HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-05-03, Page 6CANADIANS TAKE STRONG POSITIONS
HOLD GAINS AGAINST TEUTONS
Capture Village of Arlen% Between Dawn and Seven O'clock on
Saturday Morning—German Line Occupied
After Desperate Fighting.
Canadian Headquarters, April 29.—;
Once again the Canadians have driven!
German pieked troops from carefully
prepared positions which they were
confident of bolding, and are now
posseveion of Arlene.
Tho bite taken out by. the Cana-
diane Saturday morning was about
gento yeale in length, with the One-
tratain of the efiemy's line at the,
deemed. point of 1,800 yards, A fee-,
Imre ee 'he action Was .8 procession
a out' easee neross the open
plaio, Imee by German prisoners.
They eittn.3 ataronso the th•e-ewept zone.
'ai'ryig either our wounded, who,
even when badly hit, enjoyed the,
is about 200, while over one hull-
dred wounded enemies are being
cared for by our surgeons. These
figures are liable to be inereased.
In the grey dawn of Saturday
morning, after an artillery bombard-
ment of great intensity, the troops
advanced under the protection of a
barrage which swept the ground
through which they had to flash with
a hail of eteel, and attacked the vil-
lage of Arleux,
Going forward in steady waves,
&mei), like an incoming tide, encroach-
ing on the defences of the Germans
further than that preceding, our men
passed through the remains of what
a few days ago were exceedingly
Markets of the World FOE EXHAUSTED
132.01,47olgtOS
oronto, May 1-alenitobte wneat-No.
ortherh, 12.81; No. co, ts.7131
FRENCH MASTERS
220.
..---,
8 1.W., satel°4etx3rNre,11%.21°Wieea",884•8 aoi Na,140
liat14.1, nombial, trae)t.liay 10131
Germans, Failing In Counter -
2 feed, 820, all rail delivered.
Amerloan ens -2'4o. 8 yellow, $1.61, attacks, Leave Allied
nominal. eubieet to embargo, track Toe
rotate, Troops Alone.
ontarlo otets--NO, 2 white, 12 to 784,
tut1, wording 10 treights eutehle. A despatch from London says; A
iv:animal; No. 8 whlte, 76 te 770, 11.0311-
108On2troo 11‘0•17 21,720Ni ow. ,02.1,13*;141.tue,,r, ale% itemise has settled upon the great bat -
02,68, accordleg to freights outside,
tlefield, east of Arras -apparently a
fr!lentabst-3 Notc:isiad,uominal, weeding to pause of utter exhaustion on the prat
(lording to froiritta outside. of the Germans, who aro obliged to
Barleg-maating, 21.85 to $1.87, ace.
le -No. 2,11,22 19 0.20, awording 10 rest without recompense to show for
freights outside, their appalling sacrifices of the lert
bogs, 812.80; second Patents, in uto
Manitoba flour -Firm: patents, ill lute five days, while the British methodic.
bags, 811.00, Toronto. ally refortify the objectives won in
bogs, $12,80; su•ong bakers', 111 lite
Ontario 110U5' --Winter, accoraing to the thrust begun on Monday,
,s18,,:i8get,,,,$1,1,..,.2gpt10,02i11',I.u.111001,,t,in bags, uracil
The German reactions died out in
Milifee8.-oar lots, delivered montrem frontaeinian of Gavrelle last night,
freights, nage inluded,livati, per ton, bulletins to the contrary not.
Kt; shorts, per ton, $45,` middlings, per withstanding. To -day there were
! $12.50; mixed. per ton, $8.10 to 211,00, IS
no attacks whatever nnd the Belt -
ton, $46; good feed mow, per bag, $3.00.
llay-litstra No. a, evr km, 212•89 to ' 1.1 s • , ble to work undis-
traelc Toronto, aPPei s we]. e a
tithed, save for bursting German
shells. What fighting there was
shifted southward on the line running
down to $t, Quentin, Last night also
marked the climax of the German
16038--Now-luld, 111 (tartans, 88 to 390; line.
eouter-attacks upon the new French
out or earttins, S60.
