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BRITISH \FISSION
TO RUSSIA
Rehresentatives of the Different
Political Opinions Includedin
Delegation to Russia.
A despatch from London says:—In
connection with the approaching visit
of George II, Roberts, Lord Com-
missioner of the Treasury; Samos
Ramsay MacDonald, chairman of the
Labor party, and Frederick W. Jowett,
president of the Independent Labor
party to Russia, the following author-
ized statement has been issued:
"Sincerely desirous of meeting the
views of the Russian Government
that they should bo enabled to learn
at first hand the opinions of all sec -
.tions of British thought, the Govern-
ment is facilitating the journey to,
Aussia of the representatives of dif-
iere}l,„t political opinion, Among these
re factions with a very small follow -
rig, who latterly have not been over-
enthusisatic in the vigorous prosecu-
tion of the .war.
"The British Government has no-
thing to hide. They entered the war
`-ill defence of the rights of small na-
tions and democracies, freedom and
$ustice—a brutal war was forced upon
the allies, who were in a state of total
unpreparedness -and now they are in
e very different position. The can-
iiot allow Germany to profit by the
Tlaid NOW OVER
RUSSIA WILL FIGHT
Germans Look for Renewal of
Hostilities on Eastern
Front.
A despatch from the Hague says:
The Germans undoubtedly expect
heavy fighting on the Eastern front,
Recent arrivals in ITolland state that
numerous transports of men and naval
gwis are going eastward. The latter
feature is novel, and appears to indi-
cate a shortage of heavy and high-
angle field artillery. The Iatest Ger-
man communiques continue to refer to
the increasing artillery duel along the.
whole Eastern front. The Frankfur-
ter Gazette Thursday morning pub-
lished aleading article emphatically
warning the public that the so-called
unofficial truce is now over, and the
Entente apparently succeeded in ar-
ranging for a 'simultaneous offensive
on all fronts. The paper says the Kai-
ser's warning to the troops on the
Western front that a decision is now
at hand referred to the corning com-
bined offensive. It is significant that
Theodore Wolff again warns the Ger-
man public to abandon all hopes of a
separate peace with Russia, whilst
the Dutch .pacifist press Thursday
night accuses the German Chancellor
of clumsiness in his treatment' of the
gains wrested from them unscrupu1= Russian situation.'
ously and in defiance of all right. BRITISH DESTROYER
y • N MAP YF
BRITISH AT. RS
How Enemy Subs Are Advised
of the Presence of
Merchantmen.
A despatch from London says:—A
despatch from Christiania says that
The Tidens Tegn publishes a map
hound on a spy taken at Gothenburg
ehlowing the seas about the British
Isles, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic.
The map is marked in numbered,
squares and has a telegraphic code
tae
at hed..
In this code "barrel" means tor-
eedo boat, and nationalit"y is convey-
d by "quality." Thus an apparent-
ly innocent business message reading
"Six hundred barrels, first quality,"
would mean "British torpedo boats in
square 600." A message reading "Six
hundred black," would be a notifica-
tion that a Norwegian merchantman
was in square 600.
The paper also publishes details of
how the Gerinans obtain and niain-
tain agents everywhere, providing in-
formation about shipping and naval
movements, helping submarines to
sink merchantmen and escapee, war-
abips.
SAVES NORSE SHIP..
Intercepts a German Subtinarine and
Forces it to Submerge.
A despatch from Boston says: The
Norwegian steamer Noi'uega, which.
arrived at an American port on Wed
nesday, reported an escape from at
tack by a submarine while 300 mile
off the Norwegian coast. The Nor
wegian was "accompanied by .a British
steamer and was under convoy of a
British destroyer when the Noruega's
lookout - sighted a periscope dead
ahead. The destroyer was notified and,
slipped, in betweenstthe steamer and
the submarine in an attempt to ram
the underwater boat, but the sub-
marine plunged in time to save itself.
s.
LINER FROM HOLLAND
REACHES ATLANTIC PORT
A despatch from'New York says:—
The first liner from Holland since
January 23 has arrived at an Atlantic
port with 223 first, 341 second and 974
third-class passengers, via Halifax,
where she was detained two days for
examination. There were 119
Americans among the passengers, of
whom 72 were survivors of submarine
sinkings in the North Sea and the.
