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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-17, Page 2ITALIANS OCCUPY THE ENTI&E DO4ERDO PLATEAU The Austrians Have Been Driven Back 'Beyond the Line of the Vallone River. A despatch from London says t- I the principal gains have been made The Italians continue to press their ' north and south of Gorizia ,Severe advance on the lower Isonzo lines. fighting is being waged in the Playa re:on, the Austrians claiming that all. They have now reached the line of the , their lines have held. '4 allone River, advancing, since the The Austrians are still holdiug out fall of Gorizia, about four miles on a on 'Monte San Gabriele and Montes San front of 20 miles. The entire Dober- Marto, the Italians admit, but it is as - do plateau is now in thfsir possession, , sorted that the attacking troops have according to official despatches from ; reached the western sieges of the let - Rome, as wen as the towns of nubbin ter position, as well as the line of Ver - and San 'Martino del Carso. The' teibizza, number ef :>t1?strians tal.en prisoner' Austrian aeroplanes have again. Is reported to have been inereased by ! railed Venice, and Rome admits that, several thousand. ` while some damage was done to build - The Italians are now approaching' Ings, there were no casualties. the etrong defenetve line established ' The brunt of the fighting is being by the Austri ns in the mountains east borne by the Italian third army, under of Gorizia, and a to ereptiou of the • the leadership of the Duke of Aosta. desrerate battles air high peaks is ex-.. This army, which captured Gorizia, peeled to mark the new phase of the has been in almost constant action for offensive. ; a week, the divisions fighting in relays Vienna report, the repulse of Italian day and night. Their advance be this attae':ts oast of Gorizia, as well as in' short time is one of the most notable the Dolnntites, but Rome admits that i of the war. rp MUSED FALL Ill FLU REMATI CF PRUSSIAN il'OUSE Russian's Smasl.illg Through on English Lady Foretold Time Wide Front to the i When the Hohenzollern Galician Capital. ) By yeasty Would End. Londe% Aug. 1". --The semicircle! A despatch from London says; -- Peru ed by the Ruskin army chain in Galicia from the region south of Bro• - dy to the area south of Stanislau has been drawn an average of 10 miles cheer to Lemberg during the last 24 - 1 111s. Swiftly roans; up the armies of the Austrian throne heir in the dirt ,!en of they Canteen capital, the Inert) al of Gen. I' a s:loft's drive in ' the ,entt11. the eleeeovito forces drove the Teuton de fe: al.'rs from the greater ear; of their reeitions en the four great streams which formed the main naizzr,.l el steel es cn the read tr Lem- berg frees the seetleeest : the South, ; : r ea, Korepiee and Zlota Thadeth fighting desperate rearguard neater '. the Austro (irrman troops are rapidly retreating en the whole front from the heed waters ef the Sereth down to the eastern and southern ap- proachee of Helene the w'rhdlawal having become necessary with the fall. of Stanialau last Thursday. As a result of yesterday's and to- day's. fighting the two southern "gates" of Lemberg, Ilalicz and Brzenany are now in the range of the Russian artil lery and their fall is near, Intim iniportz nt towns fell to the Rue ns during the last 24 hours. The possession of each Nerves to tighten their grip en Lemberg. They are : Ezerna (Jezierna'1, between the Stripa and Sereth Rivers. 63 miles south-east of Lemberg. Podgaicy (Podliajeel, on the Iior;ipiec, 30 miles to the north- east of Stanisiau, and only 15 miles south of Brzezany. From Podgaicy a trunk railroad runs north-west through Brzenany directly to Lemberg, which is 61 miles away as the crow flies.. Horozonka, west of the Zlota Lipa, ten milts north of Haliez, Maryampol, on the Dniester, 10 nines to the south- east of Haliez. Thus I-ialicz is being encircled and the Teuton lines there, the fall of Stanislav, have become un- tenable. menaced since QUEEN MARY VISITS MAPLE LEAF CLUB. A. despatch from London says: Queen Mary made an unexpected call at the Maple Leaf Club of the Daugh- ters of the Empire branch en Tues- day and was welcomed by Lady Drummond, who 'received a pleasing tribute from Her Majesty, on the ex- cellent arrangements that are made for the soldiers' comfort. • Prussian Losses Nearly Three Million. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The latest Prussian official casualty list adds 67,461 to the Prussian losses, making a total of 2,911,387 since the beginning of the war. Some decades ago, when the present Kaiser Wilhelm was a youth, he was on a visit to his grandmother, Queen Victoria, and while walking in the grounds of a certain Royal residence he was boasting of the rise and the future greatness of the Hohenzollern house. Among the ladies of the party was ono whose powers of Clairvoyance bed often greatly astonished her friends. Shertly after the prince had. made this beast this lady, pointing tol the ornamental lake by the banks of • which they were standing, said : -When they cut hay from the bottom ; of this lake the Hohenzollern dynasty comes to an end.' For certain masons ' the lake has been drained since the' war bean. and this year grass has grown plentifully and hay has been cut. ITALIANS GIME ENEMY NO REST Push Farther Across Carso and East of Goritz. A despatch from London says :- The Italians are giving the shattered Austrian armies no rest. They have pushed farther across the Carso Pla- teau, have extended their gains in the hills east of Goritz, and not content with this, are also carrying on a heavy and successful offensive around Tol- mino. This new drive has certainly reached the suburbs of the city, which is the key of the Lipper Isonzo, and. according to unofficial reports they have seized the entire town. The of- ficial 'statements made no mention of the fighting here, nor of that in the Dolomites where heavy atacks are be- ing made, though Austria claims repul- ses for the Italians in these sectors. It is recalled that the successful attack on Goritz has been under way for three days before the official statements told of it. The capture of Triest is ap- preciably- nearer. DISCHARGE ITALIAN OFFICERS WHO HAVE ENEMY WIVES. A despatch from Rome says :-If a proposition made to the Ministers of War and Marine by Deputy Colajanni is adopted, all officers with Austro - German wives will be deprived of re- sponsible esponsible commands. 1,500,000 Tons of Ships Building. A despatch from London says: Lloyd's Shipping Register shows that there were 440 merchant. vessels of a tonnage of 1,500,000 gross under con- struction in the United Kingdom at the end of June. AIG'S AND EOL 'S TROR ; PS • MAKE IMPORTANT ADVANCE British Push Forward on Mile Front -French Move Eastward 1,000 Yards on Four -Mile Front. London, Aug. 13. -Indications that a new general attack by the British to- ward Bapaume is near came in the news to -day that they had gained 300 or 400 yards on a front of nearly a mile north-west of Pozieres and that heavy fighting was going on all along the line. The Anzacs again were the heroes of the advance. The British advance followed a bril- liant success by the French on Satur- day night, when Gen. Focht troops penetrated the German third line of !trenches on a front of three and three- quarter miles and to a depth of nearly two-thirds of a mile from Ha, decaurt o Buscourt. The French forced their way in the village of Maurepas and took a thousand Germans prisoner ana. captured thirty machine .guns. Heavy German counter-attacks against booth French and British filled ',lite night. One eerrifie drive against the newly -won French positions in Maurepas was repulsed with heavy loss only •after a bitter struggle. Fol- lowing it the French pushed forward bothin the village itself and on the slopes of Hill 109 to the south-east, The Teutons were no more successful in attacks' against the British south- east of Guillemont,while north of Pozieres a contemplated blow was forestalled by a British aeroplane, which reported the concentration of large forces behind the Mounauret Farm, enabling the British artillery to take these battalions under a heavy fire and put them to flight. The British gains to -day take them nearer to bath Martinpuich and Cour-. celette, key positions on the l apaume road. The German statement tells of heavy attacks being repulsed along this line, and also of an 'attack in the Guil Lemont sector. INCOME EQUALS Iritiarkets of the World FRENCH TROOPS OW STRADDLE MAUREPAS-IIEM HIGHROAD BRIER BURDEN Breadstu.iis, Toronto, Aug, 15. --Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern, 31.59- No, 2 do., $1.57 No. 3, do„ $1.52. track Bay ports. lrianitoba oats --Ivo. . L`.\V., 554c ; Cha3acellor of Exchequer Mc -N°. 