HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-01-10, Page 7WAR MMS RESTATED BY PREMIER
LL YD GEORGE N NOTABLE SPEECH
-' 'li nemies Must Make Reparation -'»Sanctity of Treaties Must Be
Itcestablislled---•P.t•oblerat s of Near East to be Settled.
London, son. ti,. -Britain's Ammer
to Count Lumen's terms of peace for
the GCinrtral powers has been announ-
cod to the world by Premier Lloyd
George in a rlpeech at the 13ritieh
laborite "man power" eonfereneo,
The British Premier laic{ down threw
cardinal principles on which Britain•-
and the Allies• -.would be willing to,
talk of place.
"I3e1'ore permanent peace can come,"
the Print, Minister said, "three condi;
thins moist be l'ulifiled;
"First -The sanctity of the treaty
must be ie-entahlished,
"Second• ---There meet be territorial
eettlements based on the consent of
'those governed
"Third and last -There must be cre-
ated time international organization
to limit the burden of armaments and
diminish the probability of war;"
The Premier held that Britain and
her allies are fighting:
• Not for the destruction or disrup-
tion of Germany.
Not to destroy Austria-Hungary or
Tinhey,
Not merely to alter or destroy the
imperial constitution of Germany,
Not to false Turkey's lands that aro
predominantly Turkish from them.
But for these principles:
Complete restoration of Belgium.
ltepuration as far as possible for
devastaied Levine and cities,
Neutrllizlltiou and internationalize -
Lion of. tho Dardanelles.
Reconsideration of the great wrong
clone 1;o France in 187i -referring to I,
Alsace-Lorraine,
Establishment of an independent
Poland --"comprising all genuinely
Polish elements, because this is neces-
sary to the stability of Western Eu-
rope,"
Arabia, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Sy-
ria, Palestine -all entitled to separate
national conditions,
Where Italians are malting a determined stand against the Huns
LEADING MARKETS REVOLT OF 25,000 GERMAN TROOPS
ON EASTERNFRONT cRONT REPORTED
Hreadatufis
Russia, the British statesman left No, 11� rig i.he nn•$2 239 INot 2 ao.,v$2 10 ;
for the future decision of the RussianNo, 2, do. $2.171; No, 4 wheat $2.105,
people themselves. in store `Fort William, including 21e
tax,
Inhabitants 0f African colonies to 1 Manitoba oats -No, 2 C,w„ 311e: No,
bo "placed under an administration as 8 C,'9r„ 7710^ No, 1 nxtra feed, 7710;
No 1 roes 7410 In store bort William,
ceptab1, to themselves to prevent ex -I American corn -No, 3 yellew, nominal,
1loitatfon for the benefit of European rninnlfo Hots- No, 2 white, 79 to ROr.,
1 i nominnd; No, a, do.. TB to 7911, nominal,
capitalists and of European govern- according to freights .outside,
Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Winter,
$2.22; basis, in store Montreal.
Peas -No, 2, $3.70 to $3.80, according
to fBarley-Malting, outside.
$1.32 to $1.34, ac -
Cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat -$1.66 to $1,68, according
to freights outside,
freights
Rye - No.oat2, $1,78, according to
Manitoba flour -idiot patents, 111. Jute
bags, $11,60; 2n,1, do„ $11.00; strong
batters', do„ $10.00, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $10.06, in bags, lvaontreal; $0.36
Toronto; $9.80 bull(, .seaboard, prompt
moots."
BRITAIN TO BE FOOD SITUATION
PUTS RATIONS IN EUROPE GRAVE
Lord Rhondda Says the Scheme
A.wtiiln S;liectian of Cabinet.
- London, jail, 3. -The Dh'ector of
Meat Suppliee, announces that Tues-
day will be the heatless day in Lon -
dor, aunt would atlse•affect the province.
eonipulsoty rationing is to be put into
effect iu Britain at an early date, ac-
cording to I,ord Rhondda., the Food
Controller, speaking at Silverton on
Thursday. He prefaced his announce-
ment by saying that he was afraid
that compulsory rationing would have
to come, and that it was on its way,
and then declared that his department
had completed a scheme, and that as
soon as the sanction of the Cabinet
had heen received, it would be carried
out.
