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trench Expeditionary Force is Ready to Proceed
Without Delay to Any Point Necessary
A despatch from Paris says:
;french. troops from Africa, are
ready to assist the allied fleets and
British expeditionary forces against
Turkey. The following • official
statement was issued by the War
Office : "The expeditionary corps of
the Orient, which was placed tin-
der conwnand of General A. G. L.
d'Amade and concentrated at Bi-
zerta (a. fortified seaport o£ Tunis,
Africa) to perfect its organization,
has effected the voyage of the Le-
vant under the best of conditions.
It has been ready since March 15
to aid the allied fleets and British
expeditionary corps. In waiting
it was deemed advisable not to pro-
long the stay of the troops aboard
the transports, and, for this rea-
son, the hospitality of Egypt, was
accepted. The French forces have
been debarked at Alexandria, and
are installed at Raznleh, where
they are resting and perfecting
their organization and 'Cohesion.
They are a'ea:dy to proceed without
delay to any point necessary."
ITALY WILL NOT
ENTER THE WAR
Has Reached An Agreement with
Austria, According to Paris
Advices.
A despatch from .Paris says : Pri-
vate advices haw® been received
here to the effect that Italy and
Austria have reached an agreement
which will satisfy the aspirations
of the Italian people for an enlarge-
ment of the national boundaries
and preclude .all possibility of arm-
ed intervention by Italy on the side
of the allies.
While despatches from Vienna
recently said that Eamperor Fran-
cis Joseph was absolutely opposed
to the cession of any territory as
the price of continued neutrality on
the part of Italy; the advices which
have come to hand state that the
Dual Monarchy has consented to
the cession of the Trentino. It is
added that the necessary docu-
ments have been drawn up and.
'signed.
This news bears out the reports
from Geneva recently that the
Trentino, geographically and his-
torically a part of the Italian pen-
insula, was to be handed over to
Italy, but is to be occupied by.
Italian troops only at the end of
the great. war. Austria has inter-
posed this stipulation so as to be
certain that Italy will maintain her
neutrality no matter what future
events may •change the present
si tuatic•n.
It has long been recognized here
that however much the Italian peo-
ple might desire to go to war on
the side of the allies, the basic point
in the official attitude of Italy is
the declaration of Premier Salan-
dra that Italy would remain neu-
tral "until her interests were
threatened." It has been no
secret that Itady would be willing
to give a binding promise to the
central empires to keapatctit of the
•conflict in return 'far satisfactory
territorial concessions, and assur-
ances that her aspirations. in the
_Adriatic would not be menaced in
ease of a Teutonic victory,
Clergyman Working
In a Shell Factory
A despatch from Glasgow says:
A call for recruits here to assist in
Oa' .
manufacture re. of shells brought
lit
c
t,
f •rtIi a clergyman, who
was
promptly accepted. He is the Rev.
Stuart Robertson, of. Pollokshield
Church, a. tall, athletic figure, who
now serves from 6 o'clock in the
morning until 5 .at night in, a large
er eineering shop. His day's work
seer, the Rev. Robertson attends
to his pastoral duties as his even -
':,g's recreation.
WANTED.
A Tropical Itain of Sheets,
We have had, since the war be-
gan, a liberal education in the
matter of giving. So many de-
mands have 'been made on public
generosity that we hardly feel sur-
prised at any demand, however
great. Notwithstanding, we were,
many of us rendered almost
breathless, when we saw the list
of "needs" for the equipment of
-the University Base Hospital.
"Where," we asked, "is the mo-
ney to come from to purchase
these?"
Then a brilliant idea; occurred to
one of the workers. It was this
"Why not have a sheet shower, not
only for Toronto, but for the Pro-
vince 7"
Ours is a provincial university.
Why should not we give the women
of Ontario an opportunity to help
with these furnishings 4
Opportunity is all that is need-
ed, for there are thousands of
mothers, wives, and sisters of peat
and present University students
who will be only too glad to help.
