HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-03-01, Page 6BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY IS LOW
PUE TO BAD HARVEST, NOT SUBS
Farmers Guaranteed Minim:tun Prices for Six Years on Wheat,
Oats, Potatoes, and Farm Laborer's Wage Raised.
VERDUN EFFORTS LEADING MARKETS
SERIOUS REVERSE 43.1;05,
Hindenburg Issues Statement
Censuring German Losses
in Memorable Cordliet.
correspondent at British Lintarin 8 white. 138 to o6o,
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Toronto, Veb. 2 7-111(inlialui Whent-
No. INorthoro. $4.11118; No. 2 (10., $ 1.0 3tt
No. 0, $1.8 8 1 No. 4 wheat, (11.7 •
traelt Boy Ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 0,11'.. 71 8(1 to
73o: No. 3 O.W., 70(1to 718•; ostrti No. 7
feta, 7OS to 72e; Na. 1 femi., mitt to 71.e,
au rail delivered ell route.
Arne:le-Mt V11 8(10, yyllow, $1.111,
subject to timbal. "0
THE GREATEST GERMAN
RETREAT IN TWO YEARS
Under Cover of Fog and Mist Heavy Guns Had Been Withdrawn
To New Defence Line
A deepateh from London says: compel landowners to eultivate their 84ter'a.
Prendier Lloyd George eaid in a speech ground. IIeadquartere in Franco says a eoPY tat'agar'.e201,.tliNan's'. 83‘I'vriediteeinne2„te°tetlidet,!,•, "0(121" &Well Headquarters ha France,
in the House of Commons on Friday ,: The lulu:tannin wage for farm lobar of an order issued by Field Marshal le.t,('
YLul'_s. accordtaelllea two.hrjing !.esesto 7,reig lttsilt1‘10. NN. N:;1/4:11:110".r.• $11".171.3vaig . Feb, 25, vie London, Feb, 20, --on 0720
WS •
that the ultimate success of the allied! torinounced by Mr. Lloyd George, 25 von Hinderberg has cense into the pos. sa
„ dportion of the Britiell front tet least
came depended on the ability to solve! 81111111120a week, represents 814. 00001021 01 U10 1e8eee. n par,
• the tonnage shortage, whkh wee novo ereltee of 50 to SO per cont, over 1140 the order ..aye:
"Ti '
ft eights ontstlie, the war to -day became a war of move..
liarlay-Malting. 2828 to 81.22, ail -
vomitus tO freights outolde. Ment. Under cover of fog and mist,
IMoliwbea2 8, nowt:nil. nernollng
ONTARIO TO A
BRITAIN IN WAR
The Government Brorow
$17,000,000 td Retire Bonds
Held in England,
inniis have determined to fix their next A desputch from Toronto eayee-:
line of resistance, Tice British Government lute appealed
Neve:ra:lees it can be stateel that for financial assistance from the
the Britleh now, or soon, will be In Province of Ontario, and in reaponde
e position possibly to force the ova- . .,
ing re mat appeal the Ontario Lades
euation of Bapaurne, which has been
affecting the ordinary needs of the , Present prevailing payment.
October to December resulted in seri- . which have been particularly heavy in the key to the German position since lature tlus session will paste legesla-
nation and military exigencies, The! 13rewleg will be vet down to We. Ilye---Ne. 2, 11.40 to VA- 111.14)
,i reillg to the past 48 hours, the Gellman; ear- the beginning of the battle of the Don euthorizing the Government to
eituation callOd for the graveet meas- I 000,000 ban'els annually. A similar
ous and regrettable reverses. Incap- rreialle fleet".
ried out the greatest retirement they. Somme, The points which already borrow $17,000,000 to retire Ontarid
nres. i reduction will be made in the output able officers must be ruthlessly remov. Mien telt tedo;i7;tri,retiipatepte In.,J,Illo. '
ed. The number of prisoners, which Dal". $8,5` ' m'c' 1,1 atP '''2, "43 1'1 I' gal have made on the western front in the have fallen into the British hands have Government bonds now held in Eng.
