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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-01-11, Page 7FRENCH FEAR GERMAN DASH OVER NEUTRAL SWITZERLAND 'Distinguished French Writer Urges Britain. to Take Over More of Western Front, So France May Be Prepared For Any Lightning Stroke From von, Hindenburg, A deepatab from Paris sans: France tears a clash by the German armies across neutral Switzerland, in a desperate attempt to turn the French and Italian lines, and relieve the pressure of the allied forces. Far months the possibility of an in- vasion of Swiss territory has been talked of in Paris as a possibility, To- day, in the opinion of the French press;, it has become a probability. Germany has called to the colors another class of recruits which will reinforce bor active armies by more than half a million men. With her military forces now at their maximum she is preparing for her supreme effort of the war. Of one thing France is certain: that under Field Marshal von Hinden- burg Germany is mustering all her resources for the decisive stroke, and, if the past is to be a guide for the fu- ture, she will deal this blow with the same lightning -like speed with which she launched her legions across neu- tral Belgium in the opening campaign of 1914 Loire by Gustave Ilerve, the famous French publicist, who devotes his lead. Ing artielo to the subject, a still Britain must take over greater portion of the line now held by the French, al, Ilerve declares, in order to free a sufficient body of French troops to permit the forma- tion of an "army of manoeuvre" -a mobile force which will be ready to reinforce any part of the west front lino menaced by the German attack. M. nerve also points out that Ger- many has mobilized the classes of 1019, giving her six hundred thousand additional men, while her civil mobil- ization will liberate a force Yari0u217 estimated at' from 500,000 to 2,000,000. This force, while it will be used chief- ly for service at the rear, will free a corresponding number of younger troops for the purpose of the first line. "At what point will they strike?" M, Herve asks. "Hindenburg's pet objective is Russia, the article con- tinues, "but a grand offensive on that front is out of the question until April This view is expressed ie La Vic- Owing to weather conditions. BRITISH ARMY IN SUEZ REGION TO DRIVE THROUGH PALESTINE Will Join Russian Army That Inas Moved South From the Cau- • cases and Cut the Bagdad Railroad. A despatch from Washington says: The Holy Land may be the next im- 'portant theatre of war. Official de- spatches received here indicate that the British force in the Suez region aro preparing for a drive through Pal- estine. The object of this move un- doubtedly is to join the Russian army that has moved south from the Cau- casus, cutting the Bagdad railroad and ending Germany's dream of an Eastern empire. It is not permitted to reveal the na- ture of the despatches which convey this information, but the conclusions drawn from them are amply support- ed by the facts of the present mili- tary situation of the belligerents. The Russian offensive in Asia Minor last Spring, which took Trebizond, Erzerum and Mush, has been halted fav short of its goal. The British Markets of the World iiroadatnlfa. Toronto, Jan, 0. - 2lanitoba wt!cat-• New�7e, 1 orthern, $2.10 Q. E 40., 22,01;0; No. 3 do., 12,0321 Nn, 4 wheat, 181,075, track, flay porta. Old crap tra4• lug 90 above new crop, Manitoba oats ---240. 3 G.W., 720, track, IJez porta merlcnn cat's --No. 3 Yellow, $1.11, track Toronto sabfeet to embargo. Ontario oats -Ho. 2 white, 64 to �600o. nominal, No. 8 white, 02 to 650, flora"' , according to freights outside, Ontario wheat -New No, 2 %4'intor per r• lot 91.74 to 81.15; No. 8, de., 170 Pease, according 9 80 t e woord1ng d to freights outside", -Barley---Malting, $1.12 to $1.12, ae- eording to freights outside, • Buckwheat -- 51.25, according to freights outside, Rye -No, 2, $1,33 to 51.25, according to freights outside. Manitoba flew ---First patents, In ,late bags, $9,70; 2nd do„ 99.20, strong...Vac' ors, do,, 18.80, Toronto. Ontario flour - Winter, according to runt°, prompt sh! sample, $7.30 to 97.60, in bags, tracts To. Milifeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- real freights, bags included, bran, per ton, 532; shorts, do,, 937; good feed flour, per bag, 92.70 to $2.80. 