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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-6-8, Page 3pa11 Me** Immo, BIG BATTLE IN NORTH SEA British Loss Three 'Dreadnoughts, Three Cruisers and Eight Destroyers. -Germans Admit One Battleship, Two Cruisers. London, June 3 (Saturday). --The Admiralty issued the following n g sup - plemtary official statement on the North Sea battle shortly after midnight. "From a further report from the Commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet the Admiralty ascertains that our total losses in destroyers were eight, "The Commander-in-chief reports that it is now possible to form a closer estimate of the losses and damage suffered by the enemy fleet. "A Dreadnought battlship of the Kaiser class was blown up in an attack by British destroyers, and another Dreadnought of the battleship Kaiser class is believed to have beep. sunk by gunfire. Derfflinger Blown TJp. "Of three German battle cruisers, two of which, it is believed, were the Derfflinger and Lutzow, one was blown up, another which was heav- ily engaged by the battle fleet was seen to be disabled and stopped, aril the third was eobserved to be seriously damaged. -"A German light cruiser and six German destroyers were sunk, and at least two German light cruisers were seen disabled. "The Commander.,in-chief further reports that repeated hit's were ob- served on three other German battleships that were engaged. "The report adds that a German submarine was rammed and sunk." Sb British Cruisers Lost The text of the Admiralty announcement issued Friday afternoon fel- lows : "On the afternoon of Wednesday, the alst of May, a naval engagement took place off the coast of Jutland. The British ships on which the brunt of the fighting fell were the battle cruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four fast battleships. Among these the losses were heavy, The German battle fleet, aided by low visibility, avoided a prolonged action with aur main forces. As soon as these appeared on the scene the enemy returned to port, though not before receiving severe dam- age from our battleships. "The battle cruisers Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Invincible, an4l the cruisers Defence and Black Prince were sunk. The Warrior was dis- abled, and after beiug towed for some time had to be abandoned by her crew. It is also known that the destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune, Sparrow Hawk and Ardent were lost, and six others are not yet accounted for, No British battleships or light cruisers were sunk. Enemy Losses Are Serious. "The enemy's losses were serious. At least one battle eruiser was des-. stroyed, and ane was severely damageti. One battleship is reported to have been sunk by our destroyers. During the night attack two light cruisers were disabled and probably sunk. The exact number of enemy destroyers disposed of during the action cannot be ascertained with any ver tainty, but must have been large." BRITISH VESSELS LOST. Ton- Speed, Comple- Ship Class. nage. knots. ment. Built Queen Mary Battle Cruiser ...26,350 31 1,000 1914 Indefatigable Battle Cruiser ...18,750 25g- 750 1911 Invincible .Battle Cruiser ...17,250 25 750 1908 Defence.... ...., Cruiser . .14,600 28 '755 1908 Blaek Prince.,. -Cruiser 13,550 23 720 1906 Warrior .Cruiser . 13,550 23 704 1905 Tipperary Destroyer . 1,850 82 160 New Turbulent Destroyer , 1,850 82 160 New Ardent Destroyer 1,850 32 142 1913 Fortune Destroyer ' . 935 30 129 1913 Sparrow Ilawk.. ,.Destroyer . 935 30 129 1913 'fwo other British destroyers are missing. With the exception of the crew of the Warrior there is nothing to show that the crews of any other of the vessels were saved, apart from a few men picked up by the Germans. GERMAN SHIPS ADMITTED LOST. Tons. Speed, Comple- Ship. Class. nage. knots. went. Built Pommev'n Battleship . 13,200 18 700 1907 v, Frauenlob .Cruiser . • • • • • • .. 