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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-2-3, Page 2FOOD SHORTAGE IN LILLE EXTENDS TO GERMAN ARMY WHICH DID NOT EXPLODE Soldiers Not in Firing Line Have Meat Ration Only Once a Week, it is Reported A despatch from Paris says: A French business woman who was . caught in Lille at the beginriing. of the war and who has just been repatriated among the refugees from there, on Thursday told how he found condi- Viol) s. The reason,. she explained, why the Germans have not only been willing,. but anxious, to send so many French people back froin Lille is because the • civilian population is little better than starving and would be actually starv- • ing if it were not for the American aid they have received. i he civilians, she continued, receive absolutely nothing from the army for the very good reason that the German soldiers themselves in Lille are almost Without food, According to her, six ellictrs quartered in a house in Lille told her that the Germans would be Unable to hold Lille and that sector of the front two months longer, as they could not feed the men. She says the German soldiersuniforms are in rags and their shoes are dropping from their feet. • They have a meat ration only once a week, while the horses have no hay or grain at all. Instead they are fed on chopped straw mixed with sugar, and the men, whenever they can, steal the sugar from the horses. ERMSII NAVY FULLY PREPARED Nothing Further Can Be Done Than Is Being Carried Out. A despatch from London says: A. J. Balfour First Lord of the Admiralty, stated in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the British Govern- ment had no evidence that Germany possessed seventeen -inch guns, but that ft was not impossible. Mr. Balfour was asked to make a, statement of such a nature as to as- sure the country of the navy's pre- paredness to meet any development in the way of new ships or larger guns produced by Germany during the per- ALLIES TO SUPPLY GREECE WITH COAL A despatch from London says: An agreement, in principle, is said to have been reached between Great Bri- tain and Greece in regard to supplies of coal for Greek industrial needs. Reuter's Athens correspondent says the British Government has agreed to authorize exportation of coal for the use of railway and other companies in Greece, in accordance with their needs, and also to meet the requirements of the Greelc navy. Great Britain also agrees to place no difficulties -en the way of exportation of coal from America to Greece. The road to success is a hard one, just because it is the road to success., .e. GERMANY WANTS NO . • • ' This picture taken on the.Italian fr ont, shows an Italian soldier em- bracing au Austrian "30," one of the heaviest shells used in the war, Which failed to explode upon landing in the Italian position. The shell weighs more than half a ton. iod of naval inactivity. Be said: ENQUIRIES MADE BiF f W id WhiniPeg Grain. Archbishop of Cologne to Oppose In- vestigation of Atrocities. "What Germany is doing in the way of shipbuilding must necessarily be a matter of conjecture. No doubt it has been within her power to initiate dur- ing the course of the war, and perhaps complete, the building of large ships with powerful armaraent. "I have seen in the press mention of guns of 17 -inch calibre, but we have no evidence that such exist. But given the time and labor, there would be no difficulty in making them The most diverse conjectures may be made by ingenious persons, but, speaking for myself, I am by no means sure that of those conjectures the 17 -inch story is the most plausible. "As regards the preparedness of the British navy, I can only say that the successive Lords of the Admiralty 46L £it Winnipeg, Feb. 1.—Cash quotations —Wheat --No. 1 Northern, $1.29%; No. 2 Northern, $1.26%; No. 3 North- ern,. $1.24%; No. 4, $1.20%; No. 5, $1...0113%%. O ; No. 0, 2 C. $1.07Y8 feed, 47f%eeed; $1 No. 3 CM., 44%c; extra No. 1 feed, ; 44%c; No. 1 feed, 43%e; No. 2 feed, t 42%c. Barley—No. 3, 694c• No. 4, 05e; feed, 55e. Flax—No. 1 N.W.C., $2.14%; No. 2 • United States Markets. A. Breadstuffs. despateh frozn Rome says: Car- dinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, continues to receive unusual attentions during his visit in Rome. He cele- brated mass on Wednesday at the tomb of St. Paul the Apostle. It is reported in Rome that Cardinal von Hartmann, Archbishop of Cologne, will soon come to Rome with the ob- ject of opposing the suggestion that a commission be appointed by the Pope to enquire into charges of atrocities in Belgium. PRESIDENT WILSON GIVES GERMANY ANOTHE Toronto, Feb. 1.—Manitoba wheat —New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.29%; No. 2 Northern, $1.27; No. 3 Northern, $1.25, in store Fort Wil- liam. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 48c; No. 3 C.W., 46c; extra No. 1 feed, 46c; No. 1 feed, 45c, in store Fort Williani. A• merman corn—No. 3 yellow, 82%c, track, Toronto. Canadian corn—Feed, 76c, track Toronto. Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 44 to 45c; commercial oats 43 to '4c, ac- cordi per 0 t, Minneapolis, Feb. 1.—May, $1.34%; I July, $1.22%; No. 1 hard, $1.41%; No. 1 Northern, $1.36% to $1.88%; No. 2 Northern, $1.31%. Corn—No. 13 yellow, 77% to 78c. Oats—No. 3 white, 49% to 50c. Flour—Fancy patents, $7.25; first clears, $5.50e second clears, $3.40. Bran—$20.50. Duluth, .keb. 1.