HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-09-17, Page 7Lai NSU NUI EL ANXIOUS
OVER NEXT OVE OF GERMANS
Situation is Hopeful, No
Enemy's Staff Decides U
Matter What Campaign
pan, Says Times Expert.
A despatch from London says; Col.
Repington, the Times' military expert,
discussing the question, "What will
the Germans do next?" declares that
they find themselves in the state of
perplexity: as Napoleon did after his
success at Vitopsk, the outcome of
which was Moscow. The tenor of the
article is hopeful, if not optimistic.
The writer does not attempt, to guess
what the Germans will, decide, but
says:
"The situation is clear enough, and
no matter what the German decision
is, the allies can regard it with equae
nimity. We have not been so foolishly
generous as our present enemy has
been with initiative as a gift, and the
question is not only what he proposes
to do next, but what the allies pro-
pose to do. Time will show."
REFUSES TO AV
FOR LIVES LOST
Germany, in Note to U. S. Sees No
Obligation in Arabic
Case.
A despatch from Berlin says; Ge
many's note to the United States bea
ing on .the sinking of the White St
Line Steamer Arabic, which was com
municated to the American Anibass
dor, 3arnes W. Gerard, for transmi
sion .to Washington, is in the form o
a memorandum under: date of Sept.
the text of which follows:
"An Aug. 19 a German sttbmarin
stoped the English steamer Dunsl
about 16.. nautical miles sou0
th
Kinsale, and was on the point of sin
ing the prize by gun fire ' after th
crew had left the vessel.8
At thi
moment the commander saw a larg
steamer making directly towards him
This steamer, as developed later, wa
the •Arabic. She was recognized a
an enemy, as she did not fly any iia
and bore no neutral markings.
"When she approached she altered
her original course, but then again
pointed directly towards the subma-
rine. From this the commander be-
came convinced that the steamer had
the intention . of attacking and rani -
ming hini. In order to anticipate this
attack he gave orders for the subma-
rine to dive, and fired a torpedo at
the steamer. After firing he con-
vinced himself that the people on
board were being rescued in fifteen
boats.
"According ' to his instructions the
commander was not allowed to attack
the Arabic without warning and with-
out .saving the lives unless the ship
attempted to escape or offered resist-
ance. He was forced, however, to eon -
elude from the attendant circum-
stances that the Arabic planned a vio-
lent attack on the submarine.
"This conclusion is all the more ob-
vious as he had been fired upon at a
great distance in the Irish Sea on Aug.
14 -that is, a few days before -by a
large pasenger steamer, apparently
beyonging. to the British Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company, which he had
neither attacked nor stopped.
"The German Government most
deeply regrets that lives were lost
through the action of the commander.
It particularly expresses this regretto
the Government of the United States
on account of the death of its citizens.
"The German Government is un-
able, however, to acknowledge any
obligation to grant indemnity in tthematter, even if the commander should
have been mistaken as to the aggres-
sive intentions of the Arabic.
"If itshould prove to be the case
that it is impossible for the German
and American Governments to reach
a harmonious opinion on this point,
the German Government would be
prepared to submit the difference of
opinion, as being a question of iter.
)national law, to The Hague Tribunal
for arbitration, pursuant to . article
88 of The Hague Convention for the
peific settlement of iternational dis-
putes.
"In so doing, it assumes that, as a
matter of course, the arbitral deci-
sion shall not be admitted to have
the importance of a general decision
on the permissibility or the converse
under international law of German
submarine warfare,"
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A. despatch from London says:
Owing to the rapid expansion of the
Royai Naval Air Service, both with
9lespect to personnel ana material, the
dmiralty has decided to place it un-
er the direction of a flag officer, with
the title of director of the air,service,
Bear -Admiral C. L. Vaughan -Lee
as been selected for this appointment.'
b nmodore M. F. $ufter, the present
irector of the air service, will lee in
urge of the material side of the
;Oval aeronautical work, with the
;1tle of superintendent of aircraft con-
lruetion.
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ICeep your temper, It is worth
sore to you than any one else.
RUSSJA S: ( I . HT
• FOR INITIATIVE
Conflict on Eastern Front is Resumed
With the Greatest
Intensity.