The Premier said thele Was. 710 c'r t'Oirit'tg, afrecting a 8-"vjug a 600'" Was unusually large for German Ut.'et 8: ToV(1•Init'nog 147". 11. 11.11 411'. ' last two yeare, and the 'British have stood out in the history of the fight- land. The a»nouneement was made
000 tons of foodstuffs.
sure way to victory without hunting ()mare) nour-eN ester. woo:meg to swept into possesmon of Pys, Serro, mg on this front and had been most lay Hon, T. W. McGarry in the Legies
troops, some of whom evidently BIM- An 7 A 11 It le . trael,
ormous eacrilleee were nveesenry : toer, and fruite will be prohibited. without suffering heavy loeses, shows HIJ'arleec?.'%""14".'";e' eluding the famous Butte de Walden- ago, when the 13ritish attacked on a 2- get etaternent on Thursday,
,
te este, red lttittrettl
the submarine from the deep. En- I The Importation o•f apples, tome- rendered without serioue resistance or tronA. $14:LIV 141:117euel.:18 :1'4*-gb• balk' IVIiratamont and Petit Miraurnont, in- stubbornly (leferldeti, Only a week lature during the course of his bud. -
from the Bi 1(18 nubile and the Gov- ', The only exceptions made in the pro- the morale of eome of the troops en- freerete. watt, '.41111'h hns been the scene of mile front east and south of Mir441"Probably never befell) has lite Pro-
ernment proposed to disPenee with all hiNtion i•f fruit importations will be 2442:018 was low.,, . 241011211r pitiir,'1"c't1;',d-. ..t3,ilthi,•1:•'ir ig. some o the fieicest flg.,Mang of the 131011t and Pys, the (121 111(611 resistance Vince been faced with 11 more serious
in the (14 41 of oranges and bananas', i1 Ihnir, per bog 9 2:7 0 to $2.8 0. , • • • • I
tonnage,
non-essentinl importations to save ,
in whbh Litt-. amount brought in will be; correspondent, thti. the 1021011 (101 1.11121S 01 1
Tle Unier adde according in the Ilarr••••18stra. No, 2, per ton. $1 2:
Ipisitt,••!, per ton, .99 to 91 1,0 Ir
0, a1 po
d. hellos of (lead men,
war, ,ind in places is deep wtth the ryas bitter and the high ground desired question, financially, than we are fee-
Onie W0/1 only 'after desperate hand-toing now, I am not referring now to
Can Face the Worst. restrieted 25 per Cent, The same re-' i.c, • c 1 • . . F.; . • I • . , Vi . .1 T The exact extent of the German re- t /11111d encounters and the talting of 011r receipts or expendlturee, S tun
puree a most care u investigation,
The Premier declared he bad not ;
, etrietion wilt apply to rults, Canned , d 0 . t t , i , 1 t . roll'.
n ie 14 ep.: must e. ta ten 0 tes tfi,..te,--•c al .0,e, psi to , .. tiny . o.
tiretnent is not known to -night, but 1 more than 800 Germane prisoner, referring to a matter that concerns
.1181 (81 importedars • • •
ihe eltfehtest doubt that if the Whele' /11..ty per (.eet. The 41111 144 vive the old spirit of the German ire e-
000atry Produne-Iltrlionosn10 1 1s es ima ed t int it approaches a The British had been Waiting. for the whole British Empire, From the
etwers„er.,,en „Ary. se 38, depth of three miles at some points. 0 clearing of the foggy weather be- day the' war began the Britieh Ent.,
eteantery prints, 13 io solids, 41: to British patrols are out in all three- fore pressing the advauce, but mean- Piro has been endeavoring to build up
43a.
sbOrn---New-1111,1, In eartens, 53 to 4041 ' •
, • 110118 herrassing the Germans and i time it is apparent that the German and finance the other nations lighting
out of cartons. 12 to 4,..
Drosaye poultry-0111,:te.o, 3 to gee; keeping in touch with Glob. move- high command decided to retire with- with her. She has been financing the
fowl. 20 to 28; :forks, 21 to 26o; witifam. Until they report it will not out any further fighting to stronger war and financing it sueemisfully, but
the strain on Great Britain has boon
tremendous, and she hag been forced
to tisk the people to deliver up their
seetn.ities.