2, liar -No. , 99 $11,,ntrack"Toronto$13.50; No. tract Strsaw-Cu Tr 1010, per ton, $9,50 to 910, eslac. campaign from the Persian Gulf up the Tigris -Euphrates valley ended in disaster at Kut -el -Amara. But the British forces at Suez recently captur- ed El-Arish, '75 miles east of Suez, and have pushed on beyond there, how far is not known. The British to -day are farther east of Suez than at any time since the war broke out. The Czar's army in the north has been re- inforced, and the Tigris army has been reorganized, and is pushing up the valley. Everything points to excel- lent chances of success if a combined effort from three directions is made against the Turks. The Turkish censorship has closed' down tightly on all news from Pales- tine, particularly from the Lebanon district, where it is evident prepara- tions are being mode to resist such a move. FRENCH COMMANDER SURE OF VICTORY Gen. Nivell's General Order to the Troops at the Front. A despatch from Limoges, France, says; La France Militaire on Friday publishes the following general order to the troops, issued by General Nivelle; "At a time when another year of the war is ending you can be proud of the work accomplished. At Verdun you broke the most powerful blow Germany ever struck against any of her adversaries. On the Somme, emu- lating the courage of our British al- lies, during a long series of attaclw, you have given proof of .a tactical su- periority which will continue to im- prove. Never has our army been bet- Country Produce -Wholesale. Rutter-JPr•esh dairy, choice, 41 t0 40o: creamery prints, 96 to 47c; solids, 43 to 4390. Egg's -No. 1 storage, 39 to 40e; stor- age, selects. 42 to 48e; new -laid, in car- tons, 66 to 70o; out of cartons, 60 to 620. Cheese-targe, 61triplet5, 296G°' twins,. 26 to;6t 29� Live poultry - Chickens, 16 to 170; fowl, 12 to 15c, Dressed poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowl, 10 to 180; ducks, 20 to 22c; squabs, per dos., 94 to 94.60; turkeys, 25 t0 20e; geese, 16 to 18a. Honey -White olover, 29-1b. tins, 14e; 5-1b. tins, 13 to 189a 10-1b. 128 to 130: $0 -lb. 12 to 120; buckwheat, 60.1b, tins 9 to 99o. Combhoney-extra line and heavy weight, per doz, 92,76; select. 12.60 to 92,75; No. 2, $2 to 92.26. Potatoes -- Ontario, per bag, 02.10; British Columbia. Rose, per bag, 92 to 12.16; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag,$2,25 to $2,35. anss - Imported, hand-picked, per bush„ $6.60 to 97; Canadian hand-picked, p$6 to $6,50; Limas, per lb„ 0 to 10c. Provisions -Wholesale, ter trained or more brave or possess- ed of more powerful means. "It is under these brilliant auspices that the work of 1917 begins. You will make it a year of victory. In this absolute confidence I send you all, of- ficers and 6'oldiers, my most affection- ate wishes for the new year.' ENGLISH FIRM'S BID UNDER ALL U. S. RIVALS Smoked meats -Hams, medium, medium, 25 to RUSSIANS CHECK TEUTON SWEEP Have Given Battle Successfully To Invaders in Wallachia, A deepatcll from London says: Al- though the Teutonic allies have made DOCTORS FROM UNITED STATES FOR THE BRITISH HOSPITALS the Places of Young English Surgeons Who Desire to Go to the Front. A, despatoh'from Laudon eays: Ae- cording to the Daily Telegraph ar- rangements are being made to replace i their operation driving eastward a number of young surgeons in the n P British hospitals by Americans, in or - from the mountain region, and north - der to enable the Britishers to enter ward from Wallachia into Moldavia, the army. There are hundreds of dos the Russians and Rumanians at var1- tors of military age in hone hospitals ous points are giving them battle, and who wish to