Hundreds, perhaps, will not have
time to send to buy sheets. They
will then go to their own well -
stocked linen -presses, and taking
some treasures, laid away in view
of illness of their own nearest and
dearest, will dedicate thein to the
nearest and dearest of others, in
fair France.
The size most required is 60" x
108", and they may be sent to the
Red Cross Society, 77 King Street
East, Toronto, marked Base Hos-
pital, No. 4, immediately.
-JEAN McPHEDRAN.
CONDEMNS GERMAN HATRED.
Thinks Cool Calculating English
May Be Blessing to Mankind.
A despatch from London says : A
protest against German self-esteem
and against the prevailing spirit of
hatred for England is made by
Stimmen Der Zeit, the organ of the
German Jesuits, which asserts that
each nation has a special 'mission to
perform in the world. The wish is
expressed that the rich talents•and
gifts of the cool, calculating Eng-
lish
nglish may become a blessing to man-
kind, and that for France there
may arise her old and precious'
0±vi.lization.
,1.
Name German Streets
After U -29's Captain
Adespatch from.
London
say's s: A
Christiania despatch', says that
many German cities have given
streets the name of Weddingen
after the .commander of the sub-
marine U-29, which the Germans
now admit hasbeen sunk. Obitu-
ary notices -in .several newspapers
refer to him as a meteor that has
disappeared.
GENERAL fl NDLE.
Commander of Great Britain':s
Fifth Arany Corps.'
A new photograph of General Sir
Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, who
is in command of Great Britain's.
Fifth Army Corps. General Run-
de was born in 1856. Since 1876 he
has .served in the army, During
the 39 years of his ,service he has
distingulsihed himself in iraany oa6n-
paigns. He has been mentioned in
despatches numerous times, and is
scarred from the wounds .received
in many battles. Babas served in
the Zulu campaign, the Sudan Ex-
pedition, and the Boer War, and
is a K.C.B,, G.C.V.O.,
C.M.G., and D.S.O, -
EXPECTEB TO SECIIRE
SLP
SHIP OF MERCY
IS SUBMARINE)
Germany to Settle
For the Wm. P. Frye
A despatch from Washington
says: The German Government
has replied to the• claim of the State
Department for compensation 'for
the sinking by the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich of the American ship
William P. Frye, assuming liaility
not only for destruction of the ves-
sel, but of the cargo, under the
Treaty of 1828. Germany requires,
however, that the case shall be
taken , before a prize court for the
establishment of facts concerning
ownership of ship and cargo. To
this the State Department will as-
sent.
Goeben Still Faster
Than Russian Ships
A despatch from Petrograd says
The vident reason why Admiral
Zouchon divided the Turkish fleet
into• squadrons in the recent raid
in the Black Seawas anxiety as to
the nature of the movements of
Russian merchantmen. Although
the Goeben has a large concrete
patch in her side, and is slower by
five or six knots than formerly,
she was still able to outdistarfce
anything brought against her Sat-
urday except the torpedo 'boats.
ORDERED OUT OF NORWAY.
Three Pirate Craft Disc2v ercd by
Military Airmen.
A despatch from Christiania,
Norway, says: Military aviators
while cruisingover the cliffs which
line the Norwegian coast nera, Der -
gen Bay on Thursday discovered
three German submarines which
had taken refuge there. They
were ordered to depart immediate-
ly or else be interned. They left.
4. •
$5,500,000 is Voted
For Galician - Relief
Steamer Flying Flag of United
States Relief Commission
Sent to the Bottom.
A despatch from Rotterdam says:
The Belgian relief ship Harpalyce,
of London, the bearer of New York
State's first cargo of gifts, was sunk
north of Hinder Lightship Satur-
day by a German 'submarine. She
was flying the flag of the American
Commission when she was torpe-
doed, according to --the testimony of
Captain Alatr•oos, of the Dutch
steamer Eazab,eth, which brought
to this port 22 of the 27 rescued
members of the crew, including the
second mate and second engineer.
The Constance Catharine, also a
Dutch craft, picked up five of the
.men. It is feared that all of the
remaining fifteen of the crew have
been lost. The Harpalyce sank
within five minutes of receiving the
torpedo: She was a steamer. of
3,691 tons.