Lord Rln ndda warned ifs hearers
that there would continue to be a
shortage, t3umgh the position would
lmproee, sad improve steadily.
"There is nothing alarming in the
situation," he said. "You have only
to tighten your belt. The people of
this country are undergoing nothing
Like the privations in Germany. There
they have less than a pound of meat
a week.'
R. CARS REIURNED haps, as in either England or France.
Described as Critical in Both
England and France anal
Acute in Italy.
Washington, Jan, 6. -Tho food situ-
ation in the allied countries of Europe
is graver than it has been at any time
since the beginning of the war and is
giving American Government officials
deep concern. Official reports picture
extreme food shortages in England,
Franco and Italy.
The fact that conditions in Germany
and Austria are fair worse offers the
only grounds for optimism in view of
the situation,
In England and France the situation
is'described as critical in a cablegram
to the Food Administration to -day,
from Lord Rhondda, the British Food
Controller, which concluded with those
words:
"I view the situation with grave
anxiety."
Yesterday a cablegram from the
French Government said that the
wheat crop had been requisitioned and
that the breach ration would be cut to
allow only seven ounces of bread daily
to all persons except the very poor
and those doing hard manual labor. In
Italy conditions are not as good per -
FROM Se NET LOSS 1,621 MEN
FOR HALL' DECE31BER.
-�1�* Total Enlistm.ents in C.E.F. 2,031,
Shortage is Being Relieved For Against Wastage of 3,702.
".{nada by United States A despatch from Ottawa says: Re -
(1.8. - hent. cruiting figures showing the number
of men enlisted in the infantry, artil-
A despatch from Ottawa says: The levy, railway construction and forest -
new centralized management of the ry units in Canada and the United
United States railroads, with its pool- States during the first half of Decem-
ing errangemeot, of rolling stock and ber, and the wastage in the C.E.F. for
economies of routing and motive the sante period, have been issued by
power, is al: early helping to solve the Militia Department. The figures
one of the main problems of the reveal a net loss for the half month,
Canadian :Ft:tit-way Companies, name- of 1,621 men, the total enlistments he-
ly, the more prompt return of -Cana- ing 2,081, as against a total wastage
dian rolling stock routed to United .of 3,702, The total enlistments were
States points. Rolling stock shortage divided among the various branches of
in Canada has been aggravated to a the services as follows:
largo extent by the delays in securing Infantry, 1,308; Artillery, 375;
return of oars from the United States Railway Construction and Forestry,
roads, Thousands of Canadian box 311; miscellaneous, 87. The total
cars, etc., have been kept across the number of men enlisted in Canada dur-
line for months. The shortage of ears ing the two weeks was 1,310, in the
in the United States, the keenness of United States 768, and in England 3.
railway competition, and the lack of The casualties overseas during the
any central co-ordinating manage half month totalled 1,217, of which
nient, have rade the tracing and re- 45 per cent. will, it is estimated,
turn of cat's to Canada very difficult within a period of six months, be fit
for a considerable time past. for general service, A total of 072
- �5- -- Wren were discharged in England, 081
SWISS TROOPS OPEN FIRE were returned to Canada for discharge
ON NI:IW GERMAN STEAMER. and 582 were discharged in Canada.
The total wastage in infantry units
A despatch from Geneva says: was 1,575.
Swiss 'troops onduty ou the shores of ,'.--
Lake Constance recently fired upon 4,600 GERMAN MINES
the newly -Launched German lake SWEPT UP BY TRAWLERS.
steamer, Kaiser Wilhelm, which en-
tered Swiss territorial water's. The A despatch from London says: Dur-
vessol was pierced in many places by ing the past year 1,000 trawlers, which
slfle fire and withdrew rapidly, No are used as mine sweepers around the
lives were lost, British Isles, have swept an average
The incident le regarded as marking of 8,000 square miles daily, During
Switzerland') determination to pro. the year they swept up 4,600 German
toot her neutrality, mines.
