Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-12-04, Page 3ROW 4, ntYIA VAS DE.'f ANOEO RELEASE OF HER S BEM Btrgar•ia Refuses on the Ground That They Are Spies, Complications Are Likely A tlespateh from London says; The feared as a :result of the incident. report that Roumania has refused the Despatches from, Bucharest, Rou- mania, to Budapest papers state that the Roumanian Council of Ministers has decided, since the 'Unionist Fed- eration has threatened to make a de- monstration and interrupt the speech from the throne, to open Parliament simply with a Royal message which Premier Bretiano will read, The mes- sage will declare, it is said, that the foreign political situation makes it theut maintain d y of Roumania ni a s to neutrality to • such limits as the vital' request of Austria and Germany for pef•naission for their war craft on the Danube to go through to the Black Sea is 'confirmed by inquiries made here, A Rome correspondent learns that a serious incident between Bulgaria and Roumania has been provoked by the arbitrary arrest at Sofia of sev- eral Roumanians on suspicion of es- pionage and Bulgaria's refusal of the formal demand made by Roumania for thea' release. Complications are interests of the country will permit. BRITISH JAC IEE ESCAPED ITH THE SERBIAN AR Y Naval Brigade Which Assisted in Defence of Bel. grade Heard. From A despatch from, London says: The British brigade, dated from Mitrovit- za, November 20, stating that all was well. British and 'French naval "brigades. were sent to Belgrade last fall' and took part in the fighting against the Germans and Austrians preceding the evacuation of the capital by the Serbs. safety of both the British and French naval brigades which recently were in Belgrade is now assured. The French section arrived at Monastir, near the Greek border, a few days ago, and a telegram has been received frmm Ad- miral Troubridge, commanding the WHEAT SEIZED OIC TH hands of farmers or in transit is af- fected. Information as to the actual destination of the grain is not yet E ALIs available, and it is possible that the British Government is buying for one of the other allied powers. Canadian Government Has Taker Over Nearly 15,000,000 Bushels. A derpatth from Ottawa says: The Dominion Government has comman- deered all 'wheat of Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Northern in store in Eastern .eleva- tors. The amount of grain affected is estimated at from twelve to fifteen millirni bushels, although there. is a possibility that the total May. run slightly above these figures. • This action, probably the most dras- tie ever recorded in the grain trade of the Dominion, was taken for the purpose of protecting the Imperial Government,- which is buying the grain, ain, and for which the Government here is acting. The 'commandeering et the wheat caused a sensation in the wheat market, particularly in the West, and inquiries have been peering. i.t a:3 to the significance and scope of they Government's action. At explained in an official memoran- dum, the method of commandeering the grain was adopted in order that the purchasing Government might not be subjected to the extra expense of inflated prices which would follow the Government's entry into the open market as a buyer. The Dominion Government has been bending every energy toward securing a market for the huge .grain surplus of Canada, and it is hoped that by securing the fuliihnent of this order from the Im- perial Government at a fair price that other orders will follow. All wheat of the grades mentioned in store at the head of the lakes and Eastward is taken over. The price has 'not been Sired, but will be adjusted on a basis of the fair market value, taking into .consideration the magnitude of the order. No wheat in elevators west of Port Arthur and Fort William or in the SOC, T TO CUT FRENCH UNE The Bulgarians Were Driven Back, Leaving Many Dead and W ounded. The Salonica correspondent of the London Daily Mail telegraphs as fol- lows: The French retook the offen- sive and threw back the Bulgarians, taking a majority of the positions lost on the Krivolak-Cerna-Rajec line. The Bulgarians had tried to force the French lines with full strength, and had left in the rear no covering troops, so that a vigorous French counter-attack forced them to with- draw hurriedly, leaving a considerable number of ciead and wounded. A small squadron of French aero- planes bombarded the Bulgarian vil- lage of Strumitsa with great success and reached its base uninjured. The Serbian army is continuing its retreat in the new direction and has attacked the Bulgarian forces cover- ing Prilep. The Austrian forces are marching on Uskub. British reinforcements are continu- ing to disembark. The Bulgarian press is unanimous in declaring that after the occupation of Serbian Mace- donia the Bulgarian army will have brought its mission to an end, but Bulgaria in no way is disposed to- ward fresh sacrifices the advantage of which. is not apparent. Bulgarian public opinion seems uneasy at the presence