Captain Matroo,s said he was.in
an exoel:lent position to see the
whole affair, and that the American
Relief Commission's flag flying
from the jib stay of the Harpalyce.
was plainly visible to him as he
stood on the bridge of his vessel,
which was then one mile astern of
the British boat.
"While I was watching the Has-
palyce," said the captain, "sud-
denly I saw a cloud of smoke and
heard a tremendous explosion. I
full steam for the ship.
put on,a
P
Then I saw the periscope of a sub-
marine about a. hundred yards from
the Harpalyce going away from the
sinking vessel. The wash of the
periscope was quite plain. I got a
lifeboat launched and picked rip
thirteen men who were swimming
about or clinging to wreckage;
then I turned my attention to 'those
in the boats. The second officer
was unconscious when I recovered
him, but I got him into a warm
bunk with warm bottles, and he re-
covered
ecotiered after two hours.
"Just as the Harpalyce was dis-
appearing there were three or four
distinct and heavy explosions as
'the four boilers burst. Everyone
was covered with wreckage."
Reporters Pay Fines
For Dangerous News
Cowmaluder of German Cruiser Quits Bluffing and*
interns the Prinz Eitel
A despatch .from Washington
eaye Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Peters announced that
the German cruiser Eitel Friedrich
would intern at Newport News,
Virginia. The ship will remain in.
the custody of the united States
until the end of the war in whic h
Germany is now engaged.
The period fixed by the Govern-
ment Neutrality Board within
which the Eitel Friedrich should
leave the territorial waters of the
United States unless ale was to be
interned expired Wednesday night.
Secretary Peters received a report
from Collector of Customr.Hamil-
ton at 11'41401k transmitting ,n com-
rnunicafion from Capt. Thleres-
ehen, of the German ship, stating
kis intention to intern,
The German captain disclosed for
the first time that he had expected
assistance from the other warships
of his government in order to make
it possible for him to dash for the
open is,ea, with some hope of suc-
cess. In his .conimunieation he gave
no details as to the basis of his ex-
pectation that assistance would he
1 ,
taclzed. .
rendered ' lien but it was inferred
that he expected Germanwarships
to divert the British and French
cruisers from their patrol outside
the Virginia Capes so as to permit
the; Eitel to steam away to safety.
Secretary Peters announced that
the Navy Department would take
charge of the internment of the
German warship, On being taken
to the navy yard the breech blocks
of her guns will be removed and
connecting rod of her engines de -
A despatch from London says:
Charles 'Dyson, a local reporter,.
was fined $25 at Portland Police
Court for ,supplying news to the
press calculated to be of use to
Germany, and Edward Newman,
editor of the Southern Times, was
fined $50 for publishing a report of
a ;similar nature,
American Observers
Have Left Geiitriany
A despatch ,.front Geneva ::says
The live American army officer»
who. were ,attached to the German
military forces as observers until
reealded by cable, arrived at Berne
on their way home,
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russian Government has ap-
propriated $5,500,000 for the relief
of war sufferers in Galicia. The
money will be largely used to pur-
chase wheat and horses for the
farming population.
ATTMPT TO SLLY
� EGYPT
OF EGYPT
ANOTHER RAIDER
SEEKS REFUGE
German Cruises' Kronprinz Wil-
helm Puts In at Newport
News.
A despatch from Norfolk, U.S.
A., says: The Last of the Kaise.r's
sea, raiders, the Kronprinz Wil-
helm, steamed. into Hampton
Roads 'slhortly after six o'clock
Saturday morning . and dropped
anchor off Qld Point Comfort. The,
United States submarine 0-1,
which had sighted the Kronprinz
in the mists off Thimble Shoal
Lightship, escorted the converted
cruiser to her anchorage.
