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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-6-17, Page 7Calls on Berlin for Assurances sidenf Wilson Notifies Kaiser That Laws Must be Respected. hi says; despatch. from Washington s Ys; President Wilson called upon Ger- many for an expression as to whether or not she ,intends to abide by the principles of international law as re- gards lives American and America A s m ships. He has asked in effect for a prompt response, and on the reply to ,thin�__question probably will depend whet ler or not the cordial relations between the two Governments are to continue. Tli demand is regarded by official Washington as the crux of the note which President Wilson despatch- ed to Germany. All other points in the communication were intended to be subordinate and incidental to this. Two features of the note, while in no wise modifying the demand for as- surances as to the future, hold the door open to Germany for a possible alteration of her submarine pro- gramme. One of these is the Presi- dent's invitation to Germany to sub- mit any "convincing evidence" in its possession that the United States officials failed to perform their duties in examining the Lusitania before she sailed. The other is the President's offer to convey to Great Britain or Germany any intimation or sugges- tion either Government may be will- .. ing to make and his in- vitation to the Imperial German Gov ernment to make use of the services of the United States in this way. This latter proposal is in answer to the reference in the German nan note to the efforts already made by the United States to bring about a modi- fication of Germany's submarine pro- gramme through obtaining Great Bri- tain's consent to importations of food cargoes into. Germany for the civil population. This effort on the part of the United States came to naught, and instead of acting upon Germany's intimation that it might be renewed, the President now lays upon the Kai- ser and his advisers the responsibility of making any proposals to Great Britain. The kernel of the President's note to Germany is found in this conclud- ing sentence: "The Government of the United States deems it reasonable to expect that the Imperial German Govern- ment will adopt the measures neces- sary to put these principles (those of international law) into praetice in re- spect to the safeguarding of American ships, and asks for assurances that this will be done." IMP ran. RRADISCA FALLS 10 THE ITALIANS Successful Operations on All Three Fronts Against Austrians Have Been Made. A despatch from Rome' says: An official statement made at the main headquarters of the Italian army says that the Italians are now solidly es- tablished in the Austrian city of Gradisca„ which, it is stated, has been held by the Italian advanced troops for some days. The full statement, which is signed by Lieut. -General Count Cadorna, chief of staff of the Italian army, follows: "Some progress has been made at different points along the front. A reconnaissance party beyond Monte- nero found in the gorges recently ex- plored by our fire the wreckage of rifles and machine guns abandoned by the enemy, and the bodies of forty Austrians. "Enemy forces comprising six bat- talions, coming from Plezo (in Aus- tria, 89 miles north-west of Gorizia) LENDER% SAVED FRO)I TILE KOH. GrHENAN AGENTS FOOT STJRK S Aim. Is to Render Idle Big Pactoories In the United States Who Are Supplying Arms to Allies. A despatch from New York says: Agents of Germany, it has been learn- ed in reliable quarters, have taken stepswith the aim of sta ting strikes ikes in the big factories that are supplying arms ,ammunition and other war sup- plies for the allies, They have worked out with minute detail a gigantic plan by which they hope to prevent the filling of many of the contracts through strikes of the employes. While they may not expect to stop entirely the shipment of the orders that are variously esti- mated at between $300,000,000 and perhaps $500,000,000, they are ]loping for a breakdown in the immense basi- nese now being done in this county. It was not decided to tamper with labor until many other schemes, aim- ed to cut off the war supplies business in this country, had failed utterly. Various efforts have been made by German sympathizers or agents of Germany, either known or concealed, to stop the export of vast quantities of supplies from the United States for the soldiers of the allied countries. First there was attempted national legislation; then a personal appeal by W3ILLETT MPAP 0 WiNN'PEo