2,600 20% 270 1901 Wiesbaden Cruiser . A British Admiralty report, issued this (Saturday) morning, states that a German battleship of he Kaiser class is believed to have been blown up, and another Dreadnought of the same class sunk, and that of three bat- tle cruisers engaged one, probably the Derfiinger, was blown up and tho other two disabled. A German light cruiser and at least six German de- stroyers were sunk. German Losses. London, June 4. -While the British Admiralty does not cite names to support its assertion that bhe German losses were heavier than the British, it declares that "there seems to be the strongest ground for supposing" that the following units were lost by the Germans: Two battleships, two Dreadnought battle cruisers of the "most power- ful type," two light cruisers of the latest type (Wiesbaden and Elbing), one light cruiser of the Rostok )1912) type, the light cruiser Frauenlob, at least nine destroyers one submarine. This would make a total of eight warships, nine destroyers and one submarine, a grand total of 18 vessels, as against only six warships and eight destroyers -a grand total of 14 vessels, admittedly lost by the British. The British claim brings the German loss in tonnage -thus far assert- ed by Berlin to be only 49,000 -well up to or even beyond the British loss of 125,000 bons. By way of emphasizing that the main body of the British grand fleet made a clean sweep of the North Sea waters once it appeared on the scene, the British Admiralty relates that Sir John Jellicoe, "having driven the enemy into port," returned to the main scene of the action and stayed there until noon on June 1 -nearly 20 hours after the first shots had been exchanged on the previous afternoon -and searched the sea for disabled vessels. Finding none, and having fulfilled his task, the British commander returned to his base, 400 miles away -presumably bhe Orkney Islands. On the following evening, the Admiralty states, the British fleet was again ready to put to sea. British Victory, Says Beresford. London, June 4. -Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, retired, speaking to- day of the fight off Jutland between the British and German fleets, said: "Though a hard-earned sea fight it was a British victory. There was no mistake in -strategy made. The. British objective was to sink the Ger- man fleet or compel it to return to its base. In the absence of Zepelins for scouting purposes the British navy was obliged to send out heavy cruisers as outside scouts, because light cruisers would have been driven in, without securing the needed information. "Vice -Admiral Sir David. Beatty, in pursuance of this object, tackled a vastly superior force, hoping to delay it' until Vice -Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe's battle fleet arrived to destroy the Germans. Vice -Admiral Beaty achieved a brilliant success, because on the arrival of Vice -Admiral Jellicoe the Germans fled. ..• We' attained our object,• the Germans failed to attain theirs. We lost `cruisers; whiel we 'can affioxd to lose; , the Germans lost battleships which. they cannot afford to lose•" 333 Officers Killed. London, June 4. ---According to an official otstement issued to -day (Sunday), the casualties among British officers .inWednesday's North Sea battle included 333 killed, among them Admirals Hood and Arbuthnot, six Captains, 11 commanders and eight chaplains, and 24 wounded, including one commander and one chaplain. ;ISHriP `� Bu1 ria.. PiTRIT �, J ~"� .. toni 1•' -''" 'lluPEtt ,. `JI 4 DENR HISSAR oe \ KAVA ,11/24,/„. .-,,/ Port i�, aSatonlici �/).00, Greece�/ // ////i, 1.81.1.$5a ,��.�.. // 4 Tf7EnT R , ° /! , ; . em n i rnPd lim 7. 'I.! m7oup. �( , PO4t aBeI•ilDt : aoncEana+ �' • ?n•some,_Bts 4� / ►O "" Brt1R ° t rnE fiF• i i, l -vale �0 r = ` - rri, h�' D; ' 1.IP14,..=--:.--.,...-....• e - ,P •, t,AVARON --•- e k a y ROYCE , , cava ,n om-; "--_ �'�cro.' . '' AGO .. --'%....::....., ,,1 • •. ‘s -Ace. -------.opt i'---7:'4'‘'.4., �� 1. Cflti±SA ARS ' qo BAlS5AN4 At � 4 r i '� „ f son° 4 THE l4EEK'S 72EVELOEMENTS IN THE WAR, During the week Saloniki and the ` The Italians have not had things ' with the result that before the en- Balkan situation there came promin- !thew own way for the past few vi'eeks, gagement ended net result was slight. eptly to the fore after being practi- i Their losses have been heavy in men In an official review of several days Gaily out of bhe news columns for sorei and to some extent in territory .also. fighting the French war offices sets eral months. An advance by But- nob atch, have created havoc at' downthe