"Great Britain has been obliged to
ask her colonies to contiibuto toward
the succuss of this great war. The ,
province has in the hands of hives -
tors in Great Britain $17,000,000 of
our aerie. That stock went to Groat
Britain several years ego, when we
required money to built the T.dend Nt
O.; it extends over a long period, 35 or
40 years goalie of it as long as 4Si
years. 'Groat Britain is desirous q
building up on this side of the Atlantic
a reserve from which she can draw in
order to provide munitions and Bali -
plies and other necessaries to carry
on the war on this side. Great Britain
has asked the Province of Ontario,
among others, to come to her aid and
take charge of these securities and re-,
sell them, and to' the exteet of tier
financial ability help in this war. Are
we going to do it? Is not the answef
of every patriotic man, Yes, we will
make this sacrifice? If we are to
make that sacrifice then the carrying
of that $17,000,000 beconme a firet
12 programme were carried mit and if Threig„ ,,pirce and cocoa la pro., fMITY•
all those who entild help in production hibited, end even the amount of Italia:
did help, "I honestly suy we van rave 'tou 201801 „11:,.. 1.(ei brought. in is rti•J
the svorst the enemy can do, mei that deeed. 'rle. iniportathm of aerated, FOOD Sir ikwri
E
10 what we to be prepared to ; mineral and table water,: will be pro- • ' •
do." bibited.
In dealing with the question of pro-,
Sine .900,000 Tons Shipping.
dealer', the Premier said:
"Then there is the question of mir ! The Premier ettid it Was expected
to slIVOI 900,000 1,011S or shipping yvar-
home supplies of 'food. I want the
IN AUSTRIAN ARMY
pet dee., 74 (0 444.80; torteys, -4 to 11; be possible to say met where the (1.er-1 positions prepared well to the rear.
geese. is to 20c..
tire DP1.1110--11'0W1, 111, 17 to 11 1;
eh (liens, in, is to See.
Cheese-- New, lttrtr.. 8,, 111,'; twins', greS
2t• to 21-11c; Ill:Oats, 2 8A mlie: old. , 111 GIF TIE U-BOATS SINK
• •
lion(7'y---- \\hit" rhaw, this, 1 4
eauntry to know that at present mad 1)-1111 f°°t-1,1tuft.3• Troops at Front Were Delibera. to 1 4 8e; 5-11:. tin.7.. h, 10 -lb, 13
00.1b. this, 3 to 14. rotolt honey.
large, "Tc' twins -710
food- stoeks are low. This is not !Wet The importatioa of atmer, the to lase; mom, ite 1,, lee aueeetiree
to submarine, but to the bad harvemt. 1 remier anneuneed, must be curtailed tely Left Without nae and heavy welyht. per dos- $2.751
It is esseetial to the safetY of the • be. a further 640,00o tone annually.. In Food. select,. 02.50 to $2.14. Nt,. • •-•1
announcing the deeision to eestriet the New Brttnetwiek Dolawares, 'Per ling, $4 ,
POlaities--enetario; ter -.bag% $3:00;
IlatiOn that We put forth every •
fort to increase production this year. impertention of paper, Mn Lloyd An Exchange telegram despatch $3.7. Fully 2,00 Have Not Returned to Their Base, Declares Alfred
Noyes, the English Poet._
BUT SORE HAVE BEEN CAPTURFD
There are still a fee% weeks to eow George said the Government had ar- from Aniterdam setts it is reported bash., sedge CanatIlan.rhan1.1;1d, it2.•
spring wheat, eata and harlot': to rived et the conclusion that a very from Vienna that Baron Hazel has 14‘,tsh" $7.": CanAdi"' 1-"11""P• 86." 10
.t.t.5 .1..hass, per lb, Ili tu 12c.
induce the .fartner to plow up pasture substantial reduction was necessary, been removed as Hungarian Minister —
and that the ailment would be out to , of National Defence, Major-General Provistono-Whol.orato
laarl immediately. The Governmert A despatch from New York says: -
half of. what is now allowed. This
proposes to guarantee the farthet' d von Szurmay having been appointed in ,,,,,ts'rnolted meats-Manvi medium. 21 to
.;..,tki,,i,,n3i7 England's anti-submarine fleet con
-
while a minimum wage of 25 shillings ,
minimum mice for a (Melte Period, would redeye the .ailowance to 640,..! his place, This change and also the to jte...'.10;•011`.4*.S 21,13221!1 •U',e. re*
(100 tons. i removal from command of the Austro- 27 to 3 Sc; backs,
less, 31 to 33c plain, 21 to 30c; buno: $i2ts °I
and fishint,g000private yachts, whalers
vessels, manned by 00,000
weekly win bit fixed for the laborer." Essential Foods on Free List. ' Hungarian army of Field-Mershal Lar4-.1.'"e.10.18. 11"N'eg '181.- to !”.3."; men, and this force already has de -
1 Archduke Frederick, who has been tUbs' 2U 0 2 2e1 O"144 22 'L° -.221e; own Premier eaid that before Me •kii ..• • . • .. 1 .