fowl sl t ,•''- • • , 2" 10211'; The renewed German efforts twice
lire:ale,' 1,0altry-Chiekens, 26 to 2So;
per doz., $4.6o to 01,50, turkeys, 26 to. UlscaY night Co ooeen ie e
,
Chooso-Now. largo, 27io; twills, 200; , gdo'111•311;,0,,nv,t,leleatt(v1haeritillinoideesr-aDoanTlee,s gwvi°lutendd, i
JUOo, large, 2$40; twin:, 20,..
then died away, under the stubborn
'1' 0, 85.75; Canadian, huna- reeletance of the French. Strong Ger-
elet,,,e, Inoshel, $7... , 1 5 ims, 8s. , u.
ihR:,,,si,?1,,•Ituiti,,.:s8-111 Ifo. 1b.• 143. man forces were thrown toward the
• - a.
ceale, thee eleVvr. l2e to 12,,e a. lb.
ltab. tins, 14c a lb.; French positions nboul; nightfall]
Straw- t'ar lots, per ton, 28 to 62,
track Ttn•outo,
Ponntry Produce -Wholesale
Nutter -Preen d •,.•. . 4 to 41 •
triumph cd' being thus seeved by the sti•ong wire entanglements erected or , creamery mints, trt'u egeoll, 42 10
t.
elle111,v, 01' 111 '1)' own eemously wound- strengthened since . the Battle of
ed. Tile otialber of prisoners who have Vimy by the continual labor of thou-!
• already -teleeed through unwounded sands of the enemy.
JOFTE ASKS UNITED STATES
'0 SEND ARMY TO BATTLEFIELD
DARE DEATH IN THE CLOWS
WHIP ENEMY AT BIG ODDS
'Thrilling Stories of Wondrous Displays of Bravery by British
Airmen—One Aviator Goes Up and Humbles •
Three Teuton Machines.
•
A despatch from the Britieh Armies
in France says: The German airmen
had one of the greatest surprises of
their lives late on Thursday. Tholday
had been heavily overcast until 5108r.
ly 0 pane when the clouds suddenly
thinned and the sun broke through.
A few German machines had been
sighted well bac* of their lines dur-
ing the obscured period, but when tho
sun shone out severel enemy squad-
rone, which had been housed all clay,
ettrilo out to stretch their wings in the
'slanting afternoon'a rays.
They had scarcely taken the air
when the British nuichines pounced
upon them, and in the after -teatime
fighting that ensued several German
machines were seen to crash and
eight others to be driven down com-
pletely out of coetrol, which are Be -
Bevy(' to have been destroyed.
Between (3 and 8 o'clock the air was just outside a bit of wood.
ik.o.tr, Japanese, band -picked, bushel.
t,,,oit, 5,, _.80,,o,,,, ;,;::.,n, to $2.75, 7s„. along a 2,000 -yard front, where the
2. 1:2 to 82.11. Iluokwhoat honey, eo.lb. French, as a result of their forward
Fre. a.a.• 0, lie a pound.
nch War Mission Es Vie
xchangews WAm
ith erican gee
Govern-,
, 1013 11 ,,r,,i,......1,,,,,„, si.,15 ,,,, sj -,,r, ,,,r push last week, virtually dominate the
inio,cis; esn,e. • . . • valley through which -the Ailetto
11
22e. roet, fat. 21e to .: oftile'lions', or! StILeam 11178'
dinarY, 22', fowl, ordinary, le to 22a. Farther along towards 1 Craonne,
• --- which sits on the road, and com-
ment Officials.
.A despatch from Washington 'aye:
-Confereitees between members of
the French war mission and American
Government officials for exchanged of
view's regarding the conduct of the
war against Germany began here on
Thursday after the leading corinie-
sionere had paid official calls upon
President • Wilson, Vice -President
Marshall and Secretaries Laming,
Baker and Daniels.
Of foremost importance wtts a long
talk between Marshall Jere and
menehers of his staff and Secretary
Baker. Gen, Scott, chief of staff, and
several other American army office -es.