A despatch from London says:
AImost simultaneously.with the an-
nouncement that the Emperor has
personally replaeed Grand Duke
Nicholas as commander of the Rus-
sian forces, the fighting along the
easern frontier, despite the beginning
of the Autumn rains, has been re-
sumed with the intensity which char-
acterized it throughout the Summer
on both wings in Courland, in the
north, and in Volhynia, Podolia and
East Galicia. . In the south the Rus-
sians are making determined efforts
to regain the initiative, while in the
centre the Austro -Germans continue
to increase their advantage.
Thus Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg and his commanders in Courland
are still being denied their objective,
the Dvina River, while von Mackensen
and the Austrian generals at the other
end of the line are engaged in oppos-
ing the Russian offensive. In the
centre, on the other hand, Lieut. -Gen.
von Eichhorn and Prince Leopold of
Bavaria are pushing forward, and, ac-
cording to the Berlin official report,
have occupied Wolkowysk, an import-
ant railway junction immediately east
of Bialystock, It is for these railways
that the Germans are now fighting, as
when the .Autumn rains turn a great
part of the country into an impassable
morass they will need every .line` of
railway to keep' their armies supplied
with provisions and munitions.
The Petrograd correspondent of the
Daily Mail remarks that the Czar has
pluckily undertaken the responsibility
of the chief command at a time when
the retirement from Grodno is still in
progress under difficult conditions.
The enemy at the same time is ad-
vancing through :the marsh region
with the object of occupying the rail-
way running north and south. He is
using a ready-made railway line over
the swampy ground, the rails attached
to ties put down on narrow roadways
which are sufficiently firm to allow a
speed of ten miles an hour.
MANY ARRESTS IN WARSAW.
Conditions in City Described by a
Refugee.
A despatch from Petrograd says;
A prominent Polish lawyer, who made
his escape from Warsaw after its cap-
ture by the Germans makes the fol-
lowing statement:
"Two days after the Germans en-
tered the city more than 400 of the
most prominent citizens who remain-
ed were arrested without warning or
interrogation and sent to Germany.
About 700 families were deprived of
their heads and of knowledge of their
whereabouts. Arrests continued
daily. Theonly known reason was
that the names of the victims ap-
peared on a list compiled by inform-
ers and sent to Germany months ago.
A house to house search was made
and every copper vessel was confiscat-
ed. Metal was stripped from any
places in which it had been Ieft. Arti-
cles of cotton and wool were gathered
similarly from houses and shops.
ENEMY SUBMARINES
INVADE THE BLACK SEA.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Russia* torpedo-boat destroyers and
seaplanes have been sent in pursuit of
German submarines operating near
the Crimean coast in the Blaek Sea,
according to an offieial statement is-
sued at the War Office.
AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS BUY
NO GERMAN GOODS.
A despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says: The entire membership
of the House of Representatives of the
Federal parliament, the legislative
body of the Commonwealth of Austra-
lia, has pledged itself never again to
purchase German goods.
A. HOUSE OF 'THE THIRTEENTH
HIR "EE T CENTURY
AFTER' THE BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS
',this interesting pictal.e was received by The Daily News from Mr. Paul Ro hat, former language master of
Rarbord Collegiate Institute, who, as a reservist, returned to France at the outbreak of the war. Re en
tered the hostilities as a private soldier but for gallantry in service be has been decorated and promot;
ed and he is now adjutant'of the 0th Company 113th Regiment of Infantry in the French army. Writing
from Argonne he states that be . is much interested in seeing copies of The Daiiy.News and wishes this
paper every success. The picture shows the ruins of a house on rue des Trois-7iiaisinets, Rheims, which
was built in the 13th century a nd survived the ravges of time until a recent bombardment. •
NO BELAXATJOI\
ON EAST FRONT
Battles Continue Intense at Many
•
Pints Along the Russian
Line.
SID So RELATI NS
GR _, ` ` STRAINED
Two More Austrian Officials Are
Likely to Be Sent Back to
Vienna.
s: A despatch from Washington says:
u- President Wilson's request for the re -
r -call of the Austrian Ambassador, Dr.
or Constantin Theodor Dumba, has
broadened into a situation involving
Captain Franz von Papen, the mili-
tary attache of the German Embassy;
Alexander Nuber von Pereked, the
Austrian Consul -General in New
York, and possibly Count von Berns-
torff, the German Ambassador. The
official view is that the Ambassador,
although technically involved, is not
so seriously concerned as the military
attache or the Consul -General. It is
not unlikely that both of the Iatter
may be recalled or dismissed from
the country.