3, ao., 544e e.11'(1)..42. xtra xo, 1 feta, 54tc : British Gain Additional Ground North of Bazentin le Petit and No, 1 feed, 54c'; .Na, 2, do 64c track, Kenna Reveals Financial l nay ports. ' American corn -No, 3 yellow, 98e, Strength of Empire. tracks Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, GO to 510. A despatch from London says: ' "Mr= tewerhea No.0 1 id commercial, eginald McKenna, Chancellor of the $1.13 to $1.15 ; No. 2 do„ $1.10 to $7,.12; No. 3, do., 31.U3 to $1.06 feed, 95 to Exchequer, was subjected to criticism 97o, aeeeording to freights outside. New in the House of Commons on Thurs- crPeallo, °`No, $2; IS1. 6 to sere 8x.85, aceoraing day on the ground of over -reliance . to sample, $1.25 to $1.50, aecording to upon Treasury bills, his critics argu- frI3ari y a teal Ag, nominal ; feed. ing that the large ' amount of such notrzinal. I bills. outstanding constituted a danger, Buckwheat-Nominal. S e twxhea t - c zn ris oiaz, sG to 98c, ac - and that the Government ought to eardfng to freights outside. have issued another war loan, s fl Manitoba our --First patents, in jute + bags, 37.50 ; second patent. in -Jute In the course of his reply the Chan- bags, $7 ; strong bakers', in Jute bags. cellor. claimed that Great Britain was 36.ao, Toronto. able to borrow abroad at much lower Untaria flour•-;\ew, Y\`inter, according terms than any other belligerent Toronto. 'prompt shipme t "ag35 203eti power. He estimated the nation's to- $511 illbfeec,Sia of ,pilin tiered glenti.real tal indebtedness at the end of the freights, bagsz included -Bran, u'p'r ton,l present financial year to be £3,440,- ski as$hpe est n r32sn`to $17 9 good feed 000,000. !flour, per bag. $1.75 to $1.25, From that amount, said the Chan- i may $9 env, hTo. I, per ton, 3x0 to $12; tai 2, $9 to 9,50, It, Toronto. cellor, the nation was entitled to de-, Straw -car lots, per ton, $6 to $7, duct £800,000,000 loaned to Allies and , track, Toronto. Dominions of the empire, the sumoountry Peadaoe-W3iole5aae, left being a burden it could well sus- Butter -Fresh dairy. choice, 27 to 280; tain, as it was practically balanced by' tne31 n 24110 17 "to 31rery prints, 31 the national income. He declared ]Oggs-New-laid, 29 to 30e ; do., in Great Britain was in the position of °artotzs. 33 t° 35°' i3ea$4 a mau whose income was £5,000 and hand-plens-ked,,50 to $5,. the latter for whose debts amounted to £5,000, , Cheese-• New, large. 1st to 18iic which was not an alarming position. treDiesed poult y-Qiuekens'.�. 26 to°27e ' fowl, 23 to 25c,. Live Poultry -Chickens, 20 to 22o ; 8,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. fowl, 12 to 19c. PotatoesVirginia, new. barrel, 33.75! to 34 0U Property Damage in West Virginia ' Honey -Five -pound tins, 124 to 134;1 Cloudburst Very Heavy, .dOMaplebsliupa$111 per Imperial gal-, I A despatch from Charleston, W. ' 1011.. Va., says: Investigations conducted vrovisions-wholesale. i ever sinee daybreak, in the face of : Bnoon-Long Clear, 18 to 1S3/4c per lb. hams -'medium, 24 to 250: do., heavy such obstacles as prostrated telegraph 203 to 21c : rolls, 1:, to 1940: brealciast and telephone lines, vanished or im- bacon, 25 to 27c ; hocks, plain, 25c : passable roads, bridges and streams, s5 nioe ee a°ks, to 26c. Cooked bam, prove that the storm which swept the tuLa rig Itur la173/4cd, Pails s'17} °tool17c mining and lumber regions of Coal t propound, 14 to 143c. River and its tributaries on Wednes- day took a toll of more than 100 lives ? { Montreal Markets, caused property damage of approxi-eiontreal. Aug. 15. -Corn --American' :va. _Bellow, 99c to $1,00. Ua,ts--t mately 0,000,000 and made between alae li'estern, No, 2, Ile ; No. 3, 6s3e ; 8,000 and 10,000 homeless. The flood extra No. 1 feed, 561e. Flour -Mani - extended over an area of nearly400 soba ,prim wheat patents, ilrsts $1.x0 seconds, 37,70 strong bakers', $7.50 square miles, and reached its greatest winter patents, choice, $7.vu straight destructiveness in the valla of Paint rollers, $6.20 to $il.4o ; da,, bags, MVO Y' to 33.00. itolled oats-••23h1s. $5.3u to and Cabin Creeks, which are lined 55.65: do,, bags, 90 lbs, 3•-,55 to $2.65. with coal mines. The mines are flood- ligan $24•tzo. .harts, $56.00, :tliddlings, $28A0. ilouill]e, $31.00 to $34.00. Hay ed and otherwise injured to such an --No. 2, per ton. car lots, $17.60 to extent that it may be weeks before i&3i t' Aneet a ea