According to Captain Thierfeldt
and leis first lieutenant it was•sick
niers among prisoners - beri=beri,
from eating too much rice and
drinking bad water -together with
the •poor condition of the cruiser.
that forced the Kronprinz to aban-
don . her daring exploits. In the
.past .eight months since she left
New York harbor she sank fifteen
vessels, thirteen of which were Bri-
tish. Time after time ,sthe operated
under the very noses of the fast
and powerful cruisers whose" one
aim was to catch and sink her. And
once she fought her way out of a
dangerous ,predicament when she
stumbled upon the British cruisers
Berwick, Suffolk and Bristol. Her
career of eight months was all
touch and go adventure, but in all_',
the time Captain Thierfeldt never'
accomplished a bolder exploit than
when his alertness took him safely
through into Hampton Roads. Un-
less, as is probably the' case,, offi-
cers of the British warships patrol-
ling the coast knew that here were
British prisoners. on board anci de-
liberately allowed the Kron prinz
Wilhelm to pass unclial:lenged into
port.
It seems certain that Captain
Thierfeldt will follow the course
taken by Captain Thierschen, of
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and con-
sent to the internment and disman-
tlement of his ship until the end of
the war. Of course, that cannot be
taken for granted, but now that the
Kronprinz is in an. American port
it is hardly likely- that she could.
again evade the swarm of cruisers
that will gather. off this coast.
A glance at the great bulk of the
Kronprinz it will be recalled that
before the war began she was a
21;000 -ton luxuriously appointed
and very fast North, German Lloyd
liner -disclosed that her long
cruise had put the ship in very bad
shape,
Shot Fired at Potentate as Ile Left
the Palace Went Wide of
the Mark.
A despatch from London says :
An attempt was made on Friday to
assassinate the Sultan of Egypt,
Hussein Kemal, according to a
Reuter despatch from Cairo. As
the Sultan was leaving Abdin Pal-
ace anative fired a shot at him.
This went wide, and the native was
immediately seized. The Sultan
paid his intended visit to various
officials, and a crowd assembled
around the palace and 'gave him an
ovation when he returned. His
assailant in a statement described,
himself as, a native Egyptian, 25
years of age, and a merchant hail -
lag from Mansurah. He was per-
fectly composed.
French Women Eager
To Drive Ambulances
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
REPORTS FROM THE LEAWNO:TfAOE
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Apr11 13, -Flour -Manitoba firet
patents giioted at $7,70, In Jute ba •s; eec-
end patents, $7.20; strong bakers', $7, On,
taxi() w ie!lour, 90 pet cent, patents;
quoted et $5. 5 to.$5.90, seaboard; and at
$5,90, Toronto freight.
Wheat --Manitoba No. 1 Northern suet,
ed at $1,60; No. 2' at 81.56 1-2, and No, J
at $1,56 1-2. Ontario wheat, No. 2 nominal
at 81.40 to $1,42, at outside points,
Oate-Ontario quoted at 600, outside, anct
at 62 to 63cn track, Toronto: Western
Canada, No, 0, quoted at 69c, and No. 3,10
66 1-2o.
Barley -flood Malting grades, 80 to .83ef
outside.
Rye -$1.15 to $1.17, outside.
Peas -No. 2 quoted at $1.85 to $1.90, out'
side.
Corn -No. 3 new American quoted at
81c, all rail, Toronto freight.
Buckwheat -No 2 quoted at 82 to 83c,
outside.
Bran and shorte-Bran JO quoted at $26 '
to $27 a ton, and shorts at. $28 to $29.
Rolled oats -Car tote, per bag of -=90 lbs..
$3.40.
, Country Produce. .
Butter -The =rivet is firm with offer''
ings insufficient to go •arou']id. Choice j
dairy, 27 to 280; inferior, 21 to 23o; cream'
erg prints, 36 to 36 1.2c1 do., solids, 33 to
34c.
Egge-Receipts are large and price un'
changed at 20 to 21c per dozen, in case
lots.
Beans -The market ie steady at $3.25 10
$3.30 for prime, and $3.25 to $3,40 for hand
picked.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 16 to 17c;
ducks, dressed, 13 to 15o; fowl, 11 to . 130;
turkeys, dressed, 20 to 210.