juin the army, says the at several places have met with sue - Telegraph, but hitherto they have cess, been denied that honor owing to lack Between Foksllani and Fundeni the of substitutes. Russians made a strong attack over a With a view to meetiing the diffi- front of about 10 miles. They gained culty, fire Daily Telegraph aontluues, ground near Obilechtl, says the Ger- the army authorities some time ago man War Office, but elsewhere were enquired of the medical authorities repulsed with heavy casualties. The q 36c; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bonen, 25 2tos 2th7e2;0b0a..eks, plain, 26 to 27e; boneless, Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 18 to 1.39c per lb.; clear bellies, 13 to 183c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 212 to 2120; tubs, 212 to 22c; pails, 22 to 221o; com- pound, lag to J.70. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Jan. 9. -Oats, Canadian tra, No. 1 feed. 69c. Barley, Man. feed, $1; malting, 11.30. Flour, Man. SPring wheat patents, flrsts, $9.90; seconds, $9.30; strong bakers', 19.10; Winter pa- tents, choice, $0.25; straight rollers, '143 to Petrograd official communlration in the United States whether they ' could bond to England detachniente of h the Russians re esttab- • young American doctors. Hundreds of young doctors in the United States, according to the Tele- graph, have volunteered to serve in the British army, but could not 1'e- coive a commission because they were not British practitioners. There is no barrier, however, to their practis- ing in Great Britain, says the news- paper, and they are exactly the ma- terial required to 1111 the places of English doctors who desire to go to the front, The newspaper does not any how many Americans are likely to come, but asserts that they "may not run into many hundreds." It adds, however, that those who do come will he welcomed. however, says - _ _... .....__. .: Belied thelia former position near Ka- patuno, north-west of Fukshani, made ENEMY RAIDING PARTY ENTERS an advance in the vicinity of Itaspit- za Lake and in a surprise attack cap- tured trenches to the north-west in the Oituz Valley. Admission is made by Petrograd that the Russians and Rumanians on the upper reaches of the Suchitza River retired before the advancing in- vaders, while Berlin says that between the Oituz and Putna Valleys the de- fenders were pushed back further to- wards the plains. Mount Adobesti was stormed by a German detachment and captured, MAXIMILIAN HARDEN MAKES PLEA FOR PEACE. A despatch from London says: Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft, delivered a speech at Berlin Saturday, pleading for peace by agreement, according to Reuter's Am- sterdam correspondent, who quotes the Berliner Tageblatt. After refer- ring to the enemy miscalculation of Germany's strength, Herr Harden warned his hearers not to allow them- selves to be deceilnd about the en- emy's strength. Russia's resources cannot be exhausted," he said, "for, indeed, the war proceeds only on the edges of this World Empire. Eng - lbs., nate, barrel, $7.25; do, bags, 90 land's hunger, moreover, is only a lbs $360.__13ran, $3d Sllarts $36. -._i... --a a.,.. ,:,a,,n1, there is no A despatch from Washington says: -Despite demands upon British muni- tion plants because of the war, Had - fields, Limited an English concern, outbid United States Companies in proposals opened or Thursday for 16 -inch and 14 -inch armor piercing projectiles for the United States navy. Not only are the English Company's figures more than $200 per projectile below the nearest American competit- or, but the time is cut in half, the shells to be delivered in the United States duty paid. TIME NEAR WHEN GERMANY MUST HAVE PEACE AT ANY COST The Allies Urged to Make a Clear and Full Statement of Their Terms in Note to Wilson. A despatch from London says: The Daily News analyzing the comments in the German newspapers on the En- tente reply, and citing reports of the sufferings of the peoples of the Cen- tral