 to 97c; wheat, sprouted and n tough, according to sam- ple, and ug , a x g ple, 92 to 94c; feed wheat, 85 to 90c, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, $1.60; peas, according, to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 62 to 61e; feed, 57. to 60; according to freights outside. Rye --No. 1, commercial, 85 to 86e; rejected, according to sample, 82 to 84e, according to freights outside. Manitoba .flour -First patents, in jute bags, 86.80; second patents, in jute bags, $6,30; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.10, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $4.30 to $4.40, track Toron- to; $4.25 to $4.30, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed--•Car lots delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, 824; middlings, per ton, $`26; good feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh to ltic; clucks, 17 t;, 20c; geese, 17 to 20c; turkeys, tt, 27c. Cheese -Large, 19e; twins, 19?1c. Potatoes ---Car lots of Ontario quot- ed at $1.70 to $1.75, and New Brume Kicks at $1.80 to $1.30 per bag, on track. Montzal Markets. Montreal, Mar. 14. -Oats -Cana. dian Western, No. 2, : 0 to 50xae; do., No. 3, 48 to 48?„e; txtra No. 1 feed, 48 to 4811 e; No. 2 local white, 4 iSte; No. 3, do., 461;:e; No. 4 do., 451,e. Barley -Manitoba feed, 66e; malting, 76 to 780. Buckwheat -.-No. 2, 80 to 82e. Flour -Manitoba 'Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.60; do., seconds:, 30.10; strong bakers', $x,.90; itVinter patents, choice, 36.30; straight roll- ers, 35.70 to $5.80; do., in bags, 32.65 to 32.75. Rolled oats ---Barrels, 35.05; bag of 90 lbs., 32.35, ittillfeed -Bran, 323.50; short,;, 326; mid- dlings, $28 to 330; mouillie, 331 to $33. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 320 to 320.50. Cheese -Finest west- erns, 181.E to 19e; do., easterns, 1811 to 181.5'c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 83?3 to 34c; seconds, 31 to 32e. Eggs -Fresh, 32c; selected, 26 to 27e; No. 1 stock, 24 to 25e; No. 2, do., 21 to q ; �r 22c. Potatoes ---Per bag, car lots, w 1 � elopes "the gravest breach of neutral- Awful Hecatombs in Fighting .Around{ i1`1.flicttd Heavy Loss on Enemy, But Was Unable' its and of special treaties. Germany' faux the Past Two ie therefore obliged to give up its former forebearing attitude, which' had been maintained on account of • PortugaI's awkward situation," says the official notification. Ili (trma, ft the most recent fighting NW � are stated as enste:ous, exceeding the' lull tai:t•n l ;• the mitrailleuses and the 5's of the French in the beginning E,f the i,:Ittie. (in the west side of SAt PACT Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Mar. 14. -Cash: -Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.08ss; No. 2, do., $1,05°rs; No. 3, do„ $1,03%; No. 4, • $1.00%; No. 5 913' c• No. (3 84%e. Days. to Di�Iod re Him. ; Outs -No, 2 C.W., 39%e; No. 3, do,, 'A deep atch from Loudon says: The War Office issued on Thureday eight the following official statement on the .1. despot eh from London says: The Paris colrespondent o f the Daily Mail telegraphing Sunday. says: . "Germany has hall many black Sun- days since she went t'a war, but :tone so sninioei as to -day, when grief and 1 B : ,S dt'Ccoiai ion are like a pall over the t;n- F , « ; "r •prre, whose eit?es, towns anti village v a , ��t�A are filled with weeping, wcrne•n, who !sorrow for their hechemic fathers the Miatse the -Woods of Corbeaux 'Letter's Early Entry Into the War on have been the . ,:c!ne of repeated at - tacit, Tir.I :lay night the French: Side of .allies• are ::aid to 1•e in pc.s-•es cion of the Certain. rluch-cli: ptett :i ;tit sof territory. :• - 1 A despatch from London says: An BOATS MAY MOVE taigecment has been reached between e323I'"1 APRIL FIRST. Rn•.'mania and Russia, which it be- .