Fran-. is known to desire the send-
ing of • ati American expeditionary
force to co-operate with her armies,
and Marshal Jere mune to the 'United
States prepared to give reasons for
the opinion of French military ex-
perts that the sending of such a force
is advisable. Information regarding
• the meeting between the military
leaders was withheld.
Soon after the conelusien of the cocci
(memo Rene Vivian!, viee-Prernier of
!France, head of the mission, made, a
statement, in which he declared that
the eo-operation of the United States
' in the war w1311.1 mean not only 0
vietory for Franee, which already was
: assured, but a victory of morality and
right, which will "forever secure the
'existence of a world in which all our
• children shall draw free breath in full
• peace and undietindeed pursuit of their.
labors.”
CONCRESS VOTES
'GENO PETAIN HEADS
FOR COMPULSION FRENCH ARMY
Administretion's Bill to Raise
Army by Selective Draft
is Adopted.
Witehington, April 29.- --By over-
whelming majorities both the Senate
Adminietration bill to rale,: /4 war
army by xelectiee draft.
The final roll calls brought into line
behind the bill many Senatore and re
presentativee who had sought for the
volunteer ,,ystem until routed by dM-.
sive .1,1'1a of volunteer amendmente
earlier in 51;' (lay in both Housee, The '
Senate, whieh had veted down th,!
volunteer elan, (ea to 13, nteosed the:
bill by a gote of 81 to e In the
House the eate agaieet the N'tgunteer
"Defender of Verdun" Placed in
Higiwst Position by Decision
of the Cabinet.
Paris, April 29. --General Petain,
who commanded the French army de-
, • fending olden 11,111.13 the mulled
• stages of the battle in February end
March, 191a, 14 to be appointed Chief
of Staff at the Ministry of War. Th
Cabinet decided upon thle this after-
' noon. The Cabinet meeting 4011 pre.
sided over by. President Poineare, and
was held aft,tr a session of 1113 War
i•ommittee. After a ganceal clieeue-
shin it wae determined te restore the
pest or Cltief of Staff the almistry
a War and confide the 54001 to Oen.
retain,
plan wee :.:13 109, ;111,1 that by which
the bill itself was ptiesal was :197 to
24.
1
GERMANS AGMN
JOIN IN BUILDING
OF WOODEN SHIPS.
Munitions Board and United States
Shipping Board to Co-operate.
PAID lic,ANSPATE A despnteh from Ottawa says: The
- - Munitione Board and the
Heaviest Bombardment Coast
Town Has Yet Exr •
perienced.
1. eleepatch from London says: Ger-
man attacked Ramsgate
Thureday eight, atecordine' to an offi-
cial alutattU!Obtent i,sued by the War
Mike. A large namb,:r of shells were
tired, but at', dostroyere wore driven
out by the are frOril the land batteries. •
One man and one woman were killed ;
during the bemhardment and one maa ;
and two women werainjured.
United States Shipping Board have
been in consultation during the past
fortnight with regard to co-operation
in the production- of :moan ships in
Canada and the United States. Stand;
ardized types of vowels have been
agreed upon. and there will be a com-
mon schedule of prices and contracts.
Arrangements. are now beteg made tb
have a eonsiderable number of wooden
:hips for ocean tranmortation built
on the Pacific coast. In Canada R. P.
Butchart of Victoria will take charge
of the business organization of the in-
dustry fur the Imperial Munitions
Board.
•
DEADLY WORK OF BRITISH GUNS
C NTfNiES WITHOUT A HALT
All Efforts of Germans to Recapture Positions Meet.With Bloody
Failiwe. Territory Gained by British,
A deep:itch from London says: -
The British artillery, which, in the:
second week of the Battle uf Arras,
used up more shells than ever had been
used in one action in the history of
modern warfare, continues its deadly
and destructive work, while the Ger.
man artillery answers hem and there.
Apparently this is the lull before the
next great clash. An effort of Crown
Prince Rupprecht's troops to recap-
ture positions taken from them by
th British, have met with bloody fail-
ure, South and north-west of St.