Coupled with Germany's disappoint -
e i ing Bead unsatisfactory explanation of
ad. I the sinking of the White Star liner
e Arabic, after Count von Bernstorff
had given assurances that full satis-
faction would be given if it was es-
tablished that a German submarine
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A despatch"from London 4 say
An exhaustive official statement ins
ed by the Russian War Office, cove
ing practically every essential sect
of. the front in Galicia, Poland and
Russia proper, permits of but one
conclusion -that the Czar's forces are
no longer continuously retreating,'but
that they have made a determined
stand virtually along the whole front,
checking the onrush of the Austro -
German armies almost everywhere
and pushing a thus far successful of-
fensive in Galicia.
Only at one point does the official
Russia war bulletin admit success on
the part of the Teutonic adversary,
namely in the district east of Vilko-
mir, north-east of the captured fort-
ress of Kovno, and not far from th
Vilna - Dwinsk Petrograd railroa
the Austro -Germans, with, tie
aid of strong field and siege artillery
are advancing thus far without check
the statement declares.
As for the rest of the entire front
however, Petrograd, hi summing
the situation, asserts the Austrian
and Germans have been "dashin
from one part of the line to the' other
in an effort to strike a decisive blow.
41 NORWEGIAN SHIPS
LOST SINCE WAR BEGAN
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A despatch from Washington says:
The State Department has made pub-
lic a report from the American Mini-
ster at Christiania, Norway, disclos-
ing that 'Norway has lost 41 vessels
since the war began. Seventy-six
sailors have perished.
Of the number of vessels flying the
Norwegian flag lost 13 were destroyed
by mines, 24 by torpedoes, three dis-
appeared in the war zone, and one
was crushed by a German warship.
Still another was taken as a prize to
Hamburg.
The losses have been so heavy to
Norwegian shipping that war risks in-
surance rates have been increased and
restrictions imposed. Up to date the
Norwegian War Risk Bureau has in-
curred risks aggregating $2,000,000
aind collected in premiums but $1-
820,000..
SAYS 14,000 ARMENIANS
MASSACRED BY TURKS.
et despatch from Rome says: Three
Armenian girls . have been rescued
from Turkish massacre. An American
physician on his return to New York
said before his departure that tho
Turks practically massacred 14,000
Armenians in Trebizond alone, where
they looted and burned the houses. In
Lenon 100 families were saved.
News from the interior of Asiatic
Turkey is appalling. The massacres
are continuing systematically, . since
the Moslems are determined to rid
Turkey of all Christians.
CUNARD STEAMER SUNK
NEAR COAST OF SPAIN
A despatch from Palle says: The
British, steamer Alexandra, owned by
the Cunard Steamship. Company, was
torpedoed 70 miles from Cape Palos,
near Murcia, Spain, according to the
Madrid correspondent of .the Favus.
Agency. Twenty-eight of the crew
Have been landed at Mazarron,
Spain.
sank the ship, official Washington
views the friendly relations with the
Germanic powers strained more to-
ward the breaking point than ever be-
fore.
Hopes that the submarine crisis
had been safely passed, and that a
break between Germany and the
United States had been avoided were
displaced to -day by misgivings. Talk
of the possibility of breaking diplo-
matic relations was heard again, al-
thoughthis time it involved both the
central powers, on the theory that
Austria after having her Ambassador
practically dismissed from the coun-
try might stafid with her ally in rela-
tions with the United States,
STOPPED CHRISTIANS
LEAVING TABRIZ
A despatch from Tiflis, Trans-
Caucasia says: After the exodus from
the Vilayet of Van the Christians
fled to the plains of Urumia and Sal -
Inas, on the north-west shore of Lake
Urumia, in Persian Armenia. Christ-
ians were preparing to leave Tabriz,
but their flight was forbidden.
The presence of numerous German
agents in Tabriz and elsewhere in
Northern Persia is occasioning alarm.
DUKE NICHOLAS
IS SUPPI NTED
Famous Leader Relinquishes Com-
mand of the Main Russian
Forces.