war 131111811 tonnege had been Met ade-
quate. and slime that time there had
s i eyed 200 German submarines,
. ' - e '' made second in command t. the Em- Corea monts-laing clear 1•0-79( 1 10 Alfred Noyes, the English poet, as-
tinued, would be on the free list, but perm., are repot. 18lo pe: lb,: clear bellks, .ts t ibii.
certain 'Ltd! .I . •. 1 I b . d - ted to have been in — serted in a statement here Wednee-
; centime:once of v. scandal in the army
been an enormous increase in the de- prohibited. The stoppage of in1- Montreal Silarkets day night:
mend for teenage More than 7,00,- nutation of coffee, tea and cocoa for ; managemeet which was revealed re- Montreal. Feb. 2 7 -Corn -American "Every boat is armed with guns
000 tone ,If British shipping had been 7111, time being wale due to the feet that cantly at headquarters by the fact .::1',". 2,Yeikr.•agoi% nIg. 6()1" throwing 12 or 14 pound explosive
allocated to Pranee 010110. aud a You large euppliee wore en hand. The C'f01:4i14, ;4 to ef•iiii-i:xtrd ko. 1 feed:7 3 tO shells, and has 1,000 yards of steel
that large bodies of troops were with- , 1 1, ',Ili
out food for upwards of a day. -4c, iour-man. Spring when( patents, .
considerable anlount had been eot Preiniet. said he regretted very much 17' sts 9 sarmuls, VS 10: strong ' netting trailing behind," he declared.
aelte for Russia and Italy; in addition, the cutting ra ,.f celTaill luxuries: tended
According to this report, food in- 1,,;15.,,,:e., eier'e '1-111te patents, choice. , ",11,11 the home waters are mapped out
a 1.1111:Hiderable amount had been ?link. ' Whivb came from France and Italy. , for the troops was misapplied LII;4,& t.rrairig 1.1111;.:3' 10Y1):: ttne 841 ; in blocks and each block patrolled. he added. It is impossible to save
Must Be Drastic 810358 roe , Thee° 46. ti W01.111:1 be imposed mend, The Emperor is said to have
with full Ifnowledge of the higher com- fielleee'eat`,",-.%Seret!"sds; tc, $7.1 5; ilo., I "Imagine 60 trawlers stretching a the crews. What is done to them charge upon the resources of thie
bags, 8 0 lbs., $3.25 to, 0d2-15.
in11110ditttely, eattl the Premier. Steps decided to proceed with many addi- .' -* t el 0 1 -eanet :Nom the English when they hit the net I am forbidden province. It becomes a first charge
6,1,1•1p,alidebeee, s4o If, $42; , S e Ili eta ..
For some time rhere has been. 3 would be taken to prevent epeculative. tional cases which are deecribed as be- a.,Ounlie, $4 3 to 95 0, rho- -No. 2, Per to the Irish coaet and you get some te say."
toll, car lots. $1 3. 111,e,t west- : this year and it becomes necessary
shortage of tonnage requires' for the buying, and,,ir seeessary the food con- 'Mg' of a sensational nature. erns, 26 tu do., finest casterns, 24 _._......_ __._._ that those who desire large expendle
to 26se. 13111101.--.01101e1,41 1.1•4111111.0y, 4 2
l'USalA I tures on the part of the Government
idea of the British Admiralty's antis
submarine campaiten, by which the
German submersibles have been debt -
en from home waters and forced to at-
tack neutral vessels on the high seas."
Mr. Noyes said he had spent many
days with the trawlers, and was in-
formed by their captains that a sub-
marine rarely will attack an armed
vessel. What becomes of a sub-
marine after it strikes a trawler's net,
the poet said, is a naval secret.