Quentin, that strong and important;
link in the German defence system,:
British troops have hurled back Ger-
Provisions-wbotesaas mends the main road from Rheims to
20..; ,n,„ 1.,..„,,,, 27 10 7,;„; eook..d. so to I,aon, on the plane spreading east-,
31:"tat /te.`tuta 1,,.,, te 26,': 14,'flikl'us't bsoott, ward, lies Hurtebise Farm, which
lese. ',:, b..,!..::.''-'''''''. 0.1 5" 35e; bu"- shares with Cerny constant German
t • -, era, e .1
i ., 1i;(',,/'..,1 ''0.,gt y .6 .
attention, inconsequence of its situa- :ona61„„1,1141e,'u tion
Don near Craceine, the continued pos-:
gerai ne ate- 1.,,nr: dos'. b000n, 21 to
22, Do, IL, clear bellies, 2.1 to $.4..., session of which is of great import-.
ance to the Germans. The opposing
2.2entreal Idarketo artilleries fight an hicessant duel in
w,,,,,,,,,t:it;sr.„4.1!,,y,..3,.? -N...,,yrt:is---sii:',Ir,,,ollt;,trithis nectar, and the Germans are do-.
7t
to4 tai A , ing their utmost by holding Craonne
.1.1.1, Flour- Mar,itod,a :Spring w)teat; to threaten the French advance across.
patents, lirsts, $1 1.01; seonaids,
b„ k,,,,., s".7„, winte,, git...,:,the flat lands towards. Laon.
(1,,11-Tve 81.e.110; etrVelit rollers. 212.30 to
,,,,,,„_,Eilesz 1,,88•21,. .1..,t;.,,l.r,t,,,,. 5,,ilt,,.11e4
l'ys,, $ 1.tle la $1..'fl. ttrait, $.1 ;Lan ;vapid,. BRErisll ARMY
:„„;,,i,... -,,,i.„„ •,-,;-„,.,--,:,;,..„ • ii,,-;;. 1:.1..-.:-3.. ,
IN vhUITFUL LAND
11'11'
,daul ed nor Ts
t. 3.'.' Non 11 sdadi, Idi to it$a, l'odadoeS I
Wintalberf Grain liArmy in Palestine Advances
..........
---se. 1 Northern. $2.40141, Na,. 2 Nortn-i Through Grain and
v, itIllij.,e, slay 1 ' -rash prfaes: 1Vheat 1
FruitS.
1 iS:,,i,!!:, : ,::',,:s75 a '1:,1,1.11", ';.'11,1, ,* '' 17•,!-,:'1;,; -`,..•%,: ! A
t .. I despatch from British Forces in
,.,s,,,,i,,,3,,.s. \.•::, j.t.,,. ttsiitt.....,1,-0.,,i,y.1.ii.xo.y.:1::. , sPititilee:-ttihnee sBalyisti:L tirs000I;seretnwteoromdonEthIs.
1 N.W e., 17; No
t.ar 101, $3.75 0.
1 A unites States Slaskots .' i, -I '. . .., a,. ' . h.-.
,i torically is .the gate of Palestine, and
eetnut,Pa .iNeli';':, eel.e-0,11,v,hVe -kYe l• the continuation of the 11114-1,350 has!
bard, $2.76 to S2.•.4-1; so, 5 so3tio411, 110W put them firmly on the soil of
$2.64 to $.2.70: No. 2 Northtra, $2.60 to I
the Holy Land,
'...ri.,:. -.,V.'::•-•?:;::: g 718 V1731xn. ' Progress from the sands of the'
11;:.i,.",(:e...,.V,'1,n.7: :N.'"•,,,,ile,..'r :,,giud:„1";gh,,nigir,,71i, desert to the sown land was gradual
a •
and was marked by three separate!
I May 1. 1 hard
1 ..,,..rthern $2,5 1 le se ey,• seee. laThe first ended at El Burg
•
, e.
filled with wonderful incidents of
deeds of daring. There were run-
ning fights and general Meleen, One -
distinguished young Britishee, who
but recently returned to the Me itftee
several monthe of rest, deliberately
"eat 0331 arl enemy airdrome" and
watched six enemy maeldnes leave the
ground and begin to climb towards
him. Ile wee sitting at 13,000 feet,
'and celmly remained there until the
leader of the .challenging Menem had
attained about 6,000 foot,
In the meantime be had noticed
that one of the hostile birds wee
something of. a stranger, It had a
very long tail and a way short nose.•
The Britisher, however, did notstoP
to worry about it. He dived at the
highest of the elimbers and gave him
two berets from his rflachitto gun,'
Down went the German in a crash
FOOD SORTAGE
FACES THE WORLD
Ontario Farmers Eager to I)o
What They Can.