00111 feed -Cat' lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, hags included -Bran, Per
ton $85; shorts, do. $40; middlings,
do.,.26.$•16 to $46; good feed (tour, per bag,
$3
tiny-No. 1, norv, per ton, $16.60 to
$16.00; mixed, do„ 1)13 to $16, 1.0111:
Toronto.
Straw --Car lots, per ton, $5,60 to $8,
Country Produce -Wholesale
City wholesalers are paying at coun-
try points the following for butter and
eggs: -
Butter --Creamery, solids, per lb, 421
to 41e; prints, per lb, 43 to 4550; dairy,
pet• ib, 36 to 38c.
aggs-Fresh gathered eggs, 60 to 52c,
Dressed Poultry -Chickens, 24 to 26c:
fowl,. 19 to 20o; ducks, 23 to 24o; geese,
21 to 22r; turkeys, 20 to 500,
Potatoes - Wholesalers are paying
growers and country shippers 31.76 for
lil•st-('inns stool(, f.o.b„ outekto points.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the t'ollowh,g prices:
Cheese-Ne,v, 1)1000, 23 to 3slc; twins,
233 to 23n'e; early cheese, 26 to 2911;
large twin, 20 to aric,
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice. 90 to 41c;
creamery prints, 45 Co 40c; sands, 44 to
45o,
Margarine -29 to 32c.
Eggs -New laid, 1n cartons, 00 to 05c;
No. 1 storage, 43 to '142; select storage,
47 to 43,2.
-Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 20
to 200: inilk-reit chickens, lb, 50c; fowl,
23 to 26c; turkeys, 35 to 37e; ducks,
Spring, 27 to 30e; geese, 26 to 27c.
Live poultry -Turkeys, 28c; Spring
chickens, lb, 20 to Ole•. hens, 16 to 18c;
ducks, Spring, 20 to 22e; geese, 20 to
21c.
Eon ey-C•nmb-Extra tine, 16 oz.,
$3.00; 12,z„ $3; No. 2, $2.40 to $2,60,
Strained -Tins, 23's and 6's, 19 to 193c
per ib; 10's, 185 to lac; 60's, 18 to 1910.
Beans --Canadian, hand-picked, bush.,
98 to $8.80; imported, Hand-picked, $8,50
to 67; Limas, 17 to 175c.
Provision s -whole sale
Smoked and cured meats and lard are
quoted to the trade by Toronto whole-
salers as follows: --
Smoked ,eats --llama, medium, 30 to
311; do., heavy, 20 to 27c; cooked, 43
in 4.1c; rolls, 27 to 28e; breakfast bacon,
38 to 420; barks, plain, 40 to 41e; bone-
less, 43 to 49e,
Cured meats -Lung clear bacon, 271
to 28c Ib; clear b11111es, 261 to 27e,
r.ard--Pure laird, tierces, 233 to 29o;
tubs, 281 to 293e; pails, 29 to 295e;
compound, tierces, 4a to 29e: tubs, 2.15
to 2Gie; palls, 26 10 0250.
Montreal Markets
lrontrval, ,fan. 8 --Oats --Canadian
Western, No. 5, 92e; extra No. 1 feed.
92o; No, 2 local white, 873c; No, 3 local
white, Solo. bicur-Manitoba Spring.
wheat patents. firsts. 511.80; seconds, o11 January 15.
511.10; strong bakers', $10.90; straight
rollers, bags, $5,20 to" -36,370. Rolled
oats -Baas, 30 lbs, $6.30. Bran -$36, DRASTIC ITALIAN
Shots -$40. Middlings, $48, to $60.