Powers, sees indications that the Central Powers do not regard the prospect of negotiations as ended, and comes to the conclusion that the time is fast approaching when they must 148 Middlings, No, 5, per ton, car lots, 913. foundation, while France's lack of Cheese, finest westerns, 25c; do., eael- erns 24e. Butter, choicest creamery, 4.8 men can be balanced by British to 439c; do.. seconds, 9U to 41e. 80gg8, 400; No. 2 stock, 840. Potatoes, Per bag, troops." fresh, 60e; selected, 420.; No. 1 stocic, :'-- car lots, 91.75 to 92. Winnipeg Grain. U-BOAT SENDING OUT Winnipeg, Jan. 5. --Cash prices:- S.O.S. WIRELESS SIGNALS. Wheat --No. 1 Northern, 91.830; No. 2 Northern, 01.50$; No, 3 Northern, $1.765; A despatch from London says: An No. 9, 91.630. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 5530; No. 3 C.W., 5620; extra No. 1 feed, 558; Amsterdam special to the Times No. 1 feed, 5380;1,10, 2 feed, 5590. Bar- Y sa s: German submarines are now 1e1. -Nn. 3, 939e; No. 4, 939e; rejected, 1 73c; E 081: No. 23 C.W., 12.569. 1 N.W.C., United States Markets. Minneapolis, Jan. 9.- Wheat - May, 91.925 to 91.983; July, 91.831 to $1.839; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.991 to $2.009; No. 1 Northern. 91.032 to 91.963; No. 2 North- ern, 91;891 to 11.950. Corn' -No. 3 yel- low, 94 to 044c. Oats -No. .2 white, 641 00 16492. Flour unchanged. Bran, $37 to Duluth, J. 9, -Wheat -No. 1 hard, D59uth, Jan. 51.96t!; No, 1 Northern, $1.1)4hc; iV o. 2 Northern. $1.561 to $1.5999; May, 51,929. Linseed -To arrive, $2.873; May, 92.919; July, 92..909.. •.Sive Stock Markets. Toronto, Jan. 9. -Choice heavy steers, $9.60 to $10; do., good, 99 to 99.25; butchers' cattle choice, 99 to 99.25; do. good, $5.50 to $8.35; da medium, 53 to $8.25; do. common, 97.26 to 97.75; butchers' bulls. choice, 97.40 to 93; do, geed bulls. $7 to $7.26; do, rough bulls, $4,56 to $0.10; butchers' cows, choice, $7.26 to $7.50• do. good, $6.76 to 97• do. medium, $6.36' to 90,50; stockers, .15.25 to 97; choice feeders, 96.50 to 97.26; can- ners and cutters $4,36 to 95.36; milkers, ("halve, each, $7t to 9100; do„ oominon and medium. each, 990 to 960; springers, 860 to 9100; light ewes, 19.25 to $10; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.60; calves. good to choice, $11,'75 to 913 lambs, choice, 318 to $13.75; do. medium, $9.76 to 510.25; hogs,fed and watered, $1,2.50 to 02.60: d t 1 d orf cars $12,75; do f.o.b., have peace at any cost. It finds con- firmation of this in Count Andrassy's statement, saying: "Whatever the motives for the der eision of the Central Powers to sub- mit their peace terms to President Wilson, it becomes more imperative for the Allies to make a clear, full and temperate statement of their terms in their reply to the President," BRITISH TRANSPORT IVERNIA SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Four Officers, 120 Soldiers and 33 of the Crew Are Officially Reported as Missing.. A despatch from London says; The ritish transport Ivernia has been unk by a submarine, it was officially The " ht. T ' a hl Thursday cod on g nno un Y «. iris report reads: Tho Ive l ext of thep was sunk by an enemy submarine ill the Mediterranean en January 1, dur- even sending out S.O.S. wireless sig- nals ig- and howitzers. Pursuing the en- time n- north tion.toTheeT legraafBritish elearnsssels ofrom an emy we approached, on January 3, will bem President imam Wilson, to whom they Galatz, 12 Peace does only important 8Rum ni n. town -on the officer of a large steamer of an im- the west o ani River, eleven miles not appear immediately near, there- Danube yet in Rumanian hands. The northwest of Kibambawe." fore we must battle further for peace clearing of the Dobrudja by the com- with all our strength and make it im- bind Bulgarian, Turkish and German possible for our enemies to prevent forces, it is reported semi -officially steps in the direction of peace." From from Berlin, leaves a larger part of Andrassy's speech it appears as if these forces ready for other employ - some sort