RONTO, OM�ieS L, 1, . E.W.DlLLETT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO ,ONT. WINNIPEG MONTREAL The best yeast in 41 the world. IMakes II& perfect MADE AN CANADA DA. N 1 L _ D ED ALIVE N B�Q I UNDER SHELTERS The Terrible Effect on the Enemy of The French Artillery Fire, A despatch from Paris says: The French official "eye -witness" in an article on the fighting in the vicinity east of Tracy -le -Mont gives the de- tails of the capture by the French forces several days ago of the Quen- nevieres farm. Count von Bernstorff, the German "Throughout the' day there was a Ambassador, to Secretary of State heavy bombardment of the entire Bryan; next a big scheme of Germans German position, which was cvontin- to buy up the big plants; next an of-• ued during the night by aerial torpe- fort to swamp these same factories does and musketry. Our fire was very with orders for German supplies that effective, the two battalions which never would be shipped from this Russian Infantry Defeated Germans country. in Galicia with Surprising All these schemes having failed, Ease. plans are now being set on foot to start labor agitation in the different A despatch from Petrograd says: plants that have received the greatest composed of Zouaves, Tirailleurs, Mo - Russian infantry with surprising ease amount of orders. It is said now that roccans and Bretons, who, without has inflicted a succession of great de- money is not lacking for the spread- haversacks, carried three days' ra- feats on the Germans in East Galicia. ing of the propaganda by which the tions, 250• rounds of ammunition, hand The main attack of the enemy was Germans hope to cause general wide- grenades and a sack filled with earth conducted at Moszick with heavy spread labor discontent and bring to serve as a temporary shelter in the guns on the railways, but it was spent about strikes. The scheme has been captured trench. before the Germans reached the barb- evolved by a master mind, but the "When the command to "charge was ed wire entanglements in front of the head workers in the conspiracy are given, the whole line, as one man, main position. They retreated in ut- not expected to come in touch with rushed across. Slight opposition was most disorder, leaving thousands of the workingmen. By working through encountered. Only one uqick-firer was dead. various channels they are said to have used by the Germans, which occasion - Simultaneously the Russians start- succeeded already in influencing local ed small losses. The attack was be - ed an enveloping movement against labor leaders in the different cities gun at 10.15 o'clock, and half an hour Gen. Linsingen's army which hadand towns unwittingly to formulate later the first prisoners were brought crossed the Dniester River. The Rus- demands on the employers. to the officers' headquarters. sian infantry with magnificent dash "The `clean sweep' ordered had been attacked the Germans, who had a M rapid and complete. Two hundred and held the position suffering heavy loss- es, many of the men being buried alive beneath their bomb -proof cel- lars. "We attacked with four battalions, quantity of three-inch guns, and drove MOST VULNERABLE CITY. fifty prisoners were the sole surviv- them from the woods. They annihi- - ors of the two battalions. The rein- lated one division and captured be- Venice Has Poorest Chance in War forcements which the Germans endea- sides 261 officers, 9,300 men, 17 field of Italy. vored to bring up were mown down by :attempted, according to statements guns and 49 machine guns. The fight- our 75s. Two thousand of our ad - made by prisoners, to take our troops ing lasted two days. With Italy in the war, a spot dear versaries were placed •out of action. in the regio of Montenero in the The Germans are now entirely i to the tourist, the traveller and the "The Zouaves continued on past the rear. The attinpt was frustrated by southward of the Dniester. Evidently; lover of the artistic and romantic is second line of trenches toward Tout - the energetic resistance and rapid they intended to develop in enormous I in peril. Venice of all the Italian vent ravine. All at once the patrols, manoeuvring of the bersagliere and force here. They were headed by coast towns is the most vulnerable. which were ahead of the main body of Alingg troops. Prussian Guards and advanced rapid -When she was mistress of the sea and troops, were seen to sway and fall, e are now solidly established in ly towards Halicz, from where they i her merchantmen sailed the waters of the city of Gradisca, which has been proposed to