AToulllie-$60 to $58, Hay -No, 2, per STEP TO GET MEN.
ton, car lots, $14.60 to $16.60. Cheese -
211e, Butte,--Choloest . creamery, 44$ yVAS ngton, an. G,- toy as
0.46o; 4 E s -
Deserters Rebel Against Sending of Troops to Western Front in
Contravention of Russo -German Armistice.
London, Jan. 6.-A despatch receiv-
ed here from the Russian wireless ser-
vice says that 25,000 German soldiers
in the region east of Kovno have re-
volted. German deserters state that
in •consequence of the Government
drafting all soldiers below the age of
35 for despatch to the Western front,
the aforementioned number of men
rebelled and marched out of the
battleline.
They then entrenched themselves
with rifles and machine guns against
the other German units, The German
military authorities have been power-
less egailnet the revolters, and are try-
ing to cut off their food supplies. The
German deserters declared that one
of the motives for the revolt was that
the sending of troops to the Western
'front was a contravention of the Rus-
so -German armistice agreement.
PEACE TALK RUSSIA AGAIN
HOLY CITY !FROM! LD -SCOT
SAVED • FROM TURK !NOTES
_.^.� OF INTEREST rizoml 1;i>lit
HANKS AND BRAES.
Battle For Possession of Jeru- '
salent Won by British,
A despatch from London says: -
Since Boxing Day Gen. Allenby's
army has followed up one brilliantly
fought battle by a series of engage-
ments which have brought under con -
What is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
The wages of. the Paisley coal cal•-
trol of the British Palestine army tho tees have been advanced from £2 to
whole of the watershed between the £2 3s. weekly.
Mediterranean and the Jordan as far
north es Birch, and they have a splen:
did Line across the scene of many 00T1 -
filets of ancient times.
The troops are now well north of
this line, for on Wednesday they oc-
cupied Beitin, the Bethel of the
Scriptures, and a bountiful water
supply between Birch and Ramallas
has been secured.
The rapid advance in a most dif-
ficult country was due to the over-
whelming defeat of a Turlcish attempt
to retake Jerusalem on December 27,
when, after resisting desperate at-
tacks fat• nearly twelve hours, the
British delivered a masterly counter-
stroke and rolled up the enemy right,
cauing the Turks, who sustained
tremendous losses, to yield almost im-
pregnable positions and fall back
along the Nablus road, leaving in the
British possession points of great
strategical importance
BRITISH DRIVE
ACROSS NAVE
Difficult Raid Successfully Car -
HALTED BY FOE TURRS TO WAR I ried Out and Prisoners Taken.
Negotiations Between Russia
and Central Powers Tem-
porarily Suspended.
London, Jan, 6. --An official state-
ment issued at Berlin yesterday, and
forwarded by the Zurich correspon-
dent of the Exchange Telegraph. Co.,
announced that because of the Rus-
sian request to transfer the peace
pourparlore from Brest -Litovsk to
Stockholm the Central powers had
temporarily suspended the negotia-
tions with. Russia. The message,
which was filed at Zurich on Satur-
day, said:
"Another Crown Council was held
to -clay at Barite, al which Field Mar-
shal von Hindenburg and Gen. von
Ludendorff attended. After the meet-
ing the following official statement
was issued:
"In consequence of tiro request of
the Russian Government to transfer
the seat of negotiations from llres't-
Litovsk to Stockholm the Central
powers have temporarily suspended
the negotiations with Russia."
FRENCH MAN -POWER
SORELY STRAINEDI
A despatch from Paris says: -The
drain upon French manpower, caus-
ed by the despatch of French divi-
sions to Italy, has already rendered
necessary the recall to the colo"rs of
men of fifty. A further measure in
the same direction Is announced by
the Minister of Munitions, who has
A despatch from .on- ort says:-
_ I "One of our battalions carried out
Will Not Capitulate to Ger- successfully a difficult raid at night
many's Terms of Peace.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Russia has turned again to war. Re-
alizing now that Germany will give
Russia a democratic peace only.i1 Ger-
across the Piave, taking prisoners and
inflicting damage on the enemy," said
an official statement on Thursday
from the British forces on the Italian
front.