of communication of the al- ment, and closes the Dobrudja path- way to Constantinople to Russia. SINK BRITISH SHIP; MURDER THE CREW BRITISH LINES SOUTH OF LOOS Was Speedily Driven Out, Leaving Numerous Dead in the British Trenches. A despatch from London says: The British official communication issued Friday night Saye: "Early this morning a hostile raid- ing party succeeded in entering our lines south of Loos Heavy fighting driven out, leaving a number of dead in our trenches. Some of our men are missing. "We successfully exploded a mine early last night north of Givenchy. The artillery activity has been con- siderable at a number of places along our front. Successful bombardments of enemy trenches have been carried out by us opposite Les Boeufs, Gueu- decourt, west of Gommecourt and in ensued. The enemy was speedily the neighborhood of Hill 00. "There was considerable aerial ac - GERMANS PLEAD WITH NEUTRALS tivity yesterday. Successful work was carried out by our aeroplanes in con- junction with our artillery. Two of our machines are missing." BEAT THE ENEMY IN EAST AFRICA British Take Strong Positions and Inflict Heavy Casual- ties on the Foe. GERMANS WILL STATE TERMS Peace Conditions To Be Made Known to President Wilson. despatch f Amsterdam says: The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Vorwaerts Wants Wilson and Others to Tell Germany' When to Capitulate. A. despatch from Berlin says: The Vorwaerts, returning to the discaesion of the situation created by the reins t ion of the peace offer, ,argues that so long as neither side is able to gain a `. decisive victory the only way out is through peace by compromise and un derstanding, and it remains the task of the neutrals to find a euitablc mo- ment for this. The Vorwaerts further says: "Now that President Wilson 'has enlisted his own and his country's au- thority in behalf of peace be cannot abandon his efforts as hopeless, and he has the best prospects for realiz- ing his purpose within .a reasonable time if he knows how to avail him- self of the growing peace sentiments of the European peoples. If be is . willing to exert pressure, this he must direct against the allies, not the Cen- tral powers, and it would be a meri- torious act if he could convince the Entente that even the most peaceful part of the German people cannot acs cept them as judges. `Hatred, revenge and greed of con- quest are not fitted to establish a new international legal status upon which the temple of peace may rest securely, and the entire German people rejdet the Entente powers in the office of judge arrogated by them." Y BRAT , �,,, RUMANIA CAPTURED BY HUNS Virtually all the River Danube in Possession of the Invaders. A despatch from London says :- The Rumanian province of the Dob- rudja is now in the hands of the Cen- tral Powers, whose armies continue to advance through Great Wallachia into Moldavia. Braila, an important commercial city in Great Wallachia, and on the west bank of the Danube below Galatz, has been captured by Ger- A despatch from London says A tom man and Bulgarian troops. Several The following official communication the report of a speech delivered by villages on the outskirts of Braila was issued by the War Office °n former Hungarian Premier, Count also have been occupied, and Field Thursday night: Julius Andrassy, on New Year's Day. Marshal.von Mackensen's troops have "In East Africa our forces, in the The Count says: "If the allies reject taken 1,400 prisoners in their latest vicinity of Kissakis, south of the Ulu- our offer of peace only because, as success. guru Hills, assurnei. the offensive New theyassert, our offer is not honorably 1 Virtually all of the River Danube, Year's Day. They stormed the en- me nt and is only a manoeuvre of from its source to its mouth, is now in emy's strongly -entrenched lines in war, and if they say they cannot en- the hands of the Teuton forces, who the MgetatiesValley, inflicting heavy ter negotiations before they know control all of the eastern bank and all casualties