"Some have been captured and taks
en to England, but most of them sink,"
general needs of the nation, and even trel of the commodity. The restage-
elight shortage in the teenage for t, one bad been (irefully considered,'
•S OPENING BRITISH FORCF
ntilitary purposes. The rtation should a 4.4
stock, 450. I'otutued -per bee. cur lots, .4
trareit,6 st1',4";st!' satt4ereise. "148'i
retake abeohuely what the tenditIone a whole.
!ARRESI NIEMBERS 33.50.
Wrinntpes• Grain
1VIordpeat, Pah., 27 -No, 1 N.,rtlirrn,
$1.734; No. 2 Northern, $1.;..1: No. 3
el be asked the House to take them
were.
continued, "we call coVe with the 1,1111- Premier Lloyd George said it WaS OF SINN FEIN ORDER
"lf we take drastic meaeures," he , To Promote Shipbuilding.
marine menace, but if the nation is not neeessary to get tie much svc,rk as
Northern, $1.014; No. 4, Ai 1,65; No. 11,
$1.3 9 9; N1,1 (.1, $1.103: ‘.. Ottte•-•
prepared '800311t'800311t drastic mures
eas. pssibleMit of the shipyards, lint ;
— feed, W.1q
No. 2 (8.•v., 5Sie; No, 3 V. V*11 Purchase Supplies M Con-
tra No. 1 feed. Me: No. 1 feed. Mic:
is before us."
ter dealing with the menace (theist:sr . metely for the mercantile marine, but ' No. 2 feud. Mc. Ilarloy-No. 3 i1.1V. - ado, Not Through
to enalde the building of boats to cope . Men Released From Internment pre; .&o. 4 c.w et, . i
...c, re ected. Sec, pew,
OFFICE IN 01'1'14:WA
"The Government ie hopeful of tied- with eubmarines. Timber to the'
1 ('amps in England Again
SOe. Ples--No, 1 N.W.C., $2.531; No. 2
_....-' • I New York.
marine, but we should be guilty of fol- 1 ported, he said, and if this tonnage. -
cleS2ea.51:,:te, Feb. 27-1Vheet, Mny, The Russian Government, which has British official communication dealing cal this side of the water, !Ind endeavor
ing means of dealing with the snip i amount of 0,400,01111 tops had been ine.I
- - in Custody. 'United States Markets A deepatch trom Ottawa says 8- A despatch from London says: A have in Englana and reborrow mone•y
ly if vve rested tranquilly imon the ex- was to be eared, this timber problem!
pectation of realization of that hops. : roust be dealt with. Investigation . A despateh from Dublin suye; A 81.80; .1111, $1.741. easlt-NO. 1 Intr,d, hitherto conducted ite war purchases with the fighting along the Tigris to that -extent to help Great Britain
number of S11111-Feiners, who had -re- VA; to 1,24!;.2-12; iisreo,:tilelif1111,7•;',3!,I.H.s7, Ort this continent from New York ie this wale"
'We have to deal ruthlessly and : wag being made as to the best methods; rently River shows that in addition to having
returned from internment ill (7.0111. No. 8 yellow, 911,O 0 1 tn VA 2. Oats,.
promptly -with the tonnage problem by !of economizing timber behind the „,,,, headquarters, has, on the suggestion occupied Turkish trenches over a
measures et•hich impose great saeri-. lines *mil in England. Anuther , England were arrested on Thursday in TictatnriOng 62iirsinntilel. of the Canadian Government, decided front of nearly 2,000 yards in the
Limerick, Galwey and Skibbereen, as (Plulnes •Unetiang"• limn u1w1'4"g"th 10 "1" 1411 llp $111 office at Ottawa, to take Sannaiyat region the British troops DUMB SUFFERING
. 878114,01 solute necessity of our continuing to
build up the financial condition of the
province in order that investors on
this aide of the Atlantic may give tie
theeright to say to Great Britain that
we elan advance the seventeen million,
"During the session I hope to hring
down in the House a bill to enable es
to purchase all these securities WS
should wait until the end of the war,
I want the members to realize the ab-
_
Position on Left Bank of River
Was Secured and
Consolidated.
rices upon the country. ;method was to make the array in ; 1, Pet, 27 -Wheat No 1 hard
Three Sets of Measures, ; made under the defence of the realm Northern, $1.370 to $,1.S03.