of Turkish forces in Thrace. Five Turkish divisions are at Sufli, one at Mustafa Pasha, one at Varna and one at Burgas. On the other hand the .Turkish press states that the question of 200,0 0 SERBIANS FIGHT ON TAKING HE AVY TOLL OF ENEMY Losses Thus Far 35,000 Killed and Wounded and 20,000 Prisoners -Allies Have Surprise in Store A despatch from Athens says: The newspaper Hestia publishes an inter- view with the Serbian. War Minister, who is at Salonica, in .which the Min- ister said: "Although we have lost 35,100 killed or wounded and 20,000 taken Prisoner, the operations are anything but ended. our forces now number- ing 200,000 are still intact. We are. only deficient in heavy artillery. The morale of the troops is unimpaired. The commissariat is working splen- didly, thanks to the French organ - kers. "Nevertheless, the situation is diffi- cult, thotigh' not hopelestt, from a strategic standpoint, and as regards munitions we shall remain on the de- fensive, holding the passes and wear- ing down the enemy until the Anglo- French forces are sufficiently strong to enable us to resume the offensive. "The participation of Italy meets with 'difficulties owing to the diver- gence of views regarding Albania. Russia's intervention will be effected after the concentration of the allied armies in the Balkans, and it is ex- pected that this will produce a change in Roumania's attitude. "I can assure you that France and England are preparing surprises in the Balkaris." oKpt11446ER �"" �iERMaN 5uv R• � 1 , UK. IUEt �• �,• 'P40CK 6ERlLI Lr p oSBH l CL 'WRRSF\( C. o +� ..• .1•_._' • R;044tor`;e: cAtiAL Solssotus. RHEIMS° PARIS �go ° rTRASyouttG COL p MAR eo • MUNICH ,a • 4.1 0MUUHAU co tr /'A!„ I cl NI. ;-14 . VIENNA AU? .TRENT rits•rE,. FIUME PERSIL n Gut_.FF. Breir/S# A.0164/yee- bwr///w /8M/LES O • BAGOAa. r DEI JP DE .1 nieH�, B.UI GAR1P% �'OR%.T °SOFIA o.aN ,a•��•C1 5 t .4' .. RUSSIAN ARMIES //)//0,QEPP OpE55A 1 7 ecruI R00P5 cSSA c r. 1 -• / / 4 CyPeosC The Week's Developments in the War. The Balkan States and the Austro -Italian front have held the chief interest in war developments during the week. After' four months of terrific fighting with heavy losses in a. mountainous country where operations were extremely difficult, the Italian armies are reported to have captured their immediate goal of Goritz. This news has not yet been officially confirmed, but if it proves true, the Italian victory is one of the greatest importance. An immediate advance against Triestemay be expected. In the Balkans the Austro -German and Bulgarian advances have continued, the Serbian army making a masterly retirement. It is now pretty definitely believed that the Serbian army has escaped the trap set for it, although both sides suffered terrific losses. Large forces of French and British troops are now in Serbia, and the defence is becoming very much, stronger. At the Dardanelles the Turks have made desperate efforts to drive the British and French into the sea, evidently depending upon the reports that the Allied forces there have been greatly weakened to provide re- inforcements for the Balkan campaign. Russian armies, thoroughly equipped, are now concentrated near the Rumanian border, and will be fighting in Bulgaria next week. Greece has complied with the demands of the Entente nations, and after the Allies have succeeded in checking the invader, it would not be at all surprising if both Rumania and Greece should assist in driving out the enemy .forces and in punishing Bulgaria for her part in the war. On the Western front winter conditions prevail, and fighting has been largely restricted to artillery duels. The Eastern battle -front is almost entirely unchanged. Considerable naval activity has been reported in the Baltic, a squadron of the latest British submarines having passed though the Cattegat, according to repeated reports. A German super -dreadnought is reported to have been sunk by a mine. Thrace will be definitely settled with the support of Germany, for Thrace, contrary to the declarations made by. Premier. RadosIavoff, of Bulgaria, should fall to Turkey. ONLY. 10 MILES FROM BAGDAD General Sir John Nixon's Army With- in Sight of the Famous City. A despatch from London says: A telegram from Gen. Sir John Eccles Nixon, commander of the British forces in Mesopotamia, reports that Gen. Townsend's troops were in pos- session of the battlefield, while the Turks were reported to be retiring on Dialah, ten miles above Ctesiphon, and the same distance from Bagdad. Gen. Townsend was engaged in clearing the field of wounded and prisoners. "At first it was stated that 800 pri- soners had been taken. It now ap- pears that no less than 1,300 have been marched back to Lajj. "Our wounded are reported to num- ber about 2,500, of whom 1,800 were leaving that day by_ steamer. for Basra. The number of killed has not yet been reported. "Gen. Nixon praises the excellent handling of the troops by Gen. Town- send, and the splendid spirit shown by them after their severe losses and hardships from want of water and