conduct the main attack the known world, while her colonies held by our advanced troops for some on Lemberg. All the movement, how- spread over the Levant and her war - days." _ ever, was easily frustrated. The Ger- ships humbled the Turks, the lagoons Successful operations announced by mans are now gathering south of the and the long sandbars were effective General Cadorna in three sectors of Dniester, apparently waiting for re-; protection. But to -day these waters the war theatre have a definite value inforcements. They have lost in the are too shallow for the Italian fleet, to the invading army. On the Tyrol- past six weeks more lives in Galicia I and her protectors must come from Trentino front the Italians, thanks to than in the previous six months; the nearest naval base at Taranto to the latest victorious achievements, now occupy the principal dominating positions everywhere. The Italians have steadily maintained a forward movement. At Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the most northerly points in the Trentino sector, our allies have repulsed the Austrians who opposed their passage into the heart of the country. The roads leading from Fal- zarego to the valley of Drava are now commanded by the invaders. Very se- • vere fighting preceded the driving out of the Austrians from unusually strong positions. In the forefront of the struggles were the Alpinists, whose splendid re- cord already in this war has shed fresh glory on the military annals of Italy. Broken by artillery fire, the Austrians nevertheless tried conclu- sions with the Italian infantry. Des- perate fighting lasted two days and culminated in dislodging the Aus- trians, who retreated in some confu- sion, abandoning artillery and muni- tions to the victors. God Is On Our Side, Read German Orders A"t"despatch from Petrograd says: The Russians have obtained copies of the following German staff order is- sued to the troops on the River Bzura in Central Poland: "God Himself is on our side and fights for us in our conflict against the whole world. We, by the Will of the Almighty, have had put into our hands a new and mighty weapon - those gases wherewith we have de- feated ourenemies. The power and domination a of Germany over all Europe,arrour only aims in this war, and we ;rust allow nothing to stop us in gaining a final and now assured victory. Erre two months have passed our foes will be beaten into the dust." against Russia. Everywhere the Rus -1 save her from the modern long-range sians are in close contact with the guns of the Austrian ships that could enemy. attack from Pola, less than 150 miles There are signs that the Germans (across the Adriatic. are developing great activity north All the world that travelled for of the Pilica, in Poland, towards the Niemen, with heavy artillery and a chemical laboratory, in the hope of drawing the main Russian strength there. ,The latest Russian success has prosperous German couple was lack- desperately our two wings, but by been achieved solely with bullet and 3 I bayonet. Scarcely a shell has been! ing in true sentimentality if it did not � rain or hand grenades his fire was fired in the last fortnight. The stra-i include a gondola ride on the Grand effectively stopped. tegy is regarded as a triumphant vin - Canal. The city's situation, -art and I "We counted on the ground where dication of Gen. Ivanoff. pleasure or instruction went to Ven- ice. The continental tour of every I up from Royal in auto -busses. Dur - American or Britisher was incomplete without a sight of the Piazza of St. Mark, and the honeymoon of every although no shot had been fired. The Germans had placed a low barbed- wire entanglement in the high grain field to stop them. Our men soon severed the barbed wire and succeeded in capturing three German 77 -cannon, which had been effectively hidden be- neathe bomb -proofs a few yards far- ther on. "The whole position was captured and quickly fortified to withstand counter-attacks and communicating trenches with the main position were prepared. Our aviators reported that fresh reinforcements had been rushed ing the night the fresh troops attack- ed, but were repulsed each time. "At dawn the enemy again attacked 44 Grampian Arrives With Canadian Troops A despatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department was advised Thursday of the safe arrival of the Grampian at an English port. She carried 1,038 officers and men from the 48th battalion of Winnipeg, 500 from Winnipeg and Brandon, rein- forcements to the 79th, and a party of 33 doctors. 