This was the British raid reported
many succeeds in gaining a general in yesterday's Rome official statement
peace, Russia sees anew the necessity , -the first time that British troops
for continuing the fight. have been reported in an offensive ac -
Russia has been swept by the de. tion in this war theatre.
mend for peace, which was partly "On the whole front," says the of -
idealistic, partly inspired by war fa- ficial statement issued on Thursday
tigue, This transport of enthusiasm by the Italian War Office, "there has
reached its highest wave when Ger- been nothing of importance to report.
many offered what seemed a demo- "0n Tuesday night enemy airmen
cratie peace. But all that is changed. dropped bombs on Castelfranco
Six hundred delegates gave Foreign Veneto, obtaining two direct hits on
Minister Trotseky's war speech be- two hospitals. Eighteen patients
fore the Soviets the most enthusiastic were killed."
and convincing applause. No war
speech by Kere icy ever won ap- iaN Y RAIDS
plause so earnest. �� j��
The reason is that the soldiers know
now they are fighting for their own
democratic peace terms. The rous-
ing scene attained its most inspiring
height when the Baltic delegates cried: Beginning of Year Brings Great
ONCANADIANS
"The Baltic flag will be the last 10,
come down!"
How far this new enthusiasm will
prove capable of action has yet to be
proved, but at Ober i,;y:.'•Russia will
not capitulate to Germany's terms.
SUCCESS EAST
Activity on Front Held
By Maple Leafers.
A despatch from Canadian Head-
quarters in France (via London)
says: Our guns are grumbling around
Lens after an evening of activity in
which they were vigorously employed
in assisting to break up an enemy raid
7 against our flank. New Year's Day,
OF B EEECOUR1
decided that workmen mobilized for
the armed service belonging to the
1014 class and younger shall be with-
drawn from workshops and placed -at
the disposal of the Commander -M-
ohler. The measure comes into force
Finest westerns 'ige finest eastetn9 hi J I l h
seconds,81 to 44e. g adopted a drastic new policy to in -
stook, t0 6611• selected 4811•No 1
stook, 420; No, 2 stock, as' to 39c. Po- crease her fighting forces. Physical
tatoes-Per bag, m4ai' lots, $1.00 to $2.10. requirements have been modified, and
Dressed hope-Abdltolr killed $20,60 to
$27; ao,. 1 00111 31 624,30 to 325. pork- all mall between the ages of eighteen
1.1eary t'aua1a 91,01') insss, bbls, 36 to and forty-four years, previously 0x-
45 pieces. 262 to $53; cin„ Canada short
out buck, bbls, 46 to 66 pieces, $60 to emptecrfor defects are ordered to pre-
ee1 net.a,d28 i('empound, wood palls, 20lbs sent themselves for further eeamina-
Ibs: net, 275 to 2.80.o 26o; pure, wood polls, 20 tion.
Winnipeg Grain
1\'l(1111000, Jan 8 -Cash prices -Oats
-No, 2 (]W 818o• No, 3 0,W, 7710;
extra No. 1 teed, ,72c; No. 1. fee({, 7450;
No, 2 feed, 71111 Barley -No. 5, $1.36;
No 4, $1,33 rejected ted and feed, 31.17,
Isla.. No, 1. N tt C,. 68,185; No. 2 C,W.,
6318; Nn, 2 t.,'1., $2$2.50.
'United States. Markets
1\Ihu,ee.ho]Is, Minn., 25.0, S -torn --
No, 3 yellow, X1.70 to $1.76. Oats-- No.