tains. `\i73eTto' 18 to they can again be operated. I clutter -choicest creamery, 32 to 323c ; ,; 1 seconds, 803 to 31c. Bggs-Fresh, 35c ; AUSTRIAN PRISONERS selected, 33e ; •Na. 1 stock, azo. A BEGGARS' BRIGADE. Winnipeg Grain. d North-West of Pozieres. A despatch from London says The French and British continue their steady work of extending and consoli- dating their positions in the German second line and preparing for a pow- erful thrust at the third. There has not been a let up of an hour on the western front now in weeks, the allies here realizing that they must keep the Germans busily engaged to prevent the withdrawal of men to other fronts where the offensives of the other En- tente powers are sweeping back the Germans and Austrians. As on other days this week, the 13ri- tisk and French concerned themselves principally with attacks beyond Poz- ieres and in the district of Hem wood. Some particularly brilliant actions oc- curred on the French front, resulting according to the official report of the French War Office on Friday, in the further advance of the Freneh be- tween the Somme and Maurepas. The ridge for which Gen. Focht troops have been fighting for more than a week is now completely in their hands, the summit having been reach- ed in a dashing charge this afternoon. I The French now straddle the Mauve - ;pas -Hein highroad and hold the most dominant position in this sector. Night fighting enabled the British to gain some additional ground north of Bazentin le Petit and north-west of Pozieres, where the apex of the British wedge Is now approaching the Martiapuich ridge. Haig's report on Friday night deals principally with aerial adventures, in enact' 68 British machines carried out extensive bomb- ing operations against the German concentrations at Brussels, Namur, Mons, l3ussigny and. Courtrai, all points far behind the Kaiser's front On the Verdun front the respite continued for another day, broken only by small raiding actions, in which the French gained minor successes on both banns of the Meuse. The artil- lery combat continues with violence, and another German aeroplane has been shot down by a member of the Franco -American Flying Corps. Two more British aeroplanes also have leen lost as a result of their dar- ing exploits behind the German lines. NEW BILI ISIS LOAN 21LI OF MS FOR $2OO,O©O,9 H- B1 N Will be Floated in the -United States About a Month Hence.. A despatch from New Ycrk says: Several prominent financial ^.nterests in this and other large cities, it was learned on Wednesday from authori- tative sources, have been approached by J. P. Morgan and Company, Lnatz- cial agents of the British Govern- ment, regarding a new loan to that Government of between $150,000,000 and $200,000,000. The negotiations thus far have not been in the form of general terms, but simply as feelers as to how a loan of this sort would be taken in the near future. The credit, it was learned, probably will take a similar form to the French loan recently Boated by the same institution. Noth- ing definite could be learned regard- ing the terms, Wall Street does not Winnipeg, Aug 15. -Cash nuatations look for an announcement for at least -V. heat -No. 1 Northern, $1.51§ ; No^'another month, A. despatch to The London Times' 2 Northern, $1.49 ; No,N30 Northern, from Italian Headquarters says: "The! $1.443 ; No, 4, $x^403 N°• 5, It is generally expected that the ms -leo. 2 No' 49Ic ; No. 3 Austrian prisoners whom I have seen feet ; ezctra No. i feta, 433e ; No, a new loan will be secured by Amari -1 were made up of stalwart youths and feed. 491e : Ne. 2 feed, 43c. 33arley can stocks and bonds which the Brit - men over forty. There seemed to be feea3, etc' No. Noel eJe tC,^a' i 3u , ish Government have been mobilizing none between. They were in the worst No. 2 c.iv., 31.30. through the borrowing process. According to information available • possible condition, with nothin re- sembling united a uniform -a veritable beg- ':tinned nice Aug, es, tXat- -Wheat Septem-, at present, an American corporation gars' brigade -and they quite bore' bell, $1.491 ; December, $1.49$ io $1.50 ; owned American securities. This car- { out the statements of an escaped \u ob hard d.5331i ;5&Na. 2 Northern,rth 4613 t potation will issue its own debentures , Russian,• with whom I spoke on Sun- to $1.611x. Corn -No. 3 yellow, s2 to will be formed to hold the British-; day morning, about the extremely bad 83c. oats --No, 3 white, 431 to . 