and capturing several gams the conditions they can learn them but a few miles of the western bank. h portant Dutch line that on his journey from the Dutch East Indies he receiv- ed while in the Bay of Biscay a S.O.S. message. He immediately rushed to the place indicated and found a Ger- man submarine which was not in dis- tress. The captain of the submarine expressed regret that it was Dutch and not a British vessel, and said, "we - dont want you to save our souls, we Successful Daylight Raid By want British to save our souls."British on Wide REACH GERMAN THIRD DEFENCE Arras Front. TO CARE FOR SOLDIERS BLINDED IN THE WAR. A despatch from London says :- Sir Douglas Haig's troops have car - $200,000 Raised in America by the ried out another successful daylight British -French -Belgian Fund. raid south-east of Arras. The British A despatch from New York says: Two hundred thousand dollars will be sent abroad by the British -French - o., w. g to Belgian Permanent Blind War Relief 011.76. Fund, it was announced on Wednes- Montreal, Jan. 9. -Choles steers, $9i day night, for the establishment of an good steers, $7.50 to $8,25; butchers bulls, $7 to $5; butchers' cows, $5.50 to exchange to care for soldiers of the 57.00; canners, hells, $5.60; canners, three countries blinded in battle. 02 - cows, 95,40; grass-fed calves, 96.50; milk -fed calves. $10; -- lambs, $12 to flcers of the fund explained that their ing bad weather and while carrying troops. Four military officers and 110 of the crow of as 33 i rs as well soldiers, , ren an chief Theu o d are missing. s g engineer are among the missing of- ficers." 918.50; select hogs, $12.75 to 913.50. THE CHILDREN OF BELGIUM. Are Suffering From Hardships and Disease. There are 2,575,000 children in Belgium enduring the hardships which a heartless ,invader has forced upon them, and of these 1,500,000. are entirely dependent upon charity for food. Of the remainder many have to be partly fed by the Neutral Com- mission. An American specialist who spent three months investigating in Belgium states that tuberculosis is in- creasing rapidly among the older chil- dren of the working classes, and rickets with the younger children; that every tuberculosis sanitarium in I,telgium is crowded, and that babies born now weigh less than those born before tiro war. GERMANY'S SECOND NOTE TO STATE PRECISE TERMS A .despatch from Paris says :-The 'Central Powers are reported by the Lausanne Gazette to be preparing a second note to the Entente enumerat- ing the precise conditions of peace, says it Genova despatch to the Temps. The peace terms of the Teutonic allies which Count Julius Andrassy, former Hungarian Premier, is reported to have said the Entente could learn from President Wilson, are believed in ra to sen ist of gen- eralizations quarters s lomat g di q p r ran and Aus- tria-Hungary wit ichGer OrAli2a y tria-Ilungary communicated to the Pope and presumably to the Ame'ican authorities -, plan was to obtain an amount large enough so that the capital might be kept intact and the relief work car- ried on with the interest on the money. entered the German trenches over a wide front, and penetrated to the en- emy's third line. Many dugouts were destroyed and extensive damage oc- casioned to the defences. A similar raid was attempted by the Germans south of Wytschaete, but the attack- ers were driven off in disorder. The British captured two hostile posts with their occupants. RUSSIANS TAKE 500 PRISONERS German Attack in Galicia Was Sanguinarily Repulsed. A despatch from Petrograd says: -The War Office reports: "Enemy attacks against our positions between the 'Tirol marsh, the River Aa, and south of the village of Kainzem, were repelled by our fire. During the bat- tle south of Lake Babit and south of Riga, 600 Germans were captured. In the region of the town of Retchni, north-east of Veleiki, an enemy aero- plane landed. The aviators, an of- ficer and a private, were made pris- oner." OCCUPY GERMAN CAMP IN EAST AFRICA British 'Troops Reach the North