--- .li:'etel to r??rlieate the definite decision Ice Breakers Ready to Begin Opera- of Rotnnenia to adhere to the cause tion, This Week. of the hint to a:ilios, according to a A. de:i.tatt°h from Pert:fir;hue says: Bucharest despatch to the Exchange y : Telegraph ,Comeany. The agreement Tee concha a nem rm f:'. orahie to an ermitn Ronrna casrly e .eri3` '�, et Ir�:','IF � n p n.'t to purchase war 1' _.tion. The ice materials in Russia and to transport breaking t'.:;; gni be ready for or- through Russia materials purchased dors to taut a channel any time after c•.lsewhere. It is reported that Russia March 15, a:'J the first of April may p s a see the heat.; moving. Grein in theL has agreed, further, to give to Rou- "lovatufa at the mania pari ox essalaoza t, e h td of the lakes to- �,_ tale al,rrcet„'tatt•IS 3;.000,000 bushels. ` �..�. GERMAN CASUALTIES PPI3'Ii$I•I DRIVE oI' 1' FOR FEBRUARY -35,198. A GERMAN SEAPLANE. A despatch from London says: Ac - A ,1,c stet.eh Isere London says: A carding; to official German casualty German seaplane was. sighted- ap-; lista -which have reached London, the pro hr:g Nor.h Forehead e?end about noon , total German casualties for February - se Setarc'.sy. It was pursued by Britt was 35,198. This brings up the total enw:erd. • i to 2,667,372. ._._ tsh aero':'_ar •s from Dover, and flew for the -war, as shown in these lists, ONLY 16 ARMENIANS LEFT ALIVE and sons sacrificed . t Verdun. "However frightful the Gernt•in loses may have been :;t Iitennont. Herb( boil, and Douamont in the firee phase of the battle, they pale into insignificance when con; are.1 with the awful hecatombs in the light- ing last v:edI:. It is hardly an cxe - geration to say that for every three Germans in Crow's wood there was a German corpse, and that the slopes of Beihincourt, even more than those of Vaux, are novo covered with the grins shapes of massacred humanity. "It would be idle to deny that the French in the past three sanguinary weeks have- suffered, but when known beyond question that for every man General Pctain has lost five are miss- ing from the Kaiser's army one can- not but have eorftdence in the final result. "That the Germans have fought well at Verdun the French themselves are the first to admit. It is obvious that in the twentieth month of the war the iron discipline of the Teuton army is so effectively maintained that the officers can lead the men forward• in column of fours' formation for 20 successive attacks over ground con- verted into a shambles. "When the Crown Prince first dis- cussed the attack on Verdun he and r t; ��g RUSSIANS e� r� � � E ?<, his generals asserted that they were ���' t;r .a ai� prepared to lose 200 000 men in tae- '" 3 0 3' ,'• - , I p p , ing the fortress. To -day that•price is • all but paid; some say it has been ex- ceeded, and the tricolor still proudly floats over' the citadel." 40,^oo Driven. Out a Few Days Before Czar's Troop; oop; Arrived aiui Al Massacre:1 by Kurds. A despatch from London rays: The. Russians found only sixteen Armen- Mita alive in Erzert'm oat of the us - nal Armenian population of 40 000 ac= cording to information received in Petrograd and forwarded by Reuters correspondent in the Russian Capital. "The Turki:;h .inhabitants of Erzer 'urn." the correspondent adds, "stated i fan that a few days before the capture' of the fortress by the Russians ell the Armenians in the town were driv- en out by the police in. a westerly, direction, where the Kurds, who had !been • forwarned, massacred all of them." . i r �.orm_e .