Erelish Channel.
CUSTOMSREVENUE
FOR MAY IS RECORD
BRITISH CASUALTIES A. despatch from Ottawa says:—
FOR MONTH -OF ikIAY. The customs revenue for May amo t-
ed to $17,144,368, the largest monthly
A despatch from London says: return in the history of the country.
British casualties as;,. published in The revenue increased by $4,089,987,
May show.a total of 5,1302 officers and as compared with the corresponding
106,831 men, as folrews: month last year. For the two
Officers. Men. Total months of the fiscal,year' which have
Ii►illed ........ 1,552 25,838 27,390 now elapsed the total customs revenue
Wounded ... . 3,762 75,718 79,480 was $31,293,525, as compared with
Missing , 828 6,428 7,248 '$23;400,953 for the corresponding
p dung.
period during the past fiscal year.
FELONY TO HOARD
FOOD IN THE STATES.
A despatch from Washington says:
A stringent amendment to' the Gore
food bill, making it a felony to hoard;
not been received, but :in February food products or other' necessities
the total reported was only 1,243 of- to
Life or to resort to any:scheme to
ficers and 17,185 men, create a shortage,was
The assertion of the . British that adopted by the
their losses are fiftySenate on'Thursday. by a viva voce
per cent. smaller I vote. It is regarded by the Senate as
than in the Battle of the; Somme, not by far the most potent of all the food
withstanding the fact that larger l legislation considered by
forces are. engaged; is not borne out Is Congress,
iy the May figures,although iland is interpreted,by Senators as
absence of the casualty_repot for' marrying the real solution of the food
April, early in which month the often- J Droblem.
sive was launched, the showing is not RUSSIANS DRIVE BACK TUR
Conclusive. The casualties""recorded h S`
fn the first three months of the Somme A despatch from Pe
drive were 307,169 officers and men. Trroops' of the Russian
says:
ssian Caucasus.
In August of last year,' the second anny have successfully beaten
Month of 'the Somme battle,'the I hostile attacks at several off
essualties were 127,945, as compared Armenia and en the Mesopotamian in
with 112,233 for May, the second front, ,according soposamiar
month of the Arras' battle. - u g to Thursday's War
Office statement.
The total of rasualtiesis 114,118.
• The British ' offcrnsive on the Arras
front, involving some of the severest
fighting of the war, naturally has re -
salted in a Iarge increase. in casualties
over the inactive Winter season. Cas-
talties for the last few months have
- 4a -
Lord
Lord Bacon reminds us that "God
God
;i9.lmighty first planted garden" and
He (relating thrilling experience):
"We were having a terrible time until
Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour,
British. Foreign Secretary, leade'r of the B
United States. to confer with British Commission sent , the
of the war. Mr. Balfour and the members authorities regarding- the conduct
Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa,;Montreal and the the Commission visitedo
Ontario.industrial districts of
FRIG' TRAFFIC
n
TO ATLANTIC PORTS
Wooden Vessels Being; Built at
Vancouver for This
Ser vice
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Two wooden vessels are now being
built in Vancouver for the Dominion
Government as the nucleus of a
freight -carrying service between Van-
couver and Cahadian Atlantic ports.
A statement to this effect was made
in the 'Commons Tuesday night by
Hon. Dr. Reid during' a discussion of
the estimates df the Customs Depart-
ment.
The Minister expressed his belief'
that Canadian ships could handle
freight from Canadian ports just as
cheaply as it could be handled from
Now York. The start would be made
with th, two ships ordered, and upon
the success of the experimenter, de-
pended further action. The ships or-
dered' would be auxiliary vessels' with
a.
sed
s o
f ei •
A lit
or i•.
g ane
knots
an
hour.
DANGER FROM ZEPPELINS
Only when the Aerial Monster is Ap-
proaching,'; is There Cause For
Alarm.
-- The citizen en
of the
old
land who sees
a Zeppelin overheard travelling at nor-
mal speed need have little fear of the
aerial, monster and death -dealer, and
may, if he please, satisfy his curiosity
by gazing skyward and watching 'its
flight.