2 whits, 70 to 79r, lv'Iotu'--Standard, in
rarioatl lots,. 30.75 per barrel hl 90-111.
wanks Bron --$R'> 60
Those accepted will be mustered in
isi-
i b testi-
matedthe army on January 1 . I s
mated that the decree will bring more
than six hundred thousand men to the
colors, '
LONDON MEAT SUPPLY
IS WOEFULLY SHORT
A despatch from London says: --
So meagre is the supply of meat in
London that the first meatless day is
Duluth, bfhnt.,- ,inn. 3.-I4
vein. ,u arr,•e, $.80;
sonar' .R,FiO bis• �i• � •, inhabitants during this tveek•orcl,
$3.808 netted.
nseed. on expected fol' a large slumber of the
.1 1 $R3, 1 10 ' 1
T 3. 3 a>, $1,0,4, Joh g
Retail butchers lo -day crowded the
Live Stook Markets wholesale u1a1'kets .ill all attempt to
•
•h 'a Toronto, ,fan, a- -Extra choice heavy obtain a supply for their customers,
.ERf 1S AEROPLANES BOMB Er
-Z
st ers, $1.1.26 to $12; do„ gond heavy, hilt the maJority of the dealers smut
111.60 to $10,86; do„ good ,$0,60 to
1 ,76 to
$il• butchers' yank,.
boice, With disappointment. •
510,20; do, medium, $a to i.9,261 do„ The Government 11as released 3,000
common, $x.26 fp $8,60; burn iris' bills , �
e o oo, n n, good Lulls, $8
iio q3,26; do, medium belie, $7,10 o reserved for distribution among but.
A7,R6; do„ rouR'h bu11x, $G,26 to G.20^
t S IO h 1 $a t $)0 d 1. carcases of lambs but file supply is
, FACTORIES ��� SUCCESSFUL RAIDS
Two Hundred Bombs Dropped on Ledeghem Ry. and Other
Railway Junctions With Satisfactory Results.
A dos/Atoll from London says: -The
?aiming official statement dealing
With aviation was issued Friday even-
ing: •
"Two hundred bombs were dropped
eursday nit tyro hostile aerodromes
"1. the Ledoglrons Railway junction, on
mite in the neighborhood of the
outholst Forest And billets south of
41lle.
"Six hostile aeroplanes were down-
ed In air fighting, and two others drive
en down out of control. Three of our
machines are missing.
"During the night'an additional 300
bombs were dropped on six enemy
aerodromes, including the Goltrode
aerodrome, ,Shccessful raids also were
carried out h1 spite of the very bad
weather! against the factories at
Mezieres-les-Metz, railway communi
cations At Woippy and the rallwa,y-
junction at 'St. Privat, in the neigh-
borhood of Metz, All of our machines
retttr'ned."
butchers' eow9, choice, $9.60 t0 $10$ do.; chole in the poorer 111srlets.
ood, $8.60 to $$0; do„ medium, 1g7.76 to 'rhe 'rest End butchers have boen
$gg$3• sto •kers $7 "T t $S 76 f d
$0 26 to4 $m earners and cutlers $616
tttttto $6 60, nitlkov goad to eholrr, $98 to fowl, game and tisk until meat. condi-
tions are improved.
t .. , .to ee ers, toad to advise their customers to est
$140 de„ cont. and med., $76 to $90;
springers, $90 to 51.30; light elves $12
to 514; sheep, heavy, $0 In 51.76;
Yearlings, $12;28 to $18.26; lambs, $17.76
to 510; calves, goodto choice. 614 to
1828 hogs, fed end watered, 618.60 to
1876; do., weighed MT Ill's $10,70 to
19 do., f.o.b., $17,80 to $17.16..
Montreal, Jun, 6-'C'llolce steers, 512
to 012,50; good steers, $10 to 512;
(Melte rows, $7 id $9,00' good, $6 to
57• butchers' buns, 67 to $10; ,Wilk
oai0es, $13 to 516: erase. $7 to 60;
canners' cattle, $5.28 to $0.80; sheen,
1.180 to 12; lambs, $18 to 16.2111;
1)013
Select hogs, tll mire, $.19; good select,
313.90.
All superfluous fat should be trim-
med from meat and tried out,
SEEKS TO INCREASE_
USE OF FISH IN CANADA.