•... z,a.dv,'�, to dg . 01'1 Necessaries • A despat_h from Tsettivn says: The' denim extravagance in woman's dress., Official Press s 'iDur c•:t , i w,,,. ' 1 tlr . f';>r< 11,11 n . erehai e of . new Clothes, unless :' nrr s•4.et eslept on 13 (a' ?..1:" i',•' ,o 1,u ar.cr.;stire, enol luxurious hats 'boots,- .._ ; _r ' t,,eltingc;, gloves and veils, National War i' e�Ltt rn„ {'(.,,r,J.i"1,U'. , i, • STATION AT METZ AGAIN BOMBARDED A despatch from .Paris says: One of the French bombing groups, com- posed of 16 aeroplanes, dropped 124 shellsof allcalibres on the Metz-Sab- lons station, 'where' -there were sever- al trains, on Tuesday. The projec- tiles struck well; the official report says. A•, squadron of 'enemy aero- planes gave chase to the French ma- chines,: which returned to their base with the exception'. of one which was obliged to : make a landing owing to Motortrouble. • campaign in Mesopotamia: "Gen. Lake (commander of the Bri- tish forces) reports that Gen. Aylmer (in command of the relieving forces) advanced on March (1, and, moving by the right bank of the Tigris, reach. t'd Essin, a position about 7 miles east of Kut -el -Amara. This position was attacked March 8, but Gen. Aylmer was tunable to dislodge the enemy. Gen. Aylmer states that the enemy suffered very severely, and, beyond strengthening his position, has shown no activity. Our casualties were not • heavy, and in the majority of cases were very slight." td a •-^� r'Sr ,�. A �g AL . � 1< iii iL1 r. ,l1 OLLIE i0 'ATE 11 Da 4 ;Threatened Blockade Already in Existenc Ettwe.:n' Tharn.s and Galloper Lightship, A despatch from London says: The blockade of England by mines, report- ed as threatened by Germany, is al- ready in existence along the trade route to holland, according to naval circles here. German submarines are reported to have been busy recently laying anchored mines between the mouth of the Thames and the Galloper GENERAL -SMUTS WINS IN EAST AFRICA. Seizes ,Crossigs of the Lurgi River - With Only Insignificant Loss. A despatch from London says: The following official communication con- cerning the operations of the British in East Africa was made public on Thursday night: "Our troops under command of Lieut. -General Smuts have advanced against the German- forces ermanforces in the Kilimanjaro (northeast- ern boundary of German East Africa) area.. On March 7 General .Smuts seized the crossings of the •Lurrri River with' an insignificant loss. Sev- Lightship. It is in this neighborhood that many disasters have occurred during the last month. Passenger ships, until recently, have been quite successful in dodging floating mines by making their voy- ages in daylight, but no method is know of guarding against submerged , anchored mines. • - i emy were successfully repulsed." • ACTIVITY OF GERMAN NAVY. A despatch from London says: The Rotterdam correspondent of the Lon- don Daily Mail telegraphs: The Ger- man navy is displaying an unwonted activity. Large forces of marines have left Hamburg and Bremen for Kiel. The Germans have built many submarines, each needing a crew of 45. There is difficulty in getting trained men owing to the numerous losses of submarines: ' Trying to keep. from worrying is what worries some people. oral counter-attacks by the en Canadian Casualties to Date; 000 A despatch from