result "a costly check Bigguns that General Cadorna can- for the Germans," This was per- garian forces over the Greek border times, and retirement has been neves- baps the heaviest fighting of the war was announced. This movement was sary. for it is said that the enemy con - made along the Valley of the Struma The Austrians attacking in three 1 eentratee along threw miles of French river (as shown in the map) and was columns south from Trent an- !front, between hill SO4 and the Meuse, not halted until a strong position on pounced the capture of two towns, Ar- ",more and heavier guns and denser the Heights on the Greek side of the siero and Asiago, and large numbers; masses of troops" than in any pre- border had been occupied. The delay of men and guns, These two towns . vious attack. Austrian reserves to here was momentary and bhe next,are important railway bases for sup- the number of 80,000 have been ob- day French headquarters announced plies ab the foot of the mountains. served among German troops at that the Bulgarians had. occupied Ru- But General Cadorna hopes to hold Douanlont and other points of the pelf, Dragotin, and were advancing : the enemy on the plains. There the' line. On Wednesday the French re- from Demir-Iiissar. Kavale wast enemy guns will not, he says be so a ported to bombandnlent of "unheard - thought to be the objective. Two army i vastly superior. He will then also be of violence." Thus •does the Verdun corps, officered and bolstered up by ' able to use more troops to advantage. ' fighting continue day after day, ape Germans were being used in this 1 Fighting at Verdun during the parently becoming more bitter and movement. Simultaneously Greece ; past week has been as severe as at entailing greater losses to both sides became very angry and there were ' any time during the three months it as the 100th day of the engagement wild demonstrations hostile to the in- „has continued. The French appear to ; is passed. vaders. Incidental to the movement , have the situation well in band al- In other theatres of war, despatches on to Greek soil, came the news that , though, German attacks have won have told of a check to the great Rus - 100,000 Serbians, re -equipped and now some small gains. New formations sian enveloping movement in Syria; well nourished, had been landed at , of Germans have been thrown pelf and that General Smuts, operating Saloniki by French transports, and , meli against the heroic defenders only ' in East Africa, has again defeated were ready again for what the future ; to be hurled back in confusion. , a strong German force. He still has ZEPP SMASHED NEAR SALONIKI. - A despatch. from London says t-- A Cenral News despatch from Ams- terdam says that a German Zeppelin,' descending near Veles, on the Saloniki front, calve in contact with' some trees and was destroyed. ALLIES TO TIGHTEN GERMAN BLOCKADE A despatch from Paris says:- Lord Robert Cecil, British War Trade Minister, arrived here on Wednesday to confer with Premier Briand and Denys Cochin, French blockade Min - tater, 'as to the best methods of tight- ening the blockade of Germany. might bring in the way of fighting. i The French first line trenches hove' heavy fighting ahead of him, however, Parts of this force already have been ° been entered several times but at and that campaign promises to be engaged. ;once counter attacks were organized; lengthy. extra. No 1 feed 52c• No 2 local white. Markets of the Wort BreadstuSs,. Toronto, June 6. --Manitoba wheat--- No. heat No. 1 Northern, 51..13; No. 2 51.171; No. 3, '$1,129 on track, Bay Ports ., Manitoba oats -No. 2 O.W.. 61c No. 3 do., 50e; extra No. 1 feed, 500; NO. 1 feed 490, on track, Bay ports. American corn -No. 2 renew, $Qhs, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white 47 to 4$c,. outside Ontario wheat -No. 1. commercial, 31.00 to 31,01 No. 2 do., 98 to 99c; No. 8 .do., 94 to 95c• feed wheat, 90 to 910, nominal, according to freights outside. Peas --No. 2, $1,70; according to sam- ple, $1.26 to 31.50. aocording to freights outside. Barley -Malting, C7c; feed, 63 to 64c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -70 to 71c. according to freights outside. Flye--No. 1 commercial nominally. 