Bank of the Rufiji, A despatch from London says :- The British official statement on the casirpalgn In German East Africa, is- sued on Sunday night, says: "Our leged terms will now be made to Wil- son. The Frankfurter Zeitung says the allies' refusal arises apparently from the fatal error of supposing the present position is only temporary and does not correspond with the ac- Germans With Sub Give Display of tual relative strength of the belliger- Disregard for Non -Combatants ents. It concludes by saying: "No- thing remains for Germany but to break open the door of peace with the sword end." TWO •ZEPPELINS BURNED IN SCHLESWIG SHEDS. A despatch from London says: Two Zeppelins have been destroyed at Ton- dern, Schleswig, by a fire due to de- fective wiring in a recently construct- ed double shed, says a Reuter de- spatch from Copenhagen, quoting the Ribe, Jutland, Stifts Tidende. 2,000,000 BRITIS'1'I SOLDIERS ON THE FRENCH FRONT ALONE This is Entirely Exclusive of the Forces Employed in Seven Other Theatres of the War. A special despatch from the British day or night, to receive orders from front in France says: "Gen. Sir Douglas Haig to -clay com- mends the largest army Great Britain ever levied on her soil, The number of effectives in the British army in France on Jan. 1 was nearly 2,000,000 men, completely trained and ready, their' commander-in-chief. "This figure only refers to the Brit- ish forces in France, and is exclusive of those employed in the defence of Great Britain, Ireland, India, Salonica, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Africa." GERMANS STRIPPING BELGIUM OF BR ASS, COPPER AND TIN Kitchen Utensils, Door Plates and Door Knockers Included The Governor's Decree, columns pursuing the enemy in the Rufiji Valley occupied a German camp A Router despatch from Amster - on the Tshogowali River and reached dam to London says that the Maas - 8 au- lvolles t. Les Nat bankof ars htnewspaper , ilbamawe on ilio na rth 1 talc K , that the Rufiji, on the morning of January 5. thority for the statement T] till holds the south Governor -Goner al of Belgium has is - all A despatch from London says :- An Admiralty announcement of an- other case "of callous disregard for the lives of • non.00mbatants come to light" says that nothing further has . been heard of the British steamer North Wales, proceeding in ballast from Hull for Canada, which a Ger- man wireless despatch on November 10 reported as having been torpedoed. As only one piece of wood marked "North Wales" has been washed ashore, together with some bodies on the Cornish coast, it is presumed that the crew, which took to the boats in the gale then raging, were drowned. PRISONS ARE FULL OF HUNGRY PEOPLE. Trouble in Vienna -Why Germans Advertise for Swiss Servants. A despatch from Geneva, says:- iThe Burgomaster of Vienna, Dr. Weiskirchnet, threatens to resign if Hungary continues to refuse to send food to Vienna, according to reports here. He is quoted as saying- that tlto prisons are filled chiefly with wo- men and children convicted of having stolen food, while housewives are afraid to go shopping for food even in the principal streets owing to rob berles and assaults. The Swiss and German papers are crowded with advertiserntints for. Swigs servants to go to Germany, the reason being that every Swiss in Germany is allowed to receive from home weekly ten pounds of foodstuffs. 300 PERSONS KILLED IN FORMOSA EARTHQUAKE in A despatch from Tokio says Three hundred persona have been 1011.. ed and many injured in a dleastraus earthquake in Central Formosa, ar- cording to special despatches from +'rnosa. It Taihoku, the eaptial of l o t is estimated that one thousand houses T cit of r c . The have been dost ave 1 Y s Nanta has been damaged extensively 4by fire. household goods made of brass, copper, tin,, nickel or bronze, iaelud- kitchen utensils door plates and in g� n to have Tho communes s door knockers, The enemy s been ordered to assist in the col- bank," (sired a decree ordering the seizure of lection.