food." History of the Expedition. One of the most severe surprises the Turks were given in this war was on the Persian Gulf, where they found their offensive forestalled by a British invasion. Turkey had shown her hand since the last of August, 1914, and Russia and Great Britain were ready for the events leading up to and subsequent to the 30th of October, when Islam joined Teuton. By the beginning of November the British in the Gulf. of Persia, were ready. The Government of India had sent the Poona Brigade, under Ridge- diereGeneral W. S. Delamain,. to Bali- rein. This brigade contained the 2nd Dor- sets, the 20th (Punjab) Infantry, the 104th (Wellesley's) ruffles, the 117th Mohrattas, and the 23rd (Pershawur). and the. 30th, Mountain Batteries. On 'November 7th the force reached the bat of the Shat -el -Arab, Where the Village of'Fao, with its Turkish fort, lies among the fiats and palm groves. The gunboat Odin bombarded the fort and troops landed and occupied the village. The brigade then sailed 80 miles up the estuary, passing the re - 'PINCH OF HUNGER fin l y of the Anglo -Persian Oil Com- p a a'; ,at Abardan, and disembarked atl/ Sanijeh, on the Turkish bank, ' Ud TONGUES where it prepared entrenched camp, and sat down to wait for the rest of the British force. The Problem of Supplying German STARVE IN WARSAW; Stomachs Is Placed Upper - GERMAN FOOD SCARCE most. A despatch from Amsterdam to th .Exchange Telegraph Company says Food riots are frequent in Poland. Th shortage of supplies is so great in th towns around Warsaw that even th wealthy are unable to obtain suficien food.' As a consequence, outbreak are of almost daily occurrence, and involve fighting between civilians an the German troops. The situation has been made worse by the refusal of General von Besse - ler, Governor-General of Poland, to allow the Polish Relief Committee to work except under German control, to e e e e t s A despatch from Colone says: The Volks Zeitung in a sharp article urges the Reichstag to call the Government to account for its failure to deal ade- quately with the problem of supplying foodstuffs. "To supply the German nation with provisions is at present the most im- portant military question, and one c1: which must be carried through before winter," the Volks Zeitung says. "This doubtless will be recognized by the supreme army command, whose 1 orders will find no opposition. We re- commend the appointment of an eco - noetic dictator in -military clothing." g which the committee declines to as- The article closes with an attack on sent.. The mortality among children Herr von Stein, recently appointed Under-Secretary of the Interior, on the ground that he has not dealt energetically enough with the food problem. URGE PROVINCIAL LEVY 1? OP PATRIOTIC FUND A despatch from Winnipeg says: The Union of Manitoba Municipalities, represented by over two hundred Debreczen, •2,000 Russian prisoners reeves and councillors, in aunuel eon - confined nearby, who revolted owing vention at Stonewall, resolved to peti- to bad fond, and killed two sentries, tion the Manitoba Government to levy were shot by Hungarian troops. a tax of one mill for five years on all An official communique attributed assessable property in the province the disappearance of these prisoners to an epidemic of cholera. oubled since the cold weather 1 began. HUNGARIANS KILLED RUSSIAN PRISONERS Number of Victims Is Placed at Two 'Thousand. A despatch from Bucharest says: According ,to trustworthy sources at for the Manitoba Patriotic Final, in aid of the soldiers' dependents. KITCEENER, HAS LEFT BALKANS; VISITED THE ITALIAN FONT Had'a Conference With King Victor, Oen, Cador•iia and the Premier A despatch from Rome says:: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, British War Minister, arrived here from Naples and went directly to the British Ern- bassy. His arrival was a complete surprise. After a conference with Premier Salandra and the Minister for War, Lord Kitchener left for the front, where he conferred with Lieut. - Gen. Count Luigi Cadorna, chief of the Italian general staff', and King Victor lnrmanuel. Kitchener's movements have been kept so secret that it was not even known he meant to visit Italy or that he had left the Near East. In view cif the allies' anxiety to secure Italian aid in the Balkan campaign, the greatest importance was attached to Kitcheter's presence here. Whether he had come here especially to hasten the despatch of Italian troops to the Near Eastern war zone and will re- turn to the Balkans, or return to .England, is not known. The Leading : _ arkets BreadstufXs. Toronto, Nov, 30, -•Manitoba, wheat -New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1...11 /e; No. 2 Northern, $1.09; No. 3 North- ern, $1.05, track lake ports, imme- diate shipment. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 48e, track lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 771/ze, track Toronto. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 76e, track Toronto. Ontario oats -New crop, No. 3 white, 38 to 39c; commercial oats, 37 to 38c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per ear lots, 94 to 96e; wheat, slightly sprouted and tough, 90 to 93c, accord- ing to sample; wheat, sprouted, smut- ty and tough, 75 to 88c, according to sample. Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, rpeas,$1.50 to 2, $2.25; sample $ ac- cording to sample. Barley Malting barley, 56 to 58e; feed barley, 49 to 52e, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 75 to 77c, according to .freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, 86 to 88c; rye, tough, 80 to 83c, according to sample_ Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $6; second patents, in jute bags, $5.50; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.30, Toronto. Ontario hour -New Winter, $4.40 to $4.35, according to sample, sea- board or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $22; shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag, $1.50, Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; in- ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 32 to 34c; do., solids, 31 to 32c. Eggs -Storage, 30 to 32c per doz- en; selects, 35 to 36c; new-laids, 43 to 45c, case lots. Honey -Prices in tins, lb., 10 to 110; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2. Beans -$3.50 to $3.75., Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 16c; fowls, 11 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 16c; geese, 14 to 160; turkeys, 30 to 32c. Cheese -Large, 1'7%c; twins, 18c. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot- ed at $1.25, and New Brunswicks at $1.40 to $1.50 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 151/2 to 16c per lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 171/2 to 18c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, 1511% to 16c; breakfast bacon, 21 to. 23c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; boneless backs, 26 to 27c. Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 14c; com- pound, pails, 12c. Business in Montreal., Montreal, Nov. 30. -Oats -No. 2 local white, 46c; No. 3 local white, 1453 c; No. 4 local white, 44%e. Bar- ley -Manitoba feed, 65e; malting, 66%c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $6.10; seconds, $5.60; strong bakers', $5.40; Winter patents, choice, $G; straight rollers, $6.30 to $6.40; do., bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Roll- ed oats-Bbls., $5.20 to $55.255; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45. Bran, $22. Shorts, $23. Middlings, $29 to $30. Mouillie, $30 to $32. Hay ---No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. Cheese -Finest westerns, 171/4 to 171/2c; finest easterns, 163. to 17c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 3114 to 320; seconds, 303/4 to 31c. Eggs -- Fresh, 42 to 45c; selected, 33c; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.20 to $1.30. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, $13.75 to $14. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; Canada short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 .lbs., 101,ie; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c; pure, tierces, 3"r5 lbs., 12% to 13e; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 131,a to 13%c. .__ United States Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 30.• -Wheat -De- cember, 991,1 to 99%; May, $1.0214; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.05%; No...1 Nor- thern, $1.01% to $1.03%; No. Northern, 973/4 to 99%e. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 6811 to 691;ae. Oats -No., 3 white, 35% to 36e. Flour unchanged. Bran, $18 to $18.50. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 80. -The quotations were: Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.35 to 81.60; do., good, $7 to $7.25; do., medium, $6.25 to $6.00; do., common, $5.25 to $6; butchers' bulls, choice, $0.25 to $G.75; do., good bnlis, $5.75 to $6; clo., rough bulla, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.30 to $0.50; do., good, $5,75 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do., common, $4.25 to $4.75; feeders, good, $6.50 to $1.i.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., :56.25 to $6.50; canners and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $75 to $120; do., common and medium, $35 to $60; Springers, $50 to $100• light ewes, $6 to $7; sheep, heavy, $5 to $5.50 do.. bucks, $3.50 to $4,50; yearling iambs, $7 to •$7.50; Spring lambs, cwt., $8.90 to $9.50; calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to $10; hogs, fed and watered, $9.05 to 80.70; do,, weighed off cars, $9,95. Montreal, Nov. 80. --Choice steers, $7.25 to $7.50; steers,, $5.75 to $6.50; common, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows and bulls, $1.50 to $6.25 per cwt. Canning stock ---Cows, $3.15 to $8.35; bulls, $3.75 to $4.25 per cwt. Ontario lambs, $it to $0.25; sheep,. $5.25 to $0 per cwt;: milkfed calves, 7 to Se, and grassfed,'3 to 6c per lb. Hogs -Selected lots, $0.75 per meta weighed off' cars.