01MtiNo.. Northern. 41.82i; No. charge of the purchasing business in also have been able to cross to the left
:France self-supporting, I well as in Dublin. The arrests were
Linseed, °t1 Canada. Col. Kovaleff, of the Rus -
Ore Import a tions. ark, sasia to $2.S2, 111'1.11,1, 1$„
"There are three sets of measuree: act. -altogether about fifty members liay, $eem asked; July, se.saa oHited. ruin army, 1181 arrived at the capital
' The neet heaviest item of import of the Sinn -Fein and the Gaelic — to tab:e charge of the new office, Rus -
Admiralty); second, the building of 000,009 tons adnually. Regarding • are COI.It11111111;11Th .irty-fibvie. mein were Toronto, Pell. 27--Cholce heavy steerS.
this item the.Premier said; "We are taken into custody in Du in a one. In0 . .
10 60. butchers'
St 0.86 to $1 1.2 51 do., good, $10.3 8 to lars' worth of various war supplies
merehant ships; third, dispensingcattle, (tholes, 9 1 0.3 8 to
with unnecessary commodities from .
importing millions' of tons, but the' Galway on Thursday night a promin- *10,65 210.. .dlITIO 111111;104egimird:
abroad and production of as much
food as possible at home." ! le,is more iron ore is found in 0711' trict Council and a promieent Athenry
; importation cannot be diminished un-! ant member of the Oughterard Die- 17.oe to $7.67; butchers' buns. 01101(80,
2.05 to 10.75; do„ good bulls, $8.40 to
0.85; do., medium hulls, $7.11 tu ,7.00:
country. There is plenty of low , merchant were arrested. Among do., rough bens, Is to se.es; butchers
The opinion was expressed by the ;
Premier that food prices: were not like- ' gi'ado ore, however, in this country, those arrestel in Dublin, the despatch rig. t.P411:6;$1dg.u. 4.,°,,,ill',;,2,2 :87°'',.; ,i..?°2g:
! and if the supply of labor can be says, are Councillor S. T. Kelly, J. J. more:era
ly to decrease for a long time after the $13.2 5 to 50; choice feeders,
war, inasmuch as Germany would non . augmented we can increase enormous.. O'Kelly, editor of the Catholic Bul- f.,"tus.U.8; 1151iMtler=d8 411.1,9hgettea0 tg
be a heavier purthaser than ever be- • -;
le our output. The saving' of ton-, letin; Darrel Figgis, a well-known snot 110, e0111. 8041 med.. on., 9 40 to soo;
fore. Therefore it was safe to grant nage would be large, bfite unfortunate -1 writer, and Captain Liam IVIellowes. fgrislitey,s, sqo to p.m; 401 ewes, $10
00 sheep, Peary. 8 1.5 0 to $0.00;
to the farmers a minimum price over , ly 4- calves, good to chalet?. $12.71 Lo 014,76;
it Wo1.110 come late in the year," '
a definite period of time, which was Tonnage Urgently Needed ' FOOD CONTROLLER Iambs, choice, $14 ill $15; do, medium. A. despatch from. London says.: -
the only way to bring. about immed- , "Farmers can increase even now by! ISSUES WARNING. 00.70 to $1 0.2 8; ham+. foil and watered, Thirty-two Bavarian and Prussian
114.751 do- 'Weighed off r'al.N. 0 4; 'kb, soldiers wore killed and 200 wounded
late actiou, ; hundreds of thousands of tons for this; — f.o.b., .$14.00.
The Premier announced that the ; year," said Premier Lloyd George,' A
despateli from London 003'$; In 010.21:.1470ntrgea,l,d. se.i•et.e. $1.2,71i-tehotee steers, 11S the result of a quarrel w}.ich re -
butchers. cows,
'suited in a fight last week, accosting
8;0 ticners'517,ugs', tL5i.",!e. sr ied*48.5500;80goi,S;. 8 to the IVIaastricht, Holland, newspaper,
Government would guarantee a price : "the food cupplies of the eountry• If • response to reports which filled the i 119 9°.
of 38s. 6d, for Gate this year, ;12s. for all the plane are carried out a very . newepapers on Saturday of impending 30 to $7: ecaneers' c%ws, 01: env:tors'
the next two years, and 244. for the ' eonsiderable quantity oi tomuige will increases 111 LIM prices of most com- 11.,n, mos, ii,,,,,01,,,en. 1', (111:
tilt.a,1041,,,ti I 21
three
The trouble took place
boss, choke selects, off cars 100, Belgium.