The; explanation of this immunity is.
that the height from which a Zepp.
must necessarily operate, and the
speed at which it travels, militates
greatly against accuracy of aim. , Thus
a Zepp. seldom finds the bull's-eye.
Further, a bomb dropped from: a
height of 8,000` feet, whilst the airship
is speeding along at the rate of the
Flying Scotchman, would strike the
ground not less than three -eights of a
file in front:of the spot over which
he Zepp; was at that moment travel-
ing. Thus the people who are in
anger are those who see the Zepp:
o ring.
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BRAZIL .LOINS
ENTENTE ALLIES
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Indications That Chile Will Fol-
,
low Brazil's Example.
A despatch from Rio de Janeiro
says:—The Brazilian Senate voted on
Thursday authorizing an alliance of
Brazil with `other States to defend
the American republics against the
world."
A despatch from Washingston says:
-Despatches to the State' Department
from Chile indicate that the course
of Brazil in relation to the war be-
tween Germany and the United States
has created a profound impression
upon the Chilean press. There were
•indications that public sentiment in
Chile favors -action on the part of the
Chilean Government similar to
Brazil's. The Chilean press is in-
sisting that the' solidarity of American
republics ought not to be broken up.
GREATER PRODUCTION.
Increased Output From Canada's Fish-
eries to be Undertaken:
The Canadian Fisheries' Association
1
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rnent In tablet form, will cure
stoma
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stomach trouble, lcidncy and liver
trouble;three month treatment with
our certified gu rn nt for o dollar,
postpaid. Renderson herb Co, 113 d �
713padina Ave., Toronto; assents wanted.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs
Toronto, :Tune 5 --Manitoba wheat --No
Official quotations.
Manitoba oats—No officialquotations,
American corn—No official quota-
tions, •
Ontario oats—No official quotations.
No. 3 white, no official quotations.
American Legion on Leave From:
Front Conduct Notable
Cereinoiny,
A despatch from London' says:
When the first Canadian expeditionary
force was formed many Americans
crossed the border and enlisted for
service in Europe, There was ' a
sprinkling from every state in the
Union. They were drafted into ape -
Ontario wheat --No, 2 'winter-, per cin 1 dal battalions, and for' a"" time 'wore
$2,53, according to freights outside.
Peas—No. 2, nominal,' according to
freights. outside.
Barley—Mal ting, nominal, according
to freights outside.
Rye—No. 2, 52.40, nominal, according
to reghts outside.
Tt anitoba flour—First patents, in: jute
bag's, 513.50; second patents, 10 jute
bags, 13.00; strong bakers', in jute
bags'$12GO Tor
lot, $2.60 to $2.55, No 3 do $245 to
•
file distinctive badges which proclaim-
ed thein nationality. Representations,
however, were made by the United
States Government to have the badge
altered and the men merged into - the
Canadian force. After over two years'
waiting they may now reclaim their
nationality.' These battalions will be
On'tarlo
sample, 511.00 to $11.10, in bags, track 'flour—Win according to I styled The American Legion." ; Tho
Toronto, prompt shipment, t'•
M1llfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included—Bran, per ton,
$37; shorts, per ton, :5411 middlings, per
ton. 540; good feed flour, per bag, 52.50
to $2.50,
flay-111xtra No. 2, per ton, 512.50 to
513.50; mixed, per tun, 59 to $11.50,
Track Toronto.
r•`Sonto.traw—Car lots, per
itle is unofficial, but 'means a great
deal.
On Wednesday this legion deposited
its colors in St, Paul's Cathedral, The
ceremony was impressive, and will go ,_°
down in history as the first ceremony
in which American and British troops
attended Church service together dur-
ing the war. A majority of the mem-
bers of the American Red Cross unit,
officers, nurses and men, attended. All
the American members of the Cana-
dian force in the London command
were allowed leave so that they could
be present. The colors were deposited
on the altar after being handed to
Dean Inge by a color party of Amer-
ican citizens enlisted in the Canadian
force, who had come over with the
first Canadian division, The standards
were carried from the altar to the
north transept while "Onward, Chris-
tian Soldiers," was sung by the choir
and congregation. The colors were de-
posited in the north transept, and
there will remain until another cere-
mony is performed, when a party re-
moves them and conveys them over-
sea again.
ton, 50, track To -
Country Produce—Wholesale
Futter—Fresh dairy, choice, 39 to 40c;
creamery prints, 43 to 46c; solids, 42 to
430.