433c. against the collateral, as in the case Flour, fanny patents, $7.90 wood ; Ville:. equipment and food of the Austrian clears, $s.20 ; other grades u.ncizangea.; of the recent French loan. troops on the Isonzo. Very few of Bran, $19,00 to $20.50. cartridges in their belts, which goes tember, 52.13 asked ; October, $2.19 ENGLISH CLERGYMAN to show how unprepared the Austad, asked ; November, $2.141, asked ; Dec- FOUGHT IN RANKS. ans were for an attack upon them. MORE RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE LANDED IN FRANCE. Toronto, Aug. 15. -Choice heavy ister in charge of Kennington Mission steers, $8.15 to 38,35 ; good heavy in British Columbia when the war A despatch from Brest says: An- good, $90 to $1500 butchers' cattle,' p y ,good, 57so to $s.1s ; 'do., medium, 37.25 broke- out. With his bishop's per - other contingent of Russian troops butter ' bulls a oho ce' s•as o &�ao ; mission he returned to Burnley, his has been landed here. The soldiers ao„ good buns, 36.65 to 56.75 ; do., rough native town in Lancashire, and was were given an enthusiastic welcome. b hoice,$$s °s5 t?o $$5 00 dutehe a, ci 50 gazetted captain in the R.F.A., hay- - first Russian troops to land in to $6.75 ; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.10 ; ing previously held the rank of major France arrived at Marseilles on April stockers, 700 to 850 ii lbs, $6.00 to $6,40: in the Territorials. 20, having sailed half way round the can 3ers eeand ' cutters, a'$3 500 to 34.50 ' world from Vladivostok. They were milkers, choice, each, $70.00 to $90.00 followed by three other contingents, sp,'inger'sa 550 00 .to 250.00 0.00ttht$ e0 es,' and after a short rest were sent into $7.65 to 58.75: sheep, heavy, $4.64 to the troches in Cham ague. Nothing $6.35: spring Iambs, per lb, llc to Mc: Champagne. calves, good to choice, $10.50 to $11.50 : has been made public officially as to do.,'medium, $9,00 to $10.00 hogs, fed and . watered, $12.50 to . 312.65: do., the number of this Russian expeul- tveighea off cars, $12.75 to 512.5 ; do.. tionary force, but unofficial estimates f.o.b„ 311,75. have placed the strength of the first Montreal, Aug, 16. -Good steers, $8 {o $8.26 ; fair at $7 to $7.75, and the contingent at not less than 20,000 lower grades down to $6 to $6.25 ; men. butcher cows, from $5.25 to 37, and bulls these men had more than one hundred 32,13 tohc2 at •; It arrive e52.13 ; track =! �- ember, 32.12 bid. Wheat -No, 1 hard_ $1,533 ; No. 1 Northern, $1.514 to $1.52 No, 2 Northern, 31.42 to $1.49 ; Septem- ber, 31.60. Live Stook Markets. A despatch from London says: Capt. Thomas Riley, who has just died in France from wounds, was min - GOVERNMENT HELP TO FIRE SUFFERERS. Federal Authorities Contribute $100,- 000 to Relief Associations. A despatch from Ottawa says: A message has been . received by the Government from the president of the Northern Ontario Fire Relief As- sociation expressing his thanks at the generous contribution of $100,000 to the fire sufferers, and asking the Government to nominate a member of the board which is to supervise the distribution of the relief. This . the Government does not think necessary, as it is confident the money will be wisely expended. PROPOSAL TO CLOSE LUTHERAN SCHOOLS. A despatch from Melbourne, Aus- tralia, says: The Government of Vic- toria has under consideration a pro- posal to close all the Lutheran schools in the State. It is expected that action will be taken du the near future. $25,000 FROM CANADA FOR KITCHENER FUND. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Dominion Government has contributed $25,000 to the Kitchener Memorial Funs, which is being raised through- out the Empire in commemoration of the great British soldier. The thanks of the committee which, iS handling the matter have been received. from 55.50 to 37.25 per cwt. ; lambs at 57 250 to per 511 per and calves Sheep,56.503to HIogs at 512.75 to 518, and short -run heavy weights and roughstock at $11.75 to 512.50 per cwt, weighed off cars. INFANTILE PARALYSIS AT FORT WILLIAM. A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: Two eases of infantile paralysis have broken out in the city, one in the east -end of the city and the other in the municipality of Neebing, The health authorities are taking every precaution to prevent a spread. A large slumber of children have died