A despatch from Ottawa says; The
Food Controller through the Fish
Committee of his office is starting a
campaign to increase the use in Can-
ada of :frozen fish. This effort will be
Part of the larger campaign. to in-
crease consumption of all kinds of 55011
in .order to 10111040 beef, baron and
other meats forexpbrt to the allies.
Advanced Post Taken by Foe
Recaptured by British.
With the British Armies in France,
Jan. 6. -(By the Associated Press.)
-Freezing temperatures continue to
hold the British front in an icy grip.
Many of the roads are impassable to
motor cars owing to the snowdrifts,
and the fighting is necessarily desult-
ory owing to the weather conditions.
The Germans, however, are exceeding-
ly active, carrying out raids on vari-
ous parts of the line.
Their exploit of yesterday morning
east of Bullecourt, in which they cap-
tured an advanced British post, re-.
suited in a heavy loss of life to the
attacking troops. Late yesterday
afternoon the British organized a
counter -thrust and recaptured the po-
sition.
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TO REMOVE CONTENTS
OF MUSEUM TO SAFETY.
A despatch from London says: An
official communication was issued
dealing with the Government's propos.
ed intention to take over the British
Museum for use by the Air Board. The
communication says the Government
intends to utilize for office purposes
the considerable space made vacant in
the Museum by the removal of the art
treasures to places where they are not
exposed to air raids, and that special
precautions have been taken to ensure
the safety of the contents of the Mu-
seum which have not been removed.
The announcement says that the read-
ing -room will remain open to the pub-
lic.
HUNGARY'S WAR
LOAN A FAILURE
A despatch Prom London says: .-•
Subscriptions to Jlungaay's seventh
rvm• lona totelled about 1,000,000,000
keoue)1, whereas the (lovernment. ex-
pected 8,000,000,000 kronen, tele-
graphs the correspondent. at Amster.
dant of the Exchange Telegraph Gone-
pa11y. Most of the sUbeeriptiolle were
forced on the ieadieg banks, 1..11e mes-
sage adds, only ea hleigmtllce t sliele
being token by the populace.
which came fn quietly, went out with
unusual activity reported all along the
Front, The enemy attempted raids
In no less than, four places, one of
them in strength.
Our patrols have been busy all
along the front, and have come off
victori"oit3'•-in various clashes with en-
emy parties, Both our own and the
enemy aircraft have been active. Two
of our machines attacked a party of
seven hostile planes yesterday and
brought down one in flames,
TO SPEND BILLIONS
ONSHIP-BUILDING
United States Government Ar-
ranging Gigantic Plans.
A despatch from Washington says:
Plans for a $2,000,000,000 Government
shipbuilding programme were reveal-
ed on Friday when the Shipping
Board asked Congress for authority
to place $701,000,000 worth of addi-
tional ship contracts. At the same
time an immediate appropriation of
$82,000,000 was asked for the exten-
sion of shipyards and for providing
housing facilities for workmen.
ONLY 160 CASUALTIES
IN GUATEMALA 'QUAKE
A despatch from San Salvador says;
---The latest advices here show that
the dist- reports of the Guatemala
oarlllQnalee were exaggerated, The
fataiities as a result of the disaster
aggregated 60, while only 100 persons
were Injured,
Earth attacks continue, but they are
weak. Relief committees are being
formed all over the 001111t1'y and a sec.
tion ..of the Red Cross will depart
shortly for Gnntemala, Laking medi-
cines, blankets and ntller necessities.
1 NOTHh3R BRI'T'ISH
GAIN IN PALESTINE
A tlespatoll from London says:' ---Alt
o0'ieiel communication issued by the
War Office on Friday eaya General
Allenby reports a further advance by
a part of his line north of Jerusalem
over a distance of a mile,
George Gibson, Dalkeith, has been
appointed governor of Smithstos Poor-
house and Asylum.
The magistrates of Glasgow have
agreed to confer the freedom of that
city on Sir Douglas Haig,
Maelcindor, M.P, for Gami-
achie, has been elected chairman of
the Tariff Reform League.