A despatch from Guelph says; Meat -
loss days are eturing Ontario in the
-face, and not only In this Province but
all over the world there le a serloue
Shortage of food. iteeeeve supplies
are lower perhaps than they have ewer
been. Sturvution threatens the poorer
paoplo in the war zone, whore the
number of non -producing eonstimers
has been increased by millions,
Who is to tho
Mlles? What can Ontario do? An-
, other year like 1910 Would bring still
higher prie'es for foodstuffs and pos-
sibly ettu'vation to many across the
; eem
Although seriously handicapped by
the great shortage of labor, Ontario's
patriotic and progressive fariners are
doing their best to "save the situa-
tion." Day after clay Professor C, A,
Zavitz of the Ontario Agricultural
•
'OUCH EVERY PHASE EVERY CONFDEr.\ICE
OF MD FRO ES.
British War Commission 'Spends
Day in Conference With
American Officials.
A despatch from Washington says:
-The British War 'Commission on
Thursday entered upon itsfirst day
of uninterrupted work with a wide
series of conferences touching every
phase of Awed= participation in the
war. - E.deffats in all lines set out in
•-
earnest on the various paths prescrib-
ed by -Foreign Secretary Balfour as a
result of his preliminary conferences
with American officials to learn bo1.
most effectively the .Britieb mission
could be of service.
Mr. Balfour himself passed a
strenuous day. The morning he de. -
voted to writing his first report to
England, which, 18 10 -stated, will be
made public later,
•
Attorney -General Gregory called on
Mr. Balfour in the afternoon and is
understood, to have discussed with him
the many kinds of legislation needed
to protect public safety in war -time
and to prevent aid and comfort reach-
ing the enemy.
M. Viviani, head of the French corn -
Mission, also called on Mr. Balfour to
more closely co-ordinate the work of
the two commissione. Chas M,
Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, also paid his respects
to Mr. Balfour, after a Visit to the
French commiseion.
RUSSIANS FACE
a: -.1(I; r,i',$•;Ileen3leleit-,°.. Grape. After '1 year of yellow sand
',,
Mtge (3.14.ge1,1,00. Siael. the green vietas were soothing and
eti. 72.7 , . ....aa .1a. bringing the troops to the region of
„ ,.
Live Stoat rderketo refreehing to the oye, especially with
sleets, ',I 1.7a to $12; clodoe 0
hod :t. stool's, trCeS rising between the sand dunes.
Tet.,,,,,t ...e.a.neet,„ 5,08. the rol,h.•,c afforded by the tamarisk
,!1 r1.11 ,1•"3 iVelt,'.•'),,„%•1•,le,11.`,1,•?,•, hitt',",";;;'•:. The second stag,e was from El -Barg .
iii'I:iti ino. $1.1,t1: ob.,' -g.,:oj , .,,le.70. to'to Sheik-Zoweid, marking the transiel
' 11"- ''''• "'''-''' t" 'I'''1:1' 'I":' t. from the green meadows to a
v.:lineal, sese (.., wit,: ienemeee mina 1-,'" -
elea., °D., to .31o.F,o; do„ gllud bone.land of haelev fields.
1„,.,.3„,;,..zit., „,11;,,:,,,,,,,,.,,,i, 1.,.1,11,i,e11.1,,,,,,i,„;Nr,2„,(( ' Sheik-Zowcl is a. mud village, but
I
. batt,..rs. o,.ws. ..1,oloo, kV:. ro $1o:o,-. - boasts -a fruitful orchard with a eac- •
ea. ..ei. ss.w. o, ie' te; d.o.raeolluni, $;
V'' $7,25, :4;oodier,,,, , .1.„ ,08,, gad. dtus hedge, such as surrounds every
e:,....r.:osivienehr.(4i1.0,Re,,,,(0;1,(Art,,,,i•s: . _place of feultfulnees in Palestine. The
„o„. om „o„7., ,,,o„,o., cuchard blossoms were a joy to the'
ate 5. ewe gm -wage, 5,,0110; 11(11,1 eyes of thousands of men who'had
$1
ew0e, l:: 'to $1 6, sheep. r, homy,. $N,511 to .