three following years. The price of !be saved but future tonna ' , .t... modities mentioned in the list of re- 51:4.50; 4--
17,000 KRUPP WORKERS
ARE OUT ON STRIKE
A. despatch from Amsterdam says;
--.The frontier correspondent of the
Telegraaf says that a strike in the
Krupp works at Essen involving
To Compel Production. ;which are not essential. It i:; idle nig of food supplies, 'with a view of Prisoners as farm laborers, according 17,000 worinen, has been in progress
the existing level of prices
The Premier said powers would be I to euggest that we who are comfort- ' ra,i'in'
' . : to a Berlin despatch to the Rheinische for a fortnight. The nien, the eor-
given to the 13oarti of Agriculture to ' ti: le at home should not be prepared will be permitted or tolerated. Should Westfaelische Zeitung, which (motes respondent declares, are demanding
i such attempts bo mede, the food
i to surrender the things urineceseary." 11 13'.General Greener, head of the Army higher wages and increaseed food ra-
-- I controller will 'imMediately 01'4 the Feeding Department, General Groe- tions. Many of the strikees he adds,
t nee••:,:Sat'y Ateps to protect the inter- ner's statement was made before the have been sent to the front,
ests of the ronsumete Baron Devon- Richstag conimittee which is co-oper.
• port will confer in due course with ating in enrrying out the provisions of
representatives or the valley:: trade the national civil service law. Ile
Ien.st, be. the navy, as described by 1 ' .
Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of the Is Ir" °re' w now amounts to 8,- League •
had e arrested and arrests rove Stook Markets • sia is now buying several million
In Canada, Canada, and it is expected that the
o.ders will be increased during the
present years.
PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS
FIGHT BAVARIANS
30 Killed and 200 Wounded at Bever -
loo, Belgium.
potatoes would be guaranteed, for the ; ly needed. The French Ambassedor
strieted importations, Baron Devon- 51(00 to 5 1 5; sows, 9 1 2.5 0 to 91 3.
comillK Spann only, at .186 a tba• I port, the food controller, Saturday
has been here begging. for more ships, For what wheat the Government will :1,11,8 the Italian Ambassador has jest night issued the following official 730,000 PRISONERS
guarantee the farther the following !left after making the same request.AS FARM LABORERS
, warning; "Baron Devonpart desires to
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minimum prices per quarter: For the"We
need an immediate and sub. repeat the warning given b3' Premier
peesent year, 60e.; for 1918 and 1919, ; etantiel saving of tonnage. Let us . Lloyd George in his speech Friday - A despatch from Amsterdam says:
65s.: for 1920, 1921, and 1922, 45e. , come down ruthlessly 011 imports !hat llo speculative buying or corner- __Germany is employing 750,000 war
CANADIAN RECORD FOR RAIDS
BEATEN BY THE LONDON TROOPS
New Zealanders Entered German Lines South of Armentieres
to a Depth of 300 Yards.
A despatch from British Head- which preceded the raid. Forte...four
carters in France says: -Further prisoners were brought back by them.
This is but one of the succeesful
Otails regarding the successful raid raids carried out. The London troops
tale by the New Zealand troops set a new high record for raids by
ail of Armentieres show that they bringing back 120 prisoners /11'111'
tered the German lines to a depth Ploegsteert. The Canadiane pru.
e 800 yards and remained there for viously held the record of len, ;rho
f 1aa hour, Wrecking dugouts and • men from Canada sny they aro de -
rim trench works., 1 termined to exceed the bag or the
They found the enenty support lines Londoners before the raiding seaeon
11 ref dead froM the bombardment is ended,
interests affected."
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CA PTU RE D AT LOOS,
SENT HOME TO DIE.
A deem -deli from London snys: The
following brief item in the Times tells
one Of nlarly earl stories: "A verdict
of death from tuberculosis, accelerat-
ed by privations and unsuitable food
while a peisoner-of-war in Germany,
WftS returned nt the inquest oe Joseph
Wright, eged 29, private in a Lincoln
regiment., wile (111-41 114. a military hos.
pital on '1'1' -lay, Wright WAR form- rioting started at a meeting for the
erly 21 butler thesice. He was distribution of a fund raised by pub -
0] ig1 and 14thel; prkorier lie subscription for relief of the unem-
at Leos. 1 le wesn prieever-of-war in pioyed. The mob looted a number of more than enough ofreara now avail.