The operative bakers of Edinburgh
have been given an advance of wages
of nine shillings per week.
John McKiplay, of Whiteinch, has
presented a roll of honor to his native
district of (Aachen, Kintyre.
F. H. Allan, Bank of Scotland, Ed-
inburgh, has been appointed secretary
of the Institute of Bankers of Scot-
land.
Sir John Lindsay, town cleric of
Glasgow, hasibeen given a commission
as sheriff substitute for the county,
Sir Thomas Dunlop, Lord Provost of
Glasgow, has been appointed a deputy
lieutenant for the County of Lanark.
Ex -Councillor Neil McLeod has con-
sented to be nominated for the office
of Lord Dean of Guild for Edinburgh.
The Dumbarton police force are to
receive an additional war bonus .ef
three shillings and sixpence per week.
At a jumble sale held by Cochran &
Son, drapers, Paisley, the sum of £150
was realized to provide comforts for
soldiers.
Corporal John McGregor, son of e
George McGregor, Middleton street,
Alexandra, has been awarded the
Military Medal,
Nurses Mary Campbell and Mary ,
Chalmers, of the Scottish District
Training Home, have been appointed
as Queen's nurses,
Lieut. Ewen Campbell, R.F,A,, son
of Ewen Campbell, of 12 Drummond.
Place, Edinburgh, has been awarded
the Military Medal.
The Town Council of Edinburgh
have granted an honorarium of 51,000
to the Lord Provost, for maintaining
the dignity of the chair.
The receipts of a flag day held in
Glasgow, in aid of the funds of the
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
amounted to 51,860.
Nurse McNeil, when leaving Dal-
rymple to take up her duties in the
Epsom Military Hospital, was present-
ed with a gold watch.
CANADIAN TROOPS •
ARRIVE IN ENGLAND.
A despatch from Ottawa says: It is
officially announced that the following
troops have arrived safely in England:
Canadian Officers' Training • Corps,
candidates for army commission.
Royal Flying Corps, officers.
Draft: E. Yorkshire Regiment front
Bermuda.
- Draft: Artillery, horse, siege and
field, from St. John, N.B., Montreal,
Ontario, Saskatchewan and British
Columbia.
Signalers from Ottawa.
Forestry from Montreal, Levis, To-
ronto, Winnipeg and Prince Albert.
Medical Corps from Ontario,
Canadian Nursing Sisters and V.A.
D. Nurses from Toronto,
Newfoundland troops, Imperial re-
cruits, details. '
BRITISH VESSEL
LOSS 18 PER CENT.
A despatch from London says: The
following shipping figures have been
obtained from a reliable source:
Tonnage of sea -going ships, over
1,600 tons, fn August, 1914, 16,841,510; ,
lost by euemy action and otherwise,
less new construction, purchases and
captures, 2,150,000.
Remaining January 1, 1918, 14,091,-
519.
These important figures tell the
story accurately of the results of the
submarine campaign against British
shipping,
•
JEWISH BATTALION SAILS
TO FIGHT IN PALESTINE
A despatch from London says: ---
Tho new Jewish battalion of the
British army, which has lust com-
pleted its training, sailed for the
Palestine Croat on Thursday. '
The baLtallol is under the command
of Col. J. H. Patterson, an I7'ishmen
and a great lion hunter in East Africa
int the days before the war. His ex-
perience in commend of Jewish
troops elates back to the Gallipoli
campaign, where he was in charge of
the famous Zion Mule Corps, farmed
in Egypt of ,Tewish refugees from Pa-
lest9ne.
DENM ARK AND NORWAY
HAVE LOST MANY SHIPS
.A. despatch from London says:-..,,
Last year 867 Norwegian Vessels, with
a)1 aggregate.tonnage of 566,000, were
5111n11, an Exchange telegraph despatch ,
from Copenhagen reports.
inn 11 of the war 2 ly
Since �lfo-bog' i g t e yva 1.
Danish vessels, with a tonnage o$'
224,000 have been sunk, and 294 :Darien
have been killed.