Cheese -The market continues firm at.
13 3-4c for large, and at 19 to 19 1.4o for
twins.
Potatoes -Ontario, 65 to 60o per bag out
of store and 45 to 50o 1n car lots. Naw
Brunswick's, oar lots, 65 to 60o per bag,
baled Hay and Straw.
Straw is quoted at 88 to $.50 a ton in
car lots, on track here.
Hay -No. 1 new hay 1s quoted at $17
to $18; No. 2 at $15.60 to 816; and No. 3 at
$12.50 to $13.60.
•
A despatch from Paris says : The
French women's automobile club
has commenced the recruiting of
women motorists, aviators and bal-
loonists to form a brigade of ambu-
lances for the French army. Ap-
plications are coming in at the rate
of 100 per day. The .organization
aims to find enough capable women
conductors to replace all the men at
present driving ambulances who
are capable of rendering better ser-
vices at the front.
MODERN SPYBO1VI Il
German ;Espionage in Britain Revealed by Appre-
hension of New York Woollen 'Merchant •
A despatch from London says :
The approaethirtg trial of Anton
[C.uepferle, a German -American, ori'
ii charge of high treason, promises'
to prove sensational. The arrest
occurred some weeks ago on the
eve of Kuepferle's intended depar-
ture for the Continent, but the fact
of his arrest and the various hear-
ings before a police magistrate
have been kept ,secret on account
of the extreme importance to the
State of the matters involved and
the endeavor to deal adequately
with the wide ramifications of Ger-
man espionage in Britain which
xinepferle's apprehension disclosed.
It is no exaggeration to say that
the authorities consider Kuep-
ferle' it arrestthe most important of
`its kind .since the outbreak of the
war, enabling the authorities to lay
bare a most elaborate system of
obtaining most valuable: inforana-
tion of military .and naval plans
and transmitting them to the
enemy. The worst feature of the
ease is that it reveals beyond the
shadow of n, doubt that the most
dangerous headquarters for des-,
patehi.&g spies to England. are lo-
cated 1n the United States.
The revelations by Stegler, who
to
Business in Montreal.
' Montreal, April 13. -Corn -American No.
2' yellow, 82 to 82 1-2b•. Oats -Canadian
Western, No. 3, 67 1-2a; extra No. 1 feed,
67 1-2o; No. 2 local white, 56 1.20; No. 3 loz
cal white, 65 1.2o; No. 4 local white 64 1-4c.
Barley -Manitoba feed, 800; malting.. 90
to 92c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 92o. Flour •-
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
87.80: seconds, 87.30; strong bakers', $7.10;
Winter patents, choice. $7.80; straight
rollers, :$7.30 to '$7.40; do., bags, $3.45' to
$3.65. Rolled oats-Bble,,$6.75 to $7• -bags,
90 lbs.., $3.25 to $3.35. Bran, $26. Shorts,
$28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Moullie, $35
to $38. Bray -Ne. 2, per ton, oar lots, $18
to $19. Cheese -Finest westerns, 17 1-4 to
17 1.20; finest eaeterne, 16 3-4 to 17c. But-
tor-Choiceet'creamery, 321.2 to 33c; sec-
onds. 31 1-2 to 320. Eggs -Fresh, 21 1-2 to
23c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 42 1-2 to
45c. Dressed hogs -Abattoir •killed, $12.75
to $13.25; country, $9.50 to $11.75. Pork -
Heavy "Canada abort mess, bble., 35 to 45
pieces,' $28; Canada short -out back, bbis..
45 to b5 pieces, $27.60. Lard -Compound,
tierces, 375 lbs., 9 1-2o; wood pails, 20 lbs.
-net, 100; pure. tierces, 375 The., 11, 1-2, pure,,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12o.
was seat to jail in New York for
his connection with the crooked
passports, have an important carol-
lary in the present_ ease. Kuep-
ferle, who is engaged in the wool-
len business in New York, landed
at Liverpool, and almost immedi-
ately travelled to Ireland, yet with-
in five days. he . had accumulated
sufficient information that he con-
Sidered his mission ended and at-
tempted to leave England for Hol-
land, where he intended to deliver
his information to responsible
chiefs of the German intelligence
department.