92 to 93c, according to freights outside. Manitoba Sour -First patents, in jute bags, 36.70; second patents, in jute bags, 36.20; strong- bakers', in jute bags, S6, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $4.30 to 34.40, In bags on track. Toronto, 34.35 to 34.45, in bulk. Sea- board, prompt shipment.. liiillfeed__-Gar lots del 'd Montreal freights -Bran, per ton, $23; shorts. V;;' ton, 325; middlings, per ton, 525 to $26, good feed $our. per bag. $1.70 to $1.75. Country Produce. Butter Fresh dairy, choice, 24 to 27c' inferior, 23 to 240; creamery prints, ( 29 to 31c; inferior. 28 to 290, Eggs---New-laid, 24 to 25o; do., in car- tons, 25 to 26c. Beans ---$4 to $9.60, the latter for handpicked. Cheese -New, large. 19c; twins. 1910. Maple syrup -Prices are steady at $1.40 to 51.60 per Imperial gallon. Honey--Combs---No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. 2, 42.00 to 32.40. Dressed poultry -Chickens. 25 to 27o,, fowl 20 to 22e. Potatoes--Ontarios 31.75 to $1.80, and. New 13runswicks, at 31.96 to $2,00 per bag. Provieione. Bacon, long clear, 18ic, per ib. Hams --medium, 23i to 241e; do., heavy. 209 to 216c; rolls, 19 to •196c; breakfast bacon. 243 to 268c; backs, plain. 263 to 278c; boneless backs. 293 to 308e. Lard -Pure lard, tierces. 17c; and Polls, 173.o; compound, 14 to 1410. Montreal Markets. :Montreal, June 6. -Corn -American, No. 2 yellow, 80 to 82e. Oats -Canadian Western. No. 2, 538e; do., No. 3, 62c; CUSTOMS REVENUES 1 SHOW BIG INCREASE a For First Two Months Nearly $10,000,000 Over Last Year's Period. A despatch from Ottawa says: - The Customs revenue of Canada for the first two months of the fiscal year show an increase of nearly ten millions of dollars. The revenue for the month just ended accounted for the larger proportion of this increase,' the Customs collections reaching a total of $13,054,381, as compared with $7,315,923 for the corresponding month in the previous fiscal year, an increase of $5,738,457.74. The re- turns are regarded as highly satis- factory as the figures include an en- ormous net increase after allowing for drawbacks on re-exported muni- tions and similar commodities. For' the first two months of the fiscal period the revenue has been $23,400,- 953,23, 23,400; 953,23, an increase of $9,808,652.51. GERMAN CROP OUTLOOK WORSE THAN REPORTED Drought Worse Than in 1915 And Blights and Frosts Damage Crops. A despatch from London says It has been stated that the German Government expects a crop in 1916 estimated at 35 per cent. better than in 1915. The Berliner Neueste Nach- richten prints a statement to the ef- fect that the harvest prospects "un- doubtedly have been overestimated," and says : "The outlook in the east- ern provinces is far less favorable than represented. Certainly the crop will not exceed that of 1915. The drought is worse than in 1915, and blights and frosts have greatly dam -4 aged the crops. The rye crop will be from 10 to 15 per cent. below that of 1915?' The newspaper adds: "Apart from local troubles there has been a great overestimate of the har- vest, generally, especially in relation to food questions as discussed in the Reichstag. Such overestimation is imschievous, tending to induce the population to neglect to exercise the necessary economy." NEED MUNITIONS : DEFER HOLIDAY A despatch from London says :- The Whitmonday Bank .holiday, fall- ing on June 12, has been officially postponed until August 8 for all classes. Premier Asquith made this announcement in the House of Com- mons on Wednesday, stating that ow- ing to the urgent munitions require- ments it was ,proposed, by proclama- tion, to postpone the holiday. The. banking interests 'were agreeable:to the ..arrangement, he said. TO AWARD DAMAGES TO DUBLIN VICTIMS A despatch from London. says: - Herbert L. Samuel, the Home Secre- tary, has gone to Dublin to take charge of the question of the rebuild- ing of houses destroyed during the re- cent revolt and the compensation of owners of buildings for the damage done their premises during the up- rising. GREAT BATTLE AROUND 51c; No. 3. do., 50c: No, 4, do.. 49e. 13ar- ley-aianitoba feed, 68 to 72c; malting. 74 to 75e. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.80• do., seconds, 56.30: strong bakers', $6.10; 'Winter THE FAMOUS RILL 60 : ru tents, choice. 