within the past few days from Sum-. mer complaint. - ALLIED GUNS ACTIVE AGAINST THE BULGARS. A despatch from Saloniki says: The heavy allied guns of the Entente al- lies -have • begun 'a bombardment of the Bulgarian positions at Lake Doi- ran, in Greek Macedonia, it was semi- officially announced here on Thursday. The bombardment was of great.efec- tiveness. • ARMY WORM ATTACKS WESTERN FLAX FIELDS. A despatch from Mooee Jaw says : -The dreaded army worm has made its appearance in the Moose Jaw: dis- trict, a -farmer living at Tilney, Sask., having reported Saturday that a large number of the pests are now feeding on his flax. The field attacked is of about 100 acres., and so far four acres' have been destroyed. LED Ten Zeppelins Raid the English and Scotch Coast. A despatch from London says: From seven to ten Zeppelins took part in the air raid early on Wednesday on the east coast of Frgland and south- eastern Scotland, according to an of- ficial statement in the afternoon. About 100 bombs were dropped and 23 casualties were eausel. The com- manders of the airships seemed in doubt as to their whereabouts, as they frequently shut di the engines and hovered in the air for minutes at a time. The raider which visited Scotland flew over a spar-ely populated dig trist and its bombs were dropped in fields and on hillsides. Another raid- er dropped twenty-six bombs in the open ground between two villages. One man, two women and three chil- dren were killed in a north-eastern town. Five men, six women and six boys were injured. Correspondents in the districts visited by the Zeppelins telegraph that the airsln,,s flew at a great height. They were subjected to a very heavy Are from anti-aircraft guns, which comzielled them to make a hasty retreat. One airship dropped twenty and another incendiary bombs, some of which fel: into the sea. As on all recent raids, ..nany of the bombs fell on open ground or into the water as the airships were making off. MINISTRY OF LABOR IN BRITISH CABINET. A despatch from London says: Arthur Henderson's new position as labor adviser to the Government will bo made regular by legislation. In labor circles it is understood that the retention of Mr, Henderson in the Cabinet will mean the creation of a Ministry of Labor, the problems of labor and trade after the war render- ing such a step desirable. STANISLAU C 11\ TSE R[SSMN Great Railway Centre in Galicia Taken by General Letchitsky' Army. A despatch from London says :- Stanislau, next to Lemberg the most important railway city in Galicia, has fallen to the Russians. Gen. Letchitzky's army, which has been hammering at the city's gates for more than a week, taking one far - tilled barrier after another, captured its objective on Thursday, in a swift dash 'across the River Czarna Bystri- tza. The city's fall was officially an- nounced by Petrograd on Friday, and is admitted by the Austrian War Office which in its statement says : "We evacuated Stanislau without a fight." The garrison and the army which had been defending the city's eastern approaches ,escaped. -Fleeing north- wards along the Stanislau-Lemberg railway, the Teuton forces are hotly .pursued in the direction of Halice, another important railway town 15 miles to .the north. The Capture of this town is believed to be only a mat. ter of hours. Meanwhile the Russian left wing, acting in conjunction with Letchitz• lty's Stanislau army, resumed its drive against the Teuton Carpathian forces and captured Delatyn, their main base, according to official admission on Friday night. Petrograd is silent on this success, but all indications are that the long and bitterly-foughtfor Russian aim, to separate the Teuton southern wing from the northern armies is near its realization, if it is not already acomplished. GOGOVERIMEN MAY CONFISCATE ALL GERMAN -OWNED PROPERTY . This Action Is to Ensue in Retaliatibn for the Execution of Capt. Charles Fryatt. A despatch from London says: That the British Government is con- templating the confiscation of all the German -owned property in England in retaliation for the execution of, Capt, Charles Fryatt of the English line: Brussels, was revealed in the House of Lords on Wednesday by Lord Lansdowne. Re stated' that the Government was consulting with fin- ancial houses as to the advisability of taking the step. The. Gerinan pro e•t in E runs J gland n;, into many iitfiti- j dreds of milliom of dollars,