A despatch from London says:
Grand Duke Nicholas has relinquished
the command of the Russian military
forces and has been appointed Viceroy
of the Caucasus and Commander -in -
Chief of the Russian armies in the
southern theatre of war. This an-
nouncement from Petrograd follows
the action of Emperor Nicholas in
personally taking over the command
of his forces.
The text of the order 'issued by
Grand Duke Nicholas transferring
command of the Russian armies to the
Emperor is forwarded by the Petro-
grad correspondent of the Havas
News Agency as follows:
"Valiant army and fleet: To -day,
your august supreme chief, his Ma -r
jesty the Emperor, places himself at
your head. I bow before your heroism
of more than a year, and express to
you my cordial, warm and sincere ap-
preciation. I believe steadfastly that
because the .En}peror himself, to
whom you have taken your oath, con-
ducts you, you will display achieve-
ments hitherto unknown. I believe
that God from this day will bring to
him final victory.
"Gen. Aide -de -Camp Nicholas."
The transference was made in con-
nection with a general reorganization
of such importance that it has stir-
red the nation deeply.
The Grand Duke replaces the fa-
mous Viceroy of the Caucasus, Count
von Vorontzoff-Dashkoff. Emperor
Nicholas addressed to the Count a
communication acknowledging the val-
ue of his labors, and stating that he
yields to his request to be permitted
to devote his energies to work for
which his state of health is more
equal. The Emperor, therefore, res
lieves him of the post of Viceroy and
attaches him to his personal staff.
The decision of Emperor Nicholas
to take chief command is regarded
in .Petrograd as the best possible re-
ply to recent talk of peace proprosals,
and as showing clearly Russia's de-
termination to bring victory to her-
self and her allies.
Shakespeare said that "There never
was yet philosopher that could en-
dure toothache patiently."
THE ; AR ANE ,LES OPERATION
ON EVE OF A GREAT SUCCESS
Within Little Distance of a' Triumph That Will
Affect MI World, Says Lord Robert Cecil.
A despatch from London says: It
will be recalled that Winston Church-
ill; formerly First Lord of the Admir-
alty, now Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, .said shortly before the
Cabinet changes that the allies were lery for a new general attack on the
within a few miles of final victory at Dardanelles, The presence of mine- s
According to information received
in Bulgaria from reliable sources, the
allies are now concentrating large
forces, including heavy landing artil-
Markets Of The World
Breadstufts.
Toronto, Sept. 14, -Manitoba wheat
-new crop -No. 1 Northern, $1.01;
No.
prompt 2, 99shipment.con track lake ports for
Manitoba oats --No. 2 C.W,, nomin-
al, on track lake ports.
American corn -No, 2 yellow, 83%e
on track lake ports.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom-
inal, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats ---New. crop --No. 2
white, 38 to 39e; No."3 white, 37 ' to
38c, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -New -No. 2 Win-
ter, per ear lot, 92 to 95e; old, slight-
ly tough, 85 to 90e sprouted or smut-
ty, 70 to 80e, according to samples and
to freights outside.
Barley -Good malting barley, No, 3
feed and feed barley, all nominal, ac
cording to freights outside.' a
Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye -No. 2 nominal, 75 to 80e, ac-
cording to freights outside..
Manitoba flour --First patents, in
jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in
jute • bags, $5.25; strong .bakers', in
jute bags, $5.05, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New -Winter, 90
per cent, patents, $3.80, seaboard, or
Toronto freights in bags, prompt ship-
ment. .
Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont
real freights. Bran, $25 per ton;
'shorts, • $27 per ton; middlings, $28
per ton; good feed flour, $1.80 per
bag.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 24 to 26c; in-
ferior, 21 to 22c; creamery prints,
28% to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 271%.
Eggs No. 1, 23 to 24e per dozen, in
case lots; extra at 26 to 27e.
Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10
to 11%c; do., retail, 12% to• 15e.
Combs (wholesale), per doz.,,No. 1,
$2.50 to $3; No. 2, $1.50 to $2.
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings,
dress-
ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens,
20 to
21c; fowl, 12 to 13c; ducklings, 17 to
18e; turkeys, 23 to 25c., -" • * ° -
Cheese -Large, 14 to 141/ac;' do.,
twins, 141% to 148%c.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Sept. 14. -Corn -Ameri-
can No, 2 yellow, 89 to 90e. Oats-
Canadian Western, No. 3, 57c; No. 2
local white, 43c; No. 3. local white,
42c; No. 4 local white, 41c. Flour-
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
$5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers°,
$5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.50;
straight rollers, $4.65 to $4.85; do.,
hags, $1.75 to $1.85. Rolled oats -
Bbls., $5.45; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.60
to $2.70. Bran, $26. Shorts, $27.