Eggs—New-laid, in cartons, 45 to 46c;
out of cartons, 43c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 60c;
fowl, 24 to 25c; ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs;
Per doz., $4.00 to 54,50; turkeys, 30. to
32c.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, lb., 40
to 45c; hens, lb., 22 to 25c,
Cheese New, large, 255 to 270; twins,
263 to 273c; triplets, 27 to 275c; old,
large, 29c;. twins, 2,93c.
Honey—comb—Extra fine and heavy
weight, per doz., $2,76; select,' $2.50 to
$2.75; No. 2, 52 to 52;25.
Maple syrup Imperial gallon, 51,75.
Potatoes—On track Ontario, .per bag,
54.25; New Brunswick Delawares, per
EJbeg,, whites54,40;, Albertas,bag,$4,
' per bag, • 54.00; P.
00.
Beans—Imported, hand-picked, Man-
ohurian, 58.00 to $8.50 per bush; Limas,
per ib., 19 to 20c,,"
Provisions—W holes ale
Smoked
medium,
oo31;dhameats—Hams,,25tccokd, 41
42c; rolls, 26 to 27c; breakfast bacon,
33 to 35c; backs, plain, 36c; boneless,
390.
Lard—Puce lard, tierces, 263 to 27c;
tubs, 27 to 271e; pails,. 275 to 271c; com-
pound,_ tierces, 2150; tubs, 219c; pails,
22e.
Cured 'Yneats—Long clear bacon, 24 to
25c per lb; clear bellies, 24 to 25c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, June 6-Oats—Canadian
western, No, 2, 80c; do., No. 3, 77e; ex-
tra No, . 1 feed, ed
, 7 7c.
Barley—MMaa lting,
51.13. Flour—Man. r
Sp Sng wheat;pt�tents
firsts, .5,13.60; seconds,' 513.10; strong
bakers', $12,90;,. Winter patents, choice,
$14,25; straight rollers, '$13,50 to '513;80;
do., bags, 56.60 to• $6;68,; Rolled oats,
barrels, $8.15 to 59.26; do., bags, 90 lbs,,
Nliddl to $4.50'.
4,$46 to 1560. 538.
$50$4 to
555. 2IayNo,."2, per ton, car lots, 513
to 513.50. Cheese—Finest westerns, 23
to 2350; do., egsterns, 22 to 225o. But-
ter—Choicest creamery, 391c; seconds,
39c, Eggs—Flesh, 43o. Potatoes, per
bag, car lots, 33.75 to 54.00,
Winnipeg drain
"Winnipeg, June 5—Cash prices:—
do., 52.33; No 3,52.3; No 4,36; 52.16 oNo.
5, $1.91; No. 6, 51.60; feed, $1.15; basis
contract—May, 52.36; June, 52.31; July,
52.26. Oats—No, 2 C."W„ 674c; No. 3,
do., 64 c; extra No. 1 feed, 645c, Barley
—No. 3, $1.1S; No. 4, $1.12; rejected, 51;
feed, $1. Flax—No. 1 N -W C., $2.795;
No. 2 C.W., $2.965; No. 3, do., 52.565,
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, June 5—Choice heavy steers,
312.15 to 512.60; good heavy steers,
511.86 to $12; butchers' cattle, choice
ido medium, $10 to 10 25 d
.90 to $12; do., good; $11 to 511.50,
„
$9'mdito $9,40; butchers bulls" chooice com$1m0on,
50
to $11; do„ good bulls, $9,75 to $10; do.,
medium bulls, $8,50 to $9; do., sough
bulls, $6:40 to 56 60•
SECOND
STA
�1
�ti„7 OF
ITALIAN ADVANCE
Hold All Gains aaid Occupy Hills
on
Left
Bank of the ISotazo.