Ib happened, unfortunately for
him, that the night he selected to
leave Folkestone the Flushing
steamship service was temporarily
suspended owing to the activities
of German submarines, and hence
he fell an easy captive in London.
When Kuepferle was arrested ex-
tremely vital information was found
in his possession. He was equip-
ped with all the paraphernalia
which modern spyclom regards as
essential, such as representatives,
invisible ink, codes, addressee, 'in-
structions, thereby . laying before
the, authorities the most complete
plan of German espionage which
Englandhas yet discovered.
United States.
Minneapolis, April 13.--Wheat-No. 1
hard, $1.55 3-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.48 7-8 to
$1.52 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1 43 7-8 to
$1.4No.937yellow, 68 1-2 to 68 3-4o 46 O to Non 3
white, 54 1-4 to 54 12c. Flour and bran,
unchanged.
Duluth, April 13:-Linaicd, 51.91; May,
$1.92.
1 Northern. $ 52 6 8; Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1,2 3 Northern,
$1.47 5-8 to $1.49 6.8; May, $1.50 5.8.
Live Stock Market.
Toronto. April 13. -Butchers' cattle,
choice, $7,50 to $7.75; do.,, good, $6.75 to
57.85; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.25; do., com-
mon, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' bulls, choice.
$6 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $6,25 to $6.30;
do., rough bills, $4.50 to $4.75; butchers'
cows, choice, $5.50 to $6.76; do., f.o.b.,
$8.25; do., medium, $5.75 to $6; do., com-
mon, $4.50 to $4.76; feeders, good, $6 to
$6.80; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $6; stock-
ers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6 to $6:65; canners
and cutters, $3.75 to $4.30; milkers, choice,
each, $ to $80;
sri springers, $50 todi$75;
5to
light ewes, $6.50 to $8; do., heavy, $5 to
$6.50; do., bucks, $3.75 to $4.25 lambs, $6'
to $12; calves, $6.50 to $10.50; -hogs, fed
and watered, $8.75; do., off cars, $9,15 to
$9.25; do., f.o.b., $8,40.
Montreal, April 13. -There were no choice
steers on the market, but a few odd sales
of good steers were made at $7.50 to $7.75,'
to
m
that down
eto
and the low grades from
$,5 to $5 50 while cows brought from 54.75
,
to $6.75 and bulls from $5.50 to $6,50 per
cwt.: The demand. for calves was fairly
good and sales 'were made at pricee rang•
ing from $2,50 to $10 each, as to sire and
quality.oioce a few Spring lambs sold at
seach. Yearling lambs were .
carce and5firm at $8.50 to $9 per cwt,,nd'
ewe sbeep at $5,75 to $6. The tone of the
market for hogs is very farm. Supplies
were small but ample to fill still .immediate
requirements, and sales of selected ots
were mads at $9,30 to $9.60 per cwt.,
weighed off cars.,
4.
Albanians Gathering
For Raid on Serbia.
A despatch from, Roane says: A
telegram from Vilona, ,says 40,000
Albanians led by Gei'man and
Turkish officers are collected be-
tween. Elbasin and. Tirana for an
attack on Durazzo and subsequent-
ly on Serbia. This movement, 'to-
gether with the recent attack on
the Serbians is believed to form:
part ef a concerted plan fore.dis-
tracting the Balkan States from
united action against Austria and
Turkey.
812,000 Prisoners
Claimed by Germany
A. despatch from Amsterdam
says : Word received here from Ber-
lin says' that on April 1, 812,800
prisoners,of war were being held in
Germany -10,175 .officers and 802,-
633 ;nen. The despatch gives the
prisoners by nationality, as fol-
lows :--
Oficer.s Men
French . 3,868 230,496
Russian .. , . , , 5,14.0 504,210
Belgian ....,•647 30,620
British 520 20,307