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, I-16; No. 1 Northern, $1.35; I No,• c). le 32: Montana, No. 2 PROOF OF GREEK KING'S DECEIT • IN POSSESSION OF THE ALLIES A ROLTIO Despatch Hints That ONek King Ma be Arrestea and Conveyed to France A 'despatch from Boum says: The dence in the allies' hands, showing the Hellenic ruler's complicity with the central powers, Undoubtedly this eve. dence will be sensationally divulged at the opportune nioment, and it is bound to have the climax in the Greek donee to the effect that the Greek situation looked for in the immetliate Ring has favored in' every passible future, way the operation of Austrian and The neutral diplomat who on Sri - German submarines, which were based day foreshadowed an involuntary trip at Corfu prior to the French occupa- by King Constantine to France added tion, and still are based at other Greek that he had reason to believe that the islands. •exile of the Montenegrin • Ring and Submarines are also said to be based his family was not self-choeen, but on the seaside of Constantine's \dile, had been decided upon by the allies be - allies, who are practically preventing navigation of Greek shipping, and thus have stopped Austro -German submarine warfaie in the Mediter- ranean, have secured convincing evi- in ens wheie gasohne segues- cause of Austrian threats to have tered. All of this is part of the evi- King Nicholas executed. NLY ONE • KIN. OF VICTORY • - SMASHING AND PULVERZN Wearing Down by Attrition Too Long and Pressure is Being Applied, Declares Lloyd. George A despatch from London says: In the course of an interview on Friday Lloyd George, when asked if he thought the war would end in a dead- lock, said that such a thing must not be thought of for a moment. "It may take a long time," he said, ; "but we must crack the nut before we I get at the kernel. Wearing down the outside by attrition is too long, and would not be a smashing, pulverizing victory. Pressure on the enemy is be eoniing greater. They are spreading their frontiers temporarily, but are becoming weaker in a military sense, and the process of strangulation will squeeze them more and more." WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL PASSES IN MANITOBA Tremendous Enthusiasm Marks Its Third Reading in Legislature. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Tremendous enthusiasm signalized the third reading of the woman suffrage bill in the Legislature on Thursday. The gallerieswere •filled with women who have been prominent in the move- ment for the political equality of the sexes, and they sang and cheered as the House unanimously passed the bill. Premier Norris had introduced the bill, but he is in Chicago. The Third reading was moved by -the Hon. T. H. tiohnsore Minister of Public Works, wile called attention to the fact that, besides giving the women the vote, the bill recognizes their right to sit in the Legislature. 1 FLOODS WASH AWAY GERRIAN'IREIME Thaw in Oginski Canal Plays Havoc •With the Fortifica- tions. A despatch to the London pally Telegraph on Friday from Petrograd says: "A thaw in the Oginski Caral dis- trict has caused the Rivers Sh ra and Jascolda .to flood the country, sweep- ing away trenches and fortifgctions which the Germans built wh n the ground was frozen hard, accost ing to a telegram received here froze ilifiEZ railways awe. ME YEAR TELLS FOR THE GERMANS MUST WIN IN 1916 OR THEY NEVER WILL. If War Is Prolonged Into 1917 British Navy Will Win for • the. Allies. • The Semi() of Milan, Italy, prints a four column interview with a neu- tral observer, a famous Scandinavian man of letters, who spent four months in Germany making an ii.n,paet' • study of the military, econOznics'-'1 41 moral situation. He says: "There is no downheartedness. All the outward and visible facts serve to satisfy or 0 'delude the people. None the lesa, a subconscious sense' of disauietudo is • universal and springs from the blank uncertainty as to what the morrow may bring forth. "The German people hold that their enemies are beaten, but not tamed.. They feel that they can rely on their own military force and endure the ecenomic pinch for some time to come, butdread overtakes them when they, ask themselves: 'What if the war should last undecided • to the year 1917?" ‘ Worried by Time. "What pre -occupies the German •is e. the problem of time, or—what is • `' synonymous with it in their minds— • England. Indeed, you cannot form2;,. an adequate idea of German hatred for England—hatred mingled with fear. It bursts out in every political speech and in the language of the daily press. The Germans know the English well—their defects and vir- tues, and they fear above all things the cool, dogged British persever- ance, "Should the English and .their allies succeed in maintaining such a re- sistance so as to prolong war beyond 1916,- I do not know how Germany can possibly hope for victory. The British blockade has proved far more effective than the Germans wish it to become known in foreign countries. Big Effort This Year. "What is thought and feared in Germany is that the war must either be definitely won upon the land by the Germans during 1916 or won on the sea by the British in 1917. Hence a tremendous output of force is to be expected by Germans/. this year. The first of her acts will be tempt to smash through to C ' and an expedition against Egypt." Losses of Men. e Dealing With the military situation