A despatch from London says; The
second stage of the Italian advance on
the Isonzo front, which began on May
23, has been conducted with as great
a determination and conspicuous suc-
cess as the first stage, which won : for
Italy the Kuk and Vodice heights.
Developments of . Cadorna's plans
show he is attacking in force on a.
broad front of 25 miles from the sea
on the right. to Plava on the left, and
the second and third Italian armies
are already committed to this attack.
Both . armies have ;done famously.
The' second, army has held all its
gains on Kuk and Vodice heights, and
.even extended them, while it has de-
feated with signal success numerous
powerful counter-attacks. by the ene-
my, to whom the loss of this position
has evidently been a most unpleasant
surprise. The whole crest of the line
of hills on the left bank of, the Isonzo.
is now in Italianaoccupatjon from be
utchers' cows, tween Vodice and Monte Santo to the
"r5: d
choice, $10.25 to $10.
o., good, $9:25 h h
to 510; do., medium, 55 to 58,75; stock-
ers, 57.50 to 50.00; feeders, , 59.50 to
$10,25; canners and cutters, 55.50 to
$6.60; milkers, good to choice, $S5 to
5110; do., coir. and med., each, 540 to
560, springers, 560 to $110; light ewes,
512 to 513;, sheep, heavy, 58.50 to '59.50;
calves, good to choice, 512 to 514; spring
lambs, each, 58. to' 511; lambs, choice, 515
to $16 do,,: medium, 511 to $12.50; hogs,
fed and watered, $16.50; wei. e
1st 60 do gh d off
eat 2lltreal Jun 5 --Spring ambs, $7 to Racial Poisons Reap_ Ghastly Toll
patriotic 5e1v1ce in 512• old sheep, $11.50 to $13; selected Amon
undertaking an eaten hogs, $17.00 to $17.60 g the Babies.
for an increased output from Canada's
'fisheries. es:
It i
s
the intention of th
Association to not onlyhav
e the splen- p
312 3
did` fisheries of the Dominion contrl-
o be commended for its commercial( ;DI $ls,7o, do., f.ob•,$15.7I
enterprise
and atrioti e
81V
e
campaign
erg t between Plava and Daskla,
while Monte Santo itself, though not
yet captured, is being seriously as
sailed. San Gabrielle, is coming in for
a good hammering from the guns.
POISONING THE, CHILDREN.
n� 9 C AN
lief of the immediate grave shortage
bute as largely as possible to the re- TROOPS OOd OV5
of food, but also to promote perman-
ent development of our fisheries on a e
much greater scale: In serving the ,sniff of Fofces Which Had Sailed
particular interests which it repre-
sents, the Canadian .Fisheries' Asso-
ciation, like the Canadian ForestryyAs-
sociation, Canadian Mining Institute,
Pulp and Paper Association, the great
farmers' organizations and numerous of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
other influential bodies identified with who had sailed for England up to May
promoting and protecting primary 1st last was 312,503, according to- in -
production in its various phased, can formation furnished by Hon. J. D.
at• the same time be of great service Reid on behalf of the, Minister
in assisting more ,oe
proportionate na- Militia to Hon. Frank Oliver in the
tional development than Canada has Commons on Wednesday, The total
been securing during the present cen- number who were on duty in Canada
Wry.
The number of babies under one
year old
who died in the British Isles
last year far exceeded the total fatal-
ities of the British forces on land
Sand sea,: according \to statistics pre-
sented by Mrs. Duncan Harris in an
address upon child welfare at the
Bishopsgate Institute, London.`
"The tragedy of this record," said
For England Up To Mrs, Harris, "lies in the 'fact that
May lst.
these little ones lost their lives from
largely preventable causes." -
A despatch from Ottawa says:— Referring to' the three great ra-
The total numbel•'of 0fficere and meii.. cial poisons of civilized' cellntrles--
alcohol, consumption and syphilis"--.
Mrs. Harris declared that the last-
named poison was taking a ghastly -
toll
of the children. "Out of the
100,000 children who die each year
before they are a twelve-month old,"
she said, "it is estimated that 50,000
die, directly or indirectly, from the
on May lst was 25,475, effects of this disease,"
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