, seen no signs of sl -ging, for two yeare , eid ves, goea i r, eiteieed 'e
tal;''. ol't'l.t.4.I1h.;.1.4'ri,";, t'l;i1:'..1.,i5 gtlIVN ""St” i
Ypt 5,, to 7; I 2. 7h n:1 „,„ ter ol: The thhel ethge of the transition
nieni to $11;,..15. do.. NN eigned off ears. was from Sheik-Zoweid to. Rafe, and
ene
t marked the entry into the country of21:71t,,near, ea. rne,., e15.71( to 510. '
wheat, The grass 11EI0 no longer
W ILL COMPLETE, :SHIP ' found in patches, but stretching
EVERY TEN DAYS: away in undulating plaine, like the
— ' downs of Sussex and Hampshire in
P' l'1an in 1,'. 0, to Aid el I , ' En land
bat the Sob Menace, 1 With the passing of Rafe the Brit -
New York, April 28, -The United ish army began the British occupa-
Statee Government awarded yester-, tion of Palestine, and opened a new
day to the Foundation Company of era in the history of the East,
this city a contract for building an 1 - •
TWENTY STEAMSHIPS
indefinite number of .i 'soden ships,,
RUN U-BOAT BLOCKADE.
part of the fleet which is to "bridge" •!
the seas, carrying food, munitions and' A 1 e -la f •--N V '.1.
supplies to our allies. To -morrow
The Associated Press says twenty
more than 1,000 men will be put to steamships, runners of the German
work building the plant near this city, submarine blockade, arrived at this
which, when it is running at maximum port on Wednesday, and thus made
capaeity. will he able to turn nut one available about sixty thousand tons
ship ready for service every ten daysof settee for cargo to Europe. Four
The plant will occupy 55 scree, with
1,500 feet of water feontage. of these 3088518 are among the largest
merchantmen afloat. The 32,120 -ton
FISHERMEN al ASSACRED passenger ship, built for the Holland-
.
BY HUN SUBMARINE America Line in England, and taken
over by the British Government in
1914 for war purposes, arrived under
(Sixty-three Children Orphaned When
El White Star Line name,
man counter-attacks with heavy 1
loeses. In local operations along the;
Arras-Cambrai road and northward
, the British have gained some ground.:
Over the battle -line and behind the:
'German positions the wasps V the;
air, the aeroplanes, have been busy,
aiding the artillery in finding its tar- '
gets, British birdmen have battled,
desperately with Gentian aeroplanes(
! to secure information which only they!
ran obtain, In numerous fights over,
, behind and in front of the entrench-
ments the British aviators have'
brought down ten German 812/1103 and 1
I
sent down twelve others damaged or
out of control,
21 Men Were Slain in Cold Blood.
Paris, April 29. -Twenty-one mem-
bers of the crews of two French fish-
ing boats who took refugedn the rig-
ging after their craft had been attack-
ed by a submarine off Audienne were
shot to the last manaccording to
Nantes despatch to Tice Gaulois. The
French Maritime League immediately
opened an emergency subscription for
the sixty-three children who were left
orphaes.
One etrolce with sharp harrow
teeth does as much good as two with
dull pointe.
There is one line .in which over-
production never takes place. This 14
oorn,
GERMAN SUBMARINE
SUNK BY U. S. STEAMER.
A despatch from London says:
Captain Rice, of the American steam-
ship Mongolia, 18,638 tons, which has
arrived at a British port, told the As-
sociated Press on Wednesday that the
Mongolia had fired the first gun of the
war for the United States. A sub.
marine was About to attack the liner
in British waters on April 19, The.
naval gunners on board made a clean
hit at 1,000 yards. The periscope was
stein lo lie shattered, Oil was seen on
the water after the submarine disap-
pearr.d.