44 Slow Fathers. "Mamma, I'm afraid papa was pretty slow when he was a young man." "Perhaps he was. He always .paid his debts and used good English and knew nothing about cigarettes and never saw a taxicab and hadn't any clubs, and was able to support a wife before he married. I guess he was pretty slow. First Figure : Are you a pillar of the church 1Second Figure : No, I'm a flying buttress -I support it from the outside. New German Army on way to France A despatch from London says: A new German army of about 500,000 nen, some of them first-class troops, is moving west, according to the cor- respondent of the Daily Mail at Aix la Chapelle.. Dutch correspondents also report the arrival of large num- bers of troop trains in Belgium. Along most of the French front the fighting is of a character similar to that which has been in progress for many months. romantic history, told in the winding waterways and palaces, made her uniuqe among all resorts. 414 the counter-attacks took place ap- proximately two thousand dead. The total estimate of the enemy's losses is three thousand dead, not counting the LOST 258,000 MEN IN 10 MONTHS wounded. We lost two hundred and _ fifty men killed and 1,500 wounded. We captured 20 quick -firers and also Premier Asquith Gives List of Cast- • a great quantity of trench materials." alties in the British Army. A despatch from London says: Pre- mier Asquith announced in the House of Commons that the total of British casualties from the beginning of the war to May 31st was 258,069 men in killed, wounded and missing. Divided into categories of killed, wounded and missing, officers and men, the list shows the folowing:- Killed. Wounded. Missing. Officers .... 3,327 6,498 1,130 Other ranks. 47,015 147,482 52,617 Total .. 50,342 153,980 53,747 The losses in the naval division are not included in this list. Mr. Asquith's statement of losses was for the Continental and Mediter- ranean forces of the Empire. He pro- mised to give the losses in the naval division later. Neither did the list in- clude the forces of Great Britain en- gaged in the various small wars in Africa and the Near East. To Punish Murderers, A despatch from El Paso, Texas, says: H. C. Myles, British Vice -Con- sul, telegraphed Gen. Villa demanding punishment of Villa soldiers responsi- ble for the recent killing of four and the wounding of one British subject at Tuxpam. The message was sent on instructions of Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador at Wash. ington. 4,500,000 CALLED TO THE COLORS Joifl-e tial now in Hand the flog Formidable Wa Machine Ever Existed' Planned the Escape of Zeppelin Prisoners A despatch from Copenhagen says: It has been established that two Ger- mans arrested on Sunday at Saeby,. Denmark, who described themselves as C. Gumprecht and T. Hauff, of New York, are not Americans, although they had visited New York. These men, with H. Haan, of Copenhagen, were arrested on the charge of hav- ing been concerned in a plan to effect the escape of the interned German officers of the two Zeppelins wrecked last February off the Danish coast. Two other Germans have been ar- rested on the same charge. It is as- serted the men had arranged to con- vey the interned German officers in automobiles to the coast, where a steamer was waiting to take them to Germany. War Materials Burned. A despatch from London says: Buildings covering three acres, 100 Red Cross motor ambulances and 200 army motor vans, all ready for deliv- ery to the Government, were destroy- ed by fire Friday when the motor works of Brian, Hughes and Strachati, at Park Royal, went up in flames. The damage is estimated at $500,000. Troops had to be called in to assist the firemen, A despatch from Paris says; Of the P Y allies fighting against the Austro - German block, it is eert'ainly the French who, in proportion to their population, have thus far made the greatest effort. After nine months of waru the French army is mere redoubt- able edo bt- able than at any time heretofore. The troops have passed a hard appren- ticeship ppren- ti es c hap in war; they are well equip - pod and their morale is in general ex- cellent. Tools, artillery, war material and provisions have been massed hi unbelievable quantities. The Germans' great fault has been their seven months' stagnation on the banks of the Aisne and the Yser. Af- ter the defeat of the Marne they should have tempted fate again at all costs. They preferred to entrench themselves in their mole hills and wait for souls vague favor of destiny. These seven months have allowed the French, .and also :the