1 before being grovel. and butcher shops, and a large week the second week of volnaterY 111-1 11(30 eonsumption of meat within the 'dee in Ereelancl to meet all expected
v,111,,,,, la, arrived ;umber of arrests were made be fere tioning, the supplies totalled - 5,057 limits laid down by the Food Cot
stated that additional war prisoners
would be put to work in the agriculs
hued districts and that in occupied
territories the garrisons would do
Spring sowing and harvest work.
WORKMEN IN PIRAEUS
START FOOD RIOTS.
An Athens despatch to Relater's
says that food riots among workmen
at Piraeus has led to the closing of
all shops amyl the Custom house. The
bank of the Tigris in the Shumrart
bend, west of Kut -el -Amara, and to
consolidate a position there. More
than 500 prisoners were taken,
PLYMOUTH HARBOR
CLOSED TO NEUTRALS
Port is One of Britain's Biggest Naval
Bases and Dockyards
A clespatchefrom London says :-
It is officially announced that the port
of Plymouth has been closed until fur-
ther notice to all ships except those of
the allies. Other vessels entering
the harbor are punishable under the
defence of the realm regulations and
liable to detention.
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HUNGER CLOSES WAR PLANTS.
Six Thousand Austrian Munition
Workers Reported Out.
A despatch from London says; Re-
ports from neutral sources tell of in-
creasing' suffering in Germany and
Austria as a result of the shortage of
coal and food. Six thousand muni-
tion workers in Austria have been
forced to quit work because of hunger.
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In eelecting laying hens look for a
full, well developed breast and crop,
showing a large pocket in which to
carry the food supply. This indicates
strength aaid vigor and ability to con -
slime sufficient food to produce eggs.
LONDON LOYALLY K..4,EPING UP TO
VOLUNTARY ATIONING SCHEME
Supplies at Smithfield Market Have Fallen Off 1,836 Tons a
Week, or 27 Per Cent.
.A. despatch from London says 27 per cent, "The result, so fee as
A return from the London Central London is concerned, 'must," says the
Markets states that the week before ;
is indicated a diminished demand. The
return, "be considered satisfactory, as
the introduction of the voluntary ra' principal distributive emitre shows
scheme the supplies at Smith-: that a large section of the populaeo
field aggregated 6,805 tons, Last of the metropolis is loyally reetrietinIs
YNC BY THEROAD
One-third of the :Armenian Race
Has Been Massacred.
A despatch from NOW York says:-.•
One-third of the Armenian race halt
been massacred or died from starve,.
thin and disease since the European
war began, and one -halt of flow re-
maining are homeless and dying in
exile, according to a cable message
from John Masefield, famous Eng-
lish writer, made public here 'Wednes-
day night by the American Commit-
tee for Armenian and Syrian Relief.
The menage said in part:
"Far away as she is from the maIn
conflict, Armenia has suffered more
in this war than has any devastated
land In Europe. She im like a vie -
tins met by troops on the march and
beaten and dabbed and left to die,
There is nothing in her misery to
make a headline of a battle cry. It
is just dumb suffering lying by the
road."
LOPPING -OFF PROCESS
ON OFFICERS BEGUN
Large Number Struck From Pay List
Till Needed or They Revert
A despatch from Ottawa says: -A
large number of. commissioned of-
ficers of all ranks in the Canadian Ex.,
peditionary Forces, both in Canada
and in England, are now being struck
.1 the pay list and temporarily retir-
ed to civilian life until their services
as officers are needed or until they de-
cide to take non-ccrminissioned rank
and are willing to fight as privates.,
There is a surplus of several thou-
sand Canadians officers at present
either in Canada or in Great Britain.
The Militia Department decided some-
time ago that war economy demanded
a stopping of the creation of new of- ,
flcers and the retirement of a largo
percentage of the supernumerary of-
ficers, many of whom have been draw- '
ing pay for months without any im-
mediate prospect of getting to the
front. It is stated that there are
• ls drafts or t le sin mg end 01111101er
813 a kr: :.•••1111.cul condition." order was restored. tans, a decrease of 180 tons, nearly , troller." campaign,
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