56 to d6 . straight rollers, 55.10 to 5g6.60; do., in ba s, SS 40 to 52,60. vac, oatsBarrels, e E4.76 to 55,451 bag of 90 lbs, 52.25 to 52.60. hiillfeed-Bran, 523 to 524; shorts. $26; middlings, $28 to $30; =un- ite, $30 to 535. 1lA -No. 2, per ton. Positions Which Had. Been Stormed by the Germans Recaptured , ©c tints, $2O dO 3 $ lac a e eteta in- 173 to 18c. Butter -Choicest cream - by Canadians. cry, 30i, to 31c; seconds, 298 to 30c. Eggs -Fresh. 25 to 26c; selected. 27 to 28c; No. 1 stock, 24 to 25o; No. 2, do.. 23 to 24c. Potatoes -Per bag. car lots, $1.70 to $1.75. British headquarters in France, , volumes on the Germans after they Saturday, June S. --Around famous were in our trenches." Winnipeg Grain, Hill flO and Sanctuary wood the Cana-; Under support of gunfire the Cana- evennlpeg• June 6. -Cash quotations; dian battalions maintainingthe tra- St'hett1-No, 1 Northern 51,11 • n, 2 NorCitern. $1.11;_ 130. 3 Northern, diens have been doing the stiffest o dibion of the contingent last year at $1,061: No, 4, $1,D03; No. 5, 956c; No. fighting of their experience in the' St. Julien, immediately turned on the thige pe 3'eNtie tcs e tial' .L course of the last two days' action. Germans in a series of counter -ate feed, I48c: No. 1 feed, ca4l 1e; No. 2 feed, , They have held the entire front at- tacks. They fought throughout the Y ti;t� 51•G4i: lsTo. a c,1v., 51.613• backed, and, unless the fighting night, and were engaged all Saturday spreads, this is entirely their battle. t doggedly bombing their way back to trnitea States niarkekts. The German guns had been relative- the possession of the position which llAnneapclis, June 6. � Wheat-siaay, j S1.121. July, 51,1.,$ to $1.S a, No. 1 her ly Quiet for some days when they ( they had lost Parties rushed in at $1193• No 1 Northern $1.121 tc $1 13$: suddenly opened up the heaviest bom- different points, bombing and bayou- _NO*0 3 3 euowt'~s o" 3oc.$1 oats �ivo bardment any Canadian veteran has ding right and left, and before their a white, 38 to 3830. Flour -Fancy known, using all kinds of guns from i fierce work was ended they had re- patents, to lower, auoted at 86.10: fust heavy howitzers to trench mortars,clears, esc lower, ed; shipments,h at nig:: 0 gained.all but a few yards.. er grades unchanges; 34,730 not only battering the trenches, but 1 The German advance had been made this. Bran, 519,10 to 519,60. coveringa wide area ofground in the Duluth, Juno 6. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, over a front of 3,000 yards from the $1.149; No, 2 Northern, '31.139; No. 2 rear to prevent the bringing up of ij Ypres-Comines railway to Hooga Cash,e31,831; May to as' 4119):$ 910.',,eed-- supports. I point This was the most extensive "But it was not this time, as in the earlier battles on the Ypres salient, when the- Germans threw three or four shells to our one," said an offi- cer. "The British guns returned equal front of any recent attack, and the Live Stools Markets. 1 Canadians responded to the test coolly $� orontO, See .-hoc heavy sheers and skilfully. In the Hooga sector 39.25 to 39.40; ao. good. 39,00 to S9.2s;, the German attack was stopped with do.. medium, $S.6b to 58.85; do., com- heavy loss. oholce. $5.60 to $9.00; do., medium. $7.50 to 58.00; butcher cows, choice, 57.50 to 38.00; do., good. 35.75 to 58.50; butcher bulls, choice 37.50 to $S.00; do.. good, chen in the roadway back of the par- $$5.50; do.$ r0ou;h bolonmedium, to004,5 to ads grounds, and the solliers who feeaers, 900 to x,000 lbs. 58.00 to 58.25; were shocked by the flash were stand- do., bulls, 35.50 to 56.00; stockers. 700 ing partly under a small maple tree to 800 lbse 57.00 to 57.76; do,. mea, 650 to Z60 lbs., S7.00 to 57.50; do., light, 600 and on the windward side of the field to 850 lbs., 56.00 to 36.50; canners, 34.00 to 34.25; cutters, 34.50 to 54.76; mill ers, choice. each 360.00 to 85.00; sheep, light. clipped. 7.50 to $8.00; do., heavy, elip- ed, $6,26 to $6.75; do., light, unclipped 10.00 to 510,50; do., heavy, unclipped LIGHTNING STRUCK TROOPS P S ONMARCH One Man Killed and Many Soldiers Rendered. Unconscious. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says :-One soldier was instant- ly killed and some fifty others more or less injured when a bolt of lightn- ing struck near a field kitchen at Brock's Monument early on Friday afterlioon. At least a dozen of the injured are seriously hurt, but none of them is expected to die. All the injureid are in .the camp hospital, at Niagara -on -the -Lake. The men were on the usual weekly route march and had just finished their noon -day meal, and were stand- ing around endeavoring to obtain what shejlter they could from the heavy downpour. The rain was one of the worst ever experienced in this sec- tion. It was almost a cloudburst and was accompanied by severe flashes of lightning. There was a field kit - mon, 57.75 to 58.00; heifers, good to kitchen. Some were still eating. The lightning had been playing all around them, and following the first heavy downpour the atmosphere was filled with a dense va,or more like steam than a fog, and it was impos- e fidhrd ct; tare x10.7 to $11.15; Bible to see across the grounds. $uG�- do.. f.o.b. $10,10 to $10.26. deny there SCEs a vivid flash of Montreal, June G. -Choice steers $0.25 {o $9.50: good at S8.75 to $9, and the electricity fcilawed by a sharp lower grades at froth 36.7x5 to $3.25. cracking sound, and the men` were Butcher cows, $6,26 to $: • and bulls froth 6.70 to 58, bulls from 36.70 to bowled over like so many tenpins, from $8,76 to ss$1 per 100 pounds. .at 8.60 to 30.`50: spring lambs, fat. GO to 75 lbs., $10.50 to 511.50; do., medium, 55.00 to 59.00; calves $$9.00 to 512.50; ties, Pfd And watered, 310.75 to 810.85• Pte. Creser, who was killed outright, this reduction the demand from selected was standing close to a small maple weighed The 5, h 1 lots live 3 t01 tree not over two inches in diameter. 1 $3 50 34 100 d BRITISH LOSSES HEAVIER FOR MAY A despatch from London says:- British ays: British casualties in May were much heavier than in either of the two pre- ceding months. The total from all fields of operation, as compiled from published lists, is 1,767 officers and 28,470 men. The total in March, in- cluding officers and men, was 20,424, and in April, 20,511. CROWN PRINCE TO GET ANSWER WHEN THE PROPER HOUR COMES But. AIlies Will Not Take Hasty Improvised Offensive Doomed to Failure.. A despatch from Paris says:- Marcel ays:-Marcel Hutin, in the Echo ,de Paris, writes: "I am asked' on every side whether an offensive torelieve our troops at Verdun may not, have been expected on our side, and especially on our al- lies' side. From what I can learn the greatest patience must be' observed. The hour will come when the enemy will pay dearly for his Verdun' mad - mass. "Our brave soldiers at Verdun,inust.. still suffer and withstand for some time. If the enemy expects some hastily improvised offensive which is doomed to.failure from us or the Brit - hogs, $11.25 to $11.60 per 100 pounds, t to o cars c o ce o s c to c; good at J c to c per pours we g it, , spring lambs from 35 to -$S each. and old steep to , per pounds. BEATS HENS' RECORDS. Industrious Toad Lays 1,000 Eggs Annually and Lives 40 Years. The toad lives from 10 to 40 years, and it can lay more than 1,000 eggs a year. It has lived two years with- out food, but cannot live long under water. ' It never takes dead or mo- tionless food. It captures and de- vours wasps, yellowjackets, ants, beetles, worms, spiders, snails, bugs, grasshoppers, crickets, weevils, cater- pillars, moths, etc. In 24 hours the toad consumes enough food be 1111 its stomach four times. A single toad will in three months devour more than 10,000 insects. If every ten of these would haye done 1 cent dama.go, the toad has saved. $100. Evidently the toad is a. valu- able friend to the farmer, gardener, andfruib grower, and can be made. especially useful in the greenhouse, garden and berry patch. ALL RUSSIANS OVER 19 CALLED TO THE °"COIA^ 9 A despatch from London says:- ish or the Russians,. he once more All Russians' above the age of nine,• teen, according to, a.Petrogracl .des- patch to The Times, have been called to the colors for immediate service. The age .limit at which liability for military sei.•v'ce begins, in Russia, has hitherto been twenty. fails to understand' the psychology that the war has ripened .by the allies' experience. When everything is ready, with artillery, munitions. and 'reserves, we, with our allies, will give the Crown Prince his answer. J:: 4