British, to perfect their armament and to drill: their new units, The eommander-in- chief of the Franco -British armies has now in hand the most formidable a h hased War machine that cever existed. Certainly the French have suffered losses, which,if smaller than those of . are the Germans, r yet heavy, Since the start of the campaign about 1,- 300,000 French have been put hors de combat, Of these there have been about 360,000 killed and 230,000 pri- soners or missing. Of the total 'French loss of 1,300,- 000, ,300;000, about 180,000 have been dropped out, either for wounds causing perma- nent infirmity or for serious illness. From 300,000 to 400,000 men cured of wounds or illness have returned to their places in the ranks. BRYAN ATTACKS WILSON'S NOTE Hands Out Long Statement, Compli- cating the Already Critical Situation. A despatch from Washington says: While the President's note to Ger- many was being handed to the news- paper correspondents at the State De- partment, Wm. J. Bryan was passing out at his home a statement attack- ing the communication sent by Mr. Wilson on behalf of this Government. In the statement Mr. Bryan de- scribes the President of the United States as an exponent of the old sys- tem in dealing with disputes between Governments, the system that has war as its cornerstone. Not only in this assertion, but in others, Mr. Bryan showed that he fears the pos- sibility of war between Germany and the United States as the result of Mr. Wilson's note. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, issued a statement which was interpreted by Washington to mean that the Federa- tion of Labor, while doing everything possible to maintain peace, will stand firmly behind the President in his in- sistence that American lives shall not be unnecessarily and unwarrantably jeopardized on the high seas. Canadian Nurses Off For Firing Line A despatch from London says: Mme. Casault, daughter of Judge Cas- ault, and 35 other French-Canadian nurses, have proceeded to France for service in the British base hospital, where their proficiency in the dual languages will make them exception- ally useful. RUSSIANS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE Attack the Invader in Both and the Baltic Pro- vinces. A despatch from London says: Russian reinforcements arrived in the Baltic provinces and in Galicia, and it became their turn to attack. Accord- ing to the German official report, part of the German force on the Dubyssa River, in the Baltic provinces, threa- tened by an encircling movement, were obliged to withdraw, although in the region of Shavli and on the Nie- men they claim to be making pro- gress, despite a stubborn Russian re- sistance. -More important, in the belief of military observers here, is the appar- ent change that is taking place in the Galician battle. Here again, accord- ing to the German account, the Rus- sians are advancing to the south and south-east of Lemberg, and also are attacking Gen. Linsingen's ' force which crossed the Dniester near Zur- awna. In Eastern Galicia and Bukowina, however, the Russians are falling back between the Pruth and Dniester rivers with the intention, it is believed here, of making the Dniester their line of defence from the Roumanian frontier to the south-east of Peremysl. They have very strong positions along this line, and military experts say that if they can drive back the Germans who crossed the river near Zurawna, Lem- berg will remain in their hands, and they will be in a position to deliver a vigorous offensive, at any rate as soon as the Austrians and Germans begin Ito withdraw troops for their western 1 and southern campaigns. Galicia Pure Ice Cre s1�= for the C ren Include plenty of City Dairy Ice Cream in the children's diet. In the summer time there is no- thing that can take its place -it's cooling -it's a food and the child craves its sweetness.. Give them all the Ice Cream they can eat but be sure it's made by City Dairy because "If it's City Dairy, it's Pure, that's Sure". For Salo by discriminating 3hopkeoporn overywhere, Look for the, Sign. TORONTO, Wo want an agent le °week towns PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORT, FtlOM Tela IA APING Tf*Od a4NTIROS Ok' AMtENICN, Breadstuffs. Toronto, June 15. --Manitoba whoa No.1 Northern, $1.81 to $1.82; NO., 2 Northern, $1.29% to $1.80%; No. 8 Northern„ $1..26 to $1,27, track lake ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 58 to 59e; No, 8 C.W., 564 to 571/4; extra No. 1 feed, 56% to 571/4c, track lake ports. American corn.. No, 2 yellow, 751/4c, t ack, lake ports. Canadian corn -o. 2 yellow, 76o, track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 55 to 560; No. 3 white; 54 to 55c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, $1.20 to $1.22, according to freights outside. 