Ottawa says: The list of actual casualties among the Canadian forces including killed in ac- tion, died of wounds ; and sickness, wounded and missing, but not known to be prisoners -of -war, has been to- talled up to March 1 by the casualties branch of the Militia Department, and amounts., to 13,961. There have been killed in action 2,338 Canadians. Some 988 Crave died of wounds szncl 298 have lsucct.nzl••ad' to sickness, or a total of known dead of 3,024. There is be- sides, however, a list .of missing men not known tobe prisoners -of -war,, of 1,012. It is :practically certain that by far the greater iitimber of these men are dead, which swells the list. of Canadian dead to almost 5,0Q0. The total number of wounded is 9,325. If prisoners-of=war and cases of sicklier?, aro, all included the ,total number of casualties would: be 'nearer 25,000 men. 37%c; extra No. 1 feed, 37%c; No, 1 feed, 35%c; No. 2 feed, 34%e. Bar- ley -No. 3, 61c; No. 4, 56c; feed, 51e. Flax- No. 1 N: W.C., 32.06; No. 2 C.W., 32.03. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Mar. 14. -Wheat - May, $1.11% to $1.111,1; July, $1,10?s; No. 1. hard, $1,16%; No. 1 Northern, $1.11% to $1.15t1j No. 2 Northern, $1.0614 to $1.1214. Corn -- No. 3 yellow, 741::, to 751,fe. Oats - No. 3 white. 891= to 40e. Flour un- changed; shipments, 00,505 barrels. Bran. 318 to 318.50. Duluth, Mar. 14. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.13;,; No. 1 Northern, $l.1113 to $1.137it; No. 2 Northern, 81.00% to $1.10§'s. Linseed -Cash. RIay and July, 32.31. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Mar. 14. -Choice heavy steers, 57.75 to 38.10; butcher steers,. choice, 37.40 to $7.85; do., good, 37 to $7.75; do., medium, 30.90 to $7; do., common, 35.75 to 30.25; .heifers; good to choice, 37.25 to 37.50; do., medium, 36.50 to 30.75, butcher cows, choice, 36.50 to 36.65; do., good, 35.75 to 36.50; butcher • bulls, choice, 30 to 37; do.. good bulls, 35.50 to 36; do., medium, 85 to 35.50; do,, rough hologna, $•1.40 to $4.ii0; feed- ers, 9Q0 to 1,000 Ibs., 36.40 to 36.80; do., bulls, 34.50 to 35.50; stockers, 700 to 800 1bs., 36 to $0.50; do., med- ium, 650 to 700 lbs., 35.75 to $6; do., light, 500 to 650 lbs., $5 to 35.50; canners, $3.50 to 34.25; cutters, • 34.25 to 34.50; milkers, choice, each, $60 .to 385; springers, 360 " to $85; calves, veal, choice, 311 to 312,50; do., med- ium, 37 to 38; do., common, 35.50 to 36;. lambs, yearlings, 37 to 38; culled lambs, 37 to $7.25; spring lambs, 310 to -313.50; ewes, light, 37.50' to 39; heep, heavy- and bucks, 36.50 to 88; hogs, fed and watered, $10.25; do., f$10.0.o.b., 539.90;, do., weighed at plant, . Montreal; Mar. 14.=Batch ' steers, bust, 37 to $7:50; , goad; $6.50 to $7.50; good, 36.50 to 37; fair, 86 to $6,50; medium, $5.76 to 36; butch- ers' bulls, best; 35.75 to• $6.25; med- ium, 35.25 to $5.75; .carolers, 34 en 35; butchers' cows, best, 36,25; rood, $6; fair, $5.75; • roughs, $4.25 to $5 .to $7; lambs, $9 to $11. hogs, se- lects, $10.25 to 310.75; roughs and mixed, 30.50 to 310.15; common, $9 25; •cows, 37.60 to 37.85. •Calves, milk -fed, 38 to 39.50; gr'asfed, 4? to 51st c. REIGN OF TERROR AGAINST, TRE. BELGIANS,• A despatch from Landoll ..says: A. German conrt-rnartial at Ghent 'sentenced four Belgians to death aiid many other's to.• prison -for ':from ten to fifteen. years .forevarious. offences, aee•ording to an Amsterdam despatch. 510'x',- b:'t'.I'S are awaitni- rCntenee {lt cesretch satd, and•the whole Dop: nl a tion ,fo, in a state Of 'teeeo . • $5.50; campers, 33 to $3.50. sheep, k . •