REPOSED IN MS.
No Treaties Could Increase the
Unbounded yust Felt
by the Allies.
A despatch from Washington says:
Arthur James Balfour, British For-
eign Secretary, stated on Wednesday
that the allied Governments, complete-
ly convinced of America's whole -heart-
ed consecration towards the common
-end of destroying Prussian militarism,
would not think of asking the United
States to depart from its traditional
policies or enter into any formal alil-
301
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"Our confidence in the alliance and
the • f thia G 1.11
Mr. Balfour said, "is not based on
such shallow considerations as arise
'from treaties. No treaty could increase
our unbounded confidence that the
united States, having come into the,
war, will see it through to the great
end we all hope for." '
81r. Balfour, aftdr his first two days!
here, consented to an interview to ex-.
'
press his deep gratitude for the
warmth of hie reception and his con-
viction that America's services in the
war could not be exaggerated. Stand -1
Ing in the midst of a semicircle of
correspondents, Mr. Balfour spoke',
with the le est feeling of the lows i
already experienced in France and
England, and of the gratitude felt in
both countries at the derision of the
United StatesLo e..ziterlt war. a
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2 O99 HUN
Germans Predominate in Ntim-
bers North of Pripet.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russky Invalid states that the en-
emy has from 150 to 155 divisions of
infantry and cavalry on the Russian
front (a German division is about 15,-
000 men), consisting of eighty-five to
ninety German, fifty-five Austrian,
end fifteen Turkish and Bulgarian
divisions. 011 the front ofPrince Leo-
pold of Bavaria, who commands
eleven armies, there are three grouped
under Generals Eiech ern Lisinger and
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ON THE AISNE
Killed, Wounded and -Prisoners
Are Estimated at
235,000.
A despatch from Paris says: The
extent of the German losses in the re-
cent desperate fighting along the
Aisne (not including those in the Ar-
ras area in which the British are fight-
ing, -where the Germen losses are
probably 100,000) is partially disclos-
ed in the eeference in Friday's official
the Austrian General, Boehm
Ile holds two-thirds of the whale front statement to the capture of '130 guns,
of which a coneiderable number Wert:
with 105 divisions, while Archduke
of heavy calibre.
Joseph commands in Bukowina with
The German losses in men are es -
fifteen and General Mackensen on the
Rumanian front with thirty-five mixed Use
at more than 200,00Ce with
the probability that the total reached
divisions. Only three of the mortherfi
armies from Riga to Vilna, and the 235 000. These .figueee include 'killed,
wounded and prisoners; -and coneti-
Pinsk army, under General . Grenan,
are purely German, while only one lute one of the must formidable totals
army, under General Kerbach, is Aus- of the present
(damIn the remainder of the Ann -
ANTI -CONSCRIPTION 5113N
tro-Germen army the. German element
""
is predominant north.1 INNEWZEALAND
of Pripet, and• •
the Austrian element south of it,
Turkish troops are found in the arm- Wellington, New Zveiloalaz10
1)1,Asi
pec(0
ii1.211.9,
les commanded by Generals Bothmer, -All the Laborites.
Falkenhayn and Toschev on the nuke- seriptlon have been defeated in the
wine, Rumanian and Dobrudja fronts, municipal elections in Newt Zealand.
HAIG BENDS NEW GERMAN LINE
(0 15 00551030(5 by
Phone with inquiries as to how best
the problem can be met. What aro
tho best varieties of seed for Ontario?
What should the farmers of Ontario
do? When is the beet time to do it,
and what is the best method? These
are samples of the questions fired at
the professor of field huebandry and
director of field experiments.
Production of food is not keeping
pace 'with consumption, The number
of producers of agricultural food ma-
terial% in comparison with the non -
producing comaners, is rapidly de-
creasing, and a serious situation has
been brought about by the war.