1Pe a t No. 2 nominal, per car lots, $ 0 o $.60, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, '70 to 73e; feed barley, 65c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat ---Nominal, car lots, 77 to 78c, according to freights out- side. Rye -No. 2, nominal, $1.10, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $7.20; second patents, u jute bags, $6.70; strong bakers', in lute bags, $6.50, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $5.20, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered. Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $25; shorts $28; middlings, $29; good feed flour, per bag, $1.80. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 2301 inferior, 20c; creamery prints, 29 to 30c; do., solids, 27 to 28c. Eggs -The market is well sup- plied, with prices firm, and sales at 22c per dozen, in case lots. Beans -The market is quiet at $3.10 to $3.15 for prime, and $3.20 to $3.25 for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed 18 to 20e; Spring chickens, 45 to 50c; fowl, 13 to 15c. Cheese -The market is easier, be- ing quoted at 19% to 20c for large, and at 20 to 2014 for twins. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c pee bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lots. Business in Montreal. Montreal, June 15.--Corn-Ameri- can, 5 Corn-Amencan, No. 2 yellow, 78 to 79c. Oats -- Canadian Western, No. 3, 58�4c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 58SSc; No. 2 local white, 61c• No. 3 local white, 60e; No. 4 local white, 59c. Barley -Man. feed, 721/4c. Flour -Man. spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.30; seconds, $6.80; strong bakers', $6.60; win- ter patents, choice, $7.50; straight rollers $7 to $7.10; straight rollers, 83.30 to $3.40. Rolled oats -Barrels, $7; 826. do,, horgts 9$28. lbs.,0 Middlings -.25. 2a$33. to $34. Mouillie--$35 to $38. Hay -$20No..50. 2, per ton, car lots, $19 to Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, June 15. -Cash quota- tions:-Wheat, uota- tions: Wheat, No. 1 Northern, $1.25; No. 2 Northern, $1.22%; No. 3 Northern, $1.18%; No. 4, $1.15%. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 523$0; No. 3 C.W. 5114c; extra No. 1 feed, 511/4c; No. 1 feed, 50c; No. 2 feed, 49c. Flax - No. 1 N.W.C., $1.62'4; No. 2 C.W., $1.59%. U. S. Markets. Minneapolis, June 15. -No. 1 Northern, $1.24/ to $1.32; No. 2 Northern, $1:21 to $1.293; July, $1.24. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 66 to 661/4c. Oats -No. 3 white, 43% to 44e. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, June 15. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.291/4; No. 1 Northern, $1.253 to $1.281/4; No. 2 Northern, $1.20% to $1.2532; July, $1.233!4.. Live Stock. Toronto, June 15. -Butchers' cat- tle, choice, $8.10 to $8.35; do., good $7.50 to $7.80; do., medium, $7.15 to $7.40; do., common, $6.60 to $7.10; butchers; bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.85; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.35; do., good, $6.25 to $6.501 do., medium, $5.25 to $6; do., com- mon, $5 to $5.75; feeders, good $6.50 to $7.25; stockeds, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cut- ters, $4 to $5.50; milkers, choice each, $60 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $45; springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6.50 to $71 do., heavy, $4.50 to $5; do., bucks $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $8.50; spring lambs, cwt.,. $10.50 to $12.50; calves, $4.50 to $10; hogs, fed and watered, $9.60; do., off cars, $9.85 to $9.90. A Memory Aid That Isn't. Within a little book. I write The dates that I must keep, The way my memory takes flight Would make an angel weep. "Now I'll be there," I firmly say, "On nee it's safe to bet, For I have written down the day, I'm sure I won't forget." And smooth, indeed, would be my w,Y, Without a, turn or crook, Did I not quite forget each day To see what's in the book. War Closes Night Clubs. The war has played ha.voo with the night clubs in London. At first the young bloods of I.itchener's Arany patronized them tosuch an extent that they went along with much of the old awing and vise. But early closing and Kitchener's interdict with reference to officers in uniform proved the final blow. One ,after another the night clubs put up the shutters.