Middlings, $32 to $33. Mouillie, $29
to $33. Hay --No. 2 per ton, car lots,
$17 to $17.25. Cheese -Finest west-
erns, 13% to 13%c; finest eastern,
13% to 135%. Butter -Choicest
creamery, 28%s to 283'x; seconds, 27%
to 27si'� e. Eggs --Fresh, 29 to 30c; se-
lected, 28c; No. 1 stock, 23e; No. 2
stock, 20e, Dressed hogs --Abattoir
killed, $13.60 to $14.15. Pork -
Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to
45 pieces, $29; Canada short-cut back,
bbls., 45 to 45 pieces, $28,50. Lard -
Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10e; wood
pails, 20 lbs., net, 10%c; pure, tierces,
375 lbs., 111 to 12c; pure, wood pails,
20 lbs. net, 12%z to 13e.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Sept. 14. -Wheat -
No. 1 hard, 96%c; No. 1 Northern,
90% to 95%e; No. 2 Northern, 87% to
92%c; September, 8814c; December,
89%c. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 75% to
76e. Oats -No. 3 white, 32 to 32%e.
Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth, Sept. 14. -Wheat -No. ;t
hard, 94c; No. 1 Northern, 93c; No. 2
Northern, 91e; Montana, No. 2 hard,
92e; September, 91c bid; December,
9014e. Linseed cash, $1.6314; Sep-
tember, $1.63 bid; December, $1.63,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Sept. 14. -Best heavy
steers, $8 to $8.10; butchers' cattle,
choice, $7.60 to $7.85; do., good,
$7.20 to $7.45; do., medium, 86.40 to
$7.10; do., common, $5 to $5.50;.
butchers' bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7.25;
do:, good bulls, .$5.90 to $6.35; do.,
rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers'
cows, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good,
$5.25 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.75;
do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders,
good, $6.50 to $7.30; stockers, 700
to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners
and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milkers,
choice, each, $65 to $110; do., common
and medium, each, $35 to $50; Spring.
ers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $7;
do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling
lambs, $7 to $7.75; Spring lambs,
cwt., $8 to $8.50; calves, good to
choice, $8 to $11; hogs, off cars,$9.40
to $9.65; do., fed and watered, 9.25
to $9.30; do., f.o.b., $8.90.
Montreal, Sept. 14. -Butcher steers
-Good, $7.25 to $7.50; fair, $6,75 to
$7; medium, $6.26 to $6.50; utchet
bulls 84.25 to $61 cunni g ,uIls, 3.60
to $4. Butcher cows -Choice, $6 to
$6,a5; good, $5.50 to $5.75; fair, $l
to $5.25; poor to medium, $4.25 to
$4.75; canners and cutters, $3 to
8.50 per cwt. Sheep, 4% to 5%c,
and lambs 7 to flue per pound. Hoge
-Selects, $9,50; roughs, $7.50 to
$8.50; sows, $7.50, and stags, $5 to
86 per cwt,, all weighed off* cars,
Calves, $8 to 813 each, according to
ize and quality.
NON STOP, BEiLIN," •
SIGN ON LONDON BUS
rho Pprda,lielles, sweepers at Seddul-Bahr, near the
Although these fety miles have not entrance to the Straits, is regarded e
yet been covered, the belief evidently as foreshadowing increased activity,
atilt grips the British Ministers. Sir including a vigorous bombardment of
Robert Cecil in a speech at Croydon the outer Dardanelles forts. Ace
declared that tjre Anglo-French forces cording to a despatch to the Temps
are within little distance of a great from Dedeaghatch, the Bulgarians aro
suecess in the Dardanelles which actively fortifying that port and its
would have an enormous effect on all environs. Heavy guns are being
parts of the world. placed at all stragetic points.
A despatch from London says: .A.
curious sight near the Strand was a
London motor 'bus returned from the
front marked, "Non stop, Berlin." It.
was on one of these that the Cane
adieus rode into Ypres,