OVERWHELM HUNS
W1TH BAYONETS
British Take Positions Without
Use of a Bullet.
kind being fired to rob the attack of
front under cover of darkness.
spondent of the Associated Press with
London), says: Despite all the won -
intensity unequnled by any of the
made along a three-quarters of a mile
lino created, the 101(1 steel of the bay-
oneted, the struggles about Monchy-le-
Preux since Monday have attained an
fighting in the Somme campaign last
year,
north of the town, and paralleling the
S
perate attacks. It was finally deeid-
of the bayonet without a shot of any
its surprise nature. The attack was
the British Armies in France (via
drous wog weapons modern science
has asserted itself anew in much
of the recent bitter fighting as the
arm of last appeal. As already relat-
ed to take this position at the point
calpe River, w ic iesis e four es -
A despateli_•n a Staff Corm -
There was one Gorman position
75,009 IMMIGRANTS -
DURING LAST YEAR
Of- Total Number Over 80,000 Came
Front U.S. and. 8,000 from
Britain.
• A despatch from Ottawa ea: -A
total of 75,395 immigrants were ad-
mitted to Canada during the fiscal
year 1916-17, Hon, Dr. Roche told D2'.
Paquet, of L'Islet, during the question
hour in the Commons on Thursday.
Of the number 61,49 came from the
United States, 8,28:2 from Great Brit-
ain, and 2,935 from Continental Eur-
ope. During the'same period 17,988
persons proposing to settle in the
Dominion were denied admission at
the International boundary line be-
tween this country and the United
States, 172 were rejected at seaports,
and 605 immigrants, were deported. In
the fiscal year 10,240 Canadians were
eepatriated from the United States, as
compaeed with 11,084 in 1915-16; 18,-
011 in 1914-15, and 17,638 in 1913-14.
SETTLERS' FIRES.
Easily Controlled -Urder the Permit
for Burning Syetem.
The report of the St. Maurice Forget
Protoetivo Assariat,on to, the eeaeon
of 1916 shows that the patrolled area
belonging to members of the Associa-
tion was 7,182,776 - acres, or 11,223
(maitre miles, in addition to more than
1,000,000 acres of government bind not
under license and to the lots taken up
by settlere. This territory is very
largely on the watershed of the St.
Maurice river in the province of Que-
TRIUMPH NORTH OF SCARPEb-...
Dming the year 200 fires were re.
Turns Oppy Line and Threatens Oppy Viltage Itself—Prisoners
Total 976—Strong Trench System Taken.
London, April 29, -The Britiolt have
broken the deadlock at Arras, and de-
. still • b
spi e
born and reckless have advanced at
practically every point on a wide
front north of the Searpe. The at-
tack began yesterday morning, and
heavy fighting is continuing, with
every prospect of more success for
the British before it ends.
After two days of fighting. Field
Marshal Tfaig's troops have turned the
Oppy line, outpost of the Wotan
line, from the north, and are threat-,
ening the key position, the village of
Oppy itself. Arleux-en-Gehelle, float)
• • t
of Oppy, has been stormed and par6
of the Oppy line on a front of two
'miles north and south of it. South
of Oppy the British have also forged
, ahead, 80 Oppy itself is pocketed, and
a desperate fight is going on for the
I village,
Another trod) system -a barrier
to the forward march of Field Mol-
ehill Haig's forces toward Donal ----has
been taken over a front of a mile in
most sanguinary fighting, The new
position lies south of Oppy, and runs
almost to the outskirts of Gavrelle.
Since Saturday morning the British
havetaken 970 prisoners, including
10 officers.
ported and extinguished, of which 173
were extinguished without extra labor.
The efficiency of the work has been
very greatly increased by tlie use at
lookout stations, telephones, automo-
bile patrols, motor speeders and port.
able gasolinc0 pumping apparatus.
The report shows that in the past
one (yr the most frequent causes of
fires was the carelessness of river
driving CreWS. However, since the
co-operation of the logging depart-
ments of the constituent companies of
the Association was secured, this
source of clanger has been entirely
eliminated.
More titan '1,200 permits were issued
by Association °Ricers fin' the regulat-
ed boning of settlers' elashings. As
a result of the care exorcised in this
direction, not a single 'fire was report.
ed during 1916 as being due to settlers
clearing land, within St. Maurice As.
sedation territory, In 1910, there